1 week after the fall of Flameborn's first platoon, everyone in the town worked day and night in order to restore the destroyed building. To whose homes were destroyed were provided a tent in the shelter in the center of the city.
"*Yawn* Yesterday is so tiring~" Rudy, yawn from the tiredness after he deal with the aftermath of the syndicate that's attacking Melistown. Such as providing material from his Unique, or helping restore the building with the help of his gadget. Rudy has helped with the town's restoration a lot.
Of course, that's not only him, Hutogi, Eden, Tenko and also the other classmate helped the civilians restore the town after the chaos.
"I'm gonna go out walking a bit..." Rudy felt a little restless despite moving his ass over a few days ago, so he decided to walk around the school. Pulling the tablet from his lab coat's pocket, Rudy rummages through things inside the tablet. And then he noticed something that made his leg stop.
"W-What the hell..."
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"HUTOGI!!!" Rudy kicked the door as he shouted Hutogi's name. Entering Hutogi's room, Rudy caught sight of Hutogi who's still asleep with the head upside down, almost falling off the bed. Rudy decides to shout right on Hutogi's ears, causing Hutogi to instantly wake up as he fall off the bed.
"W-What what? What do you want me to help me with again?" Hutogi immediately went on his two foot after falling off the bed. And then he just noticed, Rudy, right in front of his eyes. The veins are shown in Rudy's head as he takes a deep breath.
"GO WASH YOUR FACE!!!"
Hutogi was startled by Rudy's loud voice and he fell on the bed. And then Hutogi hurriedly went to the toilet of his room. After washing his face, Hutogi was still drowsy when he walked out of the toilet.
"So... Why are you coming to my room in this early morning, Rudy?" Rudy shoves off the screen of the tablet right in front of Hutogi's face.
"Mind you explain this to me~?" As Rudy asked, Hutogi opened one of his eyes as he took a look at the tablet's screen.
"W-What am I supposed to see again-"
"Don't you pretend not to know... You spent 1/3 of your whole money..." Rudy grabbed Hutogi by the collar as he threw the tablet to the bed.
"Tell me... Which fucker made you spend your money on. It better be worth it." Hutogi evades Rudy's intense gaze through his goggles. Hutogi slowly pointed to his back that he used to store an item. Rudy let go of Hutogi's collar, rummaging through the stuff inside Hutogi's bag. Rudy then noticed the unusual device as he took a look at it, front and back.
"Is this the one?" It is shaped like a thick disc, and also has a few buttons attached to it. Rudy take precaution as he decides to not press anything on the button.
"What does this do?" It takes a while for Hutogi to say anything because he stutters a few times.
"U-Uh... You see, the homeless civilians in the shelter often have a problem with the insect when they go to sleep in the middle of the night. I tried to find a way so they could sleep soundly. And that's when I stumble upon the kind merchant that also tried to help the civilian."
"The moment you mention the word 'merchant' I bet that's where the problem came from."
"At first, the item he sells seems to be fake and non-usable. But then I caught my eyes on this device..."
"Oh, this thing? It's perfect for camping. It can shrug off those little insects at night. I assure you you'll get the best sleep you ever had."
"That's what I want... Uhh... How much do you have it?"
"Oh, I've got about ten boxes stacked inside this item box."
(That's the Item box Rudy sells...)
"Then, I'll take all of them. How much does cost it?"
"Oh... One unit of this thing will be... 650 Gold Coins!"
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"650 GOLD COINS?!!!" Rudy shouts at the top of his lungs. But he did not end there.
"S-Say... How many of those things are in one box?"
"Umm... About 50 Units per box?" Hearing the answer, Rudy immediately takes his calculator and counts the price.
"One box cost 32,500 Gold Coins... 10 boxes then... 325,000?!!! FUCKING HELL HUTOGI!!! I TOLD YOU MANY TIMES TO TELL ME WHEN YOU'RE GONNA SPEND THAT HUGE AMOUNT OF THAT MONEY!!!" Rudy shakes Hutogi's collar rapidly. He then let go as he walked out of the room.
"Where are you going?!" Hutogi chases Rudy who had the scary gaze.
"Huh? Where else? To get back all the money that fucking scammer took from you..." Hearing Rudy's response, Hutogi went and blocked his path.
"No no no, It's fine. Let the gone be gone! What's gotten into you? You said I had the freedom to spend the money I gain by myself."
"Yeah, but I took back that freedom when you've got 100K scammed of you a while ago."
"Anyway, even if he's a scammer, his items proved to work. I've seen them."
"Yeah? I bet it's just slime mucus and slug mucus inside of them. I can bet they only lasted less than 3 nights." At the same time, Rudy noticed the dark eyebags under Hutogi's eyes.
"You, how long you didn't sleep?" Upon hearing a question, Hutogi immediately realized things wouldn't go well.
"Uhh... Quite a while..." Once again, Rudy grabbed Hutogi by his collar.
"It's those people, isn't it? Do they keep asking you more and more favors? I knew it! First, I'm gonna track down that scammer, then I'll give the pieces of mind to those who exploited your kindness." Rudy walked away, but Hutogi grabbed Rudy by the arm.
"No! It's my fault! If you're gonna punish somebody, punish me!" Rudy, smirked with pity when he heard that.
"You know, you're really kind. That's why your purpose in life is to work under me and me only." As Hutogi realizes it, he has breathed the gas that comes out from Rudy's prosthetic arm. It appears to be sleeping gas. Since Hutogi himself lacks sleep, the gas seems to be more effective on him.
Rudy brings Hutogi back to his room as he throw him off to the bed. And immediately walked out again.
"Fuck those people who keep fawning on him. You think you all don't have a house, you can exploit someone like that?"