"Su Chen has arrived♪" Sparkle stood on a rooftop, watching a large bus slowly drive into Interactive City.
"No need to worry at all. No matter how many people come, he can't possibly beat me♫" Elysia remained seated in her white non-degradable plastic chair.
"Send them all out. I'd like to see exactly which stage Su Chen falls at."
——
At this moment, everyone from the bus had already disembarked.
The group of more than a dozen people looked quite imposing.
Su Chen led the way at the very front.
Phainon, wearing a yellow top and purple tights on the bottom half, was left trailing far behind.
"Wait for meeee!"
As for the others, they all pretended not to know Phainon and kept a considerable distance from him.
"I don't know him, I don't know him, I don't know him!"
"With that fashion sense, and he still keeps saying 'Deliverer' out loud." Silver Wolf shook her head. "My god, is he really a chef from the Golden Grand Hotel—and he actually won the God of Cooking title?"
Aglaea and the rest all shamefully lowered their heads, not daring to respond.
Just then.
A familiar figure blocked the group's path.
"Boss Su Chen, long time no see. I, Luocha, have been waiting here for quite a while." Luocha stood alone, barring everyone's way.
Su Chen completely ignored Luocha and turned back to shout, "Kiana, someone's looking for you."
Kiana immediately stepped out from the group. "Otto, long time no see—"
The moment he heard that name, Luocha's cloudy eyes instantly cleared. "Ka—Ka—Kiana, how did you get here?"
Su Chen called to the people behind him, "Let's keep moving."
But they hadn't gone far before a Pardofelis appeared, hissing at the group.
"Boss Su Chen, allow me to show you my secret weapon…"
She reached into her pocket. "Eh? Where's my stuff?"
"Looking for this, meow?" Cipher was holding a small box in her hand.
"Meow? You're pretty quick with your hands, but…" Pardofelis pulled an exquisite wallet from her own pocket. "Isn't this yours?"
"Meow. Just as Su Chen said—you really do have some skills. But why don't you open the wallet and take a look?" Cipher wore a confident expression, as if everything was within her calculations.
Pardofelis opened it—inside the wallet was a single slip of paper. "It's empty, meow."
"But this one isn't♪" The next moment, Pardofelis pulled out a gold coin from inside. "What a pretty gold coin! Is this for me?"
"Meow!"
"Meow!"
Seeing both of them bristling with fur, Su Chen shouted to Feixiao, "Feixiao, go block her. Drinks are on me later."
Whoosh—
In the blink of an eye, Feixiao vanished.
After that, the same scene kept repeating.
Until finally, Kevin—dressed entirely in black—stood blocking their path.
He and Su Chen exchanged a glance, then his gaze fell on Phainon.
He blinked. That fashion sense, plus staring at a face identical to his own.
"Holy crap, there really is someone who looks this much like me?" Phainon walked over to Su Chen's side. "According to the plot progression, isn't it my turn now?"
Su Chen shook his head. "No, you just watch from the side. Kiana, Acheron, Silver Wolf—go!"
With that, he walked straight past Kevin without looking back—though he seemed to murmur something softly to Kevin as he passed.
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Interactive City, the highest peak, 04:04.
"Hey, Elysia, your days of hypnotizing people left and right are over. Hurry up and restore everything to normal."
Elysia turned slightly. "If you want to restore Interactive City, you'll have to do it yourself♫"
She slowly stood up; the white chair remained upright and unmoving.
"I really didn't expect you to prepare so many countermeasures. I thought they could at least hold out a few minutes against you♫"
"Hahaha…" Su Chen laughed. "You think I really didn't know about your tricks? And you!"
He shouted toward a nearby corner. "Sparkle, come out."
"Aiya~ Don't speak so loudly~" Sparkle hopped out from behind a hiding spot. "Good morning, even though it's already afternoon~ Let's have fun today too~"
"It's afternoon and you're saying good morning. What exactly did you want by playing along with her in this huge act?"
"Aiyo~ I just wanted to watch the show. Is that wrong?"
Su Chen almost laughed from sheer exasperation. "Oh, so you were watching my show."
"Wait♫" Elysia interrupted their exchange. "Sparkle, what exactly is going on♫"
At that moment.
An unexpected person appeared on the rooftop. "You still haven't figured it out, little girl?"
Black Swan raised her head, full of confidence. "That's why I made my move."
"But weren't you already…"
"Actually, Boss Su Chen foresaw your arrival long ago. That's why, very early on, I planted a suggestion in every single person."
Elysia suddenly realized. She glared at Sparkle with fury. "You've been acting with me the whole time… you really went all out♫"
"Yeah, really went all out." Su Chen pulled a calculator from behind him. "Interactive City makes 22 million a day in revenue. It's been closed for 7 days. You now owe me ten billion."
"Ah♫" Elysia furrowed her brows. "How did you calculate that♫"
"I pressed the buttons." Su Chen pressed the keys again on the calculator, and it spoke aloud.
"22 million times 7 equals 154 million."
"???" Elysia turned to Sparkle. "This—this—this is correct♫?"
Su Chen gave a helpless smile. "I used the calculator's buttons—not my mouth, not mental math. Don't you even trust a calculator?"
"Uh♫"
"Alright. Since you caused me this much loss, hurry up and sign this contract in ten copies. Then we'll call it even."
Elysia picked up the contract and looked it over. As expected, each copy was a 99-year term, plus she had to work for Su Chen for 990 years?
"Will I even live that long♫"
"Who knows?" Su Chen shrugged. "Oh right—to welcome the new employee, I prepared a big gift for you."
He clapped his hands. Elysia and Cyrene slowly emerged from the stairwell.
"I never thought there really was a girl who looks just like me♪" The pink fairy took Cyrene by the hand and walked up to the faded fairy. "To meet my childhood self and also see my grown-up self—I'm so happy♪
You look so pretty too. Let's play a game together, the three of us."
"Elysia! You finally showed up♫" The faded fairy seemed to have been waiting for this moment. "I've finally waited for you♫"
She suddenly lunged toward the pink fairy.
But the next moment—
"Ah♫♫♫♫♫"
Her scream echoed across the entire rooftop.
"Tsk tsk tsk…" Su Chen clicked his tongue. "This is way beyond just getting 'grassed'—you're really brave, daring to challenge a god-tier figure in this domain!"
He turned to Sparkle. "Come on, let's have a nice little chat, just the two of us."