Chapter 27: Reunion with Kirina
Wei Ning gestured to Liu Guang, who jumped to the highest point of the ruins of the auction house, looked around, shook his head at Wei Ning, and sat down on the top.
Wei Ning looked at Yan Shi again: "So how much of the contraband that the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics seized last week can you get your hands on?"
"What does Commander Wei Ning want?" Yan Shi asked in return, his tone tinged with provocation.
Wei Ning frowned slightly, but remained calm. "Of course, we'll take as much as we can get. Our Mithril Merchant Guild can handle it all."
“Then my reply is,” Yan Shi paused, looking directly at Wei Ning, “all of it.”
Wei Ning's pupils contracted sharply, and a flash of surprise crossed her eyes.
Duan Yunchen, the head of the Will Hub branch, is a highly renowned alchemist in the Underworld, and the Will Hub itself is an alchemical creation of hers. Although Duan Yunchen abandoned Area C due to excessive operational energy pressure, her control over the Cloud Journey Tower and the Alien Management Bureau in the central location is absolute.
How could they manage to smuggle all the contraband seized by the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics out right under Duan Yunchen's nose?
This is very interesting. Is it that Duan Yunchen couldn't find out, or that Duan Yunchen found out but couldn't do anything about it?
"But the exact amount depends on the percentage that Commander Wei Ning can give me," Yan Shi continued slowly, his voice laced with threat.
Wei Ning knew what Yan Lan meant. She sighed softly, her tone still calm, "With such a large quantity of contraband, you have no way to sell it, and you're very likely to be targeted by the Bureau of Extraterritorial Control. I can assure you, right now in the Weil Hub, no merchant group other than us can immediately move so much contraband away."
Yan Shi: "It's just individual merchant groups that are moving. The black market just closed, and there are so many smugglers outside. If I find a few more, I can eventually move them all."
Wei Ning gave her a deep look, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Six for six, four for me. You won't find a more lenient buyer than us."
“Eighty-two.” Yan Shi said without hesitation. “Sixty-four? Is Commander Wei Ning trying to fool me? Don’t think the Bureau of Abnormal Affairs is easy to catch. Your Mithril Merchant Guild has already opened a black market in the Wel Hub. Why are you afraid of the Bureau of Abnormal Affairs keeping an eye on you?”
The atmosphere between the two immediately became tense. Wei Ning's gaze was icy. After exchanging glances with Yan Shi for a while, she finally compromised and said, "73, this is our bottom line. We don't want any more. Go find some individual smugglers outside."
Yan Shi knew that this was the most concession Wei Ning could offer. In fact, she hadn't originally intended to offer so much. Saying 82 was just a way to bluff Wei Ning and test her bottom line.
After all, this was a truly risk-free business for her.
Even if Wei Ning could compromise on a 70/30 basis on behalf of the Mithril Merchant Guild, there's still a profit to be made. It seems smuggling contraband really is incredibly lucrative.
Moreover, Yan Shi casually thought that once the actual transaction was completed and she received the money from Wei Ning, she would call the execution team over.
The Mithril Merchant Guild didn't seem to want to do a proper deal with her.
Yan Shi certainly didn't really want to make a fair deal with them.
Each harbored their own selfish motives.
Yan Shi nodded. "Then let's sign the agreement."
Wei Ning readily agreed, "Okay, when will the goods be delivered?"
Yan Shi suddenly remembered Lin Cai and the others he had just seen. The fact that they were also in the black market so late at night meant that the nearest flight to Emerald City was not today.
She suddenly asked Wei Ning a completely unrelated question: "When is the last flight from Yuntu Airport Tower to Emerald City?"
Wei Ning was somewhat surprised: "Wait a moment, let me check."
She took out her phone, opened the Lingtu Navigation app, searched for the information, and then looked up and said, "Tomorrow at 12 noon."
Yan Shi lowered her eyes. She had originally planned to make the transaction tomorrow morning, but then she suddenly remembered that Lin Cai was also at the Weier Hub.
And just last night, Guige Mu and I rescued Bai Du.
Where there is a main character, there is a comic book plot, and the plot is driven by intense events.
Considering that Lin Cai was just passing through on an internship, and could sneak into the black market even after resting for one night at the Weier Hub, who knows if she would run into her and Wei Ning trading contraband again tomorrow morning.
The thought of running into Shu Zhijing and then calling her over... made Yan Shi's scalp tingle. Although she was currently planning to use a sting operation, she couldn't afford to get caught red-handed.
That's so embarrassing!
This is the difference between actively seeking trouble and being passively seeking trouble.
Yan Shi didn't dare to gamble on the chance encounters of the comic's protagonist with unusual events.
“Then let’s do it tomorrow at 11:30 a.m.,” she said.
Just before the flight took off, Lin Cai had no chance to sabotage the transaction. Even if she discovered the tension between Yi Guige and Sheng Chunqiu, it wouldn't delay her. She was also able to board the airship to Emerald City in time after the transaction was completed.
Speaking of airships, Yan Shi suddenly remembered that she didn't seem to have an identity code from the other world to buy a ticket.
According to Libertas, VN's business scope should include forging identity codes.
She then asked, "Do you sell ID codes?"
Wei Ning looked at her in surprise, "You don't have an identification code?"
No, Yanlan was able to sneak into the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs to steal contraband, how could he not have an identification code?
Yan Shi didn't want to answer.
She had tried entering her alternate world identity code directly into the central system, but she was embarrassed to find that, firstly, the central system didn't have the authority to issue identity codes directly. Secondly, if she went through a branch office, she would need to provide her identity history from childhood to adulthood, requiring a lot of information.
They're all just paper projects.
It's faster and more convenient to find a black market dealer who specializes in this.
"So, are you selling or not?" Yan Shi didn't explain to Wei Ning, he just asked.
Wei Ning pondered for a moment, "It used to be quite convenient, but last week the director of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs laid off a division in the Information Department, which happened to be related to household registration. Now, if you want to do this, it's not easy to do it in the Weier Hub; you have to go to the Ju'e Plain."
Ultimately, it's her own problem.
Yan Shi remained silent.
This shows that the General Bureau's Household Registration Department was indeed not entirely "clean" before. And, just as she had guessed, there were members of the Mithril Merchant Guild in the Giant E' Plain Branch.
Yan Shi raised the urgency of the upcoming crackdown on the Ju'e branch even higher, without showing it on his face, and didn't mention the ID code again: "Then I want to take the flight to Emerald City at noon tomorrow. Don't you have any way to get me on the airship?"
“The witches at the Cloud Journey Tower are very strict,” Wei Ning said. “But if you really want to get in, there are still ways.”
“There’s no way you can offer discounts on contraband anymore.” Yan Shi immediately pointed out what she was thinking. “I can ask you to give me the funds all at once tomorrow, and then I can buy an airship and go to Emerald City myself.”
Wei Ning: "You're clearly putting us in a difficult position. The agreement should also stipulate that after we sell the contraband, the funds will be split 70/30."
“Yeah, but I can change my mind. After all, I’m the seller now, it’s a seller’s market.” Yan Shi shrugged.
Wei Ning said helplessly, "Alright, I'll tell you how to get on the airship when we deliver the goods tomorrow at noon. I need to make some contact tonight."
“Let’s sign the agreement now,” Yan Shi said, “and follow the legal agreement.”
She reached out and placed her hand on top of Wei Ning's. "Yan Lan voluntarily agrees to conduct a contraband transaction with Wei Ning. The transaction will take place tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. The goods to be traded are contraband seized by the Weier Hub Management Bureau last week. The final proceeds will be split 70/30, with Yan Lan receiving 70% and Wei Ning receiving 30%."
The laws opened their eyes, and the contract formed a magic circle centered on their intertwined hands.
The transaction was completed.
Wei Ning let go of his hand: "Then tomorrow, Liu Guang will meet you at the place where you met today." She knew that Yan Shi had to catch an airship flight.
"Okay. I'll be leaving now." Yan Shi nodded, walked around the ruins of the auction house, and headed back to the street corner he had come from.
The black market was deserted.
She stuck the admission ticket on the wall behind her as she entered, and another bright light shone through. When Yan Shi opened her eyes again, she was already on the street outside.
It wasn't the alley she came from.
The entry ticket should allow for random exit.
They probably feared being wiped out in one fell swoop.
Looking back, the sheer number of black market smugglers lining the entire street seems outrageous. The loopholes in the Bureau of Extraterritorial Management are simply unreasonable.
"So what exactly happened with the previous ones?" Yan Shi held her head in her hands. Or was she just too ignorant about the Underworld? Was the Underworld really that simple and honest?
"Never mind, I'll go get the contraband first." Yan Shi thought to himself, identified the street number, and headed back towards the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs.
She needs to take advantage of the darkness to pick out some of the contraband and bring it out; it will be really inconvenient tomorrow during the day.
The Vell Hub branch was the same as when she came to collect the magic liquid bomb before.
The first floor was quiet.
Yan Shi, familiar with the way, made his way to the second floor, but suddenly stopped just as he was about to swipe his card to open the room door.
She heard footsteps coming from downstairs.
Yan Shi's perception has always been outstanding; she could never have misheard.
Someone is on the first floor and is now climbing over the railing to go up to the second floor.
The second floor of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs is a long, open corridor. One side is a railing, and the other side is offices. There are no corners or shadows.
All rooms require a card to open. The screen will light up and a sound will be emitted upon card recognition.
In other words, Yan Shi had nowhere to hide.
Her pupils involuntarily dilated.
No, we absolutely cannot let them see this!
The bureau chief was at the branch office in the middle of the night; she was in a situation where she couldn't clear her name no matter what she did.
“God said, God said,” Yan Shi said hurriedly, “Go to a safe place.”
Her vision blurred, and when she opened her eyes again, she saw the familiar large floor-to-ceiling window.
Outside the window was a sky and sea of clouds so blue it seemed unreal.
Kirina sat at the table, her white hair flowing like a waterfall, flipping through a notebook.
Hearing footsteps approaching from the center of the room, he looked up and asked in surprise, "How did you get in?"
Yan Shi: ?
What's wrong with this curse?
The safe place actually refers to Kirina's office?
Yan Shi: "Of course, you can come in whenever you want."
She breathed a sigh of relief when she felt safe again.
It's perfect timing that he's in Kirina's office; Hikotoshi has had many questions lately.
This time in the Otherworld, especially the fight in the black market, made her realize for the first time that this was the Otherworld.
It is an underworld where ordinary people have no room to resist.
Yan Shi's spell has been working intermittently lately. As the bureau chief, this makes him feel incredibly insecure.
Especially since we're going to the Forest of Life next.
Yan Shi herself didn't know why the spell was working normally again. Before Lin Cai fell into the other world, she didn't use spells often, but she had never experienced a malfunction before.
From the prison break to the comic book update, a series of events engulfed her.
She suddenly wanted to figure out what her curse was all about.
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