There was a moment of wordless silence backstage.
Tsuchimikado looked at the dazzling array of human artifacts and sighed quietly.
Survival of the fittest, natural selection, predator and prey, this had always been the way.
This was how things were among living beings, and it was hard to lay blame or distinguish right from wrong.
“Okay, don’t think about this. We only have three days. First, think about how to get out of this auction house. Do you really want to be sold?”
Zong Jiu stared at the ox head and horse face patrolling backstage in the distance and secretly took off the earrings from his ears.
After entering this S+ rank instance, all the special tools above B-rank lost their effectiveness, including the miniature version of the Holy Sword of Physics on Zong Jiu’s ear.
Now, the majestic S-rank prop and legendary-rank Holy Sword could only be turned into a small decorative earring, which had no other use except for decoration.
But that was enough.
The white-haired Magician took the earrings and fiddled with the keyholes of the chains on his ankles and wrists. He found that the size was just right for the keyholes, so he raised his head and asked Tsuchimikado: “Have you selected the lock-picking skill?”
There was a “Locksmith” skill that could be lit on the identity card before entering the instance. Zong Jiu chose that one as an alternative, but the system only allocated him 10 skill points. This meant that he only has a 1/10th chance of success when throwing dice, so it would be more reliable to ask Tsuchimikado.
Tsuchimikado nodded quickly, “Yes.”
His locksmith skill had 40 points, and the success rate was 2/5th, which was much better than 1/10th.
Zong Jiu looked at him with great suspicion. Instead of throwing the earring in his hand, he motioned for him to roll the dice first.
The Yin-Yang Master, whose ability was questioned, started throwing angrily, determined to overturn his past humiliation.
[Your throwing result is 40/40, and the unlocking check is successful]
[Alright, although you obviously feel that it is very difficult for you to open this lock, but surprisingly, you turned the wire and found the opening by accident, so with some struggling. The locks on the wrists and ankles are opened]
“Did you see that!” Tsuchimikado raised his arms and shouted, “It’s impossible for a person not to peak even once, even just once!”
Zong Jiu: “…”
It almost failed. How could you be so proud of a success that barely matched the attribute points?
Tsuchimikado, who repeatedly turned the wire around, successfully freed the two of them from the iron cage.
“What should we do next?”
In order to avoid being discovered by the patrollers, although the two of them unlocked their hands, feet and the lock on the cage, they did not move rashly. Instead, they sat where they were, pretending to be still trapped, so as not to alert the snake.
“Roll for stealth and sneak out.”
The identity card had so many skills, and stealth was definitely one of them. It was also one of the skills that had been designated as a must-have after many S-rank discussions.
If the stealth throw was successful, then as long as they don’t collide with the patroller head-on, they could definitely leave here quietly without being discovered by anyone.
Zong Jiu stared at the moment when the ox head disappeared around the corner and immediately moved his mind.
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[Your rolling result is 17/30, stealth check is successful]
[You squat down and slow down your steps. You can guarantee that unless someone sees you from the front or from an inadvertent angle, no one will be able to hear your footsteps when the auction venue is so noisy]
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Zong Jiu: “…?”
He turned around and saw Tsuchimikado standing up from the cage uncontrollably. First he slammed his head on the cage, and then he fell towards the door of the iron cage like a kite with its string cut off. He fell along with the shelves with accessories in front of their cages.
At the same time, all the shelves holding the auction items were knocked down by him. Countless human leather bags hanging on the shelves fell over like dominoes, causing a series of reactions.
[Friendly reminder, your teammate’s throwing result was 97/35, which is a huge failure]
[So not only did he fail to successfully be stealthy, but he also made some earth-shattering noises]
Good guy, another huge failure that was even more unlucky than unlucky.
What was a pig teammate? This was called a pig teammate!!
“What’s going on?!”
Almost the moment when the shelf fell down and made a loud noise, the ox head and horse face patrolling in the background heard the sound and rushed towards it, causing the wooden floor to shake.
Such a loud sound could probably be heard on the auction stage, let alone backstage.
Zong Jiu couldn’t care less about his own stealth. Thanks to the huge failure from Tsuchimikado, his successful stealth became completely useless and exposed in seconds.
“Why are you still standing there, run!”
He grabbed the Yin-Yang Master who was knocked dizzy by the collar and ran forward quickly.
There was only a deep and dark path before them backstage, leading to an unknown exit.
Zong Jiu grabbed him and rushed directly into this staircase with no end in sight.
The stairs were very dark but wide. At first glance, it seemed to be a special passage used to transport auction items or other goods. There were only dim kerosene lamps dotted on both sides. There were no forks in the path and they could only walk to the end.
Behind them there was chaos and shouting.
“The little kitten and the puppy dog escaped from the cage, catch them quickly!”
“Sound the alarm, sound the alarm quickly, and have the gatekeeper lower the iron gate behind the auction venue!”
After hearing these words from a distance, Zong Jiu immediately had a bad feeling.
He saw the bright light at the end of the corridor in the distance and a dog man who was about to slam down the iron gate.
“Quick, sub-system, I want to charm this gatekeeper NPC!”
The dice started spinning rapidly.
[Your throwing result is 54/70, the charm check is successful]
[Since the gatekeeper NPC is not a very important and psychologically determined NPC, there is no need to perform a psychological test on this NPC]
Almost visibly, the gatekeeper’s action of lowering the chains suddenly stopped.
Its eyes hidden in the dog’s fur stared blankly at the white-haired young man rushing from the black corridor.
[Your beauty deeply shocked this NPC, making him immediately feel compassion. This is not difficult to understand, because the hidden attribute of the gatekeeper is a soft-hearted cat slave, even though it is the kind he just discovered]
“Come here, poor little kitten. You are so beautiful. If I sell you to those dirty big shots, I will live in regret and pain for the rest of my life.”
The dog man waved his hand towards him, and after the two of them came through the iron gate, he directly pulled the iron gate down and stopped the ox head and horse face chasing after him.
Tsuchimikado looked at Zong Jiu in shock, “It can be like this?”
He looked at the way the other party charmed the NPC effortlessly, his world view had been refreshed.
In fact, it had nothing to do with the awesome charm skill. What really matterd was that Zong Jiu had thrown the dice so many times from the beginning to now, and he has never failed once.
European Emperor, walking European Emperor! This thigh needed to be held firmly!
“Quick, quick, quick. Stop talking nonsense.”
Zong Jiu pushed him out and the two people immediately fled from the back of the auction venue and rushed outside.
There were colorful lights and decorations all around in the night.
Not far away, a huge big top tent was propped up. The tent was surrounded by circles of light bulbs shining with different colors. A large LED sign was hung at the main entrance with the words “Crazy Circus” written above it in big flashing characters.
Other than the big top, there was an open square with a large fountain in the center, and a huge concert hall and opera house opposite.
Animals dressed in human clothes were coming and going in the square. There was a family who came to the circus with small animals, and there were also bull people wearing police uniforms and patrolling with iron rods in their hands.
Their striking appearance and hair color immediately attracted a lot of attention.
“Look at what that is!”
“It’s humans, why did they come up from the ground!”
“Someone, come quickly! A human has escaped from the underground farm!”
There were animals screaming, which was very conspicuous, and the scene turned chaotic.
Almost at the same time, a sound came from the speakers in the square.
“Emergency broadcast, this is an emergency broadcast. Two precious humans escaped from the circus auction venue. One is a kitten with white hair and pink eyes, and the other was a husky with black hair and black eyes. If successfully captured and returned to the circus or the police station, you will be rewarded with one thousand gold coins.”
“Attention, attention! These two humans are endangered and rare species with pure bloodlines. They must not be harmed in any way during the capture, otherwise, they will be regarded as violating the Human Protection Act and will be severely punished.”
“Fuck huskies, what the Human Protection Act.”
Tsuchimikado sighed, “Weren’t those human skin backpacks and human skin products made by them just now?”
“Don’t tell me, it’s the same thing for humans as animals.”
Zong Jiu and he retreated step by step under the pressure of a large group of animals in the square, and their peripheral vision suddenly caught the circus behind them.
“Let’s go to the circus!”
In human society, circus performers were animals. They trained animals and let them do various performances to entertain the public according to human preferences.
Logically, in an animal society, it was very likely that circus performers had become humans instead.
If there were humans in the circus, not only would it be easier for them to disguise themselves, but they would also be able to figure out what this instance was about. Maybe they could even find the clues that the sub-system said were left by the survivors who entered this instance twenty years ago.
The two of them looked at each other, obviously thinking the same thing, and ran towards the circus tent without looking back.
Behind them, a large and chaotic group of animals holding nets chased after them while shouting.
“Strange, I just saw them running here, why don’t I see anyone?”
“Forget it, let’s go and take a look first. That’s a thousand gold coins.”
About five minutes later, Zong Jiu and Tsuchimikado squatted in the circus utility room, listening to the animals disappearing and looking at each other.
After confirming that there were no animals around, Zong Jiu pulled out some circus props from the big box in the utility room and whispered to Tsuchimikado, “This is a good opportunity. Come on, let’s get a disguise and sneak in first. We can talk after leaving the animal camp.”
“Are, are you sure?”
The Yin-Yang Master looked at the clothes he had just pulled out of his hand and hesitated to speak.
Zong Jiu: ?
He looked down and fell into silence too.
The next second, he stood up in disbelief and began to dig into the big box behind him.
But nope.
In all the boxes around them, everything was… colorful skirts with exaggerated hemlines, high heels, lipstick and tube tops.
Not a single piece was men’s clothing.
In the distance, more and more footsteps were heard, attracted by the announcement of a thousand gold coins on the radio, and the excited growls and roars of the animals could be heard in the distance.
Zong Jiu: “…”
Zong Jiu, “Only heaven and earth know, only you and I know. Do you understand?”
Anyway, this was not the first time. The first time was new, the second time was familiar.
Tsuchimikado skillfully pulled out a skirt that was trimmed with lace, and nodded with a heavy expression, “Understood!”
thank you for the chapter:)
Hahahahaha!
Thanks for the chapter.
They are now comrades in cross dressing:”D ty for the chapter
Drag besties
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Hahahaha I looove this duo!
Thank you for the new chapter!
… I wonder how the Devil will react when he saw the disguise XD