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Five minutes later, the young man in his twenties finally understood why Mu Tianyuan was laughing, and what kind of magic trick Mu Tianyuan was going to perform for him. Mu Tianyuan squatted in front of the man, who looked completely different from five minutes ago, and while counting the money in his hand, he said grinningly, "Tsk, I finally have money. Oh, by the way, sir, was my 'Great Living Person Transformation' trick fun?"
The man, sniffling and trembling, answered with a shaky voice, "...Fun, fun..."
"And did you like it?" Mu Tianyuan continued to ask, still grinning as he counted the money, and the man hastily nodded, "Li...liked it..."
"See, isn't it much better to chat so calmly? Why didn't you just do this earlier? Why all the cursing? You know you shouldn't use bad language, you need to be civilized, understand? And if you had said you liked my magic earlier, I wouldn't have had to perform so hard, right?" Mu Tianyuan said, smiling, as he saw that the man liked his magic trick.
However, the man couldn't help but shiver when he heard Mu Tianyuan's words. After Mu Tianyuan performed his first trick, which made him float and teleport, he was initially very displeased and uttered some unpleasant words. Then, he got to "enjoy" Mu Tianyuan's magic for a long time, and alsoâtooth extraction...
By this time, Mu Tianyuan had finished counting the money he had taken from the man as payment for the magic trick. Immediately, Mu Tianyuan's smiling face changed: "You damn robber, you only brought this much money when you went out? Where's your professional ethics? What good is this meager amount?"
"I'm sorry..." The man immediately began to apologize, trembling. Mu Tianyuan glared at the man and said, "Next time you try to rob me, remember to bring more damn money, or I'll make you live in a flowerpot as a vegetable for your next life, understand?"
The man was already traumatized by cooperating with Mu Tianyuan's magic trick. Seeing Mu Tianyuan glare at him, he immediately trembled and said, "Yes, yes... No, no, no, I wouldn't dare again, just let me go!"
Damn it, encountering this guy once is enough, who the hell would dare to encounter you a second time! If I ever dare to rob you a second time, you won't even need to make a move, I'll just crawl into a flowerpot myself!
After Mu Tianyuan, happily hopping, left the alley with the income he earned from his hard performance, the man could no longer control himself. He went from sniffling to wailing loudly. What kind of world is this, damn it? Is it easy for me to make some money? I saw a kid who looked like a high school student and thought heaven was blessing me with another score, who knew this kid was a damn demon king!
Not only is he a demon king, but that kid is also a liar! What kind of bullshit magic?! This is practically South Korean plastic surgery! And it's full-body plastic surgery, for crying out loud! Do you know how much I hate people like you? You're a plastic surgeon, so just be a plastic surgeon, why the hell are you pretending to be a magician?!
I've been in the underworld since elementary school, dominating the neighborhood. After all these years, although I've taken beatings, I've never taken such a vicious beating! Are high school students these days all so fierce and brutal? Look at all these teeth on the ground, and my clearly dislocated arms, and two of them too! This isn't just hitting people; this is practically murder, for crying out loud! All I wanted was to show him my superb knife skills with a knife, was it necessary to be so cruel?
What's even more outrageous is that this jerk even brought a pet to beat me up! I don't even know how many bites and scratches I got! You deal with me like I'm your grandson all by yourself, why the hell did you need to bring a pet too?
The key is, this guy even took all my money, literally all of it, didn't leave me a single cent. I was the one who came out to rob, why am I left penniless instead? Who the hell is robbing whom?! And the most crucial thing is, this guy took it all and still complained it wasn't enough, telling me to bring more next time! Is there any justice in the world?!
Mommy, I'm suddenly thinking of washing my hands of this business and becoming a good person! Because business these days is too damn hard! Not only do you have to guard against the police, but the competition is too damn fierce! They're practically deranged!
Mu Tianyuan, however, had no idea that the weeping man planned to become a good person again, because in Mu Tianyuan's eyes, that was a good person!
At this moment, Mu Tianyuan walked along, sighing emotionally to his assistant performers, Little Fox and Nya-Heroine, who had helped him with the performance: "Tsk, that grandsonâno, that sirâhe's truly a good person. Look, he knew we were broke and having a hard time, so he immediately came to help us out. Although it's only 80,000, it's enough for us to eat for a few days. Just for him solving our urgent problem, we absolutely must remember his kindness, understand?"
"Mhm, mhm!" Little Fox and the somewhat bewildered Nya-Heroine nodded simultaneously. Then Little Fox remarked with emotion, "You know, you finally decided to become a hero of the greenwood, didn't you? You said before that you'd rather die than be a hero of the greenwood."
"I didn't! First, I didn't actively do this. If that grandsonâbah, if this good sir hadn't popped out and asked for it, I wouldn't have stopped him! Second, this isn't robbery; this is performing magic!" Mu Tianyuan explained to Little Fox with a straight face. Although Mu Tianyuan wasn't a total idiot, his morals were still sound, and he had his bottom line.
Even if he was so poor he was almost eating tree bark and gnawing on belts, he wouldn't engage in greenwood heroics. However, while he wouldn't actively do such things, if someone came knocking on his door, Mu Tianyuan naturally wouldn't be polite, especially since that grandson looked like a habitual offender. If he hadn't had some skills himself, he might have been the unlucky one. Since that's the case, why should Mu Tianyuan indulge his bad habits?
Hmm, the gold coins don't count, those were things he picked up!
"Mm, that grandson deserved it!" Little Fox nodded immediately upon hearing Mu Tianyuan's words. Then Little Fox looked left and right and said, "Wait, where are you going? You're going the wrong way, the convenience store isn't this way!"
"But isn't this the way home?" Mu Tianyuan replied, smiling brightly as he walked towards home. Little Fox heard this and couldn't help but ask curiously, "But weren't we going to the convenience store to look for a part-time job?"
"Who needs a part-time job when you have money!" Mu Tianyuan replied, walking and laughing. Since this good sir had given him money and solved his urgent problem, why would he still look for a part-time job?
Little Fox immediately rolled her eyes upon hearing Mu Tianyuan's words, then Little Fox said, "Actually, I think you've already found a very good part-time jobârobbing! This profession perfectly meets your previous requirements: easy work, flexible hours, generous pay. As for the 'pretty boss' part, that's not impossible either; you just need to find a beautiful woman to target, and you might even gain both wealth and beauty."
"I'm not a saint like Conan, but I'm also not someone who'd do anything for money. I have my conscience and my bottom line. If I encounter something like black-on-black crime, I might take the opportunity to pull off a job, but you're asking me to target ordinary people, I can't do that.
So don't make such jokes in the future, or I won't buy you roasted chicken." Mu Tianyuan said, looking at Little Fox with rare seriousness. Hearing Mu Tianyuan's words, Little Fox nodded, then looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, "I know, I know. Since that's the case, then find a different part-time job, like freelancing as a professional robber specializing in black-on-black? How about that?"
Mu Tianyuan thought about it for a moment and nodded: "Hmm, that's not bad. But only if the opportunity arises. After all, this kind of thing can't be done often."
Little Fox rolled her eyes and said, "What, are you afraid of being beaten to death?"
"No, I'm afraid that if I do it too often, that good sir from before might suddenly change professions." Mu Tianyuan replied, rolling his eyes. Then Mu Tianyuan suddenly stopped and said with a serious face, "Speaking of which, I just remembered something. I could totally work as a superhero to fight crime! That way, I'd be upholding justice and enriching my assets at the same time. It's a win-win!"
After saying that, Mu Tianyuan nodded to himself, muttering, "I always wondered why there were so many superheroes in America. Turns out, being a superhero is actually a money-making profession!"
Hearing that Mu Tianyuan had gotten the idea of turning superhero work into a business, Little Fox immediately started rolling her eyes. Then Little Fox looked at Mu Tianyuan and retorted, "If those superheroes found out, they'd form a group and come to grind you down!"
"What? I'm forced to be a superhero by life, and I can't even do that? Don't tell me being a superhero requires a Ph.D. and work experience?" Mu Tianyuan retorted without hesitation, hearing Little Fox's complaint. Little Fox, annoyed, said, "Did you even watch Marvel? Not all superheroes are forced into this by life, okay?! At least Iron Man isn't doing it for money!"
"That guy belongs to the category of people in our line who are bored out of their minds. He eats well, drinks well, doesn't worry about clothes, and has so many girls he can sleep with, why the hell is he being a superhero? Isn't that just stealing our livelihood, us hardworking common folk?" Mu Tianyuan directly categorized himself as a superhero and even condemned Tony Stark on behalf of all superheroes...
"Well, I haven't seen any superhero charging people after saving the world, have I?" Little Fox grumbled helplessly. Imagine those superheroes throwing a bill at the White House right after saving the world. The American officials would probably look like dogs that had just been slept with...