Patty forgot that his cell phone was still broken from the fight with the Fiend. He'd buy one of the latest phones in the market once he sold more Kores and got more money.
For now, people can only contact him through internet messaging services. Luckily enough, Patty's television was connected to the internet and had the messaging app installed. So, using the voice-to-text option, he talked to the remote and replied to Leonard.
A messaging bubble appeared on the screen, indicating that Leonard was typing.
Patty thought that those Kore from the Virtual World were the same thing as the one in real life, but it seemed that there was a stark difference between the two. When looked at with the naked eye, the two Kores looked the same. Only researchers like Leonard would find the difference between the two.
Leonard explained.
< ^ ^ ?? > Patty simply put emojis of two pyramids, saying that he didn't understand why his Kores had two pyramids instead of one.
It took a few seconds for Leonard to reply as he got his bearings.
< I request that you sell me these Kores at only twice its original value. With the amount of Kores that I have to use up in my experiments, this is the only price where I can afford my expenses. I know that this is unfair to you, but I hope that you take into consideration that my research will ultimately make these Kores so much more valuable in the future.>
<...I don't know what to say…this will be the discovery of my career…and you are forgoing greed so that I can continue on my dream.>
Patty wasn't forgoing his greed. He was simply too lazy to take advantage of Leonard and scam him of all his money. He was the only one who knew about the Kores, so he was the only one who'd buy his Kores.
Leonard couldn't believe that Patty was such an amazing guy. He was generous and he wasn't put off by his dream. Usually, people would panic when they hear about human experimentation because of the breach of ethics, but Leonard wasn't doing that. He always tried to be as straight-laced as possible.
Patty was so confused with what Leonard was talking about. It didn't help that Patty was watching videos in the background and searching the internet for more lazy items. He wasn't following the conversation at all.
Patty completely forgot about the misunderstanding from before and immediately got up from his bed. He couldn't believe the amount of zeroes he was seeing. Was Leonard joking?
But then, the television had another pop-up window, this time, it showed a notification from his bank saying that he was now 1.184 million Chains richer! This was from the official bank, not some scam or anything! This was real! He was a bona fide millionaire!
After that, Leonard logged off his messaging account. However, Patty was still shell-shocked from seeing that amount of money in his bank account. He was surprised that the bank didn't question him for becoming a millionaire in a literal blink of an eye.
And that wasn't the end of his wealth. If he delivered the rest of the Kores to Leonard's laboratory, then he would get another million on top of that! His name was now Filthy Richy Rich Rich! He could buy thousands of massage chairs! He could buy maids and butlers who could cater to his every whim! He didn't have to go to school anymore and just live off this money alone!
He finally achieved his dream of being rich.
However, he couldn't just renege on his deal with Leonard. He still had the responsibility of safely delivering the Kores to his laboratory. However, Patty was too lazy to do that. Sure, if he was forced to, then he would do it himself.
That wasn't sustainable. He needed to find a gopher who could deliver these Kores for him so that he didn't have to move a single inch away from his bed and still be rich.