4. Xiomarxus

Masamuno: "I had a pretty good nap."

Todakari: "Welcome to the living. We've already managed to buy everything."

Masamuno: "You should have woken me up. I would have helped you."

Keita: "Well, we didn't really linger... except for one situation."

Masamuno: "What situation? What happened?"

Keita: laughing "Do you remember—"
"You better tell him."

Todakari: "Do you remember when we robbed that charging station?"

Masamuno: "Have we been found out?"

Todakari: "No. But the same saleswoman who was at that station works there now. And of course, she recognized us..."

Keita: "Listen, listen to this."

Todakari: "Well, of course, then SBS came. She inspected us, and when we showed them this ticket, they got scared and let us go. And her boss embarrassed her in front of everyone there."

Masamuno: "Damn, why didn't you wake me up?! That's exactly what I wanted to see!"

Keita: "But still... I hope she wasn't fired because of that. It's kinda our fault too."

Masamuno: "Yeah, I hope so too."

Todakari: "Umm, guys? We're heading into the hyper way."

Masamuno: "Just let me fasten my seatbelt."

Keita: "How long will it take that way?"

Todakari: "Definitely less than a thousand years."

Masamuno: "So that means about six hours."

Keita: "That's pretty cool."

Masamuno: "Who the hell created this space? It's unnecessarily big out here."

Todakari: "You complain about everything related to traveling."

Masamuno: "And are you surprised?! We're heading to a planet where, without the ship and this route, it would take over a thousand years!"

Keita: "A thousand years isn't that terrifying, you know."

Todakari: "You don't count. You're a being who'll live for hundreds of thousands of years."

Keita: "Go fuck yourself."

Masamuno: "Don't be so mean to him. You'll raise his blood pressure."

Keita: "This young generation only knows how to insult."

Todakari: "See?! What did I tell you?"

Todakari started laughing.

The planet Xiomarxus is a place where merchants from the far corners of the galaxy seek to make as much money as possible. In many districts, illegal businesses such as alcohol and many other addictive substances are permitted. Xiomarxus has a population of 21 billion. The planet is poor, yet many remain rich. Murder, theft, deception, destruction, and violent assaults are commonplace here. It will be interesting to see how these three deal with it.

Keita: "That planet looks awful. Look, it's just dirt, mud, and monkeys."

Todakari: "Those are citizens of this planet."

Keita: "Oooh."

The ship landed on the surface.

Masamuno: "What was the address again?"

Todakari: "Umm, I think it's..."

Citizen: "Excuse me. That package should be mine."

Masamuno: "Hold on, hold on... tell me the code."

Citizen: "I'm so sorry, I forgot it."

Todakari: "Oh, how unfortunate. Go to hell, prick."

Citizen: "I can see your face. You'll pay for that."

Masamuno: "Nah, I don't have money."

Keita: "He meant he'll kill you."

Masamuno: "Keita... I can see faster than he eats."

Todakari & Keita: "What?!"

Masamuno: "Yeah, something like that."

As they are walking through the streets, trying to figure out where the address is...

Todakari: "It should be somewhere around here."

Masamuno: "My senses say it should have been here."

Keita: "Yeah, this looks like—"

Todakari: "—very old-fashioned."

Masamuno: "—crap."

Keita: "Hey, respect cultural and native buildings."

Masamuno: "I'm not a citizen, so I don't care."

Todakari: "Ughhh."

Keita: "Toda, try to knock."

Masamuno: "Let me do it myself... HEY! IS SOMEONE IN THERE?!"

Todakari: "Yeah, real nice way to deliver a package."

Keita: "Maybe they're not home."

Noises come from behind the door.

Old lady: "Did you call me, sweetheart?"

Masamuno: "Oh, hello, old lady. We just brought you a package. That'll be 2.5 GC."

Old lady: "What does that mean, my dear?"

There are several intergalactic currencies, interuniversal currencies, and hyperuniversal currencies that every being should know about. To be exact, you need to compare them to the yen on your planet. For example, 250,000,000,000 yen is 0.30 GC (Galactic Currency). 0.30 GC is 0.0000004 UC (Universal Currency). 0.0000004 UC is 0.0000000000008 HUC (Hyper Universal Currency). Yeah, the economy in the universe is really hard to understand. But let's be honest—if you own 1 HUC, you should have 312,500,000,000,000,000,000,000 yen, which is 312.5 sextillion yen. Quite an interesting number, right? Well, now you can guess what 2.5 GC is...

Old lady: "Oh, it cost much less in my days. Here's your payment."

Todakari: "Nice, thank you, grandma. Stay safe."

Old lady: "Bye, younglings."

Masamuno: "I thought grandmas were always generous."

Keita: "You greedy fuck."

Masamuno: "With greed, there is no need."

Todakari: "Huh?! That doesn't even make sense."

Masamuno: "It does. You're just dumb."

Todakari: "I have a degree in engineering."

Keita: "Yet here you are, working as a courier and stealing."

Masamuno: laughs "Yeah, exactly."

Todakari: "Shut up. Let's go back to the ship."

Masamuno: "Are you sure you parked the ship here...?"

Todakari: "..."

Keita: "We've been robbed."

Todakari: "I'm gonna personally take down the fucker who stole my princess."

Masamuno: "Well, let's make someone pay for it."

Keita: "Okay, but how? Where should we even look?"

Todakari: "Don't worry, guys. I have a tracker on my ship."

Masamuno: "So?"

Todakari: "Hold on... it should be... there."

Keita: "Yeah, that's our ship."

Masamuno: "Yeah, clearly..."

Todakari: "Yeah, it is."

Keita and Masamuno talking alternately:
"Yeah, yeah... you know where the ship is."
"Oh, someone stole my ship, oh no."
"Wait, hold on—even I'm a cyborg, and I have the memory of a Sagiruan."

(Sagiruan is a creature that forgets things, mostly after killing something or someone.)

Todakari: "Shut up. Get inside, you morons."

Citizen: "Excuse me. Is that ship yours?"

Todakari: "Yeah, what's the problem?"

Citizen: "Well, you landed on my property. You should pay for it."

Masamuno: "What's happening?"

Keita: "Toda's talking to someone."

Todakari: "I owe you nothing."

Citizen: "Well... that's a very bad deal."

The citizen pulled out a gun, and eight other citizens emerged from hiding, surrounding them.

End of the chapter part one.