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Chapter 429: Night City - My Rich Lady Friends
Chapter 429: Night City - My Rich Lady Friends
"Thank you for your patronage! I must say, doing business with Miss Koetsu is truly a pleasure. If Miss Koetsu visits us again, we'll definitely offer a 20% discount."
As he swiftly stuffed the cash from the table into his sleeves, a broad smile spread across Kurona Kiyotsugu's face.
After arranging the time to pick up the Artificial Body the next day, Kurona also enthusiastically escorted Night City and Koetsu to the entrance.
But as he watched Night City and Koetsu leave, Kurona Kiyotsugu once again pulled out the bundle of cash from his sleeve and said, "The sales from these two days are more than the total of the past decade combined."
It's true that Night City, the Third Seat, is poor himself, but the people he knows are all noble rich ladies.
If Night City weren't so clever and hard to fool, I might even consider inviting him to be our store's spokesperson."
The items sold at Kurona's Shop are not ordinary, and although there are customers from time to time, they are indeed few.
Moreover, those poor fellows from the Masked Army frequently come to the store to mooch, and Kurona Kiyotsugu still has several mouths to feed. The shop's finances have long been in the red.
Yesterday, when Kuchiki Rukia came to the Human World, and today, with Shiba Koetsu, the orders from these two alone have saved the shop's financial deficit for over a decade.
Rukia is from the Kuchiki family, and Koetsu is from the Shiba family; they are both from noble families in Soul Society. Money is not a concern for them.
Kurona Kiyotsugu also noticed that these noble ladies had a peculiar sentiment towards Night City. As long as he used Night City as a reference, these rich ladies from Soul Society would readily open their wallets.
Recalling the previous visit from Kuchiki Rukia, who spent a large sum of money on various soon-to-be-obsolete gadgets upon his "special recommendation," Kurona Kiyotsugu couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction.
Yesterday, when Rukia arrived in the Human World, unfamiliar with her surroundings, she immediately went to Kurona's Shop, seeking help from Night City's "acquaintance."
Initially, upon hearing Rukia's surname and learning that she was Night City's junior in the 13th Division, Kurona Kiyotsugu was quite surprised.
During their subsequent conversation, Kurona Kiyotsugu also noticed that Kuchiki Rukia held an extraordinary admiration for the "Night City senior" he mentioned. So, Kurona Kiyotsugu tried recommending several products from the store.
And each time after promoting a product, he would add, "Night City has used it and highly recommends it." As expected, Rukia bought all the gadgets without hesitation.
Compared to Shiba Koetsu, Rukia was even more financially well-off. Her sister, Kuchiki Hizuru, a severe sister complex, fearing that her younger sister would suffer during her travels, gave Rukia a substantial sum of money.
Given the Kuchiki family's wealth and Hizuru's doting on Rukia, one can imagine the magnitude of this "substantial sum."
Despite Kurona Kiyotsugu's shrewdness as a merchant, upon witnessing Rukia's impressive financial strength, he had already inflated the prices. Still, she purchased all the recommended items.
Rukia, who bought these miscellaneous gadgets, didn't find them overly expensive. After all, if Night City had endorsed them, the prices were already quite reasonable.
Kurona, the store owner, probably gave her a discount out of respect for being Night City's junior. ( ￣ ￣)
"If that guy from Yecheng finds out that you're using his name to swindle people, your outcome probably won't be pretty.
Don't be fooled by how easygoing that kid is; he's a monster who single-handedly wiped out the 'Masked Army'.
And you must have realized it too; in just over a decade since we last saw him, that kid now gives off an even more dangerous vibe!"
Regarding this, both Purification Shop's Kurona Kiyotsugu and Yecheng Yi were genuinely stunned. In theory, once an individual's strength reaches a certain level, they should encounter a so-called bottleneck or limit. Otherwise, Sosuke Aizen wouldn't have thought of using the Hollowification Gem to break through the limits of the Shinigami.
However, the existence of someone like Yecheng seemed utterly absurd to Kurona Kiyotsugu. As a Shinigami, his strength had already reached an incredibly high level.
Yet, it was as if he had no limits or bottlenecks. In just over a decade, his strength had increased by so much.
Kurona Kiyotsugu was well aware that someone like Yecheng must have some unspeakable secret, just like Aizen.
But everyone had their secrets. Right now, they only hoped that Yecheng wouldn't end up like Aizen, becoming their adversary.
On the other side, Yecheng was clearly unaware that in the eyes of Kurona Kiyotsugu and the others, he had already become a candidate for the big boss. This was because he had brought Koetsu with him and returned to the house he had previously bought with Lunju.
Looking at the 'Night God Mansion' in front of him, covered in vines and weeds and resembling a haunted house, Yecheng couldn't help but show a look of helplessness.
There was no other way; it had been about a decade since he and Lunju came to the Human World.
After such a long time, it was fortunate that their house was merely dilapidated and not completely collapsed.
Both Yecheng and Koetsu were experts in Kido, so it only took them an afternoon to barely restore the house to a livable condition.
In fact, they could have temporarily rented a place outside, as Yecheng couldn't afford a high-end Artificial Body from Kurona Kiyotsugu's Black Shop. He could still afford to rent a place.
But when Koetsu saw the words 'Night God Mansion' on the plaque at the entrance of the dilapidated house, she suddenly froze in her tracks, and a big smile appeared on her face, as if she had imagined something extraordinary.
In the end, due to Koetsu's strong insistence, Yecheng and the others had no choice but to work tirelessly to clean up the house. As night fell, Yecheng sensed a spiritual pressure and a faint smile appeared on his lips.
"It's about time..."
Koetsu, who had just come out of the bathroom, drenched in sweat from cleaning the house, lit up at Yecheng's words. To leave a beautiful memory on this date, she had done her homework beforehand.
After asking some Soul Street delinquents under her command, Koetsu thought that Yecheng's 'It's about time' meant he was preparing to do something intimate!
However, just as Koetsu pulled her collar down as low as possible and gave the target a clumsy, coquettish look, she discovered that the latter had picked up his Zanpakuto and was about to jump out the window...
Koetsu: (Д) "What's this about? It's not quite what I heard."
"Koetsu, it seems there's going to be a good show tonight. Do you want to join in on the fun? One of the main characters, if I recall correctly, is your brother."
(End of Chapter)
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