Chapter 176: An Unnecessary Worry
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Fang Ning asked Zhao Ying to make her own preparations, then he turned around and left as he pushed the door open.
However, after he went out, he went neither to the lounge next door not the Benz downstairs to play or to wait, instead, he was talking to Sir System.
“I have to know myself as well as the enemy, go invisible somewhere nearby and eavesdrop, you’re an expert at this.”
The System said, “I’m not an expert… I’m a hero that has always been straightforward and upright, don’t defame me.”
Fang Ning said, “Then do you still want to collect Ultimate Pets? We’re not recruiting friendly forces, we’ll be trapped if we don’t know the ins and outs.”
Upon hearing that, the idiot System quickly behaved. It continued seizing Fang Ning and found it a hiding place. Obviously, the Ultimate Pet was very important to it, as the hiding place was far beyond what Fang Ning had requested, not only could they hear, they could watch too.
Through the System View, Fang Ning could see everything happening in Zhao Ying’s office at once.
He saw Zhao Ying sitting in front of the desk as she caressed the snowy white hamster and talked to it.
“Xiao Cang, you said that the boss that we saw this time was the real body, not the stand-in puppet?”
After hearing that hot piece of information, Fang Ning felt that what he was doing now was quite low profile, yet highly beneficial, no wonder people loved listening to gossip…
He immediately said to the System, “No wonder you say that it’s a revered treasure, it’s the first one that can see through the legitimacy of your Mechanical Puppet.”
The System said, “Let it see through it then, we can just run away if we can’t fight anyway… I won’t be leveling up that Mechanical Puppet anymore, I still have to accumulate experience points for the equipment.”
Fang Ning was speechless, “You’re quite arrogant, I’m not as heroic as you, sir. I’ll look for an opportunity to leave later, then I’ll let the Mechanical Puppet out so that they’ll think that my real body is hiding again.”
Right after that, he saw the hamster’s mouth twitch but there was not a sound, it was probably secretly communicating with Zhao Ying telepathically, which was so timid of it. There was no one else in the office, and neither was there any surveillance, yet it still refused to speak, which made the System unhappy as it wanted to eavesdrop…
Zhao Ying was seen to be speaking with a dissatisfied tone, “Xiao Cang, stop being so timid all the time, nobody will eavesdrop on us. I’ve only learned that technique of yours for a very short time, so I’m not too familiar with that secret telepathy, it’ll be too troublesome for me to use it.”
However, no sound was heard still, that hamster kept twitching its mouth without making any sound, causing Fang Ning to just roll his eyes as he thought, ‘This little hamster, quickly listen to your owner, if this goes on, I’ll have to ask Sir System if he knows lip reading.’
After a brief moment, Zhao Ying seemed to have done communicating with it through telepathy, then she said, “It’s alright, it’s alright, don’t worry about my boss eavesdropping, he won’t have such thoughts. Before you reminded me, I really had no idea that he’s such a deceitful person, and so lazy that he’d make a Mechanical Puppet to work in place of him, I really applaud him for that, his superpower must be so great, how could I not have noticed…”
Fang Ning was pleased, once Zhao Ying said that, the hamster finally spoke.
It was a soft sound of a youth’s, which was clearly different from an old greybeard like him. He supposed that it would not play the Werewolves game with him too, since it would probably think that his voice sounded too old…
The hamster was heard speaking quite helplessly, “Sister Ying, I must say that you shouldn’t have such a big heart. It’s becoming too dangerous now in this era, take your boss for an example, just because he has superb culinary skills, he always fears that powerhouses will have eyes on him. He puts his substitute out every day to avoid misfortune and nobody knows where he hides his real body, over these few months, he only showed up once today, look at how wise he is.”
Zhao Ying rolled her eyes, “Based on your tone, you seem to be very envious of him too?”
The little hamster nodded continuously, “Yes, yes, of course I’m envious of him, he not only has great earnings, he can play at ease too, and he won’t have to be worried about being caught by any unexpected force. I won’t be able to do the same, Master Cang…, no, it’s because my ability is much more valuable than that boss of yours. If I’m a little bit lofty and become a target for evil people, I can still escape, I’m just afraid that it’ll involve you.”
Zhao Ying looked up and said without being bothered, “What’s there to be afraid of, my savior is keeping watch in Qi City. He was born a True Dragon and a noble. Currently, nobody is on par with his strength. We’ll make a living here in the future, it’s the safest.”
The hamster kept nodding its head again, “Yes. yes, you’re right, Sister Ying. Don’t forget my request from before.”
Zhao Ying said with confidence, “Leave it to me, my savior and I go way back, just follow me and everything will be alright once I let him know.”
The hamster hesitated for a while, “Forget it, I think I’ll just ask your boss. Didn’t you say that he’s an easygoing person? I’ll give him some benefits so that he’ll introduce me to your savior in return.”
Zhao Ying sounded quite displeased, “Why, do you think that I’m not prestigious enough, Xiao Cang?”
The hamster nodded in reply to that, “Yes, your boss has remarkable culinary skills, and he improves each time. Based on his standards now, I’m afraid that there was none like him in the previous realm. The True Dragon really values him, he’s much more reputable than you think he is, I’m sure that his words work better than yours…”
When Fang Ning heard that, he was at an extreme lost for words. He felt that it was being very honest.
As expected, before the hamster could finish, Zhao Ying pinched its tiny ears with her slender fingers.
The hamster said, “Zi, zi, stop, stop, it hurts, don’t twist my ears, I won’t say it, alright?”
Zhao Ying said, “That’s more like it, I don’t want to chatter with you anymore, I’ll have to go makeup and dress up. You always dilly-dally with your indecision, and you tend to change your mind at the very last minute. Since you’re not reassured by me, ring my boss and let him know, then you can just look for him and ask him to help you with the introduction.”
The hamster said with all honesty, “Thank you then, sister. Oh, I’ll have to remind you, sister, don’t be too into making up and dressing up, when your boss asked you to prepare for the journey, I’m certain that he didn’t mean for you to look pretty for a date…”
Zhao Ying was stunned for a while, but she understood immediately, “Please, I don’t have any skills now, I’ve called the assistant manager and asked him to prepare ingredients and helpers.”
Up until what Fang Ning had seen, he was relieved, “There are two fellows hidden inside that hamster’s body, and both have strength that surpasses Zhao Ying. How much greater is unknown, but they bully each other like family.”
It was clear that the evaluation done by the System on their Alignment was completely right.
In the setting of System Maxim, an important principle on evaluating the righteousness of a character was whether that character would bully by force.
Fang Ning noticed an important situation as well, ‘Based on just this small matter of meeting Vigilante A, the hamster was very hesitant and had been seeking help everywhere, it seems to be afraid of rejection. Either it is exceedingly timid, or Vigilante A is highly prestigious now.’
From the looks of it, it seemed to be a much easier job for sir System to keep that Ultimate Pet.
Once they were done peeping and eavesdropping, Fang Ning asked sir System to enter the lounge next door, and he proceeded to busy himself on the computer.
Not long after, sure enough, his handphone rang. It was Zhao Ying who called him. She asked for his location and told him about the hamster in hopes that Fang Ning would help with the introduction.
Fang Ning very much agreed to it, after a short while, “bam” sounds were heard as there was a knock on the door to the lounge.
Fang Ning knew that it was probably that timid hamster, he did not stand up, instead he waved his hand, causing the door to open by itself.
After practicing for some time, the Dragonization Ability had been quite useful so far, his spiritual sense had improved such that it was very convenient for him to open doors or to pick up small objects from a certain distance.
Nonetheless, he did not know why sir System still treated him as a Rice-level ordinary person, it was clearly not something that an ordinary person could do…
As expected, after the door opened, a snowy white hamster crawled inside step by step, then it climbed up to the computer desk with ease so to look at Fang Ning face to face.
“Hello,” Fang Ning waved his hand and greeted it.
The hamster looked at him from head to toe then said, “Hello. I’m Xiao Cang, Sister Ying’s friend, she’s mentioned me to you on the phone.”
Fang Ning said, “Yes, I know. Manager Zhao mentioned just now that you’d like me to introduce you to the Venerable Dragon God, for the sake of Manager Zhao, this won’t be a problem at all.”
Fang Ning said to himself, ‘Of course it won’t be a problem, you’re already looking at it now, quickly bow down to me, I’d like two more days of Relief Time too…’
Upon hearing that, the hamster was elated, it kept nodding, “Then I’ll thank you in advance, boss. Oh right, Boss Fang, I’d like to remind you about something that I’d heard from a friend recently, the ground in the southwest direction isn’t very stable lately, it’ll be dangerous for powerhouses below Grade-B, you should avoid going on business trips there.”
Once Fang Ning heard what it said, he knew that it did not come from a “friend”, because that friend was the hamster itself.
The game book showed that it was extremely sensitive towards danger, but he did not think that it could actually sense danger from such a far distance. It was no wonder that sir System would like to keep it as its significance towards survival spoke for itself.
Fang Ning nodded and said, “Alright, I appreciate your kindness. Although, it’s not very useful for me, since I barely travel far away.”
The hamster was stunned after that, it fell silent.
In actual fact, there were two voices inside the hamster’s mind at that moment.
Bai Ruocang said helplessly, “Master Cang, this fellow is even more straightforward than I am…”
“Haha”, Master Cang laughed, “Just like you…you can really be friends. I feel that this man is not dangerous, he won’t harm us.”
After hearing that, Bai Ruocang said, “I’m glad to hear that, it happens that he likes to read novels too, I’ll talk to him then, since there’s nothing to do anyway.”
Hence, Fang Ning saw that the hamster became relaxed, it was no longer looking uncomfortable.
It started conversing with him, “Boss Fang, I heard that you’re into novels as well, I like to read them too, have you heard of this book titled XXXX?”
Fang Ning nodded and said, “Of course I have, it was the hit at that time. But I started liking those with more imagination, for example this book titled XXXXXXX is quite good, I highly recommend it.”
The evaluation on his precious game book was absolutely right, Fang Ning knew that at that very moment, it was definitely Bai Ruocang that was managing the hamster’s body, because it favored novels so they had a common topic.
Not long after, the two of them were quite heated up with their conversation, when Zhao Ying who had dressed up with effort pushed the door open, she saw a human and a hamster pointing at the computer.
“This book is quite well-written.”
“It’s a little dull now.”
“It’s still bearable.”
Naturally, Zhao Ying had knocked before entering, but the two of them who were having a live readers discussion did not hear her at all, so she just pushed the door open.
Once she saw the situation, she felt anything but reassured, “I picked this little hamster up on the street and it wasn’t easy to discipline it. It’s such a gem, other than being obedient and hardworking, it can also act cute and wreak havoc. Could the boss be snatching it away?”
Soon after, she was relieved. It was all but an unnecessary worry of hers. She thought, “I should already know full well the boss’s character. Does he even have the skill to take care of pets?
“Don’t be deceived by the hamster just because it looked like it was dying when I picked it up, I realized how picky it was once I started taking care of it. Its dwelling has to be clean and spotless, its food has to be delicate and delicious, or it’ll just lay there and sleep. It won’t even listen to instructions, what more of being conscientious.”
