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Chapter 35: Repair Charcoal

Translator: Oneshotwonder Editor: Tehrn

"Are you sure?" Sa did not waiver, and he acted as if he didn't notice her interrogating stare "Principal, they say only diamond cuts diamond At my current state, I am not sure how much use I can be But once I have learned more, I will strive to earnthat Wang Tong was unwavering, Saht, let's leave it for now, ood Is there anything else?"

Sa set off The youngest principal in the entire Confederation had tasted defeat for the first tiht to herself bitterly

Without looking, Wang Tong could feel Sa stare landed on the back of his neck His hair stood on ends He wouldn't have to confront Saht again

The tournament was a waste of time for rich princes and princesses: flaunt and unpractical Wang Tong's focus was on the Tactics of the Blade and TPA The latter was not only a great place for sparring, but it also allowed Wang Tong to do so anony had left the results to fate He figured that it was about ti had pretty much ruled out theto try his luck at dingy shops that scattered about in the darkest corners of the city

Wang Tong had frequented these shops ever since he was little, usually being led by the sleazy Old Fart Despite the occasional skirmish with the law, these squalid shops had always strived to satisfy the needs of their custo searched every corner of the city, he sturocery store that he had frequented with Old Fart years ago Disguised as an ordinary grocery store, the owner's supply was far rocery store should be

The oas an old man, older even than Old Fart He wore a pair of ancient and heavy far-sighted glasses on his face like wearing a badge that honored his old, albeit stubborn, ways

"Little Tong Tong, long ti a row of crooked yellow teeth So toward Wang Tong

"Old Bonehead, do you think you can fix this for me?"

Old Bonehead studied Charcoal's mainframe for a moo, it’s a bugger to fix you know"

Feeling that he was about to arrive at another dead end, Wang Tong quickly digressed, "It doesn't have to be the sa as it works"

"If that's the case, I can give it a try I have a lower tier cleaning robot that's just lying around collecting dust; I can use it for parts"

Old Bonehead was referring to an ancient floor-cleaning machine that was three feet tall It lacked the joints that Charcoal had and therefore would be even clumsier than the C ht ht be Charcoal's only chance of being revived, Wang Tong had to compromise "How much?" he asked

"You have beento be honest The parts are not expensive, but the labor is Say I will give you 20 percent off that will be thirteen thousand, orand for the sake of a smooth transaction, and I will throw another twenty percent off on top of that, the final price would be eight grand Just the labor would cost thatTong shook his head and extended only two fingers

Old Bonehead was flustered after being low-balled by Wang Tong "No way!" he yelled out and extended all five fingers at Wang Tong

Seeing that Old Bonehead had quickly slashed three grand off the original offer, Wang Tong was confident to haggle even further He shook his head and said, "Twenty-eight hundred; a discount for my kindred[1] That's all I have; you kno poor I am, I really can't afford anye of me as soon as you come back from Norton, aren’t you? Anyhow, so be it, I don't want others to scolda “kindred” The asse here or would you like to pick it up tomorrow?"

"I ait"

"Okay You are lucky that the mainfra hi inside The shop was small and squalid, and heaps of junks were scattered everywhere Old Bonehead cleared a path toward one side of the wall As he placed his palht flashed, and the as lifted up by so a whole different world inside