Chapter 112 Shopping

After letting Becky get used to the sight of such crowds on Earth, Hao Ren started leading the group of abnormal creatures around the shopping plaza. Come to think of it, this was probably the first time he had taken so many people out shopping. Before, he had only occasionally accompanied Vivian to buy groceries near their home or gone to the supermarket with Lily to buy food. Most of the time, these abnormal creatures were busy with their own things at home.

Anyway, Hao Ren thought it was quite... interesting to bring this group out.

Nangong Wuyue, except for the occasional goofy behavior when she turned into a siren, was mostly an ordinary young woman, more ordinary and normal than the others. So she was quickly attracted by the craft and decoration shops along the way and ran off to browse on her own. Hao Ren led the others who weren't interested in such things onward. Becky kept looking around, occasionally exclaiming to Hao Ren, "Hey, look at so many people here, one Fireball and..." "Look at that escalator over there, if we put a Blizzard at the exit..." "Hey! That place is perfect for an Acid Burst trap!"

Hao Ren listened, breaking out in a cold sweat. "Why do you always come up with such crazy ideas?"

"Can't help it, it's a professional habit," Becky said, scratching her head. "Usually, when I walk on the streets of my hometown, I often deduce like this, where is suitable for setting traps, where is suitable for casting magic, and what things can be disguised as exploding treasure chests... It's just what happens after being a mercenary for a long time."

Hao Ren wiped his cold sweat, thinking that no matter how long other mercenaries were, they probably wouldn't be as neurotic as this girl!

The group studied the map of the shopping mall and decided to go and pick out clothes for Iza. They headed towards a brand-name men's clothing store, and passers-by couldn't help but give way: Iza stood there like a totem of terror, with a no-man's-land within a radius of several meters. Although it was embarrassing, it had the benefit of not being crowded, no matter how many people were around. It was just that some people were secretly taking pictures with their mobile phones and posting them on Weibo, which was quite helpless: Without any explanation, just a picture of Iza like this posted online was worth more than three hundred reposts...

Finally, Hao Ren led Iza into the brand-name store that looked quite large and found the shopping guide closest to him. "Excuse me, help this brother next to me pick out a coat."

The shopping guide girl was tidying up the clothes rack with her back to them. Hearing this, she turned around and subconsciously said, "Welcome, please..."

Then she looked up at Iza and froze.

Hao Ren helplessly patted his forehead: This was happening again. He waved his hand in front of the shopping guide girl. "Well, help him pick out a coat. Don't judge people by their appearance. This brother may look fierce, but he's actually a good person..."

Fortunately, the shopping guide girl had good psychological qualities. After a moment of愣, she neither called the police nor turned around to take money from the cash register. She just stared blankly at Iza's figure. "This... It's probably hard to find clothes this big, right?"

"Not this tall?"

"...Not this wide."

Hao Ren suddenly understood: Iza's stalwart figure was both tall and strong. There were indeed people on Earth who were two meters and fifteen centimeters tall, but it was really not easy to find a tough guy like Iza who was not only two meters and fifteen centimeters tall but also had an upper body that was almost an inverted triangle. Iza himself knew this, and he shrugged at Hao Ren. "So I said there's really no need for you to bother. My figure can only be custom-made. Otherwise, apart from curtains, there's really nothing on Earth that I can wear. I'd better go home and 'make' one myself."

Hao Ren knew that Iza was talking about using magic to condense new clothes after returning home, but this was obviously not something the great demon was good at. The clothes he was wearing now were what he had conjured up after studying for two months after landing in England, and even then, they were as ugly as prison uniforms. Hao Ren felt that it was really too much to make the number one expert among his tenants live so inconveniently. So he shook his head and looked at the shopping guide with the last hope, "Do your best. I estimate that any piece of clothing you find will be more suitable than what he's wearing now."

The shopping guide girl had no choice. She felt that the inverted triangle strong man who was two meters and fifteen centimeters tall in front of her was really a customer she couldn't afford to offend. So she could only run to rummage through the boxes and cabinets to find the largest clothes in the store and compare them on Iza. "...This is already the largest size. It was worn by a plastic model as a signboard some time ago. We didn't even think it could be sold..."

This was a thick, long-sleeved hoodie. If Lily crawled into it, it could be used as a doghouse, but compared to Iza, it was just like a vest. The great demon shrunk his shoulders with difficulty. "I reckon I can put it on by force, but I need to hold my breath for a long time. I might turn back into cloth with a sneeze."

Hao Ren looked at the shopping guide expectantly, "Isn't there a larger size?"

The shopping guide said with a bitter face, "To be honest, our curtains are probably still two inches short of wrapping around this big brother—normal clothing factories wouldn't design this kind of size unless they were applying for a world record. The height is secondary, the main thing is this width..."

Hao Ren laughed. It wasn't easy for Iza's figure to force a trained professional shopping guide to say these words. And the shopping guide also made a suggestion, "I suggest you don't look here. There won't be such a large size of clothing in the entire shopping mall. It's best to have it custom-made."

Hao Ren originally planned to buy a pair of pants for Iza, but now it seemed that he could only give up: He couldn't even buy a top, so he couldn't expect to buy pants. The former could be accepted if it was a little tight, but the latter really couldn't be reduced in size. Iza's waist circumference could be described with a sentence: If his pants were thrown on the ground and no one was wearing them, you wouldn't even know what they were for...

The group left the store in disappointment. When they left, Lily solemnly stated one thing to the shopping guide, "Your window is too small—my curtain fits Iza perfectly!"

Vivian quickly pulled Lily out. "Why are you arguing with her about this?"

"Forget it, let's have two sets of clothes custom-made for you," Hao Ren looked at Iza apologetically. "When you go out to 'work,' you can wear your current bulletproof combat suit. It's best to wear something inconspicuous when you're active on Earth. Next, shall we go buy something for Vivian?"

Lily wasn't very interested when she heard this. In fact, she had wanted to run around since the beginning—as a husky with the nickname "let go and it's gone," you can't expect her not to run around when she's shopping with people. So at this time, she started jumping up and down. "Boring! I want to go upstairs and look at bags..."

Becky joined in the fun. "Bags? Are they for traveling or adventure?"

Lily seized the time to instill incorrect knowledge into Becky. "You'll know when you go. They're not for carrying things, they're for carrying around~~"

Hao Ren knew that he couldn't stop Lily, so he waved his hand at them. "Okay, okay, go ahead, don't run around, meet at the exit at noon."

Then he looked at the great demon, "Iza, please keep an eye on them—especially Becky. I remember there's a decorative mechanical dinosaur upstairs. Becky is very likely to make a fireball and smash it."

The group split up, and finally, only Vivian was left with Hao Ren. The latter had been curious since she came out. "What are you going to buy for me?"

Hao Ren pointed at Vivian. "First of all, let's get you a new outfit and then get you a phone."

Vivian was wearing an old-fashioned winter outfit. In fact, most of her clothes were old-fashioned, and some were even worn out. Although the vampire girl's beautiful appearance could make up for the shortcomings of her clothes, Hao Ren didn't think so. He felt that Vivian should dress more beautifully, more like a legendary, noble, and proper vampire aristocrat. He didn't know when this idea appeared, but today he planned to realize it. As for the phone, it was a temporary decision when he went out. Everyone in the family had a phone, and even Iza didn't know when he bought one for himself. Only Vivian didn't have one—this wasn't a big deal for a "heterogeneous," but Hao Ren still decided to give Vivian such a gift.

Putting practicality aside (a mobile phone is indeed limited for these superhumans), Hao Ren just hoped that Vivian, who still lived the most simple and shabby life at home, could live better like others. He always felt uncomfortable seeing some of Vivian's life details, and he had accumulated it to the point where he couldn't bear it anymore.

The vampire girl showed a rather surprised expression when she heard Hao Ren's plan. After being surprised, she became restrained and at a loss. "I... I'm fine as I am now. I'm already very satisfied living here with you..."

"Don't be polite," Hao Ren said with a smile. "Just take it as a gift. You don't have a phone yet, right? At least within the scope of Earth, it's convenient to contact each other with this thing."

"I... I used to have one," Vivian smiled embarrassedly. "I was lucky enough to save some money at the beginning, so I bought a cheap mobile phone out of curiosity, but then I couldn't pay the phone bill and it was out of service for a long time, so it's still in my luggage now, and it probably can't be turned on."

Vivian seemed very helpless about this unexpected surprise, but she finally did not refuse Hao Ren's kindness and followed with a look of anticipation and vague excitement.

When the group was walking between several shops, a woman behind a counter somewhere raised her head and looked at them thoughtfully. This was a woman with a cold expression and a scar near the bridge of her nose.

Logically speaking, such a shopping mall has certain requirements for the appearance of shopping guides. At least, it would be difficult for people with scars on their faces to find work here, especially since her expression was also kind of coldly rejecting people from a thousand miles away, but this woman was sitting behind the counter, and whether it was her smiling colleagues around her or the picky and demanding customers around her, they seemed to turn a blind eye to this.

The woman with the scar on her face followed Hao Ren and Vivian with her eyes for a long time until they disappeared into a shop, then she sat down expressionlessly and continued to sit there in a daze like a transparent person.