Chapter 12 Rules Convenience Store

[Convenience store rule 5: If a thief appears in the store, be sure to catch him, otherwise the lost goods will be jointly compensated by the employees on duty that day. ]

Xin Boyu is not short of money, otherwise he would not have asked Lao Ma to let go of the hippopotamus man who used counterfeit money in order to save time.

But the thief is different, this is a character that is completely out of control.

You have no idea what goods will be lost or how much you will lose, so this is a hidden danger that can explode at any time.

Damn it, where did that thing he put on the shelf yesterday go? The rules only say that thieves can steal merchandise, but they don't say whether they can steal things other than merchandise.

In the few seconds he was thinking, the 5-second slowing effect brought by the skill had ended, the red shelf was completely retracted, and then several water ghosts glared at him.

"You deliberately don't let us touch this shelf. Do you want to chase away customers when you open your business?"

The swollen eyelids tried to hit his face: "You treat customers like this right after the new store opened, aren't you afraid that we will complain?"

Xin Boyu's focus now was not on these water ghosts at all. He didn't even hold back his facial expression and waved his hands impatiently.

"You can't buy anything here without a pass, so don't try to take advantage of the situation."

The leading water ghost looked only sixteen or seventeen years old. Upon hearing this, he immediately looked at him sinisterly.

"Oh, so you mean you don't want to sell it anymore?"

Xin Boyu was so anxious at the moment that he was a little angry. He was already thinking about whether the rules allowed him to chase the guests away, when he saw the water ghost in front of him suddenly took out a light red card.

Although the color is not as good as those monsters with animal heads, it is indeed a red pass issued by the Ghost Alliance.

Generally speaking, most of the people wandering on the infinite survival road are lonely ghosts. Few ghosts can get a pass, and most of the passes are monopolized by the animal park.

But less does not mean none.

The water ghost's swollen eyes leaned closer again, and said in a bad tone: "Why, you saw my card but you didn't swipe it quickly. You sold things to me without following the rules. You should know the consequences, right?"

Xin Boyu immediately shut up and suppressed his expression. After taking the card respectfully, he led the water ghost to the front desk to swipe the card.

The ghosts that use this kind of card are usually either very powerful or have a strong background. As a player, he dare not offend them at all.

But at the same time, Xin Boyu was thinking about other possibilities in his mind.

When they first entered the store, why didn't these water ghosts just swipe their cards? Was it a scam?

When he arrived at the front desk, he and Lao Ma looked at each other. Lao Ma shook his head, which meant that the skill time had ended. His full map record could only be used three times. Only more than an hour had passed tonight, and he could not use it any further.

The question is what to do with the thief.

With a beep, the red card reader passed the verification, and the pass was fine. The red shelf rose again, and the group of water ghosts immediately surrounded it, apparently preparing for a large purchase.

Xin Boyu still felt that something was not right. If he already had the pass, why didn't he scan it before? It was as if he had just remembered it.

He glanced at the red shelves and counted the missing items. When he frowned and walked to the front desk to watch these water ghost kids check out, he finally discovered something was wrong.

They clearly only took a small portion of the merchandise, but the number of items on the red shelves was much smaller.

The thief appeared again, and just when the red shelf rose up again after the Submariner swiped his card...

In an instant, a possibility flashed through my mind.

Xin Boyu's mind instantly connected various clues: the passes issued by the Ghost Alliance have an upper limit on the number of times, and the reason why these water ghosts didn't swipe the cards was because they were reluctant to do so. Now they are willing to swipe the cards because there are greater benefits, such as - the new can of brain flower on the shelf!

All the ghosts who came to the store today came for this, but this can costs one thousand, which is not something that ordinary ghosts can afford. The wealthy gorilla and rabbit only bought two cans before.

The cans that were scattered in the store had all been collected by him and put back on the red shelves in time. The only theft occurred after the water ghosts arrived!

He had already counted the goods. There were five cans of brain flower in total. He sold two and one was stolen just now. Another one was lost after the water ghost used a credit card to purchase something. However, the group of ghosts who checked out at the front desk only ordered cheap items. There were no cans of brain flower at all.

They are in the same group. The water ghost and the thief are definitely in the same group.

Xin Boyu immediately rushed to the front desk and stopped Lao Ma from paying for the goods. He made up an excuse: "Wait a moment, we need to check the hygiene of the store. It's not convenient to pay now!"

The leading water ghost narrowed his eyes and said, "What do you mean? Do you look down on us ghosts who died in the water and think we have made your store dirty?"

Xin Boyu: "We are opening a new store and want to provide better service to our customers. In this way, we will help you pick out some gifts at the front desk to save you the trouble of checking out."

The eye candies that the two girls had confiscated had not yet been put back on the red shelf, so Xin Boyu kept them specially as a bonus.

When the companions next to him heard about this good thing, they immediately became interested: "Boss, how about we ..."

The leading water ghost glared at him, as if to remind him, have you forgotten the main task tonight?

It was obvious that these high school students died early. It was not easy for water ghosts to take advantage on land, and it was rare for them to get something for free, yet they were still so hesitant.

Xin Boyu was even more certain that there was something wrong with them.

He immediately pinched Lao Ma's shoulder and signaled him to use his skills.

When Lao Ma saw his expression, he swallowed and nodded.

While Xin Boyu continued to lobby the water ghost at the front desk, Lao Ma had quietly activated his skills.

【Warehouse manager's special notepad】

[Range measurement——Environment detection——Ding, please check the real-time record]

[Number of times you can use it (1/3)]

After the full-image scan is turned on, all living and dead objects within the range can be quickly inspected, and the effective time is 15 minutes.

With a sweep of his skill, the hidden items in the convenience store instantly appeared. Lao Ma pointed at the door of the drink cabinet and whispered:

"In the glass door!"

I saw a translucent shadow gradually emerging on the glass cabinet door where various beverages were locked. Under Lao Ma's skill mark, the shadow quickly turned into fluorescent green, which was extremely conspicuous.

A wet face appeared on the cabinet door, and because it was marked in fluorescent color, it looked like a melted piece of chewing gum.

This chewing gum looks bulging, and I don't know what bottles and jars are filled in it. I can vaguely see some large cans' edges.

Xin Boyu dared to conclude that it was this thing that stole things from the store!

The water ghosts immediately realized that something was wrong. Two of them who were near the beverage freezer wanted to help, but were held back by the high school students who were leading the group.

There was a tinkling sound from the wind chimes at the door, and the big head of a sunny doll turned slowly, its eyes fixed this way.

These ghosts may not be afraid of the front desk staff, but they have to consider the doll who manages the convenience store door.

They can’t let the convenience store owner conclude that they are in cahoots with the thieves.

The leading water ghost slammed the counter and said, "Are you going to settle the bill or not? We have already paid for the goods. Do you still want to withhold my Ghost Alliance Pass? Be careful or I will report you to the Alliance and make you humans pay for it."

Old Ma was scared to death, but fortunately he heard Xin Boyu say, "Settle the bill for them, but not too fast."

The front desk clerk began to slowly scan the barcodes and pack the goods into bags, while Xin Boyu rushed to the beverage cabinet like a gust of wind. It seemed that this fluorescent object could only move by sticking to a mirror-like object. When it saw him coming, it immediately went into another refrigerator opposite.

Now he was more certain of the relationship between the water ghosts and the thief. After all, before the water ghosts entered the store, all the mirrored surfaces in the entire store were only some glass cabinets on the counters. There were not even any mirrors, and the shelves were even made of matte metal.

But after the water ghosts entered the store, they left small puddles on the ground with every step they took.

Even though Aunt Liu tried her best to clean, she couldn't just rush into the middle of the pile of water ghosts, because the area under their feet could never be cleaned.

Xin Boyu didn't care about feeling bad and directly took out the prop left for him by the team, a pink camera.

【Ghost Polaroid】

[Each piece of photo paper is very expensive, but as long as you can capture the target completely, you can catch a little ghost. 】

[What? You said your photography skills are not good and the target is blurred? Oh, then you can only trap the opponent for 10 seconds.]

Xin Boyu boasted that he had good photography skills, but the thief's accomplices also took action. One group of them urged Lao Ma to check out quickly at the front desk, while another group shouted as if they had almost bought something, and then ran around the store frantically, leaving a small puddle with every footprint.

Although Aunt Liu quickly caught up with the thieves by waving her tools, there were still a few fish that slipped through the net, giving the thief an opportunity to take advantage.

Xin Boyu chased for a long time with gritted teeth before he finally captured a photo, but it was indeed a blur. Fortunately, even though it was a blurry photo, he was able to successfully trap the other person for at least ten seconds.

A piece of Polaroid film appeared in his hand, and the trapped ghost slowly emerged.

Xin Boyu immediately reached out and penetrated the photo paper, grabbed the large ball of fluorescent plasticine trapped inside, and took out two boxes of canned brain food and other miscellaneous snacks such as pork and kidney slices from the other party's bulging belly.

Wow, that’s a lot of stuff to steal.

But as he continued to reach into the monster's stomach, the thing struggled harder and harder, and in less than 10 seconds, it seemed like it was about to break free from his restraints.

But he was now far away from the store door and had no time to throw the thief out!

Once he becomes invisible again, it will be difficult to catch him without Lao Ma's skills.

While Xin Boyu was thinking, he walked to the nearest employee passage in two or three steps, opened the door, and threw the thing directly into the warehouse where the two girls were on duty.

You can harm anyone, just don't harm the front desk clerk on duty.

But what he didn't see was that there was something hidden in the belly of the clay water ghost.

It was a thin, small card with a large orange star showing in the corner.

But the thief had already been thrown into the warehouse, and the cashiers at the front desk sped up the settlement when they saw that the matter was exposed. In the end, they could only leave the convenience store with the settled goods at a rapid speed.

The leading water ghost glared at the convenience store staff fiercely, but was afraid of the sunny doll at the door of the store and did not dare to confront the staff directly.

The companion next to him was a little hesitant.

"Boss, what should we do next? Shouldn't we go save Xiao Ni?"

The one called Xiao Ni should be the thief's accomplice.

The leading high school student, whose eyes were almost swollen, sneered, "It doesn't matter. He has other things that haven't been searched out. The two idiots at the front desk were busy taking out those expensive cans of brain flower. They don't know what the most valuable thing in this newly opened convenience store is."

With malicious eyes, he looked around the convenience store.

"Let's go to the back door and wait. As long as Xiao Ni can escape before dawn, our trip will not be in vain."

Just as the commotion at the front desk ended, Qiao Song in the warehouse had just cleared out a wave of items on the red shelves. She calculated the time and found that the next wave of couriers were about to arrive when she suddenly heard a bang from the door connecting the warehouse and the front desk.

When he turned around, Qiao Song only saw a hand flash by.

It seemed like they were throwing something into their warehouse.

Hmm? What is this old Deng doing again?