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I didn't expect her to sense it.
No wonder he's the kind of person who can give you the illusion of being rich just by standing there; he's terrifying!
Since that's the case, then I won't laugh anymore.
"I'll ask you one more time, sir, is there anything you need?" Bai Ye said sternly. "If not, please don't block the way for other guests."
"Other guests?" Yuuka Kazami tilted her head and looked outside.
At the edge of the field of vision, there was a middle-aged man frantically running away while holding a child.
white night:"……"
So disrespectful?
"Are these four potted plants here... for sale?"
"Sell, of course I'll sell!" Bai Ye agreed immediately.
Combining what the self-defense group leader had said earlier with the behavior of the passersby outside, Bai Ye finally realized what was going on.
So that's why she said displaying sunflowers was dangerous!
"Just sell them..." to save me the trouble of forcibly taking them. "How much per flower?"
"money……"
I hadn't thought of this when I was doing business with Dave. It seems that money, something that those in power issue for the convenience of economic management, is useless to me.
It's like trying to get Kelly to upgrade your equipment with a hundred-dollar bill; she wouldn't accept it...
Given TX's nature, she might actually want to!
Forcing himself to detach himself from certain unpleasant memories, Bai Ye looked at the green-haired girl with a hint of regret: "Do you think money is of any use to me?"
"That's true, these children can't be measured in money."
Although he felt that the two of them might not be talking about the same thing at all, Bai Ye still tried his best to put on an expression that said, "You're absolutely right."
After all... the customer is king!
That said, if the dimensional shop really could connect all worlds, then which worlds' specialty is Longinus?
"...Here we go again, with that weird expression!"
"Ahem, sorry, sorry." Bai Ye took out an instruction manual from beside him and handed it to the green-haired girl: "These sunflowers cost one hundred Origin Coins per pot. As for what Origin Coins are... you can see for yourself?"
"..."
After staring at him for a while, just as Bai Ye was beginning to wonder if his malicious price gouging had been seen through, the girl nodded, took the instruction manual, and sat down on the sofa he had prepared for the guests.
I've finished browsing, reading, and understanding!
"So, you only recognize this one currency, the Origin Coin?"
"No, no, no, our shop also supports bartering. In fact, I personally recommend this method now."
After all, Baiye also needs to expand its product offerings.
What's wrong with being a salted fish? Can't a salted fish have the dream of actually developing their own small shop?
"So... what do you think of this?" Kazami Yuuka tilted her head again, raised her parasol, and fired a magic cannon shot at Byakuya's face.
To reiterate, in the Dimensional Shop, Bai Ye is invincible!
After experiencing firsthand what it means to "take a magic cannon to the face," Bai Ye's mentality instantly exploded...
“If it’s an attack of this magnitude, I can give you a thousand Origin Coins…” A wicked smile appeared on Bai Ye’s face: “One-tenth of that, consider it retaliation for your attack on me in the shop. What are you looking at? You disagree? Believe me, I can turn you into a sex slave in a minute!”
"I am waiting."
With Byakuya's help, she sealed the four magic cannons into a card. Feeling the power that had bound her and prevented her from taking the sunflower away disappear, Kazami Yuuka got up and walked out of the shop.
Behind her, Bai Ye stared at the four empty flowerpots that had been dug up by the sunflowers for a few seconds, then spent forty Origin Coins to replant four sunflowers.
Half a minute later, a magic cannon shot ripped through the sky at the entrance of the Human Village.
Chapter 006 Let's have a little chat with the system first~
Lost in the bamboo forest, the Eternal Pavilion.
Although the attack by a certain idler was sudden, this was, after all, Eientei.
If it were the Bamboo Forest of Lost Souls, then Eirin Yagokoro might have been overlooked due to some oversight. But to appear inside Eientei and even attack the princess...
Almost the instant Kaguya cried out "Eirin, save me!", Yakumo Yukari's wrist was grabbed by Yagokoro Eirin who had rushed over.
Then it turned into three women with an average age in the "beep" range watching Kazami Yuuka make a transaction at the store.
Although a certain idler's space cannot be opened inside a shop, opening one on the street is not a problem, after all, Bai Ye doesn't have the habit of closing his door to trade in broad daylight...
Wait a minute, this kind of transaction sounds a bit strange.
Kazami Yuuka's domineering attitude was within their expectations. When she fired that magic cannon, Kaguya was still feeling sorry for losing yet another online friend, but who knew that Byakuya would remain so resilient.
No, to be precise, it's more than just firm.
Even the infamous Flower Tyrant chose to back down instead of continuing the fight...
"Youkai Sage, what kind of monster did you bring in from the outside world?" Yagokoro Eirin looked at Yakumo Yukari with a hint of admiration.
This is truly a relentless pursuit of self-destruction in order to maintain the mystery of the area inside the great barrier!
"What if we said that we didn't bring him in... what do you think?"
Yukari Yakumo opened her lace folding fan, covering the lower half of her face so that others could not see her expression.
You're saying he's an intruder?
“…I don’t know.” Yukari Yakumo shook her head: “I was just experiencing the usual autumn fatigue a few days ago. I didn’t expect that when I woke up, I would find that something seemed to have changed in the Human Village, and I couldn’t even open my gap.”
"So you let her go up and test the waters?"
"How can you say that?" A mischievous glint appeared in Yukari Yakumo's eyes. "Look at how happy Yuuka was when she got those four sunflowers~"
As she spoke, she opened a gap much smaller than the one used to observe the dimensional shop. Inside the gap, Yuuka Kazami was seen humming an unknown tune while planting four sunflowers around the Dream Pavilion.
Suddenly, Kazami Yuuka raised her head, and her blood-red pupils, seen through the gap, still sent a chill down the spines of the three of them.
"If there's a next time, I'll come to the Lost Home to have a chat with you."
A magic cannon shot skyward and shattered the gap.
"..." x3
As expected, he is still the same tyrant of flowers. Even after so many years of self-cultivation, he is still so fierce!
Eirin Yagokoro coughed twice: "I think next time you need to find chess pieces, you can consider those with better tempers."
"But having a good temper doesn't necessarily mean you can make your pieces work effectively!"
"hehe."
A woman who's not much younger than you actually is using an interjection like "ah," don't you find it disgusting?
Sensing the meaning in Eirin Yagokoro's eyes, Yukari Yakumo glared back:
Then tell me how old you are! It's just a matter of hurting each other, who's afraid of who!
An aura called "time" spread between the two old men and the two beautiful young women in their struggle.
Kaguya, who was innocently caught in the crossfire, blinked...
After withstanding the Flower Tyrant's magic cannon, I feel like this netizen might survive a little longer this time.
……
On the other side, the Dimensional Shop.
Bai Ye logged on and tapped her online friend, only to find she was still offline. Feeling a bit bored, she shut down her computer and started chatting (or rather, goofing around) with the system that called itself the "Dimensional Store Assistant Program".
"System bacteria, are you there?"
"..."
"So you were here." Bai Ye smiled. "When I saw Dave off before, I was a little curious. Could this door that suddenly appeared really connect to other worlds?"
"can."
"I see. So, does that mean I can go to the world I want to go to?"
"With the consent of the people native to that world, it is permissible."
"I understand. So you need to get something like a pass..." Bai Ye nodded.
This setting is reasonable, after all, a world with life must also have a world will.
From the perspective of the world's will, a visitor from outside the world forcibly entering that world is like a foreign object suddenly entering a pure body...
Tsk, how did things suddenly become so dirty?
"Next question, what is the store level? This is even above the Origin Coins I hold, so it must be quite important, right?"
"..."
A series of ellipses first floated across the blue panel, then the ellipses disappeared, and dense text appeared on the panel.
Chapter 007 On the Importance of First Impressions
"The so-called store level is just a value that determines the amount of Origin Coins and the level of the portal that you, the store manager, need to hand over each month."
"Wait a minute, could you please explain the ten characters related to the monthly amount of Origin Coins that need to be submitted?"
"...Shopkeeper, you don't actually think that maintaining a shop that can connect to endless dimensions means there's no such thing as daily expenses, do you?"
“Uh…” Bai Ye fell silent.
It was logical and well-founded, and I seemed unable to refute it.
"So what is the specific amount I need to hand over?"
"At store level 1, maintaining the Dimensional Shop requires 1 Source Coins per month; at store level 2, maintaining the Dimensional Shop requires 10 Source Coins per month; at store level 3..."
"Just tell me directly what the benefits of upgrading will be for me." The decimal-increasing "taxes" made Bai Ye feel a pang of heartache.
"Every time the Dimensional Shop is upgraded, the portals inside the shop will also be upgraded simultaneously. The upgraded portals will have a higher probability of attracting new customers."
"Note: Upgrading the portal only increases the probability of receiving guests; it has nothing to do with the guests' strength or wealth. You might see a world-destroying powerhouse emerge from a level one portal, or you might find that a piece of trash comes out of a level nine portal."
After hearing the system's explanation, Bai Ye rolled his eyes.
"If that's the case, why would I bother upgrading the portal and making myself uncomfortable?"
"Whether to upgrade or not is entirely up to your personal decision, store manager."
"Then let's leave it for now."
After scamming Dave, his account balance was exactly 10,000 Origin Coins. Although the green-haired girl who came later took away four pots of sunflowers that cost 10 Origin Coins each, she also left behind four magic cannons.
So now Baiye's private page looks like this:
Store Manager: Bai Ye (The Only One)
Store Manager Authority: Top Level
Shop Level: 1
Source Points: 13960
......"
The two transactions really made Bai Ye a fortune.
"So... this is a black shop that was destined to grow by ripping off its customers."
Looking at his store manager page, Bai Ye made a brief summary.
……
After the green-haired girl left, Bai Ye's shop was quiet for a few days.
Thanks to her fearsome reputation, it seems that the residents who were originally curious about his sudden appearance are now avoiding the shop entrance.
Especially after a passerby "accidentally" discovered that there were actually four pots of sunflowers in front of the White Nightclub.