Ark Simulator, Don't I Have No Physical Form? Chapter 159

Closure hesitated for a moment. Would she see something she shouldn't if she suddenly opened the door? But it was time to make money!

After much deliberation, Closure finally decided to open the door; her desire for wealth ultimately outweighed her fear of social niceties.

So, Closure unlocked the Manufacturing Station door anyway, and as she opened it, she stood at the doorway and softly called out:

"Su Rui, Princess Theresa, are you there? I need to come in and get something."

After waiting for a moment and finding no response, Ke Luxi opened the door and looked into the Manufacturing Station.

Then she paused for a moment. The Demon Lord of Kazdel and Su Rui were snuggled together, curled up in a ball, lying on the cold floor of the Manufacturing Station, seemingly fast asleep. Apart from Theresa and Su Rui's expressions, which were somewhat uncomfortable due to the hardness of the floor, the scene actually looked quite heartwarming.

With this in mind, Closure didn't say anything. She carefully looked at Theresa and Su Rui and breathed a slight sigh of relief after discovering that they really hadn't duo-queued last night.

Closure didn't know why she was nervous, but she was definitely happy because of it.

In order not to disturb this heartwarming scene, Closure tiptoed out the cassette tapes one box at a time before calling her subordinates to come and help.

As Rhodes Island's chief engineer, she still has people she can use. Although the store's affairs aren't Rhodes Island's responsibility, all she needs to do is pay a little overtime. To earn more money, Closure isn't worried about spending a little bit.

Of course, Closure wouldn't dare to delay wages or fail to pay overtime, because the people of Terra are much more martial and righteous. If reasoning doesn't work, they'll just start talking about physics.

To ensure that Su Rui and Theresa's time together wouldn't be disturbed, Closure deliberately locked the Manufacturing Station door again, this time using her privileges as Rhodes Island's chief engineer.

Anyway, Su Rui definitely has the authority to leave the house, so she doesn't need to worry about Theresa and Su Rui being locked in this room and unable to get out.

Su Rui had already told the Doctor about the Banshee, and it was supposed to be Theresa and Su Rui, who had experience communicating with the Banshee, who would receive them. However, even after the Banshee had arrived within Rhodes Island's territory, Su Rui and Theresa still hadn't responded.

Especially Su Rui; despite having a telepathic connection, the Doctor received no response, only hearing Su Rui's soft breathing. Clearly, Su Rui was asleep.

Did he duo queue with Theresa until dawn last night?

The Doctor was somewhat helpless, but since the Banshee had already arrived, she, as the highest-ranking person currently conscious on Rhodes Island, still had to take on the responsibility of receiving Banshee.

Accompanied by his guards, the Doctor saw a massive horde of Banshee at the entrance to Rhodes Island. The sheer number of them even alarmed the Sarkaz of Babel; for an envoy or reinforcements, their numbers were far too great.

The Sarkaz's living conditions forced them to remain vigilant.

But the Sarkaz saw the Banshee like schoolchildren on a school trip, looking around and bustling about, without any sense of tension.

The Doctor couldn't help but glance somewhat subtly at the Banshee behind Lamalain, who looked like they were being taken on a spring outing by their parents. He slowly spoke, "Welcome to Rhodes Island, everyone. I've already heard about your purpose from Su Rui, and your accommodations have been arranged. Would you like me to take you there?"

"Thank you, but we can talk about this later. Su Rui said he would make many cassette tapes to sell to us. Where can we find them?"

Even Lamalain couldn't contain her excitement and immediately asked about the store's location.

The Doctor paused for a moment, but didn't think too much about it; this was probably one of the conditions Su Rui used to persuade the Banshee.

With that in mind, the Doctor nodded. "Last night, Closure seemed to have prepared a sign for you. This should be what you're looking for. Shall I take you there? Anyway, Rhodes Island welcomes you all."

"Thank you, Doctor. Shall we set off now?"

Lamalain couldn't suppress the smile on her lips, and the Doctor noticed that the Banshee behind Lamalain seemed to be excitedly trying to rush out.

Wisely refraining from asking any questions, and trusting that the Banshee Su Rui brought wouldn't cause trouble, the Doctor decided:

"Please remember not to do anything too extreme. The real-time control here might react somewhat due to the battlefield environment. Closure's shop is on the second floor of Rhodes Island. She specially hired a few extra people to set up a large stall on the deck today."

After the Doctor finished speaking, he gestured for them to do as they pleased, then nodded to Lamalain: "Shall we go to the office to talk?"

"Thank you for the invitation, Doctor. Let's do it later. I'd like to go check out that store now, so I won't disturb your work any longer."

Lamalain nodded to the Doctor, and then, like the other Banshee, strode towards the second floor of Rhodes Island, the location the Doctor had indicated.

Many of the young Banshee even started running, accompanied by boisterous cheers. "Charge! Charge!"

"Hey! You! You're not allowed to use magic to slow us down. If you're so capable, then speed yourself up!"

"No way! Slowing you down is also speeding myself up!"

Amidst the clamor of the Banshee, they surged towards the second floor of Rhodes Island like a flock of noisy ducklings.

Many of the Banshee also noticed that Lamalain was in their group, and had even moved to the very front of the group.

However, the elegant Banshee queen did not run; instead, she used some kind of magic to allow her to walk ahead of all the Banshee, even though she was taking a stroll.

"Why is Sister Lamalain still trying to take our tapes when she already has so many?"

The young Banshee showed no fear of Lamalain's authority, and Banshee even shouted their questions directly.

Lamalain simply smiled and turned back to look at her Banshee, who were running but couldn't keep up with her strolling companions, and explained:

"Because the tape Su Rui gave me was a limited edition, and the story inside wouldn't be featured in this sale, I really want to get my hands on this tape too."

Although Su Rui promised that each Banshee would receive all versions of the tapes, the time span involved would likely be quite long, and the Banshee didn't have that much patience in their pursuit of knowledge.

Prince of Kazdel: 341 Closure: Help! There are so many people, I can't handle it all.

Lamalain's words immediately caused an uproar among the young Banshee: "Does that mean Lamalain's tapes are collector's editions? We want them! And if we don't get to hear some great stories, we'll die!"

The Banshee swarmed around, even trying to catch up with Lamalain: "No! We want some too! Sister Lamalain, please help us think of a way!"

"Su Rui said she would release all the stories little by little, but making the tapes takes time. Don't worry, once you've finished listening to the tapes you have, new tapes will be released."

Lamalain smiled, ignoring the wails of the Banshee behind her, and used her magic to appear directly in front of Closure's stall.

Seeing an elegant and mysterious Banshee appear before her, Closure, who was looking at her phone and waiting for customers to come and buy things, was stunned for a moment, then quickly stood up and gave Lamalain a friendly smile:

"Hello, hello, is there anything you'd like?"

"Give me three copies of every kind of tape here, it's still just one, isn't it?"

Lamalain had originally intended to buy several copies for her collection, but thinking of the bustling group of young Banshee behind her, she couldn't help but smile, "Su Rui will probably reprint these contents later, right?"

"Of course, the production line has just been established, so the capacity is not yet sufficient. There will be more and more magnetic tapes in the future!"

Closure nodded hastily. After all, the person in front of her was clearly a big client. Although she didn't know why he had suddenly changed his mind, she still had to greet him politely.

Closure then placed one of each type of carbon microparticle tape into a prepared shopping bag and handed it to Lamalain. "Thank you for your patronage. The total is... Would you like to pay with Lungmen Dollars, Originium Ingot, or some other method?"

Lamalain paused for a moment, then took out Originium Ingot and handed it to Closure: "Lungmen Dollars? Is this currency still in circulation in Kazdel?"

"It's only because this currency is so widely circulated that I say Kazdel doesn't have a well-developed economic system right now."

Closure smiled and, after carefully putting away Lamalain's money, was about to continue when she heard Lamalain suddenly say, "Wait a minute."

"W-what's wrong? Is there something wrong with the tape?" Even if there really is a problem, it shouldn't have been discovered so quickly, right? Closure stood up again, a little nervous.

However, Lamalain simply smiled at her, "You and your staff are probably going to be busy, so it's best not to sit down."

"Huh? Oh, oh." Closure looked at Lamalain with some confusion. Although she didn't understand, she still stood there and waited. There was no need to cause trouble. If it really didn't work out, she could wait until the guest left before sitting down.

However, before Lamalain Closure could figure things out, a commotion of footsteps sounded behind Lamalain. The ground trembled, and the footsteps, accompanied by shouts of "argument," made Closure tense.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

Lamalain simply smiled and stepped aside, allowing Closure to see the young Banshee charging towards them from behind.

"They're all here to buy things, right?" Closure swallowed hard, only feeling slightly relieved when she saw Lamalain nod.

"Although Su Rui had warned me, I was still quite surprised when I actually saw it."

Closure swallowed nervously as she watched the Banshee surging toward them.

The employees next to her, who had initially thought they were just there to slack off, couldn't help but feel nervous. How long would it take for so many people to keep working?

However, they didn't have time to dwell on that now, because the Banshee had already rushed to the stall, shouting that they wanted one of everything here, and it seemed that every single Banshee was planning to do so.

Seeing the horde of Banshee surging towards her, Closure couldn't help but cry out in anguish, "Guh~ Su Rui, save me~"

Unfortunately, Su Rui was still asleep and couldn't hear her cries of pain.

Lamalain looked at Closure, who seemed to feel a great calamity was about to befall her, with amusement. She coughed lightly and addressed the bustling Banshee who were practically tearing down the stall:

"Line up properly, don't push or shove, and don't disturb others."

Although it was just a simple reminder, Lamalain's words were very effective. The young Banshee immediately quieted down and quickly lined up in front of the few employees at the stall.

However, seeing their expectant eyes, Closure couldn't help but swallow. Although the number of tapes produced in one night was indeed quite large, it was mainly Su Rui prepared tapes with different content.

If everyone wanted one serving, there certainly wouldn't be enough with so many Banshee in front of them.

The production line is still running, but even if we go back to restock, it probably won't be enough to satisfy so many Banshee.

Closure now understood why Su Rui said this money was both easy and hard to earn. There was no shortage of customers, but to make money, one had to withstand the pressure and work like a cog in a machine, racing against time.

To avoid being torn to shreds by the angry Banshee later, Closure thought for a moment, and before Lamalain left, spoke to the Banshee:

"Thank you all for your support. However, our shop didn't prepare too much stock today, so each person is limited to one cassette tape of each type. The production line is still running, so we will continue to restock. Please be patient."

Closure's words confirmed the young Banshee ' suspicions, and their quiet whispers turned into a cacophony.

This immediately made Closure tense again, but fortunately Lamalain coughed lightly, calming the Banshee down. "Don't cause trouble for the people here, or Su Rui might get angry and refuse to sell you the tapes. I'm sure he'll make sure everyone can buy them."

Lamalain's words were very intimidating. Although the Banshee still harbored some resentment, they became much quieter and appeared very calm, just like ordinary customers waiting to buy goods... If Closure hadn't seen them use magic to speed up their arrival, Closure would have truly believed them.

While preparing the goods and paying for the Banshee in front of her, Closure took a moment to pull out her phone and make a call, tucking it between her neck and shoulder as she called for help:

"Wis'adel! Come help me! Could you move all the tapes from Manufacturing Station 03 over here? And while you're at it, could you please rearrange the boxes that hold the tapes? I'll pay you, please! And I'll give you the dress you had your eye on before!"

Prince of Kazdel: 342 What's your name so early in the morning?

Su Rui was awakened by the sound of banging on the door. Opening her eyes, she heard Wis'adel's grumbling and cursing outside.

"Closure, didn't you send me here to get something? Why is the door locked? And why does it say I don't have the necessary permissions to open it?!"

Upon opening her Scanning Vision, Su Rui saw Closure's stall on the second floor of Rhodes Island, busy collecting payments from the Banshee while apologetically apologizing to Wis'adel.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't expect that. I'll open the door for you right away, just wait a moment. And please, please don't damage those goods, or the consequences could be very serious. I'm not threatening you, this is just... a fact."

"Tch, I got it. Just remember to open the door for me right now."

Wis'adel snorted in dissatisfaction. Just as she finished speaking, the door to the licensing station opened, and Su Rui walked out, approached Wis'adel, grabbed her wrist, and spoke into the phone to Closure:

"Alright, I've opened the door. Next, Wis'adel and I will take these tapes over."

"Su Rui?! You're finally awake!" Closure complained to Su Rui on the other end of the phone, as if she had suffered some great injustice:

"You didn't even tell me there would be so many customers! I simply don't have enough staff!"

"Okay, I got it. I'm on my way now. My phone's about to run out of battery, I have to hang up."

After finishing her sentence, Su Rui hung up the phone, handed it back to Wis'adel, and tilted her head at her. "Let's go, I'll grab my things, we'll head straight there."

Wis'adel nodded and followed Su Rui into the Manufacturing Station, where he saw Theresa had also just woken up.

"Your Highness Theresa? This is...?"

"Su Rui and I were so tired last night that we ended up falling asleep on the floor."

Theresa smiled and explained, then looked at the many tapes that had been produced again, intending to move them over with Wis'adel.

Su Rui reached out and grabbed both of their wrists, and the tapes vanished right in front of them.

"Alright, I've packed everything up. We just need to head straight to Closure."

With that, Su Rui pulled the two of them toward the second floor of Rhodes Island: "Don't worry about Wis'adel, I'll definitely make sure Closure gets your reward."

Soon, Su Rui led Theresa and Wis'adel to the large plaza on the second floor of Rhodes Island.

Closure and her employees were still busy collecting payments, and the Banshee had already bought the tapes hadn't left either. They were gathered around the square, chatting excitedly about something.

Lamalain was also there. Upon seeing Su Rui, she went straight up to Su Rui and greeted Su Rui, "Long time no see, Su Rui."

"Long time no see... Actually, it hasn't been that long."

Su Rui nodded, then went straight to Closure's stall, clapped her hands, and the tapes that had been mostly sold out were restocked. Although it wasn't as many as what was made in one night, it wasn't a small amount either, enough to allow quite a few Banshee to buy some.

After Closure, Su Rui looked at the Banshee around her. Their gazes were constantly, almost imperceptibly, fixed on Su Rui, clearly showing how concerned they were about the tape.

"Don't worry, I always make extra tapes each time I produce them. After all, you're probably not the only ones interested in these stories. Right now, it's just that the production line isn't big enough, but that problem will be solved today."

Of course, it was Closure who solved the problems; Su Rui was only responsible for providing the plans.

After calming the Banshee, Su Rui looked at Lamalain: "Speaking of which, have you arranged your accommodations yet? The Doctor should have already done so."

"Yes, the Doctor had already arranged accommodations when we arrived, but we were in a hurry to buy tapes, so we didn't go to check on them."

"Hmm, let me see. Would you like me to give you a map? Or would you like to come back with us and talk? I don't think that's necessary, am I?"

Since the agreement had already been reached, Su Rui felt there was no need for further communication, so he turned to look at Theresa to see if Theresa had any other plans.

"We still need to discuss your plans for the future, Su Rui."

Theresa smiled, took Su Rui's wrist, and glanced at Wis'adel: "Work hard, Wis'adel ~"