Villain Retirement

1106  Chapter 1106: Everywhere

[Nothing Nothing squad, why are you not responding to the call? The Office of the Overseer is requesting your presence, immediately.]

"Shouldn't… shouldn't we answer the call?"

"No."

"We… can't continue ignoring their orders, Pink Helmet! I am your second-in-command, you should at least listen to me!"

"No."

"We're not salvagers! This ship is not a salvager, we do not even have the right accessories to even pick up a small ship!"

"That is not true at all, Red Helmet — we are salvaging just fine."

"What are you even—wait, what is…"

Riley and Red Helmet were currently in the hallways of the Nothing Nothing ship — and since the Nothing Nothing ship is a fighter vessel, it did not really have a lot of windows aside from the window debris shield in the bridge — it did, however, have small circular windows in the hallways so that anyone who was walking by could see if anything was amiss outside.

And right now, Red Helmet something incredibly amiss. There was a ton of scraps floating next to their ship, she could even see some fusion cores just casually bouncing around the debris of all sorts of loot.

"I… Wait, just how many—" Red Helmet already had her helmet back on, but it was obvious that her eyes were currently reflecting all of the treasures in front of her; reflecting in her eyes and maybe even glistening, "Are… you aware of how much money we would get if we sell all of those!? What… maybe…

…did I choose the wrong job?"

"You did, Red Helmet," Riley just shrugged as he walked away.

"That's… No!" Red Helmet, however, quickly followed behind Riley as soon as she was done imagining what it would have been like if she just chosen to be a salvager instead. After all, the only reason there were a lot of treasures out there was because of this Pink Helmet-wearing stranger, "Being in the Nothing Nothing squad has always been a lifelong dream of mine…

…I'm not in this for the money!"

"Well, you should be," Riley once again shrugged as he made his way back to the bridge, "Blue Helmet, what is the estimated value of our haul?"

"That…" Blue Helmet could not really answer immediately — but he actually already knew the answer. After all, as the navigator, he had been staring at the treasure pile following them in the expanse of space for hours; just watching more and more add up,

"By… by my estimation… it should, at the very least… half a billion credits."

"Half a billion credits!?" Red Helmet was the first to react as she just quickly stopped walking there and then

"Y… yes," Blue Helmet, "From what I can see, most of the things are intact and would only need minor repairs, so…"

"N… No," Red Helmet clasped her helmet, "We… this is a fighter vessel. We are fighters! We… we should just surrender our loot to Everywhere so they could use it for the cause."

"No," Riley immediately shook his head as he heard that, "We will be selling all of it and split it equally among us."

"If…" Red Helmet quickly looked at Riley, "If… that's the Captain's orders."

"Wow, you folded in less than a second," Yellow Helmet whispered — but of course, no one could really blame Red Helmet, "But that is good, I thought we might have to float you if you wanted to stop us from selling the loot."

"W…what!?" Red Helmet quickly waved her hand and as she looked at Yellow Helmet, "I was still your captain!"

"That's a whole lot of money."

"I'm your childhood friend!"

"Wait, the two of you know each other outside the squad?"

"I can buy a new childhood friend with that money."

"No. No, you can't!" Red Helmet groaned in frustration, "Ugh. It doesn't matter. I'm with the rest of you…

…let's get rich."

***

Several hours later, the Nothing Nothing squad was stepping out of the bank. All of their pride was completely gone, but their pockets were extremely full. Selling everything was easy since no one really had to do background checks on them — they were the Nothing Nothing squad, after all.

The Nothing Nothing squad were all still wearing their helmets, they were famous — after all, almost being treated like celebrities in Everywhere; it was easier to use their authority with the identity. Even Riley still had his pink bunny helmet on.

"What… are we even going to do with all of this money…?" Yellow Helmet stared at the card in his hand, "Should I just quit the Nothing Nothing squad? I think I can sire multiple legal sons with this and give them and their children a good life."

"That's seriously where your mind went?" Green Helmet shook her head in disappointment.

"...Do you want to have one of my babies?"

"Go float yourself," Green Helmet just raised her fist at Yellow Helmet, "Why don't you spend it on something actually useful?"

"What…? What are you gonna spend your money on?"

"You should mind your business, it's my money. I can spend it wherever I want," Green Helmet just crossed her arms and scoffed.

"But you just made it your business on how I spend my money!" Yellow Helmet groaned in frustration, "What about you, Blue?"

"I'm going to buy my neighbor's house."

"Wow, you answered that so fast."

"I hate my neighbor."

And while the rest of the Nothing Nothing Squad were busy talking to each other and sharing their plans for the very near future, Red Helmet was extremely quiet. How could she not be…

…when Riley's share was in her account?

Riley was not a resident of Everywhere, he was not even a resident anywhere and thus had no bank accounts to put his credits on. And so, he just opted to put all the credit on Red Helmet's account.

And now, Red Helmet could not even think clearly about where she would spend the money on… since she was afraid that she might also end up spending Riley's share — of course, with that amount, that was next to impossible.

But still, she was extremely anxious and thinking about what Riley would do to her when that happened. Seeing as he seemed to have the ability to move things with his mind, he might just instantly rip off her skin without even letting her finish her words.

"Don't… don't worry, Pink," Red Helmet cleared her throat as she assured Riley, "I will immediately transfer the credits to you once again have a bank account."

"There is no need, Red Helmet," Riley just shook his head, "I do not really have a need for money — I am giving you my share."

"W…what?" Red Helmet's breath just stopped there and then, even the rest of the crew almost choked on their own breaths when they heard that, "That's… a hundred and twenty million credits, Pink."

"I am aware," Riley just shrugged, "I have no need for it."

"So, you really are an android!" Red Helmet pointed at Riley, "Only androids will say that! Why would you even refuse that kind of money!?"

"Because I do believe I have more than enough," Riley just once again shrugged, "If you convert or liquidate everything that I own, it will most probably be enough to buy 10 Everywheres, Red Helmet."

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And before Red Helmet could finish her words, they suddenly found themselves surrounded by an armed group — and judging from their uniforms, they were the Overseer's men.

"The Overseer has been trying to summon you for several hours now, and we have been trying to reach your ship — is there a problem with your comms?"

"No," Riley quickly answered without any hesitation, "We just did not want to—"

"There was a problem with our comms!" Red Helmet quickly moved in front of Riley to stop him from whatever it was he was about to say, "We're… going to comply with the summon now!"

And so, once again, Riley found himself inside the Overseer's office — this time with a completely different group. But while everyone else was still standing, even the Overseer, Riley had already made himself comfortable and sat on the sofa.

"Since when was there a Pink Helmet?" The Overseer could really only stare at Riley as she tilted her head to the side, "Wait, you smell oddly familiar—no. You do not have a scent at all, very much like—"

"Ah, Riri!" And before the Overseer could even finish her words, Miss Pepondosovich just casually barged into the office without even caring for anything else,

"I've been trying to find you! I discovered something interesting while—Oh, is something going on?"

"Overseer! We… we tried to stop her but… but she's too strong!"

"No, it's fine," the Overseer could really only let out a small but very deep sigh as she shook her head, "Leave us."

And as the Overseer ordered her guards to all leave the office, a sudden awkward silence filled the room — the Nothing Nothing squad, just looking back and forth between everything.

"Look at what you did, Miss Pepondosovich." This time, it was Riley's turn to sigh, "You made the atmosphere awkward…

…But what did you discover?" But even he did not seem to care at all.

"I… found a carrot shop down the—actually…

…did I interrupt something important?"

"No," Riley answered.

"We were about to talk about going on the offensive against the Order of Nothing," the Overseer also answered at the same time.

"Hm. As I said..." Riley followed up, "...Nothing important."