Chapter 240 Are You Ready, Manager Song?
"Oh! Hey Alina, Lady Song will resume her stay here," said Mark as soon as he spotted the female Android.
"Eh? What's going on?" She was taken aback by surprise. She was thinking that everything will go the same way as before once Song Yue leaves but this girl returned?
While the Android cannot access Mark's memories without his permission, she can connect with the system. Unless it is necessary, she wouldn't do that. It is why she just waited for Mark's return without enquiring why he and Allen left for a quest without taking her.
Now that she became curious about the matter, she accessed the system's Quest log and found the details. From there, everything is easy to understand, although there's still something that bugged her mind.
She didn't ask any questions and quietly escorted the two of them upstairs. Alina get back to the bedroom she was familiar with and so, was Mark.
But, Alina charged into the room before he locked it, taking him by surprise. "What happened?" He asked.
"Why is she here, Big brother?" Alina responded with a question.
This was the first time Mark found an expression of displeasure on Alina's face regarding someone else who wasn't his enemy. "Are you uncomfortable with her or something?"
"Yeah," Alina nodded without keeping it in her heart. "I'm not sure why though."
Mark suddenly remembered the system that gave him the quest to save Song Yue two times. Even if she becomes a level 5 exclusive customer, her present financial situation will not be helping to earn money by selling exclusive weapons to her.
He might be using several unlocked weapons for his personal use but the system's intention of giving him such rewards is so that he could sell them to the public.
Though Song Yue was the first customer of his store, though she was also the one who is indirectly responsible for the store's popularity at the beginning, her overall transactions of her were even less than 500 gold coins.
So, why did the system think that he will gain something from Song Yue?
He could understand saving the king as it gave him the destroyer but he can't understand why the system placed such importance on Song Yue?
It might something or it might be nothing but Alina's statement made him believe that there might be a mystery to all of this.
Alina didn't know that her simple words without proper explanation only made Mark more curious about Song Yue. Previously, she was an object of pity. Now, Song Yue suddenly became an object of interest.
Anyway, thinking wouldn't solve anything and he knew that the system wouldn't give him the answer. He decided to observe carefully for the next few weeks and see if his suspicions were right or not.
"Big Brother?" As Alina brought him to reality, Mark told her what happened earlier without bothering to hide anything.
Alina knows what marriage is but she doesn't understand the concept of being engaged. When asked him, Mark gave a detailed explanation to her.
After a brief silence, she asked a simple question, "Why her?"
Mark just went through the same thoughts, and he could only let out a sigh, "That's what I would like to know too."
He then cleared his throat and further said, "Anyway, you don't need to give the same treatment from tomorrow. She's no longer a guest. but then again, she is the manager of the store. So, give her the respect she deserves, that's all."
Alina saluted and left his room. Upon returning to the living room, she took a seat on a couch and started wondering, "So, it's because of some mysterious power inside her making me uncomfortable? Not because of her interactions with Big Brother?"
Meanwhile, inside one of the guest rooms, which formally became Song Yue's room from tonight, the lady lies down on the bed to sleep but the events that occurred earlier kept her awake.
She started weeping once again, "Mama, Baba… Sorry for not living up to your expectations."
On the other hand, Mark was on cloud nine as he opened the gallery to check out the details of the two new exclusive weapons.
<strong>Medium Tank – Sd.kfz. 161 (Panzerkampfwagen IV)</strong>
Type: Exclusive (Level-4)
Grade: N/A
Crew: 2 (min) – 5 (max)
Length: 5.92 meters (19ft 5in) – Without the gun
Width: 2.88 meters (9ft 5 in)
Height: 2.58 meters (8ft 10in)
Weight: 25462 kg
Primary Armament: 75mm caliber main gun
Rate of Fire: 20 rounds per minute (max)
Secondary Armament: 2x machine guns
Rate of Fire: 900 rounds per minute (max)
Ammunition Capacity: 3150 rounds (machine gun), 87 rounds (main gun)
Cartridge type: 7.92mm caliber (machine guns), 75x495mm ammo (main gun)
Aiming angle: 0 to 65 degrees
Max. speed of the vehicle: 42 km/hr
Fuel: 470 liters of diesel, gasoline, crude oil, or cooking oil
Cruising range: 200km (diesel), 120km (gasoline), 60 km (crude oil), 18 km (vegetable oil)
Armor: Rank-5
Effective range: 4800 meters
Absolute range: 7700 meters
Auto-attack: Yes
Target-lock feature: No
Additional attachments: No
Description: An ungraded medium tank, which has a decent defense and high attack power. With dual machine guns and a 75mm main gun, the tank can crush every enemy below the elementary stage of the 6-circle realm with ease. The tank can also defend against the damage under the intermediate stage of the 5-circle realm.
Note: It must be operated by 2 crew members to use its full potential.
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<strong>Price: 2000 gold coins</strong>
Repair by system: 200 gold coins
<strong>CREATE</strong>
<strong>*Ding! Sd.kfz. 161has been created and was sent to the inventory. 2000 gold coins are added to the debt.</strong>
"Okay, with this, I wouldn't have to worry about the land wars. As for selling the tank, obviously, it won't be easy, considering it needs atleast 1 million gold coins worth of transactions with the store. That much money can only be possible by dealing with Empires and kingdoms.
Hmm, maybe, I should sell Panzer-1s to the normal public while keeping this for the kingdoms. As for the Panzerhaubitze 2000 (Pzh 2000), its attack power rivals a 7-circle and can even shoot a target from 30 km away with 100% accuracy. So, it should be kept for only private use, although I should sell atleast one to complete the quest. Maybe, I can sell it to the second prince or maybe to King Shen Niu. It isn't a worry.
Perhaps, the only thing I should worry is about the oil. Crude oil isn't discovered in this world or atleast, might not be popular yet because the people don't know what to do with it. Until I get to acquire the crude oil, I can only depend on cooking oil. With the introduction of vehicles to the army, the oil consumption will rise and probably, its price too. So, I should store as much oil as I can.
As for LARS, it will take time for even the wealthy Empires to be able to qualify. I can only use it for my defense or install them on the destroyers or the island. I wonder how much that one will cost."
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<strong>Light Artillery Rocket System (LARS)</strong>
Type: Exclusive (level-5)
Grade: N/A
Crew: 1 (min) – 3 (max)
Length: 7.8 meters (25ft 7in)
Width: 2.5 meters (8ft 2in)
Height: 2.9 meters (9ft 6in)
Weight: 15237 kg
Main Armament: 36 barrels
Rate of Fire: 120 rounds per minute (combined)
Secondary Armament: Machine Gun (roof mounted)
Ammunition: 110mm rockets (barrels), 7.62 mm (machine gun)
Aiming angle: 0 to 55 degrees
Maximum speed: 74 km/hr
Operational range: 500 km
Armor: Rank-4
Effective Firing Range: 8 km
Absolute range: 14 km
Auto-attack: Yes
Target Lock Feature: No
Additional attachments: No
<strong>Description:</strong> An ungraded rocket artillery system, which has mobility along with strong firepower. Each 110mm rocket can destroy the enemy under the peak-5-circle realm and has a blast radius of 15 meters.
36 rockets were mounted in two clusters of 18. However, the user cannot fire all of them at once. There's a gap of 0.5 seconds between each launch of the rocket.
Note: The armor protection is only offered to the driving chamber. The barrels installed on the back remain unprotected.
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<strong>Price: 3000 gold coins</strong>
Repair by system: 200 gold coins – 500 gold coins
<strong>CREATE</strong>
<strong>*Ding! LARS has been created and sent to the inventory. 3000 gold coins are added to the debt.</strong>
"Ugh… my debt is rising day after day. Soon, it will surely cross my net worth. Anyway, it's only a few days. Once I receive the materials, a new path will be opened soon."
The night passed away with Mark having a pleasant sleep while Song Yun lost his sleep.
The next morning, Mark, Song Yue, and the two Androids gathered downstairs.
As the store is opened by Allen, Mark looked at Song Yue, "Are you ready, Manager Song?"
Song Yue took a deep breath and nodded, "Yes."