Hearing Scott say he was going to get the Cloud Knights to arrest the two of them, Levi and Qingque both burst out laughing.
To be honest, on the Luofu, finding the Ten-Lords Commission to deal with the two of them, mainly Levi, would have been a better choice than calling the Cloud Knights.
After all, Levi was currently registered with the Cloud Knights.
They were all on the same side.
"Sure, go ahead and call them."
"If you don't, I will."
Just as Qingque took out her jade abacus, Scott had already gotten ahead of her and called the Cloud Knights.
"Just you two wait! You're not going to get away with this!"
"It's obviously just a matter of apologizing, but you insist on wasting my time here. Do you have any idea that I earn millions of credits every minute?!"
"All the losses I suffer today are going on your tab!"
"…"
"You two pieces of trash!"
While Scott was spraying saliva everywhere as he ranted, the Cloud Knights arrived at the scene.
When they saw that Levi was also there, they immediately straightened up and greeted him.
"Your Excellency, the Trailblazer!"
Hearing that title, Scott's expression visibly changed.
As a specialist stationed on the Luofu Xianzhou for the IPC's Market Development Department, Scott naturally knew what the three words "Trailblazer" represented.
It was power on par with an Emanator.
Looking at the clothes Levi was wearing, Scott felt like something was seriously off.
'Wait, you're a Trailblazer, and you dress this ordinarily?'
To put it more crudely, you could pick a random person off the streets of the Luofu, and the clothes they were wearing would be better than Levi's.
And that wasn't even the worst of it.
Even a beggar's clothes were more expensive than his.
"What? You can't wear ten pieces of clothing for 9.9 credits?"
Hearing that, Qingque's eyes widened. "You couldn't possibly have…"
'Bought clothes from a dead person, could you?'
'No, wait. Even a dead person's clothes wouldn't be worth just that much…'
Levi immediately deflated, staring at Qingque with dead-fish eyes.
"It's a misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding, brothers!"
Scott reacted quickly, immediately putting on a smiling face and apologizing to Levi and Qingque.
Seeing that neither of them budged, he rolled his eyes and "accidentally" dropped a bank card.
Then, pretending he had only just noticed it, he exclaimed, "Huh?! Whose bank card is this? It has 500,000 credits in it, and the PIN is six zeros!"
He picked it up, examined it for a couple of seconds, then handed it obsequiously to Levi.
"Judging by the looks of it, it must belong to Your Excellency, the Trailblazer."
Everyone around them fell silent.
'I mean, could you at least try to be discreet when bribing someone?'
Levi took the IPC bank card and spun it between his fingertips. "Bribing me so openly? You've got some nerve."
"Hahaha, Your Excellency is absolutely right."
Scott nodded and bowed, wearing an obsequious expression on the surface. But the moment he lowered his head, his face turned expressionless.
'As long as you dare to accept it, I'll have leverage over you.'
'Sooner or later, I'll take you down!'
Because of their difference in height, Qingque noticed the change in Scott's expression and immediately figured out what he was planning.
She pressed down on Levi's hand holding the bank card and shook her head at him.
She was telling him that they couldn't take these credits.
Levi, of course, knew that. "This isn't mine. I only have this one IPC bank card."
As he spoke, he even took out his own bank card and waved it in front of Scott a couple of times.
Scott was dumbfounded.
There were only a handful of bank cards like that in the entire galaxy, and Levi actually had one.
'Who exactly is he?!'
'Why have I never heard of him before?!'
If he'd known there was someone like this on the Luofu, he would definitely have kept a low profile.
"Is it yours, Qingque?"
Qingque shook her head. Levi then proceeded to ask everyone around him in the same way, one by one, before finally turning his gaze to Scott.
"You were the one who handed it to me in the first place, so it definitely isn't yours either. Otherwise, wouldn't that make it a bribe?"
"Hahaha…"
Scott gave a dry laugh. He seemed to have already guessed what Levi was planning to do.
"Since this doesn't belong to anyone present, I doubt we'll find the owner anywhere on the Luofu either. Why don't we just donate it directly to an interstellar charity organization?"
"Does anyone here object?"
The Cloud Knights immediately shook their heads, indicating that they had no objections.
Aside from Jing Yuan and Fu Xuan, the biggest boss had already spoken. What objections could they possibly have?
Besides, this counted as doing a good deed.
"I object!"
Scott raised his hand. "My… 500,000 credits aren't a small sum. What if the owner comes looking for them?"
"Our Cloud Knights should search for the owner first. If we find them, everyone will be happy. If we don't, we can still donate the money afterward!"
"What's the big deal?"
Levi looked at Scott disdainfully. Since when did 500,000 credits count as a large sum?
Qingque jabbed him with her elbow.
'Don't be an idiot.'
'I'm acting.'
After responding to Qingque with his eyes, Levi looked at Scott and said, "If the owner comes forward, just consider these 500,000 credits a donation from me."
After hearing Levi's words, Scott was momentarily at a loss for words.
He couldn't exactly admit on the spot that the credits were his, could he?
He felt like he'd be arrested on the spot if he did.
And if he didn't say anything, he'd be arrested on the spot anyway.
"?"
Looking at the Cloud Knights standing on either side of him, Scott's eyes were filled with confusion.
"Insulting a public official! Arrest him!"
'Insulting a public official?'
Scott struggled and shouted, "What evidence do you have?!"
"You two pieces of trash!"
Hearing those words, Scott's struggle came to a halt.
Levi pointed at Qingque, who had imitated him to perfection. "The witness is right here!"
"And she's a member of the public!"
Qingque rolled her eyes. Thankfully, Scott didn't know her identity. Otherwise, he would have started shouting again over that remark.
As an employee of the Divination Commission, one of the Six Commissions, she was a public official, no matter how you looked at it.
If she wanted to call herself a member of the public, she would have to resign first.
Getting off work would also do.
But it wasn't time for her to get off work yet.
With nothing left to say, Scott could only obediently follow the Cloud Knights away. The other IPC employees who had blocked Levi's path were taken away as well.
"Hey, Miss Topaz? Your company should have acquired a new property in Central Starskiff Haven on the Luofu Xianzhou. How about transferring it to me?"
Hearing this, Scott fell silent.
So he was acting.
"Of course, no problem!"
'Damn! He even knows Director Topaz!'
He really should've checked the almanac before leaving home today. To think he'd run into such a big shot.
'What bad luck.'
———
After getting in touch with Topaz, Levi asked her for the property in front of him. After all, all the surrounding shops were available for rent, and he might not find somewhere as good if he went elsewhere.
Topaz readily agreed after hearing him out.
"I'll transfer the credits to your account shortly."
"There's no need for that. Just consider it a gift from me."
Topaz stirred the first cup of coffee of the morning for a working stiff and spoke to Levi over the phone.
After leaving Belobog, she had reported Levi's situation to the IPC, and the company had also become very interested in him.
Especially after word spread within the Luofu that Levi had slain the Emanator Shuhu.
A great many voices had emerged within the company calling for him to be recruited.
Thinking of this, Topaz put down her cup.
She asked Levi whether he would be interested in working for the IPC.
The position, the salary, and everything else were negotiable.
He could even simply be listed as an employee without actually doing any work.
Combat power on the level of an Emanator was highly sought after by any organization. Even within the IPC, there were many Emanators or individuals with Emanator-level combat power who were merely listed as employees.
Listening to Topaz describe the benefits and compensation, Levi fell into thought.
"Hmm?"
Jing Yuan received a message. "Levi… Transfer request?"
"???"
'What's this supposed to mean?'
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