Well, I was expecting too much obviously because I didn't see any other good deals in the market.
That's not to say that everything else is overpriced but the profit margins were too low for to consider taking them.
The other reason why I wasn't taking them was also because so of them would only be profitable if I were to trade them in Theeve. That area is off limits for us right now in case the people after Mara were searching there.
Unfortunately, the knowledge of the market is quite limited at the mont since we have not visited a lot of stations yet so I don't know a lot of the market prices for stuff.
Even Mara doesn't have the most up to date prices though she did offer to help find out through her contacts. I ended up rejecting her offer since I didn't think it was worth her using a favour over, especially when it's not like we're in desperate need of Credits at the mont anyway.
I still noted down the prices anyway just in case I need to refer to them in the future.
Since my business was done, I went back to my ship to prepare for the transaction with those organic food thieves.
At least now I know why they were going around stealing organic food from before I guess.
I left through the sa door I had co from and the guards at the checkpoint let pass without a word.
When I erged from the nightclub again, the sa girl was still leaning against the side of the lift and she seed quite surprised by my presence.
"Done so soon?" She asked.
"Well, I just needed to list my goods on the terminal and then do a bit of research on the prices so I didn't need a lot of ti. I wasn't really looking to buy anything after all."
"Hmm… Pity. Not even interested in the stalls huh?"
I shook my head, "Not this ti. Maybe I might co back to take another look after I've made my sale. Why? Was there sothing interesting down there?"
"I dunno. But people setting up stalls and selling stuff there is the main way of our market doing business so of course we'd prefer if you did that."
Right… I rember that's because while there's no tax for independent traders like myself when we're trading there, anyone who sets up a stall to sell their goods there would have to contribute a small percentage of their sales to the gang.
Seeing that one transaction can be more than several hundreds of thousands of Credits, a small percentage of that would still be quite a lot of money.
I waved at her, "Well, sorry but not today I guess. Maybe I'll co back again once I'm done with this."
"If you want, we can sign you up with a stall plan with our group. Starting price is four thousand five hundred Credits but if you want pri spots it would be more expensive."
Damn, am I really listening to a sales pitch from a gang mber right now? They're even doing monthly plans for their black market?
You know what? I don't want to know.
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Obviously I wasn't going to say that to her so I just thanked her and told her that I will think about it before I left the nightclub.
As I was heading back towards the ship, I suddenly had a feeling that I was being watched.
I don't even know where that feeling ca from but I just felt a slight chill at the back of my neck, as if soone was breathing down on it.
It took quite a bit of effort not to just turn around right there and instead, walked over to one of the shops to look through the display.
I then shifted my gaze without moving my head to look at the street I had just walked through to see if there was anyone that looked suspicious and also checked the reflection on the shop's window to check behind .
Making a note of all the people I spotted that had also stopped moving nearby, I continued further down the street before making another stop at another store and did the sa thing once again.
I spotted seven guys who also stopped in their tracks at the sa ti as I did, with two of them doing a really bad job of acting since they were literally pretending to stare at the wall when they stopped.
Just in case, I made a right turn up ahead and continued for a while before making another right turn again down the street.
When I reached another store, I stopped once again and did the sa thing, this ti noting that out of the seven guys I spotted earlier, there were five of them who had stopped behind .
Either the other two had not been following and had also stopped due to coincidence earlier or they were planning to cut off sowhere else.
I raised my arm and typed a quick ssage into my Codex before making another right turn, aning I was now walking down the sa street I had initially done the first check.
I once again stopped in front of the sa store again to check behind and the sa five guys were a short distance down the street, leaving no room for doubt that these people were following .
Fun fact, this is one way to tell if you're being followed because who the heck would walk a circle around the block for no reason?
Alright, now the problem is how do I deal with those people?
They're obviously not approaching yet since we're still on a fairly populated part of the station. Perhaps they were waiting for to reach a more secluded area or they were trying to find out where I lived.
That ans I have to deal with them before I reach my ship.
Maybe I should just intentionally go to a secluded area to deal with those guys? That sounds like a plan.
As I was looking for a place that I could lead these people to deal with, a group of people suddenly turned around the corner and started running in my direction.
I stopped, my hand imdiately reaching for my pistol right before a gunshot ca from behind .
I thought that was ant for but the bullet had whizzed past and struck one of the newcors in the head, killing him instantly.
I turned back and I realised there was another group of people who had turned around the corner behind and were currently charging towards the group in front of .
What the fuck?!
I dove into the alleyway to my right just as the two groups started firing at each other, their bullets narrowly missing as I sought cover in that alley.
Looking back outside the alley, I was expecting the other passers-by to start panicking at the sudden shootout but most of them either looked up at the scene before continuing to walk normally or stopped to watch the shootout.
That was when I rembered what kind of place I was at and I most likely got caught in a gang fight between two different gangs.
There was a roar as one of the gangs ran past the alley I had dove into, charging straight towards the opposing gang without a shred of fear.
One of them even stopped to take cover at my alley to reload his gun, his gaze turning to for a mont before realising I was not a threat and just completely ignored and ran out again.
I let out the breath that I had been unconsciously holding and relaxed a little.
Seems like I didn't even need to worry after all. The fight outside should have made my stalkers give up on the chase.
Just as I was getting back up on my feet, footsteps ca from the entrance of the alley again and the five guys I had tagged earlier appeared there, blocking my way out.
I imdiately looked behind to see if there was another way out but unfortunately for , this alley led to a dead end.
The alley wasn't exactly that wide and the only cover I had was a pile of discarded boxes a few steps behind that didn't look sturdy enough to withstand more than a few shots.
Ah well… I was already intending to deal with them anyway… The only problem is that I would have liked to pick a place where I could have an advantage over them environntally… Although I guess this place isn't that bad for anyway.
I quickly tapped on my Codex one last ti before turning to face the group of five n, all of them slowly advancing towards with what I realised was a crazed look in their eyes.
Why are they looking at like that?
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