Walking in Vero attracts a lot of attention. His height indicates that he's only a kid. Being a young hunter, people always assume that you are inexperienced and cocky. They would be right most of the time.
However, that's not the only thing that attracts their attention. Vero was wearing an old-world outfit. He could only obtain something like that in two ways. First, you're a veteran hunter who could afford an old-world outfit just to look cool, or you're just a brat from the inner walls trying to become a hunter. The majority leans on the latter simply because of how Vero looks.
While he was looking for a gun, an old man showed up.
"Hellow there, young miss. How can I help ya? "
"Well, first of all, I'm not a girl." Vero was tired of this assumption. Does his hair at shoulder length and his small body really give that impression?
"Oh.." The man panicked a little bit, I'm terribly sorry for the misunderstanding. How can we help ya?"
The man's accent is not from this region. Vero looked at the man standing in front of him. He has a tall and well-built body. The light reflects off his balding head, making it shine like the sun. He looks like he has all his hair on the bread with how much it has grown.
"Ya might not be familiar with my accent I've come from the far west."
The west of this continent is not a dangerous place for a human but is extremely dangerous for people with cyborg bodies. Because that is the location of the Cristine empire.Vero heard it once or twice from someone in Frankie's gang about how religious the people from the Cristine empire are.
"Are you from the Cristine empire?"
"Close, but I'm not one of them. da peeps there are crazy! They would go nuts by leaving their empire to the outside world. Ain't no way I'm one of them."
"OK... So are you like an employee here?" Vero asks this question because the old man's outfit is a little different from others.
"You could say that. Anyways, I'm William. What's your name?"
"I'm Vero."
"Now, Vero, you're here to buy guns, right?May I know ya budget? "
"Well, I've got around 500 thousand for the guns."
"That's a little less than expected. Guess your parents must be stingy."
"..."
"Any way, come here! I'll take ya through the options. "
Willaim takes Vero through the options he has one by one, from pistols to rifles. Each one differs in price and performance.
"Now that ya have a good grasp on all the guns we offer, I'd like to recommend the gun for a beginner like ya." He brings out two guns, one black, and one white. The old man slides the black one to him first.
"This one is a CA49R. Some people call it a CAR for short. It is a cheaply manufactured gun by the Tagimatsu company. Its effective range is about 300 meters, which is a bit short for a standard gun and only has 30 ammo in a magazine, but when talking about the value, this gun takes the cake at only 172,000 tel. It also has a large community of weird people making custom attachments for it. Ya cannot go wrong with this if you want a gun that can blow some heads hahaha "
The old man geeks out about the gun while Vero watches on the side. At this point, he doesn't even know what the old man is saying, but he is going along with it. After finishing his explanation, Willaim handed him another gun.
"And this fella is a new flagship design from A.M.A. Don't let da flagship word fool ya. The A.M.A. has been eyeing this market for a while now and has been in a gun-making game for a long time. This baby is their amalgamation. The F422A, or the Fassa. This fella is a hot sale for a moment."
Vero could feel that the gun was trying to look like an old-world design. Presenting it as a high-end weapon for the price.
"This fella has an effective range of 400 m with up to 40 standard rounds per magazine. It's more powerful than a CAR and comes with a bunch of official attachments. All this is for only 200k flats. For other people, it's a good deal. But I personally don't recommend it over a car. The heating management on this gun is bad, and it sacrifices too much for more firepower. It's still up to ya to decide what you want to live with. "
Velo is eyeing the Fassa gun. He fell for the old world look that it has and he is confident in his skill that he doesn't need heat management. He doesn't understand the concept because of the old world gun he's been using.
"Old will! I will have the usual. " A man barges into the middle of their conversation. He has a well-built body and is 190 cm tall, and his augmentation suit makes him look even bigger.
"Can't ya see that I have another customer?"
"Huh?" The man looks over and scoffs, "These brats? What can they even do! He's properly just a rich kid from the inner walls wanting to play with toys. "
"Stop it, Rex! Just behave for a second, will ya? I know that your gang's situation is not the best, but don't vent it on the kid. "
"They are all the same! Trying to be a hunter without knowing what it takes and brags about it all day long! "
"....." Vero is familiar with being looked down upon, but usually, he gets beaten too, so this is new to him.
"Let me challenge you to a match in the aim lab! If you win, I will approve your hunter playtime and give you some guns, but if you lose, just f*ck off back to the inner walls! Hunters are not a job that can be taken lightly!"
"Rex!" From how Vero was dressed, Willaim also thought that the kid came from the inner walls. O'ruma city does not care about the death of a random slum person. The slum city could all be wiped out the next day and the city wouldn't do anything, but the death of their own people is a big matter.
Slum gangs could be wiped out if they anger someone from the inner city and cause a lot of damage to the shop if they are not satisfied with the service. William thinks that Vero is someone from the inner city. That's why he is trying his best to prevent Rex from angering Vero.
"Sure, let's do it."
"See! This is what I've been telling you. They're all cocky. "
"..."