Su Xiao put away the Abyss Stone. He had already decided what to use it for: feed it to Jila. He left the Exclusive Room and headed for Reed's forge.
As soon as he arrived at the forge, Su Xiao realized something was wrong. Reed's eyelids drooped, while Oog stood in the corner, sniffling. Judging by that little expression, she had clearly done something wrong again.
"What are you looking at? Go stand facing the wall. I'm telling you, if you repeat today's mistake, I'll hang you up and beat you."
"Mm, Oog, knows, wrong, sniff~ (sniffling), wrong."
"Go to the back room. Don't stand there bawling. You can eat only after you stop crying."
After Reed's furious scolding, Oog walked into the back room while crying. The moment she entered, an enticing aroma drifted into her nose. Oog, looking a little dazed, failed to notice that today's meal was much more sumptuous than usual—and that it was all food she liked. Oog stopped crying. Smells so good!
As soon as Oog left, Reed's expression turned ugly. He said,
"A few Tier Three Contractors cheated Oog out of more than 400,000 Paradise Coins. That's not important; it's just pocket change. But afterward, they mocked Oog and said there was something wrong with her head. Oog may have realized that she isn't very clever either. I can scold my adopted daughter, but those people can't."
"Oh."
"Byakuya, lend me five ounces of Space-Time Power."
"Mm."
Su Xiao took out a tiny bottle and tossed it to Reed.
"I've been bored lately anyway. Let's play with them."
Reed put away the Space-Time Power. What he meant was that he wouldn't deal with those people personally. As a forging grandmaster, he would place a bounty on them in the form of equipment: twenty