The VIP Carriage stopped on the outskirts of the Nadun Family villa grounds without going too far in.
Neo switched off the engine and reminded him, "When you're not on a mission, don't turn on the Concealment Formation while driving. Do you know how many spirit stones it burns through?"
Kallen said nothing and rolled down the window for some air.
Neo continued his lecture. "Besides, the war between the Moon Order God Church and Reincarnation isn't over yet. Those two churches produce the two major types of elemental spirit stones, and the war has driven up spirit stone prices across the board. Things aren't like they used to be. We need to save where we can. I can tell from your smoking habits. Ah, someone who's never known hardship just doesn't understand."
Kallen could only retort, "I just think that as long as I don't make leveraged investments, normal spending shouldn't ever leave me heading for a rooftop."
"Listen to yourself. There you go again. As your superior, I'm trying to reason with you, and you're resorting to personal attacks.
Who did I take on that leverage for? Wasn't it so I could lend you Point Vouchers sooner, so you could buy back all the War Equipment from [Black Prison Castle]? Wasn't it to decorate your office beautifully so you could live in comfort?"
"If you're really going to be that shameless, I have nothing to say."
"Facts beat any amount of argument."
"By the way, when will the modifications to my Used Pons actually be finished?"
"Soon, soon. What's the rush? Once we're done with this series of cases and our status is higher, those favors will get us a better discount, won't they?
Even people who didn't owe us favors will owe us then, won't they?"
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