Crystal Palace from Infinite Anime

"Knife? A samurai sword or some other type of sword? Don't you already have a Vajra Yaksha?" Ai Xiu looked at Anneloz with a strange expression.

Anneloz then pointed to Lin Zhiyu and told Aixiu that Lin Zhiyu and Busujima Saeko's weapons were damaged and they were looking for new weapons.

"I see. Then, Mr. Lin and Ms. Busujima, you've finally come to the right place! After all, the base of my Hongtian Tower is the largest arena in Amidahara. I have countless gladiators under contract here, so how could there be no weapons in my warehouse?"

Aixiu raised his head complacently, then called his secretary and asked him to go to the warehouse to get two of the best knives.

The secretary took the order and left. About fifteen minutes later, he returned to Aixiu's office with two waitresses.

The two maids were each holding a rectangular wooden box in their arms, and it seemed that the boxes contained weapons.

"Open the box and introduce the weapons inside to the guests." Ai Xiu instructed the secretary.

The secretary then asked the two maids to open the box and first took out an unsheathed samurai sword and introduced it:

"This sword is called 'Sinner Slasher'. It was crafted by a master craftsman from the demonic realm, using demonic metallurgy. Because it's from the demonic realm, it carries a sinister aura and has the potential to devour its owner. Ordinary people shouldn't use it lightly. Furthermore, since it was smuggled into the human world with great difficulty and is of exceptional quality, its value is also very high."

After introducing the "Sinner Slasher," the secretary placed the sword back into its corresponding box. Then, from another opened box, he took out a katana that was entirely black, from the scabbard to the blade itself, and began to introduce it again:

"This is a specially crafted katana under the supervision of the renowned kendo family, the Itto-ryu Akiyama clan. Itto-ryu and the Taimanin are renowned for their formidable reputations. It's said that the current acting leader of the Itto-ryu, Akiyama Rinko, is the most outstanding talent of the younger generation of Taimanin."

"And this all-black katana is named after Akiyama Rinko, Linzi... Of course, if the customer doesn't like it, we can change it. All in all, this sword has a great history and is of superb quality. It's only a matter of finding a master to wield it and make it famous."

……

After the secretary finished introducing the two excellent knives he brought.

Aniloz was the first to speak, questioning Aixiu in confusion, "Why do you still have a Taimanin's katana here? Aren't you afraid of being targeted by those Taimanin who fight even harder the less they wear?"

Ai Xiu shook his head and said:

"They couldn't protect what they had, so they only have themselves to blame if they lost it. Besides, that specially made katana from the Akiyama clan went through many twists and turns before it came into my hands. Who knows who stole it from the Akiyama clan or the Taimanin in the first place?"

Having said that, Aixiu immediately added another sentence, claiming that even if a Taimanin came to her and was not polite, she would never let him off easily.

"Tsk~ If that time really comes, don't ask me for help if you have the guts." Aniloz said with a pout.

Ai Xiu smiled confidently, then looked at Lin Zhiyu and Busujima Saeko, asking them if they were satisfied with the two weapons they had just demonstrated. Would they like to try them out and examine them more closely?

Replacing new weapons is a very important matter.

Lin Zhiyu didn't want to make a hasty decision, so he stopped being polite and pulled Busujima Saeko to give it a practical try.

There is a detail here - after hearing the introduction, Saeko Busujima felt that the "Sinner Slash" was not as good as the "Rin Azusa", and considering that the Sinner Slash was a vicious sword that might devour its master, she took the initiative to pick up the Sinner Slash and examine it carefully, in order to help Lin Zhiyu screen out this samurai sword of inferior quality.

Lin Zhiyu held the katana "Rin Zi" and was quite satisfied with the appearance of the sword. He actually held the sword and made a few small movements slowly, and it felt very comfortable in his hand. So he nodded and asked Busujima Saeko if she wanted to try the katana.

Saeko Busujima, holding the "Sinner Slasher" in her hand, could see that Lin Zhiyu was very satisfied with the katana named Lin Zi, so she shook her head and said:

"No need to try again. This Sinner's Slash feels quite comfortable to me. Why not take it?"

Busujima Saeko seemed to like the Sinner Slash very much, so Lin Zhiyu stopped talking and instead asked Aixiu's secretary about the price of the two knives.

"Give them a 50% discount!" Ai Xiu waved her hand generously before the secretary quoted the price. Then, she winked at Lin Zhiyu and said, "Selling these two knives to Mr. Lin and Ms. Dudao at half price would be a loss for them. But there's nothing I can do. You two look so good together."

After Ai Xiu finished speaking, the secretary then quoted the prices of the two swords after a 50% discount - one million for the Sinner Slash and fifteen million for the Rin Azusa.

The Japanese yen in this world has good purchasing power.

On the Earth where Lin Zhiyu is, the exchange rate between the Japanese yen and the RMB is around 20:1.

But if converted into the Japanese yen in this world, the exchange rate should be around 10:1.

In other words, using the RMB in Lin Zhiyu's world, the price of Sinner Slash is 100,000, while Lin Zi's is as high as 1.5 million...

Lin Zhiyu and the others simply couldn't afford such a large amount of money.

But before Lin Zhiyu came, he had already thought about what to do if there was not enough money?

It just so happened that Ai Xiu was the controller of the largest arena in Amidayuan under Hongtian Tower, so Lin Zhiyu asked Ai Xiu if she could make a lot of money by defeating her opponents in her arena?

As soon as Lin Zhiyu asked this question, Aixiu knew that Lin Zhiyu was short of money.

But she did not laugh at Lin Zhiyu. Instead, with shining eyes, she looked carefully at Busujima Saeko and Jin Meiting who were sitting on Lin Zhiyu's left and right.

"My arena is the most profitable entertainment venue in all of Amidahara! However, 90% of the matches I arrange here are two female gladiators fighting each other. After all, most of my customers are men, and men generally prefer to watch two women fighting."

"Miss Busujima and Miss Jin, you must be both very capable people to be able to help Aniloz deal with Li Meifeng. If you are willing to compete with me, I can split the winnings with you 50-50 - normally I split it 20-80."

Completely entering into the state of negotiating business, Aixiu looked as if he couldn't wait to recruit Busujima Saeko and Kim Mi-jeong to sign a contract.

She actually doesn't care how powerful Busujima Saeko and Kim Mi-cho are, because she can control the outcome of every game in the arena behind the scenes.

What she really values ​​is the looks and figures of these two women.

Ai Xiu was confident that he could quickly train these two beautiful women into popular players in the arena.

But how could Lin Zhiyu let Busujima Saeko and Jin Meiting sign a contract with Aixiu to become gladiators in the Hongtianlou Arena?

If you lose a match here, you will be punished by public execution!

Even though Lin Zhiyu has great confidence in Busujima Saeko and Kim Mi-ting, this matter involves his principles and he will definitely not agree to it.

Busujima Saeko and Kim Mi-ting are willing to help Lin Zhiyu make some money, but as long as Lin Zhiyu does not express his opinion, they will not respond to Aixiu.

"What do you think, Ms. Busujima, Ms. Kim, would you like to consider my proposal?" Aixiu quickly asked Busujima Saeko and Kim Midori again.

Lin Zhiyu quickly said to Ai Xiu, "That's not necessary! Miss Ai Xiu, I also know the rules of the Hongtianlou Arena. It seems that the loser is at the mercy of the winner. Even if the winner doesn't care about the loser, the loser will be publicly executed by your men, Miss Ai Xiu, right?"

"I just told Miss Aishu that Saeko and Mitsuba are my partners. So, do you think I'm the kind of person who would let his women take risks to earn money for me?"

While saying these words, Lin Zhiyu had a stern expression on his face, because what Ai Xiu had just said was indeed a bit offensive. In essence, it was not much different from recruiting someone else's wife to be a stripper in front of her husband.

Seeing that Lin Zhiyu seemed unhappy, Ai Xiu quickly smiled and said, "Mr. Lin, please don't misunderstand. The rules are fixed, but people are alive. I can assure you that every match assigned to Miss Dudao and Miss Jin will ultimately be defeated. As long as the two ladies can keep winning, why worry about losing?"

"Of course, if that's not possible, I can also arrange a match for Mr. Lin. However, regarding the profit sharing, I'm afraid I can only give Mr. Lin 15% at most."

"Huh? Isn't it said that the normal ratio is 20:80? Why is it only 15%?" Lin Zhiyu frowned and looked at Aixiu.

Aixiu explained:

"The 28% split is for female gladiators. For men, I usually split it 190%. 15% is already a special privilege for Mr. Lin."

"...Okay, can you show me the specific contents of the contract? First of all, I don't plan to participate in competitions in the arena for a long time." Lin Zhiyu said seriously.

So Aixiu and Lin Zhiyu discussed the terms of the contract, and the final conditions were:

Lin Zhiyu will participate in a total of ten games here within a month. Half of the prize money will be settled after each game, and the remaining prize money will be settled after all ten games are completed.

With the signing of this contract, Lin Zhiyu and Aixiu officially reached a cooperative relationship.

The two shook hands, and Aixiu deliberately hooked her fingers in Lin Zhiyu's palm and said to Lin Zhiyu that she could arrange a match for Lin Zhiyu tonight. After having dinner at her place, Lin Zhiyu could rest for a while and then prepare to go on stage.

Then Aixiu turned to Aniloz and said, "Would you like to stay and have dinner with us?"

Anneluoz nodded and said:

"Although I don't want to stay with you all the time, I really want to see how Lin Zhiyu performs in the arena."

"Haha, so if it weren't for Mr. Lin, I wouldn't be able to keep you?" Ai Xiu joked.

In response, Aniloz snorted coldly and turned her head away, ignoring Aixiu.

"By the way, Mr. Lin and Miss Busujima, keep those two knives now! Consider them as extra gifts from me to you two." Finally, Aixiu signaled her secretary to hand over the two knives, the Sinner Slash and Rin Azusa, to Lin Zhiyu and Busujima Saeko.

This made Lin Zhiyu frown.

He doesn't think that one should not receive rewards without merit.

But I feel that this would put the cart before the horse.

Damn it, I signed the contract and prepared to compete just to buy a knife.

After signing the contract, you immediately told me that you were giving me the knife?

Seeing that Lin Zhiyu seemed to have doubts, Ai Xiu then said to Lin Zhiyu with a mischievous look:

"I almost forgot to mention that regardless of whether Mr. Lin wants to sign a contract with me or not, I will actually give these two swords to Mr. Lin and Miss Busujima~"

Lin Zhiyu: “…”

Oh no, I was really fooled by this bad woman.

Although I don’t seem to be at a huge disadvantage?

With this in mind, in order to avoid heavy losses, Lin Zhiyu immediately took the two swords, the Sinner Slash and Rin Azusa, without hesitation, and handed the Sinner Slash to Busujima Saeko.

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Chapter 15: The Villain Violently Kills the Red Queen

From mentioning the magician Barud, to signing a contract with Aishu, to obtaining new weapons.

It took Lin Zhiyu less than half an hour to discuss this series of things.

There was still some time before dinner time, so Ai Xiu called Lin Zhiyu and said that he wanted to take Lin Zhiyu to the arena at the bottom of Hongtian Tower to take a look.

Lin Zhiyu originally wanted to invite Dokujima Saeko and Jin Meiting, but Aixiu asked them to take a tour of the towering Red Sky Tower and suggested that he could ask his secretary to lead the way.

At this time, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Aixiu was deliberately sending away Saeko Dokujima and Kim Mi-ting, making it clear that she wanted to be alone with Lin Zhiyu.

Lin Zhiyu also wanted to see what conspiracy this witch had up her sleeve, so she told Busujima Saeko and Jin Meiting that it would be great if someone could take them on a tour of the off-limits Hongtian Tower.

Busujima Saeko and Kim Mi-ting understood Lin Zhiyu's meaning and naturally stopped following him.

Anneloz watched as they all decided on what to do next, and she frowned slightly and asked Aixiu, "You've decided on everything, but what about me?"

Aixiu raised her head and opened her mouth slightly, as if she had just remembered that there was an Iron Witch here. Then she asked her secretary to find a blanket and give it to Aniloz.

Anneloz looked at Aixiu in confusion, "What do I need a blanket for?"

Ai Xiu said as a matter of course:

"You should sleep a little longer! If you feel cold, cover yourself with a blanket. I'll have someone wake you up when it's time for dinner."

"..." Seeing that Ai Xiu admitted that she was a sleepyhead, Anneloz felt insulted, but she didn't want to refute it because she really didn't mind... sleeping a little longer!

Just like that, everyone separated temporarily. Lin Zhiyu followed Aixiu out of the office first and took the elevator to the lower floor.

Ai Xiu's office was at the top of the Red Sky Building, while her arena was built underground, at the bottom of the building. Normally, even taking her special elevator would take a minute or two to get from the top floor to the bottom.

However, after Lin Zhiyu followed Aixiu into the elevator, only half a minute had passed before the elevator stopped and the door opened automatically.

Because the layer that Aixiu pressed was not the bottom layer at all.

"Didn't you take me to visit your arena in advance? Why did you stop at the fortiest floor?"

"Haha, it's still early anyway. We need to visit the underground arena, so we can play for half an hour before going back."

Ai Xiu smiled sweetly at Lin Zhiyu, then took Lin Zhiyu's hand and pulled Lin Zhiyu out of the elevator.

"Come here, I have something to discuss with you privately."

Lin Zhiyu was unable to resist being pulled out by the dark-skinned witch who looked like a dark elf with her soft and boneless hands.

Then Aixiu took Lin Zhiyu into a room decorated in pink tones, which gave people the first impression of being filled with a peachy atmosphere.

There is a large round bed in the bedroom of this room.

Ai Xiu pulled Lin Zhiyu into the bedroom and sat down beside the bed.

"Miss Aixiu, what are you doing?"

At close range, Lin Zhiyu narrowed his eyes slightly as he smelled the faint body fragrance of Ai Xiu.

Ai Xiu smiled and said to Lin Zhiyu that he attached great importance to the "magician" Barud Barnett mentioned by Lin Zhiyu before, and felt that he must be a very dangerous person.