Chapter 164

Stelle: "I've always felt this video was deliberately smearing my image!"

Stelle: "I'm the famously renowned Galaxy Bat Hero — how could I possibly get led around by the nose by someone in Penacony?"

Sparkle: "Tsk tsk tsk, little gray-hair, you ought to recognize your own limits!"

Sparkle: "Overestimating yourself will make you trip and fall, you know, hehehe~"

Hu Tao: "Speaking of which, Mr. Topaz really is generous."

Hu Tao: "The moment things don't go his way, he starts throwing red packets at people."

Lumine: "Looks like Miss Stelle got hit by the red packet pretty happily~"

Stelle: "Of course I'm happy when there's money to take!"

Stelle: "No matter what Topaz's purpose is!"

Stelle: "As long as he sends me money!"

Stelle: "Then he's my good brother for the time being!!"

March 7th: "Good grief, you don't even bother to hide that look on your face?"

March 7th: "What do you mean 'eyes light up at the sight of money'?"

Paimon: "Hehehe, Paimon thinks Miss Stelle is absolutely right."

Paimon: "If someone were just as generous and gave me money like that, I'd be happy for a whole day too!"

Yanfei: "But throwing money at people isn't right, is it!"

Yanfei: "That doesn't reflect Topaz's sincerity at all!"

Topaz: "Sorry, all I'm left with is money."

Topaz: "I really can't think of anything more sincere that I could give her."

Miss Sushang: "What kind of Versailles remark is that?!"

Miss Sushang: "Is that even something a human should say!!"

Gui Naifen: "Wuwuwu, family, does anyone understand!"

Gui Naifen: "Is this what a corporate elite employee is like?!"

Gui Naifen: "So effortlessly sent out as a red packet the money I could never earn in a whole month of diligent, back-breaking work!!!"

Gui Naifen: "Wuwuwuwu, the gap between people is really huge!"

Boothill: "Hah, filthy capital — so what if you've got a few stinking bucks?"

Boothill: "What kind of Woobee act are you putting on for me here?"

Topaz: "Sorry, having money is impressive."

Sampo: "That's right, in this universe, you can't go anywhere without money."

Sampo: "Having money really does make you the big boss!"

Stelle: "Topaz, you sending me a red packet makes this Young Lady very happy."

Stelle: "But you, as the company's big spender, only sent me a measly two hundred thousand credits!"

Stelle: "That makes this Young Lady very unhappy!"

Topaz: "....."

Topaz: "Let me explain, friend — I was just habitually sending a red packet for good luck."

Topaz: "There's no need to take it so seriously, is there?"

Topaz: "Also, we only have a cooperative relationship — we are not your ATMs!"

Stelle: "But is two hundred thousand credits a lot?"

Asta: "Not really, right? Feels like it isn't even enough to buy much of anything."

Alan: "Young Lady...."

Alan: "Two hundred thousand credits is already not a small amount..."

Stelle: "Ahem, Alan, don't interrupt!"

Stelle: "That's right, two hundred thousand credits really isn't a lot!"

Stelle: "Last time Station Master Asta asked me to help her crack down on fraud, she casually transferred two hundred million to me!"

Stelle: "And then I, without thinking, transferred it all to the scammer to buy tea leaves!"

March 7th: "How much?!!"

March 7th: "Two hundred million?!"

March 7th: "Are you insane?!"

Paimon: "Two... hundred million?!"

Paimon: "This Miss Asta — is she really that rich?!"

Asta: "It's alright, just some pocket money.. really nothing special."

Mo Na: "What a... 'just'..."

Mo Na: "Two hundred million is only pocket money to you — you must be some noble family's rich Young Lady!"

Dori: "Oh my, I just love customers of noble status who don't lack money!"

Dori: "If I get the chance, I must personally pay a visit to this Young Lady!"

Topaz: "...."

Topaz: "Hearing you say that, my two hundred thousand credits really does seem paltry."

Topaz: "Fine then, from now on red packets will start at a million at least."

Topaz: "That way it won't be beneath my dignity, right?"

Dr. Ratio: "Heh, foolish behavior."

Dr. Ratio: "If you really have so much money it's burning a hole in your pocket, you could donate it to places that need it!"

Dr. Ratio: "Across the galaxy, places in poverty are everywhere. Your measly bit of filthy lucre would look utterly insignificant even if you donated every last coin."

Topaz: "Yes, yes, yes. The Professor's lecture is absolutely correct."

Topaz: "Tch, you still can't shake that show-off's temperament."

Topaz: "Sigh, but what can I do? I'm simply too dazzling."

Topaz: "Otherwise, I wouldn't be singled out and targeted by the Family at every turn in Penacony."

Sunday: "Why the Family is targeting you, you know perfectly well in your heart."

Topaz: "Just targeting me alone is useless anyway."

Topaz: "The Family's luxury cruise ship has already started springing leaks."

Topaz: "I'd love to see what you lot intend to use to patch things up."

Sunday: "That's none of your concern!"

Topaz: "Heh, then I'll just sit back and enjoy the show."

Robin: "...."

The video continues.

Stelle walks over to Himeko's side,

and relays the message to her.

【Topaz's goal is to reclaim Penacony for the Company.】

【To that end, he must bring down the Family — and manufacture a flaw large enough to do it.】

【The existence of deaths will be covered up by the Family; where does he plan to break the deadlock?】

【The point of entry must be important enough that everyone will pay attention, yet the process cannot be too showy....】

Himeko nods,

then begins analyzing the methods Topaz might employ.

【Could the point of entry be the hotel?】

Stelle guesses.

【Going after the guests? Doesn't seem like it.】

【Penacony's guests include quite a few figures known across the entire cosmos; even the Company wouldn't dare lay a hand on them lightly.】

【Topaz is a shrewd merchant — he couldn't possibly fail to understand this.】

Himeko thinks it over briefly,

and directly rules out this possibility.

【Could it be the Family?】