When the Traveler and Cyno arrived, the transaction was in progress. The buyer purchased a pile of canned knowledge for 150,000 Mora.
At this moment, the readers' attention wasn't on the people in the transaction, but on the amount of Mora spent.
Buying so much canned knowledge for only 150,000 Mora? Then the Traveler really got ripped off hard by Dori back then.
Few readers knew the selling price of canned knowledge, so at that time, everyone hadn't realized the issue.
Now seeing someone buy a pile of canned knowledge for just 150,000, they understood the price range.
Was Dori's canned knowledge in a gold jar, or was the knowledge made of gold? Is this knowledge guaranteed fresh?
No wonder Dori was so enthusiastic toward the Traveler—this was truly a big fat sheep.
Under the name of a free gift event, she could scam another 100,000 Mora from the Traveler. When the Traveler gets old, she definitely has to sell her health supplements.
Lumine watching this segment didn't feel much. In the story, she indeed got scammed, but she didn't care—not because it hadn't happened in the future, but because that money was all Alhaitham's.
Scam away—scam until bankrupt, it's fine; it's not my money anyway.
Alhaitham cared even less. Money and such were completely irrelevant—he had long achieved financial freedom. Small change.
The parties involved didn't care much, but the readers cared a lot.
That was money! How long would Little Sayu have to work to earn that?
This was the gap. The Traveler spending million-level Mora—Alhaitham didn't care at all. Zhongli spending ten-million-level—Hu Tao could accept it too.
But for Sayu, that would be debt piled high.
How long for Hu Tao to earn 100,000? One day? Two days? Wrong—one or two funerals would suffice.
Sayu? Counting one by one second, it would take half a month.
Most people's salaries were about like Sayu's, so everyone cared more about the Traveler getting fleeced.
But care as they might, the story continued normally. Happening upon the transaction site was naturally a perfect opportunity—to catch both the merchant and the buyer in one go—so Cyno acted.
[Paimon proudly debuted: "Ta-da~ Paimon appears! I won't let you guys escape!"]
Everyone was familiar with these lines—this was Klee's line. Paimon still loved stealing others' lines.
Though Paimon said "she" wouldn't let them, the one actually acting would definitely be the Traveler—this was called borrowing prestige to intimidate.
[Amunsu directly gave up: "Just surrender. With the little cut we get, it's not worth risking our lives."]
What he meant was: How much do we earn a month? Not worth playing with our lives.
They were just downstream—earning a bit, but the big share went upstairs anyway.
Interrogation was Cyno's specialty. Unfortunately, these people really knew nothing.
They even knew more about Cyno than about their "higher-ups."
This reminded everyone—Cyno's intelligence had already been recorded into the Akasha. But those who could access this intelligence shouldn't be ordinary people either.
Oh no—if they investigated this way, wouldn't they really uncover something? Smith, Hans, Ivan, Pierre—which specialist is done for?
[Cyno pondered: "If only there were other channels. A big merchant who sells canned knowledge..."]
Hearing this positioning, all readers had an image in mind—yes, that woman!
Ahem, that loli—not that woman, that little loli who looked like a total shady merchant—Dori.
[Paimon also thought of it: "Hm? Isn't that Do—"]
Yes, isn't that Dori? Readers at this moment were also suspecting Dori.
[Cyno asked: "Do you have a suspect? Take me along—I will help you judge that person."]
As soon as Cyno said this, Paimon immediately shut her mouth. They had a good relationship with Dori and didn't want Dori to get harshly judged.
Cyno's judgments weren't jokes—everyone who experienced them gave full praise.
Though Dori was a bit of a shady merchant, she indeed hadn't done anything bad. In fact, to some extent, she compensated for Sumeru's poor supply chain.
Lord Sangemah Bay's supplier was the famous Alice—that is, Klee's mother—with incredibly complete goods.
Thus, both emotionally and rationally, they couldn't really sell out Dori. Anyway, they only said "Do"—why not say Dottore instead.
This one can be judged—judge however you want; no one has objections, even hoping for a live stream.
Anyway, in the story, the Traveler and Paimon hurriedly changed their words, claiming they didn't know any merchants at all.
As mentioned in previous stories, Cyno could tell at a glance if someone was lying—let alone Paimon, who wasn't good at lying.
But Cyno didn't expose her—he just told the Traveler that if there was any intelligence, come find him at Caravan Ribat.
It was clear he trusted the Traveler quite a bit. If anything, the Traveler's trust was the hardest to gain—in the previous act, only at the end did the Traveler trust them.
After speaking with the Traveler, Cyno's attitude shifted—he coldly eyed that buyer.
[Cyno warned: "As for you, don't buy canned knowledge again in the future. If there is any unused canned knowledge, hand it over promptly."]
The person didn't take Cyno's reminder seriously.
[Mutair said indifferently: "Got it. Tch, minding other people's business."]
This attitude made everyone's brows furrow—how dare he? Committed a crime and still so arrogant toward Cyno?
It could only be said that Sumeru had no law making buying and selling equally criminal. As a buyer, Mutair wasn't committing a crime, so he remained calm.
[Mutair even complained: "Buying and selling canned knowledge is a consensual matter—you guys have to butt in."]
["Such a convenient and useful thing—the Akademiya hides it away, isn't it just to monopolize it themselves?"]
This sounded somewhat reasonable at first glance, but thinking about it made it clear—this was pure sophistry.
Forbidden knowledge was harmful. Only mentioning benefits without harms was complete sophistry.
Cyno naturally understood this, so he was too lazy to debate more with Mutair, only leaving one line:
["If there's a next time, I will, in my personal name, judge you along with them."]
No buyer-seller equal crime in law? Then in my personal name—judge, rua!
After saying that, Cyno left with the smugglers. Paimon and the Traveler also planned to secretly find Dori to ask about related intelligence.
Port Kasalazar—Dori was right here. Seeing the Traveler come, she even waved.
Warmly welcoming the wallet—oh no, the Traveler's grand arrival!
Everyone guessed—how much would the Traveler get scammed by Dori this time?
Just asking for intelligence shouldn't cost much, right? 100,000 Mora?