novelraw Chapter 499 - 304: How the Hell Can Anyone Pull This Off? [Part 3]
Chapter 499 - 304: How the Hell Can Anyone Pull This Off? [Part 3]
Clement Winter and his primary apprentice were wandering aimlessly on the street.
"Where on earth is everyone?"
The primary apprentice wailed, almost losing hope.
They had walked through several streets, but their master was nowhere to be found, nor were the other three grandmasters.
No reward card.
The number of viewers wasn’t increasing.
"Bro, let’s grab something to eat first, don’t worry."
Clement was quite laid-back, strolling leisurely without a trace of urgency, handing a bag of chips to his primary apprentice as he wandered with his phone.
Holding the chips, the primary apprentice looked puzzled, "Where did you get these?"
In the blink of an eye, Clement had three packs of chips in his arms.
Like magic.
"Oh, a fan who ran by just handed them to me," Clement explained.
Primary apprentice: "..."
It wasn’t unusual for fans to give Clement snacks, and the veteran guests were used to it.
This guy was naturally adored by mom fans and sister fans.
It’s envious.
With a weary sigh, the primary apprentice tore open the chip bag, stuffing chips into his mouth while muttering about being the "self-destructive duo."
"No rush, keep it cool."
Clement comforted, patting the primary apprentice on the back.
"..."
The primary apprentice gave him a strange look as Clement took the chips.
Under the primary apprentice’s watchful gaze, Clement came to his senses, blinked, and silently pulled his hand back.
He quietly defended himself, "I really didn’t mean it..."
The primary apprentice wasn’t petty enough to fuss about it, and after a sigh, leaned over his phone screen.
He asked, "Anyone heard from the masters—"
The request for help wasn’t finished.
Because, at the same time, the barrage on the phone screen exploded.
[Family Mart.]
[Family Mart.]
[Family Mart.]
...
[God Z has been found at Family Mart on Skybridge Street! They’re planning to ambush God Z!]
[Hurry to Family Mart! God Z is there!]
[Someone has already found Nora Scott! Their viewers are skyrocketing!]
...
"Bro, Family Mart!" Clement’s eyes lit up, "Let’s go find Nora!"
The primary apprentice was a bit puzzled, "But if we want the reward card, finding her won’t help."
Barrage—
[It will help!]
[God Z is the key to everything!]
[Find her, and you’ve won!]
Clement said, "There are viewers! Everyone’s looking for her."
"That’s true." The primary apprentice nodded, "Let’s find the master first, maybe we can ride the wave."
Barrage—
[Hurry up!]
[Stop dawdling!]
[Everyone’s riding on your master’s popularity, hurry and catch some of it too!]
...
Urged on by the barrage, Clement and his primary apprentice felt amused yet exasperated, following the fans’ directions towards Family Mart.
However, because Clement had a poor sense of direction, he kept leading them the wrong way, making the primary apprentice equally lost.
Though it was a short walk, only a minute or two away, they kept taking wrong turns, and upon checking navigation, found they were getting farther away instead.
Clement: "..."
Primary apprentice: "..."
The two stared at each other helplessly.
Barrage—
[Directionally challenged!]
[Dimwits!]
[You’re hopeless!]
"Alright, alright, stop complaining, we’ll rush over to save the master now."
Nervous but still trying to calm the audience, Clement mumbled.
To reduce the time on the road, the two dared not dawdle and almost ran there. — Of course, this time the primary apprentice led the way the entire time.
When they reached the vicinity, they witnessed a highly dramatic scene—
Nora Scott asked, "Are the reward cards not important?"
"Honestly, not as important as you—"
The veteran guest’s words came to a sudden stop.
Everyone present, as well as the audience in the two livestream rooms, clearly saw—
Nora Scott took out a stack of reward cards.
Each grandmaster had three.
However, in Nora Scott’s hand, there were as many as twelve cards, all reward cards gathered.
"How come they’re all in your hands?" The veteran guest was stunned for a moment, finally regaining his senses, but his hometown accent slipped out, "What did you do to our master?"
Using the stiff cards as a fan, Nora fanned herself, leisurely saying, "They’re all fine."
The veteran guest hesitated, exchanged a look with the new guest, then stared at Nora Scott.
He said, "I don’t believe you."
"You could tell?" Nora Scott followed his lead, closing her eyes and fabricating, "They’re all tied up and thrown into the stinking drain, waiting for you to rescue them."
Veteran guest + new guest: "..."
Show crew: "..."
The nearby cameraman was delighted, laughing so hard he almost dropped the camera.
The show crew had only sent one cameraman to follow Nora Scott, and only the cameraman knew what was happening there.
So, except for Nora Scott and the photographer—
Everyone who saw this scene was completely baffled.
What on earth is going on?
Christopher Sullivan quickly used the walkie-talkie to contact the other master’s photographers.
The responses he got were—
"Reward card? Didn’t lose it, right. Met Nora Scott, but just said hello."
"What? I don’t know about that. I’ve never seen the master take out a reward card."
"The master just brushed past Nora Scott, no other contact."
With the photographers’ responses, Christopher had a strange idea, first instructing the photographers not to mention the reward card to the master, then he beckoned the photographer in charge of Nora to come over and ask about the situation.
Lighting a cigarette, Christopher raised an eyebrow and asked, "What’s the situation?"
"She stole it!" the photographer said excitedly.
"What?"
Christopher was stunned, feeling like he heard wrong.
"It’s true!" the photographer said, "Legendary Expert Thief!"
The photographer explained the incident to Christopher—
About twenty minutes ago.
Nora Scott was wandering the streets, feeling very bored, and when she passed a boutique, she saw a stack of cards and suddenly got interested, so she went into the store and bought them.
The cards she bought were the same size as the show’s reward cards, enough to pass off as real.
Then, she "accidentally" met up with those masters one by one.
"For the sake of convenient filming, she communicated with me before acting, telling me her general plan. At first, I was skeptical, didn’t think she would succeed."
"After she met the first one, my eyes captured nothing, I thought she failed. Later, after watching the rewind, I discovered she had already swapped them."
"Really, with just one meeting, brushing arms, she silently swapped all the cards."
...
The more the photographer talked, the more excited he became, as if he had been injected with adrenaline, full of energy.
So rare!
In the industry for so long, seen all sorts of guests, never seen anyone this amazing!
——This is truly "awesome" in every sense of the word!
After hearing the photographer’s account, the surrounding staff were all left in a daze, their expressions difficult to describe.
She just showcased a perfect skill in the morning—
How long has it been, and she’s now become an Expert Thief?
Exactly how many awesome skills does this person have?
"Let me see."
Christopher took a deep drag on his cigarette, then stubbed it out, gesturing for the photographer to come closer.
He just couldn’t believe it—
Is this something a human could do?!
With this doubt, Christopher watched the replay on the camera and ended up being figuratively slapped by the real footage. After watching for a long time, he silently raised his hand to touch his cheek, feeling a bit sore.
Seeing Christopher’s indescribable expression, the photographer smiled, "Director Sullivan, shocking, right?"
"Get more people to follow her—" Christopher’s words were cut short when he glanced at the supermarket entrance and realized all four guests, along with Nora Scott, had vanished, and he was suddenly stunned, "Where are they?"
Not only the guests, but many of the staff were also gone.
"They left a long time ago."
The photographer explained, "The reward cards are all in her hands, and following her live stream can gain viewers, so they all ran after her."
Christopher: "..."
Alright then.
Originally designed as a prop NPC, she’s now become the leader of the entire segment, completely beyond control.
However——
Christopher was happy to see it happen.
The production team didn’t expect this, nor would the audience. When the show airs, the turn of events will be more interesting.
As for this segment, even if it goes haywire, it’s just a matter of who the reward card belongs to.
The production team had considered every situation, not to the point of being unable to conclude.
Returning the camera, Christopher instructed, "Take more shots of Nora Scott."
This girl is truly a treasure.
*
"Luna, what’s the situation?"
In Luna Durant’s group was a young man who had just reached adulthood.
He was holding his phone, looking at the messy comments with a baffled expression. Looking at the number of live viewers again, he was depressed to the point his stomach hurt.
The numbers were plummeting, already down to three hundred thousand.
"What?"
Luna searched around with her eyes, absentmindedly responding.
"The comments were just about ’Family Mart,’ now they’re saying ’All the cards are with Nora Scott.’"
The young man was confused, puzzledly asked, "What does that mean?"
"Don’t know."
Hearing the name ’Nora Scott,’ Luna’s face dropped.
Initially, their goal was "complete the task, get the cards," so they weren’t attentive to the live audience, with only the young man occasionally checking and interacting with the viewers to get the information they wanted.
Luna practically ignored the whole process.
Naturally, during their "chasing the masters" process, they missed out on a lot of information.
The comments were going crazy——
[Why give up treatment!]
[Definitely gonna lose!]
[Kid, don’t waste time, better cling onto Nora Scott’s leg tightly.]
...
The young man: "..."
Isn’t Nora Scott just an NPC, why cling to her leg?
While they were cluelessly looking for people, what exactly happened?
Feeling doubtful, the young man wanted to communicate with the commenters, but before he could start, he heard Luna shout—
"Found it, over here!"
At the sound of it, he looked up to see Luna rushing up with a quick stride.
There was a monk representing Arhat Fist.