Who hid My Corpse!-Chapter 163 - : Forty-one, open the door!_3

Chapter 163: Forty-one, open the door!_3

Saying this, the mouth on the tentacle closed again, silent.

Yong Xin slowly pushed the drawer back in place, then turned to look again at Lyra under the night sky, muttering to himself.

“An incomplete god, huh?”

…

In the dimly lit warehouse, a girl with coffee-colored hair was crouched in front of an oil lamp, swinging the wrench in her hand, disassembling a broken part.

Gerard stared at Ju in front of him.

Even though he had anticipated it, he couldn’t help but show a surprised expression.

Because Ju’s technique was just too skilled.

You have to know, Gerard had seen quite a few mechanics, including those more outstanding than Ju, such as her father, Eric, but those were all veterans who had been immersed in this field for many years.

But he had never seen someone like Ju, whose hands were still smaller than a wrench, yet still able to disassemble and assemble with such proficiency.

Just from the speed and skill alone, Gerard could tell that Ju was already better than eighty percent of the junior mechanics.

With her help, Gerard was rapidly transforming from a “defective” person into a complete one, as old and new parts quickly filled the gaps in his missing body.

A few hours later, Gerard felt that he had regained about sixty percent of his mechanical functions.

The reason it was only sixty percent was not because Ju’s technique was poor, but because some of his parts were military-grade, which they did not have here. After all, even as a former member of the Night Star, Eric couldn’t possibly stockpile so many military parts in a private warehouse.

So, Gerard had only recovered the most basic functions, such as walking, running, and jumping, which would no longer be affected. In fact, he felt lighter because of the lack of some parts.

But the downside was, his body could no longer undergo “Overload,” which would undoubtedly greatly reduce his combat effectiveness.

And now, he didn’t even have a weapon; his Chainsaw Sword had been destroyed last night, and no matter how skilled Ju was, she couldn’t magic up a Chainsaw Sword for him.

But even so, Gerard was already quite content.

He looked at Ju again, who was sweating profusely from working for several hours, with fine beads of sweat even on the tip of her nose, but her face was devoid of much expression, seemingly not at all prideful or delighted by her own skills.

“You are really amazing,” Gerard said to Ju, “far beyond my expectations. You are more proficient than many junior mechanics, even comparable to your father…”

Gerard paused, subconsciously halting mid-sentence. He wasn’t sure if it was right to bring up Eric in front of Ju, after all, in her eyes, he was the murderer who killed Eric.

But seeing that Ju didn’t seem to react much, Gerard went on softly, “Even comparable to your father, who was once the best technician in our team.”

As Gerard had expected, Ju maintained her expressionless poker face that didn’t match her age and showed no particular change upon the mention of her father. She simply reached out to wipe the sweat from her face and looked at Gerard again before asking somewhat hesitantly, “So, are you going to pay?”

Gerard stared blankly for a moment before letting out a helpless chuckle.

So she thought he was praising her as a prelude to cheating her out of the payment.

This left Gerard somewhat at a loss for words, but knowing that explanations wouldn’t mean much at this point, he took out his money pouch and while untying it, he said with a light laughter, “Of course, I’ll pay, it’s a deal between us. By the way, do you know about the general income of a mechanician?”

“I do,” Ju answered calmly, “I used to work at a prosthetic limb shop.”

“Oh? What happened after that?”

“After they found out I was the daughter of a Rebel, they let me go,” Ju said, “and they didn’t pay me my wages.”

Gerard’s body stiffened for a moment, then he looked at Ju very seriously and said, “In that case, am I your first official client then? The kind that pays?”

Ju nodded her head.

“Really?” Gerard seemed somewhat pleased, “Very well, then you name the price.”

Ju hesitated at that.

“Don’t worry, name your price,” Gerard encouraged her with his gaze and then said deliberately, “This, is what you deserve.”

Seeing Gerard insist, Ju nodded again and then named a figure.

And so, Gerard’s expression froze for a moment.

“How, how much?” Gerard thought he had heard wrong.

So Ju repeated the figure.

Now Gerard’s expression really froze; he unconsciously opened his money pouch and looked at the money inside, his face gradually turning pale.

And then, he heard Bai Wei’s leisurely voice in his mind, “You’re not joking with me, are you?”

Gerard didn’t know how to explain.

He really wasn’t familiar with this aspect since, when he was the captain of the Night Star, it was Lyra who funded the replacement of parts; he didn’t have to pay.

And when he wasn’t the captain of the Night Star, that is, for the past ten years, he had barely changed any parts.

The only time he had maintenance was when Carol had helped him, and he hadn’t paid a penny.

So Gerard didn’t know at all how much it would cost to replace parts, especially to replace his entire body.

That was awkward indeed.

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Gerard counted the money in the pouch over and over, but no matter how he counted, it didn’t seem to be enough.

Thus, he had to look up at Ju with a complicated expression.

“Uh…can I owe a debt?” Gerard sighed and then said with a sense of helplessness, “I don’t have enough money.”

Ju tilted her head.

And it was at this moment that Bai Wei suddenly spoke up, “There’s someone outside.”