Card simulation, starting with the Goblin Deserter

A question mark appeared above Hayes's head. He even rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing things.

The prices of these two items in the second round are so different!

One is 50 and the other is 1000 million, that's a huge difference...

Hayes had assumed the second round of items would be magic boosters or something similar, but it seems the item refresh logic in this shop isn't fixed.

He thought about it and decided not to rush into buying "The Diary of a Heartbroken Person". Instead, he checked his balance, which totaled 570 million.

Of that, 400,000 was given to him by Norton a long time ago, and the remaining 5.3 million was transferred to his account by Linda a few days ago.

This would be a huge sum of money for an ordinary student, but it wasn't enough for Hayes at the moment.

This "all-purpose and strange workbench" actually sold for 1000 million!

Moreover, according to the store's prompts, this product even has in-app purchase options!

This is outrageous! Is this thing really worth that much money?

Just as Hayes was pondering whether to send a message to Linda to borrow money, Norton, who had been unconscious on the hospital bed next to him for most of the day, suddenly let out a series of groans.

"What's wrong with me? Why does it hurt so much? Ouch!"

He slowly woke up, gasping for breath, and was shocked to see himself covered in bandages as soon as he opened his eyes.

"What the hell? Wasn't I taking care of Brother Hayes? How did I become a patient?!"

Norton glanced around instinctively and soon saw Hayes looking at him with an awkward yet polite smile.

He asked, "Brother Hayes, what's wrong with me? I don't remember anything."

Hayes was still figuring out how to apologize when he saw Norton's reaction and was taken aback: "You don't remember?"

Norton asked suspiciously, "Yes, I only remember trying to help you up, and then somehow I fell asleep."

"It feels a bit like being knocked unconscious..."

Before Norton could finish speaking, Hayes clapped his hands and nodded repeatedly: "Don't you remember?"

"You tried to help me up, but you tripped over the wires of the medical equipment and fell hard. It was awful!"

Norton stared blankly in the direction Hayes was pointing, and there was indeed a large number of medical instruments beside the latter's hospital bed.

Coupled with Hayes's confident expression, Norton was momentarily convinced.

"But why don't I remember it at all..."

"Come on, bro, you must be bored sleeping for so long. I have some origami here, you can fold yourself a little frog or a paper airplane or something to play with!"

Hayes enthusiastically handed half of the origami in his hand to Norton, who accepted it without even realizing it, saying thank you.

Norton had just folded the origami twice when something suddenly occurred to him. He immediately put the origami down and looked at Hayes with a serious expression.

"Brother Hayes, I remember now!"

Hayes was startled, and his grip faltered, tearing another piece of origami into pieces.

Just as he was silently calculating how much compensation Norton should give for medical expenses, the latter looked at him warmly and said...

"I came to you to buy a card!"

"Look, I've got all the money ready...wait, where's my wallet?"

Norton, who was wrapped up like a mummy, immediately tried to get out of bed to look for his wallet, but Hayes stopped him.

"Let's talk it out verbally, that'll do..."

Hayes looked at Norton, embarrassed, and asked, "Didn't you say your deck was already complete and you didn't need to buy any new cards?"

Upon hearing this, Norton's eyes lit up. Ignoring his injuries, he gasped and said excitedly.

"That [Essential Deserter] card you sold me is absolutely amazing! No wonder it's a two-star excellent card!"

"Although it reduces the spellcaster's attack power to some extent, its increase in evasion efficiency is ridiculously high!"

"Combined with that core card in my deck that needs to be constantly kept alive to summon more monsters, I was able to almost take on three opponents at once in actual gameplay, completely crushing the opposing team!"

As he spoke, Norton's eyes lit up, as if he were back to the day he shone brightly during the actual test!

"Later, my two friends kept asking me how I got that card, and I told them I bought it from you. So we discussed coming back to buy a few more from you!"

Hayes understood; the cards sold were receiving rave reviews, turning Norton into a repeat customer!

Hayes happens to be short of money right now, and it's not a good idea to keep asking Linda for more, since she's dealing with family matters in a very urgent situation.

Norton is such a good buddy, we can get along!

Not only did they give Hayes his first pot of gold, they also proactively helped him develop customers who sold his credit cards!

The only problem is that Hayes doesn't have many cards that are suitable for sale right now.

He's definitely not going to sell the deserter combo or the 50/50 combo. He hasn't even tested the effects of the newly acquired epic card [Goblin - Sorrow] yet, so Hayes doesn't really want to sell it either.

After removing the few remaining basic goblin cards and miscellaneous god cards from his deck, he only had two or three cards left to sell, and even those might not be of interest to Norton and his team...

Hayes is now in a real bind. He doesn't know when the simulator update will be finished, and if he can't enter the simulated world, he'll lose his source of cards and a lot of money...

Perhaps sensing Hayes's predicament, the simulation panel suddenly popped up.

The system update is expected to take another 22 hours. Please be patient.

22 hours? That means it'll be even more over by this time tomorrow!

Hayes perked up and immediately told Norton that there was no problem! He would take him and his friends to see his card collection once he recovered and was discharged from the hospital!

However, just in case, Hester specifically asked Norton how much money the three of them had prepared in total to buy the card.

Norton held up one finger, and Hayes asked, somewhat disappointed, "One million?"

Norton shook his head: "Ten million."

Hayes: !!

In that instant, Hayes had the idea of ​​becoming sworn brothers with Norton again.

That night, although Norton would occasionally hiss from the aggravation of his injuries, he and Hayes chatted happily and even developed a camaraderie due to their shared suffering!

The next morning, Norton had just woken up when he saw Hayes folding origami cranes beside him.

Before he could even greet Hayes, he heard a knock at the door.

Norton's eyes lit up: "It's probably my two buddies coming to see me!"

"Please come in~"

He responded enthusiastically, but little did he know that the person who came in was not his friends, but a bald, burly man.

Hayes chuckled and greeted, "Professor Bob, what brings you here? Oh, Soraka's here too."

When Bob entered, a small head with a ponytail peeked out from the doorway. Who else could it be but Soraka?

She entered with her hands behind her back, smiling at Hayes, but her eyes caught sight of Norton beside her, and she was immediately surprised.

"Oh? You're awake, classmate... Hey, aren't you Martin's friend?"

Hayes looked over curiously, only to find that Norton's expression was somewhat awkward.