The next day, Yu Zhung and other 'kings' within Arnold's empire ca together for their monthly eting. This ti the main topic of discussion was regarding the revenue generated by taxes. It looked like even with their low taxes, they were collecting way more money than they had estimated.
Also, the difference between the estimated and actual tax was like earth and heaven. They didn't know what to do with the surplus money. So Arnold ca up with an idea to pay the taxpayers back through Tax rebates. The idea needed so more work but they decided to end the eting a bit sooner. Which was a blessing for Yu Zhung as he dragged Arnold away as soon as the eting was over saying he had sothing important to discuss with him.
"Don't laugh at ... but do you believe in reincarnation and past life sins?" Yu Zhung asked Arnold while Talos served them drinks at the bar. Arnold didn't know it would beco such an attraction but Talos' drinks had beco one of the top attractions of the morial island.
"Where did this ca from?" Arnold smiled at him before gulping down his drink. The system didn't allow Arnold to get drunk, but it failed to make Arnold quit trying.
"Ah... just a thought my girlfriend put in my head..."
"First tell , which one is she? the 69th?"
"No! Not her. I dumped her when I found out she wasn't a she." Yu Zhung almost threw up just rembering about her- him, "Please don't make remind of her... damn it! Him! Don't remind of him again."
"Alright, alright, relax. So you got soone new that's cool. At least you don't have trouble moving on like the rest of the people do. Now that's an ability people would die to have." Arnold patted yu Zhung on the back, "Especially the residents of friendzone."
Ever since Yu Zhung's then-fiance left him as he failed to avenge her brother, he had beco a bullet train. His dating life was even swifter than a particular singer who did not have Swift in her na. Not that it was a bad thing for her, but it turned out to be a bad thing for Yu Zhung.
Ever since his fiance dumped him, he couldn't help but get attached to people far quicker than anyone should. And that had been hampering his love life. This was also the ti Arnold took him under his wings for real and they now shared a brotherly bond.
"Nah, I'm famous in China. I don't get much trouble finding ladies to spend a night with. But when I see you and ma'am being all happy and stuff, I realise what I have been missing till now." Yu Zhung mumbled as he gulped down another shot.
"Perhaps if you stop pushing won onto your bed on the first freaking date, they'll try to stick around for you to have a bond." Arnold shrugged his shoulders, "Try to take it slowly. It can do wonders."
"Oh! That's it then... That's the secret of your happy relationship!"
"Nope. That's not it." Talos finally decided to give Yu Zhung his two cents, "In fact, Master and mada slept together on their first date. If my 2.4 yottabyte mory serves correctly."
"What?" Yu Zhung looked at Arnold as if he had just stabbed him in the back, "You are one sly basta- person, Lord Deathless!"
"In my defence, I knew her for like seven years before that happened. So... she knew fairly well-"
"Out of those seven years, you were locked up in that transdinsional dungeon for five years." It looked like Talos had so vendetta against his master as he kept dragging him through the mud, "And one year prior to that you were living in Rio de Janeiro."
"Alright, but at least she knew for a year... right?" Arnold pointed his hands towards the bloodthirsty automaton.
"Actually it was more like 234 days, 14 hours, 21-"
"Alright! We got it! Geez, dude!" Arnold surrendered to Talos, "Sotis you really make want to downgrade your mory. Who the fck rembers that kind of BS anyway?"
"Won."
Talos gave a swift reply that no one could counter. Won indeed have an inbuilt mory larger than yottabyte.
"Either way, I think Talos can give you better dating advice than I can, seeing that I have only ever been with one woman. Also, because he is the biggest Casanova among my summons." Arnold turned around to leave, "The dude legit builds a new girlfriend from scratch if the previous one breaks up with him, and then tells he made the automaton for . What a player!"
"Right... Talos... please make one for as well."
"Well, you know a man's drunk when he starts fantasizing about a robot." Arnold mumbled before opening a portal to his domain, "Talos, take care of Mr heartbreak for . anwhile, I'll be in the domain."
"Sure, Master. As you wish. But forgive for asking it but, do you have an important business in there?"
Arnold didn't reply. He just lifted his Bionic arm in the air.
"Is there sothing wrong with the arm?"
"Nope. It's good. But not good enough." Arnold replied while throwing a couple of punches in the air, "I realised it while fighting with Hercules. The Arm is effective against monsters and humans. But I'm afraid it might not be enough in a fight against the gods. Also, I have a ton of materials to experint on along with more ti than I can possibly waste, I thought it was about ti for an upgrade."
"I'll take care of everything in your absence. So you can leave without any worries." Talos bowed down as usual.
"Thanks, T. I'll be back in a couple of hours." Arnold mumbled before jumping into the portal, "Now... where is that basta*d Hercules' arm."
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