I Will Never Submit to Miss Grim Reaper - Chapter 316
Chapter 316: Cat’s Racial Advantage
Under the influence of the marathon event in Nanqi District, there was a noticeable decrease in the number of customers at the café compared to yesterday.
It is expected that this decrease in customers will continue until the marathon ends in the evening or around three or four in the afternoon.
Amateur participants who cannot persist will choose to give up, and then the overall excitement of the event will gradually fade away as everyone returns to their daily lives.
Just as Xiao Mo mentioned, under her guidance, Dolly and Yueyue hardly appeared on camera throughout the entire event, except for the beginning of their running.
“The annual marathon event in Nanqi District is about to begin. Let’s shift the focus to the starting point. The signal flag bearers are ready…”
“Get ready! Go!”
“Wow! You can see that the young people of this generation are running very fast, especially those girls playing cosplay. Their speed is incredible. This character… This character is called Saitama, right? And that one wearing what looks like a general’s uniform, Emperor of the East Sea? As for that cat… Hahaha…”
Moreover, to my surprise, perhaps due to the abundance of anime conventions recently, many cosplayers appeared in Nanqi District.
Many boys and girls were wearing cosplay costumes to participate in the marathon. There were characters like Saitama, Flash, and even Zero Two. These people came with their own camera crews, so it’s likely they are preparing to become short video internet celebrities.
Such phenomena are now quite common. Nanqi District, being a very remote area, Xiao Mo and I often see little girls wearing skirts dancing on the roadside when commuting to and from work. So now, seeing people wearing cosplay costumes to run marathons is not as surprising, which in turn makes Dolly and Yueyue less conspicuous.
“Children don’t have much of a concept of marathons. With a distance of over forty kilometers, once you exhaust your energy early on, it’s difficult to keep going later.”
“Although we deployed several aerial drones this time, considering the many places that need to be filmed throughout the entire course, some participants may not be captured. We hope everyone can understand this.”
“But I have to say, that Emperor of the East Sea and the Cat Girl, they really run fast. They disappeared in the blink of an eye. They will probably give up midway as well…”
While busy managing the café as usual, I took breaks to watch the marathon live on TV. Then I took a short nap. Around three in the afternoon, Xiao Mo returned with Dolly and Yueyue from outside.
“Welcome!”
“Not running anymore?”
Seeing Xiao Mo and the two little ones with surveillance cameras recording sound all over the café, I smiled, “Would you like something to eat?”
“No pressure at all!”
Dolly seemed completely unaffected by having run over forty kilometers. Compared to when she woke up in the morning, her face was just slightly flushed. She gestured to the carrots and cucumbers in her hand, “These are good!”
“These are good too!”
Next to them, Yueyue also raised a packet of small fish in her hand.
“It’s my first time tasting something so delicious! Spicy, but super tasty!”
“What did you take them to do?”
I invited everyone to sit in one place, then went to the kitchen to bring out chestnut and mung bean zongzi and meat zongzi, helping them unwrap.
“For Dolly, this distance can only be considered a warm-up.”
Xiao Mo said helplessly, then took out Dolly and Yueyue’s identification cards, health certificates, and other documents, distributing them to the two.
“I’ve already explained the use of these documents to you, remember?”
“We remember!” Yueyue, gnawing on the small fish, took her own identification.
“Thank you, Master Momo!”
“I’m very honored to be able to help.” Dolly also took the documents, looking expectant. “When can we start working?”
I noticed that both Dolly and Yueyue’s documents were samples from Gabriel, which means that in the setting, Yin Xiamo arranged for these two to have foreign identities.
Dolly’s English name is Dolly, which means doll in English, more colloquial, generally used to describe someone cute. Yueyue’s name is Lilith, which doesn’t quite match the meaning of “moon” or “night,” but this word also translates to “night demon” and “goddess of the night,” which fits the implication of Yueyue’s name. [1]
Then both of them have the surname Yin in Chinese, which is a bit amusing, as if Xiao Mo didn’t care at all if someone came to check their household registration.
Of course, with Xiao Mo’s abilities, she really isn’t afraid of these things.
“The café manager is still discussing clothing matters with the designer, but I’ve already asked the general manager about this, and he’s given me full authority.”
Seeing Dolly and Yueyue eager to try, I sat down in front of them. “Has Xiao Mo already told you about the specifics of delivery?”
The marathon started around ten in the morning. With a distance of over forty kilometers, I remember professional athletes also take about three hours to run it. If it’s someone who regularly runs and has undergone some training, they could finish within four hours.
It’s around two or three in the afternoon now, so it’s been about four hours since the race started. The top ten should have already been selected.
However, since I was sleeping just now, I didn’t see it and I don’t know what position they were in at the end of the race.
Anyway, I don’t need to guess to know that if they ran seriously, Dolly and Yueyue would definitely be in first place. There’s no suspense about it. Although they are not as exaggerated as Gabriel, they are more or less descendants of “heroes.”
The physical fitness of people from another world is completely different from Earth’s. At least after seeing Gabriel play games and realizing that someone like her has a brain comparable to a supercomputer, I already understood the difference between ordinary people and them.
Moreover, Dolly is a professional racehorse rider over there, so how long she takes to run depends entirely on their mood.
If nothing unexpected happened, Xiao Mo probably watched the two of them run the entire course, then took them around, bought carrots and cucumbers, went home, and gave Yueyue a big bag of the small fish they had bought at the anime convention earlier.
I glanced at the carrots and cucumbers in Dolly’s hand.
In Shenzhen City, some larger chain fruit shops do sell these “fruit carrots” and “fruit cucumbers.” For example, there’s one near the cake shop not far from the small road downstairs.
Fruit carrots and fruit cucumbers can be eaten raw without cooking. They are generally small and appetizing. Personally, I feel there’s a bit of marketing involved in these kinds of foods, as carrots and cucumbers, like tomatoes, can be eaten raw without the need to distinguish between fruits and vegetables. You can buy them directly from the market and eat them without any special preparation.
It’s like wrapping ordinary tissue in a different package and labeling it as “baby wipes” to sell it at twice the price.
As for the bag of small fish Yueyue had… If I’m not mistaken, it should be the ones we bought at the anime convention from the guy wearing glasses. His name is Zheng Zisheng. We first met him when we were eating our birthday cake on the way back from the hospital. He later resigned and opened his own snack franchise store called… Papa Rotti Snacks. Xiao Mo and I bought quite a few snacks from his small shop near the restroom at the convention, including a big bag of small fish.
Spicy small fish, five-spice shredded squid, honey glazed eel… These are specialties of Shenzhen City. After all, it’s a coastal city with abundant seafood. Some fishermen go out to sea to catch fish. The bigger fish are sold to the general public, while the very small ones, which are not suitable for cooking, are sent to factories specialized in producing these snacks. A bit of frying, seasoning, despite the simple packaging, they are truly delicious.
“We’ve learned how to use smartphones and mini-programs!” Dolly showed me her new phone.
“We still owe Master Momo’s money, so we have to work hard to repay Master Momo for her help!”
Xiao Mo even bought them new phones… Gabriel and Fei Luo didn’t get this kind of treatment.
I gave Xiao Mo a look that said, ‘You seem to be good at taking care of children.’
If you’re not chasing fashion and hardware levels, nowadays, a smartphone that can go online and install various apps isn’t expensive. You can get one for around a thousand yuan. Even if Xiao Mo buys one for each of Dolly and Yueyue, she can still afford it.
“I don’t know how to register as a delivery rider online.”
After noticing my gaze, Xiao Mo seemed a bit embarrassed. “This one’s up to you, Nuo’er.”
“No problem, it’s simple. Just give me your phones.”
Taking the phones from both of them, I scanned the QR codes on the table and installed the delivery system from the shop for them, then applied to become delivery drivers.
“Regarding the specifics… how to accept orders and deliver them, do you both know?”
After helping them with the necessary procedures, I returned the phones to Dolly and Yueyue.
“I haven’t been a delivery rider before either, so my knowledge is only theoretical.”
“We watched videos, and watched them with Master Momo,” Dolly said.
“It should be fine. After receiving an order, this phone will plan a route for delivering the meals together. We just follow this route to make the deliveries, right?”
“That’s true, but the routes planned by the system are mechanical. The actual road conditions may not necessarily match those on the system’s map. Some customers’ locations are very remote, and Dolly and Yueyue have just come from another world and are not familiar with the situation here. If they can’t find their way later…”
“Are you sure you’re going to run there directly?”
“Yes, run there. We’ll find Ouyang or Su Yunjin later to prepare delivery backpacks, or just use the café’s cat bags and disinfect them as substitutes.”
Xiao Mo blurted out, “Dolly is very fast. If she uses acceleration magic, you can think of it as an F1 car delivering food, and this car is not limited by terrain, won’t get stuck in traffic, and can reach anywhere in Shenzhen City in a maximum of twenty minutes.”
“What about Yueyue?”
I was a bit worried. “Yueyue is also going to deliver food… She’s not a centaur, though?”
“You don’t need to worry about Yueyue even more. Although she’s not as fast, she has a racial advantage.”
“A racial advantage?”
“I can show it for you.”
With that, Xiao Mo casually picked up a disposable cup, poured some tea into it, and placed it between the two cat ears on Yueyue’s head.
“From the big banyan tree outside to the roof of this café, and then back down.”
“Okay!”
Under my gaze, Yueyue balanced the disposable cup filled with tea on her head and ran out of the café, out of the surveillance range.
I quickly followed.
And then… I saw Yueyue, using both hands and feet, swiftly climb up the big banyan tree outside the café. She climbed very agilely all the way to the top of the tree with a single breath, then made a big leap and landed on the roof of the café like a flying cat. After stretching lazily, she effortlessly jumped down.
Xiao Mo walked over and picked up the disposable cup from Yueyue’s head, not even spilling a drop of tea.
“See, the racial advantage of the cat tribe. As long as she avoids surveillance and people’s sight, she doesn’t even need to take the elevator to go upstairs.”
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TL Note:
“??” Yuè yuè
“?” Yuè = Moon