Their commission was suspicious.

"Chen Luo, you bastard, you're even more of a bastard than me! Fine, I admit you won this time. You're more suited to be a conman than I am!" Sang Bo sighed, but he wasn't furious.

Now Sangbo is starting to believe that Chen Luo is truly a person with a joyful destiny, because he really is a fun-loving person.

Chapter 1440: Aha gave it a thumbs up and gifted a Black Tower doll (bonus chapter)

"The world is going to the dogs, and people's hearts are no longer what they used to be. How tragic!" Sangbo lamented the impermanence of life from inside the iron cage.

Sadness is like an iron cage, with yourself inside and your companions outside.

"Huh? Sambo? You actually got arrested? That's strange."

"Jepard, what brings you back from the front lines?" Sambo sat up straight when he saw the person greeting him.

"Switch over, then take a rest."

"It's good to take a break... Jepard, you came at the right time. Tell the person next to you that I actually came to turn myself in, but I accidentally got caught during the process of turning myself in. Do you think there's any justice in this world? Is there any law in this world?"

"You? Turn yourself in? Impossible."

Standing outside the cage in front of Sambo was a handsome young man with short blond hair.

Jepard Landau, a garrison commander of the Silvermane Guards, is one of Belloborg's top warriors. Consistent in word and deed, meticulous, and never slacking off.

In short, he was a very high-ranking official.

And coincidentally, he had a fairly close relationship with Sambo, though not a life-or-death bond, but rather a story of him chasing and being unable to escape.

Sambo's reputation as a blue-haired conman was well-known, and Jeppard, as the commander of the Iron Guard, had greeted him quite often.

However, after interacting with someone for a long time, there will always be some affection between them.

"Remember to punish Sambo severely," Jepard said to the soldier beside him.

"Yes, sir."

"Hey, hey, hey, we're friends, is it really okay for you to betray your friends like this?" Sangbo said with some dissatisfaction.

"You, Sambo, have friends? Aren't your friends just for selling?" Jepard wasn't good with words, but he knew Sambo very well.

“Of course I have friends, and they’re right here in this house. You see…” Upon seeing Jepard arrive, Sambo immediately chose to sue Chen Luo.

Although Sambo knew that Jepard definitely couldn't keep Chen Luo, he was still willing to cause Chen Luo some trouble.

"Hmm?" Jepard looked in the direction Sambo was pointing and saw a boy counting money.

"That is……"

"That's the kind person who helped us catch this blue-haired conman by reporting him to Intelligence Officer Pella. They're collecting their bounty now," the guard beside him said.

"Why is it that when it comes to me, I'm called a blue-haired liar, but when it comes to him, he's called a kind person? Let me tell you, he's a liar even more terrifying than me. You've all been fooled by his innocent appearance. Only those who truly understand him can comprehend just how filthy and ecstatic his heart really is!" Sangbo said indignantly.

Chen Luo was at least half a good person, Sangbo was certain of that, after all, not everyone was willing to distribute the strange object called Memory Bread in this remote and impoverished place under the guise of charity.

Forgive Sangbo for speaking frankly, but the memory bread Chen Luo distributed in the lower district yesterday was enough to buy several Yalilos.

Sangbo still doesn't understand why Chen Luo did this.

But whether someone is a good person or not doesn't conflict with whether or not to label them. Who made Sambo the butt of jokes?

“He seems like a good person,” Jepard said after observing Chen Luo for a while.

"...Good heavens, you've only just met him, how can you so readily conclude that he's a good person? Chen Luo is definitely more suited to be a conman and a businessman than I am. No wonder we're in the same line of work."

Sambo hadn't initially considered Chen Luo, who did charity work every day, to be a colleague—Sambo remembered Chen Luo saying in his self-introduction that he used to be a traveling merchant until he took an arrow to the knee.

But now it seems that Chen Luo possesses the excellent quality that all merchants should have—a harmless and innocent demeanor.

You can only empty someone's wallet when they've lowered their guard.

However, Sambo takes a different approach... The things you need are only available from me, so you can only buy them from me.

Sambo had to admit that Chen Luo was still the better businessman.

Fortunately, Sambo was just a middleman, so their business scopes didn't conflict much.

"Is he really your accomplice?" Seeing Sambo's insistence, Jepard didn't dare to act recklessly. He couldn't just ignore the fact that the other party seemed like a good person.

According to those around him, Sangbo followed them back to the police station without any resistance, which was quite strange.

After all, even if he were there, Sambo could still escape.

Sambo's combat strength is hard to judge, but his ability to escape is unparalleled.

After hesitating for a moment, Jepard walked towards Chen Luo under Sambo's expectant gaze.

However, less than two minutes later, Jepard returned and said to the soldiers guarding Sambo:

"To slander others is an even more serious crime."

"Wait, how is that slandering someone? You've only been there for two minutes, how can you be so sure he's not one of my accomplices?"

He said no.

"Just because he says no doesn't mean it isn't?"

"But he has no criminal record in Belleburg."

"It would be strange if he had a criminal record..." Sangbo muttered to himself, but he didn't intend to tell anyone that Chen Luo wasn't from this world.

If they were to portray Chen Luo as his accomplice, that would at most be an attempt to drag others down with him. But if they were to reveal Chen Luo's identity as an extraterrestrial, regardless of whether anyone would believe it, Sang Bo himself would definitely get a beating.

"But Chen Luo seems to be very good at gaining people's trust. Should we learn from him later?"

Sangbo truly envied Chen Luo's talent, because only by gaining people's trust could one obtain more benefits from them.

A short while later, Chen Luo came over after collecting the bounty, followed by Sister Pera.

"Commander Jepard, thank you for your trust. I will use these bounties on those who are truly in need."

Sambo originally thought Chen Luo was looking for him, but he didn't expect her to be looking for Jepard.

“It’s alright. You successfully reported Sambo and brought him to justice. This bounty is rightfully yours. You’re free to use it however you like.” Jepard shook his head.

“I really intend to use this bounty on the children, but…” Chen Luo suddenly looked troubled.

"But what?"

"However, I heard in Belleburg that this blue-haired conman seems to have used some of the money he swindled to buy a lot of basic necessities, to the point that I don't know where to buy things suitable for children anymore."

"Does Sister Pera and Commander Jepard have any recommended shops?" Chen Luo asked.

“…” Sangbo rolled his eyes at Chen Luo.

You were the one who made me buy the items, and now you're blaming me.

Furthermore, Sambo didn't think Jepard and Pera would help Chen Luo with this favor, since the Silvermane Iron Guards had quite a lot of work to do.

Moreover, although Jepard was born into a large family, he never abused his power.

“Yes. But I haven’t been back to Belloberg before, so I don’t know which shops Sambo has bought. Let Pera help with this; she’s an intelligence officer.”

“Commander Jepard, I am indeed an intelligence officer for the Iron Guard, but that doesn’t mean I know everything in the world. Please don’t misunderstand… However, I do have a list of shops that have received large quantities of ordinary supplies, so I can deduce which shops haven’t been affected,” Pera said, adjusting his round-framed glasses.

"...Seriously? You guys are really planning to buy him some children's products?" Sambo asked, standing up and gripping the cage bars.

Good grief, is this official scheme to sell stolen goods?

Chen Luo, you're really something else!

"Thank you for the bounty, you blue-haired conman. The children will remember you. Sister Pera, let's go." Chen Luo waved the bounty in front of Sambo and then swaggered out of the police station.

"Is there any justice left? Is there any law left? Unbelievable! You just let my accomplices go like this!" Sambo still tried to make a final effort.

“Don’t slander good people. Besides swindlers like you, there are still kind-hearted people in this world who are willing to help others selflessly. It is because of people like this that Belloberg can go further,” Jepard said, looking in the direction Chen Luo had left.

"...That's true."

To Jepard's surprise, Sambo did not refute the statement.

"If we judge by deeds rather than intentions, my companion was indeed a good person, at least a good person who would be remembered for all time in Belberg."

Because Chen Luo brought about change, and this change was for the better.

If Chen Luo can truly receive divine revelation from Aha, then rescuing the entire Beloborg and even the entire planet Yalilo 6 from the snowstorm would not be difficult.

Of course, this is just an idea, because even now, Sangbo still doesn't understand Chen Luo's motives, or what Chen Luo's background is. All of this remains unknown.

But whatever, since Chen Luo has already left, I can leave too.

How could a mere cage possibly keep me out?

"Oh, by the way, if a criminal we just caught escapes and is then reported, can we get two bounties?" Just as Sambo was thinking of making a quick getaway after Jepard left, Chen Luo suddenly poked his head out of the police station again.

"..."

Although Chen Luo didn't get an answer—after all, the angle was rather tricky—Sangbo willingly chose to stay in the cage. Staying in the cage was better than being fleeced twice by Chen Luo, right?

[Aha, I'm very satisfied with your performance and have rewarded you with a Black Tower doll.]

Ah, this guy is really funny... Wait, what did you say?

[The Black Tower Doll.]

Hey!

Upon seeing the Black Tower doll as a reward, Chen Luo knew that Aha must have overheard his conversation with Xiao Shi.

Although Aha may not know much about Black Tower, Black Tower is still a member of the Heavenly Material Club and has a high profile.

Aha is a star god of unfathomable power, so it would be quite easy for him to glean some clues from Chen Luo's words.

With Aha's abilities, "taking" a puppet from the Black Tower space station would be a piece of cake.

However, Chen Luo only mentioned wanting the Black Tower doll casually, after all, he was a doll maker with principles.

In response, Chen Luo would like to say to Aha, who committed such a shameless act: Well done!

Why would Ahab care about the opinions of mortals?

For Aha, as long as there's fun, that's all that matters. And this Black Tower doll's reward is not only a reward for seeing fun, but also the prelude to the next fun.

"It seems we have no choice but to go to this Black Tower space station. I wonder if Ahana is taking a permanent puppet or a spare one."

A resident doll is a doll connected to the internet. If one is lost, it will be noticed, but a backup doll should not be searched.

From a purely rational perspective, the safest approach would be to use a spare doll, and Aha certainly has that ability, but...

[Since that's what you think, then it must be a permanent puppet. After all, for Aha, the most painful thing is having nothing to watch.]

"Why is this guy staring at me like that?" Chen Luo said, annoyed.

Although Aha did give a lot, these were things that Chen Luo could obtain through his own efforts.

[What could be more entertaining than seeing a star god help you find amusement? You agree, right, you otherworldly being? I think you have absolutely no sense of your own identity.]

"I'm not a star god."

But you can be a star god, right?

"..."

Okay, the user-friendly plugin is right.

River gods are also deities, and an SSS-level river god can be considered an unconventional star god in this world.

Moreover, Chen Luo's golden godhood spot could indeed help him quickly become a star god.

After Chen Luo arrived in this world, he tried using the golden quota, and the feedback he received was that if Chen Luo wanted to directly become a Star God, he could choose Exploration, Purity, Immortality, Procreation, or Order.

Because they all died or lost their status as Star Gods for some reason, but the concept and traces of this Star God still exist in this world.

If you want to choose a surviving Star God, then you'll have to fight against the existing Star Gods.

Only by defeating Chen Luo can one take his place and become the Star God.

Pure beauty, order, and reproduction are out of the question, but pioneering and immortality sound quite nice.

One could be the leader of a train crew, and the other could be the ancestor of Bailu and Danheng...

"Alright, all the children's supplies you needed have been purchased." Pera breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the large pile of supplies displayed here.

"Thank you, Sister Pera."

“No… never mind, whatever makes you happy. But there’s something I need to remind you of.” Pera looked up and stared intently at Chen Luo as she spoke.

"What is it?"