David Lee now faced only one path: sell off the remaining food, convert it to Escape Coins, and finally buy those combat boots. David refused to believe that he couldn't buy the boots once he sold the food.

  The Beautiful sisters and the two others saw David pull out all the food and open his system, clearly messaging someone. They knew exactly what he was up to.

  Older sister Beautiful coldly warned, "David Lee, I don't know what you're trying to buy, but I do know we don't need anything."

  "If you sell that food, we'll only have five wooden spears left."

  "Ugh, so annoying. If the food's gone, we can find more tomorrow," David said impatiently.

  This van was his to command! What right did Beautiful have to tell him what to do?

  David ignored the Beautiful sisters' sour expressions and contacted Ellie to sell the food for Escape Coins.

  Beautiful clenched her fists, realizing what kind of person David Lee truly was. She and her sister exchanged glances, understanding each other's thoughts.

  However, they decided to give David one more chance. After all, he was their man.

  Meanwhile, Mark Johnson and Monty kept quiet. They were the lowest on the totem pole in the van. They were content just to get something to eat. Thank goodness they had each eaten a portion earlier, or they'd be going to bed hungry.

  On the other side, David sold all the remaining food to Ellie. He got another 50 Escape Coins in the end.

  "This time, I can definitely buy those boots," David thought to himself.

  He contacted Kira again. "This time, I'm offering 100 Escape Coins. You'll sell me the boots, right?"

  Kira didn't reply immediately. She waited a moment before responding, "Alright, no one else can afford to pay more. The boots are yours."

  David was overjoyed. He immediately traded the 2-Star Mobile Kitchen blueprint and 100 Escape Coins.

  Meanwhile, Jason had watched David contact Ellie and trade a mountain of food for Escape Coins. He knew David was just about broke from being scammed.

  So, Jason crafted a small pair of combat boots. David's feet definitely wouldn't fit in these. They were too small, only fit for a woman.

  Then, Jason rummaged through the pile of food, eventually finding a can of stinky tofu.

  Someone had opened a chest and gotten a special can of stinky tofu, which Chloe had then traded for with a wooden spear. This wasn't just any stinky tofu; it was specially stinky.

  Jason grinned and grabbed a paper towel, dipping it into the stinky tofu juice and wiping it all over the inside of the boots.

  After wiping them, Jason even lowered his head and took a sniff.

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  "Gah!" Jason dry-heaved.

  This smell was something else.

  Holding his nose, Jason took the boots to Kira.

  The four women on the couch frowned. They had seen Jason wipe the boots with stinky tofu juice.

  Kira's face darkened. She realized why Jason had told her to tell David that the only boots left were the ones she was wearing. He was selling these boots to David with the claim that she had worn them. David would probably think the stench was foot odor.

  "Jason, it's fine to sell these boots, but… why did you have to claim they were mine? Eugh…"

  Jason got close with the boots in hand, and Kira couldn't help but gag. The smell was strong even from two or three yards away.

  Chloe and the other two girls covered their noses and mouths, speechless at Jason's antics.

  Jason held the boots in one hand and put his arm around Kira, coaxing her sweetly. Kira tried to run, but Jason held her tightly.

  Reluctantly, Kira followed Jason's instructions and traded the boots to David. She had to get these boots away from her, or she was going to be sick from the stench.

  Back in the van, David finally had a pair of combat boots in his hand after the trade.

  But the next moment…

  David's face twisted in agony. Damn, were these boots dredged up from a sewer? They stank so bad.

  David lowered his head and sniffed, confirming that the boots were the source of the smell.

  "Gah!"

  The smell immediately assaulted David's senses, making him dizzy. Then, David remembered that these boots were worn by Kira. Could this be her foot odor?

  David couldn't resist taking another sniff.

  "Gah!"

  This time, a hint of intoxication and enjoyment appeared on David's face, underneath the agony.

  This perverted scene was witnessed by the Beautiful sisters, Mark Johnson, Monty, Hank and Son-Bro. They also smelled the foul odor.

  "Gah! David Lee, what the hell did you buy? It stinks!"

  "Sis, I can't take it… let's beat him up!"

  The Beautiful sisters finally couldn't take it anymore and began to beat David inside the van. Even Mark Johnson and Monty couldn't sit still and joined in. Four people attacked at once.

  Sure, David might own the van, but he couldn't act like such a pervert! They could put up with him wasting all the supplies, but he couldn't bring such a disgusting pair of stinky boots into the van.

  Most importantly, what was with that look of enjoyment on his face?

  The four people, holding their noses, beat David mercilessly.

  "Bastards, how dare you hit me? I'm the owner of this van!" David yelled angrily, trying to fight back. But he was no match for the four of them.

  In the scuffle, the beat-up van almost overturned.

  While being beaten, David suddenly remembered that he had 1-Star combat boots. Wearing them would boost his speed to E+ Rank.

  So, while taking the beating, David grabbed the boots and tried to put them on.

  The next moment, he froze. His feet wouldn't fit in the boots. They were the wrong size!

  Beautiful, seeing David holding the boots in a daze, was infuriated. She snatched the boots away and threw them out of the van.

  The four people continued to beat David.

  This fat bastard's constitution was E-Rank; he was built to take a beating. It would take a while for the four of them to vent their anger.

  From this day on, the Beautiful sisters would be in charge of this van. David Lee had completely lost his power. Mark Johnson and Monty would never listen to that swindler David Lee again.

  On the other side, Kira and the girls opened the windows of the RV. If they didn't air out the stench, the RV would be uninhabitable.

  Chloe complained to Jason, "Honey, if you're going to do that again, can you do it outside? It stinks!"

  Jason apologized to the girls. He hadn't thought much about it at the time, but he really should have done that outside.

  Kira rolled her eyes. As if there would be a next time. She wanted to throw away that can of stinky tofu, but Jason had carefully saved it. It seemed like he wanted to keep it for scamming someone else in the future.

  Kira could only pray that next time, he wouldn't use her foot odor as an excuse.

  Inside the RV, after the air circulated, the stench quickly dissipated. Chloe and the girls sat back on the couch, selling wooden spears and other items.

  Jason held the two blueprints he had scammed from David Lee. One was a 0-Star car window blueprint, and the other was a 2-Star Mobile Kitchen blueprint.

  Jason first crafted and installed the car window blueprint. Jason now had four 0-Star vehicle upgrades. He only needed one more 0-Star vehicle upgrade to meet the conditions for upgrading the RV to 1-Star.