Black Market

[[Black Market / Outside of the Lake City]]

Azkar came to the gateway of the Black Market. The first thing he saw was two bouncers. He then checked their [Rank], and he found out both of them are [C rank]. He already knew the ranking system of the City from Armin's memories, and he found a slightly normal power system.

So he thought he'd do some research on this topic when he goes inside the City. So, in general, [F rank] is the lowest, and [S Rank] is the highest. This is a typical cliche power system, but it has nothing to do with him. So, he first greeted the guardians. Then one of them asked him for the black market passcode.

"Who is the most beautiful girl in the Lake City?" one of the guardians asked.

If anyone doesn't know the password, then no one can save them from these bouncers because the most beautiful girl this guy is talking about is actually a female cat of the black market manager. No one in their right mind would think a cat is the beautiful girl in the Lake City.

"Miss Amilia."

Both guardians nodded after hearing the answer. They seemed pleased about something. Then one of the guardians handed him a black card, which also had a cat photo printed on it. Now he knew why the black market manager was obsessed with this cat. This cat is adorable. He also began to smile seeing the card, but no one saw him smiling because he was wearing a mask.

Then he went inside the gate after the verification procedure. The first thing he saw was the view of the place. Seeing this, he was shocked because this place looked like a luxury hotel. He remembered seven classic movies he liked to watch in his past life. So when he saw this, he remembered [Continental Hotel], then he headed towards the counter.

After getting the address and password from Armin's memories, he imagined the black market in his mind. It was like people would do some business wearing masks, and the place would be lawless. But after seeing this, he was really shocked.

After the second verification procedure at the counter, he headed straight towards the business place. At the counter, he only showed the black card, and that was it.

Before coming here, he already decided what he needed the most. After 5 minutes, he found the room where he was able to find information about his body. He thought about it many times, then came to the conclusion that he needed information about this body's past because when he knows this, he'll stay away from problems.

He checked the room number again, then went inside. This information he gained from the counter because he didn't know anything about the internal structure of the black market, so he asked some basic questions at the counter.

[[Please Insert the Card]]

[[Room number - 454 [Public database]]]

When he saw inside the room, there was only a screen and no one there. When he first came to this world, he thought this world was lacking in technology, but seeing this transparent glass screen, he took back what he said that time.

He inserted his black card, and then he saw information on the screen.

[[You don't have any credit. Please recharge your card.]]

Seeing this, he smiled, then he took back the card and said to his system.

"Use 10 Origin points to copy all the coded data I got from Armin and his teammate, then transfer it to this card as credit."

[Data transfer successful]

[You have 1 million credits currently on your card]

He knew that it would work because when he absorbed two good guys who became his loot, he absorbed everything. So, everything converted into data, and after they converted into origin points, there was still some data about their clothes, equipment, and credit data saved directly into the data bank.

Right now, he only transferred some data into the card, and the conversion of data into physical matter needs energy or simply sacrifice to bend the law slightly. That's why he used one Origin point. He remembered the system saying something like [everything is data and data can be manipulated]. Naturally, a price is needed for everything.

In simpler terms, what he did was like killing enemies in a game, where they drop loot, for example, equipment or many things. But in his case, he absorbed everything, and then everything converted into data. So, their physical bodies and soul bodies converted into Origin Points, and their equipment or other things were saved into his data bank. When he needs them, he can use some Origin Points and reconvert them into the shape they had before he converted them into data.

He inserted the card a second time, and this time he saw the information on the screen. His face brightened with a slight smile.

[[You have 1 million credits]]

[[You can access the public database of the Lake City]]

[[Please type which information you need]]

He saw a holographic keyboard begin to construct in front of him. After it was done, he typed the information and also scanned his physical body, filtering the data into the physical appearance of the previous version of him before awakening. Then he gave the data to the black market system to match this data in the public database.

[Match found]

[Please note: Information related to the public database is costly. You'll need 500k credits to view this information.]

Here, I thought I have 1 million credits and I got rich, but after seeing the information in front of him, he doubted his reasoning for a second. He was feeling the immense pain of losing his 10 Origin Points.

"Show me the information," he paid the credit points for the information.

[[Thank you for using black market information service. Here is the information]]

[Name: Alexander Status: Dead

Gender: Male Age: 19

Cause of death: Died during an experiment

Relationship status: Orphan

Rank: F

Ability: None]

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Life History: Alexander is an orphan with no background; his parents died during a demonic beast outbreak 15 years ago. His parents were [C rank] hunters, and after they died in the outbreak, Alexander grew up in an orphanage. When he turned 15, he received funds from the government because of his parents. When he turned 16 and did not awaken naturally, and as an orphan, he didn't have the money to get the serum for artificial awakening. So, he decided to work for hunters. One day, a criminal named Kerum found him outside of the city, then sold him into the slave market. A week later, he was bought by a government researcher and used as an experimental subject. He died at the age of 19 in the process of experiments.

The person who sold Alexander in the black market was the same Kerum that died by Azkar's hand. He was the second teammate of Armin.

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