He looked up at the blue-haired girl and asked in return: "Why is a permit to enter Piltover so expensive?!"
"Do you want it or not?"
The blue-haired girl curled her lip and said disdainfully: "Do you think it's that simple to process a permit in this current period? I need to bribe the Enforcer in charge to record your information in the old files, which is the only way to ensure that the old permit you get can be verified against the data in the files!"
"Do you think the document you get is fake? Wrong! It's a real document! It's just that the means of obtaining it aren't the normal ones!"
"Of course, if you just want a useless piece of scrap paper, it only costs 5 copper circle coins!"
The blue-haired girl's explanation left Durin stunned for a moment.
Huh? So it's a real document?
Durin could only ask subconsciously: "...Can it be a bit cheaper?"
Following the principle of saving money, Durin still wanted to haggle; every little bit saved helped.
The blue-haired girl rolled her eyes and said unhappily: "Hey, Mister! You don't think this is a vegetable market, do you! Haggling? Unless... you plan to lend me that harp on your back to play with for two days, then I can let you use it for an extra day for free."
"..."
Durin complained inwardly: Do you think I don't want to lend it to you? But this thing, who knows when the owner inside will wake up. Besides, I dare not lend it to you; if you touch it and wake that crazy woman up, what am I supposed to do?
Complaining aside, Durin had no choice but to grit his teeth and agree.
"No, I can't lend it to you! Just give me one permit at the original price!"
Three silver lun coins it is, as long as it's valid, that's fine!
"Tch!"
Hearing what Durin said, the blue-haired girl just rolled her eyes and then led him into her small workshop.
There were many pieces of equipment in the room: large printing presses, and even lathes and production lines, various strange machines, circuit boards, water-cooling radiators, and even typewriters, etc.
Clearly, the business scope of this blue-haired girl chewing gum wasn't limited to forging documents, but Durin didn't care about these details.
The blue-haired girl closed the door and, after calling out to Durin, told him to sit in front of the fill light.
Click!
A dazzling white light flashed before Durin's eyes. The blue short-haired girl fiddled with the camera in her hands and asked Durin, "Photo's done. What name should I put for the identity information?"
"Durin."
The blue-haired girl nodded and continued, "Wait a moment. I still need to send your information via Sound tube to an Enforcer I've bribed in the Piltover Guard."
The next moment, she popped the bubble gum in her mouth, and suddenly, eight mechanical arms made of brass and gears extended from her oversized coat and began rapidly tapping on a typewriter.
Durin was momentarily stunned; he hadn't expected the blue-haired girl to have modified her back with eight mechanical arms.
After a brief moment of awe, Durin found a chair to sit in and closed his eyes to rest, while the blue-haired girl busied herself at the typewriter.
While Durin was waiting, there was another knock at the entrance door.
Knock, knock, knock!
The sound was hurried; the person knocking seemed to be in a rush, Durin analyzed silently upon hearing the noise.
The gold short-haired girl clearly wasn't encountering this situation for the first time; she knew that people who came here to find her generally didn't want to meet others.
She looked at Durin and pointed in a direction: "You leave first! Come back in three days to pick up your pass! Remember to leave a one-third deposit—one silver lun coins!"
Three days?
Durin wished he could go to Piltover tomorrow, but given the current circumstances, he could only nod and leave the room through the back door.
Of course, before leaving, he conveniently pulled a silver lun coins from his inner pocket and placed it on the table as a deposit.
When he stepped out of the black market building, the sky had already dimmed; it was nearly seven o'clock.
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