The three of them spent the whole trip explaining to Raven the pitfalls they might encounter in this line of work. Though none of them had ever worked for a moving company, they had plenty of life experience—Gotham experience, mainly.
What had declined in Gotham was mostly large-scale and violent crime. Street scams, petty fraud, pickpocketing, and theft were still about the same. This place had rules beyond the law, and anyone unfamiliar with the inside story could easily get taken advantage of.
Raven was a little downcast along the way. She had never encountered anything like this in Azarath. Everyone there told the truth and treated her well. She had heard about con artists before leaving, but she had never imagined they could be this good.
That employee had shown no flaws at all when talking to her. Looking back on it now, Raven even felt that what he had said made sense. But this time, she had only lost a few dollars. What if she lost hundreds next time?
Raven sighed inwardly, seized by the urge to wipe out every con artist in the world. But she also knew it would be difficult to put that impulse into practice. Countless emotions churned inside her, all turning into a stifling gloom.
Seeing that the little girl was in a bad mood, the three boys began trying to cheer her up. They told her amusing stories from school, as well as thrilling experiences from the deciding rounds of their past matches.
Raven's attention was quickly diverted, and they soon arrived at their first job site, beginning a busy day.
Today was a day off, so Schiller did not need to teach. Raven also happened to be out, which gave Schiller time to tidy up his house.
He turned directly into