The woman smiled faintly, took the juice the receptionist had retrieved, and handed it to Cheng Shuang herself, saying, "Regardless of whether we become enemies or friends in the future, at this moment, I like you very much!"
Ice cubes floated in the juice glass. Cheng Shuang politely extended both hands, his fingertips touching the woman's cold fingers, a tingling sensation passing by in an instant.
Her expression changed slightly, and she cautiously tried to withdraw her hand, but the other person was one step ahead of her.
The young girl observed the woman's expression and, seeing that she seemed perfectly normal, assumed she was being overly sensitive. She put her juice glass on the table without drinking it, and when she turned around again, the woman had already gotten up and was walking away from the restaurant in her high heels.
It seemed that she really just wanted to say one sentence to Cheng Shuang.
The little girl scratched her cheek. Was she overthinking things? Is that why she's so suspicious of everyone?
"Check yourself out." Liao Yuewei walked over with the receptionist. She gazed intently at the woman's slender back and prompted Cheng Shuang, "I noticed she didn't look too well!"
After she finished speaking, she dismissed the receptionist, and now they were the only table left in the restaurant.
Cheng Shuang subconsciously recalled the strangeness during their contact, pursed her lips, and focused on checking her physical condition. She first summoned the Zangzang Monster to sense the spiritual power of the three people present plus the little wolf demon, confirming that there was nothing wrong, and tilted her head in confusion.
If it's not about mental power, then the most important thing for the maintainer is the spatial grid.
“I could feel that she touched me on purpose. Even if it was just our fingertips touching, that tiny electric current couldn’t be my imagination. At first, I thought it was because the cup was too cold. But now that I think about it, it all happened so suddenly.”
Du Lanshan sneered, "I don't believe she's not a ghost. At a time like this, if she really missed her sister, she would have a chance to return to the mortal world and reunite with her family. The excuse she's making is too perfunctory. Ha, unless her sister died young and the two are separated by life and death!"
Liao Yuewei glanced at him, not because she thought Du Lanshan was mean-spirited, but because she suddenly realized that her companion was not as carefree as he seemed on the surface, and that he was more thoughtful than she had imagined.
"So I thought I might as well take this opportunity to test the waters, so that I won't be caught off guard when we face off later," Cheng Shuangbian said, while engrossed in checking the supplies in her spatial compartment. Just because her mental strength wasn't compromised didn't mean her opponent was without suspicion. She preferred to eliminate any potential threats before the fight, rather than be passively attacked.
According to the arrangement, several bottles of pills were placed in the most conspicuous position. So far, there was no problem with the quantity. She randomly checked a bottle of powder pills, thinking that it would be difficult to tamper with the contents of the bottle.
As expected, the pills showed no abnormalities, followed by the cards and weapons.
The young girl quickly counted the cards, and after a moment, she looked up with a strange expression. "One card is missing."
Du Lanshan immediately panicked, "I'm going to find that bastard and settle the score!"
Liao Yuewei pressed him down, "Don't rush, we'll meet eventually!"
“Uncle Du, there’s no need to look for her.” Cheng Shuang raised her small face and chuckled with a hint of smugness. “She stole a useless card, the counterfeit 20% discount card. If you use it, there’s a 99% chance you’ll get caught. The compensation will not only be ten times the original price, but the shop owner might also keep it and use it as free labor. Because I felt that this card was a bit dangerous, I put it in a separate shelf.”
Was this a lucky accident?! In conventional thinking, items stored separately are either the most special or the rarest, but who would have thought the little girl would do the opposite?
The two looked at each other in bewilderment upon hearing this.
Du Lanshan asked blankly, "How come I remember that 20% off card had a non-transferable attribute?"
Liao Yuewei had never seen the card, but she was aware of some of its limitations and loopholes. "Transferring is an active act, while theft is a passive act."
"So one of that woman's skills is related to stealing items from spatial storage?" Du Lanshan clapped his hands, relieved. "Luckily, she succeeded this time, so we can take precautions in advance."
Cheng Shuang carefully recalled the details of her conversation with the woman. She sat down in the woman's seat and imitated the woman's gesture of handing over a cup. "Moreover, I suspect there are some restrictions, such as the need for verbal communication or other terms. Otherwise, she could easily steal the cup by deliberately bumping into me, so why bother?"
Liao Yuewei observed Cheng Shuang's every move, and just as she was about to put down her cup and return, she gently called out, "Don't move!"
She then sat down in the little girl's original spot, raised her hand to make a gesture of taking the cup, and as their fingers touched, the first thing that came into contact with Cheng Shuang was the shadow cast by her fingertips.
A shadow fell on the back of her hand, and then Liao Yuewei's warm knuckles landed.
The beverage cup is short and stocky.
Touching is unavoidable.
“Shadows, communication, and physical contact,” Liao Yuewei summarized. “These three elements must be guarded against.”
Du Lanshan raised his arms behind his head, leaned back in his chair, and said lazily, "I wonder how the other two are doing? It seems they're enemies, no doubt about it."
Who would dare to have much contact with someone like that?
Moreover, birds of a feather flock together. Although there may be exceptions, the woman's methods were very skillful, and it was definitely not the first time she had used similar methods to cheat people. Her companions could not possibly have been completely unaware of this.
"It's easy to dodge a spear in the open, but hard to guard against an arrow in the dark. Be careful," Liao Yuewei cautiously advised.
The three of them didn't touch their chopsticks. They simply packed up the three set meals and threw them back into their storage compartments. After leaving the restaurant, they wandered around the common areas at will.
Strictly speaking, the number of humanoid monsters on the ninth floor isn't large, let alone humans; on the contrary, the number of receptionists is several times that of the fighters. It seems that the Master values the fighters on the ninth floor highly, granting them extremely high freedom. Apart from the robots guarding the gate, they can freely enter and exit other areas. However, this very fact further proves that the security measures on the ninth floor are much more stringent.
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