Chapter 96 Promotion and Salary Increase: You Smell So Good
After putting on his work badge, Fang Zhiyi's perspective changed drastically. In his eyes, the hotel staff melted like rubber, with two tentacles emerging from the membrane and two eyeballs at the top rubbing back and forth, uttering soft whispers.
"You...are already...cleaning."
Fang Zhiyi maintained her smile: "Yes, I'm afraid that if the house isn't cleaned properly before the guests arrive, they'll complain."
Upon hearing the word "complaint," the staff member in front of them shifted slightly and nodded in agreement: "Yes...complaint..." As they spoke, they peered inside.
Fang Zhiyi gripped the doorknob, preventing the staff from entering the room.
The worker's tentacles twitched around: "Not... finished cleaning yet... Need help?"
Fang Zhiyi said, "I will clean it up. You guys go find someone first."
The staff member didn't insist on coming in: "Okay...you, clean up..."
Seeing that the two staff members were about to leave, Fang Zhiyi suddenly spoke up: "You've been searching for so long and still haven't found it. Could it have already gone downstairs?"
The staff member touched the tentacles and said hesitantly, "Downstairs...?"
Fang Zhiyi also looked puzzled: "This floor is so big, and we've been searching for so long without finding it. Should we go downstairs to take a look?"
Two intertwined tentacles stretched out in front of Fang Zhiyi, its huge eyes rolling and its thick eyelashes fluttering, as if it were studying something.
Fang Zhiyi paused for a moment, then said casually, "I was just saying. After all, he's been waiting for so long, he's going to get angry."
"He" refers to the waiter who brought them down.
It seems this waiter has a special status; all the staff have to obey his orders.
With the work badge on him, the staff did not suspect Fang Zhiyi's identity. The tentacles circled around him and quickly retracted.
"downstairs……"
"Let's...go and take a look."
"They might have escaped..."
As the staff member spoke, he swayed and walked towards the other end of the corridor.
Fang Zhiyi dismissed the staff and turned around, meeting Chu Zhao's gaze.
Chu Zhao crawled out from behind the door and stretched his numb calves.
【Disguise Time】
【00:29:29】
With half an hour left on their work badges, Fang Zhiyi peeked out into the corridor and, seeing no staff members outside, grabbed Chu Zhao and whispered, "Let's go."
Get off the 50th floor now.
The two hurried through the corridor and, following the floor plan shared by the player in the channel, found the way to the 49th floor.
The stairs leading down were pitch black, and the corridor was low and narrow.
Fang Zhiyi walked along the wall, almost hunched over, covered in dust.
Having finally squeezed out of the exit and just as I regained my footing, I heard a voice from ahead: "Why did you come down here too?"
Standing in front of me were the two staff members who had been sent away.
"We...we didn't find anyone..."
"There's...there's no one downstairs..."
When Fang Zhiyi saw the two staff members, it was too late to warn them. Chu Zhao quickly emerged from the passage and looked up to stare at the eyes on the tentacles.
Fang Zhiyi: "..."
Staff: "..."
The scene became somewhat awkward for a moment.
"This is……"
Fang Zhiyi reacted instantly, grabbed Chu Zhao's arm and pressed him against the wall: "I found someone, and the manager asked me to take him to the guest area."
The staff member looked at him, then at Chu Zhao.
Chu Zhao began to struggle cooperatively, revealing an angry expression: "Let me go!"
Fang Zhiyi feigned difficulty: "There's still one person hiding upstairs. Go find them quickly." He paused, then added, "The manager said whoever finds them will get a promotion!"
Staff: "...!"
Their tentacles rustled, they exchanged a glance, and then the two of them raced each other up the stairs.
"I……"
"I want a promotion..."
The pie in the drawing turned out surprisingly well. Fang Zhiyi only let go of the pie after the staff disappeared from the corridor.
"How was it? Was my acting convincing?"
Chu Zhao smiled and gave a thumbs up.
The staff were once again sent away, but Fang Zhiyi remained vigilant and continued walking downstairs.
48th floor, 47th floor... With the map in hand, the road ahead was clear. Just as we were about to reach the 45th floor, a commotion suddenly broke out downstairs.
"Is this the service your hotel provides?"
"Can't you understand human language?"
"I want it like this..."
Fang Zhiyi looked out from the entrance of the passage.
A group of newly arrived guests were standing in the lobby on the 45th floor. The waiters who had previously been arrogant towards the staff were now being scolded like grandsons, bowing and scraping.
"Yes, yes, we will improve."
"Please rest assured, we will follow up on your request immediately."
"What you requested is ready..."
The guest was burly and had no facial features, except for a single lip that ran the length of his face. His mouth was split open, and his fine teeth were constantly moving, making different sounds.
The guests were difficult and demanding, keeping the waiters extremely busy. They remained in the lobby on the 45th floor without moving, but if they wanted to go upstairs, they would have to pass through the corridor where Fang Zhiyi and Chu Zhao were staying, and it was only a matter of time before they were discovered.
Fang Zhiyi glanced at the disguised time.
【00:10:59】
10 minutes left.
He gave Chu Zhao a look and whispered, "You'll have to figure out how to escape later."
Chu Zhao didn't have a work badge, so he couldn't disguise himself as a hotel employee. If he showed his face, he would be hunted down.
Fang Zhiyi strode out of the passage, immediately attracting the attention of everyone present.
Thanks to the disguise of his work badge, the waiter didn't recognize him and instead mistook him for a hotel employee.
What are you doing here? Can't you see I'm busy?
Faced with the questioning, Fang Zhiyi shrank back, feigning fear: "I...I..."
Waiter: "Can't you speak properly? Speak clearly before you speak!"
The argument between the two immediately attracted the attention of the guests. Everyone's attention was focused on Fang Zhiyi, and no one noticed a figure flashing past the wall and disappearing at the other end of the corridor.
Fang Zhiyi glanced at Chu Zhao out of the corner of his eye and confirmed that Chu Zhao had reached a safe place. Now it was his turn to escape.
He stammered, "We found them..."
The waiter's face lit up with joy: "Why didn't you say so earlier! Where is he?"
Fang Zhiyi, with her head down, said, "They're upstairs. They told me to come down and find you. They said you should hurry over, or they'll run away again."
Upon hearing this, the waiter, disregarding any potential trouble with Fang Zhiyi, hurriedly went upstairs.
Fang Zhiyi watched him climb the stairs and was about to make a run for it when she heard a deep, muffled voice: "Waiter, where are you going?"
With a sound, a huge figure fell from above.
A giant creature, three meters tall, stood in front of me, blocking my way. It was entirely bluish-gray, with a huge eye on its head that was darting around.
"Take me to my room, I need to rest."
Fang Zhiyi wanted to refuse: "I'm sorry, sir, I have other things to attend to..."
"You dare refuse me?" the Cyclops asked suspiciously. "Are you a waiter at the hotel?"
The Cyclops was being unreasonable and wouldn't let him leave.
The disguise time for the work badge was decreasing little by little, and it was about to expire. There were still many waiters and guests in the lobby on the 45th floor. Once the disguise failed, he would become the target of everyone's attention. Fang Zhiyi could only change his words: "Okay, sir, I'll take you there first."
The Cyclops snorted, "That's more like it."
Fang Zhiyi had a floor plan of the hotel and led the Cyclops into one of the corridors.
The Cyclops walked unsteadily, his scarlet eyes fixed on the figure in front of him, and suddenly said, "You smell so good."
Fang Zhiyi: "...Could it be that you smelled it wrong?"
The Cyclops sniffed hard and said with certainty, "I'm not mistaken, you smell very good, the scent of a person... very pleasant."
Fang Zhiyi felt a chill on the back of her neck, but remained calm: "It might be because I sprayed perfume."
Cyclops: "Perfume? No, no, only humans smell like that." He took a step forward, his massive body causing the corridor to shake. "Let me smell you—"
A hand as large as a palm fan swung over, bringing with it a gust of foul wind.
Fang Zhiyi took a step back, pressing his back against the wall.
The corridor was only so big, and the giant staggered anxiously, his hand getting closer and closer to him.
With nowhere to retreat, he grabbed a piece of decorative armor from the side and was about to smash it.
Bang!
Before the armor could even be slammed down, a crisp sound rang out first.
The Cyclops swayed and then collapsed with a thud.
In the empty corridor behind him, Chu Zhao, holding a crowbar, accurately struck the Cyclops on the back of the head.
The Cyclops lay on the ground, blocking the entire corridor. Fang Zhiyi stepped onto it decisively, and with a light leap, joined Chu Zhao.
Without exchanging a single word, the two exchanged a glance and ran towards the exit simultaneously.
3, 2, 1... The bright red countdown lit up on my retina. The moment it ended and reached zero, the work badge hanging on my chest shattered, and the fragments fell to the ground, where they were quickly trampled by my feet.
Immediately afterwards, a piercing alarm sounded in my ears.
"Attention all hotel staff: An intruder has attacked a guest and caused damage to the hotel."
"Hotel staff, please put down what you are doing and do your best to apprehend the intruder."
They've finally been discovered.
It seems the waiter went back upstairs, checked the accounts, and discovered he had been tricked.
Fang Zhiyi kept walking.
A blinding red light flashed in the corridor.
The entire building seemed to come alive; ripples spread across the walls, and with a "vomiting" sound, one employee after another poured out. Still bewildered, the employees looked around, and upon seeing Fang Zhiyi and Chu Zhao, they immediately realized what was happening: "Stop!"
The broadcast was still going on.
"Catch the trespasser and you'll get a promotion and a raise!"
The hotel staff's eyes lit up immediately.
Fang Zhiyi: "..."
Using such a tactic is despicable!
With a large pancake hanging in front, the hotel staff tirelessly chased after it, blocking the corridor in front and behind, leaving them with nowhere to retreat.
Fang Zhiyi paused, standing back to back with Chu Zhao.
The ceiling lights were intermittent, and sparks from a short circuit flew around and landed on their shoulders.
Fang Zhiyi took a deep breath, grabbed a handful of cash from his backpack, and threw it out.
Amidst the interplay of light and shadow, cash fluttered down.
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