Chapter 059: Cute creatures eating melons in the refreshment room (11)
Mo Qianhe took advantage of the fact that the store manager had not noticed that he was eavesdropping and quickly returned to Liu Tang. Together with him, he ate the snacks fed by the customers with great restraint, and relayed to Liu Tang what he had just overheard.
Liu Tang showed a look of delight:
[The store manager and the red-feathered bird girl have an ambiguous relationship as superior and subordinate.]
【The bird girl seduces the cheetah waiter. 】
[The store manager seems to be interested in golden retrievers again.]
[The golden retriever is being pursued by the panda, and has witnessed the panda being involved with the leopard woman.]
[Panda and Leopard Girl are pretending to be a couple and cannot tell Golden Retriever the truth.]
[Although Leopard Girl is pretending to be Panda's girlfriend, she seems to really like Panda...]
[There's so much fun going on between these NPCs~]
Mo Qianhe listened to Liu Tang's orderly analysis of the relationship between NPCs, and regretted that he didn't have paper and pen to help him draw a character relationship diagram.
The Cheetah waiter then brought Mrs. Elephant back to the store.
Cheetah reported his findings to Black Cat: "The area where 'Ugly Monster' disappeared happened to be an old building area with no surveillance, so we can't find out what exactly happened."
Mrs. Elephant looked deeply wronged. "It really did untie itself and run away. Manager, please believe me."
The store manager gave Mrs. Xiang a reassuring smile. "I absolutely trust you. Don't worry, we'll cover the loss ourselves."
After a busy day, the bird girl finally had some free time. She came over and said, "Strange! Our designated pet walking area shouldn't include the old building area, right? Why would Mrs. Elephant go there?"
When Mrs. Xiang heard this, her face changed. Everything else could be explained, but she really couldn't defend herself on this matter.
She didn't know why she seemed to have lost her mind, and when she came to her senses, she was already there.
If you explain this to others, they will definitely think you are quibbling.
Seeing that Mrs. Xiang couldn't explain herself clearly, the store manager felt confident of victory.
Since the bird girl had played the bad cop, he happily played the bad cop, amiably finding a way for her to back down: "That 'ugly freak' must have been disobedient since he managed to get away. He must have been dragging Mrs. Elephant around, and that's why he ran out of our designated area."
Mrs. Xiang smiled awkwardly, neither saying yes nor no. She simply said guiltily, "I'm also responsible for 'Ugly' getting lost. The police won't intervene. I'll compensate you for your losses and express my apologies."
The Black Cat store manager quickly waved his hand: "Really, no need. You are our most distinguished VIP customer. How can we let you pay this money?"
"No, no, no, I still have to pay the money." Mrs. Xiang insisted.
Seeing the two men pushing and pulling for a long time, the bird girl realized the time was ripe, so she spoke in a reasonable manner, "How about this, let's both take a step back, and our store and Mrs. Xiang will each share half of the losses, right?"
When Mrs. Xiang heard this, she was visibly relieved and agreed readily. Under the guidance of the store manager, she scanned the code to pay and finally left feeling satisfied.
How could she know whether she was paying the price of the whole cute thing or half of it.
Lao Cheng snorted coldly when he saw this, and muttered to himself, "This store manager and his staff are really good. They work together to kill two birds with one stone. They make one profit by selling Shu Mu to the restaurant, and another by making money from Mrs. Xiang."
The store closed earlier than usual today.
The store manager explained to Cheetah that he would have guests coming to his house later.
The bird girl didn't run away early today. She let the cheetah go first and stayed to clean up.
When the cheetah refused to leave, the bird girl pushed him out forcefully: "Hey, come on, go. You cleaned yesterday, and I'll clean today. It's fair."
The cheetah was also relieved and left after a few polite words.
The bird girl and the store manager locked the cute creatures back into the glass house and began to concentrate on cleaning.
The players quickly shared the new information they had obtained in the afternoon.
After the cleaning was done, the bird girl pulled the store manager into the kitchen and said coquettishly, "I want to be alone with you~"
Lao Cheng and Mo Qianhe have now made the listening rights of "Walls Have Ears" public to all players.
Hearing the bird girl's sweet voice, all the players looked embarrassed.
Except for the girl with twin ponytails, Putong, who has completely lost herself in her desire for snacks.
The store manager replied: "Not here, go to the dressing room."
Bird Girl replied: "People don't like the locker room. They are tired of it."
As they spoke, the two of them walked towards the depths of the corridor.
Fang Yiran was wondering if they should turn off the props to prevent hearing any restricted audio when he heard the Black Cat store manager's voice become serious: "What's wrong?"
Bird Girl replied: "I just found cameras and bugs in the locker room."
Several players were surprised by this sudden turn of events.
Hearing the bird girl's words, the black cat laughed softly.
Fang Yiran and Xiang Xiang were both baffled by the store manager's laughter.
Then I heard the store manager say, "You're pretty quick. There are some in the kitchen too."
"What do you mean?" the bird girl asked, as if she had figured out the answer. "You mean it was the new part-time installer?"
Black Cat replied: "Who else could it be? We are the only three people who have been to the kitchen and the locker room."
The bird girl's voice became tense. "By the way, I checked the information of the University of All Things, and Cheetah is indeed not a student there. It seems... we are being targeted."
"It's really interesting." Black Cat sighed.
The bird girl was a little confused. "But... even if they could really obtain some information through this method, it would be obtained illegally and has no legal effect. It's completely against the regulations."
The smile in Black Cat's eyes became more obvious, and he said, "That's why it's interesting.
"Just leave it alone for now. I'll call the police in a few days."
Bird Girl was puzzled: "They should be the police, right? Will calling the police help?"
Black Cat laughed. "They used illegal means to obtain evidence. If they are reported, they will be dismissed. Isn't that better?"
"Manager, you are so mean."
Then there was another sticky sound.
The few players who were still sober felt a little nauseous when they heard this.
Fang Yiran tried to change the subject: "It seems that your guess is correct. Cheetah and the others are most likely the police."
Liu Tang was a little worried: "If the plot continues like this, Cheetah and his men might not be able to solve the case, and they might even be fired."
Xiang Xuan said unconcernedly, "What does it matter? As long as this store is still around, we can still gain favorability points."
Fang Yiran wanted to say that Xiangxiang couldn't tell good from evil, but he felt that he was going too far.
I can only shut up silently.
The player who turned on the God's perspective in the live broadcast room has seen through everything:
"Xiang Xiang, you're confused. If the police stop taking care of this store, you cute little things will have no good end."
"In the round I watched, after the police went offline, the players started the lightning-fast elimination mode."
"The ones in front, we probably watched the same round. It's scary."
"The players you're watching are pretty impressive. The last round I watched, the players couldn't even make it until the police were offline."
"Hahahaha, this is hilarious! The round I watched, the players didn't even notice the police were there."
"So, this group of players is quite strong. I hope they can successfully clear the level."
"I think it's dangerous. At least three players are already on the road to certain death."
At this time, a voice came from the "Walls Have Ears" device installed by Mo Qianhe on the Leopard Girl.
First there was the sound of a car door opening and closing, followed by the sound of Leopard Woman greeting Cheetah: "Captain."
"Where have you been all afternoon?" asked the cheetah.
The Leopard Woman remained silent and did not answer.
Panda admitted his mistake: "I'm sorry, Scabbers, Captain, I shouldn't have left my post this afternoon."
Cheetah suppressed his anger and said word by word, "Are you deserting your post? You are disregarding the safety of your teammates and may even cause the failure of our entire mission!"
Panda retorted, "But this mission wasn't assigned to us in the first place, and our investigation isn't legal. We should have called it quits long ago."
At this time, the fourth woman's voice rang out: "What are you talking about, you damn bamboo shoot!
"If you didn't want to participate in this mission, you shouldn't have come in the first place. What kind of man is it to back out halfway through the mission?!
"What were you thinking when you left Scabbers alone in the refreshment room?!
"Cure your love-brain!"
The Leopard Girl screamed, "Come on, stop arguing! We've installed so many bugs and cameras in the refreshment room. Even though audio and video recordings themselves can't be used as evidence, we can still dig up something useful."
Captain Cheetah agreed: "I've discovered today that there might be some illegal drugs in their store.
"Mrs. Elephant, who lost her cute animal today, seemed to be in a trance before she took 'Ugly' out."
The fourth person said, "Yeah, I thought it was a little strange watching the surveillance video. And the cute creature's disappearance is also very strange."
Panda quickly took advantage of the situation and agreed, "That's great! If we can find any illegal items in their store, we can justifiably take them down."
Cheetah continued, "I've already had Mrs. Elephant's blood drawn. I'm just waiting for the test results."
When Mo Qianhe heard this, he felt worried for these NPCs.
Several players knew that Mrs. Xiang’s consciousness was indeed controlled at that time, but the one who took action was not the store manager, but the player Shu Mu.
There's a high probability that the test report will reveal nothing.
Fang Yiran said dejectedly, "It's over. The investigation is going in the wrong direction."
A fourth voice from the NPC side rang out, "Oh, right, now I know where the store manager lives. A customer left their keychain at the store today, and they agreed to have the customer pick it up at the store manager's house."
Captain Cheetah said, "Okay, let's go over and take a look."
After listening to it, the players can confirm that the Leopard Girl's name is "Banban".
There were four people who carried out the mission privately together.
In addition to Cheetah, who took the lead at the beginning and pretended to be a part-time waiter in the refreshment room, and Panda and Leopard Woman who later pretended to be a couple, there was also a woman who provided technical support in the rear.
Fang Yiran said, "It seems that what the Black Cat store manager said is correct. The way these four are conducting their investigation is indeed illegal."
Liu Tang took a bite of the melon in the gap and said, "If the panda stared at the Black Cat store manager's house and found out that the person who had arranged to meet the store manager at home was his favorite golden retriever, I wonder how he would feel."
Fang Yiran: “…”
You guy, I'm tired of saying you're "careless".
Not long after listening, the store manager walked out from the end of the corridor.
The bird girl seemed to have left through the back door and no one was seen.
Black Cat closed the shop door and turned off the lights in the dining area.
In the dim light, the players looked at the black cat vigilantly, and saw him take out the key and open the door of the glass room.
"Isn't the store closed? Why is the glass house open again?" Fang Yiran was a little panicked.
A black cat stood at the doorway, its entire face hidden in the darkness, its eyes gleaming bright yellow. It said, "Little Velvet Flower, it's your turn to livestream today."
When Xiangxuan heard his name in this copy being called out by the black cat, his body stiffened involuntarily.
"Live broadcast? What live broadcast? I, I don't want it." Xiang Xiang took a step back vigilantly.
Now they all know that Black Cat is not a good person, and they don’t know if there is anything fishy about this live broadcast.
Lao Cheng seemed to suddenly remember something and said, "Ah, there is something I have always forgotten to tell you.
"When I first entered the dungeon, didn't the store manager give me 'electric shock therapy'?
"In fact, during the whole process, there were several cameras running in front of me..."
A smile appeared on his face. "If I'm not mistaken, it's 'live broadcast', right?"
Liu Tang looked at Lao Cheng. The look of joy on the other's face because others were about to suffer was still so familiar.
When Xiangxuan heard this, he couldn't help but tremble slightly all over.
She was puzzled: "Why? I didn't break any rules, why did you choose me..."
The black cat seemed to understand her question and said, "Come on, Little Velvet Flower. You have been acting so 'excellent' these past few days. Aren't you just trying to attract my attention?"
The blonde girl understood why.
It's the favorability value.
It was her deliberate alienation from all customers that made the store manager particularly favorable towards her, which in turn became the reason why the store manager chose her.
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