Chapter 197 Chapter 197 – The Layers
"Hey, Wyntor," Nick said as he entered Wyntor's office for his daily meeting.
Every day, Nick and Wyntor would have a quick meeting in the afternoon to talk about things.
"Hey," Wyntor answered as Nick sat down. "Got anything noteworthy?"
"Not really," Nick said. "Just a bit of drama with the Puppy."
"Oh? What's it about?" Wyntor asked.
"Kerry didn't want to leave when she was supposed to, and Trevor had to get involved," Nick answered.
Wyntor nodded. "Keep me posted on this. I don't want any Extractors falling victim to the Puppy."
"Of course," Nick answered.
"Is that it?" Wyntor asked.
"Yep, that's everything."
Wyntor nodded. "Then, let me tell you about something interesting."
"Oh?" Nick uttered.
"We got invited to the yearly meeting of Manufacturers," Wyntor said.
Nick's eyes widened. "There's a yearly meeting? I don't remember one happening last year."
"Because we didn't get invited," Wyntor explained. "We were just a bunch of Newbies with some weak Specters."
"Ever since we captured the Fog, things changed."
"A Manufacturer that can catch and contain a Force Specter is a Manufacturer that has proven themselves."
"Because of that, the other Manufacturers treat us as a new Manufacturer, although weak and inexperienced."
"Makes sense," Nick said. "When's the meeting?"
"Late morning in three days. It's on the middle layer of the Inner City," Wyntor said.
"Inner City, huh," Nick repeated. "I've never been there."
"It's nothing too special," Wyntor said. "The lower layer is just like the Outer City but cleaner, and the middle layer is hard to navigate, but that's the only special thing about it."
"What about the upper layer?" Nick asked.
"Difficult to explain," Wyntor said. "Why don't you just see for yourself in the future?"
Nick scratched the back of his head. "How do I get there?"
"That's going to take a while," Wyntor said with a chuckle. "There are two ways to move up in the Inner City: power and wealth."
"If you want to live on the lower layer of the Inner City, you need to either be a level two Extractor or have a net worth of over a million credits."
Nick's eyes widened in surprise.
He knew that he could live in the Inner City as a John, but he hadn't heard about the wealth requirement.
"Of course, you only need one of the two," Wyntor said. "By the way, if you are living in the Inner City, you are allowed to live there with your parents, your partner, and your children. You are not allowed to bring your siblings, uncles, and so on."
"At least, that's how it works for Zephyx Extractors," Wyntor said.
"It's different for rich people?" Nick asked.
Wyntor nodded. "Every additional person that lives with you in the Inner City, assuming you live there due to your net worth, requires another million of net worth."
"So, if you want to live in the Inner City with your wife and two children, you would have to have a net worth of over four million credits."
Nick took a deep breath.
"Why?" he asked.
Wyntor chuckled a bit. "The people living in the Inner City believe themselves to be vastly superior to everyone living in the Outer City, and they don't like upstarts from the filthy Outer City to join their illustrious circles."
Wyntor's voice was quite sarcastic.
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