The air after the rain carried a hint of dampness, and under the baking sun, one felt the musty smell of clothes that hadn't dried properly.
Sitting in the car, Liu Chen couldn't help but grin when he saw the number 106 displayed in the center of the ten-pull summon interface. This wasn't just 106; it was blatant money!
"Begin ten-pull summon!"
The small turntable began to spin rapidly, its pointer finally stopping in the pink zone.
"Acquired one sports watch (one-time use), when worn, side kicks will be a hundred percent accurate."
What the heck is a side kick? But it sounds pretty formidable.
Next, the pointers all landed in the white zone, totaling nine hundred cash.
"Continue with ten-pull summons until all are used!"
"Acquired one pair of disposable wristbands, when worn, wrist strength increases by one."
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"Acquired one disposable black headband, when worn, coolness increases by one."
"Acquired one pair of disposable wooden chopsticks (such long chopsticks, perfect for hitting people)."
"Acquired one disposable pearl ring, when worn, ladylike value increases by one."
"Acquired one disposable silver ring, when worn, you will not step on dog poop one hundred percent of the time."
"Acquired one disposable silver ring, when worn, you will not sprain your ankle one hundred percent of the time."
"Acquired one disposable handkerchief, after use, all body odors are dispelled."
"Acquired one disposable necklace, when worn, luck increases by three for one hour."
Finally, the pointer landed in the red zone. Liu Chen became a bit nervous. Judging by his previous summoning experiences, items in the red zone were always good, and unlike most of the items above, they weren't usually one-time use.
"Acquired permanent memory enhancement of three points, use it?"
"Use!"
"Current memory 65+4, approaching good memory."
With the addition of three memory points, Liu Chen felt as if he had just slept for ten hours, feeling more refreshed than ever.
By the time the taxi reached the bottom of the cram school building, it was already one in the afternoon. The usually bustling elevator entrance was empty. After all, at this hour, those who needed to use the elevator were already in class.
Liu Chen reached out and pressed the elevator button, waiting for it to descend from the top floor to the first.
Just then, a system voice suddenly echoed in his mind.
"Current mission: Save classmates trapped in the fire escape. Mission complete rewards one red zone summon. Mission failure deducts 100 summon tickets."
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"Kid, throw out your wallet! And your phone!"
In the stairwell,
Ren Mo squatted on the ground, his eyes fixed on three men with dyed yellow curly hair and tattoos on their arms standing diagonally in front of him. He said in a muffled voice,
"Everything's in the backpack."
The oldest-looking of the yellow-haired men stood in a corner, tilting his chin slightly, gesturing to the skinny man opposite him. "Skinny Monkey, open the backpack and dump everything on the ground."
"Big brother, this phone seems to be a new model. But the wallet only has two hundred yuan and some bookstore top-up cards. I know these, they can only be used to buy books, tsk..."
"This little money? Damn it, if you don't have money, why are you pretending to be tough?! Pretending to be Nike, huh?!" The man called Big Brother took the new phone from Skinny Monkey and pocketed it.
Ren Mo gritted his teeth, his hands clenched. When he was caught, he had wanted to resist, but the other party was holding a knife and had pressed it against his neck. These punks weren't very smart, and if they got impulsive, they would actually wave their knives around.
But the second brother, the one holding the knife, was probably used to extortion. To show off, he was twirling the spring-loaded knife between his fingers. So Ren Mo was waiting, waiting for an opportunity to knock the spring-loaded knife out of the second brother's hand and kick it away!
"Bang!"
A beam of light suddenly appeared in the dark stairwell. A girl in a t-shirt and shorts, like an angel descending from heaven, appeared in the dim stairwell.
Because the slightly ajar security door was suddenly pushed open from behind, the knife in the second brother's fingertips slipped and fell to the ground, sliding a short distance to Ren Mo's feet. Ren Mo reached out, intending to pick up the knife.
"Throw the knife down the stairs!"
Liu Chen's voice boomed in the stairwell. Ren Mo instinctively forgot his original intention, picked up the knife, and threw it down through the gap between the stairs.
When he looked up again, Ren Mo saw a scene he would never forget in his life.
The Liu Chen he remembered as a good girl, with a side kick, directly kicked the 'boss' of these three punks in a vital spot...
"Ah!!!"
Another side kick, and Skinny Monkey's vital spot was also hit directly.
"Ah!!"
Liu Chen saw Ren Mo, who was squatting on the ground looking up at her in a daze, and rebuked him with fierce disappointment:
"Get up and fight!"
After speaking, Liu Chen, holding a pair of long chopsticks, gripped one end and whipped the other end onto the three punks.
"Ah ah!!"
The second brother, who had been holding the knife, reacted. He dodged the vital areas, only getting kicked in the thigh. It was a numb sensation, but not a major issue.
Ren Mo was, after all, a young lad. Without the threat of the spring-loaded knife, his combat prowess was not to be underestimated.
For a moment, the two of them were able to hold their ground against the three punks.
"Damn bitch! How dare you hit me! When I catch you, I'll strip you naked and take pictures. Then you'll be crying and begging me!"
Saying this, the yellow-haired 'boss' who had been severely injured below took out a folding knife from his pocket and smiled lecherously at Liu Chen, his eyes scanning her up and down, revealing a row of teeth yellowed from years of smoking and chewing betel nuts.
Liu Chen's expression turned serious, recalling a murder that had happened in a cram school's fire escape stairwell when she was working a part-time job in a mascot costume in her previous life.
Because of that murder, the door to the cram school's fire escape stairwell was thereafter forbidden to be closed.
The yellow-haired boss opposite saw Liu Chen's tense face and no longer rushed. He slowly approached the two of them, holding the knife.
Liu Chen did not run down, because she knew that before the murder, the cram school's fire escape stairwell had been locked to prevent people from the basement from catching the cram school students.
Clearly, Ren Mo and these three punks also knew this.
There was no other choice. Ren Mo took out a necklace from his pocket and put it on, trying anything as a last resort... four points of luck, I hope you can be more helpful!
The three punks opposite looked at this scene, a little bewildered, wondering if this female student was mentally unstable. However, they didn't stop walking towards the two.
Suddenly, Ren Mo walked in front of Liu Chen, his not-so-tall figure shielding her behind him.
"You just want money. Let her go, and I'll give you money."
"Who the hell do you think you are? Playing the hero? Let me tell you, I'm going to have your girl right here in front of you!"
"Get him!"
"Bang!"
The door, which had just been knocked open by Liu Chen, was kicked open again.