Chapter 2: Work
Whether it was by chance or fate, Xiguang, who was out of the situation, met Mephisto and his assistant Devi by his side, and coincidentally got a "job" "as he wished" in the situation of owing a confused debt.
"Lucky or unlucky?" Xiguang muttered to himself and looked around awkwardly. A dark brown couch and a delicate pink tea table in front of it stand out in the empty hall. The antique fan, which is long overdue for scrapping, rattles leisurely on the ceiling. The walls on three sides are airtight, and a few rays of light are cast into the hall through the windows that have been sealed from the inside, and it is probably daytime, and the stock charts on the walls make you barely guess that this is an investment company. This situation made the corners of Xiguang's mouth twitch.
"Alright, alright, get ready", Mephisto, who was still discussing something with Devi just now, seemed to have already sensed his thoughts. He smiled at Xiguang, turned his back to Dai Wei and said, "As for the content of the work, I will leave it to you." Dai Wei was still in a daze, and after this sentence passed through a reflection arc that could probably circle the earth, she hurriedly saluted like an electric shock: "Compliance...... Yes, yes, yes. After finishing speaking, he was still working hard, holding his head high, and his face showed a very hard expression as if he was holding his breath. Alas~ It's not easy to be a cute girl," Xiguang thought to himself with a wry smile. After explaining the matter, Mephisto took off her hat, waved gentlemanly to me and Devi, and went out the door.
Xiguang frowned, as if thinking about something. "So, then, I'...... We're going to open ...... now Let's go! Dai Wei interrupted the fugue Xiguang, seeing that this guy was so nervous that he couldn't speak, probably never brought a newcomer. Wanting to get rid of this awkward atmosphere, Xiguang asked, "So, Senior Daiwei, what should I do?" "Oh! Oh oh oh! Devi clapped her hands as if she had thought of something. Didn't you even think of asking me to do something first!! Xiguang complained in his heart, there was really no way to take the cute girl in front of him.
"Good! You go and set up the papers scattered on the table" (in a smug tone that came from nowhere) Xiguang couldn't laugh or cry,
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"That's it!" "Okay, then you've got the trash next to the table"
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"Uh-huh, it's done"
"Wow" (Daiwei's eyes lit up with an expression that could have been like this) "Then, then you" (Daiwei seemed to be a little unable to think of it) "Then you go buy milk tea across the street, and you have to add pearls!" β
"Eh, senior! γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»I can't really take you ......"
(After a while, Xiguang walked back with his things) "I'm back!" β
"Here we go"
"Buy it back"
"Hooray!" Dai Wei jumped and cheered, what a happy father and daughterγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ» soon Dai Wei was satisfied to take care of herself, and before she knew it, the hall fell silent, "That, excuse me, is this all?" ββyesοΌβ Dai Wei put on a smile and stretched out her thumb, what a beautiful girl. That's all there is to the job? In other words, it's too simple, Xiguang looked at the unreliable Devi and wanted to ask, but forget it.
"Knock knock" A knock broke the silence, and an old gentleman with a kind face and a single reading glasses in his right eye walked in on crutches and greeted "Hello." Xiguang bowed nervously in the face of the sudden guest, and stammered a little, "You...... Hello" "Is there anything I can do to help you?" The old gentleman smiled gracefully, "Sure enough, it's a good guest," Xiguang thought to himself with a smile, "Is this an investment company?" I want to handle the financial management ......" (da) Devi rushed over quickly, "No...... I'm sorry, but we don't accept this kind of business," he said, pushing the old man hard outside the door.
"Wait...... Wait a minute..." The old man wanted to explain something, but Daiwei, who had made up her mind, didn't give him a chance, so she stumbled, and the old gentleman was pushed out of the door, only to hear a scream of "oops" from outside the door, Daiwei closed the door, wiped her sweat, and took a deep breath. Xiguang looked out of the door with a shame, and felt infinite guilt for this old man in his heart, "What the hell is going on, can the seniors explain it clearly?" Xiguang tried his best to keep calm, but Dai Wei showed a natural expression: "Oh? You still don't know? Our company does not take the work of these ordinary people. Xiguang suddenly felt that his worldview was collapsing little by little, he paused and continued: "Even if this is the case, this kind of thing should have been said earlier, no, it's not just this problem now, right?" βγ Dai Wei still squinted her eyes uninterestingly, and shook her hand to Xiguang: "Young people, don't be so excited" "Senior! ............ "There were so many things he wanted to say that it was blocked in his throat and left Xiguang speechless, and he sighed and collapsed on the couch. I don't know how long I slept, but when I woke up, it was already evening, and Xiguang sat up and found that he had a newspaper covered in his stomach, "This guy! Xiguang tried to find Devi, who was nowhere to be found. At this moment, the door opened again, and Mephisto was wearing sunglasses, holding some bread in his hand, and pushed the door open with his shoulder, and said, "Yo, can I handle financial management here, poof." "Nope!" Xiguang rushed up and slammed the door slammed slammed, only to hear a voice from outside the door, "Oops, it hurts, my eyes are yo~" Xiguang held the doorknob, lowered his head and sighed.
Mephisto crawled back with her cracked sunglasses and carrying the food, and the agile Devi was already attracted to the food, and after a while, the three of them finished their meal on their own. "Now, let's face up and get to work!" "Work?" "That's right, it's a formal job." (Mephisto shows the same incomprehensible expression as she had at the beginning)
"Allow me to tell you a little bit about the job," Mephisto said, half-bowed, one hand on his chest and the other behind him, but the strange smile on his face made no sense of sincerity. "Our company is called Rosehunter, as you can see, ostensibly an investment company, why is it called that? Remember when I called you, 'Hunter among the roses,'" "Yes, that's right. "Roses, such delicate drops, ah, I can already smell her fragrance, she is like flowing blood, longing. Look, look at the flowers behind me," he said, pointing to the screen behind him, "yes, it's the stock market behind me, look at how attractive the red color of the stock is, see if the green is like the thorny flower vine, dangerous but set off the beauty of the red, as for our purpose, is to hunt between the stock market." "So, we're trading stocks?" "Tut-tut," Mephisto said, shaking her finger, "No, what we're going to do is 'inside'." "Inside?" Mephisto was silent for a moment, as if trying to calm the excitement in her heart. "Do you know the truth about Tianzun?" "Is that the building?" "Yes, the inside of Tianzun is actually ...... Empty," Mephisto's tone was a little weird, "Empty! "Xiguang was very surprised, it is hard to imagine that the building that symbolizes the top of the wealth can be empty." But the power of Tianzun is real, and the empty inner is only its appearance, how can it be curious? "Then what is the real power that exists in Tianzun" Xiguang couldn't bear it anymore, "The inside of Tianzun is endless space, and it is said that Tianzun's energy comes from the endless truth at the top of Tianzun, which is also one of the treasures that we and others are pursuing." Dai Wei nodded in agreement, Xiguang was still puzzled, "Truth, I don't understand, you said earlier that you can't use ordinary methods, how can we get in?" The smile on Mephisto's face showed a hint of hideousness, and said: "Einstein said that logic can take people from A to B and imagination can take you anywhere, that's right, imagine in front of the gate of the stock market, delusional, to fantasize about the truth in your heart, hahahaha......" Mephisto said still laughing wildly.
Xiguang, who was immersed in many doubts, couldn't take care of Mephisto, who was almost crazy in front of him. He pondered suspiciously what Mephisto had just said to himself. The extradimensional, supernatural, truths he seeks, he cannot find the connection between these things, and he questions their truth. For the first time in his memory, he felt an inexplicable panic, a sense of overwhelm. Unconsciously, beads of sweat had already covered his forehead, "What the hell am I afraid of, damn it!" Suddenly, Xiguang grabbed his left hand with a soft and cold thing, and turned his head to look, Dai Wei was holding herself and smiling, "Give it a try!" Devi's sudden move made Xiguang unconsciously red, but for some reason, the worry just now also dissipated inexplicably. Xiguang closed his eyes and surrendered himself to the darkness, searching in the darkness, memories flashing like marquees, mother, high school, painful memories of two years ago, and the white figure. "White hair!" Xiguang shouted unconsciously, and suddenly the air surged, and a huge crack appeared on the stock market display, and in Mephisto's wild laughter, the door of the dimension opened!