Borrowing Money?

Trissy's escape was within Lynch's expectations. Even if Trissy fell into the hands of the Nighthawks, he would still find a way to get Trissy away. He was worried that if he were interrogated by the Holy Cathedral here, they would suspect that he had played a role in the escape.

Even with Mr. Azik mediating, it's impossible for him to remain shamelessly in the Nighthawks squad without anyone knowing what he did.

"Are you going to the underground market tonight? I'm planning to buy some materials. And if you'd like, could you lend me some money?"

Just as Lynch was relieved that Trissy hadn't caused him any trouble, he heard Klein's voice.

Borrow money?

Can Klein afford to pay it back now?

Besides, this guy can fake his death, so his debts will be settled once he dies. He can't exactly go to Melissa and Benson to ask for money back, can he?

"Only fifty pounds, take it or leave it!"

He said firmly.

His relationship with Mr. Fool was limited to a sum of fifty pounds.

Klein's lips twitched. This guy made so much money in his Tarot Club, yet he was only willing to lend him fifty pounds.

However, after thinking about it, he still said he would lend him fifty pounds.

He planned to check out the main materials for Miss Justice's Telepathist; if he found any, he could sell them to Miss Justice at a high price.

Of course, if he really can't afford it, he can choose to buy some materials for making talismans. He has recently learned about these and can give it a try.

Lynch took out his wallet and, under Klein's envious gaze, counted out fifty pounds.

Klein could see clearly that there were at least five hundred pounds inside, which was why the wallet was so bulging.

Honestly, if he could beat Lynch, he might have resorted to robbery.

"Stop looking, I really can't lend them to you now. These were given to me by Mr. Azik, and I'm looking forward to returning them to him!"

Lynch explained, feigning helplessness.

Klein looked at him in surprise.

He assumed Lynch received the money from Miss Justice, and that he was just making up an excuse. Could it really have been from Mr. Azik?

"You don't really think I'm so shameless as to just keep what Mr. Azik gives me and squander it recklessly, do you?"

Lynch showed a look of disgust.

Of course not!

The money Mr. Azik gave me was naturally deposited directly into my account; how could it possibly remain here?

Moreover, he hasn't asked for Mr. Azik's money yet; he only wanted the extraordinary items.

The money in his wallet was given to him by Miss Justice; he took it out to spite Klein.

Seeing the guy's envious and jealous expression, he almost burst out laughing.

However, he added, "It's not that I don't want to lend you the money. I do have some money saved up, but I don't think it's safe, so I haven't withdrawn it yet."

His tone sounded somewhat serious, and Klein guiltily turned his gaze away.

He knew why Lynch didn't hand over that portion of the money. Lynch must have thought that it was money given by members of the Evil God, and that the Evil God might use that money to find him or his friends.

No, they should be friends.

Lynch had already been pulled up to the Sefirah Castle, and he was certain that the Evil God already knew his location; he was just worried that it would affect others.

After the people from the Big Meat Church came to his house last time, Lynch said that he would never bring that kind of thing home again.

He felt it was unsafe, so he was unwilling to have it removed.

Klein pursed his lips. He thought Lynch had recently become rich, but he didn't expect that Lynch hadn't spent a single penny, not even the money Mr. Azik gave him. He always kept his money bag bulging, but in the end, he didn't have much money.

Even so, Lynch was still willing to squeeze fifty pounds out of his pocket to give to him, which moved even Klein.

"So how much of your own money do you have left? You don't use it much anyway, so just lend it to me!"

Klein asked with a shameless grin.

Lynch:...

Bro, in such a touching moment, all you remember is counting money?

Stop dreaming, I still need to buy things!

Lynch glared at Klein speechlessly, thinking that this guy was getting more and more shameless.

"Alright, I was just kidding. Is it really necessary to get angry? Let's go, shall we take a carriage to the trading market?"

"Klein asked."

Lynch stared at him in disbelief.

"You're so poor you have to borrow money, and you're still planning to take a horse-drawn carriage?"

Klein:...

The words didn't have to be so harsh. What does "poor" even mean?

He wasn't saying he was poor; he was just trying to buy materials. If he were living a normal life, he wouldn't have borrowed money.

But Lynch is right, he's already borrowing money, why would he need a carriage?

"Let's go then!"

Klein made his decision, but soon he saw Lynch flag down a carriage. He immediately smiled broadly and shamelessly climbed onto the carriage.

"Come on! Come on! Please let me ride in your carriage. I'm so poor I have to borrow money!"

Lynch:...

I have a feeling that Klein has started to lose all shame when it comes to money.

However, he had indeed made a lot of money in Sefirah Castle, so he didn't refuse and went to the underground trading market with Klein.

There were people coming and going here, and the place wasn't under lockdown like last time; it seemed very relaxed.

"Go buy something! You don't even know what you'd buy if you borrowed money. Don't be like Old Neil; if something really happens, I'll definitely report you!"

Lynch reminded him.

Klein nodded, knowing that he meant well. After all, Lynch would definitely be wary of him suddenly borrowing money to come to a place like this, especially after the Old Neil incident.

"Don't worry! I'll be there in a bit. We'll meet at the entrance."

Klein muttered.

He then quickened his pace and entered the small room that Old Neil had gone into before, where valuable and extraordinary materials were sold.

Lynch glanced in his direction and decided to go find some extraordinary items as well.

After he upgraded to Sequence 8, the Stone of Myriad Phenomena gained an additional ability: it could partially bind extraordinary items to its master. In other words, if he absorbed the energy of an extraordinary item, he could choose whether it would fully bind to him or partially bind to him.

Full faith in God has no negative effects, while partial faith in God retains some negative effects and the power is also weakened.

However, partial ownership allows others to use it.

In other words, he could easily buy back extraordinary items, semi-bond them to someone else, and then sell them to others.

However, this would likely require a considerable amount of gold pounds, so he didn't intend to lend money to the Fool. Of course, if the Fool asked him for money, he might lend it to him, but he was unwilling to lend it to Klein.

He was worried that Klein would deny everything after his "death," and where would he get the money then?

He also "didn't know" that the Fool was Klein. Faced with his friend's death, could he really ask Melissa and Benson for their money?

In other words, if he borrows money from Klein now, he might have to wait until Klein has a change of heart and tells him that the Fool is Klein before he can get his money back.

Just thinking about it makes it clear that this is something that can't be done!