Apotheosis Of A Demon – A Monster Evolution Story Chapter 65 (1/2)
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at 30th of July 2019 01:25:06 PM
Chapter 65: 65
65 – THE WHITE DARKNESS LURKING IN THE TOWN
In a run-down district of a certain city in a certain country on Earth, there was an old high-rise building built since the beginning of the 21st centuryIts base personal defense equip door and the new custohtly raised an eyebrow
The custo the faint sound of jazz music, they looked around the shop in apparent curiosity
A strange customer, they wereThe parka was oversized on their frame, with the hood pulled low to hide their faceThey had on a pair of siy arrown man
It wasn't the body size of an adultThey looked more like a boy… or perhaps actually still just a kidIn this country, people entering stores like Jim's with that sort of suspicious look were, nine tilars
Jim couldn't relax, even if they were a kidIn this country, where guns were relatively easier to acquire compared to other first world countries, children could kill adults just by a pull of a fingerNo one could have fault Jiun just because a custoun hidden behind the counter, he didn't take it into his handHe couldn't
He was assaulted by a feeling of severe uneasiness and dissonanceThe custoht only a bit over five feetThey looked like nothingJiun would be the moment he took his last breath
“So I heard this place take trade-ins, right?”
“…where did you hear it from?”
Only when the customer first talked to him did he realize that she wasn't a boy, nor a childAnd she wasn't even an adult wo froirl
“On the internet”
The girl waved her phone in front of hi about trade-ins on his shop's hoeSince she didn't say 'website' but only 'internet', then she must have found somebody's tweet and identified this shop and its locationConcluding that she wasn't a noran to do business
“What're you offering?”
“These”
The girl placed the goods on the counterSeeing them, Jim asked, “Can I take a look?”
“Go ahead,” she nodded
“…the newest model used by the military, I seeAlready broken in at thatNo outside defectI heard these are only just beginning to be issued? It should be too early for it to start showing up on black et it froloirl was offering two of theh any official pathwayJile twitch on the girl's face behind the hood
In this country, Ji trade-ins behind the counterThere was a yearly cycle of several of such shops being exposed and then revived in soround locationsIt was the reason why the police had stopped bothering with theenerally content to leave thenificant happened
Jim was an ex-policemanOnce in a while, his old co-worker would appropriate souns they'd confiscated to sell to him, which hy Jim's shop had been able to survive here for over a decade
The girl showed no signs of being affected by Ji the strands of white hair faintly swaying behind her hoodThey re then?”
“…do you have the authentication?”
“HereNot irl took out another phone in addition to the previous one and laid thee required authentication upon use, in order to deny enemies the use of own's oeapons
The arenerally used scrip certificates or such itees or additions to the info, mobile phones were instead the mainstream type of authentication for individuals or security companies
The phones she had must have been taken froanization
The guns could be unlocked just with these devices, but there was a chance information about the location of future firearanization who used to own themJim would need to transfer user authentication first
“…alrightSix hundred bucks for each”
“Isn't that too cheap? I got you your authentication too”