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Chapter 23 - Ways to Claim Ownerships

While it is true that I cannot sell things that I do not own to the Shop System without having access to the Black Market, it is also true that in order to retain ownership of something, you have to be amongst the living first.

And a lot of people are no longer alive (or in a state of dead) thanks to the monsters.

That allows me to claim ownerships, and with ownerships, I can sell them. The parking lots are stacked with vehicles of all sort. Some are luxury cars, fetching for a nice price.

"What the fuck!?" Alex calls out as a car vanishes before his eyes. This time, however, I will give him a straight answer in the most simplest way I know how.

"I sold it," I state and continue to do what I am doing.

"You sold it?" Thomas quirks his eyebrows, as he watches me makes another car disappears into thin air. The others also watch me in bewilderment.

"Yes," I answer simply and check my wealth. Most cars only worth about 5,000 GPs, but some do fetch for a much higher price. While that does sound like a lot money, my original wealth was immeasurable, as it cannot be expressed in mere numbers.

"Hey. That's my car," Thomas calls out when I touch another vehicle. "Please don't make it disappears, or my dad will kill me."

I eye him with a smirk. While I wanted to, I cannot since Thomas is still alive, and therefore, the vehicle still has an owner and not free for me to claim as my own. Of course, there are other ways of claiming ownerships without having the owner dead. "Can I have it?"

"What? No," Thomas snorts.

"It will just get destroyed here, and if you give it to me, I can give it back to you later. With all of your belongings inside too," I tell him. What were sold can be brought again, but at a much higher premium.

Thomas narrows his eyes while debating with himself internally. "Alright but promise me you will give it back later."

"Sure," I response. I will as long as he is still alive. If he is dead, I do not need to keep that promise. As he grants me ownership, I can now sell his car, and I smile at the 6 figures. His car worth 283,211 GPs even though its value does not worth that much to me.

To Thomas, however, it is worth a lot more, hence its price from the Shop System.

My smile turns to frown when I note how much it would cost me to buy back. 11 million GPs. That is fucking insane. I shrug afterwards and continue to sell as much things as possible. "Oh, by the way, if you guys have something you want me to keep safe for you, feel free to give them to me."

"Um. You will give them back later, Zander?" Alice questions.

"Yes," I tell her and accept a pen. A very worn out pen. "This belongs to your late mother, isn't it?"

"How did you… oh," Alice remembers that we were a couple in another timeline, and as a couple, I do a lot about her. "Please keep it safe for me."

"I will," I assure her and sell it to the Shop System for a nice 8 figures. Mementos are truly priceless.