Chương 148: The Tiger Man's Clever Thumbs-Up

Roland is having a blast barbecuing, as if reminiscing about her days on Earth.

Even Roland was satisfied with the lively atmosphere, and the simple-minded people from the other world were having a blast.

People from the surrounding streets couldn't resist coming to watch.

Those who were smart enough to see this immediately spotted a business opportunity.

Vendors pushed their carts to the vicinity of the banquet venue, selling beer, fresh vegetables, handicrafts, and so on.

In short, they brought out everything they could sell and put it up for sale.

Even the Match Girl made the journey of walking three streets to reach New Sprout Street.

The Roland Group is famous in the neighborhood for its employees' good benefits and generous allowances.

In a short time, the scale of the banquet grew larger and larger.

Inevitably, spies from other forces have infiltrated this group.

At the street corner, a wolf-eared beast girl dressed plainly and wearing a cloak hurriedly left New Sprout Street.

On her finger, a corporate spy ring shimmered with magical light.

The ring fulfilled its duty by recording the scene at the venue.

In particular, the group tokens issued by Roland, a means to alleviate the economic crisis.

She even spent a little money to exchange a few of them from employees of the Roland Group.

She took the group's tokens out of her pocket and examined them under the moonlight.

"It looks similar to a newspaper illustration. Those peasants are so easy to fool; a few sheets of paper are enough to get rid of them."

"Loran Kane really fooled those beast girls completely."

Then, she strode forward, nimbly weaving through the alleyways, heading towards Haisen Harbor.

……

Haisen Harbor opens at 7: 00.

Inside the luxurious office of Tiger Head Noble Bizan.

The orc scout, who had just been there, now respectfully presented the information he had gathered to Bizan.

The images, reports, and several tokens issued by Roland made Bizan look serious.

He reached out, went under the desk, and patted the wolf-woman secretary on the head.

"Don't be busy yet, come and take a look at these things."

The wolf girl immediately stood up and carefully examined the intelligence.

Then a serious expression appeared on his face.

"Lord Bizan, Roland's move was truly impressive."

"With this group token, as long as she has food on hand, she can alleviate the economic pressure we've put on her and continue to keep the company running."

"Her banquet today easily calmed the employees' emotions."

"Otherwise, those beast girls should be back in our clubhouse by now."

After a moment's hesitation, Bizan simply waved his hand.

"Have someone buy grain from the market in the old port area and drive up the price so that Roland has no chance to replenish her grain supply."

The wolf girl exclaimed.

"Lord Bizan, this risk is too high!"

"Lorraine's greenhouse is growing well; if she can be self-sufficient, then we've wasted our money."

Bizan waved his hand dismissively.

"Then let her get through this period first."

"With my intervention, she will inevitably have to shut down the Krusty Krab factory, allowing our counterfeit Krusty Krab to further seize the market."

As he spoke, he grinned menacingly, revealing his tiger-like mouth.

"Even if her greenhouse yields are extremely high, once she finishes growing them, we can still sell off the grain and drive down prices."

"I'm really looking forward to the scene of Roland coming to my door begging me to let her go. It's been a long time since I've tasted a vixen's seduction."

The secretary, Wolf Girl, was still uneasy, and she hesitated before speaking.

"Lord Bizan, I still feel the risk is too high. What if Roland has another plan?"

"How could that be? She's even resorting to using scraps of paper to fool people; she must have run out of ideas."

He waved the company token in his hand dismissively, then changed the subject.

"However, her methods of winning people over are quite good."

"It's such a waste that this vixen isn't serving as a holy maiden in our Vulcan Cult."

Bizan pulled the corporate spy ring closer, bringing the projected image even closer.

Then he began to admire Roland's statue.

The beaver girl's craftsmanship was truly superb, capturing six or seven tenths of the essence of Roland, prompting Bizan to repeatedly express his admiration.

"This Roland Kane should come to the Church of Vulcan to serve as a saintess."

"They go out during the day to collect faith for us, and come in at night to collect pollution for us. It's perfect."

"Go, quickly tell people to drive up the grain price in the old port area."

The wolf girl's face fell.

"Lord Bizan, it's already late, and it's difficult to get an appointment with merchants."

"Tsk... Then tomorrow it is. You'd better go back to work."

The wolf girl finally breathed a sigh of relief and returned to her lowly job.

……

The following day, on the third floor of the church on Xinya Street.

"Today is a good day, a good day~" Roland hummed a little tune, resting her jade-like feet, encased in black stockings, on the desk, in an extremely good mood.

It wasn't just because of yesterday's lively totem dinner, but also because of the success of the group's token.

All we need to do now is wait patiently for the greenhouse harvest to be completed, and we will be able to crack the despicable schemes of that tiger, Bizan.

At this moment, she pretended to look at the documents in her hand, but her gaze was fixed on the air above.

There, floating, was a system panel that only she could see.

This is another surprise.

After the banquet last night, she suddenly noticed that the system had changed.

And it's the most unique skill.

【Courtesan (Upgradeable)】 This skill, which stood out from the moment it was activated and even caused system lag, has now changed again.

I wonder if it's related to the beast girls' banquet.

Roland couldn't help but look at the floor-to-ceiling window beside her; her large wooden sculpture still stood in the square.

Every now and then, cute little animal girls and children would place the wildflowers they had picked on the base of the statue.

She turned her head back to look at the system interface.

At this moment, the skill icon prominently displays the upgrade option.

Roland couldn't help but think of her upgraded, dazzling silver-framed [Roland Brand Milk].

However, the [Roland Brand Milk] was upgraded passively and inexplicably, while the [Courtesan] skill requires manual activation.

She hesitated for a moment, then tried upgrading.

Generally, an upgrade request should pop up.

Simply clicking on it with your mind doesn't elicit any response from the system interface.

As Roland was wondering, she glanced upwards and her expression changed drastically.

"Holy crap, those are my faith points!"

The number of faith points, approaching one million, was jumping at a frantic pace.

It plummeted at a speed even faster than the stock market crash.

Roland's face turned pale, and she quickly canceled the upgrade.

Just kidding, this is all her hard-earned money saved up to upgrade [Roland's Honey] and [Magic Ascension Potion].

Without these faith points, how can the sheep survive, and how can Jenny escape her identity as a village girl?

When the numbers stopped changing, Roland finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the decline was not significant.

Turning our attention back to the [Courtesan] skill, nothing changed.

It was as if she had wasted her faith points by skipping a beautiful stone across the water, and incidentally startled herself in the process.

"I'll fuck you..."

Just as Roland was about to curse, she suddenly noticed a subtle change in the skill icons.

"Hey, it seems like the bottom of the brass frame has a slight silver tint?"

Just as she was about to continue her detailed study, the office door was suddenly kicked open.

Jenny rushed in, carrying a stack of newspapers and documents.

"Miss Roland, something terrible has happened!"

"The largest grain merchant in the old port area committed suicide after being struck by seven ice spikes. The grain merchant association has been taken over by the Haisen Port United Chamber of Commerce."

"It's said that the grain warehouses were all falsified accounts and were burned to the ground. Now, grain prices in the old port area are skyrocketing."

"We've completely run out of flour!"