I Will Never Submit to Miss Grim Reaper - Chapter 268

Chapter 268: Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear into the Honor District

Without any surprises, Gabriel’s performance gained recognition from Su Yunjin, to the extent that it could be said to far exceed his expectations.

“Nuo’er, you managed to find such a remarkable person…”

After watching the “Gabriel Character Demonstration” ordered by Yin Xiamo, even Su Yunjin, this “young master from a wealthy family,” couldn’t contain his excitement when speaking, completely abandoning his usual calm teenage demeanor.

“In the end… cough cough, I just want to confirm something, your friend, regarding time, there shouldn’t be any issues, right?”

“Time?”

I was somewhat puzzled. “Boss, what aspect of time are you referring to?”

“Wasn’t she overseas before? It’s just… after the public beta of ‘Age of Aquarius,’ we might need to continue live streaming this game for at least half a year.”

Under the constantly flickering neon lights in the basement, Su Yunjin’s face showed colorful reflections.

“That’s… if she needs to return to her country, it would take about half a month for the round trip. Such holidays could be very troublesome, and it might be difficult to adjust work.”

“I don’t need to go back to my country.”

Before I could speak, Gabriel had already turned around on her own. “I can stay here for a hundred years.”

“Ahahaha, it seems that Miss Gabriel is very humorous.”

Although Gabriel spoke the truth, Su Yunjin still regarded her statement of “staying here for a hundred years” as an exaggeration.

“Then I have no problems here. Nuo’er has informed you about the general work that needs to be done here, right?”

“Mhmm.”

Gabriel nodded. “Playing games while live streaming.”

“Alright, since everything is clear, then there’s no problem.”

Su Yunjin seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. “Miss Gabriel, when do you plan to start working?”

“Anytime.”

“In that case, since our underground first floor eSports center isn’t ready yet, and ‘Age of Aquarius’ hasn’t entered public beta, we can’t arrange any work related to live streaming. These days, you can hang out with Fei Luo and the others at the café here, get familiar with the environment.”

Su Yunjin said in a very generous tone, “We’ll start paying you from today. How does that sound?”

Gabriel paused for a moment, seemingly surprised by the topic of “salary,” but finally just nodded simply. “Okay.”

Yin Xiamo had mentioned to me about this matter of “salary” before. In the other world, most angels’ treatment couldn’t even compare to the laborers in the coal mines on Earth.

In the other world, “humanoid creatures” have various differences. The most basic humans don’t have very distinct features, but they have good compatibility.

Almost all humans can learn elemental magic such as light, darkness, water, fire, wind, and thunder, and can proficiently master various martial arts techniques. “Elves,” on the other hand, can be understood as a combination of “humans and life magic.” Elves are half-life and half-magic beings, where the “half-life” part naturally refers to humans.

Similarly, demons, succubi, and others are “half-life and half-human” beings. Most demon races have an “aptitude for dark elements.” Conversely, angels are “half-light element and half-life.”

It can be said that most angels are born knowing how to use light magic because they are naturally adept at it.

Because angels rely on light elements to survive, the “sky” is the area closest to the sun, with the most concentrated light elements. Therefore, in the history of the other world, angels inadvertently established the “Holy Heaven,” which can float tens of thousands of meters above ground. They strictly planned the births of angels, making them accept beliefs such as “obey the master” and “everything you have is bestowed by the gods” and encouraging them to aspire to the light from a young age.

The highest leader of the angels controlled all born angels, and after thousands of years of “brainwashing,” began to command these angels to “evangelize” all over the world, then designating countries that embraced their religion as “vassal states,” gradually expanding their influence—this is very similar to the history of Earth because in the past, most countries controlled their populations through faith.

It is precisely because of the Holy Heaven and the upbringing of angels from childhood to adulthood that this race is to some extent very “stubborn,” just like Gabriel before, believing that indulging in desires and playing games is a form of corruption.

Similarly, the Holy Heaven orders its angels to “work” in various churches without any “salary,” and most angels don’t even understand the concept of “salary.” They believe that the “gods” have given them “jobs,” so the very idea of demanding “salary” or even thinking about asking for material possessions from the “gods” is considered extremely corrupt.

Gabriel does not belong to the category of “fallen angels,” so her concept of “work” is the same as that of most angels—asking for a salary from the boss, or even thinking about asking for a salary, is considered a form of corruption.

Su Yunjin’s earlier statement of “starting to pay you from today” might seem insignificant to us ordinary people, but for Gabriel, it’s no different from us taking her out to play earlier. To put it bluntly, Su Yunjin’s words can be directly translated in Gabriel’s mind as, “This boss actually wants to give me money, he must be trying to corrupt me.”

“All right, then it’s settled. You’ve brought us back a trump card this time. I’ll go to the company directly in a while and discuss benefits with my Uncle.”

Hearing that Gabriel had no major objections to the work, Su Yunjin returned to his usual “manager” demeanor.

“Let’s go to Ouyang’s place to discuss the specific work matters.”

“……”

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Seeing that the task of “finding the angel” was almost completed, Yin Xiamo and I walked out of the basement.

At this time, due to the peak breakfast period, there were customers coming and going everywhere. The workers responsible for moving computer components could only temporarily store the parts in the miscellaneous room on the first floor.

“Phew… Finally, it’s over.”

In the lobby on the first floor, I raised a small fist and stretched lazily.

Next, let’s see how negotiations between Sister Ouyang and Su Yunjin go. Anyway, it’s safe to say that Gabriel is pretty much confirmed to join the café now, and the bonus we discussed earlier has found its place.

For the salary we’ll receive in May, I’ve decided to buy a drawing tablet for Xiao Mo, but because I’m not very familiar with this area, I haven’t really looked up the prices online.

If I remember correctly, the importance of a drawing tablet to an artist is almost equivalent to that of a graphics card to a PC gamer, and both of these devices’ high-end brands fall into the category of “luxury items.” A good drawing tablet is comfortable to use and comes with many features, so my idea is that if I’m going to buy one for Xiao Mo, it definitely shouldn’t be too cheap.

Currently, in the rental house in the Starry Garden community, we only have one computer that can keep up with the mainstream machines on the market. If Xiao Mo and I really plan to run our own accounts for live streaming in our spare time in the future, then one computer won’t be enough for the both of us.

That’s why today I plan to go to Jiang Wei’s place first to return the money he helped me with to build that computer. I intend to ask him for his opinion on the recent computer market trends.

Speaking of which, Gabriel’s precision control over her body is truly terrifying. No wonder she played the FPS game so well the first time she tried it. If she can accurately control the mouse to move where she wants every time, if she can immediately aim at a person as soon as she sees them, and if she remembers the recoil patterns of various firearms every time and pulls the gun back in the opposite direction, then this effect is actually not much different from using cheats.

Humans have limits, angels do not.

“You guys are here!”

Walking out of the café with Xiao Mo, I noticed that amidst several large trucks, there was a black-and-white “QQ car” with a fierce bear pattern from “Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear.” Sikong Yue, dressed as Yuna from the anime, was sitting in the driver’s seat.

With the window open, she waved at us, gesturing towards the back seats. “Are you guys going to the comic expo? I can take you!”

This girl… seems to have always been this casual?

I discreetly examined the “fierce bear-themed car” in front of me for a while.

The structure of this car resembles what I remember as a “QQ car,” with an overall cute appearance, especially small. It seems like they removed the trunk of the car, leaving only the front and rear seats.

What surprised me the most was that this car even had a license plate, with the number plate “?AB7777,” feeling like just the plate alone would be worth a lot of money.

Moreover, this should be a “painted car,” right? The entire car is painted, clearly resembling the black bear from the anime, both cute and cool.

“No, thanks.”

After silently admiring the bear-themed car for a while, I instinctively waved my hand.

“Xiao Mo and I are going to meet a friend in the Honor District first, then we’ll go to the expo.”

“The Honor District? What a coincidence! I happen to be going to the Honor District to meet a distributor, the distributor for Tianqi Graphics Cards.”

Sikong Yue, dressed in a fierce bear outfit, seemed to be affected by the summer heat outside. As she turned on the car’s air conditioning, she said, “Well then, hop in. You go meet your friend, and I’ll go meet the distributor. After we’re done, we can go to the expo together.”

“Really?”

I was somewhat incredulous, jokingly saying, “Did you just make up a reason on the spot for the two of us?”

Actually, it was highly unlikely.

Because Sikong Yue… has always been very reliable in my impression.

She’s the type of person who’s very easygoing, does whatever she wants, carefree, optimistic, and comes from a wealthy family but isn’t constrained by it.

Similarly coming from a wealthy and influential family, Su Yunjin usually gives me a sense of being “constrained.” He needs to take care of the family business, consider interests, but Sikong Yue seems to not need to worry about any of that, or anything involving interests, she’s not responsible for. She just travels the world and plays around.

“Yeah, kidnapping you two!”

Just as I thought, after hearing my words, Sikong Yue enthusiastically made a face towards us.

“The big bear is coming to catch the little girl! Grr!”

I gave Yin Xiamo a look that said, “Do you want to go?”

“If it’s on the way, then let’s go together,” Yin Xiamo replied.

Yin Xiamo also seemed happy to make friends with a girl like Sikong Yue. She walked to the back of the car and opened the rear door.

“You are so young and already have a driver’s license.”

“I’m not that young. I already have a Ph.D. I don’t have any special talents, I just learn faster than others. After finishing my studies, my dad had no reason to control me anymore.”

As we got into the car, Sikong Yue opened a small drawer beside her and took out two Crispy Sharks, handing one to me and one to Yin Xiamo.

“Ladies, hold on tight, I just got my driver’s license last year!”

“……”

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