While the two of them were away, Zhu Yan got out of bed, opened a cup of bubble tea, and enjoyed a delicious scallion pancake.
He had bought these two items days ago at the food street behind the school. Because they had been stored in his spatial ring, they were still warm when he took them out.
Then, he put on the navy blue uniform issued by the school and leisurely strolled over to the library.
Strangely, the slime that should have been directing things on the sports field was still sitting as steady as a mountain on its mushroom cap, looking down at Zhu Yan from above.
"Oh, an old acquaintance. What are you looking for me for?"
Zhu Yan returned the plastic bracelet from last time to it. "I'm here to look up some information on thriller creatures and humans. Is that okay? How much?"
He wanted to look up the boss of Frog Convenience Store, and the boss of Auntie Jin's Braised Noodles.
Actually, he wanted to look up everyone, but this lump of slime was a school teacher.
Looking up two could be explained as a coincidence; looking up five would be cheating.
As for what the Monsters' Feast was, he figured he definitely wouldn't be able to find out.
"I thought you wouldn't look up such nobodies."
Twenty minutes later, the slime handed him a torn piece of cardboard.
"Why don't you look up the boss of Nightmare Bookstore?"
Zhu Yan took the cardboard and quickly pulled out his phone to take a picture.
"Nightmare Bookstore hasn't scammed me yet," he casually made up an excuse. "But when I went shopping at Frog Convenience Store yesterday, the toad inside scammed me out of a lot of money."
The slime muttered something in a squelchy voice, but Zhu Yan didn't catch it.
He looked down to scan the information on the cardboard, and his brows locked together when he saw the toad's level.
"Name: The Frog That Isn't a Toad"
"Thriller Creature Level: Lv. 14"
Level 14?
Help me.
What right did he have to go looking for a key right under the nose of a Level 14 thriller creature?
Because... because he was delicious?
Zhu Yan immediately bit the tip of his tongue.
If he didn't, he really was going to pass out.
"Thriller Creature Abilities: Excellent dynamic vision, a modified and precise sense of smell, and a highly poisonous tongue so fast you can't evade it."
"Thriller Creature Weaknesses: To players and thriller creatures below Level 14, it has no weaknesses."
"Its static vision is extremely poor; it is severely nearsighted even among the severely nearsighted. But what does that matter?"
"It can accurately sniff out the scents of all different things and use that to judge their strength!"
Alright, alright.
That's too overpowered, Brother Toad.
Zhu Yan was out of ideas.
He slid his gaze down, and the last line of text was actually a small advertisement for Frog Convenience Store.
"Come to Frog Convenience Store for your shopping! I have things you couldn't even imagine!"
Zhu Yan felt a bit annoyed reading it.
Not wanting to force himself to think, he quickly looked at the next piece of information regarding the boss of Auntie Jin's Braised Noodles.
"Name: Auntie Jin"
"Thriller Creature Level: Lv. 6"
Zhu Yan felt a wave of relief.
Good heavens, comparison really does bring pleasant surprises.
"Thriller Creature Abilities: Making delicious braised noodles (don't ask what they're made of), a screech that can shatter existences below Level 6, and a pair of wings."
"Thriller Creature Weaknesses: To existences below Level 6, it has no weaknesses. The only thing to note is to not let it vocalize."
Fortunately, Zhu Yan was Level 7; he could tank it if he had to.
There was no advertisement at the bottom of the slip this time; satisfied, Zhu Yan read it over twice and bid the slime farewell.
He slowly walked out of the library and noticed that the sky was getting dark again.
Waves of screams and cries drifted over from the direction of the large sports field far away, mixed with a few rather indistinct complaints.
Very pitiful.
However, what did that have to do with Zhu Yan?
If he didn't take action, he was about to become an even more pitiful person.
This time, the female voice broadcast did not specifically explain the rule that "thriller creatures must not harm the Hunter" to him, nor did it give the Hunter any other hints.
In short, he needed to take precautions just in case.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yan quickened his pace toward Frog Convenience Store.
Ten minutes later.
As soon as he pushed open the glass door, he heard the toad's enthusiastic greeting.
"Hello," it said. "It's you. What do you want to buy this time?"
Zhu Yan started to lie.
"I offended a player who has very strong perception. Boss, do you have anything here that can cover up my body scent?"
Frog Convenience Store had everything, didn't it?
If he could use an item bought from the convenience store to mask himself from the convenience store boss's sense of smell, his operation should be a bit easier.
Zhu Yan added, "His ability is Level 16, I—"
"Level 16?!" The toad's blood-red eyes darted around. "Where in the school is there a player like that?"
"From Bailu City," Zhu Yan said, feigning nervousness. "You know my identity; they are hunting down the Hunter."
The toad's throat bulged, and it relaxed.
"I don't have anything of such a high level here."
"However, if you are willing to pay 200 bone coins, I can give you a 500ml aerosol spray that makes it impossible for Level 15 abilities to sniff out any scent. It lasts for 2 hours."
"Its function is to melt away your scent, allowing you to blend perfectly with your surroundings."
Zhu Yan didn't move, so the toad couldn't even see his position clearly.
It smelled the scent of the new school uniform and the wonderful fleshy aroma belonging to a Level 7 player, carrying a perfectly balanced decaying aura of Trembling Joy.
Oh my goodness, a piece of fresh meat with a bacon flavor!
Moreover, a Level 7 player smelled much better than those Level 1 small fry from yesterday.
The toad involuntarily flicked its scarlet tongue.
"How about it? Do you still have money?"
Selling things brought massive profits; it still wanted money.
If he didn't have money, it would eat him immediately. It could pretend it didn't know this guy was the Hunter.
If he had money, it would take the money and then slowly look for him in the instance tomorrow to eat him.
Anyway, it recognized the scent of this person's dorm room door.
Furthermore, it had lied.
Even if he used the aerosol spray, the duration wasn't 2 hours; it was only 20 minutes.
In 20 minutes, what could this clueless player do in a drastically changing environment?
"I still have money." Zhu Yan took out his campus card. "Give me two bottles."
"There is only one bottle left in stock," the toad immediately retorted.
It had its eyes on him; it couldn't let him hide for too long.
It had already thought it through.
Since its static vision was so poor anyway.
When the time came, even if this person showed it the Hunter mark in his hand, it wouldn't be able to see it.
If it couldn't see it, it would pretend it didn't know.
If it heard it, it would pretend it hadn't.
It wanted to eat!
"Alright."
Zhu Yan caught the hunger in the toad's eyes.
This thing was hungry. Those red eyes were icy cold, like a warning red light, or a laser dot a shooter uses to aim at prey.
But why wouldn't it sell to him?
Given how greedy for money this thing looked yesterday, Zhu Yan didn't believe it was out of stock.
"Boss, I want to stock up on some goods. I'll be going outside after the start-of-term exams are over."
"Then come back after the exams are over."
The toad's mouth cracked open, revealing a slimy maw. Its scarlet tongue flicked vaguely in Zhu Yan's direction.
"We'll have stock then."
No matter how slow on the uptake Zhu Yan might be, he could tell something was wrong.
This thing clearly wanted to eat him.
He was a [Hunter]—would it actually try to eat him anyway?
"I am a [Hunter]."
For a brief moment, Zhu Yan felt he sounded a lot like Yang Zhanbai.
The toad rolled its tongue, its scarlet eyes gleaming even brighter.
"Yes, I know. You're a [Hunter]," it said with complete indifference.
Zhu Yan understood.
For whatever reason, this creature didn't care about that rule.
More importantly, it seemed to have guessed the significance of the aerosol spray.
"Alright, then I'll just take one bottle." Zhu Yan narrowed his eyes.
It was fine; he still had a backup plan.
He remembered that normal toads hated getting chili water in their nostrils. He wondered if the same applied to a giant mutated toad.
The toad rummaged through its apron pocket, pulled out a spray bottle that looked like insecticide, and handed it over.
Zhu Yan took the item and strolled past the store's shelves.
There was Mexican-style hot sauce here.
There was also the insanely spicy chili oil he used to see all the time in supermarkets.
With a shift of his will, Zhu Yan activated his ability, [Telekinesis].
He pushed open the glass door of the [Frog Convenience Store] and stepped out into the school's gray fog.
His hands, however, weren't idle. Across a distance of over ten meters, he snatched up a good amount of chili oil and hot sauce.
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ose... to cooperate with the protagonist! Shen Yuan: I have a system! Protagonist: What? System: Holy crap, you're just spilling it out like that? Shen Yuan: Let's team up, we'll split the system rewards! Protagonist: Fifty-fifty split? Shen Yuan: No way! Protagonist: What!? I'm the one getting beaten up, and I don't get half? Shen Yuan: Forty-sixty split, I get forty, you get sixty! Protagonist: Deal! Big brother, come on, hit me! As long as it doesn't kill me, beat me like you mean it! Shen Yuan: Don't worry... I will definitely protect all of you! No one but me can lay a finger on you! Guard our Heaven's Chosen Ones! I'm the only one allowed to bully them!
