When he said this, Booker felt the corners of his mouth twitching slightly.
Purchasing the adjustment authority and printing materials required for the "Talos" power skeleton is a considerable expense, which makes the organization's current financial situation even worse.
Of course, as an adjustment and transformation that is ten times stronger than the original bones of the human body, can protect important organs in the body, and can cooperate with carbon muscle fibers to exert extremely terrifying power, it is indeed worth the price.
Especially when the organization is extremely short of manpower right now, having a Depth 2 adjuster for the Icarus Path is definitely not a waste of resources.
You still have to use your money where it should be spent, but it will inevitably cause physical pain when you use it.
"A week's inspection period?"
Liao Qi's expression became excited again.
Booker nodded:
"Yes, you must undergo a course of 'emotional fine-tuning' this week and take a mental index test every day."
Having said this, Booker's expression became bitter again:
"In addition, it will take a week for the organization to prepare printing permissions and materials."
At this point, Jiang Zhou realized that something was wrong with Booker's expression.
"Uh... is there any problem with preparation?"
he asks.
Booker did not answer immediately, but sighed slightly, then pulled a chair from the side and sat down.
"You can't stay here for the next period of time."
He looked around, and finally stopped at the multi-purpose printer floating in the center of the room.
"Why?"
Jiang Zhou asked doubtfully.
Shouldn’t the protection of universal printers be the top priority now?
"There is a shortage of manpower for the encirclement and suppression of the remnants of the 'Lobotomy Gang' afterwards. I can't convince them at the meeting to let you continue to stay here."
But the matter of encircling and suppressing the remnants of the "Lobotomy Gang" is not that important, right?
Jiang Zhou thought.
Probably guessing what he was thinking, Booker explained:
"We found the Lobo Gang's account, but the account password is the mandala of their number three character 'Silver Skull Dave', so we have to capture this person alive. And this requires someone who is proficient in close combat and knows the severity of the attack. people……"
"So I?"
Jiang Zhou asked, pointing at himself.
"Your performance in the previous battle at Chiron's House made them feel that this mission belongs to you. Of course, I still hope that you can complete the adjustment and transformation of depth 2 before carrying out that mission."
Booker answered.
Then he continued:
"After all, this mission is extremely important and there is no room for failure."
"How important is it?"
Jiang Zhou asked.
"About four million or so important - that's the approximate amount of stolen money that was in that account."
Booker answered immediately.
Then, as if to make Liao Qi understand how big a sum of money this was, he gave an example:
"This amount of money is probably enough to buy the entire set of Icarus' depth 3 adjustment rights."
Even for the organization, this is a sum of money that can alleviate an urgent need.
At this point, Booker finally couldn't help complaining:
"With this money, at least the funds to start the early stage of the project will be secured."
Jiang Zhou finally understood the reason for the other party's distress. He confirmed:
"In other words...the biggest problem of the organization now is the lack of money?"
Booker silently lit a cigarette for himself. After a long silence, he looked at Liao Qi through the smoke:
"There is a problem to a certain extent. We are very, very short of money... After today's meeting, the people in the finance office now seem to want to tear me to death. There are also several people in the action team who plan to tear themselves apart." The house on the first floor of the security area was put up for sale. To be honest, I was a little shaken when I heard what they said."
Then Booker let out a long sigh, then lowered his voice and said:
"previously……"
As he spoke, he glanced back at the door to make sure no one came in, and then continued:
"Except for the printing permissions given to you by 'Paradox' previously, are there any that you need for your transformation that you cannot use for the time being?"
Although they are just some Depth 2 technology blueprints, they can be sold for a lot of money on the black market.
At least the cost of the Talos Power Skeleton can be recovered.
Jiang Zhou was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then shook his head.
"Let's forget about those things, they're not worth much money..."
As he spoke, he took out the silver memory from the memory slot around his neck. Then under Booker's confused gaze, he inserted the memory into the computer nearby.
A light blue projection screen appeared in the room.
“Here are seven Depth 2 technology blueprints and two Depth 4 technology blueprints.
"The two copies of Depth 4 are not included in the database, so we don't know what they are yet. Among the seven technology blueprints of Depth 2, except for the capsule inflatable apartment with three defenses, it can be used to evacuate power stations later. Except for the residents of the ruins. The remaining ones have the adjustment permissions for body modification, and I feel that I can take action easily."
Jiang Zhou pointed at the projections and said.
In the next dozen seconds, Booker's mouth opened and closed several times, and his eyes kept scanning back and forth on the projections of the technological blueprints.
He didn't wake up until the cigarette butt burned his fingers.
"This is all..."
He struggled to say something, but couldn't say it for a long time.
"They are all gifts from Mr. Paradox."
Jiang Zhou helped him finish, then paused and continued:
"In other words, it's a reward for my previous trial."
Booker, who threw away the cigarette butts, once again turned his attention to the projections of the technological blueprints.
"So you were so anxious to come back here just to conduct the trial?"
With that said, Booker looked at Liao Qi with disbelief, and then continued:
"But it's too... too..."
Just like a man who had been hungry for a long time and was hit on the head by a piece of meat steak falling from the sky, he felt dizzy for a moment.
"That's too generous."
Finally, he said.
Jiang Zhou pretended to be very calm and shrugged:
"Based on the other party's identity, these things are probably not worth mentioning to him."
Hearing what Jiang Zhou said, Booker calmed down.
"Did Mr. Paradox explain how to deal with these things?"
he asked with a serious expression.
In response, Jiang Zhou shook his head:
"He just said to let me handle it. He didn't give any special instructions."
After hearing this, Booker immediately stood up and paced around the room.
"Then we have to think of a reason to explain to the organization where these things come from..."
he said with some excitement.
As he spoke, he suddenly stopped and looked at Jiang Zhou:
"Since it was obtained through trials, it can be said that you paid for it with your life... So, is it really okay to just take it out like this?"
Especially for the two Depth 4 technology blueprints, if he can find a suitable buyer, the money from selling them will be enough for him to live happily for a lifetime.
I just want to complete the project as soon as possible so that my body can be released from Tartarus as soon as possible...
Jiang Zhou thought.
Otherwise, God knows when he will die in the abyss and dark web.
On the other hand, most of the technological blueprints he took out were beyond his own use.
For example, those depth 2 adjustment permissions are incompatible with the Icarus path, so there is no use keeping them by yourself.
As for the technology blueprint of Depth 4, Jiang Zhou has a total of four copies in his hand, except for the flying disc he is using.
The parameters of two of them were very similar and seemed to be duplicates, so he took them out.
There was also a piece of required materials that was extremely expensive. Jiang Zhou estimated that he wouldn't be able to get it together within half a year, so he simply took it out.
"There's no point in letting them rot in my hands like this. It's better to make them play some other roles."
Jiang Zhou replied.
As he spoke, he took out the memory, rubbed it in his hand for a while, and then threw it directly to Booker.
Just like when he took out the memory and threw it to himself after saving himself.
Booker caught it, and then he took a deep look at the man in front of him.
God knows what kind of trials the other party went through down there to get these rewards.
He actually handed it over to himself so generously.
"grateful."
Booker bowed slightly to Liao Qi, who waved his hands repeatedly.
"You have saved me several times, so this is even."
Jiang Zhou said.
Although he said this, Booker knew that was not the case.
"The advance team from Fanny's Studio and the first batch of released prisoners will arrive tomorrow. Whether the other party is lying can be verified tomorrow."
Booker said after putting the memory into the slot.
"Then do I want to go with you?"
Jiang Zhou asked.
"We can go together...but I still recommend that you go to Bai Dong's place to complete the 'emotional fine-tuning' and prepare for the upgrade to Depth 2 as soon as possible."
Booker said.
Then he looked at the multi-purpose printer next to him and asked:
"By the way, can Mr. Paradox continue to conduct trials?"
Do you think this is going to download a dungeon to get materials...
Jiang Zhou resisted the urge to roll his eyes.
