Aren't We Friends?
Luck lay on his bed, staring blankly at the ceiling of his room.
"a gold coin can buy a kilo of gold...what a loss..."
He left the bag with 4 kilos of gold in a corner of his room as soon as he returned to his room.
"At least I won't have to pay cash out of my own pocket for the weapons..."
He took his cell phone out of his pocket and texted Zack.
Luck: Will you accept gold as payment?
Zack: Gold? Not those gold coins you sell!
Luck: No, not gold coins...normal gold bullion...
Zack: ....
Luck: ? answer me!
Zack: you know human trafficking is a crime, right?
Luck was stunned for a moment by Zack's message.
Luck: What the hell is human trafficking?
Zack: I read about it on the internet! Some rich guy kidnaps people and hunts them like animals just for fun!
Luck: So? What does that have to do with me?
Zack: How else are you going to get all that gold at once? And you ordered dozens of guns! Are you organizing a manhunt for rich people or something? I thought I was the one doing illegal things here, Luck!
Luck: 4 kilos...
Zack: ???? 4 kilos of what?
Luck: 4 kilos of gold!
Zack: ...the weapons you want will be ready tomorrow in the warehouse.
...
Putting his phone away, Luck had a look of relief on his face.
"I don't have to worry about money anymore... if I need money badly, I can buy gold jewelry from
Gliese and sell it on Earth! As long as I can supply my burger shop with star monster meat, I have another steady source of cash! What more could I want!"
These were of course empty thoughts...Human nature is to always want and desire more.
...
The Day After
Luck had never been to Gliese, having spent the whole day working at Monster burger with his mother.
Remembering yesterday's events and the people who laughed at him, Luck didn't know how to look them in the face, so he decided to work all day to distract himself.
Luck's mother pretended to wipe the tears from her eyes with bad acting and said, "Luck, I'm teary-eyed. Do you remember being the boss of this place?"
Looking at the employees who he realized were working extra carefully under his mother's supervision, Luck said, "I feel comfortable with you here, mom, who is more boss than me."
Luck's mother took what Luck said as a compliment and said, "When you're not around, it's up to me..."
Luck's eyes fell on Albert at the cash register taking orders from customers.
'Hang in there man...when I open another store I'll send you there...'
Albert turned his head and looked at Luck as if he felt the gaze falling on him.
Albert (...) 'Boss, save me! I am the manager of this shop! But look what I'm doing now!'
Luck continued to work in the shop for a while longer, and when he got a message from Zack that the goods were ready, he took the bag of gold he had brought to the shop with him and left the shop.
...
As Zack opened the weapon boxes one by one, Luck's eyes were met with a plethora of ready-to-use weapons.
"You didn't expect to see so many weapons, did you? I also brought ten thousand bullets! Even if you start a civil war, you won't be able to end it easily! Muahahah do you know what these weapons are?"
Luck took a gun from one of the boxes and started to examine it in his hand and shook his head negatively.
"No, I have no idea, honestly."
Zack laughed heartily.
"That gun you're holding is an AK-47, the world's number one all-purpose weapon! Ahem...I mean it was the number one weapon..."
Raising the gun and resting the butt of the gun on his shoulder, Luck took aim and looked around.
"Is it a powerful weapon?"
"Powerful? Yes, insanely powerful..." Zack, sweat pouring down his back as he saw Luck turn to him with the gun, hurried out of Luck's way.
"You know you can't joke with a gun, right? Stop aiming around!"
Luck pointed the gun back at Zack with a playful look "What the hell? Aren't all these guns empty?"
Zack hurried away again from the barrel aimed at him and this time he grabbed the barrel of the gun and lowered it to the ground.
"Maybe so, maybe not, I don't like feeling like I'm being targeted!"
Luck shrugged his shoulders "you're too cowardly..."
Zack : (-_-)
"Anyway, what are the specifications of these guns? Do you have a manual?"
"You want a manual and a description of the specs? Wait a minute..."
After Zack fiddled with his phone for a few minutes, Luck received a message from Zack.
[Ding!]
"Why are you texting me when I'm right here?"
"I sent you the information you asked for, idiot!"
"Ahh... Okay."
Luck curiously opened the message from Zack.
1. AK-47:
Ammunition: 7.62x39mm
Weight: Approx. 4.3 kg
Maximum Range: 400-800 meters
Rate of Fire: 600 shots/minute
2. M16:
Ammunition: 5.56x45mm NATO
Weight: Approx. 3.26 kg
Maximum Range: 550-800 meters
Rate of Fire: 700-950 shots/minute
3. FN SCAR:
Ammunition: 5.56x45mm NATO or 7.62x51mm NATO
Weight: Approx. 3.5 kg - 3.9 kg
Maximum Range: 800 meters
Rate of Fire: 550-650 shots/minute
4. H&K G36:
Ammunition: 5.56x45mm NATO
Weight Approx. 3.63 kg
Maximum Range: 800 meters
Rate of Fire 750 shots/minute
5. Steyr AUG:
Ammunition: 5.56x45mm NATO or 9x19mm Parabellum
Weight: Approx. 3.6 kg
Maximum Range: 300-400 meters (5.56mm version)
Rate of Fire 680 shots/minute
...
Glancing at the specifications of the weapons and the instructions for their use, Luck nodded with satisfaction.
"Very good! Just what I wanted!"
Patting his chest proudly, Zack said, "Now that you're satisfied with the weapons, it's time to pay for them, right? Hahahha!"
Zack's eyes sparkled like gold when he mentioned money.
Throwing the bag full of gold he brought with him to Zack, Luck said, "Here's your money! Catch it."
When Luck threw a bag towards him, Zack's first instinct was to grab the bag, but for some reason he heard a sound from the bag, and fearing that something bad might happen to him if he tried to grab the bag, Zack gave up at the last moment.
He soon realized how right his last minute decision was.
BANG!!!
As soon as the bag full of gold hit the ground, it shattered the wooden planking on the floor with a huge thud!
Zack: (0_0)
'Aren't we friends? What was in this bag? And you're telling me to catch it!'