novelraw Chapter 165: The Internet cafe owner surprisingly ran away in advance
Chapter 165: The Internet cafe owner surprisingly ran away in advance
Undead Street, just outside Ghost Net Café.
The loud hum of a motorcycle echoed in the sky, and amidst the flashes of blinding electricity, a bike encased in lightning abruptly appeared on the otherwise deserted street.
On the bike, an attractive young man, around eighteen or nineteen, cradled a pigtailed biker girl in his arms, smiling as he looked at the Ghost Net Café.
"Brother, do you want to go in by yourself? Let Full Moon knock on the door for you!"As Full Moon was about to hop off the bike to knock on the door, Alexander shook his head.
"No need, just smash right in!"
"Smash in?" Full Moon was initially surprised but then realized, "You must want to give your old friends a surprise! Don’t worry, I understand, I’ll be careful not to break the door!"
Alexander glanced subconsciously at the café door. Hmm... a standard instance plugin. It’s not anything special, but it should be worth some money.
Alexander nodded, "Makes sense, if we can avoid destruction, we should try our best to do so!"
"You’re always like this, always considering others!" Full Moon remarked, before starting up the bike and abruptly driving it towards the café door.
Time seemed to freeze in that moment, and the familiar three options appeared in front of Alexander.
As expected, Alexander chose to participate in the instance as the chosen one, which would grant the most rewards.
Before the bike could crash through the door, the café owner, who was a ghost master, received a thrilling instance notification for the first time.
Coincidentally, this café owner had just attended Alexander’s first motorcycle exhibition not long ago and had been one of the insiders who helped Anthony sell bikes.
Others might not know what 44011 meant, but he knew it very well!
He didn’t attend the second race due to an unexpected matter but heard some news that Anthony had disappeared!
At the time, the café owner was glad about his smart decision to put Alexander directly on the blacklist to avoid being targeted.
Who could have expected Alexander to come to him directly!
Being a café owner, this ghost master was very well-informed.
Was there ever a good ending for a ghost master in any instance involving the number 44011?
From the Blissful Clinic to the Ghostly Supermarket, and the recent motorcycle instance, each one ended more tragically than the last!
Even the early Ghostly Restaurant, didn’t the manager named Charles disappear?
Such a person coming to his café was certainly not good news!
The café owner’s face turned pale instantly.
The network manager next to him, a sudden-death ghost who died from an all-nighter of gaming, saw that the boss’s face had turned as white as his own, and asked puzzledly, "Boss, what’s wrong?"
The café owner didn’t bother to answer and, at an unprecedented speed, opened the cash drawer, grabbed most of the ghost coins, and stuffed them into his pocket. He didn’t bother with the remaining few coins, and with a sweep of his eyes around the café.
In the middle of the café, there were two desktop LCD screens, with two fierce ghosts displayed on the screen, one at the Ferocious level and the other at Fierce.
These were the two most valuable ghost computers in the entire café.
The internet cafe owner didn’t even bother to speak. He directly hoisted the Fierce-level computer and started to run out.
"Boss, what are you doing? You’ve unplugged my cables, why are you carrying me away? Isn’t it instance day today? I was planning to enjoy some human meat!"
"Shut up, I’m saving your life!"
The internet cafe owner responded as he sprinted towards the back door. A ghost bead was thrown out from his pocket, flying directly into the hand of the cafe’s network administrator.
At the same time, a final sound rang out,"Qin, I’m leaving the cafe to you. I advise you, don’t offend the person who just arrived, you can’t afford to!"
Boom!
As his voice faded, a deafening roar echoed as a motorcycle burst through the entrance of the internet cafe.
"Instance selection ends. Congratulations on entering the ’Undead Internet Cafe’ instance!"
"This instance is: Competitive Mode!"
"Main task activated: You will participate in a competition against the ghost computer, the style will be randomly chosen by the opponent. Winning will result in rewards and bets, while losing will result in losing your bets."
"This instance will last for 10 hours. You are required to complete at least 5 competitive challenges within this period!"
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Upon hearing the prompt in his ear, Alexander patted Full Moon’s motorcycle body, indicating that she should wait outside. After all, what was about to happen next wasn’t suitable for children to see—it would be too damaging to his image.
"Bro, what grade of ghost item was that motorcycle just now? It was so cool!" One of the chosen approached Alexander out of curiosity.
"It’s just a reward from an instance, only useful for transportation and ramming people, nothing else!" Alexander replied hurriedly.
Since Full Moon hadn’t shown her form when she came in, the person didn’t pay too much attention and just gave a thumbs up to Alexander.
"Everyone listen to me!" Another chosen stood out at this moment.
Normally, after entering an instance, all chosen ones have a period of protection and a designated safe zone, like the classrooms in the Blood Moon Middle School, outside the Fierce Ghost Restaurant, etc.
As long as they don’t voluntarily leave the safe zone, the evil ghosts in the instance can’t harm the chosen ones. This was such a situation.
Alexander wasn’t bothered initially, and found the chosen ones quite amusing. Especially this one that came out later—his familiar entrance, those familiar lines, must be the legendary lucky one, Cain, whom he had met a few times.
This guy was present in nearly every instance Alexander had encountered since the first newbie assessment. It was astonishing.
If you say he’s lucky, each instance he ended up severely injured, either missing an arm or a leg. Sometimes, the reward he got from the instance was not even enough to recover from his injuries.
But saying he’s unlucky wouldn’t be appropriate either. Despite the fact that he had a tough time in each instance, he always managed to pass, and his grades were not bad, otherwise he wouldn’t have been able to recover from his injuries.
Due to this, he has quite a reputation on the chosen ones’ forum. He was even recruited by a mysterious organization as a kind of mascot.
It’s rumored that the organization was considering sending Cain into a fierce ghost street battle instance. If all the chosen ones were to be wiped out, maybe he could bring the information back with his miraculous luck.
Under normal circumstances, Alexander really wanted to hear what stupid things this guy was going to say next.
But when Alexander’s gaze moved to the interior of the internet cafe, he instantly lost interest in continuing to listen to Cain.
This internet cafe owner, he’s too despicable! He ran away with the most expensive computer!
Although Alexander’s approach in the World of Horror has always been unconventional, he never thought that he would be shocked by an Internet cafe owner today.