Chapter 052 Chapter 52 (Second update) (Finding bugs)

[Are you sure? Is this the girl?]

[Is the Swift Dog in her arms a quasi-divine beast that has mastered the rudiments of divine skills?]

The boss narrowed his eyes, looked at Xia Muqing secretly, and sent messages silently.

A dim light bulb flickered in the rafters, and a series of messages appeared on his communicator as the screen flickered:

[Yes, yes, it’s her! ]

[And the koi fish next to her also has a rare trait, and was specifically requested by the doctor to be captured as an experimental subject! !]

"This has been incredibly difficult, Old Zhao. You've been staking out this spot for over half a month, and finally, you've finally caught a good one. Oh, and remember to capture the person, but don't kill him. We can't let the Beastmaster's death cause any problems for the Swift Dog and the Koi Fish. The doctor wants healthy subjects!"

Boss Zhao narrowed his eyes, took the cigarette from his lips, and extinguished it forcefully in the ashtray.

Sparks flew, illuminating the corners of his slightly sarcastic mouth.

[Don't worry, everything is ready. This isn't my first time doing this.]

Besides, she was just a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old, and she looked thin and weak. Could he really have made her fall?

After putting the communicator under the counter, Boss Zhao quickly adjusted his expression and walked out with a smile on his face.

"Beauty, what would you like to buy?"

Xia Muqing was looking at the merchandise in the store curiously, her eyes sweeping over the various stationery, toys, spicy snacks and other items hanging on the wall and piled up in the corner.

The little koi fish next to her was already impatient and tugged at her sleeves: "Gululu!"

Over here, the lottery box is over here!

Boss Zhao kept an eye on everything and took the lottery box with a smile: "You want this, right?"

"Come on, it's very cheap here. You can draw once for just one dollar. If you win, you'll have a chance to get a complete set of collector's edition gold cards worth 10,000 star coins!"

As he spoke, Boss Zhao took out a large gift box wrapped in gold paper from behind the counter and placed it high in the most conspicuous position on the shelf. The cover of the gift box was just right for the small koi fish. It was painted with a giant dragon soaring in the sky, its golden tail pushing aside the sea of ​​clouds like mountains. The dragon's head was majestic, and its pupils shone with a gilded luster.

The little koi stared at the gift box closely, its saliva almost flowing out, and its tail fin slapped the counter glass hard, making a series of "pa pa pa" sounds.

Xia Muqing looked at it helplessly and said, "Alright, alright, I'll let you draw. Remember, you only have 10 chances."

Seeing this, Boss Zhao behind the counter secretly sneered.

10 chances?

No, there is no need at all. As early as the moment he confirmed Xia Muqing's identity, he secretly replaced the lottery box. Now, half of the slips of paper in this special lottery box have the grand prize written on them!

Once the Koi Fish wins the prize, Boss Zhao will lure Xia Muqing into the dark room under the pretext of registration, and then activate the mechanism to capture her and the two mysterious beasts in one fell swoop!

Boss Zhao is very confident in his arrangement.

After all, he had started planning more than a month in advance, from the location of the store, the interior decoration, to the loudspeakers outside the store, and the grand prize of "Legend of the Divine Carp" collector's edition character card - he found a super powerful hacker to hack into Xia Muqing's mobile phone, specifically searching for the content she had viewed the most recently and was most interested in, and then he carefully designed this trap to suit her needs.

It was a small shop, but a tight net had already been laid inside, waiting for the prey to take the bait.

Boss Zhao laughed inwardly.

On the other side, the koi fish held the lottery box and shook it vigorously for a long time before carefully putting its fin in. After groping for a long time, it carefully pulled out a card.

The card was turned over, and there was a line of bright words on it:

Thank you for your patronage.

Little Koi: “…”

Boss Zhao: “……?”

The little koi's head drooped, and Boss Zhao's smile froze. In Xia Muqing's arms, the little hurricane dog yawned lazily and grumbled a few times.

"Ouch."

Things like lotteries that rely on luck are not worth trusting at all.

It would be better to strengthen training and actually increase your strength, which would make you feel at ease.

The little koi fish flicked its tail vigorously: "Gulu!"

No, don’t worry, it still has 9 chances!

It keeps drawing, drawing, and then it stops believing it. Even if it doesn't draw a whole set, can it still not draw even one card?

Wow, the little koi drew three cards in a row.

Three "Thank You for Your Purchase" cards were neatly placed on the counter, like a game of connect-the-dots.

Boss Zhao: “???”

What’s going on? How is it possible that I can’t get it?

Boss Zhao's right eyelid twitched, and he wanted to turn the box over to see if he had picked up the wrong prize box. It was half of the grand prize, how could he not win every time?

The little koi was also very sad. After all, it was a "koi". It couldn't even draw a card, which made it feel ashamed of its own race.

Keep pumping!

Swish, swish, swish, the Koi Fish took one go and drew out all the remaining 6 cards.

Boss Zhao was even more anxious than it. With red eyes, he stretched his head hard to see the result. As a result, all 6 cards were turned over - wow, all of them were [Thank you for your patronage].

There is not even a guarantee.

The little koi stared at the scene blankly, the light in its eyes quickly disappeared, its beautiful big tail drooped down, and the whole fish became listless.

Xia Muqing had anticipated this outcome and patted its back knowingly: "Alright, Xiao Jin, you understand what it means to lose nine out of ten bets, right?"

"Gambling never ends well. The only person who wins money may very well end up on the road to becoming a gambler. So we must cherish our lives and stay away from gambling."

"If you really want a collector's card, you might as well buy it directly from the official website. How about this: if you train diligently and check in every day, I'll buy you a collector's card every ten days. How about that?"

The little koi raised its head and blinked.

Seeing its excited expression, Xia Muqing thought it was great. In this way, she had found a good way to motivate the little koi to make progress every day. The 10 star coins spent today were worth it.

She smiled and picked up the little koi. Just as she turned to walk out the door, Boss Zhao behind her became anxious and shouted hurriedly, "Wait, beautiful! Wait! I—I'll give you a small prize, free of charge!"

Xia Muqing didn't care too much and waved her hand: "No thanks, boss, thank you very much!"

Boss Zhao saw that she was about to step out of the store. He was so anxious that his eyes turned red. He could not care about anything else for a while. He simply gritted his teeth and stepped heavily on the mechanism behind the counter.

“Boom!”

The tips of the Swift Dog's ears twitched slightly, and its lazy expression instantly returned to alertness.

It leaped up with all its might, and pushed Xia Muqing away with its little claws—the heavy rolling shutter door outside quickly fell down, instantly sealing the entire store inside!

The sudden change happened so suddenly that Xia Muqing's hair stood on end: "What's going on, boss, your door--"

Boss Zhao slammed the button hard: "Start!"

The jammer in the dark room was activated, instantly blocking all signals. At the same time, a strange wave of mysterious energy circulated in the small room. The Gale Dog and the Koi Fish felt their bodies sink, as if a huge rock weighing thousands of pounds was pressing on their backs. Their heads were dizzy and they couldn't concentrate.

Seeing this scene, Xia Muqing couldn't help but understand what was happening. She was shocked and angry: "Xiaofeng, Xiaojin!"

"You-what have you done? Who are you?!"

Boss Zhao grinned and pulled out a sharp knife from behind the counter. "Humph, I almost let you get away. Little girl, I advise you to be good and don't move, otherwise I won't be able to see through this knife!"

He ripped open his collar, revealing his naked, muscular upper arms. A Z-shaped pattern on his forearm bared its fangs and claws, like a twisted dragon's claw.

“Ouch!”

The Gale Dog used all its strength and opened its mouth to spit out a ball of azure wind.

But at the moment when it activated its mysterious power, the pressure on it instantly doubled, shaking it so much that it could hardly lift its head. The wind ball it had just exhaled also quickly shrank, and the energy dissipated in the air, and in the end only shattered the outer glass of the counter.

Boss Zhao dodged the wind easily, his expression growing even more proud. "The doctor's invention is truly effective. It's a shame I couldn't get you into the center of the mechanism. Otherwise, your two profound beasts wouldn't even have the energy to resist."

"However, this is enough for now. Little girl, without the protection of the mysterious beast, how can you fight me?"

As he spoke, he stepped over the threshold, the sharp knife in his hand flashing coldly.

The little koi flapped its tail desperately, trying to use the "Leap Over the Dragon Gate" move. The Swift Dog also struggled to stand up, baring its teeth and standing in front of Xia Muqing.

However, the profound energy in the air and within their bodies slowly dissipated, as if being dissolved by an invisible force...

Boss Zhao rushed to Xia Muqing and stabbed her neck with a knife.

——A young girl who has never seen blood should be scared to tears when a knife is put to her neck, right?

Boss Zhao thought with contempt.

But the next second, Xia Muqing moved sharply, kicked his wrist with a spinning kick, and kicked the sharp knife away!

To be honest, when Boss Zhao rushed over with a knife, Xia Muqing was shocked. Her heart rate soared to 180 and her head was buzzing.

But she quickly adjusted her mood - ever since she was attacked at the bus stop last time, she had been practicing fighting skills with the mysterious beasts every day. Wasn't it for the purpose of having the power to protect herself in situations like today?

The muscle memory she had trained for more than half a year screamed in her body, supporting her to raise her fist and punch hard at the astonished face of Boss Zhao in front of her!

"Bang!"

Boss Zhao was caught off guard by her, and half of his face suddenly became red and swollen. He covered his cheek and said angrily: "You stupid girl, are you looking for death?"

Xia Muqing's attention was focused to the extreme. Without saying a word, she turned around and kicked again, this time aiming at Boss Zhao's lower body.

She knew that she had only practiced for a short time and did not have enough strength, so she could not care about anything else. She just picked out the weak spots on Boss Zhao's body and started beating him!

Boss Zhao was almost knocked unconscious by her flurry of punches.

But he was a criminal living on the edge of a knife after all, and his reaction and strength were no match for Xia Muqing. After a few seconds, he finally reacted, raised his arm to block Xia Muqing's punch, and then used brute force to grab Xia Muqing's fist.

The moment her wrist was grabbed tightly, the tense string in Xia Muqing's heart broke with a "bang".

“Oh no!”

In terms of strength alone, she was no match for Boss Zhao. She could only be pulled closer bit by bit amidst his sneer.

Suddenly, Xia Muqing's sleeves bulged and a small green caterpillar crawled out.

"Aaaaaaaa!"

It held the energy ball high with its tentacles, which was still filled with the emotional energy it had just absorbed from the little koi. The bright red power flowed out and silently covered Xia Muqing, covering the front of her right fist.

Xia Muqing felt as if she was wearing an iron fist glove, and the strength of her wrist increased dramatically. On the opposite side, Boss Zhao also retracted his fist in panic - he felt as if he had grabbed a ball of fire, a ball of scorching fire that burned him all over!

Xia Muqing seized the opportunity and struck out with a thunderous punch!

This punch was many times heavier than the previous one. It made Boss Zhao see stars before his eyes. His whole body became limp like a noodle and he almost fell to the ground.

The fiery red power quickly dissipated, and the little caterpillar's antennae drooped tiredly, shrinking listlessly into Xia Muqing's sleeves.

At the same time, accompanied by two angry roars from the Gale Dog and the Koi Fish, the mysterious energy in the house rebounded instantly.

There was a "crackling" sound of collapse from the dark room. The power that restricted the two mysterious beasts was finally completely broken through under their continuous efforts!

“Ouch!”

The Gale Dog swooped down, pressing its sharp claws on Boss Zhao's aorta, holding a green gas ball in its mouth, and its fur stood up, with an astonishing power!

The koi fish swung its big orange-gold tail, and the bright red blood flowed on its tail fin. The tip was aimed at Boss Zhao's wide-open eyes, like a silver needle, only half a centimeter away from his constricted pupils!

Boss Zhao: “……!”

Boss Zhao's Adam's apple rolled a few times, his face pale: "I... I surrender!"