Mission in another world with my transformed best friend

Late at night, the Hani Chamber of Commerce was located in a private prison torture chamber on the third basement level...

Hani stood in the center of the torture chamber, staring at the assassin who was tightly bound to a cross, covered in whip marks and with her maid's clothes torn to shreds. She gestured to the soldier beside her.

The soldier picked up a bucket and poured out a bucket of water. The maid trembled slightly, raised her head slightly, and gave Hani a cold laugh, exactly the same laugh she had when she fainted.

Are you really unwilling to tell me everything?

"Considering that I 'worked' in this chamber of commerce for ten years, I'll say it again: you can't afford to offend the people behind this, and asking more questions won't help."

"is it?"

Another violent surge of magical energy emanated from the air.

Lin shook her head, her expression unchanged. As the magic wave weakened, she spoke again.

"Honey, do you really think that outsiders know nothing about the unique techniques created by your race? And the way to counter them is so simple that even you find it unbelievable..."

"Indeed, it's not a big secret. After all, I've been doing business this way for decades and have never made a mistake. And you, do you think you can pull through?"

"As long as you're 'not afraid to die,' there's nothing you can't overcome. Instead of wasting your time on me, you should think about how many people and how many industry peers you've offended these past few days for a mixed-race elf girl. You know what you'll face after you become 'monopolistic.' The storms used to be calm, but now you've stirred them up into towering waves. I wonder if the 'Hani Chamber of Commerce' behind you can withstand all of this?"

Hani stroked his beard, his expression unchanged, nodded, turned and walked out, leaving a sentence in the air.

“I understand. Nothing in this world is beyond the measure of ‘cost.’ If such a thing truly exists, I will strive to make it ‘costly’… Miss Lin, I can’t get anything more out of you for now, but… I pray that your public relatives aren’t ‘real,’ otherwise…”

"What a disgusting threat. Do you think it will work on me?"

"I've said it before, I'll make anything that comes without a price payable, even if it means using underhanded methods... Goodbye!"

"Damn it, come back here... Honey!"

As the iron gate closed, all that remained was Lin's furious roar echoing throughout the torture chamber.

……

"Money, car, house, location of the wedding home, the level of the church and priest, and Kyle and Alice's relatives and friends... Damn, these 'pre-marital issues' are so realistic, I have absolutely no idea where to start. How did Zhang Lan 'inherit' all these thoughts after becoming a girl...?"

Having barely slept all night, Wang Kai went to the open space outside the "Alchemy Pavilion" early in the morning and paced back and forth, talking to himself and seriously thinking about the most important practical problem he was encountering for the first time in his life.

In his original world, he could only observe these problems from a distance, never offering even the slightest solution. The sheer helplessness he felt instantly suffocating him...

Complaining about the environment is certainly not a sign of strength. Since you've come to this other world, you should at least be able to come up with even the slightest solution, right?

The values ​​surrounding major life events are largely similar; could the values ​​in this other world be the same? I need to consult someone who's been through it all...

Who could he consult? In the four months he had lived in this other world, he had only met a handful of people, and apart from Zhang Lan, there was no one else he could truly confide in.

Looking for that old man, Hani? Let's not even talk about how much this money-grubbing old man will charge for his "consultation fee," let alone how much it costs. Wang Kai might barely utter the question before he sees an old face with the words "Are you stupid?" written all over it…

After much deliberation, Wang Kai finally came up with the best candidate!

Oh right, remember that soldier uncle named Doolittle? He mentioned having a daughter before, and she's over ten years old, about the same age as Alice. So he must have been married for many years, making him the most suitable candidate.

As for Duli's shameless attempt to demand a "consulting fee," Wang Kai happened to have a bottle of "Lafite II" that he was supposed to deliver to the press conference today. He had snatched it from the soldiers when they were carrying dozens of cases of finished wine around just before he left the "Alchemy Pavilion"...

Following the road he remembered, Wang Kai arrived at the large iron gate of the Hani Chamber of Commerce, and could hear the noisy sounds coming from around the huge iron gate from afar.

There was only a small side door open on the iron gate, and more than a dozen heads tried to squeeze in. Fortunately, there were fully armed soldiers maintaining order, otherwise they would have broken in long ago.

Wang Kai stopped at a safe distance and eavesdropped for a while...

The main reason is that after the news of the indefinite postponement of the "Lafite II" launch event spread, some "small individual vendors" who are not affiliated with major chambers of commerce could not accept this fact. They had placed a lot of orders, but seeing that the launch event was postponed, they could neither purchase nor deliver the goods, and they were bound to have to pay the penalty for breach of contract.

After all, money is the lifeblood of merchants; cutting off their source of income is like cutting off their path to survival! That's why these people, even facing the gleaming blades and spears in the soldiers' hands, were determined to rush in and demand an explanation.

Seeing that he couldn't get out through the main gate, Wang Kai could only sigh. He walked to a high wall, looked up at its height of over ten meters, estimated the distance in his mind, took a deep breath, and bent down to rush towards the wall...

After a few flashes of green light beneath his feet, he used the reaction force from stepping on the wall to climb over it step by step, and immediately flipped over and jumped down. Only a vertical row of black footprints was left on the inside of the high wall. As for the "wall cleaning bill", it was not until several days later that it was delivered to Wang Kai.

After landing, Wang Kai saw that there were not just a dozen or so people outside the gate, but several hundred. Although there were many people, they were relatively orderly, and quite a few were shouting slogans and holding banners.

Those seemingly disorganized and undisciplined groups on the fringes are likely just a collection of alcoholics.

It's like a young woman getting married – the first time so many vendors and ordinary people have come to this "rich area".

Sorry, old man Hani, you've made so much money through Zhang Lan these past few months, it shouldn't be a problem for you to take a few bullets for a young girl like her now, right? As for me, this "outsider," I only stayed at your Chamber of Commerce for two days, just wanting to get away and relax.

Among the crowd holding banners and chanting slogans, there were a few who appeared to be fiddling with bottles and rags, presumably radical lawbreakers making "Molotov cocktails." I could only pretend I didn't know or see them. I hope you contacted the fire department beforehand. Good luck...

Having returned a few days ago, Wang Kai hadn't had a chance to properly explore the drastically changed town of Merck. Getting lost was late, but he still managed to do what he always did: first, he ran to the city wall around the town, found a soldier, and asked him for directions. After learning that Duli was on leave at home, he casually asked for the approximate location of Duli's house... and then, not long after, he got lost again.

"This is really tiring. Why doesn't this game have a map? I have to remember all the routes by heart. Even a small town is so complicated. I'll be a 'lost kid' every day when I get to big cities. Compared to when I was 'farming points' in Katra City, I only needed to remember the locations of the Adventurers' Guild and the entrances to various dungeons. Now, finding an NPC with two legs that can move around freely is just too difficult."

"Brother, the scent is right here, you're not mistaken, are you..."

"Of course, absolutely right. Once you've tasted that wine, you'll never forget it... It should be up ahead. Hey, you there, young man, what's up?"

Two somewhat familiar, rough shouts rang out behind him. Without turning his head, Wang Kai knew it was the pair of bears that had stopped some bald man from Northeast China from logging the forest...

No, it was the two Xiong brothers. Wang Kai was genuinely envious of their keen sense of smell, being able to pinpoint his location so quickly in such a large town...

Wait a minute, these two bear brothers just seemed to be talking about the bottle of "Lafite II" they were holding!

Damn, a grown man lost to a bottle of wine...

Wang Kai slowly turned around, when suddenly two dark figures rushed straight at his face, instantly turning him into a "meat sandwich".