Nicole Would Rip Off Billy’s Arm for 1.5 Million Dennies, Official Zenless Zone Zero Post Hints

Would the leader of the Cunning Hares sell her own teammate’s prosthetic for the right price? According to a new official Zenless Zone Zero post, the answer is an immediate yes. A short exchange between Nicole and an unnamed buyer prices a mechanical arm at 1.5 million Dennies, and Nicole’s response turns into a dark joke at Billy’s expense. The full text is available on the official Zenless Zone Zero news page.

What the dialogue actually says

The post is only four lines long, so here is the exchange in full:

"Miss Nicole, I can offer up to 1.5 million Dennies for this mechanical arm."

"H—How much?!"

"That’s several fewer dives into dangerous Hollows, and several dozen fewer events! We could buy hundreds of bowls of noodles with that!"

"When we get back, we’re ripping it right off Billy!"

That is everything. The buyer goes unnamed, the specific arm is never described, and the post does not name the event it belongs to. None of that appears in official materials so far.

Why the number matters more than the joke

The 1.5 million Dennies figure is the most interesting detail here, and not because it is huge or small on its own. The buyer’s follow-up line converts the money into work: fewer dives into dangerous Hollows and fewer odd jobs for the crew. That framing tells us a fair amount about how the Cunning Hares operate in New Eridu.

Nicole, as the faction’s leader, has always been played as financially ruthless. Her reaction in this snippet follows that pattern exactly. She skips past surprise and goes straight to arithmetic, measuring the offer in avoided risk and saved effort rather than in abstract wealth. The “hundreds of bowls of noodles” line anchors Dennies in everyday life, which fits the scrappy, hand-to-mouth image the game has built for the faction.

For players, none of this translates into actionable game data. There is no pull planning, banner information, or currency math to extract from a flavor post. It is lore, not economy.

The arm problem

The punchline deserves its own mention. Treating a teammate’s prosthetic as salvage rather than a personal effect is a strange beat, even by the Cunning Hares’ loose standards. It is clearly played for comedy, and it lands, but it leaves an open question: is Billy’s arm actually worth something? The source never says. If his mechanical arm is a custom or high-value model, that could matter later in the story. For now that is pure conjecture, and future content may confirm or contradict it.

Where this fits in the timeline

It may not fit anywhere. The post gives no version number, no event date, and no patch context, so there is no way to slot this exchange into the current story timeline. Readers should treat it as a standalone character moment rather than a beat tied to a specific update. Not stated in official materials.

Open questions worth tracking

Unconfirmed — subject to change.

• Who is the buyer? A collector, a rival faction, or a Hollow raider are all plausible, but the post gives no hints.
• Is Billy’s arm a modified or custom model with real market value? Unknown.
• Is this a teaser for an upcoming event, or just promotional flavor text? No conclusion can be drawn from the snippet alone.

What to watch

If HoYoverse follows up with a post that names the buyer, the event, or the arm itself, this little exchange retroactively becomes setup for something larger. Until then, it stands as a compact bit of faction writing: two lines of dialogue that say more about the Cunning Hares than a block of exposition could. You can find more coverage and guides at the Zenless Zone Zero hub.