Chapter 6 Borrowing money
Suppressor, commonly known as silencer.
Although guns are not banned in the United States, the control of suppressors is quite strict, and individuals can legally possess and use them, but only through a review process conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives under the U.S. National Firearms Act.
Gun ownership is also subject to a $200 federal tax payment and a thorough background check.
The cost of manufacturing suppressors is not high, but the tax restrictions on holding and transferring in the United States make suppressors expensive in the United States. Some models that retail for less than $40 in other countries can sell for $400 in the U.S., not including closing costs.
Therefore, Grady will be surprised that it is normal to have a gun at home, but there is actually a silencer.
However, this is also just right, when I test it myself, I will not let my neighbors and passers-by be frightened by the sound of gunshots, and then call the police to cause trouble at home.
Attaching the silencer to the M1911 in two clicks, Grady added two rounds to the magazine, opened the safety, and held the gun in a not-so-standard position, facing straight ahead.
Directly in front of him stood a purple-black figure, shorter than Grady's taller and thinner, but roughly humanoid.
If other people saw this scene, they must have thought that there was nothing in front of Grady.
The control of the shadow puppet in his heart was condensed to the extreme, which made the consumption of shadow energy speed up a bit, but for Grady, who had a large amount of shadow energy, it was a drop in the bucket.
Pull the trigger with your finger, and,
Boom~
It was like amplifying the sound of a stapler, which was confined to the attic and was not heard even by Peter Parker downstairs.
With a smile on his face, Grady turned off the safe, removed the silencer, opened the window for ventilation for a few minutes, and then put the M1911 and the silencer and the unused bullets back into the small box, which was put back in place.
Picking up the flattened bullets and empty shells that had fallen on the floor and putting them in his pocket, Grady swept the remaining areas of the attic that had not been cleaned, and then went downstairs with the garbage.
"Hey! Brother Grady, do you want to drink Coke? Peter Parker sat in the living room with a large black bubbling glass of Coke in his hand.
"Pour me a drink!"
Grady didn't pay much attention to Peter Parker, he sorted out all the garbage in the house, and then carried the garbage out of the house, throwing all the garbage in the garbage bin at the door.
After throwing out the trash, Grady went home to wash his hands and then returned to his room with his Coke in hand.
Peter Parker wants Grady to play with him, but Grady still has something to do now, so naturally he won't accompany Peter Parker.
After telling Peter Parker not to disturb himself, Grady started using the computer.
It was a large desktop computer, and the internet speed was not fast, and the running speed was slow, but it was okay just to check the documents.
Determined that his shadow golem could defend against bullets, Grady officially put a trip to the casino to make a fortune on the agenda.
If you are not afraid of bullets, then you will at least be safe and secure when you go to the casino yourself.
In this case, you have to quickly figure out the stock matter.
So, it wasn't until nightfall that his adoptive mother, May, called him supper, and Grady left the chair where he had sat all afternoon.
"Really, you can't study like this, you have to exercise a little more and go out and play with your friends." May complained at the dinner table about Grady who had been trying to learn about stocks all afternoon.
"Well, I will." Grady's expression was indifferent, but his heart was not calm.
If in the previous life, the child studied so seriously, the parents must have praised it.
But in the United States, parents are worried that their children will become nerds.
While eating, Grady observed the expressions of his adoptive parents, they should not have noticed that a bullet was missing!
Out of an abundance of caution, Grady fused both the flat bullet and the shell with shadow energy.
He remembered that Peter Parker seemed to have been under the watchful eye of S.H.I.E.L.D. for a long time, well, it is estimated that the name has not been changed yet, and it should be called the Territorial Strategic Defense Attack and Logistics Support Bureau.
S.H.I.E.L.D. can be said to be the pinnacle of secular power, and now it is only at the level of bullet blocking, so it is best not to let S.H.I.E.L.D. notice.
Otherwise, they may use some means to deal with themselves!
Although S.H.I.E.L.D. has always been a branch of Hydra's Divine Snake Bureau, it is undeniable that they have a good set of skills against people with extraordinary abilities.
Therefore, before there is no self-protection ability, it is better to try to develop obscenely.
The adoptive mother, May, noticed Grady's gaze and said with a smile, "Mr. Grady, if there is anything to do, please speak directly." â
"Mom, I don't have anything to do~" Grady subconsciously vetoed, and then thought of the fact that he needed start-up capital, "No, Mom, I want to borrow some money from you." â
"Oh, how much to borrow? When will it be returned? May didn't ask Grady what he was doing with the money, she just asked him the amount.
This is where the open-mindedness of American parents comes in, believing that even children have the right to their own privacy.
"$500, pay it back next week, is that okay?" Grady thought for a moment and said.
Mei looked at Ben, and then he nodded and said, "Yes, but Grady, I have to ask, you don't take money to do bad things, do you?" â
"How is that possible? Am I a bad boy in your eyes? Grady frowned.
"Nope! Of course not! May immediately got up and walked over to Grady, reaching out and hugging his head.
A fragrant fragrance enveloped Grady, and May's voice reached Grady's ears, "We're just worried about you, do you understand that?" â
"Well, I understand, Mom. I promise not to use that money to do bad things! â
"Okay, after dinner, you come with me." Ben made up his mind about this matter, and as the head of the family, his words were still very effective.
After dinner, Grady followed Ben to the study, watched Ben take five large denominations of $100 from a wallet, and handed them to himself.
"Take care to protect yourself, no matter what you do." Ben said this when he handed the money to Grady.
"Okay, Dad."
It was also Grady who had always been a good student and a good boy in every sense of the word, and he had so much trust in the Parkers that they would give Grady five hundred dollars, which was a lot of money for the child.
If it were Peter Parker, the Parkers wouldn't have agreed.
Taking the money back to his room, Grady dug out his piggy bank, opened it, and sorted out the money inside, about five hundred dollars.
It will also be said that his principal is 1,000 dollars.
With the stake, the next step is to find an opportunity to go to the casino.
Grady wasn't going to act right away, he was going to get ready again.
Today is Thursday on the 13th, tomorrow is Friday, and the day after tomorrow Saturday is a rest day, and you will be able to act until Saturday night or Sunday night at the latest.
Before that, let's make sure that you can use the skills you have acquired flexibly.
By the way, you have to get a weapon.
After all, most of the skills I got were swordsmanship.
PS: Because of the deliberate cultivation of the U.S. government, the maximum face value of paper money used by Americans for daily consumption is $20, and small stores only accept bills of $20 or less, and large stores use credit cards to pay. So, $100 is a real big denomination banknote.
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