[Mr. Zhang, I have a big question... Didn't you say you would invest all the money we earned in yourself?]
Gourd questioned him quietly, sounding very puzzled.
[Now that you've exposed me, I'm a little frightened. This isn't what we planned... Actually, I don't like interacting with strangers.]
Frightened, my ass. You must be loving this right now.
Zhang Ming explained earnestly, "Well, I just thought about it and suddenly figured something out... Neither of us should be left behind. Investing only in me would be far too unfair to you."
"We're both independent individuals. We should both develop, rather than having you depend entirely on me."
[Mm-hmm!]
"For one thing, if this collaboration goes smoothly, the Demon God's Sea won't collapse so easily... We won't have to rush to dig a hole and escape, right?"
[That does seem to be the case.]
"As long as the Demon God's Sea doesn't collapse, those civilizations will keep supplying the Source of the World. I'll earn money by digging tunnels, and you'll earn money by granting their wishes."
"One day, your wealth will far surpass [Unfulfilled Wish]'s. Then we'll find a way to slaughter the other one and achieve Ultimate Demon God status."
"Isn't that a better plan than wandering the world?"
Gourd continued heating up, faint wisps of white mist rising from her. [You're so humorous. A different idea every day, and the crucial thing is that all these ideas seem to make some sense... I'm actually not good at fighting, nor do I like it. I think we should still invest in you. I don't need any investment.]
Zhang Ming hurriedly said, "No, no, no. Right now, I just want to slack off. Once I've dug a tunnel, I can do that, and then I'll invest all the money in