"Because I'm poor," Han Fei said frankly. "My family's so poor we can barely keep food on the table. I wanted to pick a fight with some Sarkaz and see if they had any valuable loot on them."
"Sarkaz are very poor," Andoain said slowly. "If you want to make money, I can ask some friends to introduce you to a few jobs. There's no need to take risks."
"It's fine."
Han Fei waved it off carelessly, then sat back down on the sofa. "How would I know whether they have treasures on them if I don't go?"
"If you insist, I won't stop you," Andoain said.
Han Fei gave a sound of acknowledgment and was about to agree when he suddenly remembered something—this time, it seemed no mission had been triggered.
Last time, when Talulah had invited him to deal with Ursus's Infected Inspection Squad, Delta Force's mission had been triggered.
But this time, no prompt had appeared before Han Fei's eyes.
Could it be because they invited me last time, while this time I'm the one taking the initiative?
As Han Fei thought this, he was rather pleased with the outcome.
For Han Fei, this was actually good news.
Everyone knew that mission bots had terrible drop rates. If no mission was triggered, those Sarkaz would most likely have the normal drop rate of secret bots.
"So, you're all leaving tomorrow, and I'll be the only one staying here?" Lemuen asked dejectedly.
"Lele, school isn't closed tomorrow," Lemuen said. "You still have to go to school."
"I know."
Lemuen answered, then flopped face-first onto the sofa and said weakly, "That's so nice. I want to go adventuring too. It's been so long since I last left Laterano."
Naturally, when Lemuen spoke of leaving Laterano, she did not mean