SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 350 - 350 348 High Handling Fees. _1

Chapter 350: Chapter 348: High Handling Fees. _1 Chapter 350: Chapter 348: High Handling Fees. _1 Three days slowly passed…

During these days, Colin busied himself, following the Bonfire’s instructions, re-accepting scattered refugees around and finally managed to stabilize the situation once more…

The only thing that gave him headaches was that sometimes, when he rested, he would dream of a fist hammering down.

Directly waking him from his dreams.

Anxiety started to form a shadow in his heart…

However, once the three days had passed, and the time for the trade came once again.

Colin casually stuffed a creamy white rabbit candy and a copy of One Lesson Three Practices into Little Red’s hand, sending her off to play by herself before secretly entering the church to meet with “The Light Chaser”.

Not long after, as that blurry shadow appeared once again, the suspended transaction resumed.

Just as Colin was about to open his mouth to raise the offer from five thousand points to seven thousand, and then consider raising it to ten thousand depending on the conversation,

once Shana confirmed that Colin wasn’t just being whimsical, and that there was nothing wrong with his mind, she agreed to the deal first.

“No increase in price? You’re really being generous this time?”

Inside, Colin was astounded. At that moment, he suddenly realized that perhaps he was the one with impure thoughts.

“The Light Chaser”, like himself, was not short on points. The three days’ delay was certainly not about driving up the price as he had thought.

As two slightly different notifications appeared on each of their retinas, Colin and “The Light Chaser”, having acquired from each other what they needed, both couldn’t help but breathe out in relief.

…

“I really got it, five thousand points…”

Shana bit her lip, widened her eyes, and checked her savings, seeing that 5013.68 – an amount she wouldn’t have dared to even dream of before – made her heart race uncontrollably.

But soon, she noticed something was off…

“5013.68 points?”

Shana counted quietly to herself, and normally, she should have 5513.68 points.

Why was there five hundred less?

In confusion, she opened her mission log and quickly found the issue.

[You have received “Bonfire Points 5000”, which has been transferred to your “Storage Room (10% transaction fee deducted)”.]

“…So, just like that, five hundred are gone?”

Shana opened her mouth in shock, feeling a deep sense of loss.

She thought she would get the full five thousand points! She hadn’t expected to lose a whopping five hundred points to the parchment before she even got them in her hands…

However, it was only after her first transaction that she learned that the parchment would deduct fees like this.

“But I wonder if it deducts for regular missions too…”

It seemed like the parchment would indicate if it was skimming something off the top to let her know…

So… maybe it didn’t?

After pondering for a moment, Shana wasn’t entirely sure, but if normal missions also took a tax of only ten percent, it seemed acceptable to her.

The eighty points she got from the last aid mission, after doing the math, were just eight…

Although it also seemed a lot to her, it was nothing compared to the sting of losing five hundred.

But then, she remembered something the “Agent of the Bonfire” might have said before, about using her regular rate?

What was her regular rate…?

Just as this thought barely surfaced, before she could delve further, a mission notification appeared.

[The mission “Save More Sufferers” has been issued!]

This mission reminded her of her original intent.

“No, no Shana, you can’t get hung up on this any longer. I’m not after points for their own sake; they’re just a means to an end. Now, with five thousand points in hand, that’s plenty, and it’s time to focus on the important things. There are still many people in despair, waiting for rescue…”

Taking a deep breath, Shana collected her emotions.

Having over five thousand points meant she could now return to the depths of the Catastrophe of the Magic Fog and lead out another large group of people!

The main reason she had only saved so many people to date was that her points couldn’t support it; she couldn’t afford enough food and had to make the hard choice to abandon some places.

But now…

Shana clenched her fists——she wanted them all!

…

“Finally got it.”

Clutching the triangular shield emblem in his hand, Colin also breathed a sigh of relief, which meant he had another important trump card for his upcoming mission.

As for the five thousand points spent, it was almost painless to him, hardly stirring any emotion.

Even for many company employees, it was not an amount they couldn’t scrounge up if they gritted their teeth.

And for someone like “The Light Chaser” who only did support missions, entering without doing anything and just selling BUFF effects to earn over ten thousand, in Colin’s view, they must lead a plain, unadorned, and dull life similar to his own, not lacking points.

It could be said that, in his opinion, those five thousand points were probably not the decisive factor for the transaction’s success.

It was just a small bonus…

More importantly, it was his sincerity that had moved the other party and facilitated the success of the trade.

Otherwise, lending out such an item for five thousand points was practically no different from charity.

For Colin himself, putting himself in their shoes, if someone said they would exchange seven days of usage rights for his Golden Card for five thousand points, he would definitely be unwilling, would reject the offer without even thinking about it.

Who knows what kind of incredible missions might pop up during those seven days.

“From this perspective, although ‘The Light Chaser’ is a bit greedy for money, he’s still a decent person, not one of those with an insatiable greed.”

Colin glanced down at a golden ornament that had arrived along with the “Shield of Fairness Adjudication” in his hand.

A pure gold ornament, weighed probably a bit over one hundred grams.

This was a gift just now from “The Light Chaser,” said to be a one-use item that, once activated, could grant a very powerful BUFF effect.

Even without using it, simply possessing it would confer some blessings…

For instance, Colin now felt that his brain was operating with unprecedented clarity and swiftness.

It was as if an i3 processor had suddenly been updated to an i5.

A 1060 graphics card had become a 2060.

…

His whole body felt rejuvenated.

And this was one of the effects “The Light Chaser” had mentioned to him, his brain would receive targeted enhancement…

Colin was very satisfied with the effect.

It’s just that he didn’t know whether he was overthinking, but he always felt that when the other person left, their look, tone, and demeanor seemed a bit strange, a bit complex, hard to describe—

But if he had to say, it seemed to have a touch of “caring for the intellectually challenged”?

“Forget it, I’m probably overthinking it.”

Colin pursed his lips, this transaction had changed his view of “The Light Chaser” quite a bit, feeling that, if he encounters The Light Chaser’s real body, he might consider not hitting his face when it comes “time for revenge.”

“So far, this ‘Descent Project’ has landed smoothly, not encountering any problems; the only possible disaster lies a few days ahead with the ‘Promotion Mission’…”

Colin thought for a moment, once tomorrow’s time arrived, he would be able to go back to participate in the promotion mission.

Currently, during this period, after interacting with some company colleagues, he was pretty confident that, given his circumstances, he most likely wouldn’t be assigned any ordinary tasks…

Just like a company hiring or emphasizing the training of an employee with an ultra-high salary, they are certainly not doing so for the employee to slack off and mop floors.

A stronger employee would be given tasks that are a bit more complex than others.

Even if a seemingly ordinary task comes their way, if it can be speedrun normally, the company would most likely pull some tricks, letting him experience the “protagonist’s fate”…

But overall, except for those out-of-control types, one is generally not sent to do completely uninspiring tasks.

“Mr. Colin, are you leaving again?” Little Red’s voice suddenly came.

“Yeah.”

Colin habitually ruffled her hair: “Did you finish your homework?”

“Finished, so… will you come the day after tomorrow?” Little Red asked softly.

Seeing her reluctantly parting, Colin smiled and shook his head: “Don’t worry, nothing should come up this time. Alright, now that your homework is finished, let’s go out and take a turn, there’s quite a lot happening outside…”

“Okay.” Little Red blinked.

He had prepared quite a lot for his territory this time; even if something unexpected happened, it would be enough to deal with disasters similar to last time’s catastrophe with magical creatures.

As the “Descent Return Time” finished its last second.

The ancient and distant sound of a bell rang out.

Colin and the others returned to reality once more…

Then, regaining his senses, he quickly discovered that a group of people on parchment were constantly @’ing him.