The basic reward remained unchanged: Harvey Dent's friendship, plus physical enhancement worth 100,000 Asset Points, and finally the save-point advancement function.
The rewards for this quest branch could not exactly be called generous, but they could at least be described as dreamlike. Normally, this would be the crucial moment when the protagonist rose to the heavens and dazzled everyone; the glorious moment when he seized an opportunity through great perseverance, wisdom, and fortune, transforming from a fish into a dragon; the first step in the legendary rise of a mighty sovereign--
"Sorry, I can't do it. Goodbye."
The moment Ma Zhaodi saw the quest branch, he hesitated for roughly half a second before decisively slamming on the brakes and speeding back along the road he had come from.
"Come on, bro. Look at those quest rewards of yours—they're all this and that. Is this really a quest I can afford to provoke right now?"
"It's not like I haven't watched XX Horror and XX Paradise either. You call that a medium-difficulty quest? That's a super-gold mountain capable of crushing me flat! The risk and reward of a quest are proportional. With rewards like these, who exactly am I supposed to face? Is it really Two-Face?"
"If I don't do it, plenty of people will! Goodbye!"
"You have limited time to choose this quest branch. Confirm rejection?"
"Working for someone else is absolutely impossible. At least not today. I can only make porridge at the soup kitchen, help the children a little, and scrape together some Asset Points."
Roman's apartment, packed with henchmen, was still something he could handle. But the strange aura revealed by this quest branch had made the upper limits of the risks and the consequences of both choices completely unknown. After weighing the pros and cons, Ma