There was no denying that Mr. Jonas's string of threats had worked remarkably well. At least, after hearing what Jonas said, the smuggler lost all desire to fleece him. Now all he could think about was hoping the man would let him off.
Anyone who knew his real identity had to have connections with the organizers behind the black market. He must have lost his mind to even consider fleecing him.
Under the combined pressure of fear and anxiety, the transaction originally priced at 140,000 credit points was driven down to 30,000. The smuggler had no choice but to pay for his peace of mind, selling the goods at seventy percent of his original purchase price.
Naturally, everyone came away happy. Jonas bought a large quantity of IIS Stimulant for less than the smuggler had paid.
And the smuggler managed to keep his real identity safe.
IIS Stimulant could indeed suppress the psychological defects caused by psionic awakening, but its side effects were clearly worse.
In the game, when employees suffered psionic corruption and entered a brief period of madness, a special Mixed Drug could remove that negative status.
That drug had to be concocted from three basic drugs in the game, and IIS Stimulant was one of the hardest ingredients to obtain.
That was the main reason Jonas had bought so much IIS Stimulant. If a rare item could be bought with money, he was certainly going to buy out the store.
And once he could concoct the drug from the game, its price would rise a hundredfold or more.
It would become an advantage unique to him, and he could even use it to recruit a large number of Psionics as employees.
But Miss Eiffel knew none of this.
In the auction hall's corridor, Miss Eiffel gave Jonas