Chapter 228
Chapter 228
Yun Youyou stared silently at the Red-haired Trendy Guy.
“Sister Yun, why are you… looking at me like that?”
Her stare made the Red-haired Trendy Guy uncomfortable.
Yun Youyou did not look away.
“Guess where that idiot is right now.”
The Red-haired Trendy Guy asked foolishly, “Where?”
Yun Youyou said, “That idiot is standing right in front of you.”
“…”
The Red-haired Trendy Guy’s brain crashed on the spot.
“Sis, I didn’t mean it. I just…”
He was so nervous that he started stammering.
Who could have imagined Sister Yun would open a public restroom?
Yun Youyou walked over and patted the Red-haired Trendy Guy on the shoulder.
With every pat, his body sank a little lower.
The Red-haired Trendy Guy wanted to cry.
“Sis, let me explain!”
Yun Youyou did not want to hear it.
“Go bring over your creation so I can take a look.”
Seeing that Yun Youyou was no longer pursuing the matter, the Red-haired Trendy Guy hurried off and eagerly brought his work over.
“Sister Yun, what do you think of this hairstyle?”
The moment he presented his creation, the Red-haired Trendy Guy, who had been treading on eggshells a moment ago, became a peacock spreading its tail again.
He had made all the hair on the mannequin head stand straight up and fixed it in place with mousse.
It looked like a shovel sitting on top of the head.
“Look, Sister Yun. Isn’t this style unique? Wear it outside and you’ll turn every head!”
Yun Youyou studied it for a moment and commented, “It’s pretty good. It looks like a shovel. I feel like I could use it to scoop manure at my shop.”
The Red-haired Trendy Guy: …
He had not noticed it before she said anything.
Now that she had, even he thought the hairstyle looked like a shovel.
The Red-haired Trendy Guy fell silent.
[The First Player Marathon is about to begin. All NPCs, please prepare yourselves.]
The moment the Game’s notification sounded, Yun Youyou bid the Red-haired Trendy Guy goodbye.
She returned to the entrance of her public restroom, carried out a small chair, and sat in front.
Her location was roughly halfway through the marathon, so it would take the Players some time to reach her.
Yun Youyou’s eyes shone.
While the Players had not arrived, her gaze roamed everywhere.
There really were a lot of shops nearby.
Yun Youyou even spotted the bathhouse the Game had mentioned.
Normal Players probably would not go there, though.
A huge crowd of Players gathered behind the starting line.
The seemingly endless highway filled them with dread.
Not every Player was a marathon runner, and the Game did not allow them to bring their own food or water. Was it trying to kill them?
They would rather enter two more Instances than participate in this marathon.
The Players looked up.
A massive airship drifted across the sky.
A giant LED screen had been mounted on it.
The marathon’s rules and route were displayed there.
The Game had even found a ghost who had been a referee in life.
Even after becoming a ghost, the referee still had a body covered in bulging muscles.
“On your marks!”
The ghost referee stood to the side, sweeping his hawk-like eyes across the crowd.
Anyone who attempted a false start would be dragged away by the ghosts maintaining order.
“Go!”
A firework shot from the starting pistol into the sky.
All the Players began lumbering forward.
Numerous aircraft in the sky recorded their every move.
The Players had expected to run themselves to death on the highway. To their surprise, the Game had prepared rest areas and supply stations.
The exhausted Players’ eyes lit up when they saw them.
This was great!
The Game had finally developed some humanity.
Most Players still did not believe the Game could be so kindhearted.
They hesitated instead of approaching.
Some Players stared straight ahead and kept running.
Others hesitated for so long that they eventually sat down.
The Game had been selective.
The ugly ghosts handled logistics, while the attractive ghosts ran the shops and other public-facing businesses.
The NPCs smiled brilliantly and greeted the Players with great enthusiasm.
“Come in and get something to eat!”
“Don’t worry. It’s all free. It won’t cost you anything.”
“Oh, come on! Relax. I promise I won’t charge you.”
Quite a few Players stumbled into the shops in a daze.
The moment they sat down, the Ghost NPCs revealed entirely different faces.
Their earlier smiles had vanished without a trace.
Their sinister gazes roamed over the Players.
Sitting outside the public restroom, Yun Youyou could see what was happening at the takoyaki stand next door without moving.
Many Players were drawn in by the smell of takoyaki.
The Male Ghost glanced at them and pointed at the sign beside him.
“Sixty takoyaki balls in one minute.”
The Player had no time to refuse.
The Male Ghost placed an alarm clock nearby.
A huge bowl of takoyaki appeared in front of the Player.
“Eat!”
The Player said, “I’m not eating! I walked into the wrong shop by accident.”
The Male Ghost said, “Fifty-five seconds left.”
Faced with that, the Player could only desperately cram takoyaki into his mouth.
Unless someone had been born with a bottomless stomach, very few people could eat sixty takoyaki balls in one minute.
The minute quickly ended.
More than half of the sixty takoyaki balls remained.
Without saying anything, the Male Ghost dragged the Player into the back.
Yun Youyou did not have X-ray vision. The curtain blocked her view.
Still, it was not hard to imagine what happened next.
Every other shop was bustling, while Yun Youyou’s public restroom looked particularly deserted.
Not a single Player came over.
Yun Youyou was not in a hurry.
Only after a long while did a Player finally run over.
This Player had been tricked into entering a drink shop and had barely completed its challenge after drinking ten extra-large milk teas.
He rushed over like a whirlwind and tried to charge into the restroom.
“Wait. Take a number first.”
Yun Youyou pulled a ticket from the number dispenser and handed it to the Player.
Sure enough, a number also appeared on the display mounted on the wall.
It was just like the pickup screen at a milk tea shop.
The Player took the paper ticket and rushed inside.
Getting in was easy. Getting out would be much harder.
After relieving his bladder, the Player was stopped on his way out.
He froze.
Did even the restroom have a hidden task?
Yun Youyou did not make things too difficult for the Players.
They were all suffering workers. Why torment one another?
“Draw a slip. Whatever you get is what you’ll do.”
Yun Youyou placed a small box on the table beside her.
The Red-haired Trendy Guy had written everything inside. Even Yun Youyou did not know what the slips said.
The Player hesitated, unwilling to draw one.
Yun Youyou said, “Relax. It won’t kill you.”
After hesitating a little longer, the Player slowly shuffled over.
He pinched a slip of paper between two fingers and pulled it out.
Yun Youyou tipped up her chin.
“Read it. What did you get?”
Halfway through, the Player could no longer force himself to keep reading.
After seeing the whole thing, he had only one thought. “Why don’t you just eat me instead?”
Doing something so humiliating would be worse than death.
Yun Youyou sat cross-legged in her chair.
She looked completely indifferent.
“You don’t have to do it. The penalty for failure is only carrying a load of manure.”