Chapter 13: Get the wool and treat your friends to dinner
After a high-intensity one-on-three match, Nan Qi's body was fully exercised, but in order to avoid exposing himself too much, he pretended to be a little tired and sat on the ring to rest.
Melon glanced at him, took out a bottle of water from the game space and threw it to Nan Qi.
Nan Qi took it lazily, said thank you, unscrewed the bottle cap and gulped down half of the bottle before stopping.
At this time, Mellon also came to Nan Qi's side. He sat opposite Nan Qi and asked curiously, "What move did you just use? Why did A06 suddenly lose his strength?"
Nan Qi thought to himself, he had no intention of hiding it, this trick was nothing to him, but since the other party had come to him, if he didn't take advantage of it, it would be unfair to the other party for "coveting" him before.
Moreover, he really was short of money, and it was always good to have more money. Who would complain about having too much money?
Thinking of this, Nan Qi pretended to be embarrassed: "Uh, this is my secret, I can't tell others casually."
Melon's heart skipped a beat. He and Bai had discussed that the male insects might not easily teach them this skill.
Although they knew the true identity of the male insect and could go to District 19 to capture the male insect, if they really did so, what would be the difference between them and the male insects that oppressed them?
This male insect is only an F-level male insect, and his life is more difficult than theirs. This combination of skills is probably the life-saving skill he has learned through long-term oppression. What reason do they have to force him to give up his life-saving skill?
But without using force, how can they make the male insects willingly teach them skills?
Money? If I bring it up directly, it might make the male insects even more alert. After all, the game can only reveal gender, not mental strength level.
Judging from the male insect's ability, everyone would guess that he is a high-level male insect who is diligent in exercising. But how many high-level male insects would be short of money?
Taking the initiative to ask for money is tantamount to exposing their intentions towards the male insects.
Just when Mellon was having a headache, A02 came over and said, "I'm really interested in your attack method. How about I become your disciple? Master, you can teach me."
"Uh—" A02 caught Nan Qi off guard. He blinked and pointed at himself, "You want to take me as your master?"
A02 nodded happily and said with a grin, "I can kneel down and become your disciple. This game has a discipleship system. If you don't believe me, Master, I can tell you my real identity. Of course, you don't have to tell me yours."
"No, that's not the case." Nan Qi tilted his head and looked at A02. "What good will it do for me if you become my disciple?"
Nan Qi took the initiative and stood up to lean against the railing of the arena. He said with a smile, "A simple apprenticeship is enough to learn my skills. Mr. A02 is really good at business."
A02: "...Then what does Master want?"
Nan Qi smiled: "It's not about what I want, it's about what you can provide? Provide something that can make my heart beat."
"Something that makes your heart beat?" A02 looked at A01 in embarrassment, opened his mouth, and finally closed it.
What makes a man's heart beat? That's hard to do. How do they know what makes a man's heart beat?
Just when the insects were at a loss, Melon received a private message. His eyes lit up, and while everyone's attention was attracted by the male insect, he secretly opened the private message.
When I saw clearly what was written on it, I relaxed.
After closing the private message, he rubbed against the male insect and said with a smile: "We female insects are just sparring partners. We can't provide any rights, but we earn a lot of money, so money is what we can provide. Besides that..."
Mellon paused, then, seeing the male insect's expression showed no signs of doubt, continued, "Besides that, we can also provide sparring services beyond the current contract period, and have our company's most powerful female insect serve as your sparring partner."
"Oh? You have so much power?" Nan Qi became interested.
Mellon chuckled. "I don't have that much power. We're just good friends. I can use my courtesy to have him come and practice with you during his off-duty hours. If you want to win the final match, I believe my friend can help you."
"These are all we have. If you like it, please teach us. If you don't like it, there's nothing we can do. We can only give up with great pain."
After saying this, Mellon spread his hands and made a heartbroken expression, but he was actually very happy in his heart.
He was previously burdened by the condition that he knew the male insect's identity, and was also misled by his own identity. He was afraid that asking for money would make the male insect suspicious of them.
But for the male insects, they are not military females with military positions, but just game sparring partners. The female insects who serve as sparring partners cannot bring anything special to the table.
Money and their jobs are the only bargaining chips they can offer. If it weren't for Bai's reminder, today's conversation would probably have come to a deadlock, and the male insect might even realize that their intentions are not pure.
This male insect is very smart.
Sure enough, the male insect did not doubt them, but made a request to them.
"I need to test your friend's abilities first before I can decide. If your friend's strength impresses me and allows me to learn what I want, I will teach you my techniques."
"Of course, he should be free tonight. You know, Ace is always busy." Mellon said, "Let's add each other as friends. I'll notify you immediately if there is any news."
"Okay," Nan Qi readily accepted Mellon's friend request, "Then I'll wait for your good news."
"Okay, just wait. As for the money, how about 100,000 star coins? As a male insect like you, you probably wouldn't consider such a small amount of star coins. But these are our tokens of appreciation."
Melon said, looking at the male insect expectantly.
One hundred thousand star coins is a lot of wool. Nan Qi originally thought that he could only get star coins, but he didn't expect there would be an "unexpected surprise".
He didn't care whether this "surprise" was really a surprise or he had fallen into a new trap. It was just a new deal.
He had something they wanted, and yet they were cautiously testing him. Even though they might know his identity, he was still so cautious, so it couldn't be out of ill will.
As long as there is no malicious intent, he doesn't mind teaching these poor female insects a lesson.
Nan Qi: "Okay, I'll take the 100,000. You can pay with victory coins."
Victory coins can be exchanged for star coins at a rate of 1:10, which means that Mellon and his team need to pay Nan Qi 10,000 victory coins.
This was not difficult for Melon and his friends. Melon didn't even ask his companions to help him. He transferred the victory coins from his main account and paid them to Nan Qi on the spot.
Nan Qi had money and a great sparring partner, so he was in a good mood. He didn't want to do the rest of the practice anymore. He said goodbye to the female insects and left the sparring room.
After Nan Qi left, Bai She removed his invisibility and appeared on the stage.
Mellon quickly walked over to Bai's side, put his elbow on Bai's shoulder, and looked at Bai as if to ask for credit: "How is it? It was effortless."
Bai glanced at him and reached out to sweep away Mellon's arm that was resting on his shoulder: "Idiot."
Mellon: "??? Did you take the wrong medicine? Although it was thanks to your guidance that we were able to do this smoothly, you can't deny my acting skills."
"Acting?"
"Yeah. Did I act badly?"
Bai shook his head: "You acted very well, but you forgot one important thing."
"Important things?" Mellon scratched his face, "No."
A02—Peggy suddenly sighed, put her arm around Mellon's shoulders, and said with a heavy face, "Mr. Male Insect said he had to test 'your friend's' strength before making a decision. He hasn't even tried it yet, and you're so eager to pay him."
Mellon: “…”
The sky is falling. If the male insect wants to default on his debt, he won't even get his money back. What on earth is wrong with him that he would overlook such an important issue?
Mellon pointed at Peggy and said, "You didn't even remind me! Our friendship is over."
Peggy slapped Mellon's finger away: "Don't come on, can we stop him? You seem afraid that he will refuse."
Mellon: "...What should we do now?"
Peggy looked at Bai: "General, do you want to—"
Bai shook his head: "No, he won't default on his debt."
"You trust him so much?" Mellon was surprised. Then he saw Bai Tou walk out of the sparring room without hesitation. "Hey, where are you going?"
The one who answered him was Bai Xiaosha's back.
Mellon: "...Is he acting a little strange these past two days? Did he forget to take his medicine?"
Peggy tilted her head and looked at him: "I think there's nothing wrong with the general, but it's you who's a little bit off."
"What could be wrong with me?"
"Don't you realize you've become stupid~ Hahahaha——"
Peggy ran away after saying that, and Mellon chased after him and kicked him. The other female insects watched them fighting with a smile, and when Mellon passed by them, they secretly stretched out their feet to trip him.
Bai raised the corner of his mouth slightly, reached out to turn off the real-time video of the sparring room, and also shut out the laughter and playfulness of Mellon and the others on the other side, and slowly walked towards the snack street.
The male insect gave him a message as soon as he left the room, asking him to find him at the snack street, saying that he would treat him to a lot of delicious food when he made money and also to have a competition with him.
This male insect seemed to love eating and had a rather eccentric personality. Bai felt very relaxed when he was with him, so he didn't use his online invisibility function on the male insect.
He wanted to get close to this male insect and see what kind of insect he was, regardless of whether this male insect was specially trained by a heart insect to deal with him.
The smell of fireworks, the aroma of food, the shouts of shopkeepers and the sighs of players after enjoying the delicious food in the snack street intertwined together, forming a unique scene of peace that was buried in Bai's heart and that he longed for most.
And in this scene that he longed for the most, the male insect stood in the middle, looking at him with a bright smile.
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