"Sorry... I'm sorry for bothering you..."
Ayane smiled.
What else could she say? She was lucky to have a choice. If this adult had just forced the decision, as long as it could save lives, Shiroko and her probably wouldn't have said much.
But even though Kuroto Dan in front of her looked a little unhappy, he still stepped aside, as if preparing for a treatment plan.
Shiroko comforted Ayane with a few words and then walked forward quickly. "Mr. Kuroto Dan, Ayane is not rejecting your kindness..."
"Hey, I know. When faced with radical surgical plans, the patient's family usually chooses a more conservative option. Not everyone is willing to take the risk."
A slightly dazed Kuroto Dan waved his hand and turned to ask Shiroko, while returning to seriousness, "Do you have any extra materials here?"
"Materials?"
"It's what you call 'Ooparts,'" Kuroto Dan explained. "If you have any, bring them out and let me use them."
A few minutes later.
The two found the storage warehouse in Abydos. Shiroko pulled out a cardboard box from the dusty, sandy area. There was a clattering sound inside, but obviously, not much was left. The materials called "Ooparts" were packed in this box.
"These should be all of them," Shiroko said, a little disappointed. "There were a lot more before, but in order to repay the school's debts, not only the land but also the school's collections and material stock were sold. Now, there's basically nothing left."
"If you ask me, you're stupid," Kuroto Dan spoke as he rummaged through the box and mock them mercilessly. "It's okay to borrow high-interest loans from the loan group that originally planned to acquire your land, but you actually plan to pay it back? Nine out of ten loans are returned, and thirteen are considered a conscience. Don't you know that high-interest loans are a bottomless pit? Kaiser Loans doesn't intend to let you pay it back at all."
He picked out an ancient battery in relatively good condition and nodded. "Tell me, how much money have you paid back?"
"More than 300 million..." Shiroko lowered her eyes.
"Heh, you're good at making money. But you're just not smart," Kuroto Dan said, shaking his head. "Why pay back money you borrowed from loan sharks? You must not have been so miserable when you first borrowed the money, right?"
"...At that time, there were still some people in the school," Shiroko nodded. "After all, it's the largest school district in Kivotos. Even if it was hit by a sandstorm, the remaining foundation was still enough..."
"Then let me ask you," Kuroto Dan said, picking out another lens, "Is loan sharking illegal in Kivotos?"
Shiroko nodded. "It's originally an underground business... otherwise, it's impossible for someone to lend so much money."
"Then it's over?" Kuroto Dan smiled. "Abdyos who was still able to fight at the time, as long as you can turn around and bite the fact that Kaiser Credit's illegal business can't be done openly, won't everything be fine? As long as you can eliminate the soldiers sent by the Kaiser Corporation, how can they ask you for money?"
"Ah? This..." Shiroko was stunned. "Isn't this robbery?"
"Really?" Kuroto Dan picked up enough materials and stood up. "Choosing to borrow usury means you've already stepped into the underworld. And the survival rule of the underworld is that whoever has the bigger fist has the right. Obviously, your previous student council president didn't understand this rule."
"If it were me, I would strengthen my own arms while stealing this money, then unite with the school districts that can be united to eat up Kaiser Corporation's production in Abydos. Business—use force or wisdom. After success, divide the accounts with the united school districts, and Kaiser Corporation would have to withdraw from Abydos. They are about to tear each other apart, so it doesn't matter what tricks are used at this point."
Kuroto Dan smiled dangerously. He had used this trick many times in the business world before.
"Then, use these capitals that originally belonged to Kaiser Corporation to continue operations and further erode their business groups. The school districts that've tasted success before will cooperate with you again, and even attract other school districts to come."
Stretching out his hands, Kuroto Dan clapped. "Under the siege of several companies, even if Kaiser Corporation isn't swallowed whole, it will be seriously damaged. The benefits shared between school districts will satisfy everyone. At worst, Abydos suffers a little loss, gives up a little profit, and wins the favor of the school district."
"Hiss—" Shiroko took a sharp breath, frightened by the scene Kuroto Dan described. Her eyes were stunned. "Is this the dirty world of adults?"
"It's just normal business methods." Kuroto Dan walked out the door with a bag of Ooparts. "But Kaiser Corporation actually used mature business methods to deal with you little brats in school. They're really conscienceless. This trick can be used against them later."
"As for now, let's make a brand-new game gashat that meets the situation."
With a bag of mysterious materials, Kuroto Dan also analyzed the item codes of these materials and returned to the classroom with Shiroko.
"Mr. Kuroto Dan, how do you use this?" Shiroko asked in confusion. "I only heard that there seems to be a device that can use materials for synthesis in the SCHALE building of the General Student Council. There is nothing like that thing here in Abydos..."
"For me, that's not necessary." Kuroto Dan reached out of his back, took out a bunch of tools, and started tinkering with the materials.
In just a moment, he made another blank Gashat. Then, Kuroto Dan took out the 'Creator MK1' he had made.
"You only need to use your imagination to make a game device and use it to make the game gashat you need."
Kuroto Dan put on VR glasses and entered the game development field. Standing in a blank world, he understood the development needs of the game.
"What's needed is a game that can cure diseases and save lives," Kuroto Dan murmured.
The surrounding environment changed, turning into a ward space like a hospital.
"And what's needed is a way to treat unknown diseases, so the original plan for treating game diseases can't be directly applied."
As a data life form, Kuroto Dan's memory ability is unmatched by ordinary humans. The knowledge stored in the form of data can be reproduced with 100% accuracy—not to mention that Kuroto Dan's latest masterpiece, whose power is on the scale of Level billion, has enough data capacity to hold endless knowledge.
"But... since it is a game treatment method, why can't it be more convenient and more game-like?"
Obviously, Kuroto Dan abandoned the game mode of simulating a doctor in his mind.
"If it's a game that achieves different purposes by mixing multiple medicines..."
The game envisioned by Kuroto Dan was gradually coming to life under the power of his billion-unit strength. The laws that could transform the world were displayed in the game.
"By using different materials, we can mix different potions to achieve effects such as life recovery, state enhancement, state weakening, and life loss. Not only can it be used in the medical field, but it can also be versatile in combat. It's a genius idea!"
The game space around Kuroto Dan changed again. This time it was no longer a white hospital, but a potion laboratory full of magic.
The alchemy pot in the center was boiling, and rows of air-dried herbs hung on the wall. The bottles and jars were filled with magical materials.
The blank gashat that Kuroto Dan plugged into the socket was injected with the Bugster virus, completing the game materials and catalyzing it into a magical Rider Gashat!
Bang!
Kuroto Dan exited the game development space and saw that the blank gashat plugged into the development socket had flashed orange lightning, gradually filling the white blank with golden colors!
"It seems the game is finished—huh?"
Kuroto Dan looked at the gradually completed gashat, but found that this Gashat appears to have a different appearance from the ordinary single-player Gashats.
He looked carefully and found that the level of this Gashat being formed was...
"The level of the Gashat... LV.X?"