Being only slightly let down that she actually managed to sleep last night, and almost entirely unbothered by the death of a random mercenary and Borsei, Nico was out at the break of dawn with a very similar plan in mind to the one she had last night.
Except... maybe with a little more backup. Maybe.

She checked her pockets, and finding 850, she added a few more from the team inventory to finish buying what she needed. 1000 Sochas more, to be exact. It WAS for the team, after all! She didn't feel guilty about not discussing it, since a lot of the emissaries were asleep or absent lately.


The shops would be open! Should be open! Are open!
OKAY TIME TO SPEND ALL THE MONEYS

First, it was time for a stopoff at the Soul Food diner, buying two caffiene delights, takeaway.
(($150 x 2 = $300))

The next stops were a little further away, but there was no other good choice for berries now that Borsei was dead anyway.
She bought three of each:
$[Sitrus Berry] 15 Sochas$ (Restores all Health)
$[Spelon Berry] 15 Sochas$ (Restores all Sanity)
$[Starf Berry] 15 Sochas$ (Restores all Purity)
(($15×9= $135))

A lot of the emissaries had been very quiet lately, and there were technical components still sitting around needing fixing.
It was time to hire a mechanic.
Hopefully the Whitestar Skyscraper would have a "Desperado" in need of cash. Weirdly, the price for 3 day contracts and 4 day contracts was the same. She put it down to a typo- Mercenaries weren't usually great at maths or reading. It didn't matter anyway, she only needed a 2 day.

$[2 Day/4 Cycle Mercenary Contract] 300 Sochas$ (Choose any Pokémon to have as a mercenary for 2 Days/4 Cycles)
**Mercenary has a Perk of your choosing** - +$100 Sochas$ per contract- TECHNICAL
($300 + $100 = $400)

She was hoping for a merc that was not chatty but was good with tools, possibly either a ghost or a psychic type- just in case emissaries turned up to do the Technical work instead she could take the merc out in the field and unlock some previously inaccessible areas. Apparently the only pokemon to be BOTH ghost and psychic were like, legendary or something, so they probably weren't hanging out in a dusty crumbling skyscraper looking for jobs. Although Hoopa might...
She shook her head. No, probably someone simple, like a Medicham or a Metang.
There were still three items in the team inventory requiring a technical outlook to fix, plus one technical needed at (17) Northern Heights Storage. She would ask the merc to go for the most important one first. Please repair the [Corrupted Ensign NV904 Broadcasting System: <Technical>]. We need it for Aurorawatch business.
And no, you can't have any of my coffee. I know I have two. This second one is also for me.

Next, it was the exciting spending, FINALLY! Warehouse upgrades!!
She very excitedly ordered two upgrades for the headquarters from Navins Constructing, before he squawks.
Before he's over the hill. Before he starts pinin' for the fjords, as some might say.
Gotta get some doors nailed before he's dead as a doornail, m'dear.

$[Build Garage] 500 Sochas$ -- built on 1a
$[Build Fitness and Recreational Center] 500 Sochas$ -- built on 1c
($500x 2 = $1000)

So there we go, the shopping spree ends on a solid $1835 Sochas. Nice job. Should only have 15 left in her pockets, which is just fine to lose.

Hopefully she got a lift back home with the construction pokemon, just to speed things along a little bit. There was certainly nothing in the description about these things taking any time, but she did wonder how they could construct everything so quickly. She was SO ready to jump into one of the two automatically provided vehicles right away. You know that kind of jeep that you see bouncing around through jungles and sand dunes? Thats what she was hoping for. Nice big open top to fire missiles out of.
Wind in your... hair? Well, Wind whipping at your cream...
REVV REVV OK BABY LETS GO

Each vehicle gives the driver two actions.
Each coffee gives the user two searches per action.
Four location searches, incoming!

She plonked a coffee cup into each cup holder and revved the engine.
Better hope this vehicle doesn't break down!
She took a sip of her first coffee.

(52) West Exacta River Bridge (ABANDONED)
((then eat any berries necessary to get back to max health/sanity/purity))

(76) The OMEN Crater (ABANDONED)
((Collect a sample))
((Drink a coffee, eat any berries to get back up to max health/sanity/purity))

(76a) OMEN Crater Northwest, Ruined West Residential District
((You know the deal, snack until you feel well again... if any berries are left))

(53) East Exacta River Bridge (ABANDONED)

On one hand, she knew the final bridge was boobytrapped for a good reason.
On the other hand, she would blast anything in her way to smithereens- whether it be the ghouls and chimeras, or the traps designed to stop them. She felt pretty sure a stalker would absolutely love an abandoned, boobytrapped bridge. It would be the quickest way back with the sample, after all.
Nico was ready to riiiiiiiide~!