Stuck in Gotham: My Rise as a Shady Merchant
Chapter 175

What Was That Old Yellow Pelt Up to Now? (Yes, I'm Back to Kill You!)

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"Yaaawn... Even the system sucks. Why does shipping take so damn long after a trade? Feels like months are about to go by."

Lounging in his executive chair, Zuo Ci yawned out of boredom.

With his last trade with Yellow Pelt complete, Zuo Ci had nothing much to do. He had spent the past couple of days lazing around and waiting for his shipment.

Honestly, he had no idea why Yellow Pelt had acted so mysterious and insisted on confidential shipping. Surely he wasn't sending something that couldn't stand the light of day?

Imagine opening the package when it arrived, only for two Greater Daemons of Slaanesh to pop out with a bang. Now that would be entertaining.

[Beep beep, your package has arrived. ≡ω≡]

Bored out of his mind, Zuo Ci had just opened a comic to kill some time when the system notification chimed.

"Well, speak of the devil, and Yellow Pelt delivers. I seriously suspect that bastard's secretly spying on me, just like Batman."

After grumbling a little, Zuo Ci took out the oversized delivery box.

It was an ordinary cardboard box, the system's standard packaging. There was nothing worth looking at.

Only after opening it did Zuo Ci see what was inside-twenty-two small Stasis Fields!

"Holy shit! Talk about going all out."

A Stasis Field was an incredibly powerful device from the Warhammer setting. Its specific effect was to slow the passage of time within a certain area, depending on the device's operating range. It was commonly used in warfare and to preserve extremely important things.

Incidentally, Guilliman's coffin had been made with one of these.

"Yellow Pelt actually shipped this stuff in Stasis Fields. What the hell's inside?"

Although Stasis Fields were precious, high-end technology, they were pocket change to the Emperor. The

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