Cipher fell into thought after listening to their entire conversation.
Genesis Technology… genetic modification… Lauren and the others had mentioned it before, and also asked her if she had undergone any genetic modification surgeries.
It seems the reason she was targeted was because of her cat-like features, which led them to mistake her for someone from Genesis Technology… Thinking this, Cipher flicked her tail irritably.
Stereotypes! Absolutely stereotypes! Who says that someone with animal features must have undergone genetic modification! Can't it be natural?
But this was just her venting.
After all, just like in her previous life, if a cat-girl really appeared, most people would only think it was a very elaborate cosplay.
'Forget it, a misunderstanding is a misunderstanding. Let these people guess! First, focus on the main task.'
Putting the matter of genetic modification aside for now, Cipher's gaze turned towards Shen.
At this moment, Shen had already taken off his coat, seemingly intending to rest.
And if she remembered correctly, his personal terminal was currently in the pocket of that coat.
'Good opportunity!'
Seeing this, Cipher excitedly stuck out her small tongue and licked her lips.
Immediately after, the turning over coin was tossed, and the flow of time instantly became extremely slow.
"Divinity Speed, activation successful!"
After saying this, Cipher immediately went to Shen's coat.
After rummaging a few times, her eyes lit up, and then she took out Shen's personal terminal.
"It was indeed in his coat pocket, I wasn't mistaken!"
Cipher then put the terminal into her system backpack and clicked on its details.
[Shen's Personal Terminal](White Item)
"The personal terminal of Shen, the president of the Mercenary Association's Pit Bottom branch. Many mercenaries describe him as a very greedy person. If you cooperate with him, he will eat the entire piece of meat, and you'll be lucky to even get a little broth. However, some people have a good opinion of him, with one comment being: he is a person with excellent credibility. Compared to other powerful figures who discard you after use, to him, as long as you have value, no matter how humble your status, you can cooperate with him, and you don't have to worry about him turning around and crushing you."
credit points: 342189
"Does that mean this person is just a bit greedy, but essentially he still has a bit of conscience?"
After reading the description of Shen, Cipher stroked her chin and pondered.
But soon, she shook her head.
"What does his conscience have to do with this cat? Who told him to record my video without my permission and then release it for others to see! This is an infringement of my privacy!"
Immediately after, Cipher took out the Quantum Storage she had previously drawn.
After holding the USB-like object in her hand and examining it, she murmured:
"I wonder if this thing will still work under Divinity Speed… Let's try it."
With that, Cipher inserted the Quantum Storage into the personal terminal. (The personal terminal has a USB port)
The moment it was inserted, a phantom string of numbers appeared above the Quantum Storage, and then a thought appeared in Cipher's mind, instantly letting her know what these numbers were for.
By entering a certain number, the Quantum Storage would extract/deposit that many credit points.
"It can even be used under Divinity Speed, worthy of being a system product! Then I'll extract 100,000 credit points from it first; consider it his compensation for infringing on my rights."
As Cipher's thought emerged, the phantom number above the Quantum Storage changed to [0/100000]. The next moment, the number 0 began to jump wildly. In just a few seconds, the phantom number became [100000/100000].
"So fast…"
Seeing her small treasury gain 100,000 credit points so quickly, and the credit points in Shen's personal terminal description change from 342189 to 242189, Cipher suddenly felt a sense of unreality.
But she quickly returned to normal.
'In the game's storyline, Cipher had accumulated assets for over a thousand years. Although this was just a means for her to resist prophecy, and most of it was distributed to the poor, in her eyes, money was probably just a number, right? So what's my 100,000 credit points now? Besides, I didn't take all of it; consider it robbing the rich to help the poor!'
Thinking this, a mischievous smile curved on Cipher's lips, and then she hummed a tune and leisurely walked back.
After putting the terminal back into Shen's coat, Cipher waved in his direction.
"Goodbye, and thank you, generous Mr. Shen, for the huge compensation provided to this poor cat. This cat won't pursue the video matter anymore."
With that, Cipher even winked in that direction, then grabbed the coin still spinning in the air, and leisurely walked down the stairs.
[Stole 100,000 credit points from Shen, stellar jade +160]
"It directly gave me a pull, how generous. Also, this isn't stealing! This is clearly compensation! Compensation, okay?!"
..."I didn't expect that just cat ears and a cat tail would trigger so many chain reactions. I'll see what that 'Felix' intends to do when I go on a mission with Lauren and the others."
Cipher said, pushing aside the steel plate.
Looking at the dog hole in front of her, she let out a frustrated sigh.
"Why didn't Lauren and the others enlarge this opening back then? It's so troublesome to crawl through a dog hole every time I go in and out…"
However, despite her complaints, her body was very honest as she crouched down and crawled through the dog hole.
Upon reaching the front of the house, Cipher pricked up her cat ears and listened carefully. Besides two even breaths and a snore, there was no other movement.
"It seems they didn't notice I went out. That's good; at least I don't have to make up another lie for it."
Cipher nodded in satisfaction, then gently opened the door. She then lightened her steps and successfully returned to her room without making a sound.
As soon as she entered the room, she eagerly took off her boots, then made a flying leap onto the bed.
Feeling the warm and soft blanket in her arms, Cipher happily narrowed her eyes.
"Sleep!"
Before long, in this house hidden in the underground ruins, another even and peaceful breathing sound was added, gently merging into the silence of the night.