Chapter 181 (Extra)
Black market street.
Xia Mo deliberately used fraudulent props in advance, changed her face, and temporarily hid her ID with props. She strolled around the narrow streets like a real customer.
Many players know about this place, and many of them come here to visit, hoping to buy a suitable mythical beast.
However, most of the time, the divine beasts they chose were not willing to follow them, let alone sign a contract, so quarrels and fights often occurred here, so frequently that the city guards were too lazy to intervene.
At this time, in front of a gray mythical beast shop, a player was standing with one hand on his waist, pointing at the merchant in front of him and shouting loudly.
"Liar! You're clearly a liar! Everyone, come and see, this shop owner is dishonest. He sold us the mythical beast at a high price, and then the next day he tricked the beast back into his shop using some other means!"
Onlookers: What? This is ridiculous!
A player who wanted to buy a mythical beast came forward and asked in confusion: "Little brother, this mythical beast is already in your hands, how could you let him trick you into giving it back?"
"Yeah, brother, what is going on?" the bystander asked.
The cheated player shook his head with a look of grief and indignation, and finally gritted his teeth in hatred, as if he wanted to tear the shop owner in front of him to pieces!
"I came here yesterday morning to buy a mythical beast. I paid 800,000 gold coins and took it home right there. To cultivate its loyalty, I spent the entire day chatting with it and even took it for a ride. But then I logged off and logged back in this morning, and the system told me the beast had run away!!!"
"My first reaction was that it had slipped away on its own, so I quickly contacted my friends and searched everywhere from morning to afternoon, but there was still no clue. Suddenly, an idea flashed through my mind: maybe the mythical beast had run back to the store on its own? So I came over to confirm."
"You saw what happened! It's that black bird in the cage! It was clearly in my backpack yesterday, but today it ran back to the store. I went to the owner, but he refused to give it to me no matter what!"
The onlookers were stunned. Many thought this was too outrageous. One of them couldn't help but ask, "How can you be sure that the black bird in the store owner's hand is the one you bought yesterday? What if it's another one of the same species?"
The suspected player stared in silence, "I bought it myself, how could I not know? You don't believe me, right? Fine, I'll post yesterday's purchase information to the world right now."
Xia Mo watched the whole process from the side, and silently clicked on the world channel after hearing what was said.
As expected, he sent out the screenshot. Everyone clicked on it to take a look, then crowded into the store to compare it with the one in the cage, and finally had to come to a conclusion.
"Damn, it really is the one he bought yesterday!"
"How could this be? Doesn't that mean all of us who come here to buy divine beasts might get scammed?"
"This shouldn't be right. We're clearly doing a legitimate transaction and have already deducted taxes. How come the goods are being taken away from us by the merchant?"
"No, we must seek justice for our little brother today, otherwise we will be the ones to be cheated tomorrow!"
For their own interests, the players united together, blocked the door of the store, and demanded an explanation from the owner.
The shop owner is an NPC who looks very cunning. When he found out that his shop was attacked by a group of players, he was not panicked. Instead, he narrowed his eyes and smiled cunningly.
"My dear customer, you did pay me 800,000 gold coins yesterday. I want to ask you, did I give you the Xuanniao yesterday?"
The deceived player grunted reluctantly, "It's given to me."
Shop owner: "That's right, isn't it? I paid for the goods, how can you say I cheated you?"
The player being questioned turned pale and raised his fist to hit the shop owner: "Isn't this cheating?! You pretended to give me the Xuanniao, and then when I was gone, you called it back to your shop! Who do you think you can fool? Damn it, do you admit it or not? If not, I'll beat you to death in this shop today!"
800,000 gold coins is not a small number. Many players have not saved up this amount until now. Now seeing this poor man being cheated, everyone seemed to empathize with him. They were so angry that they raised their arms to give courage to the little brother.
Unexpectedly, the shop owner NPC remained calm and even had a smug smile on his face.
"Sir, my transaction with you was fair and clear. You can't blame me for the loss of the merchandise just because you didn't take good care of it, right?"
"I, Philip, have been doing business in the black market for 20 years without fail. I have done everything right. If you are dissatisfied, feel free to sue me in the court of Lolock City. You will see who is right and who is wrong."
The noisy shop suddenly became quiet.
The players who raised their fists to attack were also stunned.
After his indignation subsided and his rationality returned, he suddenly realized that he really had no reason to sue.
The transaction process was formal, and the divine beast was delivered to him on the spot. The divine beast ran away on its own the next day. Logically speaking, it was caused by the owner's poor supervision.
As for the shop owner? He could just use the excuse that he "didn't know why the black bird came back". After all, he didn't steal or rob. The black bird came back to the shop on its own. What does it have to do with him?
After thinking about this logic, the player's face became even uglier.
Damn it! Why didn't he think highly of Xuanniao? His 800,000 gold coins, which he had saved for half a year, were gone just like that. He was going to die!
They say men don't shed tears easily, but at this moment, everyone noticed that the player in front of them actually sobbed, and then tears rolled down...
Everyone's throat choked and they wanted to say something, but after seeing his pitiful and helpless appearance, they couldn't utter a word.
A figure suddenly appeared in front of him.
Biscuit Bear raised his head with red eyes: "...w-what are you doing?"
Standing in front of him was a female star official player with a rather cold face, which immediately reminded him of the ruthless character who was the number one in the world.
However, there was a hint of suspicion in his eyes.
The other person's face is different from that big guy, and her ID is also hidden by her, so her true identity cannot be seen, so her purpose is... ?
Bear Biscuit was puzzled and took a step back cautiously.
Xia Mo just looked at him without answering, then turned around and glanced coldly at the owner Philip.
"The divine beast is not bound to the customer once purchased. If the contract with the owner is not signed in time, the divine beast may escape at any time."
For players who haven't signed a contract, there's no dedicated pet home for their mythical beasts in the panel, so they can only be put into their backpacks. Even dead creatures in your backpack have a certain chance of falling out, let alone living ones?
Xuanniao does not recognize the person who purchased it, and will automatically fly away when the player logs off.
Xia Mo's tone was calm, but beneath the calmness lay an unquestionable determination.
Philip suddenly shuddered, and the player Bear Biscuit opened his eyes wide in an instant!
"So it's because I didn't sign the contract? That's why my Xuanniao ran away?!"
Xia Mo nodded slightly in response.
"Divine beasts are special combat pets. They must actively bind themselves to a contract with their owners to truly belong to them. Some customers may not be aware of this, but as the seller, aren't you aware?"
"According to Article 18 of the Lorock City Business Rules, if a merchant fails to disclose the details of a product when selling it, it is considered intentional concealment and false sales, and the transaction shall not be established."
In her previous life, she had been a resident of Lolock City and a merchant there, and she knew the business rules of this city by heart.
If anyone dares to exploit this loophole, the city lord will immediately order punishment.
After Xia Mo finished speaking, there was an uproar inside and outside the store, and Philip's expression instantly changed from previous complacency to panic.
He stared at Xia Mo and denied it flatly.
"You're talking nonsense! It's common knowledge that the Divine Beast has issued a contract invitation. It's his own fault that he didn't receive the Xuanniao's approval. How can you blame me?"
Biscuit Bear was so angry that his face turned red: "I don't know! I haven't bound a beast before! Why do you assume I should know?"
Philip's face was filled with speechlessness. "You haven't bound a divine beast before, but you haven't bound an ordinary battle pet before? Don't ordinary battle pets also have to sign a contract with you?"
Upon hearing this, Little Bear Biscuit became even more enraged. "I came to your store to buy a Divine Beast just because I don't have a single battle pet! How the hell would I know about these messed up rules?!"
Philip was silent when he heard this.
The players around him fell silent.
My goodness, this player named Bear Biscuit really knows nothing about battle pets... He doesn't even know the common sense of needing to sign a contract.
However, even if he was not aware of it, he could not be blamed for this matter, because as the female star official who suddenly appeared said, the merchant did not fulfill his obligation to inform and had a fluke mentality, and Philip must be held responsible for this.
Philip, who thought he was right and no one could do anything to him, never expected that Cheng Yaojin would appear out of nowhere!
The business rules are written in black and white, and he really can't evade this.
He glared at Xia Mo with some hatred, and finally, under the pressure of the rules, he reluctantly took the black bird out of the cage in front of everyone and gave it to Little Bear Biscuit.
"Take it. If you still don't remember to bind it this time, I won't give it to you again if the Black Bird flies back!"
Things took a surprising turn. Little Bear Biscuit was so excited that he burst into tears that he didn't expect that he could really get the black bird back.
There was a sudden cheer of victory from all around!
"That's great! I was thinking, after spending so much money, I can't go home empty-handed~"
"This store is too shady. We won't buy mythical beasts here anymore."
"Thanks to that kind player just now, without her advice, we would have been fooled by Philip."
Yes, it was thanks to her that he stepped in, otherwise he would never have been able to get his Xuanniao back today.
Biscuit Bear wiped his tears and quickly put the Black Bird into the panel. He was about to say thank you to the player who helped him, but when he looked up, the female player had quietly left.
"...Ah, I didn't even get to say thank you in person." He looked outside the store with a look of regret.
On the other hand, Xia Mo was glad that he had used a deceptive prop today to hide his true face, otherwise there would have been someone who would have taken a screenshot and made extravagant comments about it.
Although those rumors would soon be refuted, she would sometimes catch a glimpse of them while browsing the forum and it was annoying. So this time, no one knew her true identity under the mask, and she slipped away easily and naturally.
In fact, she had encountered many cases like the one with Bear Biscuits in her previous life in the city of Lolock.
The NPCs in the black market street took advantage of their information advantage and the lax management of the city guards to deceive lay players many times. Many people who didn't understand the rules were fooled by them and had to swallow their anger in the end.
It was not until later that Xia Mo sorted out the city's business rules and posted them on the forum that the players suddenly realized that those NPCs were simply taking advantage of loopholes!
Knowing how difficult it is for ordinary players to save gold coins, Xia Mo thought that since he had met him, he might as well help him.
She quickly put the matter of the bear biscuits behind her, and Xia Mo strolled on the black market street again, waiting for Richards.
After more than ten minutes, she glanced sideways.
The target person appears.
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