Hell Game: Starting from Metropolis

He took out the chip and handed it to the ox or horse, which then swallowed it.

"The city hall is a very complicated place; you'd better not get involved."

"It's like a cow or a horse," the cow said in a deep voice.

"Oh. Should we take this badge off?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"I told you not to get involved, and you just stayed away? That's the city hall. Even if you work there as a temporary worker, it'll be a much better career than delivering takeout at a restaurant."

The ox and horse said with a sense of disappointment and frustration.

"I think the work atmosphere is more important than job prospects, right? I'm not very ambitious, as long as I can get room and board, that's fine with me."

He shrugged.

"You think the work atmosphere at the Bloody Restaurant is good?"

The ox and horse stared wide-eyed as they spoke.

"It's great. Colleagues in the department help each other and communicate frankly with each other from different departments. I wouldn't trade this atmosphere for a director-general."

Anyway, he didn't say which department head he was from.

"You should really become a TV host."

The ox and horse remained silent.

They can make the dead sound alive, and it's all the truth. No wonder humans, who are so weak, can become a major force in the city hall. Other races really don't have this talent.

"Thank you for the compliment, I will definitely continue to work hard."

Liu Zheng said with a smile.

"I'll praise you to death."

The ox and horse said irritably.

"Just wear this for a while, and we'll talk about it again after things calm down."

After finishing its rant, it looked at the badges on the family members of city hall employees and said...

"Row."

Liu Zheng nodded.

"Eat."

The ox and horse murmured.

"Forget about eating, I'll have a drink with you, sir."

He had already checked; these main dishes didn't have any added attributes, so there was no need to torture himself with them.

"You eat what I tell you to eat, but you think my word doesn't count just because I'm out here?

The ox and horse glared at each other.

"Fine, fine, a higher rank can crush you."

Liu Zheng said helplessly.

He extended his tentacles toward the plate at a speed of 0.5 times, and just as he was about to touch the food, the cow-horse's cell phone rang.

"Yes, boss. I'll have him go over there immediately."

The ox and horse stood up and replied respectfully.

"The boss is calling me, so I'll be going now. Enjoy your meal, sir."

Liu Zheng immediately stood up and sprinted towards the door.

"Tch, you're lucky, kid."

The ox and horse pursed their lips, but in the end, it turned into a smile.

After leaving the lounge, he took the elevator with practiced ease and went to the boss's office.

Today's backdrop is a lake, and Si Xue sits atop a mountain in the middle of the lake, shrouded in clouds and mist, looking ethereal.

Outside the elevator is a ferry crossing, with a small boat moored beside it.

“Drag it over yourself.”

Si Xue's voice drifted from afar.

"Okay, boss."

Liu Zheng responded and jumped onto the small boat.

"Don't use oars, use your tentacles to row."

He was preparing to row when Si Xue spoke again.

"Yes."

Despite being speechless, Liu Zheng threw away the oar and sank the tentacle into the water.

If you row a boat by hand, you just pull backward. So how would you row with tentacles?

He thought for a moment, then swung his four tentacles together like a giant windmill.

Who says a propeller isn't a paddle?

Of course, despite Liu Zheng's best efforts, even at the cost of muscle strain, the small boat did not move very fast.

After all, everyone has their own expertise, and even the strongest brick needs to be incredibly strong to fly.

It took him a full half hour to finally paddle to the foot of the mountain.

Fortunately, Si Xue did not ask him to row the boat up the mountain, but instead used a fishing hook to fish him up.

"Pfft~"

Seeing Liu Zheng's comical thrashing in the air, Si Xue couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"hey-hey."

He gave Si Xue a bright smile.

"Fine, just keep talking like that."

Si Xue's smile faded.

"Whatever makes you happy, boss."

Liu Zheng said obsequiously.

"You must have made a lot of money on this trip, right?"

Si Xue asked.

"Don't even mention it, boss. We didn't make a single penny; in fact, we suffered huge losses."

"I used up a ton of good stuff and all I got was a broken knife, a broken gun, and two broken stones. The mission completion rate was 150%, but the city hall didn't give me anything. They just gave me a bunch of bad checks and this broken badge."

He launched into a tirade of complaints.

"Then I'll tell the city hall that the mission reward will be cashed out, and you'll have to handle Peacock and Mr. Li's affairs yourself?"

Si Xue glanced at him and said.

"Oh, no need for that. How could I trouble you, boss? I'll just accept the loss."

Liu Zheng sighed.

"Seeing how shameless you are, I feel relieved."

"Huh? Why?"

he wondered.

"This shows that your humanity remains stable."

Si Xue said leisurely.

"Ah ha ha."

Liu Zheng chuckled twice.

"You used up my gold elixir?"

Si Xue suddenly asked.

"probably."

He gave an ambiguous reply.

Do you know how much this drop of gold liquid can fetch on the black market?

"Then, deduct it from my salary?"

he asked cautiously.

"what?"

Si Xue didn't manage to stay afloat, and the white clouds turned into a rain of fire, burning Liu Zheng and making him scream in agony.

"Your shamelessness is truly astounding. With your meager salary, you couldn't make up for it even if you worked for three lifetimes."

She said disdainfully.

"The restaurant is the shameless one, paying its employees such low wages."

He writhed like a maggot, trying to avoid the rain of fire.

"Aren't you incredibly audacious? Who gave you the courage to slander the restaurant?"

Si Xue's face turned cold.

"Boss, you..."

Liu Zheng said with a smile.

"The restaurant only pays me a salary, but my life was given to me by you, boss. If you think I'm wrong, punish me as you see fit, I have nothing to say."

"What if the restaurant asks me to punish you?"

Si Xue asked.

"Then I won't make things difficult for you, boss. I'll just explode at it."

He said it without hesitation.

"You haven't even collected the legendary deliveryman's outfit, what are you talking about?"

Si Xue rolled her eyes at him.

"With your skills, it's not time to distinguish between me and the restaurant."

"It's enough that I have the heart. I can tell very clearly who is good to me and who is bad to me."

Liu Zheng said.

"You talk too much."

Si Xue's face suddenly turned cold. She reached out, grabbed a handful of fire rain, and smeared it on his lips.

The burning sensation that penetrated deep into his soul contorted Liu's face, but he couldn't utter a single cry of pain.

Because the golden fire rain turned into sealing wax, completely sealing his mouth.

"Words can be dangerous; you'd better keep your mouth shut for now."

Si Xue said coldly.

Liu Zheng nodded, trying his best to show an understanding smile.

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Si Xue looked at him silently, but a sound like a sigh blew through the clouds.

“I promised you seven days of delivery time last time. Now that you’re back, I can’t just let you eat and not work.”

"I'll give you one more day to sort things out. You'll officially return to work tomorrow."

"get out."