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【Extra! Many high-ranking officials were deceived, suspected to be the work of former imperial officials. 】

[A man who hanged himself on a street lamp was found to be an imperial civil servant. 】

[It is reported that many businesses and companies have gone bankrupt, and official announcements are due to large amounts of capital outflows. 】

[Multiple corpses were found in the river near the royal capital, and they were identified as the heads of many companies. 】

Arno held a newspaper in his hand and read it with interest.

Various pages are used to report on various different things.

However, if you look carefully, you will find that their internal logic seems to be vaguely connected.

All the reports had two things in common - business and bankruptcy.

Or it can be condensed into one thing in common, namely, money.

All the reports today are about money, without exception.

A high-ranking official was defrauded of his money;

A civil servant had to commit suicide because his family was deceived and his family was in dire straits.

Many companies have gone bankrupt,

The entrepreneur's body was found in the river.

"This is a wonderful thing."

Arno smiled and turned over the newspaper in his hand.

This time, it was completely different news.

[Wanted: Former empire staff member, Yanmo Noine. 】

[Reward: 30,000 gold coins. 】

Although the various titles are different, the only thing reported is this one thing.

Yanmo Nova is wanted for this man.

As for the specific reason why he was wanted, no report pointed out.

"It's not a nice thing to hear after all."

"There was a traitor and he caused losses to the higher-ups. This kind of thing must not be mentioned."

"The empire is not allowed to fail. It must be perfect and incomparable."

There was a hint of sarcasm in Arno's eyes.

He put down the newspaper and looked at the sunlight falling on the coffee.

The mix of gold and black gives it a fantastic feel.

It seems to be both light and dark at the moment.

"ha……"

Arno turned to look out the window.

People come and go, the flow never stops, and everyone is working hard for the empire.

They are the screws that make the empire run, and they are part of the singing and dancing.

"What a peaceful and prosperous time."

Arno made a non-malicious comment, put down a few gold coins on the table, stood up and left.

This time, he didn't trick the clerk into paying for him;

You can't always have sex for free, but you have to give money occasionally, otherwise wouldn't you be a gangster?

…

"I should have quite a lot of wealth, but I always feel like it's not enough."

On the streets of the business district, Arno looked at the gold coins in his backpack and murmured.

It's only a few million gold coins, which is a bit too little.

An ordinary person can earn so much money as long as he works for eighteen hundred years without eating or drinking.

How can this work? No matter how you think about it, it is too little and too little.

Arnold was very insecure about this.

In fact, he should have been richer.

For example, the company that got it for free obviously had more than that.

But if Arnold wanted this company to be useful, he couldn't sell it.

Secondly, in order to prevent the empire from finding out that the company was still related to him, Arnold had already provided some supplementary explanations to the unconditional asset transfer agreement and reserved his right to resell it.

He divided the company into several parts, sold them separately, and then changed hands in a complicated manner. On the surface, those who now hold some parts of the company have nothing to do with Yanmo.

To put it simply, Yano has carried out numerous complex equity reorganizations in the company. It is simply impossible to find out through this thick transaction barrier that Yanmo is still the actual controller of the company. .

Currently, those who hold equity in the company include homeless people, beggars, civil servants, soldiers, members of violent organizations, and shop ladies...

It is extremely difficult to find traces from these seemingly unrelated people.

But because of this, the company is now just a fixed asset for Arnold and cannot be converted into working capital at all.

That's why he is still so poor.

"We have to find a way to make money."

Arno murmured.

It won't work if he doesn't continue to make money. He might be in urgent need of money in the future.

While thinking about it, Arno walked in a certain direction on the street.

At the same time, he brought up the system menu and checked Colt's mission completion notification to confirm whether he had made the right move.

[Mission Completed: Colt’s Last Stand. 】

[The mission rewards have been distributed, please check them carefully. 】

[Special reward: An exclusive piece of information, please go to the third box in XX alley on XX street in the business district to get it. 】

Arno nodded after reading it,

It seems that the destination is correct.

"The next thing that's most important is the preview of the version update, right?"

"I don't know when I will come today. It seems I can only wait."

Shaking his head, Arno no longer thought about it.

soon,

Passing through the busy crowd, Arno came to the alley mentioned in the mission record.

There was a row of boxes inside, and there seemed to be about thirty of them, almost filling the entire alley.

A strong stench came from inside, causing almost all the people around to walk around here.

Therefore, the area around this alley is almost in a no-man's land.

"What is the taste?"

Arno covered his nose, picked up a branch, walked to a box and opened the lid.

They were colorful, white and black, and all kinds of colors were so dazzling that Arnold's eyes couldn't help but dazzled for a moment.

——Underwear.

Various styles of underwear exude a stench that is disgusting to humans and dogs.

"Garbage? Why is it piled up in a place like this?"

In the presence of cleaning robots, it would be too stupid to conceal information.

"No, the cleaning robot isn't here."

"In other words, these are things that don't need to be cleaned?"

Arno frowned and thought for a while, but still couldn't figure it out, so he simply gave up.

He suppressed the nausea in his heart and opened the third box.

There are still messy clothes here, but they are no longer intimate clothes. It seems that the items in each box are different.

On top of these clothes is a black scroll.

"This should be it."

Arno picked up the scroll and turned around without hesitation.

He can't stay here any longer, it stinks! How can it be so smelly!

…

After Arnold left here,

Until nightfall, no one came here.

With the bright moon hanging high in the sky, the already quiet alley became even quieter.

Only some lights from the commercial district in the distance bring some light to this place.

rustle,

Susu...

Shortly after,

There was a slight noise, and a black figure appeared in front of the pile of boxes.

The figure first looked around to make sure there was no one around, then carefully opened the third box.

Judging from this familiar appearance, it must not be the first time I have been here, and I am already familiar with the smell.

"Um?"

However, when I opened the box, there was only a pile of messy clothes inside.

"there is none left……"

"Why is it gone? I obviously asked them to put it here."

The figure rummaged through the entire box, but didn't find what he was looking for.

“It seems like the only things left here are these clothes that were given to people in the ghetto.”

"The things I'm looking for are either not there at all or have been taken away."

The figure rummaged through the box again, and after confirming that there was indeed nothing there, he turned and left.

Need to confirm.