Chapter 395: Parasite
The taxi stopped outside a luxurious villa, where an old butler was waiting at the door for Lin Ye.
He was a seventh-tier spiritual energy user.
"Wait for me at the door, you'll take me back later."
Lin Ye pulled out a few banknotes and placed them in the driver's hand.
"Alright, you do your thing, don't mind me."
The driver said with a grin.
He couldn't earn this many Free Coins even if he drove for a whole day and night.
Lin Ye got out of the car and followed the butler into the villa.
An elderly lady sat on the sofa in the living room. She didn't look young, yet she gave off a vibrant, energetic feeling.
"Are you the middleman recommended by Mr. Raymond? How are you only third-tier?" A young man with yellow hair standing beside the sofa frowned and asked.
"Young man, the reason Raymond recommended me is because I can kill everyone in this villa except this old gentleman here within twenty seconds."
Lin Ye merely glanced at the young man, who involuntarily shut his mouth.
"You may call me Ms. Carnot. My daughter's body has developed some problems. I consulted experts in this field, but none of them could identify the issue. Do you have resources in this area?"
Carnot asked with a calm expression.
Carnot Heavy Industries, one of the Five Great Companies of Free City.
"I can take a look. If I can't handle it, I'll contact someone who can."
Lin Ye bluffed.
"Fine."
Carnot signaled the old butler to take Lin Ye to her daughter's room.
The old butler led the way, and Lin Ye soon met Carnot's daughter.
She was a young girl with a pure, innocent appearance. At that moment, she lay on the bed with vacant eyes, her skin withered and deathly pale.
Lin Ye turned and went back downstairs, saying to Carnot:
"Madam, Raymond may have forgotten to tell you, I don't take on odd jobs for less than one million Free Coins."
Lin Ye leaned back on the sofa, calmly meeting Ms. Carnot's gaze.
He had already gathered more information than expected from this commission. Now it was time to discuss the appearance fee.
"Transfer one million to him. Now tell me what's wrong with her."
Carnot said flatly.
A notification popped up on Lin Ye's communication device;
one million had been deposited.
No information or action was required from Lin Ye at all.
Typically, wealthy people like Carnot, upon hearing what Lin Ye said, would probably transfer between two to five million to him. This lady was clearly not an ordinary person.
Seeing his little scheme hadn't worked, Lin Ye didn't mind and readily stated the problem with her daughter.
"Your daughter has been parasitized. That parasite is like normal flesh and blood, attached inside her body, attempting to replace your daughter at the cellular level. Normally, this wouldn't show any symptoms, but an item on her person interfered with this process, leading to her current condition. I can deal with that parasite, but its location is rather awkward, so it's best you handle it yourselves. Just destroy its core, and that's it.
As for how she was parasitized, you can ask your daughter. This happened recently. The perpetrator is a male with whom she has a close relationship."
Lin Ye placed his hand on his own lower abdomen. After all, she was the employer;
he had to give her that much face.
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"So that's how it is. Go deal with it."
Carnot said to the old butler.
The old butler turned and went upstairs, soon returning to the living room with a tray. On the tray lay a bloodied, squirming piece of flesh.
"It's been dealt with."
"Good. I'll notify you if there are future commissions."
Carnot said indifferently.
Lin Ye followed the old butler and left the villa. The taxi was no longer outside the villa;
in its place was a brand new white-gold sports car.
"This is a gift from Ms. Carnot. I asked that driver to leave. I hope you'll forgive me for taking the liberty. Do you require a driver?"
The old butler asked respectfully.
"I like this gift very much. Please thank Ms. Carnot for me."
Lin Ye approached the sports car, and the door automatically opened. This sports car was already bound to him.
This was Carnot's return gift. Her daughter was indeed worth more than a million, but she wasn't a fool;
those little tricks didn't work on her.
Sitting in the sports car, the door automatically closed. Lin Ye stepped on the accelerator and left the villa district.
Lin Ye drove the sports car to Free City's library. It housed many collections of books on various subjects, but not many people came here because the price of knowledge wasn't cheap.
However, Free City had one advantage: any knowledge could be bought, as long as it existed here.
Here, Free Coins were the threshold for the dissemination of knowledge.
Lin Ye planned to advance tomorrow, but before that, he needed to study knowledge about spiritual energy cores.
"I hope this one million can last a few more days."
Lin Ye planned to spend most of the next three months reading various books. His knowledge base was too narrow;
this was a good opportunity to fill the gaps.
It wasn't until dark that Lin Ye returned to his hotel room with several books and a fourth-tier injection.
The Free Coins required to borrow basic books weren't many, but the price for borrowing intermediate and high-tier books was completely different, similar to Lin Ye's pricing for spiritual energy cards.
In principle, books from the library could not be taken out.
But the principle of Free City was Free Coins.
The price of a fourth-tier enhancement injection ranged from five hundred thousand to two million. Lin Ye only bought the basic version for five hundred thousand. Those so-called enhancement effects were useless to him;
they would only affect the efficiency of his mutation organs.
Leaning on the bed, Lin Ye checked the information on his communication device. The money-making plan was progressing steadily. Some small organizations were very interested in spiritual energy cards, and naturally, some among them were not honest.
"Perfect timing to take a stroll through Free City at night and grab a late-night snack."
Lin Ye yearned for that feeling of wandering through a city at night. Unfortunately, since entering the shelter, such opportunities had become rare.
Before leaving the room, Lin Ye casually took the firearms with him. He didn't really need these weapons;
letting them gather dust here was worse than handing them over to those young people.
"Wow! Such a cool sports car!"
Outside the warehouse, Black Dog stroked the car door enviously.
"Work a bit harder. When I get a spaceship, I'll give this sports car to you guys."
Lin Ye entered the warehouse and took out all the firearms from the small bag.
"Great! With this batch of weapons, we won't have to fear those idiots making a move. Spiritual energy cards alone couldn't scare off that trash;
we had to use a card every time to make them listen."
Little Ke distributed the weapons to the young men.
"I'm planning to go for a walk in the city later, and also have a talk with those forces with other ideas. I'll leave things here to you."
Lin Ye casually made some more templates before leaving the warehouse.
Black Dog wanted to bring a few people to accompany Lin Ye, but Lin Ye wasn't going for negotiations, so he didn't need people to bolster his presence.