Another World Mall

"Clovis… If we are able to get to this Essence Bank, we might be able to use the resources they abandoned to perform Super Injection." Melody smirked.

"That's an interesting topic you have there." Hana's eyes brightened. "Since it has been abandoned, everything you're able to get will be yours."

"But considering this place can be raided, don't you think it has been ransacked by a lot of people?" Clovis asked while shrugging his shoulders. "I don't know. I believe that they have gotten everything they needed from this city."

"That might be true." Hana crossed her arms. "Still, I believe it's only limited to the surface. You have to cross the entire tower if you want to reach the underground city, not counting the fact that the underground city is much more dangerous.

"You need a huge group to reach that point, but if you do it like that, it's going to be hard to go down together. A single mistake might result in people rolling down to their death. So, while the surface might be empty, there's a high chance the bank in the underground city hasn't."

"But we're talking about the second biggest corporation in the world, Essence Bank. Don't they have enough people to recover them? That much essence is worth a lot of money, you know?" Clovis argued.

"You're overestimating it. While it's true that Essence Bank is that big, they don't have that kind of manpower. They're usually cutting off losses the moment it has been abandoned.

"After all, for a city of this size, they might have to ask at least two Tier 8 humans to take care of it.

"Currently, Essence Bank has about 30 Tier 8 humans under them, but they're scattered around the world, so it's hard to gather two of them at the same place."

Clovis crossed his arms. "Now that I think about it, why do they not have a Tier 9 human? They should have the capital to do it, no? In fact, even for a Tier 9, having the Essence Bank in their palm is still quite enticing."

"Not really. There is one big reason. They might hire a Tier 9 human, but they won't be able to make them lead for various reasons. The Tier 9 human might not be good at business, so they will end up being a figurehead, which ends up sucking their revenue. At the same time, the Tier 9 human might not want to be restrained by them.

"After all, a single call from a Tier 9 can make the Essence Bank do something for them. However, the number one company in the world, Skylink, is different though. They're led by a Tier 9 human and have a lot of Tier 8 humans under them.

"Still, even though Skylink is the number one, sometimes, the Essence Bank is scarier. Unlike other companies, Essence Bank is able to make a lot of strong people.

"If you end up getting banned by the Essence Bank, it's basically a death sentence, not just for you, but also for the people around you.

"This is the second reason as to why the Essence Bank doesn't have a Tier 9 human controlling it. Even if there's a suitable candidate, a lot of people will try to prevent it so that no Tier 9 human has the control over the most important resources in the current era."

"Fair enough." Clovis nodded in understanding. "So basically, they don't have any personnel to recover their goods?"

"We've strayed a bit from the topic, but yeah. There's a high chance they haven't recovered from it. As for other influences, even if they organize such a thing, it will be so big that I will definitely know about it.

"However, there's nothing about such a thing, so I think raiding the Essence Bank will give you quite an advantage."

Clovis fell into deep thought, considering the challenge. Still, he found one problem. "Well, even if we have the essence, how can we do the Super Injection?"

"True. That's indeed a problem. I can send one of my men there, but the facility might not be up. If you bring it back and receive it here, your whereabouts might be found by them.

"On the other hand, if I create a portable one, I might be found out. After all, a lot of people have their eyes on me right now, since I'm the closest person to you they could find."

"Should we save it for now?" Clovis asked. "We can probably store it somewhere here and use it when we go back or something."

"No, I think it's fine." Hana waved her hand. "I will try to make a portable one. It won't be as fast and intense as the real Super Injection, but you could still take advantage of it. For now, I will try to give it to you when sending supplies.

"As for the machine itself, while it's true that the Essence Bank is the one usually doing it, it's an open-source technology under the World Essence Organization.

"So, the device itself shouldn't be a problem. I will just open a bit of my coffer." Hana winked playfully at Clovis.

Clovis smiled wryly. Still, he had some funds for the city restoration, so he could probably transfer it to Hana since he didn't need it yet. And his mall had already registered the money.

Hence, it might be possible. Clovis nodded. "Alright. Let's do it that way. You can take your time. It's not like it's guaranteed we'll find something there. And even if we do, we don't know if there is essence suitable for our group. After all, the essence of that tier is pretty scarce."

"Yes. For now, I'll make my preparations. See you in a week."

Clovis nodded. Once Hana hung up the call, Clovis turned to Melody. "Have you finished with the mapping? Right now, we'll focus on raiding the Essence Bank and everything around it. If possible, I want to kill the first Tier 6 tomorrow."

Melody gave a thumbs-up. "Sure. I'll compile everything for you. Just give me fifteen minutes."

"Tell everyone to gather for a briefing."