novelraw #230 - Chapter 230 Buddha Fights Landlord
#230 - Chapter 230 Buddha Fights Landlord
"Next week is the October 1st holiday. How about we start our operation on the second day of the holiday?"
"Sounds good."
Qi Jing agreed immediately.
Although those days were when every club was frantically recruiting new members, Qi Jing had no desire to join any club.
In comparison, exploring the Time Whale Graveyard was much more exciting.
"Okay, that's settled then. I'll let you know when the time comes."
After Qi Jing agreed, Yu Ding finalized the matter.
"Let's go! Let's have some fun!"
Yu Jing brought Qi Jing and Tan Zuoyin to the largest arcade in the country, but they didn't go to those crowded game facilities. Instead, they went to a newly built... Battle Bar?
Its front door was adorned with several large red banners, with the words "Grand Opening" written in bright letters.
Yu Ding first quietly led the two of them in through the back door, while he himself descended on a cloud, using the cloud-stepping ability Qi Jing had used against Song Jiang that day.
"I'll cut the ribbon first; you guys go have fun."
So, you're here to work, huh?
However, there was no news online about him coming here to cut the ribbon today. Qi Jing guessed it was to prevent too much hype.
Now that he's down there, this Battle Bar will definitely be packed within ten minutes. If he had announced it in advance, there probably wouldn't even be room to stand right now.
Others fear too little hype, but he has to worry about too much hype when doing publicity.
Exaggerated, too exaggerated.
Qi Jing and Tan Zuoyin entered this "Battle Bar Building," and they wandered around here with Huashen.
"The research institute plans to open up the virtual world, besides combat and otherworldly maps, to other functions, so everyone can have fun inside.
Actually, they also want to make money from this. The bureau has a lot of projects recently and is a bit short on funds."
Huashen explained as she strolled around with them:
"As the Minister of Propaganda, Yu Ding has taken on the task of cutting the ribbon for the opening of this first Battle Bar Building. As long as he's here, this Battle Bar will definitely be a hit."
She had great faith in Yu Ding's reputation.
At this time, Tan Zuoyin curiously asked, "Sister Huashen, did you really deliberately lose to Brother Yu back then?"
"It can't be considered deliberate, I guess. I think he used his charm to captivate me, making me unable to free myself."
Thinking of that competition, a smile unconsciously appeared on Huashen's face.
Back then, Yu Ding could be described as spirited and high-spirited, and he and herself were known as the Little Song King and Little Song Queen, but due to his ability, his popularity was several levels higher than hers.
But in terms of singing skills and creative ability alone, she was still stronger than him.
At that time, everyone thought that his formidable opponent, who was herself, would win, but she didn't expect to fall for his charm and sing off-key.
However, it was precisely because of his questioning her after the competition that gave them the opportunity to be together.
"Why did you sing off-key in such a simple sentence? Were you letting me win?"
"No, no, yes, I was letting you win, because, because my throat was blocked by something, so I didn't sing well."
"Could someone have used their ability to cheat? They actually dared to interfere with the contestants in the finals. No, I have to get justice for you!"
"Forget it, I don't want to sing anymore, but I still have a lot of songs. Do you want to continue singing them for me?"
"How can we forget it? We must find the cheater. Don't be discouraged; this championship should be yours, and you can keep those songs for yourself to sing better."
"But I really don't want to sing anymore. Singing is too tiring. I just want to write songs."
"I can sing the songs for you, but I will definitely find the person."
......
Recalling the beginning of their love, Huashen couldn't help but smile.
He would even believe such clumsy lies; he was such a fool.
Qi Jing also asked, "Was Brother Yu already this narcissistic back then?"
Hearing Qi Jing's question, Huashen smiled, as if she had thought of something:
"He wasn't called narcissistic back then; it was called arrogance. At that time, he thought he was the representative of genius. He fancied himself as being the strongest in qualities such as fairness, justice, and compassion.
If he were put in a novel, he would definitely be a standard angel. But alas, later, his narcissistic nature slowly revealed itself."
"Wow, so Goddes Huashen has such a past."
"Let's not discuss him; let's play with these new holographic helmets first."
Huashen picked up a helmet connected to a wire and lay down in its massage chair.
Qi Jing was also seeing the helmets in the Battle Bar for the first time. They seemed a little smaller than his own, but they had an automatic cleaning function.
"This allows you to choose games directly from the outside~ and it can automatically team you up!"
Tan Zuoyin directly selected a three-person team on the control screen in front of the chair.
"What kind of game can three people play? Fight the Landlord?"
"It seems like we can only play Fight the Landlord."
"Okay, let's play Fight the Landlord."
After Tan Zuoyin selected a game called Buddha Fight the Landlord on it, she immediately ran to another massage chair and put on the helmet.
After entering, they found themselves transformed into a huge golden giant, with a huge golden chessboard in the middle, and they could also choose different images.
There were Shakyamuni Buddha, Ultraman Buddha, Thousand-Hand Guanyin Buddha, Grandpa Cow Buddha, Great Compassion Gatling Buddha, and so on.
After choosing their images, they were each dealt a hand of cards that emitted golden light.
Qi Jing looked at the chessboard and the surrounding environment, and then compared it with the reality:
"Isn't this the same as playing poker in reality? It's just a different skin.
A 3!"
When the landlord Qi Jing threw out this "3", three golden monks appeared on the chessboard between them, performed a set of punches, and then turned back into the golden "3".
"4."
Huashen played a 4.
This time it was four golden tigers, and the three golden men from before also stood up, and they fought each other.
Unsurprisingly, the tigers won in the end, roared to the sky, and then turned back into the "4", covering the "3".
"Oh my gosh, you can play Fight the Landlord like this? I've learned something new."
"Your voice even has a Buddhist tone now; it sounds quite nice.
A 2!"
This time it was two golden eight-armed Vajras, and like before, they beat up the four tigers.
Qi Jing asked, "No way, you followed a 4 with a 2?"
Tan Zuoyin said, "I wanted to see what a 2 could summon."
"Then let me see what a bomb can do, Bomb!"
Qi Jing threw out four "6s".
Instantly, a huge golden bomb appeared on the chessboard, exploding with a bang. The two eight-armed Vajras instantly turned into nothing, and half of the chessboard was stained with black smoke from the explosion.
"Pass."
Huashen couldn't keep up and didn't play a card.
But there was even a cutscene for not being able to keep up.
A small "Thousand-Hand Guanyin Buddha" appeared on the chessboard. It stuck its tongue out at Qi Jing, made a few "nyah nyah" sounds, ran off the chessboard, and then disappeared.
Ah, that's pretty funny.
It was Tan Zuoyin's turn to play a card. She picked up the two cards in her hand and threw them directly down:
"Royal Flush!"