23 I'm Rich, But I Want To be Richer

Larcen woke up and found Anna in his arms, remembering the things that transpired a few hours ago. 

'Who would've thought that these guys used words other than copulation and reproduction while doing these acts....', he thought and chuckled as he turned his head sideways while he caressed her hair. 

A small video player sat on the floor, plugged into something similar to an inverter. She had him watch other people do the deed in order to help him graduate from being vanilla which only got both of them in heat. 

'People from this world really are creative huh? I never knew that we could copulate in so many different ways. Ah, I have to stop using this word as soon as possible... what did she say bout the word back then...? Oh yeah, a turn off huh.'

He looked at the clock hung on the wall and sighed as it was time to go out and fight. He attempted to take her hands off him but it only resulted in her waking up.

"Hmm?", she squinted at him, "Is it time already?"

Larcen nodded, "Yeah... by the way, what's in those boxes?", he asked as he used merchant's eyes on them.

"Oh, those are just ammunition. I only have .22 and 9mm bullet variations though. I plan on selling them in the shop for some SP but I'm unsure about the pricing. I also have a pistol but it's just useless in mid and long ranges since it's a .22 caliber gun. I really wish I had my father's gun right now...."

"What happened to that one?", he asked, curious.

"I... buried it with him. That was one of his last wishes.", she said, sighing. 

Larcen did not say anything and stood up before putting his clothes on and picking up his machete. 

"Hey, wait. I can give you my pistol since I don't really have much use for it.", she said, as she hopped off her bed.

It wasn't much of a suspense to Larcen as he had seen everything already but a certain part of his body still reacted. 

He stared at her for a few seconds while she smirked but the smirk was wiped off her face when she heard his words.

"Just tell me what you want. Your actions previously were suspicious too."

"I... I... fuck! I just wanted someone to protect me, okay? Even if I let people stay here, there is nothing stopping them from going for my head if they wanted."

Larcen nodded in understanding. She was not wrong in wanting someone to protect her but there was still a question bugging him. 

"Why me? I'm new here."

Anna rubbed her forehead as she took a deep breath, "It's literally been like two days. These guys came here yesterday during the earthquake since the building did not collapse for some reason. My first option was Bill, but you are clearly better looking so I decided to go for you."

"He could be stronger than me. Looks don't matter much in this scenario, Anna.", he said. While her words irritated him, it was not a bad approach on her part. In fact, it was a very smart thing to do.

"Physical strength doesn't matter much when one of them has a gun in their arms. A .22 bullet could be the weakest but it is still better than other melee weapons when it comes to range and power. If you shoot someone who is at a distance of around 10 to 20 meters, it will hurt. I also have hollow point rounds so those could potentially kill at that range."

Larcen watched her put on her clothes as he thought about it, frowning as he did so.

"Why don't you use it yourself then? It shouldn't be hard to hit a huge target at that range."

Anna sighed when she heard his words, "Well... it's because I am unable to. I never shot someone and I don't want to have blood on my hands. Indirect is somewhat acceptable but when I think about shooting someone with my own hands, I feel nauseous and my hands start shivering."

"Fine. Give me the gun and ammo. I'll do what you want but only until we reach the military camp or whatever it's called."

She let out a sigh, relieved that he accepted it. She put her hand under the last mattress and dug out a sleek-looking pistol before handing it over to him. 

"Here... I have a few more magazine cases in those boxes, let me get them for you.", she said as she walked towards the boxes and stopped in front of them before turning to look back at him while he was checking the gun out.

"Um, could you help me get this one down?"

"Oh, sure.", Larcen said as he put the gun in his pocket and walked towards her. 

The box was extremely heavy even with his stats but he was able to lift it nonetheless. As he was about to drop it down, Anna panicked.

"Place it gently. GENTLY!", she said hurriedly and Larcen complied as he did not know much about the specifics of gun handling.

Once the box was down, she thanked him before opening it. Multiple boxes were stacked up against each other, filling up the box efficiently but on top of all of them, there were a few magazines that were empty.

Anna picked up one of the magazines and opened a box of ammo before filling the magazine.

"Watch and learn. It is very simple, you just have to push the bullets inside like this and they'll sit right there. My gun is a one of the models that comes with high-capacity magazines and these can hold 28 rounds. Fill the rest of the mags while I go find a chest rig for you."

While she left to get him a chest rig that helped in keeping the magazines safe and easy to access, he opened up his system interface.

'86 SP huh... I need a bit more to buy another Replication slot. Time to remove useless things from the slots I guess...'