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Chapter Sixteen: The Black Market, Mai Shiranui?
"Okay, okay, I believe you~"
Looking at the eager "black sesame kitten" before her, the White Queen smiled helplessly and had no choice but to be frank:
"The hotel we just escaped from yesterday has been chosen as the location for this 'Ninth-Tier Cleaner Trial'."
Upon hearing this news, Tifa's tense expression immediately relaxed, and her eyebrows unfurled. "Isn't this a good thing? We two are already very familiar with this route."
It's always better to go to a familiar monster hotel than to suffer in a new, unknown place.
Bai Huang shook his head slightly. "Given the consistent style of the Eagle City's higher-ups, I think there's definitely something wrong here."
"All I can do is take you to the black market as soon as possible and prepare more 'extraordinary items' that can significantly lower the temperature."
“Those objects tainted with supernatural powers and spirits can play a significant role at crucial moments.”
"Also, I'll make a copy of the escape route map that Chun-Li specially ordered last time. This is crucial."
After a moment of contemplation, she organized her thoughts and continued her explanation:
"This trial is the same as the one I investigated before. An official helicopter will take you directly to the hotel rooftop, and all the trial participants will begin their operations from there."
“Follow the escape route I took yesterday, enter the ventilation duct from the upper floors of the hotel, and go down to the first floor.”
"Although it's a bit uncomfortable, at least it guarantees safety."
"Once we reach the first floor of the hotel, we've already fought those four monsters in the lobby once. As long as we use the cooling method again, we'll definitely be able to hold out until the end. Just grit your teeth and persevere, and you'll have successfully passed the trial."
At this point, she changed the subject and added, "I will not submit a detailed report on the four female giants on the first floor of the hotel to the higher-ups in District R. So once the trial is over, you will become the first officially certified team to truly solve the problem on the first floor of the hotel."
Tifa felt a little embarrassed after hearing this and asked softly, "Is...this really okay?"
The White Queen smiled slightly, her tone much gentler. She explained, "For non-official staff like you to handle pollution incidents, the rewards you usually receive are much higher than those from official agencies. Once it's done, you only need to give me a token amount to cover the initial investment."
"Assuming nothing unexpected happens..."
Li Pu remained silent.
He felt that if he knew nothing at the moment, then the White Queen's suggestion was indeed the safest and most reliable method, with no obvious loopholes or oversights no matter how you looked at it.
Safety, merit, all attribution—it's as if he truly fed them bite by bite.
But he knew very well that the hotel was no longer the same as yesterday's hotel, so this approach simply wouldn't work.
Plans can't keep up with changes.
The White Queen underestimated the nascent state of Eagle City's leadership.
She never imagined that those people would actually contaminate S-grade items, disguise them as C-grade items, and use the trial participants as guinea pigs.
Unexpectedly, there were "supervisors" at the trial site who were specifically watching the trial participants, and each trial participant was forcibly strapped with a small bomb around their neck.
In this way, let alone slowly hiding and waiting for the right opportunity, he and Tifa probably won't even have a minute to catch their breath.
Thinking of this, he glanced at the red intelligence notification again.
[Compensation Tip 3: After all monsters in the hotel undergo severe mutation again...]
Their tightly closed eyes are their only Achilles' heel.
Once you lure it to open its eyes, you can easily kill it.
The cooling items should be replaced with dazzling items like bright lights. It would be even better if there was something that could force the monsters to open their eyes!
How can I convince the White Queen and Tifa?
Thinking of this, he subconsciously looked up, only to see Tifa and the White Queen staring intently at him.
"?"
Tifa pouted and muttered, "I'm fine with it, but that little rascal definitely won't stay put on the first floor..."
In her eyes, this adorable boy was simply a walking "surprise maker".
He's always coming up with clever ideas, and although they often work out by accident, his boundless energy and "king of the kids" demeanor mean he's never still for a moment.
"Yes, he's a naughty little devil." The White Queen's beautiful eyes softened.
Suddenly, a glint of light flashed in her deep blue eyes.
"Let's give this little slut a taste of sweetness."
Tifa was taken aback, and Li Pu also couldn't figure out what this foreign woman was up to.
The next second, the voluptuous blonde woman in the main seat, with her large breasts and ample hips, curved her full, crystal-blue lips into a seductive smile. "You little rascal, listen up."
"As long as you stay on the first floor with Tifa during this trial and successfully complete it, you'll be able to return..."
She paused deliberately, her eyes darting between Lip and Tifa, her smile deepening. "How about I be your 'exclusive girlfriend' for the whole day?"
"Is this reward substantial enough?"
Li Pu: "???"
Why are you rewarding yourself when you're supposed to be rewarding me?
Where is this going?
Sugar-coated bullets from capitalist Western women?
……
In the afternoon, the underground black market in River Valley Town, District R.
A worker must first sharpen his tools if he wants to do well.
Li Pu didn't care about any rewards or anything, and urged the White Queen to lead the way into the black market early on.
This black market is located beneath the old-world subway station in Riverdale, with decaying station signs and rusty tram wreckage lying on the tracks.
On both sides of the tracks, in the station hall, on the platform, even inside the tram wreckage and on the stairs, all were crowded with masked merchants setting up stalls to sell stolen goods.
River Valley is located in the suburbs of Eagle City's R district, where regulations are relatively lax, making it one of their favorite gathering places.
Although it was a black market, and both the vendors and buyers were professionally masked, the atmosphere was completely lacking.
The cries of vendors echoed throughout the area.
"Silver Bell Breastplate, high-end quality..."
"Behold! The power of the sun god! It purifies all! Praise the sun!"
"May the Medicine King Liuli Zun bless you~ Limited-edition elixirs from the ancient Eastern Continent's Immortal Seeking Envoy, first come, first served~"
"An extraordinary item with minimal side effects, the highest bidder wins!"
The two voluptuous women sandwiching him in the middle, wearing coats and with sheep tail fat sticking out of their mouths, kept shaking him and squeezing his little head as if they had legs of iron!
Looking around, it's like strolling through a shopping mall!
We didn't get enough of the sightseeing even after two or three hours!
Li Pu felt that their feet weren't jade feet, but iron feet!
Because of the White Queen's powerful aura, no one dared to approach her and Tifa.
However, taking advantage of the two women's shopping spree, Li Pu easily borrowed the terminal from the White Queen.
Moreover, under his subtle and unintentional guidance, the two 3D zone goddesses were "escorting" him all the way to the northwest corner of the blue intelligence.
His purpose for this trip was to research and find any missing information.
As for the various customs and traditions of the black market, after buying some necessities, such as a regular high-powered flashlight to blind monsters, he began to glance at them without paying much attention.
The second piece of intelligence mentioned the Eastern Continent poem "Bitter Short Day," which, according to the data, is no different from the one he knew well in his previous life.
Squeezed by his two plump buttocks, he looked down at the terminal and decided to memorize it first, just in case!
Light, light, let me offer you a cup of wine...
As he carried her on his back, he keenly overheard Tifa and the White Queen's conversation beside him.
"This must be the northwest corner, why is there only an old-fashioned Japanese ramen stall?"
"Yeah, there aren't any customers yet. What are they busy with..."
Ramen cart?
The intelligence is infallible.
This ramen cart is probably a disguise.
He frowned subconsciously and looked up warily to examine the area closely.
When his gaze swept over the ramen cart, he was stunned. Inside, three conservatively dressed, beautiful women were busily working.
Kiriko, the female ninja from Overwatch; Yuffie, the girl ninja from the same game as Tifa; and...
Mai Shiranui?!
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Chapter Seventeen: Eating noodles and there's even a great program?
The White Queen narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly, her gaze falling on the three women. "They are definitely not simple. It seems they are also 'otherworldly witches'."
"Have three 'otherworldly witches' gotten together?"
Li Pu, however, seemed not to have heard her reminder. He raised an eyebrow imperceptibly and casually interjected:
"Aren't you, Chun-Li, and Tifa the same? Let's go take a look."
I came here specifically to pick up any leftovers of blue intelligence, so of course I have to go in. I can't miss this rare opportunity no matter what.
Tifa stood to the side, her gaze involuntarily falling on Mai Shiranui's exaggerated breasts, which seemed about to burst out of her clothes.
I-cup! Extra large!
The corner of her mouth twitched involuntarily, her cherry lips parted slightly revealing a hint of displeasure, and she muttered under her breath:
"You're not hungry, you're just a lecher."
Li Pu playfully stuck out his tongue at her, then pulled up the blue intelligence.
[Blue Rank D: You and Tifa have decided to participate in the upcoming "Rank 9 Cleaner" trial and have obtained information—]
In the underground black market of River Valley Town, there is a catgirl who sets up a stall in the northwest corner to sell stolen goods.
Claim that your master is Chun-Li, then choose and buy an item from the stall. You will randomly receive a high-quality item and the method to unlock the neck bomb in the trial.
Where's the promised kitten girl?
But the intelligence was probably right; there was only one ramen cart in the entire northwest corner of the black market.
He immediately took the hands of the White Queen and Tifa and walked towards the noodle stall full of "smoky" atmosphere.
The small noodle stall was bustling with activity, and three beautiful women had a clear division of labor.
With her gentle demeanor and alluring charm, Mai Shiranui was clearly the eldest of the three. She deftly wiped the table and scalded the dishes while simultaneously directing the other two women.
The lively and mischievous short-haired girl, Yuffie, leaned against the corner of the stall, holding an uncut scallion in her hand as a conductor's baton, poking and tapping here and there, and tapping her toes to the rhythm of the music drifting from afar.
Occasionally, when she was caught by the older Mai Shiranui's glance, she would pretend to take an empty bowl and wash it.
The youngest, with her honest and straightforward nature written all over her face, Wuzi just keeps working with a "humming and puffing" sound!
Raising noodles, tossing noodles, boiling noodles, scooping out noodles, pouring soup, sprinkling scallions...
Fine beads of sweat dampened the stray hairs on her forehead, but she only pursed her thin lips, not even having time to utter a single complaint—the work was piling up there, let's get to it first!