Lin Ye finally arrives at Jessica's room. He knocked on the door twice.
It has been several months since he came here last time. To be honest, he and Jessica are not very close to each other since they only see each other occasionally.
However, Lin Ye would always take the initiative to greet her every time he sees her, but she always looks like she was on the verge of tears, as if someone had bullied her which made Lin Ye feel a little awkward.
She was so wealthy and had so much power, but she looked like a weak little girl.
'The difference in personality between Lungmen's rich cat girl with the one at Rhodes Island is like Heaven and Earth.'
Lin thought to himself that if he had that sort of money, he would dress as an emperor everywhere he went and would be wary of little girls who shed crocodile tears.
While he was thinking, the door slowly opened, and Jessica appeared in her pajamas. She looked at Lin Ye with surprise. "Doctor Lin?"
"Yeah, it's me, I have a request...Is it not convenient right now?" Lin Ye noticed that Jessica's hair is messy and she looked like she had just woken up from the bed.
Was she on her break?
"U-Umm, it's not inconvenient at all." Jessica takes a step back,
"I-If there is something important, p-please come in..." Lin Ye doesn't know whether or not his issue was important. But since Jessica has already invited him in. That means that she doesn't mind him being here. So, he thanked her and walked into the room.
"I-I didn't expect anyone to come to visit at this time, except for instructor Doberman." Jessica says, "I only returned to Rhodes Island last night. So, instructor Doberman gave me a day off and let me rest."
"Did you just finish a mission?"
Jessica hummed in affirmation.
Lin Ye stops walking and scratches his head: "In that case. Doesn't mean I'm disturbing you?"
Jessica shakes her head "N-nothing like that, I should get up anyway. I-I had already slept enough."
Jessica walks to the window and opens the curtains. The room that was originally dim instantly became brighter.
"P-Please sit down, Doctor Lin." Jessica said, "I-I'll get you some snacks."
"No, no, no." Lin Ye shakes his head repeatedly, "I'm not here for a snack plus I don't want to trouble you."
"I-It's okay, it's not really troubling me." Jessica said, "A-And anyways, I bought too much and can't finish it myself."
He couldn't help but smile at that.
{Rhodes Island's Psychologist}
Ten minutes later.
Lin Ye, who had already eaten two milk biscuits, explains to Jessica his reason for coming here today.
"D-Do you want bullets again?" Jessica is a little surprised, "But I don't have bullets of your caliber anymore. I gave it all to you."
"Uh, what I need this time is another type."
Before going out, Lin Ye brought a single bullet with him, which he handed over to Jessica.
"That's the one I need, and I don't need you to give it to me. I just wanted to ask if you have ones like these for me to buy."
Jessica takes the bullet, and carefully observed it "A d-different caliber? D-Dr. Lin, you got a new gun?"
"Yup."
"Ah, that's great." Jessica showed an envious expression.
"I really want a new one too, but unfortunately I can't buy it. What does your new gun look like?"
He then asks if she knows Exusiai.
"M-Miss Exusiai? I have met her. She has an amazing gun."
Lin Ye nods "My gun is the same type as her."
Jessica became even more envious "T-That's great, if someone is willing to give me such a gun, I-I will probably go crazy with joy."
Lin Ye scratched his head in embarrassment. "This was also given to me by someone else. In fact, I really didn't want to take it. After all, it is such an expensive item, but the other party has given it to me already. So, I accepted it. This gun is really good, but I only have 50 rounds with me, so"
"5-50 rounds?" Jessica nods, "F-For a gun like that, 50 bullets would probably only last six seconds, maybe a little longer if you have trigger discipline."
Lin Ye is stunned "S-Six seconds?"
"Yes. Miss Exuaisai lent me her gun before. O-Once I pulled the trigger, ten bullets were gone, j-just like that" Jessica recalled.
"Unlike my guns, it can shoot faster. My firepower is completely inferior to her."
Lin Ye's mouth twitches slightly.
Fifty rounds. In... six seconds? Him, a gun dork, has underestimated Vector's rate of fire. But six seconds is still too exaggerated. Right?
But thinking that Jessica has no reason to lie to him, then six seconds should be real. In other words, his current bullet volume can only make him a real man for six seconds? It was a good thing he asked Jessica about this.
"Do you know where the bullets can be bought?"
"I do know. Our company Blacksteel has many ways to acquire bullets."
Lin Ye feels like a student who finally appreciated what they learned
Rhodes Island has close relationships with many groups. Blacksteel International and Penguin Logistics are just two out of all of them.
"How much does it cost?" Lin Ye asks.
"This kind of bullet doesn't cost much. "Jessica answers.
"Compared with a hand cannon, the price of this caliber of bullets is much lower. General-purpose ammunition of this caliber is probably..."
Jessica thought about it and then told the approximate price to Lin Ye.
After Lin Ye listened, he felt his soul slowly leaving his body.
Sure enough, the "not much money" in her eyes and the "not much money" in his eyes is not the same value, but fortunately, with Lin Ye's current savings the cost isn't completely unaffordable.
He already has a rough estimate in his mind and put all his money in. But it seemed unwise to use it all up in one go, so he hesitated for a while before gritting his teeth and said to Jessica,
"T-Then please give me 500 rounds first."
Jessica wanted to say that 500 rounds of this general-purpose bullet would not suffice. At least start with 10,000 rounds first.
In order to practice marksmanship, she even saved a full month worth of snacks and bought 10,000 rounds. But seeing Lin Ye's painful expression, she didn't have the heart to tell Lin Ye this cruel truth.
Lin Ye didn't know that his request would make Jessica flustered. Because he still feels heartache for the five hundred bullets.
If fifty bullets are only enough for Vector to fire for six seconds, then five hundred rounds can last one minute? Half of his savings are only enough for him to shoot a minute? Only a minute of being a real man?
This is too sad. It is no wonder that guns are toys for the rich. This situation is a prime example of that.
"R-Right, Dr. Lin, you only want to buy these kinds of general-purpose bullets? "Jessica suddenly asks him.
"Aah?" Lin Ye is surprised by this," What do you mean? There are other types?"
"There are. Yes, p-please wait." Jessica walked off somewhere and returned a minute later with a small box in her hand.
"Although the price of general-purpose ammunition is cheap, it is not very powerful. When facing enemies of some special races at long range, the bullets might not even pierce through their skin"
"There are people like that?"
The exact moment Lin Ye asked this question, he knew that he had asked something stupid. A few days ago, he had seen it with his own eyes.
A man that didn't even wear his helmet survived a shot to the head by a Colt Python at point black range. As for the power of a single shot, the Colt Python should be even better than Vector.
Lin Ye understood Jessica's words, of course, he had to be the weakest race in Terra's world, some God is probably out to get him.
"And in order to deal with these enemies, the Sankta also modified the bullets." Jessica opens the bullet box she just brought. Lin Ye peered over and saw rows of red bullets in it.
Jessica takes one of them out and shows it to Lin Ye, "For example, these Arts bullets are made from Originium and have better penetration and power. But the most important thing is that it will burn up immediately when it hits a person's body."
Lin Ye is surprised "Burn them up? What do you mean?"
"It means literally burning them up. "Jessica says, "I heard that the blood of the person is used as fuel when they get hit and would immediately consume them in fire."
Lin Ye smacks his lips: "Isn't that too exaggerated?"
"...It indeed is. " Jessica said with a smile, "If this bullet really has such exaggerated power, then the Sankta would long have since conquered the world.
"Is that so?"
"I have used it several times before. "Jessica placed the bullet back in the box.
"In the face of some tricky enemies, if the normal bullets don't solve your problem, the arts bullets definitely will." Of course, you can still make do without using this type of bullet. But no matter how powerful a race is, if they get shot by a few Art Bullets, they will go own."
Lin Ye ponders over this new information before asking for its price…
Jessica answered.
Lin Ye dies inside.
After a long time, he scratched his head and with a very embarrassed expression, he asked Jessica
"Can I have ten rounds?"
{Rhodes Island's Psychologist}
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