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Chapter 496: BOSS!

“Quick as the wind, this girl,” Lan Jue muttered helplessly

“Boss!” He suddenly realized the custoone The four amazons all stood at his back, hands on their hips He aardly plucked off his , too?”

“Hmph!” They shouted in unison

“Ladies,” he said, his face spreading in to a winning smile “It’s so nice to be hoht? In fact, I think we should have a drink and celebrate, what do you think?”

They couldn’t hold it, and Ke’er bubbled in to laughter “I don’t care, but I do want a hug You all going out and leaving me behind… you don’t kno much work it was!”

Mika replied “It was no cake-walk for us, either Running this way and that, hiding our identities,supplies… it wasn’t easy!”

They made their way toward the far counter of the jewelry shop The ladies were careful to keep Lan Jue captured in the center of them

His shifty eyes flit in all directions “I’ll have you know, girls, that I’rity!”

“Like this is soue out at hiht,” Mika said, “business to discuss How has the store been these last few days, Ke’er?”

She nodded “Business has been unusually busy Our stock is down to forty-three percent Everything is selling like hotcakes, it doesn’t“To be expected In the face of a crisis, everyone wants to prepare, and ems are used in ships andtheir equiper improves survivability Down here, the ones who cos will be strategic resources for the coht I suspect personal sales will dwindle or stop in the near future I think we should close the doors for a while, not for any profit reason, but to arm ourselves”

“Yeah” The four a with their boss, they would follow his decisions unconditionally

Lan Jue went on “So now that we knoe’ve sold, Mika, tell us e got”

A glian with a dark chuckle “Oh, we got quite the haul Luo is the capital of the North and is fat with all kinds of resources Under the boss’ instruction, ent out to go look for power ge the tourna we needed We cleared out about thirty percent of all the stones in their ems It’s certain that after the Terminator’s announceot plenty of working capital The boss was right, power ge on a giant cache”

Lan Jue cut in “I need you to take stock of everything we have Make a list, and ets a copy Whatever the Avenue needs, we sell at cost”

“Yess, boss,” Mika answered

“Boss, why did she leave?” Now that the iears She scowled out theto the Avenue outside

Lan Jue made his face unreadable “You ran her off”

Mika’s eyes snapped back to hi to her! We may not like her all that much, but she was the one that set up the trap in the Starfields”

Xiuxiu interjected “Boss, don’t beher back”

Lan Jue’s displeased expression turned her way “You’re the good one, Xiuxiu When did you start being so insincere?”

This ed on her arh! Any more and you won’t be able to control us!”

Lan Jue’s stern expression collapsed at the joke “Alright, that’s enough innuendo I leave and you all gang up on me Anyway, Xiaosu’s life has been a difficult one – much like all of you Hell, she’s had it worse”

He went on to give a brief look in to the pirate leader’s life The girls listened dutifully, and when they heard about the dark underbelly of the Citadel, their faces changed