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Chapter 15 Uninvited Guest (Part 1)

After ten kilometers, Depp drove back to the antique shop.

The materials ordered a while ago had arrived, and Depp locked the door of the antique shop and began to use the Mark 5 techniques in his mind to make some simple little things.

After all, he now has the skills, but he does not have the conditions to make a complete Mark 5 armor. There are insufficient materials, the house is too small, the tools are not complete, and many things are even impossible to buy.

However, although it is impossible to make a complete armor, some small things can be made using limited resources.

For example, the mask he is making now has simple head protection functions, anti-virus functions, and can effectively resist most mental attacks and the enemy's clairvoyance ability.

After all, there are many people in Gotham who are capable of poison gas attacks and psychotropic hallucinogenic attacks, such as the famous Joker and Scarecrow, so they must be on guard against them.

The clairvoyance ability is to hide oneself. In the DC world, Batman was discovered by Superman who had clairvoyance ability to reveal Bruce Wayne's identity under the mask.

Of course, many people have found Batman's subcutaneous identity through reasoning and guessing, but none of them are as direct as Superman.

And just a mask does not require a huge energy supply like the Ark Reactor, it only requires a few special AA batteries.

While Depp was concentrating on tightening the screws, someone knocked hard on the locked door, making a banging sound.

"The other one is a pawn agreement. Since I think this ring means a lot to you, you can redeem your ring at any time in the future with $50,000."

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be the thin, pointed-faced man behind the Gotham Police Station in the morning. His face was covered with large beads of sweat. He looked in poor physical condition, and the despair in his eyes seemed to be even stronger.

After taking Joseph into the antique store and pouring him a glass of hot water, Depp took the diamond ring and looked at it carefully.

Looking at the haggard-looking Joseph, Depp felt a little sympathetic.

This name sounds very jojo, Depp thought unscrupulously.

This is a good man, a good man who loves his wife deeply.

This poor man originally came to the antique store to sell his wedding ring in order to treat his wife's illness and nurse her back to health.

Depp habitually put on his introduction mirror and asked: "Hello sir, do you have any old items for sale?"

Depp decided to help the poor man out, saying: "The cutting of the ring is great, but unfortunately the clarity of the diamond itself is not very high, so."

"So, I mean, how much do you need?" Depp looked helplessly at Joseph who interrupted, and finished the sentence.

Under the sunlight, the diamond ring emitted a soft and beautiful light. Under the light, the despair in Joseph's eyes also weakened, as if he was recalling some happy past events.

He turned around and took out five stacks of dollars from the safe, and stuffed them into Joseph's hands along with the pawn agreement in duplicate.

Depp repeated: "I mean, how much money does your wife need for medical treatment and hospital care for the baby? I will use that to get this ring."

Some people only need ten thousand dollars to save the lives of their wife and children, but no matter how hard they work, they can't get it.

Upon hearing this shameful compliment, Depp took back the signed pawn agreement, handed the other party a business card, and issued an eviction order.

"Please go inside first, I need to take a closer look."

"Who?" Depp was a little angry at being disturbed. He shouted out the door: "It's not open yet. Come back tomorrow."

However, the person outside the door was obviously very persistent. He kept knocking on the door and begged loudly: "Boss, please, I have good things to sell! I need this money to save my life!"

When Joseph heard this, he covered his face in surprise and cried bitterly.

Depp looked up into Joseph's eyes and asked, "You just said you needed this money to save your life. Are you seriously ill?"

"That's it, boss." Joseph said: "He is very beautiful in the sun, you see."

But to be honest, something with perfect craftsmanship is not very valuable. After all, the second-hand recycling industry only values ​​the weight and quality of raw materials.

"It's not me, boss." Joseph shook his head: "It's my wife. She is about to give birth, but now her health is very poor. I need a sum of money to treat her illness and raise a baby. But

My income is too little, really too little."

As he spoke, he raised the diamond ring in his hand to the sun.

Therefore, he needs to know the real reason why the man in front of him needs the money.

And this man named Joseph did not do anything illegal because he needed money and was desperate.

Someone spent a million dollars to buy a fake porcelain bottle, just to make others angry, without blinking an eye.

Joseph Cole stood outside the door, hesitating again and again and finally pulled it out from the cutoff on the ring finger of his left hand.

Before opening the door, Depp held the double-barreled shotgun in his hand and looked out through the peephole.

Looking at the money and the pawn agreement in his hand, Joseph felt that everything he encountered today was so unreal. He said to Depp:

"Are you an angel sent by God?"

"The agreement will take effect after you sign it. The pen is on your right hand."

As someone who runs an antique shop, he sells antiques and also collects antiques. Although Depp was reluctant, when he heard that the other party needed money to save his life, he still collected the semi-finished masks and parts on the table and walked over. After all, he had no way to do it.

The local residents are so hard-hearted.

"This is fifty thousand dollars, Mr. Joseph."

Joseph lowered his head when he heard this, his eyes became more desperate, and he murmured: "Sure enough, sir, how much can it be sold for?"

Sorry, the child Joseph apologized to his unborn child in his heart.

【Joseph Cole】

I have to say that the clarity of the diamond on this ring is actually very average, but the cutting process is very perfect, so perfect that it can turn an inferior rough stone into such a dazzling one.

Although this is very common in Gotham.

"You are really the kindest person I have ever met!" Joseph sobbed: "Only twenty thousand dollars. No, ten thousand dollars is enough, absolutely enough."

"What?" Joseph said in disbelief.

Joseph sighed silently in his heart. If the sale price was too little, he would have to cure his wife's illness first and put aside the issue of childbirth and abortion.

The skinny monkey didn't look threatening, but Depp still held the shotgun tightly and opened the door cautiously.

Depp suddenly felt that all this was normal and ridiculous, even a little ridiculous.

No wonder just now, when he looked at the ring in the sunshine, his desperate eyes were filled with happiness.

"Come on, gentlemen, stop being so nauseous. You should go back and be with your wife as soon as possible. She must miss you very much!"

After sending the man who had regained hope out of the antique store, Depp locked the door and started making his own high-tech mask again.

Joseph outside the door held the black plastic bag containing fifty thousand dollars tightly in his arms, glanced around suspiciously, and then walked quickly towards his home.

On the way, he looked back at Depp Antiques Store from time to time, always feeling that the whole store was shining with divine light.

(End of chapter)