As expected, Yang Xiao didn't believe what Yoshiyin said about customers coming soon. An hour later, just as Yang Xiao was about to fall asleep, a customer actually arrived.
"Hey, Gin-san, your place has been cleaned up. Are you planning to make a comeback?" The visitor was a man wearing glasses. He looked about seventeen or eighteen years old and seemed very familiar with Usaki Gin.
When Yoshiyin saw who it was, he also smiled, stood up, and said, "Yeah, hired a young guy."
Then he pointed at Yang Xiao. The bespectacled man immediately looked over and gave Yang Xiao a meaningful smile. Yang Xiao was a little confused. What did that mean?
"Now that the shop is open for business, I'll get straight to the point. I was just passing by to give it a try. I didn't expect it to be open, so I want to place an order," the bespectacled man said directly.
"Okay, welcome! So, Mr. Tian, what kind of task would you like to commission?" Usaki Gin rubbed his hands together. The first business had arrived. It seemed the reputation from his previous business was still there. Good, good.
"It's not a big deal. I just dropped my phone in a ditch yesterday. I thought it was dirty and didn't want to pick it up myself," the bespectacled man said helplessly.
"Damn, you really come to a place like this for something so trivial? And you're actually placing an order for this?" Yang Xiao spoke up directly. He felt his intelligence was being insulted. If you drop your phone in a ditch, can't you just pick it up yourself? Maybe wear gloves? You actually need to come to a shop to place an order?
Only now did he understand the meaning behind the bespectacled man's smile earlier. There was no good intention behind it!
"Xiao Yang, you can't say that. The Broken House can accept any order. Of course, you don't have to accept them, but under normal circumstances, we still take orders we can handle. Otherwise, how would we make a living?" Wu Shiyin didn't object much to Yang Xiao's sudden outburst. It was the same when he first started working here. He'd get used to seeing strange things later.
Yang Xiao pondered for a moment, then asked Toshiyin, "How much does an order like this cost?"
Yoshiyin directly took out a form and handed it to Yang Xiao. Yang Xiao clearly saw that the bottom row of the form listed a similar task with a price of two thousand yen.
You should know, two thousand yen is equivalent to about one hundred and twenty Chinese Yuan. What can you even do with that money? And you actually come to a shop to place an order?
Are people nowadays so rich that they're unwilling to lift a finger?
"You get a commission from this order. You get a commission from every order, so your monthly salary will only increase, not decrease," Yashiro Yin came over to Yang Xiao and whispered in his ear.
Hearing that, he should work hard regardless of complaints. He could accept any order that wasn't too excessive.
"Place the order. I'll go take a look with you," Yang Xiao thought it through clearly and looked at the bespectacled man.
"I'll place the order now." The bespectacled man began the ordering process. He placed the order first and paid the amount after it was completed.
After the order was placed, Yang Xiao followed the bespectacled man to the location where the phone was dropped. Yashiro Gin had given Yang Xiao a pair of gloves.
Yang Xiao found it a bit funny. The bespectacled man in front of him could use these gloves himself to find his phone. What else did he need?
The bottom line was, they were afraid of hardship and dirt. People nowadays are unwilling to walk much. If they're really rich, they'd rather take a taxi. Or there's a restaurant downstairs, but they can't be bothered to go down to eat, so they order delivery.
Yang Xiao didn't comment much on this phenomenon. Anyway, he just needed to do his job well.
The two arrived deep in the alley. There was a ditch in the middle of the alley. People often threw garbage here. The ditch wasn't flowing, meaning it would only get smellier.
Cleaners used to come regularly to clean the stinking ditches and such, but recently they had been reluctant. The smell here was terrible, and few people passed by. Basically, everyone took a detour.
This was a very rare and strange thing for this island nation. You should know that the environmental sanitation standards here are very high. You rarely even see trash on the roads, and everyone is very well-behaved.
But in a small fourth- or fifth-tier city like Hosu City—no, it might be a fifth- or sixth-tier city—the quality of the people might be lower?
Moreover, this residential area seemed to have some connection with a local boss. The boss wanted this land for development. As a result, most residents were unwilling to move. The boss naturally found ways to put pressure on them. Over time, it gradually evolved into its current state.
But even though this place was very dirty and smelly, the residents were still unwilling to move out, and the boss was helpless. In this legal society, if he caused trouble, professional heroes and the police wouldn't agree, so he hadn't been coming around lately either.
"It's right here. Look carefully, you should be able to find it." The bespectacled man wasn't embarrassed at all. For him, those who spend money should get the best service. He pointed to a section of the stinking ditch.
Yang Xiao's face looked a bit unhappy. The stinking ditch seemed to be at least nearly one meter deep. The gloves Yoshiyin gave him only reached his forearms, which wasn't enough.
To find the phone, he'd have to submerge his entire arm into the foul water. Even then, he might not be able to get it. Yang Xiao thought that making money wasn't easy. There was no such thing as easy money in the world.
Since this Mr. Tian wanted his phone back, it must be waterproof. Otherwise, there'd be no point in retrieving a broken phone. So Yang Xiao turned around and asked, "What's your Quirk?"
"Me?" Mr. Tian adjusted his glasses and said, "My Quirk is a bit bland. A certain part of my brain is more developed, and I'm superior to ordinary people in terms of calculation. Why do you ask?"
"Oh, nothing." Yang Xiao had originally wanted to see what this guy's Quirk was. If it was a Quirk that could help him, he wouldn't have to go through so much trouble. But now it seemed he couldn't count on him.
Fine, let's just do it.
Yang Xiao gritted his teeth, took off his shirt completely, and didn't use the gloves. He covered his nose with one hand, lay on the ground, and directly dug his other hand into the stinking ditch.
The cold, slimy touch immediately gave Yang Xiao goosebumps all over his body. But he wasn't that stupid. Holy Light energy poured into his right hand, forming a glowing protective layer covering his palm. Currently, the Holy Light level was too low and could only cover an area the size of his palm.
"Little brother, you have good muscles. How did you train them? Hey... why is your hand glowing?" The bespectacled man was initially attracted by Yang Xiao's muscles, but the next moment he suddenly noticed that Yang Xiao's hand was glowing in the foul water. Although the light wasn't very strong, it could still illuminate some of the scenery under the water, which made him very curious.