After leaving Xin Ning's side and returning to the Diplomatic Group to handle minor matters, He Chou had just entered the Diplomatic Group's floor in the Navy Department office building.
All the team members stood and saluted He Chou.
He Chou nodded to each of them, then walked over to the Logistics Machines permanently stationed with the Diplomatic Group, invoice in hand. He entered his ID and requested that the sector reimburse the invoice.
"Your reimbursement application No. 23: purchase of a gold necklace worth seventy thousand Star Credits for the Tau civilization's ambassador in the Talon III commercial district. This reimbursement application has been submitted."
When they heard the Logistics Machines' announcement, every team member rose in extreme shock and stared at their leader.
"You spent seventy thousand on what kind of necklace?"
"Our farewell dinner for the old group leader when he transferred to the Intelligence Department, plus all the gifts and the hired Cat-people song-and-dance troupe, only came to one hundred and twenty! Five credits are enough to feed a family for a month! What kind of necklace did you buy for seventy thousand?!"
"A reimbursement application this outrageous will get you investigated by the sector!"
The team members' doubts seemed entirely reasonable to He Chou.
Precious metals such as gold and silver could be synthesized directly within the sector, which kept luxury goods from being particularly expensive.
No matter how prestigious a luxury brand was, spending seventy thousand on one was still rather earth-shattering.
"Do your jobs." He Chou glanced at his subordinates without explaining anything.
The team members shifted their gazes from their leader to the Logistics Machines.
"Your reimbursement application has been received and processed by the Master Control Intelligence. Seventy thousand Star Credits have been transferred to the Diplomatic Group account," the Logistics