Chapter 301: The Slime Scam

Joo Joowon also did not care about this small amount of loss. What he wanted more was to use this opportunity to get a rough idea of the other party’s strength. That way, he would know what kind of attitude he should use when facing the other party.

Very soon, the Star Fiend began slipping away from Joo Joowon continuously, like sand flowing through an hourglass, leaving only his star fortune behind and dominating the rest.

A violent fluctuation came through. At this moment, the Star Fiend was like cotton candy soaked in water, rapidly disappearing. Just as it seemed that not even a drop would remain, the Star Fiend suddenly stopped.

A moment later, it rebounded after reaching rock bottom, swelling until it was twice its original size.

Joo Joowon could not help raising an eyebrow. It seemed that the other party was at least at the Second Rank, and perhaps not far from reaching the Third Rank.

As expected, someone who could be sent to do this kind of work could not have a particularly high level.

[ Warning, warning. Spatial turbulence ahead. Avoid it carefully. Avoid it carefully. ]

The spaceship shook violently, churning through the flight route like a washing machine. The passengers sitting inside were tossed around as if they were bouncing on a trampoline, and curses could be heard without end.

Seong Seungmin pulled a slime off his face with an extremely annoyed expression. He glared fiercely at it. "What did you eat? You threw it all over my face!"

The slime held its stomach, which had been cut open by a sharp weapon, and spoke timidly. "Why are you yelling at me? Do you think I wanted this?"

"Heh." Seong Seungmin narrowed his eyes and looked it over. With its blood-red color, it was obviously a Bloodthirsty Slime with considerable combat ability.

After all, a slime with poor combat ability would not dare travel through space. Otherwise, it would lose its life along the way.

But he was not afraid of this thing.

Seong Seungmin had always believed in using evil to suppress evil. He pulled a straw out of his spatial storage and said, "I’m a businessman. I believe in making money through harmony, so I won’t hold it against you for crashing into me. I’m thirsty anyway. Just compensate me with a cup of your drink."

As he spoke, he directly stuck the straw into the slime’s stomach and took a fierce sip.

The slime let out a miserable scream. "Are you trying to kill me? Do you want to suck me in too?"

"Ugh..."

The slime pulled out the straw. "Idiot, can’t you tell that I’m an obvious Medical Slime? This is the source of contamination I just sucked out of a patient. The vaccine costs one gold coin. If you don’t get vaccinated, then just wait until you get infected."

Seong Seungmin: "..."

He sneered, but before he could even say anything, the slime directly pulled out a certificate. "This is proof issued by the game. Anyone carrying a source of contamination is not allowed to perform a spatial jump. So, are we settling this privately, or are we taking it to the authorities?"

Under normal circumstances, Seong Seungmin would definitely have dragged things out with it until it could not get a single coin from him. Situations like this were usually group operations. On top of that, the location was remote. Once they discovered that someone was easy to bully, they would not simply stop after getting what they wanted. After succeeding once, there would inevitably be countless more attempts.

After all, if you were willing to let it extort money from you, then why would you not let me extort money from you too? Are you looking down on me?

He really did not have time to waste here with the slime right now.

But he also had no intention of paying.

He had his principles as a businessman. He never argued with his customers, but no one should expect to take even a single coin from him without paying the price.

Therefore, Seong Seungmin did not hesitate and directly put on his mechanical battle armor.

[ Warning, warning. High-energy reaction detected. The captain has chosen to separate from the passenger cabin. Passengers, please take evasive action on your own. Passengers, please take evasive action on your own. ]

The slime’s eyes widened. "I’m only trying to scam you out of one gold coin, and you want to blow up the spaceship?!"

Seong Seungmin curled his lips. Originally, he had deliberately chosen to take this cheap spaceship because he wanted to play the role of a space pirate halfway through the journey and make up for the gap in the final payment. After all, the people taking this kind of spaceship at a time like this were generally not exactly clean either, so he was not afraid of being wanted by the game. Who would have thought that he would run into someone trying to scam him while he was trying to scam others?

The moment the other party dared to jump out, it meant that at least half of the entire spaceship was on their side. He could not tell which ones were enemies. Since that was the case, he might as well flip the table entirely.

He was not afraid of being unable to survive after leaving the spaceship anyway.

Seong Seungmin proudly hummed and said, "One thousand gold coins. No negotiation."

"Are you robbing me?!" the slime became furious.

"Isn’t that exactly what I’m doing?"

The slime was not unfamiliar with kicking an iron plate, but it had never encountered someone who would blow up a spaceship at the slightest disagreement. Was a spaceship not expensive?

If the transportation company found out about this, they would never cooperate with them again in the future. Even sharing the spoils and giving them a larger cut would not work.

In the past, when they kicked an iron plate, at worst, the other party would tear them into large pieces. But it was a slime, so why would it care about such a minor injury?