Chapter 21 Bellit
As the system announced that from now on, Chu Cheng clearly felt that his spirit had been cut in half for no reason, and he felt a little drowsy and couldn't get interested. His throat was inexplicably itchy, and he couldn't help coughing.
When Chu Cheng covered his mouth and coughed violently, he actually found that he coughed up blood? ! !
[System!!! Is this sickly debuff so strong? ? ? ]
[What? The host doesn't need to worry too much! The host is at most depressed and more prone to illness, but other than that, there is no big problem. Coughing up blood is not the host's own blood, just treat it as something like a special effect bought from the system mall]
Hearing this, Chu Cheng carefully felt it and found that there was indeed no blood in his throat, only a strong rusty taste in his mouth. Chu Cheng felt relieved now. After all, it was too much trouble to do things with a sick body, and he had experienced this enough in his previous life
. I don't know if it was an illusion, but Chu Cheng felt much cooler this morning than yesterday. Thinking of what the system said about this debuff making it easy to get sick, Chu Cheng was strangely silent for a while, looked at the thin layer on his body, and decisively chose to buy a new set of clothes in the system mall.
Turtleneck shirt, cashmere vest, long winter windbreaker, plush Martin boots, Chu Cheng's outfit is enough to keep him safe in the winter even in Ataco.
After getting the token, Chu Cheng couldn't sit idle, he had to think about what to do next. But before taking the next step, he needed to meet with the Golden Hat first and deal with some of Will Winter's remaining problems.
But to be honest, Chu Cheng had thought of many possibilities, such as the Golden Hat eating to excess, and rumors spreading in the auction industry, but he had never thought that the first thing the Golden Hat did after taking office was to quickly renovate the auction house.
Chu Cheng teleported directly back to his room yesterday and did not go out to see, so he was surprised when he opened the door today. The originally magnificent corridor outside the door was all replaced with dark-colored decorations. Black ghost wall lamps of unknown material were neatly attached to the wall. The original lamps were all replaced with candles. The dome was outlined with incomprehensible murals, and even the staff changed into formal clothes.
"Wow..."
Seeing this scene, Chu Cheng exclaimed dryly.
"Hey, the boss is back."
Chu Cheng looked in the direction where the voice came from. The sound of leather shoes stepping on each other came slowly from the shadows. It was not until the candlelight illuminated the pale skin of the visitor inch by inch that Chu Cheng could see the face of the man with the golden hat in the dim environment.
"How about it, boss? My decoration is good, right?"
The goblet in the hand of the man with the golden hat was filled with scarlet liquid. Judging from the degree of wall hanging, Chu Cheng dared to bet that it was definitely blood. Seeing that Chu Cheng looked a little depressed, the man with the golden hat put the goblet on the maid's tray. Don't ask why they are maids, because they are all wearing standard maid uniforms!
"Let's go, boss. I'll take you for a tour. I've cleared out all the people here and even recruited some of my own people."
In just one day, Golden Hat had already made Soubie Auction House his own. As for these people, they must have been Golden Hat's younger brothers before he went viral. Chu Cheng didn't know whether Golden Hat was seeking credit or threatening, but it didn't matter. He needed a dog that would bite and hurt, not a dog that would bark.
Although Chu Cheng was going to hand over Soubie Auction House to Golden Hat, Golden Hat couldn't be so presumptuous. He could decorate the auction house into a vampire theme park today, and throw Chu Cheng out with the roof roll tomorrow. He needed to give Golden Hat a little intimidation so that he would behave himself and not have so many crooked thoughts.
But this is not an easy task. Although he can rely on the system, his survival limit of one month is his bottom line, which he cannot touch. Calculated in this way, the popularity value he can still control is less than 200, which is the amount of four teleportations. Chu Cheng has to use it sparingly.
Chu Cheng did not reply along the way. It was all the talk of the Golden Hat. From the decoration style to the design concept, Chu Cheng felt like there were 800 ducks talking together around him, which was painful.
For the Golden Hat, although it is important to attack the heart, he does not have the time to talk to the Golden Hat, so the most convenient way is to suppress it directly by force. After all, when the opponent's strength is far beyond the level he can touch, it is difficult to raise the idea of ​​challenging.
Although Chu Cheng has been promoted to A, there is still a lot of water. The Golden Hat is different from Willdong. Willdong is a love-minded man who eventually got himself involved, but the Golden Hat is not. The fact that the Golden Hat is on the wanted list of the upper country is enough to show that he is more difficult to deal with than Willdong.
Chu Cheng has already fallen into trouble with Willdong and lost a hundred popularity points. He will not make the same mistake a second time. So when facing the Golden Hat, he must have a detailed and thorough plan and be cautious.
But fortunately, from the moment he was able to think independently, he began a long period of lurking and endurance. His patience is long enough. Chu Cheng was like a hunter hiding in the dark. He could go without food or water, staring at his prey until he found the possibility of killing it with one blow .
'Tsk...'
The man with the golden hat led the way, so Chu Cheng lagged behind the man with the golden hat by half a body length. He was staring at the back of the man with the golden hat at this moment, as if he wanted to burn a hole with his eyes.
'Boss, all the related people are locked up here.'
While thinking, Chu Cheng followed the man with the golden hat all the way to the dungeon. It was called a dungeon, but in fact, it was originally a place for goods to be locked up. Now the group of children were temporarily moved to the house, and the empty space was just right for locking up the lackeys.
The lackey Chu Cheng gave the order directly, and the golden hat happily sent him back to the west. He was not sure about Chu Cheng's intentions for the rest of the people, so he simply bled them one by one, and then tied them up and threw them together.
A rough count showed that there were nearly ten people. Perhaps because they had bled, their faces were pale and their lips were purple. They looked like they were going to faint in the next second. However, Chu Cheng felt that his complexion might be uglier than that of these people. Chu Cheng
was right. Not only him, but also the Man with the Golden Hat noticed something was wrong with Chu Cheng. Before leaving, Chu Cheng was wearing revealing clothes and looked arrogant. But when he came back, he was wrapped tightly in clothes, looked gloomy, and coughed from time to time. The
Man with the Golden Hat was also a little agitated. Although he was secretly and openly dealing with his own people in the auction house to suppress Chu Cheng, he was the one who least wanted Chu Cheng to get into trouble. After all, no matter how much he jumped around in the auction house, the wanted list was still there, and he still needed Chu Cheng to help him turn things around.
But if Chu Cheng was having such a hard time dealing with Willdon, Golden Hat felt that he had to consider whether to stay.
Chu Cheng didn't know the complicated thoughts in Golden Hat's heart, and he didn't intend to know. What Golden Hat could think of, he could think of, too. Golden Hat thought he was a seasoned veteran who could get away with it at any time. If Chu Cheng could do it, he could do it, and if Chu Cheng couldn't do it, he would run away, and he would benefit either way.
But since Chu Cheng had let him on the pirate ship, how could he let him off? Chu Cheng
clenched his right fist, put it in front of his mouth and coughed empty, then Chu Cheng wrapped the scarf around his neck more tightly, hiding half of his face in the scarf.
The few people imprisoned in the dungeon were still breathing, and they didn't look good. When Chu Cheng scanned the group of people, he clearly felt a line of sight glued to him.
It was a woman, a beast girl who looked very young, but at this moment her furry tail was stained with a lot of blood and dirty water. The fiery red hair rubbed against the dirt and stuck together in strands, and there were many scars on her body.
But in contrast to her young appearance, her eyes looked extremely quiet, and could even be said to be a pool of stagnant water. Chu Cheng thought, he knew who this girl was,
"Lulu?"
Hearing this name, Lulu's eyes turned slightly and met Chu Cheng's eyes. Her face was wooden, without any expression, and it was impossible to tell whether she was happy, angry, sad, or happy. She looked more like a puppet than a living thing.
Chu Cheng stretched out his hand from his pocket, holding a gem. In the cell without a single ray of light, the gem looked particularly deep and beautiful. Lulu was also attracted by the gem.
"This is..."
The man with the golden hat turned to look at Chu Cheng. Chu Cheng did not reply, but the man with the golden hat obviously understood Chu Cheng's eyes. He stepped forward and opened the door of the cell.
The whole picture of the cell appeared in front of Chu Cheng. The walls of the cell were covered with moss and a layer of brown substance. There was a trough built with stones next to it, like a pigsty, with some turbid water inside.
It was really ironic that this group of guys who made their living by selling people were now thrown here.
Chu Cheng twisted the green gem with his fingers, and then threw it in front of Lulu like trash. Her eyes were still glued to Chu Cheng. After a while, she slowly lowered her head and looked at the gems on the ground, like a worn-out antique that had not been well maintained.
After a while, she seemed to recognize something. She knelt on the ground and crawled forward, but her feet were tied by iron chains. Lulu lay on the ground and tried her best to reach forward, even ignoring the blood stains on her feet.
"Wow, it's really touching, don't you think so, boss?"
Golden Hat's voice that could not be described as sinister echoed in the cell, but Chu Cheng ignored him, just rubbed his aching forehead, and looked indifferently at Lulu who held the gem tightly in her hand.
The next second, Lulu raised her arm high and smashed the gem to the ground. The sound of the gem hitting the ground was like a bomb, making the stagnant water in the cell make some noise. The people around silently moved to the side, trying to stay away from this crazy woman.
It was not enough to throw it once. Lulu immediately picked up the cracked gem and smashed it to the ground again. This time, the gem had a gap. The third time, the fourth time...
until the gem could no longer be called a gem and turned into a pile of fragments, Lulu seemed to have her soul drained out. She let go of her hand that was cut by the hard fragments and was bleeding, and sat down on the ground dejectedly.
"My heart is... dead..."
"My heart is... dead!!"
"My heart is dead!!!!"
Lulu repeated this sentence over and over again until she yelled and laughed crazily, and tears fell from the corners of her eyes like beads with broken strings. She didn't know whether she was crying or laughing. She shouted heartbreakingly, but she seemed to be relieved.
After a long time, Lulu, who had already lost a lot of blood, seemed to be tired. She lay on the ground motionless. If it weren't for the slight rise and fall of her back, Chu Cheng would have thought she was probably dead.
"Boss, what do you see?"
Golden Hat didn't know what Willdong and Lulu were doing yet, and just thought Chu Cheng wanted to watch this farce, but he was soon interrupted because Lulu's skin suddenly began to glow red, and strong sounds of running water and pounding were heard in her body.
"Boom... Boom... Boom"
"Boom... Boom"
"Boom Boom Boom Boom"
The violent heartbeats were like heavy hammers hitting wildly, the frequency was getting faster and faster, and there was also the sound of blood rushing. Everyone present stood there in a daze, only feeling their heads swelling, the faster and faster beating sounds became dense and strong, and the brain was shaking as if it was pricked by a needle
. Chu Cheng even felt that his heart began to hurt, and he couldn't help but grab the clothes in front of his chest to try to relieve it. Lulu's skin seemed to be torn apart and cracked, but there was no blood flowing out from underneath. Instead, it emitted a stronger golden light.
The light became more and more dazzling, almost blinding. Chu Cheng was about to raise his arm to block it, but the next second, a rising heat wave hit his face, and Lulu's body spontaneously combusted. The golden flames with some red wrapped around the girl, and every inch of her skin was constantly covered with charred black, and then shattered into ashes floating in the air.
After an unknown amount of time, the last bit of embers also dissipated in the air. Everyone seemed to hear a sharp bird cry, and they couldn't come back to their senses for a long time.
"I didn't expect that I could see a phoenix spontaneously combust in my lifetime ." The man
with the golden hat was very knowledgeable and quickly determined where this shocking scene came from. Although it was not normal for an orc girl to spontaneously combust like a phoenix, he naturally wouldn't ask more if Chu Cheng didn't say it.
"The token is gone, boss, do you have other plans?"
Chu Cheng barely maintained his somewhat weak pace, turned around, and threw the things in his pocket back. The man with the golden hat caught it quickly, opened his palm and saw that it was a beautiful ruby. Compared with this ruby, the one just now can only be regarded as a plastic stone.
"Wow, you are worthy of being the boss, really..."
The Golden Hat smiled and put the gem in his chest pocket, followed Chu Cheng out of the dungeon. Chu Cheng felt that his body was terribly weak now, and he didn't even have time to keep his smile. He hurriedly sent the Golden Hat away and returned to his bedroom.