Chapter 12

1

The Chishin Academy convenience store, basement storage.

"Ugh, I'm so tired." A girl lay on the shelves, yawning repeatedly.

"Pinno, Pia, Pichu, can't you three siblings find something to do and help me with the inventory?" Tony counted the goods with a pallet and a pen, row by row.

"Hey, Tony, why do you enjoy being the owner of this convenience store so much?" Pia leaned seductively on the shelf and smiled at Tony.

"Over a decade ago, I ate ice cream here and thought it would be a good place to hide."

"Well, if you want to hide, you don't have to be so professional. It must be boring to be busy all day long." Pia picked up a bag of spicy sticks and tore open the packaging.

"One bag of spicy sticks, one dollar."

Pia looked at the spicy sticks with a disdainful look.

"You cheapskate."

The eldest brother, Pinno, had been resting with his eyes closed, but suddenly opened them.

"How is Princess San doing?"

The second brother, Pichu, opened a bag of spicy sticks at the same time and stared ahead. "First Lord and the Boxing Champion are guarding Princess San's room like bodyguards, not letting anything leak."

"Ah, I really want to rush in again like that day. The scared and dumbfounded expressions were so funny."

"Sis, it's not cost-effective to do that. After all, we are not truly transformed. Once the First Lord uses the Dragon Summoning Command, combined with Qin Yang and the Boxing Champion, it won't achieve the desired effect."

"The effect the master wants is really troublesome."

"...". Pinno also opened a bag of spicy sticks.

"Three dollars in total." Tony drew a half "正" character on his notebook, which was filled with pages of "正" characters.

"You baldy! No wonder you don't have any hair." Pia tore open another bag of spicy sticks.

"Four dollars."

Pia's look of disdain grew even stronger, as if saying "I won't give you money, you dare to bite me!"

Since shedding a layer of skin, Tony had gotten used to being hairless. His bald head made him worry less.

"So, should we switch people?"

"Qin Yang has so many girls, just pick one randomly."

"No, we should choose the most effective one."

"Again with the effect. We each tie up one person separately. I don't believe he can save them all."

"We have to let him save them, but we have to make sure he feels angry and helpless, only then it will be effective."

"Ah, big brother, please stop mentioning the effect. My head is spinning." Pia covered her ears. In the past few days, Pinno mentioned the word "effect" at least twice in every three sentences. Her ears were getting calloused from hearing it.

The eldest brother, Pinno, continued to close his eyes, steady as a rock, showing no emotion.

"Big brother, have you been reading those ancient books about Zen and Buddhism from tens of thousands of years ago again?" Pia threw a bag of spicy sticks at Pichu's face.

"Oh, let him read if he wants. At most, he'll just meditate. If he actually starts preaching some Zen, it'll be even more troublesome." Pichu continued watching ahead, unaffected by the spicy sticks thrown at him.

"Pichu, there's no need to keep watch anymore."

The iron door connecting the warehouse to the first-floor store was opened, and another female voice came in. A pair of silver high heels elegantly stepped forward.

Our intern teacher—rumor has it her surname is Han.

"Ah Han, any information?" Tony glanced at her with his peripheral vision and continued with the inventory.

"The new target of Room Snake." Ah Han put down a piece of paper and immediately projected a three-dimensional figure.

"This is the new target?" Pia jumped off the shelf and slowly approached the figure.

"Yes."

"It seems like she doesn't have much to do with Qin Yang, right?"

"The information about Fang Zhong She isn't wrong. Choosing her is currently the most effective option." Cold finger brushed over the paper, presenting a series of character information.

After reading all the information, Pia fell into deep thought and asked, "Who exactly is Fang Zhong She?"

"I don't know. Didn't your master say before you left that you have the highest command authority in The Human Realm, which is Fang Zhong She?"

"Ugh, why did they choose someone we don't know."

"I haven't seen him in ages." Tony finally finished sorting his goods and walked towards them, seemingly lost in thought.

"You've seen him before?"

"That was also over a decade ago."

"I notice that everything you do happened over a decade ago." Pia pointed at him with disdain.

"Hey hey, Pia, you talk so much. All day long, jabber jabber." Cold also looked at Tony with disdain as he stood in front of him.

Both women had fire in their eyes. Cold could not tolerate someone demeaning the man she liked.

"Tsk, he doesn't even pay attention to you. You're always sticking to him and don't know why."

"I don't need you, this stinky woman, to interfere!"

"I'm stinky? I shower every day."

Cold rolled her eyes at Pia and pulled Tony away from the warehouse.

"I hate that woman!" Pia was so angry after being rolled her eyes at that she emitted her poisonous dragon breath all over.

"Hey! Do you know that you've contaminated all the spicy strips with your breath?" Pichu said unhappily to Pia. The spicy strips tasted weird after being exposed to the poisonous breath.

2

Tony and the others arrived at the convenience store. There were very few students left in school on weekends, and even fewer people came to the store. Cold changed into a pair of flat shoes and picked up a small bag, walking in front of Tony.

"I'm teaching the kids to swim today. Why don't you come with me?"

Tony frowned, looking unwilling.

"I'm not like you. My skin wrinkles when soaked in water for too long."

"When you were sealed in the sea, I swam by your side every day. You never said it was bad."

"...." Tony remained silent.

Seeing that he was not responding, Cold, whether he was willing or not, grabbed his hand and walked outside.

"Let's go, you have no business here anyway."

3

In the new student activity building, a slender figure quietly left. She was carefully dressed, with her makeup and clothes giving off a sense of meticulousness. Although she had short hair that was quite masculine, she still exuded a girlish charm. The boys who were exercising in the morning looked at her a few more times, some even became infatuated. Although there were no instances of crashing into pillars and falling into the lake, considering there were no pillars or lakes nearby.

"Damn you, Stupid Yang. Making people wake up early but not even acknowledging them. It looks like we're having an affair and you still claim to have a girlfriend!" Qiong grumbled as she walked.

Xiao Qiong came out of the side entrance of the school and stood by the road for a long time without seeing anyone. Just as she was getting angry and about to turn around, a black motorcycle appeared, with a uniquely retro engine sound.

"Clearly, it's a magic crystal kinetic energy, so why does it sound like an internal combustion engine?"

"It's a new product from the Qin family, a retro engine sound. It's slightly smaller than the one we used in the inter-school race after all, since it's not a weapon."

"Why is the young master being so thrifty today?"

"Is it not good? You're the first one to ride it." I patted the back seat, gesturing for her to get on.

"Where are we going?" Qiong sat on the back seat without any politeness.

"Today, the theme is the amusement park, the Halloween season."

I picked up the ticket and handed it to her.

"What flavor do you want?"

"Act, just keep acting. How many horror movies did we watch when we were kids?"

The sound of a vintage engine echoed through the streets as it drove away.