Bleach Stronger by AFK - Chapter 76

Recovering from his shock, the gatekeeper glanced sympathetically at his companion lying on the ground, then pushed open the apartment door and nodded his head towards Hayashi Rikawa and Kou Shiryuu:
“Come in with me.”

As for his injured companion, he didn’t want to bother, anyway, it was only a broken bone, it would recover in a couple of days.
Moreover, he was told that he should remain modest in the face of a transcendent whose strength was unknown, and should not be aggressive, but he just didn’t listen, so now he has suffered a great disadvantage, right?
After closing the door, the painful grunt outside disappeared.

The room was spacious and bright, with an antique carved chandelier hanging on the wall. The warm orange light filled the entire living room, and with the light fragrance in the air, people could not help but relax a bit deep inside.
“Welcome, Boss Kou, and his honored guest.”

On the sofa in the middle of the living room sat a middle-aged man with gray hair, he wore a decent light-colored shirt and trousers, the collar and sleeve edges were ironed straight, with a warm smile on his face, if it wasn’t for the eye patch over his left eye that ruined the overall appearance, it would be enough to call him a handsome uncle, the kind that was popular with the young girls.

“Good evening, Deacon Soya.” Kou Shiryuu bowed slightly towards the middle-aged man as a sign of greeting, showing full respect for the man in front of him.
Soya gently smiled and chipped his head, then turned his head to look at Hayashi Rikawa and said, “This is the new member that Boss Kou wanted to recommend to me, isn’t it? I’m sorry for my subordinate’s rudeness; I’ll give him a good reprimand in the future.”
Obviously, he knew exactly what happened outside the door a few moments ago.

“No, I’m the one who should apologize for being too harsh.”
The two of them tacitly dismissed what had just happened.

Soya smiled and pointed at the sofa, “Let’s sit down and talk.”
Hayashi Rikawa and Kou Shiryuu sat down as they were told, the gatekeeper who followed them in did not take long to bring in black tea, Soya picked up the black tea and took a sip, while Hayashi Rikawa and Kou Shiryuu did not move, with no intention of drinking the tea at all.

Soya also does not mind, a slight smile, straight to the main topic: “Mr. Kohakumo since has passed the test, and there is Kou boss as a referrer, the membership of the matter is naturally no problem, just do not know whether you want to trade goods, or publish tasks?”
Hayashi Rikawa said, “I want the Meteorite.”

Soya heard this and moved for a moment, gently putting down his teacup and shaking his head, “Unfortunately, I don’t have any meteorites on hand lately, this thing is very sought after, and most of the time it’s out of stock, but ……”
At this point, he paused, looked deeply at Hayashi Rikawa, and slowly said, “There is a mission that uses meteorites as a reward.”
“What mission?”
“Eliminating a mercenary army smuggling arms, the mission reward is 200 grams of meteorites.”

Hayashi Rikawa quickly estimated in his heart, 200 meteorites converted into crystals would be about 4 or 5, not bad.
“What is the strength of that mercenary army?”
“The number of people is around 80 to 100, holding a large number of firearms, but you can rest assured that there are no heavy weapons.” Soya slowly said, “In addition, there are Transcendents present in the mercenary army, the exact number of people is not clear, but it won’t be more than three, and their bio-energy level won’t be more than level 10 at most.”

Kou Shiryuu suddenly interjected, “Wait a minute, Deacon Soya, in other words, if one accepts the mission, it means that one might have to face up to 100 bandits with firearms and three Transcendents at the peak of the Black Iron, doesn’t it?”
“That’s right, but that’s just the worst-case scenario.”
“Even so, the difficulty of this mission has already exceeded the value of 200 grams of Meteorite, bearing in mind that 200 grams of Meteorite is only 3.2 million White Crown Dollars.”

Soya laughed and frankly chimed, “Indeed, Boss Kou is right, under normal circumstances, the reward for such a mission would definitely be more than a mere 3.2 million White Crown Dollars, but it would be a different story if a meteorite was used as the settlement reward, as I said earlier, meteorites are priced out of the market most of the time, not to mention the 3.2 million White Crown Dollars, even if you offer it to 4 or 5 million, you still I don’t see that you can buy 200 grams of Meteorite, right?”

Kou Shiryuu’s expression stagnated when he heard this.
“In the black market, quests with meteorite as the reward have always been very sought after, even if the difficulty of the quest is a bit higher compared to the reward, there are still many Transcendents who are willing to take it. 200 grams of meteorite as the reward for the quest is not low.”

When he said that, Soya looked at Hayashi Rikawa, “Mr. Kohakumo, what do you think, do you want to take this mission?”
Hayashi Rikawa said, “I have a question, if this mission is really so sought after, why would it be given to me as a new member?”
“If I have to say, it’s because I’m very optimistic about Mr. Kohakumo’s potential and would like to make friends with you.”
Hayashi Rikawa raised his eyebrows, stared at Soya for a few seconds, and finally slowly nodded his head and said, “Okay, I’ll take this mission.”

Soya smiled faintly as he heard this and gestured towards the gatekeeper who stood by the side, who immediately turned around and walked towards a door in the deeper part of the living room, and in a short while, he returned, with a file bag in his hand.
“The details of the mission are all in here, after the mission is completed you can come back here to receive your reward.”

“However, Mr. Kohakumo, there is one more thing that I want to remind you is that those who are eyeing this army of mercenaries are not only the publisher of the mission, there are also other forces, technically speaking, they should be considered as your competitors, please be careful not to be preempted by them, otherwise you won’t be able to get the proof of the completion of the mission, and the employer won’t necessarily recognize you even if you end up wiping out the whole army of mercenaries. ”
Hayashi Rikawa took the document bag and said softly, “I see, thank you.”
“You’re welcome, then I’ll be here first to wish you well in your mission.” Soya’s face revealed a gentle smile that made people feel good.

After Hayashi Rikawa and Kou Shiryuu left the apartment, the gatekeeper who had been observing in silence finally couldn’t help himself and asked suspiciously, “My lord, why are you treating that Kohakumo so favorably, even if he defeated Ako, he’s not even a Silver Rank after all.”

“Not even the Silver Rank?” ……
Soya lost a smile and shook his head, “you guys, obviously your pair of eyes are intact, but your eyesight is worse than this one-eyed person like me.”
“Have you ever heard of Kohakumo before?”

The gatekeeper froze slightly and shook his head.
“A strange and mysterious Transcendent, who likes to wear a white mask, who has a good relationship with the Forgotten River Gang, with a great strength, all of these characteristics blended together, can’t they still give you something to associate with?”

The gatekeeper was stunned, revealing a look of sudden realization, “It’s that guy who made Qianzhong suffer a great loss!”
“That’s right.”
Soya sat back down on the couch and picked up his teacup again.

“How is it possible that a Transcendent who could even kill a Hundredfold-ranked Cadre isn’t even a White Silver Rank?”

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