Back in her room, Fāng Xiǎoxiǎo lay on her bed. Although it was almost midnight, she couldn't fall asleep, her mind repeatedly sorting through a jumble of information.
Event 1: My older brother has been out of touch for over half a year, possibly making a fortune.
Event 2: My brother is very low-key, seeming to be a professional killer or an arms dealer.
Event 3: My brother left mysteriously, taking all his weapons, possibly to commit a crime.
Event 4: My brother teleported back, appearing to be a superpowered person?!.
Event 5: My brother is overly cautious and carries a gun! He almost shot her.
Event 6: My brother started speaking in a dialect and said he would tell her the truth tomorrow.
Conclusion: My brother awakened his superpower half a year ago, is an incredibly powerful space-type superpowered person, but is working for the Colonels and acting as a traitor in China?
"Hiss, my heavens."
Can't sleep, absolutely can't sleep. Tell her tomorrow? Tell her what? Silence her? Or drag her along to be a traitor too? What should she do then? Agree? No way, she just graduated and decided to make a lot of money... no, to serve the country...
But if she disagrees, she'll definitely be silenced! No, she's naturally beautiful, maybe she'll be taken away for some strange things...
What to do? Should she run home tonight...
No, listening to the voice, her brother seems to be in the living room. Why isn't he back to sleep yet! Could it be to prevent her from escaping in the middle of the night?!
While Fāng Xiǎoxiǎo was lost in thought, Fāng Yuǎn was sitting in the living room studying his system, which had inexplicably changed its name.
[Backpack System activated. Items obtained through the system can be automatically stored. Current capacity: 10.]
[Mission release time is fixed at 7 days, can be started in advance, or delayed by consuming points.]
[Next mission content can be viewed at any time.]
[Mall System updated. Currently unlocked: Demon Slayer Mall.]
[Purchasable items: original demonizing agent, blue spider lily, Nichirin Blade, eight major breathing techniques, initial sword skill forms, wisteria poison, high-concentration explosives, Kasugai Crow, specialized pistol...]
There weren't many items, and most were useless.
Breathing techniques appeared powerful on the surface, but in reality, they were merely exertion techniques that combined with breathing, allowing the body to unleash several times its normal explosive power. After mastering all-round ripple breathing, replicating these techniques wasn't difficult for him.
The original demonizing agent was the most expensive item and the one Fāng Yuǎn disdained the most. This agent perfectly replicated the one Muzan took before turning into a demon and required a long course of treatment to take effect.
Besides these, Nichirin Blades, wisteria poison, and the like were all special items for attacking demons. Their sheer hardness might not even match aluminum alloy, and the toxicity of wisteria poison was extremely low for humans, could even be used as an air freshener.
The so-called high-concentration explosives were, after all, products of World War I. Fāng Yuǎn could even forge white phosphorus munitions, so why would he care about explosives? At most, they could be used for emergencies.
As for the Kasugai Crow... it could talk and fly, so it could be kept as a pet. Relying on it to spread messages? Forget it. Perhaps it would be useful when he traveled to some ancient world?
What use could it be?
Fāng Yuǎn turned his head and saw the section marked [Main World Mall]. For 500 points, he could buy a walkie-talkie. Although it was civilian-grade, it was cheap.
Incidentally, the Main World Mall had many items for sale, basically everything available in physical stores. The point prices were also very close to RMB, even cheaper. Judging by the prices of drinks and snacks, they were likely factory prices, not retail.
It was just a shame that the items in this mall seemed to be targeted at the domestic market, or rather, his city. The firearms he most desired were not available.
Previously, to avoid troublesome explanations, he had disposed of all heavy weapons except for a few revolvers he kept on him in that world, leaving them for Uzui Tengen to destroy...
He should have kept them, not thrown them away, especially since he ran into that girl right after returning. However, even if he hadn't thrown them away, there weren't many bullets left, as he had fired all night, and the few boxes of ammunition he brought wouldn't last long.
"Forget it, not a big deal."
Being able to do whatever he pleased in the Mission World was partly because he had no qualms about such things, and truly didn't care about them. Even using underhanded tactics or suicide squads, he didn't care; as long as it was useful and interesting, he'd do it.
Another reason was that after completing a mission, he could just leave, and any subsequent messes would have nothing to do with him; he could just run.
But the Real World was different.
Committing crimes would lead to being wanted, and he always returned to his original location after finishing a mission. You could change the monk, but not the temple. Why invite trouble?
Although he could find an excuse to flee abroad and perhaps unlock local gun stores, fleeing for such a trivial matter? What a joke, it felt boring just thinking about it.
The next day.
"I have a system, have you ever read novels?"
"No."
Fāng Xiǎoxiǎo shook her head.
"Then go read one now."
Fāng Yuǎn crossed his legs, placed the Colt from his sleeve on the coffee table, with a few bullets standing beside it.
In reality, there was no need for proof. After all, she had seen Fāng Yuǎn teleport back with her own eyes last night. For ordinary people, the acceptance of systems and superpowered beings was equally difficult.
"Oh... so, your money all came from the system?"
Fāng Xiǎoxiǎo, of course, didn't foolishly go read novels, but instead Googled what systems were in novels.
"Not exactly. Although it can be exchanged for money, it's too little and a bad deal. My money came from starting a company with classmates. I don't have to manage anything, just take the dividends."
That company was actually operating quite ordinarily. He was supposed to be in charge of a part of its management, but due to the system, he was forced to become a hands-off owner. Even so, he received around 200,000 to 300,000 annually? He hadn't paid attention for a while, so he didn't know how the company had developed.
"...That's a good way to show off. By the way, doesn't your system require secrecy? Don't you have to hide it?"
Fāng Xiǎoxiǎo clapped her hands and then asked her second question.
"What's there to hide about this piece of junk?"
Fāng Yuǎn lit a cigarette, completely unconcerned.
The key was, why hide it? If I hide the system well, will it give me more points? Obviously not.
As it stood, this piece of junk was less intelligent than his Xiaomi phone. High risk, low reward. He had gotten a bit tired of it five years ago. If he didn't know how to get rid of it, he would have thrown this trash away long ago.
"So amazing... Why don't I ever find a system? Brother, who was the bad guy you fought in your last mission? How did you win? Was it a landslide?"
"If you had this system, you'd probably fail every mission except those dealing with campus violence. The last one... I fought Kibutsuji Muzan."
"Who?! Demon Slayer's? No way... Did you learn Sun Breathing? How did you win? Did Shinobu Kocho die? You must have saved her, right!\