Chapter 88: 92 Million Credits Deposited! He Takes His Sister Straight to a Detached House in the Upper City!

Chapter 88: Chapter 88: 92 Million Credits Deposited! He Takes His Sister Straight to a Detached House in the Upper City!

When Darcy was politely escorted into the VIP room by Wesley, she was completely bewildered.

She glanced at John, then at Wesley, and lowered her voice.

"Johnny, what’s going on...?"

"Sis, it’s fine. Just the normal procedure."

"What part of this is normal...?"

Wesley led the two of them to the sofa in the meeting room. He personally opened two bottles of mineral water and handed them over, then placed a small plate of biscuits on the coffee table.

Only after that did he sit down, rubbing his hands together with a somewhat troubled expression.

"Lord 9527, our system has successfully retrieved the resources you intend to exchange."

He forced a smile and asked cautiously,

"Well... the amount is quite substantial. How much would you like to exchange this time?"

John leaned back against the sofa and thought for a moment.

He had checked his resources yesterday.

Gold Coin: 7,726,433

Meat: 7,824,159

Wood: 7,361,847

Stone: 7,118,296

Iron Ore: 7,973,524

All five basic resources were sitting at around seven million units.

"Three million of each."

John answered without the slightest hesitation.

But to Wesley, those words were nothing short of a thunderbolt from a clear sky.

The pen in his hand slipped and landed on the coffee table with a sharp click.

Wesley bent down to pick it up. He maintained his professional smile, but the corners of his mouth visibly twitched twice.

"Are... are you certain? Three million each of Gold Coin, Wood, Stone, Iron Ore, and Meat?"

"Mm."

Wesley took a deep breath and quickly tapped a few buttons on his terminal.

Even his professional smile was becoming increasingly difficult to maintain.

"All right. Let me calculate that for you."

As he worked on the terminal, he read out the figures one by one.

"Three million units of Gold Coin, at four Credits per unit, totaling twelve million..."

"Three million units of Wood, at six Credits per unit, totaling eighteen million..."

"Three million units of Stone, at five Credits per unit, totaling fifteen million..."

"Three million units of Iron Ore, at seven Credits per unit, totaling twenty-one million..."

"Three million units of Meat, at eight Credits per unit, totaling twenty-four million..."

By the time he reached the end, his voice had grown progressively quieter.

Eventually, he stopped reading altogether and simply turned the terminal screen toward John.

John glanced at the display.

"The total for all five resources comes to 92 million Credits."

The biscuit in Darcy’s hand shattered with a sharp crack.

Ninety million?!

Was that right?!

Just 3,000 Credits would be enough for the two of them to survive in the Lower City.

But 92 million... How long would it take to spend all that?!

Wesley cleared his throat and put away the terminal before speaking respectfully.

"Lord 9527, this is indeed a substantial amount. Unfortunately, the Lower City’s reserves aren’t sufficient to cover the entire transaction. I’ll need to submit an application to the higher authorities. It should take about fifteen minutes. Please bear with us."

As he spoke, he couldn’t help wondering to himself.

Wouldn’t a transaction of this magnitude normally be handled by the Upper City?

And this was the kind of purchasing power usually associated with the major guilds.

But even those guilds pooled resources from thousands, sometimes tens of thousands, of Lords.

This man had casually exchanged three million units of each resource all by himself.

And judging by the resource holdings Wesley had just seen, this wasn’t even half of his total reserves.

Just who exactly was this person?

He didn’t dare think about it any further.

Standing up, he headed toward the door.

"Please make yourselves comfortable. I’ll go submit the application."

Once the VIP room door closed, Darcy turned around and stared at John.

John felt a little guilty under her gaze. He turned his head away and pretended to study the resource exchange price list hanging on the wall.

"Johnny."

"Hm?"

"Tell me the truth. What exactly have you been doing in that game?"

"Fighting monsters."

"What kind of monsters can earn you 92 million Credits?!"

"Well... fighting monsters, I guess."

Hearing such a perfunctory answer, Darcy reached out and twisted his ear.

"Don’t think I haven’t played that game myself!"

John immediately grimaced and begged for mercy.

"Sis, seriously! You know your little brother. I’ve always been a law-abiding, well-behaved person since I was a kid..."

Darcy released his ear, looking both amused and exasperated.

"You’d better think carefully about how you’re going to explain all this to me."

...

When Wesley pushed the door open again, he found John sitting on the sofa with an aggrieved expression.

He paused for a moment, suppressing a smile before speaking gently.

"Lord 9527, everything has been taken care of. The 92 million Credits have been transferred to your personal terminal account. Please check and confirm the receipt."

John immediately opened his terminal and checked.

The balance had indeed changed, with a long string of zeros now displayed.

He nodded in satisfaction and put the terminal away.

Wesley then handed him a paper receipt bearing the red seal of the United Government Resource Exchange Office.

"This is your exchange receipt. Please keep it safe."

"All right."

John stood up and politely turned toward Darcy.

"Sis, let’s go."

Wesley personally escorted them all the way to the glass entrance. He maintained his smile until John’s figure disappeared around the street corner.

Only then did his expression gradually relax.

He turned around and hurried back to his office, picking up the communication terminal on his desk.

"Central Office? This is Wesley from District Seven. Yes, I’m calling about the follow-up to that large exchange transaction just now. I need to submit an additional report."

"The target’s identity information was locked by an equipped item. The system couldn’t retrieve it."

There was a brief silence on the other end.

"Understood. Organize the documentation and forward it through the proper channels."

...

After leaving the exchange center, John took Darcy to the transit elevator and headed upward.

Darcy remained silent throughout the journey.

But when she finally realized they were going up rather than heading home, she was startled.

"Johnny, where are we going? Aren’t we going home?"

"First, we’ll register our Upper City residency status. Then we’ll look at some houses."

The Third Ring Administrative Service Center was located in a three-story building next to the transit hall.

John took Darcy inside, collected a queue number, and waited for a short while before their turn came.

The staff member behind the counter scanned John’s terminal, glanced at Darcy, and asked in a routine manner,

"Two people transferring their residency from the Lower City to the Upper City. You’ll need to apply for a change of residential status. The fee is 500,000 Credits per person, so one million in total. There’s also an annual citizen fee of 100,000 Credits."

Darcy sucked in a sharp breath.

This was precisely why living in the Upper City was so difficult.

The annual citizen fee alone was equivalent to three years of living expenses for an ordinary person in the Lower City.

John, however, remained completely unfazed.

"Go ahead and process it."

The staff member glanced at him before lowering his head and getting to work.

Photographs, fingerprint registration, household registration updates, and the printing of new identity cards.

The entire process took less than twenty minutes.

Two silver identity cards bearing the insignia of the Upper City’s Third Ring were handed directly to John and Darcy.

"All done. You can now enjoy all the public services available in the Upper City. Once you’ve settled on a residence, you’ll need to update your terminal accordingly."

"One more thing. Please remember that staying outdoors at night is prohibited in the Upper City. Violators may be detained."

"Thank you."

After thanking the staff member, John immediately took Darcy to look for a new home.

He personally visited several properties and inspected them one by one.

By the time they reached the second house, Darcy had barely stepped inside and taken a look around before John had already finished signing the paperwork.

[Transaction Successful! Ownership of No. 7, Emerald Bay, Third Ring, Upper City, has been officially registered under John Blackwood’s name.]

It was a three-story detached house with beige stone exterior walls and a private courtyard.

John liked it, and he could tell Darcy loved it just as much.

"Hehe."

Darcy looked at her grinning little brother, completely speechless.

But the house had already been purchased.

All she could do now was follow her little brother inside and move in.

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