Mixed Blessing System

After a few minutes, the five minibusses of the local transport company were already circulating the streets of Peters City.

Since this was the service's debut, they did not simply go to the central station, from where they would daily take to the streets not long after daybreak. Instead, as they left the Ritter Motor Company, these vehicles went to the five different points around the city from where they would begin their service.

From these points, they would stop at a few locations in the middle of their journey toward the central station, introducing this service to the local population.

Along their way, little by little, each person inside these vehicles would get off them, doing what Lothur wanted.

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In front of the provincial government headquarters...

One of the minibusses from Lothur's transport company, an all-red vehicle, the same color as all the minibusses that would run in Peters City, stopped in front of this place.

This time the guards nearby and the citizens walking on the sidewalks were not entirely shocked as when the first car had stopped there.

Now everyone already knew of the existence of the Ritter Motor Company and its products, so they immediately understood where this type of transportation came from.

However, the people nearby obviously looked interested in that different model of 'car,' finding it a bit ugly but curious to see the interior.

Amidst the gazes of more than two hundred people, August Klossner stepped out of the vehicle next to a local bourgeois, both smiling.

The minibus was very comfortable, gave a different user experience from cars, and was convenient. It was easier to access than a car and greatly shortened the travel time within the city.

Even considering the stops this type of vehicle had to make on its way, it still cut the time of a trip by carriage or animal by half!

But when riding by carriage, animal, or on foot, a person would always have some stress given the low quality of the carriage or the effort they would naturally have the other two ways. So besides the time saved, one would also not have to stress oneself physically and psychologically by using this means!

Those individuals got off the minibus talking about it.

"Hahaha, this minibus proves a great experience for only a bronze coin!"

"Yes, it's very comfortable... Not to mention that the view in it is different because of the height of the ground. You can enjoy the trip much more than in a car!"

The two chatted aloud as they walked toward the local government headquarters.

At that moment, no one in the surrounding area 'dared' to get into that vehicle, still unsure about it.

But from those two comments, it seemed that this was a service for anyone to hire for the price of just one bronze coin, something that everyone in the city had.

'Can you ride in this 'car' for the price of a coin?' One of the guards nearby wondered, feeling like getting into that minibus.

Unfortunately, each minibus only stopped for 30 seconds outside the points set up by the transport company, so when the first ones mustered the courage to try to move in, the doors closed, and that vehicle started moving.

'Next time I see it, I'll get in it!'

Several people in the area thought of this, having seen some notices on the sides of the minibus.

Each vehicle had information on its sides and rear, whereby citizens uncertain about that vehicle and service could understand what it was all about.

Because of this, even though those two had explained almost nothing about the minibus, several people near the provincial government headquarters understood what it was about.

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At the same time, in front of the entrance to the Morning Star Academy...

The red minibus that Lothur and his four women had entered had just arrived there to drop off these five.

The same that happened in front of the provincial government headquarters and other places around Peters City happened there, with several people watching the minibus passengers getting off it.

"Hey, make sure it's not another kind of car!" Someone commented aloud, surprised to see another type of 'car' just a few days after the previous release.

"But that one is much bigger..."

"Yes, ordinary cars can only carry 4 to 5 people, but this one..."

"Wow, will they sell that too?"

"Who knows..."

Comments came up as Lothur smiled before explaining aloud to everyone. "This is not a different kind of car, but a minibus.

It is used to transport many people at the same time. But it will not be for sale, as my company will make it available for the local people to use for only one bronze coin!"

"What?"

"One bronze coin? How can that be?"

"Damn, my family spent over 4 million coins on the previous cars!"

"Is the Ritter Motor Company tricking us?"

Lothur heard some negative comments, but he didn't care. "Anyone who wants to understand more about this, go to the central station. It is located..."

He gave directions to the station, which was not far from there, making it easy for those people to learn how to better understand this service.

At the central station, there were already people in place to correctly explain every detail of the local transport service that was being inaugurated that day.

All one would need to do to find out how this service option would function was move there and ask one of the many agents their questions.

With this information, most students began to disperse, heading towards this central station to learn more about this service.

Today they still wouldn't have class because it was the last day of the competition for places in the Secret Realm, so while it was still morning and there were no fights to watch, most of them headed to that place.

Lothur saw this next to his women and was pleased, feeling that soon the five vehicles of his transport company would have their fillings reached.

"Lothur, you are a genius..." Rebecca commented as she noticed dozens of students moving to the place he indicated. "You have created something that will change our entire society. You will become so rich that you will have nowhere to put your coins."

Lothur's three other women smiled at these words while he had a mysterious expression on his face.

'There are always places to put coins...' He thought about this, as he considered one of his actions that he was doing in secret, even from his allies, something that would be made possible by his vehicles being popularized in Concordia.

But even his wives didn't know that yet, so he talked about something he intended to do to use his many coins that would soon start pouring into the Ritter Motor Company. "Soon, I will start hiring people to join the Ritter family. I intend to create my army to perform tasks in our places and keep our peace."

"Oh? That sounds exciting." Rebecca said, while Annaliese and Elke, the most anxious about it, felt anticipation.

Viktoria was the quietest of all and asked. "When will you do this?"

"After the Secret Realm, when we have plenty of resources to pay for the formation of a small army." With those words, they headed toward the competition arena, where the third and final day of fighting would soon begin!

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