Chapter Twelve Another One...

  "Damn it! Stupidity! He actually hung up on me!"

  Just as they ran out of school, Haruhi Suzumiya saw the connected phone call being hung up unilaterally by the person on the other side, and the timing was just right, it was the moment they had just left school...

  "It's decided! From tomorrow on! The goal of our SOS team is to find that place! We must make that ghost store manager look good!"

  "Ah……" He scratched his head, Ah Xū felt that now was the time to go find Yǒu Xī and have a talk with her. That kind of place seemed to really exist? Of course, it was also possible that Chunri's phone had been lost and then picked up by some malicious person.

  Anyway.

  My phone seems to be gone for good before Haruhi Suzumiya buys a new replacement anyway!

  In short, this is indeed an unfortunate fact.

  "Can you return my phone today?"

  It doesn't matter how it's said, if you don't try then there really is no chance. Ah Xū tried asking for a while and indeed succeeded.

  "Not now! Let's talk about it tomorrow, I'm leaving first."

  Haruhi Suzumiya turned around with a huff and walked away, apparently having been maliciously irritated by someone.

  "Indeed, you're really persistent."

  Looking at the incoming call reminders that kept popping up on her phone, Jiǔ Mìng shook her head, thought for a moment, and pressed the power button...

  They hadn't gone far when Ah Hui and the others heard another loud roar, anyway some of the superpowered individuals in this world tonight were busy.

  In the following days, Jiu Ming felt that he had underestimated Haruhi's persistence. As long as he dared to turn on his phone, the incoming call alert would arrive in no time, and the numbers were coming in rotation, as if the other party had made up their mind to take this harassment thing to the end.

  Has an unbroken gang of harassment even formed right in front of us?

  What's the big deal? It's just losing a phone!

  That's good, anyway he has been bored lately, with this "divine artifact" mobile phone in hand, the nine lives are no longer worried about the lack of "business performance" at the end of the month. With fewer factors, he became lazy and even had time to go out and get a charger for this phone...

  It's just that this world can't afford the phone bill, but someone will pay for it! As for the problem of who owns this mobile phone... This can be easily solved according to the temperament of the person on the other side!

  Apart from daily meditation practice, Jiǔ Mìng also enjoyed chatting nonsense with the other party.

  The SOS Brigade's clubroom was occasionally filled with angry roars, and if Haruhi Suzumiya really hated someone, the consequences...

  In her world, it's really necessary to weigh whether offending her is worth risking one's life. Dare to be hated by her and every day be prepared to face the endless 'grim reaper' events! I'll see how many days you can survive!

  He can feel the malice from the other end of the phone every day, but unfortunately, he still eats and sleeps well, and lives his life as usual.

  "Akane classmate... this won't do. Taking advantage of Suzumiya Haruhi's inattention, Koizumi Itsuki wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, "The frequency of closed spaces is increasing."

  It's not, is it? Now Ah Xū has seen that Gǔ Quán Yī Shù this sunny and handsome young man now has dark circles under his eyes, and even his face is turning pale, looking like he's been overworked. What kind of frequency can make someone so exhausted?!

  He had seen Gu Quan Yishu and the people in his 'organization' resolve divine affairs with seemingly little effort...

  "But we can't just let Hikaru not answer her phone, right?" Akane spread out her hands and had a similarly helpless expression. The mysterious person in front of Haruhi didn't know the situation of their world at all.

  The reason for answering the phone seems to be more of a daily pastime. Is life on the other end of the line very boring?

  The entire SOS Brigade's clubroom was filled with everyone holding their own phones, continuously dialing without a break. The moment someone picked up, Haruhi Suzumiya would dash over to them immediately.

  It's like a drowning person clutching at the last straw, refusing to let go.

  Of course, they can also choose not to do so, but the consequences are, "I just want to find that guy and beat him up badly now, I haven't had a good rest for several days... Gu Quan?"

  He actually fell asleep? Looking at Koshien's hands clasped behind his head, with one hand still holding onto his phone, Akyuu's eyes twitched slightly. In comparison, his own complaints were nothing but mere whining!

  "I say, you're really persistent, aren't you? Why don't we listen to some music for a change?" For half a month, the Nine Lives were truly intimidated by Haruhi Suzumiya's unyielding spirit. At this rate, as long as she kept this phone, her 'harassment' would be endless, wouldn't it?

  "Of course! Hurry up and report your location obediently!"

  *sigh*... Here we go again. Ah-Virtue let out a long sigh, and even the desire to complain was gone. Privately, they had all tried to contact Jiu Ming, but without the 'Hyouka's Halo' factor, it was clear that everyone had failed.

  "I'm impressed, but I really don't know my location." Jiǔ Mìng shrugged his shoulders. How to say it, the location of the mysterious shop was indeed difficult to find, just like a grain of sand in a pile of sand. Although he was the 'master' of that grain of sand, but... how could he find that one grain of sand from the pile!

  "What's the way to get there!!" Having seen Kusuo sent off, Haruhi Suzumiya immediately asked, her mind already starting to think about how to deal with him once she found him.

  "It's simple, it's all about luck. As long as you're lucky, just going up and down the stairs or in and out of a door can bring you here." Jiǔ Mìng said while calling out Miàn Bǎn Jūn, carefully searching for some details and logic in the mysterious shop.

  Finally, he found a way to provide an 'invitation card' for those customers with great development potential who came to the mysterious store. Of course, since they are customers with potential, they must have the capital to match this evaluation. Each use of the invitation card requires 100 points of source power, which can be exchanged for other things or used to offset something on oneself, such as life force, limbs, organs...

  Alright, generally speaking, those who make voluntary and fair transactions through the mysterious shop are the ones that cannot be restored by themselves. The transaction of the mysterious shop belongs to the original source trade, just like someone bought one of his arms from Jiǔ Mìng (Nine Lives).

  This arm is like being cut off by a direct killing gaze, no matter how strong your recovery ability is, it's useless.

  So it's not going crazy, don't use the parts on your body as a transaction, and don't pretend to have super strong recovery factors to make such transactions with Jiu Ming, although there are more sources of 'parts' that can be traded.

  Nine lives wouldn't want to get involved in this kind of deal, good people don't do it, why sell one's own body parts for no reason? Only after losing them will you know the pain, just like Nine Lives' current situation.

  Delicious food... is now out of his reach, and this alone has tormented Jiǔ Mìng for a good while. Just smelling it can only stir up cravings, what else can it do? As for eating?

  What's the difference between this and eating a lollipop on a skeleton?

  "Nonsense! I've tried it many times already, and it's not like what you said at all!" Haruhi Suzumiya retorted loudly with a scowl on her face, "You're kidding me!"

  "Cheating customers is no good, but what I'm saying is true... Alas, got a new customer, hang on for now, talk to you later."

  Kyon hung up the phone first, leaving Haruhi Suzumiya with a sullen face. Koizumi Itsuki, who was woken up by his mobile phone, looked at the text message on it with a sense of resignation. Clearly, another closed space had appeared.

  It's going to take a few more people dying of exhaustion before it's all over, and by the end of it, it won't even be about people dying of exhaustion anymore. It'll just be a matter of waiting for the world to return to chaos so that Haruhi Suzumiya can recreate the universe again.

  Must find a way to actively contact that guy, best if it's without being discovered by Haruhi.

  ……………

  "Hey there, welcome! What can I help you with?"

  Jiǔ Mìng looked at the man who walked out from behind the door with a smile, wearing a red cloak, white shorts, and a small bundle of hair tied back to the left, with a slightly silly-looking childish face, and next to him was a miniature panda, after repeated confirmation, Jiǔ Mìng dared to confirm that this was alive!

  Not one of those freaks like a panda dog that's actually an immature little dog, but a genuine... sun bear.

  It feels like I'm another awesome guest, huh? But in reality, I'm just a newbie who's just left the novice village. Even though my starting point is much higher than those who need to practice and upgrade, cultivate land, plant fields, and develop slowly.

  But the newcomer still retains his title, and this time, two big-name customers came, putting pressure on him who had few goods in stock, with only one card sealed with a 50-day life.

  That fifty-day life card, how should I put it, if it were to be traded with a gaming otaku, the other party would probably make fun of it as a real-life game point card...

  Come in dozens!

  "Huh? This isn't my home, did I walk into the wrong door?" The voice sounds quite gentle, this person must have a good temper, or maybe... they're an expert!"

  "...But is this another big deal? Didn't even notice what I just said, and to think I had just put on a perfect welcoming smile earlier."

  "But I'm also a bit tired from walking, thank you." As he said that, the man sat down on the sofa in a very impolite manner, and the sturdy sofa visibly sank down by a large chunk!

  How heavy is this guy!!!

  "Guest......" If it weren't for everything here being taken care of, he would really miss this sofa that had let him sleep for a long time.

  "Wow——? This is a store, it doesn't look like one at all." The man's reaction seemed to be delayed by half a beat, or perhaps his mind was elsewhere. Just as the ninth life had just opened its mouth, he suddenly spoke up about the previous topic, "I can't see any merchandise at all, do you sell furniture here?"

  The man smiled warmly and said, "My name is Wang Yao." He then pointed to the little panda next to him and said, "This is Rongrong."

  The panda waved its short paws at Jiǔ Mìng.