When confronted by the clerk of this particular store, Vicente handled the matter as if he was used to doing business there. "I'm not looking for anything in particular. But if something catches my eye, we can do business."
"Oh? So the young master is interested in seeing our catalog?" The salesman didn't find it strange.
The black market was not a continental organization but an association of groups that exploited the parallel trade in various things. Among them were items that were banned from official sale or at least restricted from sale. Not only that but items were also traded at a discount due to non-payment of taxes by the forces behind the black market itself.
But the black market in Saltstar City and the one in this city weren't necessarily part of the same organization. They followed similar practices, with the necessary discretion and offering of items that would move the official forces if their contents were made public.
