The old resource recycling work proceeded smoothly, which could be described as a win-win for everyone, ultimately costing over five thousand credits.
Stark collected everything with any value.
Aside from that energy core, he didn’t offer an unfair price; it was certainly higher than the market rate.
After all, what he wanted was for this group of brats to keep working for him, while he could use these items to create high-value products to resell.
“Come back if you have more goods next time…”
“You got it, Brother Yun!”
The scavengers’ faces beamed with smiles, their replies were loud, and with cash in their hands, there was a glimmer in their eyes.
Stark was also quite pleased.
Without spending much time or effort, he gained so many free employees, and these guys were even grateful to him, making him feel a bit embarrassed.
“Alright, stop crowding around.”
“Go do whatever you need to do.
Dismissed, boys.”
“…”
The group dispersed, except for Willis, who remained by Stark’s side, blushing and looking at Stark excitedly, wanting to say something but hesitating.
“What’s the matter?
Do you still have goods?”
“No, none left.”
“Then why are you still hanging around here?
Waiting for me to invite you to dinner?”
Willis scratched his head.
It wasn’t that it wouldn’t be okay, but that wasn’t what he meant.
He first snuck a glance at Silver Wolf, who was engrossed in the imaginary battery—the little angel…
His face turned red.
Suddenly, Stark’s large hand clamped onto his head.
Where are you looking?
He hadn’t noticed it before, but this guy was a blonde.
What’s up?
Trying to hit on my Wolfie?
In that case, he was going to tell a story about fatherly love as heavy as a mountain, delivered with fist-to-flesh intensity.
“Do you also think my Wolfie is the cutest in the world?”
Silver Wolf slowly looked up, panic hidden in the depths of her eyes.
It was fine if he teased her in private, but don’t say things like that in front of outsiders…
Perverted daughter-con!
Pfft, lolicon.
Stark remained all smiles; her look of feigned anger and shyness was also so cute.
Ah, he was dying from the cuteness, so satisfying!
Seeing that she couldn’t do anything about this man, Silver Wolf had no choice but to glare fiercely at Willis…
Willis broke into a cold sweat instantly, feeling immense pressure.
He was indeed stunned…
In the Black Alley, where had he ever seen such a father-daughter relationship?
And the other day, Silver Wolf hadn’t chosen to deal with him, which had shocked his worldview.
She…
she was different from other girls!
But right now, how should he answer?
Brain, think fast!
If he said she wasn’t cute…
Treating a girl like that would make her hate him, and Uncle Yun would corner him too.
He could even imagine what Stark would ask.
“You think my Wolfie isn’t cute?”
“You have an opinion!?”
Help…
Willis made the wisest choice of his life.
Driven by the instinct for survival, he pointed at the pile of materials on the ground.
“Uh…
Uncle Yun, I saw that it would be hard for you to move these by yourself, so let me help you?
Don’t let Sister Wolf get tired, I’ll do it…”
“???”
Stark’s expression turned strange.
Could this guy actually be moldable talent?
Previously, he only saw that Willis was the most obedient and wanted to let him infiltrate the inside of the scavenger “youth group.”
But after teaching him these past few days…
He had become increasingly clever.
“Willis, I see you’re very eager to make progress.”
“It, it’s all thanks to Uncle Yun’s teaching.”
Subject change successful.
Willis let out a sigh of relief; his back was already soaked.
He secretly observed Sister Wolf’s expression—very good.
She wasn’t angry.
Where would he get the guts to hit on Silver Wolf?
Besides, Silver Wolf was still just a human cub right now.
Willis just felt…
Sister Wolf was an angel.
That flick to the forehead was truly engraved in his bones.
Sister Wolf is the best…
What boy wouldn’t dream of having a sweet, soft, obedient, and cute little sister?
Willis diligently moved those scraps and piled them in the corner of the Arcade.
The space here really wasn’t spacious, and he didn’t understand why Stark was collecting these…
“Modification.”
“If you want to buy anything later, you can come find me.
Remember to help me promote, you know, just like before…”
“Uncle Yun, you must be a very impressive person.”
“Can you…
be my master?”
“???”
Stark was sorting the materials, and he looked up in surprise.
Silver Wolf also trembled, perking up her ears to listen quietly.
“You brat, you’re quite shameless, pushing your luck?”
“…”
But he didn’t get the answer he wanted.
Stark just smiled and shook his head, continuing to sort materials in front of him, discussing with Silver Wolf which materials were useful and what they could be made into.
“Wolf Cub…”
“We’ll build intelligent robots first; this is the first step of the assembly line.
Then, we’ll rely on these assembly line workers to continuously recycle waste, selling a portion of it.”
“And use a portion to build more robots and weapons.”
“See this sky over Punklorde?
Sooner or later, it will belong to us.”
Stark laughed with grand ambition.
Even though they were just fiddling with scraps in this pitch-black basement, his words carried absolute confidence.
It was as if the world would eventually belong to him.
Silver Wolf didn’t commit to an opinion…
Although she found it hard to imagine such a day, the knowledge she had learned these past few days told her that what the bad guy said was theoretically completely achievable.
By the way, she wasn’t angry at the bad guy!
“…”
Willis remained silent, just listening from the side.
Anyway, when he wasn’t scavenging, he had nothing to do.
He liked coming to the Arcade because it was a place to stay out of the wind and rain.
Now, nothing was different.
When Stark asked him to help pass things, he would pass them; when he was thirsty, he would help him fetch water, and then receive a kind “Thank you.”
At that moment.
It was as if a spark was ignited in Willis’s eyes.
The Black Alley had never seen such a person.
In Punklorde, where the hierarchy was strict and one’s birth rank determined everything, it was almost impossible for anyone to speak like that.
“Uncle Yun, there is still the world beyond the sky above Punklorde.”
“…Then we’ll just take over the world beyond the sky too.”
“Otherwise, if we were invincible, how boring would that be?
Don’t you think so?
Wolf Cub~”
“Mm, don’t rub my face.”
Silver Wolf protested.
She was always unusually shy in front of outsiders, but she didn’t refute him; instead, she imagined a world where they were invincible.
That would indeed be very boring.
Hmm, the first thing she would do then would be to hack the Hacker Guild, using the method they were most proud of to delete the global rank identifiers!
“Are you already starting to think about it, Wolf Cub?”
“You really dare to think about it?”
Stark teased with a smile.
Silver Wolf puffed out her cheeks in anger, but because Willis was around, she couldn’t bite him, nor was she embarrassed to throw a tantrum…
She had no choice but to turn her head away fiercely.
“Hmph!”
“Ahem, I was wrong.
If you don’t even have a dream, what’s the difference between you and a salted fish?
Don’t worry, wherever you are, I’ll be there.
If you want to take down Punklorde, or the Corporation, I’ll take them down with you!”
“By then, we’ll liberate the entire galaxy~”
“Come on, high five.”