I Will Never Submit to Miss Grim Reaper - Chapter 255
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Chapter 255: Humans Have Limits, Angels Do Not
Considering that Gabriel has just arrived on Earth and lacks basic knowledge of the human society here, daily communication also requires Xiao Mo’s assistance in adapting to the language barrier.
Therefore, we didn’t let her discuss work-related matters with Ouyang Xue, just briefly mentioning that Gabriel is likely to come to help, and we’ll talk about the compensation in a few days.
“I’ve been monitoring her situation through surveillance, and she seems curious about everything here.”
While changing clothes in the second-floor bathroom, Ouyang Xue next door seemed somewhat emotional.
“Nuo’er, I don’t know how to… describe you now. You seem like a little angel sent from heaven to me, making everything… well, work-wise, and all these… various matters, go smoothly to the point of feeling unreal.”
As I took off my clothes here, changing tampons in the meantime, I then opened the beautifully packaged box sent by Cai Jingtong. Suddenly, the basic accessories for the “Dendro Archon Nahida” cosplay from the mobile game appeared before my eyes.
“What do you mean by feeling unreal? Sister Ouyang, you’re just being too hard on yourself.”
Carefully, I unpacked the contents of the box, checking the seal. Yes, it was indeed brand new, Cai Jingtong and the others hadn’t even opened the box before bringing it over to me.
Was this intentional? It must be intentional, right?
I placed the packaging in front of me and tried to smell the scent on top. It smelled like brand new clothes.
“No, I’m serious.”
Next door, Ouyang Xue, who was changing into a maid outfit, cleared her throat. “When Tongmeng Net first asked me to come here, almost everyone knew it was an almost impossible task. It felt like… like smashing a cracked pot. At that time, the Zhao family’s influence was constantly watching over this project.
Not to mention the café, even the construction on the commercial street was fraught with difficulties. Coupled with the fact that Nanqi District itself is a retirement area, being sent here to serve as the manager is almost like being exiled to the frontier in ancient times—low pay, lots of work. Hmm… It does seem to be the case.”
Ouyang Xue’s words reminded me of Chef Wang’s helpless tone when talking about this girl before, and the content mentioned by Su Yunjin and Li Chen.
Tongmeng Net’s logistics management, to put it bluntly, is warehouse and goods management. Usually, when there’s a need, they count the goods, supervise the warehouse, and when there’s nothing to do, they do their own thing, much like the security guards who “avoided forty years of detours.”
However, Ouyang Xue is particularly involved in logistics management. When she has nothing to do, she will actively help the company with various tasks because her sense of crisis is too strong.
When she has no money, she thinks she must save money. After saving money, she thinks she must save more, and after saving enough money, she thinks about all the extreme situations that may occur in the future.
This kind of personality, to put it nicely, is strong crisis awareness, but to put it harshly, it’s pessimism.
I’ve never had pets, but if one day the cats in the café, like Dingman, Nenbao, Mosquito Bite, and Building Three, get sick and need a lot of money for treatment, and I can’t come up with enough money to take them to the pet hospital, and I can only watch the little ones leave, it will definitely bring me great painful memories.
“But now things are running smoothly here, aren’t they?”
In the bathroom, I carefully tore open the seal on the clothes as I spoke, “Don’t worry, everything will be fine. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.”
“No one had confidence in this project at the beginning. Without you, I couldn’t have gotten things moving so quickly here. Tongmeng Net must have seen our high efficiency, that’s why they requested to open the underground floor for the esports area ahead of schedule. I originally thought…”
Realizing that she might be spreading too much negativity, Ouyang Xue suddenly chuckled awkwardly, “Sorry, old habits die hard. I said some strange things again, Nuo’er, please don’t mind.”
“Ah… it’s okay. If you’re not happy, you should speak up.”
I lifted my head, trying to make my voice carry through the door next to me, “If there’s anything else you want to talk about in the future, you can come directly to me!”
Ouyang Xue… really didn’t seem like a typical boss.
Or perhaps her personality just wasn’t suited for being a boss.
A real boss, aside from whether they’ll fulfill promises of high wages, in a situation like Ouyang Xue’s, where the headquarters assigns her to manage the café, and then she hires people, lucks out by finding good employees, and completes the task ahead of schedule, that kind of boss might at most give some bonuses or hold a celebration, or even a stingy boss might just give verbal praise. They absolutely wouldn’t act like Ouyang Xue, having a heart-to-heart with an employee in the bathroom, a private setting.
Besides expressing gratitude to me, Ouyang Xue’s words also conveyed a very fatal message—We can’t do without you.
That’s a huge taboo for a boss.
Once the boss makes employees aware that “the company can’t do without you,” then the employee may become arrogant in their attitude at work, or they may boldly demand a raise. Either situation is ungrateful for the boss.
In contrast, Su Yunjin and the management at Tongmeng Net are qualified “managers.” When the café performs well, they increase performance expectations. And when those expectations are met on time, they might give a small bonus, offer encouragement, and then continue to raise expectations.
When Su Yunjin talked to us, she had a harmless appearance, speaking in a friendly tone, but the content of her speech was very strict—find a pretty girl who understands games and computers, willing to work full-time, with a salary of at most seven to eight thousand or twenty thousand, figure it out yourselves.
Ouyang Xue on the other side seemed to have changed into her maid outfit, “By the way, Nuo’er, what’s the name of that girl?”
“Gabriel.”
“Gabriel? Is she a foreigner?”
“Yeah, but she… she already has a permanent residency permit in our country, so there’s no need to worry about that.”
“You even know foreigners? Where is she from?”
“Well…it’s a secret.”
“You little…”
Outside the door came Ouyang Xue’s voice, “Forget it, foreigners actually fit the ‘angel’ image better. Now that guy Su Yunjin shouldn’t have anything to say. She is able to speak Mandarin, right?”
“No problem.”
“Is she still downstairs playing?”
“Yes, she’s interested in computers, she said… um, she said she wants to check out the environment here.”
“Alright, then I won’t disturb her for now. If that girl has free time later, just have her come to the café to find me directly… Where is she staying?”
“She’s temporarily staying at the rental house with me and Xiao Mo.”
“I knew it…”
“Huh?”
“Nothing, I have to go, it feels like there are quite a few people coming for lunch today.”
“……”
Listening to the sound of Ouyang Xue’s footsteps fading away on the wooden floor, I opened the package in front of me in the dressing room, taking out the clothes and accessories one by one.
This set of clothes gave me a feeling of exceptionally fine craftsmanship, both in appearance and to the touch. It didn’t seem like the product of an unscrupulous merchant who cuts corners and uses cheap materials just to capitalize on a trend in the anime community.
It came with many accessories: a wig, arm sleeves similar to those worn with maid outfits, wrist accessories, safety shorts, and a pair of very distinctive “shoes.”
Rather than calling them shoes, they were more like a variant of “foot socks.” Foot socks are usually of the pantyhose type, but the part covering the foot isn’t fully enclosed. There’s a piece of fabric connecting to the sole of the foot, leaving the heel and toes exposed. They visually appear as if one is wearing socks while still having the foot exposed, hence the name “foot socks.”
However, the foot socks that came with this Dendro Archon outfit weren’t of the pantyhose type, they were more like short socks with lots of decorations around them. The design style was similar to the open-toed shoes favored by many ninjas in “Naruto.” However, these weren’t exactly shoes; they were soft. I honestly didn’t know how to classify this type of clothing. If they were shoes, they didn’t serve the purpose of protecting the soles of the feet. If they were socks, you could just walk out wearing them.
Oh well, in any case, I’d just wear them out for a bit and come back.
I tried putting on these grass green foot socks onto my feet, wiggling my toes to feel the subtle sense of liberation these shoes provided. How should I put it… It didn’t feel much different from being barefoot, just with a bit more decoration around the ankle.
Also… these “shoes” were a bit large, but thankfully they had elastic features similar to socks, so walking in them wasn’t too much of an issue, although I probably couldn’t run in them.
Next came the little skirt, it was simple enough to slip on, almost all dresses could be worn like this. And because I had a relatively small bust, most skirts didn’t have a noticeable fit issue when I put them on.
As for the arm sleeves and accessories… the maid outfit in the café had similar items. I was used to putting them on and taking them off every day for work, so handling these things was second nature.
I slipped the two sleeves onto my arms first, then the two wrist accessories… done.
Looking at my reflection in the mirror, resembling a little pompom, I didn’t know what to say for a moment.
Ah… it’s cute, but it doesn’t quite match the style of the café. The design here is more modern and anime-inspired. There are computers, monitors, modern minimalist design tables and chairs, even cat climbing frames downstairs, and even the litter boxes on the second floor are automated. Standing here dressed in all green, I felt a bit… out of place?
I couldn’t help but feel like this kind of outfit would be more suitable in a forest. And besides, if it were in a forest, I probably wouldn’t need safety shorts.
Alright, let’s practice that basic four-stage attack a bit.
After carefully adjusting my little skirt and various accessories in front of the mirror, I took a small step back and took a deep breath in place.
One, two, one, two, three, left foot, right foot, spin, a little tap, then another spin, blink and act cute.
No, the expression seems a bit lacking, let’s try again.
“……”
I repeated this set of movements in the dressing room for nearly ten minutes, until I confirmed that I could smoothly perform them with facial expressions matching, I took my changed clothes and bag, opened the door of the dressing room, and put them away in the employee lounge.
“Wow!”
When I appeared in front of Cai Jingtong and Zhou Lulu wearing that cosplay outfit, the two college girls looked incredulous.
“Lulu, see? I told you Nuo’er suits this outfit!”
“I also think she suits it. When I received the prize, my first thought was to give it to Nuo’er.”
Perhaps because most of the people coming to the second floor for milk tea and desserts were college students, and all were “gaming enthusiasts” busy playing mobile games, the exclamations of Cai Jingtong and Zhou Lulu quickly caught the attention of many.
“Special event? Is there an event here today?”
“Isn’t that Dendro Archon Nahida? Nuo’er is cosplaying? I saw on Tongmeng Net’s official update that Nuo’er isn’t working today… What’s going on?”
“I don’t know, all I know is hurry up and take some photos with your phone, or you’ll miss the chance.”
Even Yin Xiamo, who was sitting next to Cai Jingtong drinking tea, clapped her hands for me. “It suits you well, Nuo’er.”
“Xiao Mo, stop teasing me.”
I turned to Cai Jingtong and Zhou Lulu with a wry smile. “Hey, I’ll just dance once in this outfit, and then you guys quickly vote for this month’s tickets, vote for the new book.”
This was just agreed upon with the two of them. I would wear this new outfit, pose a few poses, and they would post videos and photos in the group chat to garner votes for my new book “After Turning Into a Girl, I Stick With a World Full of Girls.”
Although I make good money working at the café now, writing books is my dream, so I still have to work hard.
“Sure, no problem!”
Cai Jingtong held her phone with both hands, pointing the camera towards us.
“We’re already following the new book, nothing can stop us, not even Jesus!”
“Wait a minute.”
Seeing more and more people around us taking photos with their phones, some even putting down their mobile games to come over, Yin Xiamo stood up from her seat.
“Let me go get a small prop to add some effects to your photos.”
What kind of prop?
Under my puzzled gaze, Yin Xiamo walked towards the employee lounge on the second floor. After a while, she came back holding a projector.
“Alright, Nuo’er, start dancing.”
She pretended to fix the projector on a cat climbing frame in front of the crowd, plugged it in, and then projected the light onto me. Yin Xiamo gave me an OK gesture, with one hand holding the projector, and turned off the lights.
What was she up to?
Although I was a bit puzzled by Xiao Mo’s behavior, sticking to the principle of “the sooner I dance, the sooner I can leave,” I stood in the center of the second floor’s open space and gave Cai Jingtong a look.
“This outfit is really cute. I always thought Nuo’er didn’t quite suit maid outfits, but rather the kind of female butler uniform similar to Chino Kafuu.”
“Nuo’er belongs to the legal loli type. This café has always been good at controlling trends.”
“Ah Wei, am I right? You were called here today to play games, isn’t this the right place? Hidden perks, haha!”
After observing the surrounding crowd for a moment, I recalled the set of movements I had practiced in the bathroom just now—
Skipping rope, playing hopscotch, two-eight-two-five-six, two-eight-two-five-seven…
Facing the camera, with a smile on my face, full of childlike innocence, one hop, two hops… Huh?
Then, what shocked me came.
In front of me… as I imitated the ordinary attack moves of the Dendro Archon “Nahida” from the game, corresponding attack effects actually appeared!
Green stars, vines, four-leaf clovers…
In front of me, on the floor of the second floor of the café, which should have been filled with a modern atmosphere and urban style, there appeared quite exquisite skill effects. With each landing of my toe, this effect would light up, accompanied by a beautiful transformation in form.
This green effect seemed as if it truly existed, not only possessing sufficient brightness and “resolution,” but also appearing to have its own entity, full of vitality. I discreetly glanced at Yin Xiamo, who was holding the projector nearby.
“Wow! Is this even possible? This café has too much high-tech stuff, doesn’t it?”
“It looks just like it’s real! Did you capture it? I thought it was a special effect!”
“Is this really a special effect? Holographic projection, like Hatsune Miku…”
Obviously, these people had already taken this attack effect as a “holographic projection” brought about by Xiao Mo.
However, I knew very well in my heart that this thing was not a holographic projection at all. Xiao Mo was just pretending with the projector. The projector itself was broken; Ouyang Xue had left it in the lounge for almost half a month, and it hadn’t been used at all. Xiao Mo was even less likely to use it.
And the attack effect that appeared in front of me was probably created directly by Xiao Mo using magic.
Heave ho… turn around, hop on one foot, then turn again…
Although knowing that the attack effects in front of me and on my body were magic, at this moment, I could only pretend to be performing, continuing the “normal attack” based on the inertia of my body.
For the final move, I turned, spun around, then placed my hands behind my back, blinked, and acted cute.
“Wow! So cute!”
“Perfect, I give this Cosplay full marks.”
“Let me confirm again, do we need to buy tickets to enter the café? It’s rare to encounter such high-quality Cosplay even at those paid anime conventions…”
As I finished my last move, the attack effects in front of me also disappeared, and the surrounding crowd erupted into enthusiastic applause.
“Let’s see that E-skill!”
“Let’s see a Q-skill!”
“What’s with the Q-skill here? I don’t think this special effect can do that domain expansion thing.”
Perhaps hearing the cheers from the surrounding crowd, Cai Jingtong gave me an encouraging look.
“Nuo’er, quickly strike a pose for a photo.”
You people…
With no other choice, I had to reluctantly make a hand gesture resembling the number 7, crossing it in front of my eyes, closing one eye as if aiming.
*Ding ling ling…*
Xiao Mo also kindly helped create the “Scanning” effect.
“They even have effects for the E-skill! This café is amazing!”
“So dedicated, great job! My 8 yuan milk tea has paid off.”
“I need to post a video of this, it’s going to get at least a hundred thousand views!”
“……”
Ten minutes later, I returned to the dressing room, changed out of my cosplay outfit, carefully placed them back into the box, and put on my usual clothes. Pushing the door open, Xiao Mo was already waiting outside. Seeing me come out, she handed me a cup of brown sugar water.
“Here.”
“My stomach doesn’t hurt!”
Although I said that, I still took the brown sugar water and had a sip. “Aren’t you afraid of being discovered using magic with all that jumping around just now?”
“They won’t find out. People in this world are too used to thinking in a certain way. They won’t even consider the possibility of magic.”
Xiao Mo said calmly, “Mainly, I couldn’t bear to see Nuo’er jumping around like that without any embellishment. It would make Nuo’er seem… like a silly little girl.”
“What the heck, I was just fulfilling my promise with those two readers!”
I glanced past the girl in front of me and looked at the lounge not far away. “Xiao Mo, you can actually use green magic? What kind of attribute magic is that? Grass?”
“Elven life magic.”
Xiao Mo patiently explained, “Elves generally specialize in wind magic, light magic, and life magic. I also have some elven blood, although not pure, but using life magic to create that effect is still possible.”
Then Xiao Mo added, “If it’s you, Nuo’er, you might do even better in the future. Your water magic and life magic complement each other.”
“But isn’t that something for hundreds of years later?”
“Yes.”
“Why are you telling me this now? I still can’t learn it!”
I glared at this girl. “Where’s Gabriel? Is she still downstairs?”
“Yeah, when I came out, she was still playing that… What’s it called? 3D Pinball?”
3D Pinball? Isn’t that a very old game? 3D Pinball: Space Cadet.
“The computers downstairs aren’t connected to the internet. When I showed Gabriel computer games, I only found that one in the machine, and she fell in love with it. She hasn’t come up yet.”
“This angel’s personality is too simple.”
I walked towards the employee lounge and searched through the shoe rack beside the bed. “By the way, Xiao Mo, do you know what shoe size Gabriel wears?”
“It’s just slightly larger than yours, Nuo’er.”
Xiao Mo pondered for a moment. “Around size 33, I think. Angels, like dragons, hardly ever walk on foot when they go out.”
“We don’t have size 33 here, only the size 32 that Sister Ouyang gave me as a spare before…”
I found a pair of size 32 regular casual shoes from the rack and grabbed a pair of socks.
“More and more people are coming to the café to eat. Let’s take that angel home first and buy her one or two sets of suitable clothes.”
“It’s no wonder it’s Ouyang Xue, she even thought of this unexpected situation.”
As I came out of the employee lounge with the shoebox, I silently thought to myself.
The casual shoes in this box are very cheap, the kind of rubber flat shoes that can be seen everywhere at street stalls. If bought online, they cost only around twenty bucks, and if bought directly from the factory, it would probably be even lower.
I don’t know what experiences Ouyang Xue had before, but she remembers the shoe sizes of everyone in the café. She even provided an extra pair of such shoes in the employee lounge. I used to think it was a bit unnecessary, but it turned out to be quite useful.
“Nuo’er, I’ve posted the short video we just made in the group chat. Many groups have shared it.”
Arriving at the spot where Cai Jingtong and Zhou Lulu were drinking milk tea earlier, Cai Jingtong said excitedly, “It looks like this shop is going to be popular again in the next few days.”
Hmm… So this means Ouyang Xue is going to be busy again.
That’s good. With more people, my bonus next month will be higher, and with a higher bonus, I’ll be able to buy more things.
Our room with Xiao Mo is a bit plain. We could buy some atmosphere lights similar to those in the basement gaming room to decorate it. If Xiao Mo and I are going to live stream games in the future, we should also consider Xiao Mo’s computer. We’ll need a monitor, a suitable gaming desk for two girls to play together, and various peripherals…
Currently, my computer is just sitting on the desk in the room, and apart from the tower and mouse pad, almost all of the peripherals are the cheapest ones. It’s fine when I’m alone, but if Xiao Mo wants to watch anime with me, it feels cramped.
“Thank you.”
Despite feeling a bit embarrassed about the cute act I just did in front of everyone, I still nodded to Cai Jingtong and the others, asking, “How’s the milk tea?”
“It’s pretty good, much better than the milk tea shop inside our school. Because of the monopoly within the school, that shop is arrogant, expensive, and the drinks taste terrible. Some sisters in our dorm even found bugs in their drinks, it’s so annoying…”
“We can report them anonymously to the market supervision bureau later.”
I smiled, “You know, our café was reported before, but when the inspectors came, they found no problems at all.”
“I know, that’s why we feel at ease coming here for milk tea, and to play a game with Lulu… Anyway, let’s focus on the game now.”
Cai Jingtong patted the arm of the girl next to her.
“Are you going jungle, Tongtong?”
“I’ll go mid or jungle, you hold down the bottom lane.”
Seeing their attention return to their phones, I briefly said goodbye and walked downstairs, passing through the warehouse behind the cat living area and heading to the basement.
At this moment, various LED lights and ambient lights were still shining here, and you could faintly hear the cool sound effects of 3D pinball coming from one of the small rooms.
“Sister Gabriel?”
I walked into the small room with the shoebox in hand and saw Gabriel sitting on a shabby chair in a very standard posture, completely absorbed in front of the screen.
Glancing at the score on the right side of the screen, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, ten million… Over twenty-five million points? How many points did I score when I played this game as a kid?
“Let’s try on the shoes, and later Xiao Mo and I will take you to buy clothes.”
Placing the shoebox next to Gabriel’s desk, I reached out and waved in front of the little angel.
“Sister Gabriel? Hey?”
“Huh… Oh?”
Only then did Gabriel snap out of it. “Nuo’er, Momo, when did you guys come?”
“Just now. We finished dealing with things upstairs and are ready to go back.”
I gestured to the shoebox. “We can’t fly here, so try on the shoes first. They’ll do for now, and we’ll buy new ones when we go back.”
“Mm-hmm.”
Gabriel reluctantly stood up from the small stool, stretching lazily.
“This game is so much fun. Are all the computer games here this fun? Right now, I feel like… I’m on the verge of falling, or being controlled by some desire, it’s so thrilling…”
“It’s okay, it’s just a game. Many people here play it.”
I continued, “If Sister Gabriel is interested, you can try out the new game when it goes into public testing.”
“I’ve read about the new game, ‘Age of Aquarius,’ some of its content requires operational and adaptive abilities.”
Yin Xiamo behind me gestured to Gabriel.
“The computational power of angels’ brains is similar to the supercomputers here. In practical combat, Gabriel alone can command tens of thousands of soldiers to battle against demons. When she starts playing the games here…”
“She’ll probably become one of the top hardcore gamers in the gaming community.”
“……”
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Nahida’s normal attack
Nahida’s e-skill (hold)
Nahida’s q-skill
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