After agreeing on the price and the content of the commission, the three from Penguin Logistics happily accepted the commission.
Fujino handed over the five million lungmen coin reward to the three on the spot. They were old customers, and Fujino trusted that the three would complete this commission perfectly.
As for why the reward wasn't originium but lungmen coin, it was because the reward didn't meet the standard, and if originium were used as a reward, it would always have to be handed over to that stingy penguin to process, and it would eventually turn into lungmen coin in the hands of the three anyway. So, for commissions that didn't meet the standard like this, Fujino always gave lungmen coin directly as a reward.
lungmen coin was the circulating currency issued by another mobile city-state, Lungmen. Under the promotion of the ruler Wei Yenwu, it could be considered a widely circulated currency besides originium.
The headquarters of Penguin Logistics was in the gray area of Lungmen, and the three's expenses were all in lungmen coin, so giving lungmen coin for this kind of commission that didn't meet the standard was more practical for the three.
After handing the commission items to Texas, the trio bid farewell to Fujino and got into the Penguin Logistics special vehicle they came in and left.
After the three left, Fujino leaned back in her chair, fingers playing with her hair, and shouted to a corner of the office: "Manticore, come over and massage my shoulders."
Feeling the just-right strength on her shoulders, Fujino narrowed her eyes comfortably.
"Manticore, your skills are getting better and better." Fujino praised the girl behind her in a lazy tone.
Manticore's fair cheeks flushed slightly, very pleased with Fujino's praise.
"By the way, how long have you been standing there?" Fujino asked softly.
"Two… hours." Manticore answered softly.
Manticore's ability was quite special, leaning towards invisibility, but Fujino preferred to say it was erasing her own existence, somewhat similar to Kato Megumi from the passerby heroine, but Manticore's ability was more powerful and could be self-controlled, unlike Kato Megumi who often felt distressed by her low sense of presence.
Manticore's ability originally couldn't be self-controlled, but after Fujino snatched Manticore from some suicidal assassin organization, Fujino upgraded Manticore's ability, and then, naturally, she could control it herself.
Manticore's ability was very strong, especially after Fujino upgraded her ability. As long as Manticore wanted to, she could easily enter the major city-states of this world by relying on the ability to erase her existence, easily stealing various confidential documents. Even stealing in front of people was easy, because Manticore, who had erased her existence, did not exist in the eyes of others, and anything done by a person who did not exist would not be known to others.
The use of high-level abilities could even negate damage on all levels. For example, shooting at Manticore; as long as Manticore erased her existence, the bullets aiming at Manticore would fail and fall, because the bullets were aiming at Manticore, but if Manticore did not exist, then the bullets aiming at Manticore were destined not to take effect. Such application of ability had already involved high-level causal laws. At that time, Manticore wouldn't need to worry even when facing Thanos's snap. As long as she erased her own existence, the power of the snap couldn't take effect on her at all. Moreover, Manticore was not a creature from the Marvel universe, so the snap might not necessarily have an effect on her.
However, as of now, Manticore had not reached the level Fujino mentioned, but for the current Terra Continent, except for Fujino and others, Manticore was invincible.
Just as Manticore said, she had been here for two hours, and in the past two hours, including the three from Penguin Logistics who were talking to Fujino, no one had noticed Manticore standing in the corner.
"Manticore, tidy up in a while." Fujino turned her head, one hand gently holding Manticore's hand resting on her shoulder, gently stroking Manticore's jade-like little hand, and said softly: "Pack your luggage, I'll take you to Kjerag to have some fun."
"I remember you said you always wanted to go to Kjerag to see the snow scenery there, right?"
Hearing that Fujino still remembered the words she casually said about wanting to go to Kjerag to see the snow, Manticore's heart warmed, and her eyes were filled with faint mist.
"Alright, don't be like this." Seeing the mist in Manticore's eyes, Fujino smiled helplessly, stood up, and gently wiped away Manticore's tears that were about to overflow with her hand, and said softly: "Go and prepare."
"Mm." Manticore nodded, her small face flushing red. However, she then thought of something and asked, "Big Sister Fujino, aren't you bringing the others along? Should I notify them to return now?"
"No need." Fujino shook her head and said, "They're probably playing somewhere in Terra World right now, so there's no need to notify them. Besides, the ones in Kjerag have already been to see it. For this trip to Kjerag, it'll just be me, you, and 2B. Oh, right, just go tell 2B in a bit; she should be in the G1 area laboratory right now."
"Mm." Manticore nodded and turned to walk toward the door. However, just a few steps away from the door, she snapped back to reality, lowering her head, her little face flushed so red it looked like it was about to bleed.
"What's wrong?" Fujino asked, puzzled.
"Th-that..." Manticore tugged at the hem of her maid outfit and said in a low voice, "Are we still doing that tonight?"
Fujino was stunned for a moment, then revealed a playful smile and chuckled, "Of course."
Her cute little maid had already made such an invitation; what reason did she, as the master, have to refuse?
"Mm," Manticore replied shyly, then hurried out the door.
Watching Manticore's flustered back, Fujino couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Sitting back down on the chair, Fujino stretched, then stood up again.
"I should go check on Saria and the others. I wonder if they've come to their senses yet," Fujino muttered to herself with a smile, her expression full of mischief.
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