1106 Chapter 1106: Everywhere
[Nothing Nothing squad, why are you not responding to the call? The Office of the Overseer is requesting your presence, imdiately.]
"Shouldn't… shouldn't we answer the call?"
"No."
"We… can't continue ignoring their orders, Pink Helt! I am your second-in-command, you should at least listen to !"
"No."
"We're not salvagers! This ship is not a salvager, we do not even have the right accessories to even pick up a small ship!"
"That is not true at all, Red Helt — we are salvaging just fine."
"What are you even—wait, what is…"
Riley and Red Helt were currently in the hallways of the Nothing Nothing ship — and since the Nothing Nothing ship is a fighter vessel, it did not really have a lot of windows aside from the window debris shield in the bridge — it did, however, have small circular windows in the hallways so that anyone who was walking by could see if anything was amiss outside.
And right now, Red Helt sothing incredibly amiss. There was a ton of scraps floating next to their ship, she could even see so fusion cores just casually bouncing around the debris of all sorts of loot.
"I… Wait, just how many—" Red Helt already had her helt back on, but it was obvious that her eyes were currently reflecting all of the treasures in front of her; reflecting in her eyes and maybe even glistening, "Are… you aware of how much money we would get if we sell all of those!? What… maybe…
…did I choose the wrong job?"
"You did, Red Helt," Riley just shrugged as he walked away.
"That's… No!" Red Helt, however, quickly followed behind Riley as soon as she was done imagining what it would have been like if she just chosen to be a salvager instead. After all, the only reason there were a lot of treasures out there was because of this Pink Helt-wearing stranger, "Being in the Nothing Nothing squad has always been a lifelong dream of mine…
…I'm not in this for the money!"
"Well, you should be," Riley once again shrugged as he made his way back to the bridge, "Blue Helt, what is the estimated value of our haul?"
"That…" Blue Helt could not really answer imdiately — but he actually already knew the answer. After all, as the navigator, he had been staring at the treasure pile following them in the expanse of space for hours; just watching more and more add up,
"By… by my estimation… it should, at the very least… half a billion credits."
"Half a billion credits!?" Red Helt was the first to react as she just quickly stopped walking there and then
"Y… yes," Blue Helt, "From what I can see, most of the things are intact and would only need minor repairs, so…"
"N… No," Red Helt clasped her helt, "We… this is a fighter vessel. We are fighters! We… we should just surrender our loot to Everywhere so they could use it for the cause."
"No," Riley imdiately shook his head as he heard that, "We will be selling all of it and split it equally among us."
"If…" Red Helt quickly looked at Riley, "If… that's the Captain's orders."
"Wow, you folded in less than a second," Yellow Helt whispered — but of course, no one could really bla Red Helt, "But that is good, I thought we might have to float you if you wanted to stop us from selling the loot."
"W…what!?" Red Helt quickly waved her hand and as she looked at Yellow Helt, "I was still your captain!"
"That's a whole lot of money."
"I'm your childhood friend!"
"Wait, the two of you know each other outside the squad?"
"I can buy a new childhood friend with that money."
"No. No, you can't!" Red Helt groaned in frustration, "Ugh. It doesn't matter. I'm with the rest of you…
…let's get rich."
***
Several hours later, the Nothing Nothing squad was stepping out of the bank. All of their pride was completely gone, but their pockets were extrely full. Selling everything was easy since no one really had to do background checks on them — they were the Nothing Nothing squad, after all.
The Nothing Nothing squad were all still wearing their helts, they were famous — after all, almost being treated like celebrities in Everywhere; it was easier to use their authority with the identity. Even Riley still had his pink bunny helt on.
"What… are we even going to do with all of this money…?" Yellow Helt stared at the card in his hand, "Should I just quit the Nothing Nothing squad? I think I can sire multiple legal sons with this and give them and their children a good life."
"That's seriously where your mind went?" Green Helt shook her head in disappointnt.
"...Do you want to have one of my babies?"
"Go float yourself," Green Helt just raised her fist at Yellow Helt, "Why don't you spend it on sothing actually useful?"
"What…? What are you gonna spend your money on?"
"You should mind your business, it's my money. I can spend it wherever I want," Green Helt just crossed her arms and scoffed.
"But you just made it your business on how I spend my money!" Yellow Helt groaned in frustration, "What about you, Blue?"
"I'm going to buy my neighbor's house."
"Wow, you answered that so fast."
"I hate my neighbor."
And while the rest of the Nothing Nothing Squad were busy talking to each other and sharing their plans for the very near future, Red Helt was extrely quiet. How could she not be…
…when Riley's share was in her account?
Riley was not a resident of Everywhere, he was not even a resident anywhere and thus had no bank accounts to put his credits on. And so, he just opted to put all the credit on Red Helt's account.
And now, Red Helt could not even think clearly about where she would spend the money on… since she was afraid that she might also end up spending Riley's share — of course, with that amount, that was next to impossible.
But still, she was extrely anxious and thinking about what Riley would do to her when that happened. Seeing as he seed to have the ability to move things with his mind, he might just instantly rip off her skin without even letting her finish her words.
"Don't… don't worry, Pink," Red Helt cleared her throat as she assured Riley, "I will imdiately transfer the credits to you once again have a bank account."
"There is no need, Red Helt," Riley just shook his head, "I do not really have a need for money — I am giving you my share."
"W…what?" Red Helt's breath just stopped there and then, even the rest of the crew almost choked on their own breaths when they heard that, "That's… a hundred and twenty million credits, Pink."
"I am aware," Riley just shrugged, "I have no need for it."
"So, you really are an android!" Red Helt pointed at Riley, "Only androids will say that! Why would you even refuse that kind of money!?"
"Because I do believe I have more than enough," Riley just once again shrugged, "If you convert or liquidate everything that I own, it will most probably be enough to buy 10 Everywheres, Red Helt."
"Nothing Nothing Squad."
And before Red Helt could finish her words, they suddenly found themselves surrounded by an ard group — and judging from their uniforms, they were the Overseer's n.
"The Overseer has been trying to summon you for several hours now, and we have been trying to reach your ship — is there a problem with your comms?"
"No," Riley quickly answered without any hesitation, "We just did not want to—"
"There was a problem with our comms!" Red Helt quickly moved in front of Riley to stop him from whatever it was he was about to say, "We're… going to comply with the summon now!"
And so, once again, Riley found himself inside the Overseer's office — this ti with a completely different group. But while everyone else was still standing, even the Overseer, Riley had already made himself comfortable and sat on the sofa.
"Since when was there a Pink Helt?" The Overseer could really only stare at Riley as she tilted her head to the side, "Wait, you sll oddly familiar—no. You do not have a scent at all, very much like—"
"Ah, Riri!" And before the Overseer could even finish her words, Miss Pepondosovich just casually barged into the office without even caring for anything else,
"I've been trying to find you! I discovered sothing interesting while—Oh, is sothing going on?"
"Overseer! We… we tried to stop her but… but she's too strong!"
"No, it's fine," the Overseer could really only let out a small but very deep sigh as she shook her head, "Leave us."
And as the Overseer ordered her guards to all leave the office, a sudden awkward silence filled the room — the Nothing Nothing squad, just looking back and forth between everything.
"Look at what you did, Miss Pepondosovich." This ti, it was Riley's turn to sigh, "You made the atmosphere awkward…
…But what did you discover?" But even he did not seem to care at all.
"I… found a carrot shop down the—actually…
…did I interrupt sothing important?"
"No," Riley answered.
"We were about to talk about going on the offensive against the Order of Nothing," the Overseer also answered at the sa ti.
"Hm. As I said..." Riley followed up, "...Nothing important."
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