Chen Luo knew his earlier outburst completely shattered his usual "nice guy" persona—but the truth was, he was never that much of a pushover to begin with.
Everything had been for the sake of the [Traveler] talent's missions.
Helping others normally? Sure, he didn't mind.
But a perfectly healthy high schooler making someone else clean for him? Do you not have hands?!
He also noticed something unusual about his talent's commission system—it revealed hidden details about requests.
For example, how did it know that guy was ditching chores to see his girlfriend?
Weird? Absolutely. But after everything else he'd seen, this was barely a blip on his absurdity radar.
Right now, the priority was that time-limited mission.
600 Primogems?! That was over half what he'd earned in two years of grinding!
And that weapon mastery reward? Too tempting.
Chen Luo's home is not far from the school, and Chen Luo came here by bicycle today. It only takes 5 minutes at most to get from school to home.
If nothing goes wrong… but if nothing goes wrong, something will definitely go wrong.
The moment Chen Luo sprinted to the bike racks, he saw it:
A blonde delinquent hunched over his rear tire, violating it with a screwdriver.
"Damn yellow-haired, you come to steal my bicycle again!" Chen Luo was furious when he saw the bastard with yellow hair.
"Shit! You're early today?!" The blonde yelped, scrambling back. Normally, Chen Luo would be stuck cleaning until sunset—today was an anomaly.
"Fuck you!" Under ordinary circumstances, Chen Luo would've just reported him.
But today?
No. Time. For. That.
The mission marker showed Senti was literally at his front door. No wonder the talent issued it.
And this punk? Oh, Chen Luo knew him well—the school bully who'd once been on the receiving end of [Shit Mop Tactics™] and never fully recovered. That's how the feud between the two of them started.
"Since you caught me, I won't lie—yeah, I've sabotaged your bike before." The blonde smirked, dropping all pretense.
Chen Luo stormed forward.
"What, gonna hit me?" The yellow-haired man stood on tiptoe and looked at Chen Luo, who was slightly shorter than him, and couldn't help laughing.
Chen Luo walked to the back seat of his bicycle and put his backpack on it, then took something out of the backpack.
"Why do you only have this little courage? Now that we're not in the toilet, you don't have any courage to fight?" The yellow-haired man sneered twice.
Then the yellow-haired man's smug smile slowly froze, and he actually saw Chen Luo slowly taking out a piece of... a brick from his backpack? ! !
THWACK.
While the bully was still stunned, Chen Luo brought the brick down hard on his head.
"Everyone knows I love helping others—so of course I carry some... 'equipment' for that purpose."
Bricks, being both easy to find and easy to dispose of, were naturally his weapon of choice.
Chen Luo stood coldly over the now-prone blonde.
I'm a 'model student' who once took down a bank robber with a brick. You really thought you could mess with me?
He briefly considered smacking the guy a few more times for good measure, but the ticking mission timer changed his mind.
Tossing his backpack into the bike basket, Chen Luo sprinted toward the school gates—still clutching the brick.
"Forget the bag. Primogems are priority!"
Why keep the brick? Evidence disposal, obviously.
As for the blond?
Pfft. The bike racks have no cameras—that's why he's never been caught. Even if he rats me out, who's the police gonna believe? The honor student with a commendation letter, or some delinquent?
…
"Thank god it's a holiday—plenty of taxis outside." Chen Luo exhaled in relief as he checked the mission timer with 12 minutes left.
The reason why 8 minutes was wasted was mainly because the traffic jam was really serious.
In addition, in order to prevent the taxi driver from picking up more people and wasting his limited time,
Chen Luo paid three times the price. In order to ensure that this mission would not be disturbed, Chen Luo got out of the car when he was a short distance away from his home.
"Chen Luo? Why is school over so soon? Oh, perfect—please tell Little Ling to stop eating lollipops! She won't listen to me, but she'll listen to you!" A beautiful young mother brightened at the sight of him, gesturing to the pouting loli death-gripping her candy.
[Ding! New Commission]
[No More Candy]
A worried mother's request: Stop her child from eating one last lollipop to prevent cavities.
Reward: 5 Primogems
Difficulty: 0 stars
Chen Luo glanced at the time, and then at the commission requirements.
Accept!
Taking a deep breath, he knelt before the girl.
"Big Brother Chen Luo, do you... want some candy?" She extended the lollipop with performative sweetness, confident he'd refuse. After all, Brother Chen Luo is a good person, unlike his mother, who is a bad adult.
Seeing the little lolis behavior, Chen Luo was deeply touched. Ah, what a good child.
"Then I will accept it reluctantly." Chen Luo nodded, and while the little Lolita was still in a daze, he snatched the lollipop and stuffed it into his mouth, and sprinted away like his life depended on it.
[Ding! Mission Complete]
"?!!" The little girl's eyes widened instantly, as if she had seen something unbelievable.
This, this, this...
Tears began to well up in the little girl's eyes.
"WAAAAAHHHH! That was... that was the LAST ONE! LIMITED EDITION! WAAAAAH—"
As her wails erupted, the flustered mother was even more flustered.