When Kai walked out of the tunnel, there was anger within him.
He wasn't clueless unlike before.
Kai had already learned about the 2nd floor during his stay with Marine Roland.
The size of the city would keep becoming smaller as one goes up, Roland had told him. But only the Royal City has the size to be truly called a city.
Kai found himself facing the immense Wall again.
The City of Trades!
After making sure that Kai was a Chaos' Contestant, and not an Order's spy, the guards had let him in through the gates. The process itself had been quite easy. Kai just had to reveal a part of his Stats to the guards, showing his Code Name and System.
After getting in, Kai had been strolling around, taking a measure of his surroundings.
Finally, he decided to head to Ser Morgan Tussy.
"Where's Silver Hunters Guild?"
The man in front of Kai didn't reply. He looked at Kai up and down and then puffed his left cheek, making a fist with his right hand near his mouth. "Want one? 50 Mission Credits..."
The look that Kai gave him scared the man away.
"Big Brother..." someone spoke from Kai's behind. He could already sense the presence, but in such a crowded place it was impossible to pinpoint who was friendly and who was not.
Kai turned around and found a little boy looking up at him. He seemed 7 to 8-yr-old and had signs of dead bruises on his face.
A resident? Kai guessed, sensing no Mana or Spiritual Energy from him. Non-Contestants represented the greatest share of cities at least till the 4th Set, he had heard.
"What do you want?" Kai asked, giving a heaviness to his voice.
"I heard you are looking for a guide," the boy said.
"Don't lie to me," Kai smiled thinly. "You have been following me for quite some time."
The boy shuddered but didn't back away.
"50... Only 50 Mission Credits," the boy said, raising first three, then hurriedly five fingers. "For 50, I will be your guide. I am very good at it. You can ask about Little Hao to anyone."
Kai didn't care about reputations as long as he got what he wanted. People here were strangely adamant about telling anything without Mission Credits. At least he would get to know more than Guild's location in this way.
"How will you get the payment?" Kai asked. "You aren't a Contestant."
Little Hao gulped. He looked left and right twice over his shoulders.
Then he took a card out of his pocket. It looked like an ATM card, with a black stripe running over one of its surfaces. But on the other side, many numbers were blinking in and out of existence, as if it was just a hologram.
"What is this?" Kai asked, seeing the boy putting the card back suddenly.
Little Hao gaped at Kai. "You don't know?!" he asked, disbelievingly. "You must be new, then. It's a Credits Storage Card, made for non-Contestants. It won't work for Contestants, but non-Contestants can use it freely."
Is that why he was so jumpy while taking out the card? Kai guessed. If just any Contestant could access my Mission Credits freely, then I would be jumpy too.
"What... what are you smiling for?" the boy stepped back. "I swear Contestants can't use it."
Kai killed the uninvited grin on his face. "OK," Kai nodded. "30 Mission Credits and tell me about the major things in the city."
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Chaos and Order - A Multiverse Fanfic
Fanfiction[A Terror Infinity and the Ultimate Evolution inspired Multiverse Systems fanfic] Kai died and resurrected in the Primordial Tower with a Glitch. In the Tower, to ascend each floor, Kai must complete a series of Missions in the Infinite Random World...
