At noon, it was that same Burger King.
Hunter arrived here an hour early.
There was no helping it!
Last night's experience was too thrilling!
In his two lives, it was the first time Hunter had been so crazy.
That thrill of walking on the edge of danger and life and death, the adrenaline rush when he was discovered by Steve and the Security Personnel...
...and the excitement of racing madly on mountain roads and highways, all felt like indelible images.
From the time Hunter returned home in the early hours until the few hours before he left for Burger King to meet Charlie...
...those scenes from last night kept replaying in his mind.
Consequently, Hunter, who had originally planned to take a nap before coming over, didn't feel sleepy at all.
So after resting his eyes at home for a while, he still arrived early at the place agreed upon with Charlie.
Since Hunter hadn't had breakfast yet, he planned to be lazy today and just settle it here.
While leisurely eating, he held a car-related magazine in his hand, Reading to pass the time and incidentally increase some Reading experience points.
Hunter wasn't sure if the big commotion from last night...
...was already known to Charlie and the others.
If they didn't know, that would naturally be best.
Hunter could take the opportunity to earn more money to replenish his funds.
Over the past few weeks, in order to upgrade his various skills and the size of his private space as quickly as possible...
...besides spending a lot of time, Hunter had also spent a lot of money.
Now, he urgently needed to recover some of his losses.
Although nearly two months had passed since he suddenly transmigrated to this world,
he didn't often dine at fast-food restaurants like Burger King.
Most of the time, Hunter would buy food and seasonings in Los Angeles's Chinatown and cook for himself at home.
So, occasionally coming to Burger King for a burger or sandwich and a big gulp of 'Happy Fat Boy Water'—
he surprisingly found that the taste of this fried junk food was actually quite good.
The wait always felt like it was passing slowly.
At first, Hunter would occasionally pick up his phone to check the time.
But as he got more absorbed in the magazine, he even started thinking about some issues.
Like, after he retrieved the gold from the safe in a while, should he buy a few luxury cars or something similar?
Unknowingly, Hunter gradually became lost in thought.
To the point where time seemed to speed up significantly.
*Knock knock!*
When a tapping sound came from the table next to him,
Hunter, who had already flipped to the last few pages of the magazine, finally looked up reluctantly.
A familiar face came into view.
"Hi, Boss!"
Hunter was in a very good mood; seeing Charlie arrive, he took the initiative to smile and crack a joke.
Charlie also nodded to him with a smile: "You're here quite early!"
He was still very satisfied with Hunter's modification skills and efficiency.
Charlie had interacted with asians before; in his earliest team, there was an Indian guy.
It was just that the guy always spent his extra energy on women and nitpicking over trifles.
Because of that, many rifts had formed between Charlie and his team.
So for a long time after that, he hadn't considered bringing another asian into his team.
However, considering that in the future, they might indeed need to modify some vehicles for certain operations,
for a moment, Charlie looked at the young Asian Kid in front of him and suddenly felt a bit tempted.
"I'll investigate him later."
"If there are no problems, I can consider bringing him into our team."
Charlie obviously didn't know yet that he had been miserably screwed over by the Chinese kid in front of him.
In his heart, he was still thinking about actually bringing him into the fold.
Hunter naturally didn't know his true thoughts at the moment either.
That 'Boss' was nothing more than a joking title.
"Something went wrong with my motorcycle, and I need a sum of money to replace my ride."
"So, Boss,"
"as soon as I received your summons, I came over immediately."
Hunter smiled as he answered Charlie; this was a line he had thought of long ago.
He indeed didn't have much money on him now, so if he could confirm that Charlie didn't yet know the gold bricks at Steve's place had been stolen by him,
then Hunter would use this excuse to ask him for payment in advance.
At least, he had to get more than half.
Charlie was stunned, not expecting Hunter to answer him like that.
But he quickly reached out and patted Hunter on the shoulder.
"Alright, I happen to have two more cars here that I want you to modify."
"Let's go!"
After saying that, he was about to go pay, but the waiter reminded them that Hunter had already paid the bill.
And so, Charlie led Hunter out of the Burger King.
Ten minutes later, they were back at the same warehouse as before.
Hunter looked at the two cars parked inside the warehouse; they were two ordinary sedans.
A Volkswagen and a Toyota!
He looked at Charlie, and Charlie immediately said: "Both cars need to have their engines replaced with more powerful ones, the tires replaced with explosion-proof and wear-resistant ones, and the window glass also replaced with privacy glass."
Charlie listed about ten modification requirements in a row; the difficulty wasn't too high.
At least with Hunter's current skills, it really wasn't difficult.
"No problem, Boss."
"I'll list the parts, and you procure them."
"As a package deal, I'll charge you ten thousand us dollars for the modification fee!"
"If the parts can all arrive before four in the afternoon, I can finish the modifications before midnight..."
Hunter wasn't surprised why Charlie hadn't asked him to modify the three BMW Minis yet.
He had followed Charlie and the others for a while, so he knew their current situation.
They hadn't yet sabotaged the TV signal at Steve's villa to let Slater disguise herself as a Repair person and infiltrate Steve's estate.
In the end, the naturally suspicious Steve had instead become suspicious of Slater because of it.
This led to Charlie and the others being exposed, and eventually, they had to change their plan from infiltrating Steve's villa to steal the gold bricks into a blatant robbery.
"It seems Charlie doesn't know yet that the gold bricks at Steve's place have been stolen."
"This is good too; I can earn a bit more."
Although ten thousand us dollars didn't seem like much, who would complain about having too much money?
Besides, it could be earned in just over ten hours of work, and it would also increase the experience points for his Repair skill.
Hunter was more than willing!
Charlie looked at Hunter with a smile; he appreciated the Asian Kid's confidence.
But no one would complain about having too much money; the price that should be haggled still had to be haggled.
"At a Repair shop, if we bring our own parts, the modification fee would be a few thousand us dollars at most."
"You're asking for too much, Hunter."
"I can only give six thousand at most!"
Hunter raised an eyebrow. "Nine thousand, firm price."
Charlie still shook his head: "Seven thousand. If it weren't for the fact that you can finish the installation today, I wouldn't give such a high price."
Hunter suddenly felt that screwing this guy over once really wasn't a mistake.
Nitpicking over even a few thousand US Dollars—one should know that Charlie Clock was a world-renowned international thief.
In the past few years, Charlie and his team had stolen at least a hundred million us dollars in ill-gotten gains from numerous gangs, unscrupulous businessmen, and villains all over the world.
Even if their team always split it equally, this guy's net worth was over ten million us dollars.
Calling him a multi-millionaire wouldn't be an exaggeration at all.
Right then, Hunter also shook his head and refused to agree.
"Eight thousand us dollars, can't go any lower."
"Your modification requirements have already exceeded the scope of reasonable modifications."
"I'm not the type to talk too much or ask questions, and I'm earning hard-earned money."
"Any less, and you should find someone else more capable."
Charlie thought about it and then finally nodded.
"Fine!"
As soon as he agreed, Hunter spoke again: "I want the payment settled in full now, Boss. I'm really in a hurry for money this time."
"Please rest assured, if you're not satisfied with my modifications, I'll be on call and modify it for free until you are satisfied."
Perhaps because of his previous excuse, Charlie didn't doubt him this time.
He just pondered for a brief moment before agreeing...
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