Chapter 94: Aladdin, that good-for-nothing
Chapter 94: Aladdin, that good-for-nothing
Beihai had traveled a long way and seen many things, but this was truly a first for him.
It was a kind of experience hard to put into words. If before he was dealing with texts, now he had simply entered a derivative movie work about Puss in Boots.
What was even more unimaginable was that Sleeping Beauty, Aurora, could get mixed up in it. Although Beihai suspected she had been tricked by that cat,
when he thought about Aurora having so many blessings, especially one that made her unable to be deceived by lies, Beihai felt the possibility wasn't very high. One could only say that something like a Wishing Star was just too overpowered.
Although in the plot, the Wishing Star didn't get to demonstrate its qualifications as a proper wishing object, being destroyed at the last moment, it couldn't be denied that it seemed to truly be able to grant any wish.
Puss in Boots wanted his nine lives and to not be harassed by the God of Death Wolf. A big, fat guy, Horner, wanted to master magic and become the world's greatest magician. And a girl with three bears wanted a family.
In this, every organization or individual seeking the Wishing Star had a very strong purpose.
Now, with Aurora and Beihai suddenly joining in, it felt a bit impure. If Aurora had to state a reason, it would be to find the old witch's location or to lift the curse on her body—she had a reason. But Beihai was purely there to stir up trouble, watching the excitement without caring if things got bigger.
Aladdin's Lamp had been crying the whole way, pulling at Beihai wanting to leave. It was extremely averse to searching for that so-called Wishing Star, feeling only that the thing was like the neighbor, Old Wang, stealing its own Beihai away.
"Isn't making a wish just about a single wish? You come to me! I can grant you three wishes. If that's not enough, four—buy one get one free! I'll even throw in an extra one, making it five."Aladdin's Lamp had every right to badmouth the Wishing Star. Wanting to make a wish—was it this troublesome? By comparison, it was still far superior.
And why was everyone so interested in that thing, but not interested in it, this Wishing Machine?
Beihai, standing to the side, was also unbearably harassed. Although it couldn't cause any substantial harm, it was indeed very annoying. He could only casually comfort it, "Can you not be like this? Besides, it hasn't substantially harmed you, nor have I directly thrown you into the trash. I still treasure you."
"But I just feel you've shifted your affection elsewhere. Last time, you gave my house directly to the demons. This time, what new trick do you have? Go on, say it."
Aladdin crossed its arms, turned its head away, full of stubbornness. Its original intention in following Beihai was not believing anyone wouldn't want to make a wish.
But after following for so long, its own reputation had become tarnished. That wasn't even the main issue. It originally thought you didn't want it, didn't treasure it, but now you're going to look for some Wishing Star? Then what about me? Don't you know this makes me very awkward?
"Beihai, you can't treat me like this. Although my daily function is just eating and sleeping, then eating and sleeping again, I am still your good partner."
"Oh, you actually know that?"
Aladdin's Lamp was broken. At this moment, Puss in Boots felt its opportunity had arrived.
As the saying goes, if you don't want it, I do. Although it wasn't sure if it was real, trying couldn't hurt.
So, while Aladdin's Lamp was feeling dejected, Puss in Boots sidled up and began comforting it, conducting a review: "Let me ask you, is that wish-granting of yours real or fake?"
Aladdin's Lamp, hearing the words from beside it, lifted its head, then said with a look of disdain, "You greedy fellow, I won't grant your wish."
Thank goodness Puss in Boots wasn't a Haki Miao, otherwise it would definitely have channeled Longlong's spirit. It knew there would be differential treatment, but wasn't this going too far?
This naturally drew mockery from that Black Cat. And while this commotion was happening here, with Aladdin still pretending to be on death's door, a fat man was on his way.
That fat man was very powerful. And you couldn't exactly call him fat;
you could only say he was all brawn, built like a double-door refrigerator. If he put on armor, he'd be a proper fierce warrior.
But compared to physical collisions, the other party preferred using magic. Although he didn't understand it—there were many things he hadn't even figured out the principles of—he just loved collecting them.
This guy could be understood like this: he had a house full of military weapons, but had no idea how to use them. He didn't even know their names, just made them up randomly. When going to battle with weapons, he'd hit people with the gun butt, couldn't even open the safety.
Calling him a collector would be an insult to collectors. Real collectors at least know where things come from and what their abilities are. He collected things purely because his hoarding compulsion acted up.
He possessed a baby unicorn's horn. And as long as it involved a fairy tale villain or a collector character, he absolutely had to have Cinderella's magic Glass Slipper. Although it wasn't very useful, it couldn't not be collected.
The Glass Slipper was considered a high-end item. Whether it was the villain in GG Bond or the villain here, they all liked the Glass Slipper. He also had a phoenix that could breathe fire, and even possessed the great sword stuck in the stone.
He packed all these magic items into his bag, not sparing the Crystal Ball either. That bag was like it had fourth-dimensional space, able to swallow anything.
Now, for the sake of the Wishing Star, he was also going all out, bringing a full contingent of men to directly attack.
Beihai weighed the situation and found that among them, the girl with the bears would redeem herself, recognizing her own mistake.
But that fat guy was purely evil. It seemed this one had to be handled by himself. So he told Aurora to go ahead first. When encountering the girl with bears on the way, he didn't obstruct her.
Only that fat guy, on his way, encountered obstruction.
Upon seeing the fat man's carriage, Beihai wasn't flustered at all and spoke calmly, "You've come."
He originally wanted to go through some formalities, but the fat man gave Beihai no opportunity.
"Charge through! Charge through! I don't have this much time to waste. Just run him over and send him flying."
Faced with the fat man's lack of youthfulness, Aladdin's Lamp stepped forward. It was determined to change all this!
One after another! In the past, why wasn't it this popular? A mere Wishing Star could only grant one wish and required going through so many hardships, but how convenient was it!
And it could grant three wishes! What, had the times changed? The scarcer something is, the more valuable it becomes?
Aladdin's Lamp pretended to roll up its sleeves a couple of times and charged forward very bravely, its upper body puffing up like it was inflated, becoming very large.
And then it was sent flying. Although Aladdin itself wasn't weak, and was actually quite strong, that was, after all, a sword stuck in a stone.
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