Will I eventually become a capitalist?
Author: Hong Ge
Synopsis:
"Look, what have I found? It's a starving Hui Hui. We can hire her with a little food to use as a disposable nuclear warhead."
"Oh my goodness, there's a Naruto ahead. He can use Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, making his construction efficiency a thousand times that of a civil engineering dog."
"My God, there's even a Mobius. Why don't we invest a little to acquire her future patents?"
"Great Lord! There's also a Reunion Movement's heir here. This is Victoria's crown prince. It's time to emulate Lü Buwei."
Luo Su, who joined the Chat Group, received a prompter—a golden finger that indicated where opportunities lay.
It's just that, were the opportunities his prompter indicated a bit… off?
After a moment of thought, Luo Su put on his monocle.
Now, let's see the surplus value.
Volume One
Chapter One: The Chat Group and the Surplus Value prompter
Saint Junta Fortress.
The capital of the Ursus Empire.
A place that produces fanatical soldiers, conservative nobles, and foolish bureaucrats.
Luo Su sat in a restaurant, eating stewed beef, watching black luxury cars drive down the street, a hint of longing in his expression.
Luo Su, a Transmigrator.
Guided by the principle of 'electives are for skipping, required courses are for skipping if possible,' he chose to skip class.
The price of skipping class was being punched into the sky by an Optimus Prime that appeared out of nowhere, putting him shoulder to shoulder with the sun.
He woke up in Another World, his appearance unchanged, but his identity and the world he was in had undergone tremendous changes.
Luo Su was now a mine owner.
He held a noble title, belonged to a superior race, and possessed considerably powerful Originium Arts.
Undoubtedly, this was a rather perfect start.
The only problem was—
There seemed to have been a slight change at the mine under Luo Su's name.
For example, it exploded.
And it brought some trouble.
For example, it caused a certain degree of city paralysis.
The prototype of Ursus was Tsarist Russia.
In the wicked Tsarist Russian society, casualties and city paralysis were not major issues.
However, Luo Su's superior—Grand Duke Baikal's butler—sent a letter.
"My esteemed Baron, you need to pay some cleanup fees."
The fees weren't much.
As long as Luo Su gathered a large number of miners who didn't demand wages or food and dug all the mines under his name until even rats cried, he could barely start from scratch.
He cut the beef with his knife and fork in an incredibly gentlemanly manner, elegantly bringing it to his mouth.
His last meal in life needed a sense of ritual.
After eating, Luo Su, who looked even more elegant than the Grand Duke, walked out of the restaurant to observe where it was shadier, suitable for slowly decaying.
"Dimensional Meetup Chat Group successfully established."
Luo Su was a little stunned, and before he could react, a series of sounds followed.
"Next life, I must be born well and join the Chat Group."
Holy crap, a Chat Group?
Luo Su, who was looking for a good feng shui spot, was instantly stunned.
When he was about to restart, he had always longed for a golden finger to come online and save his dog life.
Now, it had really come!
Explosion Magic is the Best: "Welcome, our team has one more person."
I'm the Man Who Will Become Hokage: "Am I a senior now too? Yay!"
I Will Definitely Kill Valon: "Oh, a new buddy has arrived?"
Raiden Family's Daughter Will Never Give Up: "…Welcome."
The Tide Surged Halfway and the Obstacle Reduced by One: "Welcome."
Their recognition was quite high, as their avatars were basically their own photos.
From their names and messages, the order should be Hui Hui, Naruto, Valon, Raiden Mei, and Skadi.
Luo Su looked at each message in the group and quickly determined the identities of the group members.
By the way, how should he introduce himself?
Should he pretend to be a god, calling himself the omnipotent Great Immortal Luo?
Should he lay his cards on the table and be a good guy in the group?
Or should he kneel and beg the group members to have mercy, grant him a Transmigration permission, and let him escape his debts?
The last option felt particularly appealing.
But upon careful consideration, this idea didn't seem to work.
Konosuba, Otsutsuki Legend, Jackie Chan Adventures, Honkai Impact, and his own hometown.
The worlds where the group members were located were only either very unsafe or unsafe.
Especially Skadi, her Transmigration permission was Terra to Terra.
Thinking of this, Luo Su felt a bit annoyed.
Why wasn't there Ant-Man's senior or Yukino Yukinoshita?
Living in a beautiful girl's home was a kind of romance.
If not, even Hachiman and the Pig-headed Youth with his perverted remarks wouldn't be bad; they were both quite handsome… No, that's not right.
This thought process is problematic.
Luo Su was lost in thought, then lightly coughed, bringing his mind back.
It was time to introduce himself.
"I am Luo Su, a socially idle person from Ursus—"
[Look, what have I found? It's a starving Hui Hui. We can hire her with a little food to use as a disposable nuclear warhead or high-energy explosive.]
A line of text abruptly appeared in his vision, interrupting Luo Su's self-introduction.
?!
What the heck!
Luo Su was so startled that he jumped back a step.
Whether it was the sudden appearance of a box in his vision or the content within the box, both were quite shocking to him.
Before Luo Su could react, the box suddenly flickered again.
[Oh my goodness, there's a Naruto ahead. He can use Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu. He alone can be worth two thousand miners, and you don't have to worry about Originium infection!]
[And hiring him only requires telling him some information about Sasuke and twenty bowls of ramen a day.]
Huh?!
Luo Su's heart was more shocked than ever before.
Uzumaki Naruto was definitely a famous character.
His most skilled ninjutsu was the Rasengan and Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu. During the Boruto era, it was mentioned that he could create up to a thousand Shadow Clones at once.
Hundreds of Shadow Clones, plus an excellent demolition expert.
If he acted according to the prompts from this suddenly appearing box, wouldn't he be able to form an engineering team very quickly?!
It seemed to be exactly what he needed to overcome the predicament he was facing.
Was this his golden finger?
Luo Su speculated about the nature of the prompter.
Was its ability to prompt him to use external forces to solve his current predicament?
A Battle Royale prompter?
The next moment, this thought was dispelled.
In Luo Su's vision, the prompter instantly magnified by a factor of two!
[Lord! Look, look! There's a poor soul working for Valon here. Quickly contact Valon through him, and in exchange for freeing that evil dragon, get a method to summon the Shadow Legion without wearing a mask.]
[Once you arrive in his world, you can get a total of eight Ghost Shadow Legions that can work twenty-four hours a day.]
[It's very difficult to gain the trust of this untrustworthy old demon, but it's absolutely worth it.]
Emmm… Scamming an ancient demon?!
Luo Su's brain went into a momentary shutdown.
While Luo Su was offline, the prompter continued to operate, examining the group members.
[Skadi? Looks quite poor. Ignore her.]
The box was at least half the size it was when Valon was mentioned, and the condescending tone was almost overflowing, making one wonder if the scorned Skadi would one day exclaim, "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, do not bully a poor girl!" and then start to unleash her power.
[My God! It's actually the heir of the Raiden Family! This little Sugar momma is lonely and wary right now. Try to break through her heart's barrier and become her friend, and then you can get a large number of modern goods or even Anti-Entropy industries at a low price through her, delivering a heavy blow to Terra's manufacturing industry.]
When encountering a Sugar momma, the simulator's box instantly tripled in size, as if it couldn't wait for Luo Su to become a PUA master and conquer that little Sugar momma right now.
Looking at the prompter that had arranged all the group members one by one, Luo Su understood.
This thing wasn't some adversity comeback system… it was a freaking surplus value detector!!
Chapter Two: Valon, I'm the Boss!
Master Luo was so engrossed by the surplus value prompter that he lost all joy.
So much so that after entering the group chat, he didn't type a single word.
"…Why isn't the newcomer speaking?"
Hui Hui looked at the newcomer in the group chat who seemed completely unresponsive, a puzzled expression on her face.
"That's because he's captivated by my charm."