[Jade continued, "Aside from his weak power rank that can still be solved with our Body Tempering Potion and Spirit Crystal, I also donāt like being with a goblin."]
["Call it racist, but the goblin race doesnāt have any redeeming qualities. Although since heās been chosen, it means that among the many lustful and abhorrent goblins, he isnāt the same, and his personality would even fit well with us."]
["But, I donāt want to take the risk for such a little gain. Itās a loss-making business to waste a Train Crew Summoning Scroll on him."]
[Scarlet nodded in agreement, while adding, "Iāve heard nothing good about these goblins. Even this one you mentioned betrayed the goblin race due to the atrocity his race has committed."]
["Although as an individual, he might fit in with us, but as Jade said, the risk isnāt worth it. There are far better train crewmates with higher potential and useful skills that we could summon."]
[Hearing their opinion, you didnāt disagree with them. While you werenāt the type to care about race and appearances, that still depended on who you were dealing with.]
[The goblin race didnāt have a good reputation. Simply put, youād rather have a ratman in your crew than a goblin.]
[Or in a truly worst-case scenario where you had no options left, an orc was even far more useful than a goblin.]
[āWell, it seems I am indeed racist.ā]
[Having that realization, you didnāt care much since Jade and Scarlet were girls and bringing a goblin in Zenith would put them at risk.]
[While you wouldnāt mind inviting a man as a train crewmate, a goblin was truly going way too far. No matter how open-minded you were, you wouldnāt invite someone from a race that literally had racial traits filled with red flags.]
[With the unanimous decision of the three of you, you waited for a minute for the summoning scroll to refresh its train crewmate candidate.]
[In the meantime, you multiplied yourself by two and started looting the black market treasury and everything you could find valuable inside.]
[You also looked at the Hanged Rope with a hint prompt and discovered that it could be retrieved as long as one stayed for an hour within its range.]
[āContrary to my expectations, the Hanged Rope is ownerless. But thinking about it, itās understandable since none of the three gang leaders would accept someoneās spirit artifact being stationed inside the black market treasury.ā]
[āIf any of the gang leaders had owned the Hanged Rope spirit artifact, the other two gang leaders would vehemently refuse having it stationed in the treasury. That would be like putting a Sword of Damocles above their head and even worse with someone owning it.ā]
[āSince no one owned it and it was lethal, they decided to use it as a trap in the treasury. Moreover, due to the potent ability of the Hanged Rope, they might not have dared to stay within its range for more than half an hour, which is why they didnāt obtain its ownership.ā]
[With that discovery, the three of you decided to stay longer in the black market treasury.]
[At least, the three of you planned to use the Train Crew Summoning Scroll in the black market treasury and wait idly as it refreshes the train crew candidates.]
[Soon enough, the hint prompt showed a new train crew candidate refreshed on the summoning scroll.]
{Hint Prompt: If you use the summoning scroll within this minute, youāll be able to summon a Late Gold rank train crewmate. Sheās a pure-blooded succubus who couldnāt learn dream magic, so she decided to do it in the real world. Sheās very beautiful and can make any man come before her.}
[Informing Jade and Scarlet about the Hint Prompt you read, Jade immediately responded strongly, "No! While Iād still choose her over the goblin champion, thatās only if I had to choose between the two. Since we have other options, our fourth crewmate will never be related to any races infamous for sex and disgusting crimes."]
["And besides, I havenāt even taken your first yet. I canāt afford the risk of someone beating me to it!"]
[Faced with Jadeās response, Scarlet didnāt disagree and merely nodded.]
[Knowing that they didnāt want a succubus as the fourth train crewmate, you waited for the refresh and didnāt disagree.]
[While Jade already knew that you would likely start a harem, she didnāt want to miss out on taking your first since she was the first one to become your lover.]
[You didnāt mind and indulged her with that since it was merely a small matter, even if it was something major for her.]
[Anyway, no matter how beautiful that succubus was, youād still prefer Jade over any of them as sheās your girlfriend and yours alone, while the other is a complete stranger.]
[Afterwards, the three of you waited for an hour. Your luck wasnāt that good, as most of them were Initial Gold and Mid Gold rank train crewmates, with none having any redeeming qualities.]
[You waited for too long that the Hanged Rope was already ready to be owned, so you let Scarlet have it.]
[After all, Jade could predict the future and would have less margin for error in triggering Hanged Ropeās killing mechanism. On the other hand, you can use World Order and Royal Confiscation to literally make the Hanged Rope useless.]
[Only Scarlet didnāt have such countermeasures, so giving it to her and letting her have immunity to it by virtue of being the Hanged Ropeās owner meant that none of you would be killed by mistake when itās laid as a trap.]
[Another hour had passed, and there were still no good train crewmate candidates, which made Jade complain, "Without your Hint Prompt, this summoning scroll would have been a scam. To think it would take too long to find a suitable train crewmate."]
[Scarlet wryly chuckled, "Isnāt it due to us having a high requirement? There were like four Peak Gold rank ones, and while I had agreed to let them be our fourth train crewmate, you and Zayne refused since they didnāt have rule-based abilities or didnāt bring any auxiliary role value."]