Chapter 193: Bai Song Beating Up Elementary School Students?!
"Beep beep beep~"
Bai Song was standing on the roadside, nervously keeping watch, waiting for Jerry to quickly remove the battery from the electric scooter.
Yes, that's right. Bai Song had ultimately crossed the boundary he had set in his heart, the one he vowed never to cross—engaging in petty theft. Earlier, while trying to escape the pursuit of the police, he had 'borrowed' a set of clothes from a residence. He could barely come up with the excuse that it was a temporary loan, and he promised to return them once he successfully saved the world. After all, he figured that it wouldn't take more than a few days for the owner of the house to notice the missing clothes.
He knew that his underlings were a bunch of comical characters, and it's widely known that creatures around comical characters find it quite difficult to die. This meant that he could reasonably deduce that the person he borrowed the clothes from was likely a teenager under 20, and they'd probably live for at least another 50 years.
Bai Song certainly couldn't afford to spend 50 years saving the world, right? So, as long as Bai Song could remember that he borrowed the clothes and pants, he would probably... hopefully... perhaps return them someday.
"Ugh, wha-what?!!!" Hearing the beeping sound in his mind, Bai Song, a first-time thief, was so startled that he couldn't utter a complete word. He thought his scheme to steal the battery had been exposed. In a panic, he tried to flee, feeling bad for Jerry, but he had to prioritize his own escape at the moment.
However, before Bai Song could even take a step, he realized that the source of the sound seemed to be his own interface.
"Phew... don't scare me like that." Bai Song patted his chest, thinking that the sound had scared him into thinking he was about to get caught, only to realize it was his own interface making the noise.
"What's going on? A new target again?" Muttering to himself, Bai Song opened up his interface. "Interface."
With a light exhalation, a 27-inch floating window appeared in front of Bai Song. However, when he saw the contents on the interface, he was taken aback, coughing in surprise. "Ahem, ahem."
'Warning - Achievement 'Little Hole Conqueror' is now unavailable.'
"What's with this 'warning' nonsense? Scared me for nothing." Seeing the words appearing on the floating window, especially the word 'warning' at the beginning, Bai Song was startled once again.
Upon closer inspection, he found the content to be quite unnecessary for a 'warning.'
"By the way, what's this achievement thing? Does the interface also have achievements?" After absentmindedly confirming the message, Bai Song muttered to himself, his expression filled with confusion.
If he wasn't mistaken, among the buttons on this interface, there shouldn't be one labeled "Achievements," right? And honestly, that line with the word "Warning" just messed with his DNA.
He had encountered something like this before while playing Game 5, where he received a message saying, 'Warning - You are a dedicated online player and have received a reward of 250,000 in-game currency.' It had given him quite a psychological shock.
It's not like he minded getting some in-game currency, but sticking a big, bold "Warning" at the top, with the reward mentioned below it, had really startled him. Back then, he had seen the word "Warning" first, and his heart practically stopped. He had thought his account was being banned. He was lucky he didn't punch the keyboard at the last moment.
Really, he was just a hair's breadth away from smashing his fist onto the keyboard. Fortunately, he had seen the smaller text below just in time. Otherwise, he would have had to spend money on a new keyboard.
With a sense of bewilderment, Bai Song scrutinized the somewhat crude interface. Finally, he noticed a very inconspicuous small circle in the upper left corner. Upon closer inspection, he realized it wasn't a camera; it had the word "Achievements" written on it.
"What the heck, you were hiding here?" Seeing this small thing that looked like a phone camera with the word "Achievements" on it, Bai Song was dumbfounded. He had thought to himself, why would a virtual interface have a camera? Could it also be used for selfies?
Bai Song shook his head, feeling a strong sense of disappointment in the aesthetics of the person who designed this interface.
"Let me take a look..."
After opening the achievements list, the first thing that caught Bai Song's eye was the achievement that was now marked as unavailable.
'Little Hole Conqueror' - Become the first person in 'EUO Super Deluxe Seaside Paradise' to scare ten primary school students and preschoolers.
Locked, Reason: This condition has already been fulfilled by someone else.
"Huh? What is this? 'Little Hole Conqueror'?" Staring at the name, Bai Song scratched his head in confusion and glanced at the words 'World Savior's Assistant Interface' written beside it.
It's true that he was here to save the world, but why was the first achievement on the homepage about bullying school kids?
"I'm someone who's here to save the world, and yet, the first achievement is about bullying little kids?"
Looking again at the reason for it being locked, 'This condition has already been fulfilled by someone else,' Bai Song was even more speechless. "And there's actually someone who bullied ten kids in the morning? What kind of monster is that?"
Shaking his head, Bai Song suddenly felt like his act of stealing the battery wasn't as unacceptable as he initially thought.
After closing the interface, Bai Song continued to keep watch for Jerry, feeling the wind blowing around him.
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In a corner of the same seaside amusement park, in a rather secluded alleyway that might have been deemed too quiet, if everything were normal, it's likely that no one would pass through here for a long time. But since things were no longer normal, this place couldn't possibly stay normal either.
"Buzz..."
Suddenly, a blue light appeared in the midst of this remote alley, quickly coalescing into a figure about the height of a person. As the blue light faded, it was replaced by a rather handsome man dressed in a white shirt and black pants.
What was even more significant was the three blood-red Command Seals on the back of his right hand.
"So, this is... the Singularity X, the Chaotic Warped Domain of Fuyuki, where the Foundation Value of Human Order cannot be ascertained?" He scanned his surroundings vigilantly, ensuring there were no enemies nearby before he let out a sigh of relief.
"Beep, beep, beep..."
Just as the man was beginning to relax, his left wristwatch emitted a notification sound. Without any hesitation, he used his right index finger to tap the wristwatch on his left hand. Soon, a holographic screen appeared in front of him.
"How's it going, Fujimaru Ritsuka?"