The Mech Touch

be plotting to trail behind his cargo shipment and attack them along the way in the middle of an isolated tunnel!

”Let ’s find a secure and reliable way to ship my goods from this site. ” Ves spoke.
”Due to Finlay ’s favor, I have an excess of firthals.
I might as well spend deeply in order to ensure a guaranteed delivery. ”

Fortunately, Ves wasn ’t the only person who worried about this problem.
The Circle of Mota operated an expansive in-house smuggling operation that offered absolute assurances, for a price.

Ves didn ’t worry about the price.
With so much excess firthals left, Ves paid for one of the more extensive delivery services without any hesitation.

Though he had to cough up more than 50 million firthals just to transport some goods, it was worth it due to the effective insurance he gained! When it came to goods with a total value that exceeded 30 billion bright credits, then paying some ’protection ’ fees was not a bad idea!

”No pirates will come and hijack my shipment, right? ” Ves asked the Circle representative as they signed the shipping contract.

The representative offered a reassuring smile to Ves.
”Have no fear, sir.
We have never failed to ship any goods out under these terms.
Pirates know better than to touch anything that belongs to our Circle.
You have made the right decision.
If anything happens, we will compensate you for your losses. ”

”Sounds good. ”

Ves suspected that the Circle was running a racket in the smuggling business.
He wouldn ’t be surprised to learn that they were in cahoots with the very pirates who intercepted the shipping runs from the marketplace to the surface!

Once he completed the latest arrangements, Ves was finally free.

”I ’ve completed all of the goals I aimed to achieve here except for one.
Do you think they sell food here? ”

The hulking suit of Nitaa shifted.
”They sell everything here.
Doubtlessly there must be a venue here where you can

”Even after paying for the expensive shipment, I still have a lot of firthals left.
Let ’s see if I can spend the remainder on something useful. ”

The two trawler the outer marketplace for interesting goods and other opportunities.
Ves focused mainly on finding geril spice and the source behind this unique product.

Unfortunately, Ves found no trace of geril spice in the marketplace.
Only a couple of food stalls and restaurants added spicy Nyx dogs to their menus, but only half of them used authentic geril spice!

As for the chefs who followed the authentic recipe for spicy Nyx dogs, they only held a few bags of geril spice at most!

”Where do you get your geril spice? ” Ves interrogated one of the street chefs, applying a bit of spiritual pressure along the way.

”M-My boss! I don ’t own this food stall! I ’m just a worker! ”

Ves grunted in disgust and left.

”I think you will have better luck if you approach the Circle directly. ” Nitaa spoke as she matched his pace.
”They might even be the main distributors of geril spice in civilized space. ”

”Forget about it.
In any case, I have enough to last me a while, and I can always obtain more through my newly-forged connections with Finlay. ”

The Nyxian Gap hid countless secrets, and Ves only scratched the surface of its depth.
From all of the activity he heard so far, he no longer viewed the Nyxian Gap as a large area of anomalous space.

It was actually akin to an entirely different star sector or star region in itself!

”What do you think about this? ” Ves swept the calm but busy streets of the underground marketplace.

”It is thriving. ”

”Strange, don ’t you think? The Sentinel Kingdom should have been on top of this site in days.
Instead, the Circle of Mota is merrily continuing to bring Sentinels and pirates together. ”

”The lawful and lawless powers of the galaxy aren ’t so much different from each other, sir.
Light and shadow are interdependent.
I would even argue that this is one of the adaptations of our race that has helped us conquer the galaxy.
We abide by the rules when they benefit us, but break them when they become a hindrance. ”

”That ’s remarkably insightful of you.
Did you come up with that on your own? ”

”No.
My..
former organization taught me that.
In order to fulfill our missions, we should be prepared to go through any lengths. ”

”I see.
Do you think the Circle adopts the same values as your former organization? ”

”Not quite.
They were not as..
mercantile.
The Circle is more preoccupied with commerce and trade.
I can ’t ascertain any specific agenda from their activities. ”

”Just because you can ’t see anything does not necessarily mean that the Circle is unmoving.
Everyone has an agenda.
But let ’s not talk about this anymore.
It ’s not a good idea to cast doubt on the Circle while we ’re in the middle of one of their protected sites. ”

Though Ves spent the remainder of his day trying to find out anything about geril spice, he failed abjectedly.

While it was disappointing for him to miss out his last opportunity to dig out more information about this specialty product from the Nyxian Gap, he didn ’t want to linger around forever.

Ves and Nitaa left the marketplace through the same way they had entered.
They boarded a shielded shuttle operated by a middleman that presumably entered a maze of tunnels.

After shuffling through several different shuttles, they finally emerged back onto the surface of Cinach VIII.

Once there, the two snuck their way back to their current hotel and ditched their Shadow Attire along the way.

In order to leave no traces behind, Ves rented a dilapidated workshop from a shady organization and personally destroyed their disguise materials by burning them in the hottest oven on hand.

Only then did he feel safe enough to return to his hotel and depart Cinach VIII afterwards in the proper way!

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