Chapter 791: The Gold Coin’s Cousin “Finance”

Lin Mo never expected Maisha to be so efficient. As soon as he arrived at the Aircrew Group hangar the next morning and swiped in, he received the procurement list from the blonde tech-savvy little girl.

The procurement list directly forwarded to Lin Mo’s tactical tablet. If it weren’t for this, printing it out would require at least four or five hundred A4 sheets, and the weight would definitely be burdensome.

This enormous list exudes an aura of mischief.

“Is this the list? Why are there so many items?”

Lin Mo stared in disbelief at some of the items on the list, then looked at Maisha, who arrived at the hangar almost at the same time as him, and said, “Are you setting up a factory?”

The extensive list was filled with densely packed names of parts, specifications, uses, and quantities, with reference prices noted at the end. It was clear that Maisha put a lot of effort into this, but it was just too much.

“Of course, I’m not setting up a factory; these are just materials for experiments. Buying everything at once saves the hassle of constant purchasing. Look, it’s not expensive at all—only two million two hundred fifty-four thousand three hundred ninety-five dollars. I’ve saved you quite a bit of money, hee hee; it’s just pocket change.”

Maisha beamed with a charming smile, trying to please. This true international proletariat hadn’t even received her paycheck yet, so she obviously couldn’t cough up a single cent.

Only a bit over two million, and she genuinely doesn’t see it as a big deal!

Lin Mo’s face darkened. Is this really how you help someone?

Does she think he’s a wealthy fool? An ordinary family might never earn ten million yuan in a lifetime; this money doesn’t fall from the sky.

“Two million dollars? Saving? The squadron isn’t going to pay for this. My goodness, do you really think I’m an ATM? This is what you produced in just one night? You don’t have even more, do you?”

Lin Mo’s heart, as a Dragon Knight, suddenly tightened. This was the outcome of just one night. What would happen in the future?

It can’t be a bottomless pit; no matter how much he earns, it would never be enough to fill.

This wasteful little girl!

Assessment complete.

“This is just one of the lists I compiled before, consisting mostly of commonly used items. I don’t have such speed; I barely have time to type! The boss of ‘Kryptia’ is way too stingy to buy these for me, so I just recorded them for now. One day, when I have the money, I’ll make the purchases. You wouldn’t go back on our agreement, would you? We made a deal yesterday.”

Maisha pouted, appearing unconcerned, and began to act pitifully.

Even as an electronic technology enthusiast, she couldn’t hide the fact that women are natural actresses.

Her former employer, “Kryptia,” was just a mercenary organization, and it’s nearly impossible for them to casually cough up two million dollars for this little girl’s spending spree.

No wonder when “Kryptia” is mentioned, this little girl brims with resentment; her hesitation to betray them is quite apparent.

The items on this list are merely the most basic materials, and she hasn’t even listed some devices. Many pieces of equipment alone are worth more than two million dollars.

Just the density of this list makes Lin Mo grimace; the sheer quantity of purchases means the commission alone will be a considerable sum. Yet, getting a frivolous little girl to realize that making money isn’t easy is no small feat.

The chance of the Night Special Forces paying for this is unlikely; it’ll ultimately fall on Lin Mo, the wealthy benefactor.

“Alright then!”

Lin Mo began to regret his boastful claims from yesterday. Being this generous really feels a bit unfair, but he wouldn’t go back on his word.

“Hee hee! You’re such a good person!”

Maisha didn’t notice that Lin Mo’s face had turned green with concern. She smiled brightly at him and casually added, “How about I reward you with a sweet kiss?”

Is this okay? Foreigners are really open; the blonde girl is already handing out kisses before even getting started.

This good deed card is worth two million dollars, with substantial value. Inside, Lin Mo gritted his teeth; if he didn’t extract at least four million dollars worth of labor from this little girl, he might as well sell her to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, surely they’d divert research funds to acquire a little girl with an IQ of 200.

Lin Mo quickly checked his account balance, wanting to have a clear understanding of his financial situation.

“Fourteen million seven hundred thousand dollars is enough to spend. Huh?” Lin Mo’s pupils suddenly widened, his eyes fixed on the numbers on the online banking interface on the tactical tablet. Wait, wasn’t there over two hundred million dollars?

There’s still over seventy million missing?

He quickly opened the account activity records and couldn’t help but gasp in shock.

Besides a few normal expenses—those were for food supplies left by the Gold Element Dragon at the base—a large amount of money was unaccounted for.

Goodness, over seventy million dollars had been transferred out in bits and pieces! If it weren’t for the domestic banks’ anti-money laundering policies, this huge sum might have been wiped out all at once.

This seventy million dollars was even converted to Chinese yuan for the transfers, indicating that it was still used domestically. What on earth was happening?

Looking at the timestamps, every single one was during the night while Lin Mo was asleep. Ever since he withdrew from the “Abyss Nirvana” international pilot death match and left Syria, money had been steadily transferred out, as if waiting for Lin Mo’s betting funds.

Who touched my money?

Who dared to touch his money? He would make the person pay with their life.

The Dragon Knight was furious; his Battle Energy surged violently within him. If he weren’t in the hangar of the Night Special Forces, he would definitely…

…of course, he would call the police!

Was he going to bomb the bank with a fighter jet?

“Gold Coin! You get out here!”

Lin Mo shouted in his mind, his face contorted with anger.

The hardworking blonde tech-savvy little girl inadvertently looked up from her laptop and saw Lin Mo’s strange expression, unable to help but ask, “What’s wrong? Are you constipated?”

“…”

Lin Mo could only lift the tactical tablet to cover his face, squeezing out his words, “Get to work; I want to see the first draft before quitting today. Otherwise, I’ll personally smash your rear end.”

Maisha instinctively covered her little bottom in alarm, no longer daring to speak, and quickly lowered her head, refocusing on her laptop screen, secretly thinking that it looked quite serious; must be really bad constipation.

This little girl could be sharp-tongued indeed, but the Dragon Knight had no time to consider her.

“What’s going on?”

With the Dragon Deity contract only retaining the wireless voice chat function, Lin Mo heard the lazy voice of the Gold Element Dragon. Perhaps this guy had snuck an early feast before work; his appetite had increased significantly due to splitting himself up.

Lin Mo’s dormitory and the hangar were piled high with all kinds of metal. The people in the squad didn’t pay it any mind. While still assembling the “monstrous” variable wings fighter jet, Lin Mo regularly processed metal materials with the machines at the base; even when he made guns or cannons, no one cared.

“Who took my money? How do we have over seventy million dollars missing?”

The only one who knew Lin Mo’s account and password was Gold Coin, who had inexplicably transferred out over four hundred million yuan. Lin Mo certainly wouldn’t let this slide; the first person he would confront was this foodie.

After all, the giant dragon wasn’t actually raised to live like a pet. It was Gold Coin using Lin Mo’s bank card to buy himself food, so he naturally became the prime suspect.

“Um, um… I don’t know. Who has the audacity to touch our money? Grandpa Dragon wants to crush his bones one by one, then swallow him whole, tear down his house, and chew up his car.”

The Gold Element Dragon began to speak vaguely, stammering, but quickly became fierce again, putting on a scary front.

It gave off the clear impression of the phrase “this place has no silver coins.”

“Stop acting! Just what is happening? You needed to use that much money to buy an alloy?”

Hearing Gold Coin’s tone, it was clear this guy couldn’t even tell a decent lie and was just putting on an act. Lin Mo immediately figured out who the embezzler was and tore off the Gold Element Dragon’s disguise without hesitation.

This pathetic performance of "thief calling out a thief" couldn’t fool even a three-year-old.

The Gold Element Dragon had never been a branch of the dragon kin that relied on brains. If Gold Coin wanted to become an Oscar winner, he better wait another eight hundred years.

“Can we skip this?”

Gold Coin’s voice was unusually low, sounding more like he was hiding something.

The Gold Element Dragon was begging for mercy?

Lin Mo almost couldn’t believe it. For a dragon known for its mercilessness, how could it ever be in such a lowly position? It should be laughing maniacally, crushing bones to pieces; that would make more sense.

“Our party’s policy is to be honest for leniency and harsh for resistance, hmph…”

Lin Mo’s cold laughter reached Gold Coin’s ears like invisible pressure.

The intelligence department’s motto had definitely been forged through countless trials, specially designed to intimidate little rogues, yet it unexpectedly made the already guilty Gold Element Dragon feel apprehensive.

“I moved it to futures trading?”

The Gold Element Dragon could not withstand Lin Mo’s cold laughter. In case he provoked this bastard knight and ended up in front of the robotic guards at the base, faced with a laser cannon, he would be left with nothing but despair.

That was definitely too brutal. Gold Coin frightened himself with the thought.

“Futures?”

Compared to pilots and armies, this term seemed from another world.

Thank goodness the tactical tablet was still blocking Lin Mo’s face; otherwise, Maisha would have surely made comments like “he must have crapped his pants” when she saw him looking so bewildered.

“What does this have to do with futures? Isn’t there a relative in this world named Finance?”

Lin Mo found it hard to believe Gold Coin’s words.

“I spent some money and got the intelligence group to help me out using your identity card. I opened an account at a futures company.”

The Gold Element Dragon hesitantly confessed, fearful that Lin Mo might actually go ahead with such a terrifying punishment.