It wasn't that Marcus was deviating foolishly from his plan, he had it in mind to sell the gene core so that he would go see my mum and pay part of her bill but if he could see an opportunity that would help him earn faster, he would still grab it.
In this SS-grade beast spider gene core case, if Marcus could get his hand on it, he was thinking he could use it to ensnare S-grade mutant beasts.
It wouldn't even take time to defeat many, Marcus thought he could set a trap and use himself as bait after all he would be the one in control of the elastic steel silk.
But his perception was only three times that of an average human so Marcus would need to be careful with his traps.
And given the fact that its effectiveness would diminish because Marcus would need to split it with gene Scissors which would take a week for him to gain the inferior version but it would still work, after all, it was an SS-grade beast gene core, the only thing was that it wouldn't boost his stat.
Although the plan seemed cowardly but it was one of the ways to defeat mutant beasts quickly and amassed gene cores.
"Sure, we could trade but I must say, this gem cost 20 million"
Wang Bao shook his head as if to discourage Marcus, perhaps he thought he was rich since Awakeneds are all rich.
But Marcus didn't even have any money at hand.
"I will pass"
"Sir, are you not selling that gem again"
"Unless you pay 12 million"
Marcus said frankly but he prayed he would accept the price inwardly.
Wang Bao made a rueful expression and shook his head lightly but it seems he hadn't given up yet.
He scratched his head and sighed exasperatedly.
"Alright, give me your account details, I will transfer the 12 million right away"
Marcus was so joyous, he never thought he could sell the gene core at that price.
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Marcus kept grinning while he walked down the street.
"I will pay Mei Ling what I owe her, and use the rest to pay my mum's bill and find a place to stay" he felt it was high time he stop impose on Mei Ling, she had tried for him and he intended to repay her.
"Well, her kindness paid off, she will definitely be happy when I pay her"
But something caught Marcus' eyes, it was the ruby colour gene core that was dangling from a hairpin in front of him, the girl had a toned body and her black hair was very long, they were 10 feet from each other.
[Notice!: S-grade beast cheetah gene core]
[Skill: godspeed]
"Huh?, Is this a coincidence, Zhiyuan has one and this girl also, where did she see it, perhaps she bought it, how rich is she then?"
He continued wondering, after all, a person who could own a hairpin adore with the same gene core as a member of the Huang clan must probably be rich.
And considering other factors like her being an Awakened, it may be so but she seemed young, probably sixteen years old, Marcus could just tell, he felt it was related to his perception, and anyone below eighteen years wasn't allowed to raid areas.
"Let me approach her"
Marcus made up his mind to ask her, but not until she walked so fast and entered the nearest alleyway.
"How did she know I was approaching her, the street is broad and many people are walking past each other"
Marcus couldn't help but wonder but he also walked fast and entered the alleyway.
He was now about a few meters from the girl when she turned back.
"Huh!"
Marcus exclaimed, she ended up being Yu Yan, Zhiyuan's girlfriend, Marcus then realised that the beast cheetah gene core which adored her hairpin was probably from Zhiyuan.
'Fuck, I don't know she will end up being Zhiyuan's girlfriend'
He was shocked and he started gazing around to see if Zhiyuan wasn't around.
Marcus quickly rushed to the entrance of the alleyway to see if he hadn't entered a deadly trap set by himself.
Yu Yan was perplexed when she saw Marcus looking around.
She had it in mind to question who was stalking her and beat them up if necessary, even if the person thought he could outsmart her into thinking that he was also treading the same path, how could she, a black belt in karate missed it?
She had honed all her senses, but she was somehow surprised at this latest attitude of her stalker who was looking around as if running away from something dreadful.
"Hmm-hmm" Yu Yan cleared her throat.
"What business does your caliber have with me"
'Eh!' Marcus turned back immediately and looked at her in disbelief after hearing the word, he realised she was somehow rude.
'Well it was to be expected, after all, she had already reasoned I was stalking her'
After he had checked that no one was following them, Marcus composed himself.
"I was wondering if we could do business, I like the gem that adores your hairpin, if you don't mind we could discuss the terms"
As the girlfriend of Zhiyuan, there was no way she would sell it after all it wasn't that she needed money but Marcus figured he could as well tell her his mind since he had nothing to defend himself with.
He sounded confident, he even did shirt well like a businessman who meant business.
"And what gave you the idea that I wanted to sell it, it's my personal accessory, why would I sell it?"
Yu Yan frowned, her tone was questioning, she had never heard of a stalker ending up being a businessman.
'Is that a new approach to getting a client?'
Well, if he ended up otherwise, Yu Yan made up her mind to deal with him, even if he was an Awakened, an Awakened with rank below B-rank was nothing.
"Well, I was just interested in it, but it's alright if you don't want to, I will take my leave"
Marcus realised there was nothing left to do, he wasn't the type to coax people, and neither did he have any hidden business tactics, nevertheless, Yu Yan kept looking at him suspiciously.
'Let me leave to clear her doubt'
As he wanted to turn, Marcus' gaze fell on the roof of a two-story building by the right a distance from the back of Yu Yan, and what he saw was shocking.
[Beast mouse!]
[Potential evolution into S-Grade beast mouse detected!]
'What?!'
There it was, a normal mouse on the roof of the building.
But one wouldn't call this mouse a normal one because it was snarling malevolently, its chisel-like yellow teeth were scary by the way it snarled.
Its whiskers stood on end, Marcus looked back at Yu Yan, she was still gazing at him suspiciously.
'Did she not hear the snarling of that mouse?'
He was wondering, perhaps it wasn't as loud as he thought it to be and he could hear the snarling sound because of his perception.
It seemed it couldn't wait anymore as the beast mouse jumped in the direction of the ruby colour gene core dangling from Yu Yan's hairpin.
"Hey!"
Marcus yelled out and pointed at the beast mouse in midair but Yu Yan turned but saw nothing.
The beast mouse had already jumped down at the back of Yu Yan and also leaped up to the height of Yu Yan and was on the verge of gnawing at the dangling gene core.
"Fuck!"
He dashed towards Yu Yan and pushed her out of the way, the beast mouse gnawed at the air in place where the gene core was earlier, and it landed on the ground and scurried away.
Yu Yan was stunned, she started wondering, it wasn't that Marcus was fast, how the hell was he able to push her even though he wasn't in any way fast, she was already on the verge of falling when she realised.
'He tricked me!' she gritted her teeth angrily, thinking that Marcus pointed at the air to make her shift her gaze so he could push her.
Her face contorted in fury at Marcus' figure in front of her but she had already lost her balance and in the nearest 0.5 seconds, she would fall on the concrete floor.
"Fuck!" Marcus cussed under breath, he didn't mean to push her but that was the only way to avoid the beast mouse from gnawing at the gene core and swallowing it to complete its evolution.
Marcus then thought about supporting Yu Yan's figure which lost balance due to the push and was about to fall on the floor.
"Damnit, I will make sure he pays with his hands, I will break both off from his body" Yu Yan muttered frustrated as she was falling.
But then she saw the same figure who pushed her a moment ago had already rushed to her back.
'What!'
Yu Yan was surprised as someone held her from losing balance, the person actually hugged her from the back to support her.
'How did he do that?, I thought I had already fallen'
Yu Yan was surprised but then she looked down at what was groping at her chest, the same place the person had held her from falling.
She gritted her teeth immediately and turned red.
"Ah..." Marcus heaved a sigh of relief
'I thought I wouldn't make it' Marcus thought as he managed to hug Yu Yan from the back from falling.
"Eh!?, what is this soft and tender sensation against my palms" Marcus wondered aloud, his gaze then fell on his hands but was replied immediately with a backward headbutt from Yu Yan followed by a leg kick at his forehead.
WHACK!!....
WHACK!!...
Yu Yan, with her trained body, had actually brought her right leg upward above her and kicked Marcus's forehead so hard that he stumbled backward.
"Ouch!" Marcus exclaimed, his lips bleeding from where Yu Yan had headbutted him.
He wrinkled his face in agony and gazed back at Yu Yan, who was already free from his grip. She had a super embarrassed expression.
"Pervert!" covering her chest with her arms, Yu Yan cried and ran away.
Marcus stood still, stunned.