It didn't take long for Iron Slag to walk past a clothing store and see that it was full of men's dresses, so he walked in. This store is about 100 square meters, and the clothes are generally hung densely, compared to the store of nearly 1,000 square meters on the second floor, it seems a little crowded here.

A plain-looking, neatly haired, dressed in a red service suit, aged about twenty-five or six, greeted her.

"Sir, may I ask if there is anything I can do for you?" The female shopping guide saluted the iron slag and said politely. However, when she saw the tattered military uniform on Iron Slag's body and the rough skin from excessive sun exposure, she showed a hint of unhappiness imperceptibly. Judging by his attire and temperament, this guest may be a civilian Marine of the Academy Alliance, and I'm afraid he doesn't have much money on him.

"I want to buy a dress to wear when I go to a big occasion or a big place to eat." Iron Slag said.

Listening to the hillbilly-like narration, the female shopping guide couldn't help frowning. Talking so rustic, and "big occasions" and "big places", it is obvious that he has just come from the countryside. However, she quickly regained her professional smile and patiently asked, "Sir, what price do you need?" ”

"It looks good to wear, and the price is not too expensive." Iron Slag said.

"About three hundred gold coins?" The female shopping guide asked.

"Well...... Iron Slag thought for a moment and said, "preferably under a hundred gold coins." According to what he had seen in Sand City before, men's clothes of 60 gold were considered expensive.

"I'm sorry, sir, but we don't have a men's dress for less than two hundred gold coins." The female shopping guide said.

"That's two hundred." Iron Slag raised his hand casually and motioned for the female shopping guide to lead the way.

Turning around, the female shopping guide pursed her mouth in disgust, and then came to the low-price discount area with iron slag.

"Sir, maybe this dress is right for you......," the shopper took off a dark dress from the shelf, and the moment she turned around, she regained her professional smile and said, "You must be handsome and chic in it, and the girls will be fascinated by you." ”

"Really?" Iron Slag subconsciously scratched his hair and asked with some uncertainty. The love of beauty is shared by everyone, even him. Recalling that day, the moment he walked into the office in a general's uniform, Qin Ke'er and Mu Qianhe's eyebrows and eyes suddenly opened, and he felt complacent.

In a few seconds, he followed the female shopping guide to the fitting room. After closing the curtain, he took off his military uniform, revealing a bandage. Then he put on his trousers, put on his gown, buttoned up, lifted the curtains, and walked out.

"Wow~So handsome~" The female shopping guide showed surprise on her face and said with a little excitement. But all this is pretended, she only thinks that although the young man in front of her is not ugly, he must have nothing to do with handsomeness. The rough skin alone was intimidating, reminiscent of him as a coolie.

"Hmm......" Iron Slag walked over to the floor-to-ceiling mirror and looked at it carefully for a while. This dress fits well, and it looks at least better than the tarpaulin military uniform, but it is much worse than the general's uniform. However, his aesthetics are limited, and he can only look at a general idea, and he doesn't understand the details at all. After all, he is not a woman, and whether a man's clothes look good or not has to be evaluated by them.

At this moment, two slightly familiar voices suddenly came from behind him.

"Montmeros, have you made a fortune?" "It's a rare time to visit Uptown." "Johnson, it's not the first day I've known you, you kid won't come shopping if you're fine, this time you must be prepared, tell me, are you preparing a dress for the Valentine's Day prom." "Haha......"

Iron Slag turned his head at the sound and it was none other than his roommates when he first came to the academy, Johnson Zhang and Huang Yu.

At the same time as seeing the iron slag, both of them were stunned, and then Johnson was the first to react, and stepped forward to greet him: "Zhang Tie, what a coincidence." ”

"yes, are you also visiting Uptown?" Huang Yu asked. Zhang Tie hasn't been back since the last time Yuge Lombal came to dormitory 601, Building 28, Zhulong Street, and soon after, their other roommate, Marcus Baldwin, disappeared. Later, they found out that Marcus had joined a small team that was not well known and went to the Dark Jungle to earn credits. And they thought that Zhang Tie should join a certain team and earn credits like the former.

Although there had been an incident where Yugo Lombal had gone to the dormitory to find him, they were unable to connect the Bear Temple's escort with the Templar Princess. In hindsight, they only thought that Yugo Lombal had found the wrong person or gone to the wrong place. It's not that they look down on Zhang Tie, it's that this thing is too unbelievable. You know, how can the goddess in heaven have an intersection with the ants on the earth. If there is really an intersection, it would be good if you didn't step on it to death......

Ten thousand steps back, even if the iron slag is a hundred times stronger than them, or even a thousand times, it is impossible to make the temple princess show a sad look. This is a real event that Huang Yu has seen with his own eyes, heard with his own ears, and vouched for by generations of ancestors. So they agreed that Yugo Lombal had found the wrong person......

"Let's buy a dress." Iron Slag smiled and said. Although he didn't have much affection for the two roommates, he didn't have any bad feelings, at least they lived together for a while. And when he met acquaintances in this strange place, he still felt a little bit of intimacy. After all, everyone is a commoner student, not those high-ranking nobles, and they still have some common language among themselves.

"Brother, the clothes here are not cheap......" Huang Yu looked at the dress on Zhang Tie's body and couldn't help but remind. This "Montmeros" is a first-line big brand, and it has always been worth a lot of money, and if you don't have a few hundred gold coins, you can't go out at all. The reason why he said this was not because he looked down on his former roommate, but because he remembered that this roommate didn't have much money on him, otherwise he wouldn't have consulted him about ways to make money at the beginning of school.

"You know what? Zhang Tie must be doing well now, don't forget, he is the escort student of the War Bear Temple, and he is much better than us in the academy tasks. Johnson faced Huang Yu and reminded, then turned his head and said to the iron slag, "Zhang Tie, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing lately?" ”

"Okay." Iron Slag nodded.

At this time, the female shopping guide suddenly interjected, smiled at the iron slag, and asked, "Sir, are you satisfied with this dress?" She didn't have the leisure to wait for them to catch up, not to mention that this guest bought clothes at a low price, and she didn't want to waste any more time if she didn't get much commission.

Seeing this, Tie Slag frowned slightly, then reached into his pocket, took out Mu Yuqin's heart of the star stone black/card, and handed it out without looking at it.

"Sir, what are you ......" The female shopping guide looked at the card in her hand, her brows gradually tightened.

"Huh?" As soon as the iron slag looked down, he froze. I saw that the star stone black/card was full of cracks, and there was a big hole in the middle, which was already unrecognizable. If you think about it carefully, it was when you fled that day, and the pocket on the right side was pierced by the psionic assault rifle of the knight of the expeditionary force......

"Uh......" Iron Slag smiled awkwardly, retrieved the magnetic card, and then groped all over his body, but found no copper plate......

"Forget it, don't buy it." After making sure that he had no money on him, Iron Slag said dryly, and then returned to the fitting room and changed into the previous tarpaulin military uniform. Then, he opened the curtain and walked out, and handed back the dress he had changed into under the disdainful gaze of the shopping guide.

"It's okay, the magnetic card is broken, I'll buy it next time." Huang Yu comforted, but thought in his heart, this iron is too vain, don't try it if you can't afford it, what a shame......

"yes, next time." Johnson chimed in.

"Hmm." Iron Slag nodded, and continued, "I still have a friend on it, I'm going to look for her, and I'll have a chance to drink together in the future." ”

"Okay." "Come back and sit down when you're free." The two said with a smile. And while they are talking, they all slander in their hearts, obviously they have no money to buy clothes, but they still have to say that there are friends who spend on it, this is simply too hypocritical, everyone is civilians, who still doesn't know who? Is this necessary?

Then, Iron Slag made a "goodbye" gesture and turned to leave the clothing store. But as soon as he walked out of the door, he was stopped.

"Wait!" The female shopping guide rushed out in three steps and two steps in front of him.

"What's wrong?" Iron Slag's eyes narrowed, and he asked impatiently. From the moment he entered the door, the female shopping guide's attitude was very bad, which made him feel very unhappy.

"Sir, you stained our clothes." The shopping guide spread out the dress he had just tried on, pointed to one place and said,

Looking down her finger, there was a small patch of blood on the inside of the dress. It seems that it was stained by the blood clot on his bandage when he tried it on.

"What's this? Just wash it down. With that, the iron slag turned around and left.

"Don't go!" The female shopping guide shouted, then lunged forward and grabbed the sleeve of the iron slag hard.

"Don't worry, don't worry." "Is there some misunderstanding?" Hearing the movement outside, Johnson and Huang Yu hurriedly rushed out and comforted in unison.

"He damaged our clothes and must be compensated." The female shopping guide threatened, "Otherwise, I'll call someone." ”

"It's just a little bit." "Yes...... the two of them stepped forward to look at each other and said.

"I don't care, he must lose money." The female shopping guide said unrelentingly.

Iron Slag frowned, shook off the hand of the female shopping guide, reached into the pocket, and groped for a long time, but did not find what he was looking for......

The communicator is gone......

It was only then that he remembered that Alice had taken his communicator with him that night......

At this time, he was penniless and had no communicator, so he really couldn't say how aggrieved.

Although his two roommates were supposed to have had communicators, it was useless because he couldn't remember anyone's contact numbers. Looking at the disdainful female shopping guide and the little freckles on her face, he couldn't help but think of an old saying in the Far East: "When people are unlucky, drinking cold water will stuff their teeth." ”