In this World stitched together from countless dimensions and disasters, money, if it cannot be converted into power, is just a pile of meaningless waste paper.
When some hundred-meter-class Titan Beast waking from the deep sea crushes your mansion like a Lego brick with one foot, waving a stack of Franklins is useless, except to add a ridiculous funerary object to your corpse.
But for this money-grubbing system...
Alice glanced at the lottery interface of the system store.
That huge golden wheel floated silently in the space of her consciousness, with a line of cold, small text marked below.
[Single draw cost: 100,000 points.]
[Note: The exchange rate of system points to US dollars is 1:1.]
One hundred thousand for one try.
Although she had already experienced this price, Alice couldn't help but twitch her mouth every time she saw it.
This was simply robbery.
Even darker than the missiles sold by Stark Industries.
Risking her life to pull off a big job, and the result is only enough for one draw?
"If this pulls out a 'Thank You' or 'Try Again,' I will definitely lodge a complaint against this lousy system."
Alice gritted her teeth.
She didn't hesitate to give herself time to regret.
"Top up."
As her thought moved, the mountain of Franklins piled under the bed vanished into thin air.
It felt like burning money, and burning it with a flamethrower at that.
[Beep! Top up successful.]
[Points obtained: 100,000.]
[Current total balance: 100,000.25.]
A single draw opportunity.
No pity system for a ten-pull, no metaphysics of 'padding the blade,' it was purely a one-shot deal.
Alice took a deep breath, feeling her heart beating even faster than when she faced several guns at the scrapyard earlier.
Her palms were slightly sweaty, and she rubbed them on her pajamas.
"Although I really want to save up for a ten-pull, as the drop rate might be higher, at this rate of earning money, I don't know when I'll ever save up a million. What if I don't live until then?"
Time waits for no one.
In this World, every minute and every second of enhancement is a guarantee of survival.
She closed her eyes, pressed her palms together, and in her heart, prayed to the OAA of the Marvel Universe, the God of DC, and even the Jade Emperor of the East.
"System, give me a single draw."
[Beep! 100,000 points consumed, drawing in progress.]
In the space of her consciousness, that huge golden wheel began to rotate slowly.
"Don't let me down, I beg you."
Alice prayed in her heart.
The wheel spun faster and faster, finally turning into a blur of light and shadow.
"Stop!"
Alice shouted loudly in her heart.
The vortex of light began to dissipate, and the speed of the pointer slowed down visibly.
Finally, the pointer trembled to a halt on a mysterious purple area.
[Beep! Congratulations, you have obtained the complete character card—Ai Haibara (Detective Conan).]
A dazzling purple light exploded in the space of her consciousness, then slowly condensed into an exquisite card, floating before Alice's eyes.
On the card face, a little girl with a cold expression was depicted.
She looked only seven or eight years old, with short, wavy tea-colored hair, the tips slightly curled.
Those ice-blue eyes were as cold as ice, deep as if hiding endless secrets, and a smile carrying a touch of sorrow and mockery hung on the corners of her mouth.
Dressed in a white lab coat, she held a test tube filled with a strange purple liquid, with a blackboard covered in complex chemical formulas that would make anyone dizzy at a glance as the background.
Below the card, that name, which leaves countless ACG fans feeling unresigned, was written.
[Character Card: Ai Haibara / Shiho Miyano]
[Source: Detective Conan]
[Ability Tags: Genius Scientist / Biochemical Expert / Creator of APTX-4869 / Absolute Rationality]
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