Tokisaki Kurumi: Saddled with tens of millions in cyber-mortgage debt? Nous, you ***! (Continued)

"...Then never mind."

The originally aggressive Tokisaki Kurumi instantly calmed down.

Tokisaki Kurumi suddenly felt that this did not even count as much of a punishment. She had so many clones anyway, so what was wrong with sending a few to work at an electronics factory?

Wouldn't that be contributing to New Penacony?

She had been in the Honkai: Star Rail world for some time now, so Tokisaki Kurumi still knew the basics of its Worldview.

"Miss Tokisaki Kurumi, how much debt do you have now? I have some funds here..." Acheron offered proactively.

"33,550,336 Paradise Coins... I appreciate Miss Acheron's kindness. It would be great if Miss Acheron were my teammate..." Tokisaki Kurumi said sincerely.

"Right, Kurumi, where are your teammates?"

Chen Li suddenly thought of that as well.

"Darling, do you mean Nijo Aya, who booked herself a hotel room to catch up on anime after giving me her Spirit Crystal, aspiring to become New Penacony's greatest doujin artist and still hasn't come out?

Or Itsuka Kotori, who left New Penacony for Penacony to conduct field research.

Or Yatogami Tohka, who only knows how to eat my wallet empty?"

A suffering smile tugged at Tokisaki Kurumi's lips.

"Uh..."

"I don't want to see any of them! Even if I starved to death on a bench, I wouldn't ask them for help!"

Tokisaki Kurumi declared resolutely.

"Then I have a question. Is Yatogami Tohka still alive?"

Chen Li asked suspiciously.

"You don't need to worry about that. Yatogami Tohka found a long-term, stable job on the first day of Independent Action."

"That's impressive! Is she still the Yatogami Tohka I know?"

Chen Li was somewhat surprised.

"Yes. She ate an entire restaurant empty, then had no money to pay the bill, so she was detained there washing dishes until