Another Stupid Isekai

With Blue gone, I spent some time thinking what his real goal could be, but I just couldn't think of anything, so I ended up going outside, and putting the last finishing touches on the barriers, then I shadow walked to the city center.

It was pretty much empty, with few guys hanging around the pub. I decided to go to Hatta since he would for sure know when the scientists were going to come. I actually bumped into him in the corridor of Wuxia headquarters.

- Peter?

- Yeah, surprise. How are you doing today?

- Good. You here because of the scientists, aren't you?

- Yep. Also, I had a strange visit from Blue. He declared he is giving up, and he will stop scheming behind our backs. This time for real.

- I heard the same thing last night, but I didn't buy it - he confessed.

- Me neither. I just wonder, why would he do that?

- Maybe to remind you in his own fucked up way, that he is still in the game? - Hatta shrugged his shoulders. - I don't know. I don't want to know. I'm gonna pretend as nothing happened, and keep my eyes on him, as I used to do. I'm not letting him play any mind games with me.

- Yeah, you are right... Anyway, when are the egg-heads coming?

- All I know is, that they are coming today, and that UN bought quite a bunch of crystals for them to settle in. They are planning on buying a piece of land and setting up some lab, but they still need way more crystals to get the equipment, si this will be a process.

- Are you trying to sweet talk me into helping them? - I asked.

- No. I don't really care if you help them or not.

I just shrugged my shoulders.

- Then I probably won't, but I think I'm gonna get some more crystals on the market, which might help them in the end... I want to buy my mother a house in Dwarka, and another one in Poland. She has been living in a crapy flat for a long time now. What do you think?

- I think you should do it. Get my one too while you are at it.

- Ok.

- You know I was joking, right? - he asked, surprised by me agreeing to this ridiculous request.

- No, I don't - I said, and walked off.

- Hey! Peter! I was joking! Demn it...

I had to fight with myself to just not laugh out loud.

Since nobody really knew when the scientist will visit, and the fact that I really got hooked up on this housing idea, I just shadow walked to the giants' lair, pulled my weapon, and started swinging.

I had a really good tempo now and quickly cleared the whole thing getting crystals worth 22 310 000 points, which was worth a lot of cash.

I brought it all back to Hatta, so he would take care of the trade, and as soon as I appeared in his office, he said to me:

- The scientist came. They even got the facility up. Just five people for now, but more will be coming - he informed me. - We will have to wait a bit for them to establish the school though.

- How the hell did you know it was me? - I asked him, surprised that he could tell who it was, even without taking his eyes from the documents.

- You are the only person who just walks in, like he owns the place, Peter.

- Oh... That makes sense. I went hunting and I have some crystals to sell.

- You know that there is an office for such affairs in the gate hall? They even have a vault for keeping the crystals.

- Fine, I'll go there.

- Say hi to researchers on your way. You should really meet them.

- Why?

- Because they have a couple of interesting ideas, you might want to be a part of - he explained.

- Such as? - I asked, a bit intrigued.

,m - Such as another trip to the Uhm's settlement. You have never been there, and I think you should go. You should also take Tihana nad Ki'rai. They are gonna love it.

- Ok, I'm gonna go and say hi - I said, turned around, and left.

It was quite easy to find the location of the research facility. I thought it wouldn't, so I ended up climbing some buildings, to look from above, but the thing got set up right next to the gate hall, so I just couldn't miss it while going to put my score on sale.

It looked quite modern and had around four floors. The construction seemed to be made out of metal from the outside. It had a flat roof, and the walls were mostly just tall glass windows.

I jumped down as soon as I noticed it and then went further on foot.

They had a lobby inside. Two floors tall room with a big ass counter, and space prepared for security checkups. With a small spot set up as a waiting area, with a table and four chairs.

Since it was totally empty I just went further and looked around using 'Eyes of the void' to locate people. There was a corridor and an elevator ahead of me. I decided to just go deeper into the building. My chosen path ended with 'T' section, so I just went right. It didn't take me long to find them all. Five people in total, were all on the first floor, setting up some chemical equipment in one of the rooms.

Since they probably brought it with themselves, which meant it passed through the barriers, so it was mostly mechanical. I noticed a lot of glass and some chemicals stored in appropriate containers. They were putting everything inside some cabinets while chatting all the time.

I read the mood for a moment, and they seemed to be excited. I couldn't blame them. Visiting a strange new world with stuff that defied physics would make anybody excited.

- Hello? - I asked, then knocked on the door, while turning my skill of, to not scare anybody.