Chapter Forty-Seven Not Glass Beads

  "Ah ha~ Anyway, I must say, I'm impressed by you guys!" The Nine Lives' words made the people behind Haruhi Suzumiya reveal a few forced smiles.

  I've finally managed to escape from that endless hell of opening and closing doors, going up and down stairs. Now that I think about it, there's still a sense of unreality - this place is actually real!?

  But after coming here, I feel a sense of loss that is hard to describe.

  Where are the dazzling and exotic treasures you promised? This is just a house without doors or windows, like a cage! All that's left is someone's shameful 'showing off' that makes people jealous and resentful!!

  "It's only natural, you don't know how hard I've been working!" With her hands clasped together, Haruhi Suzumiya calmly accepted the praise from Kuno, then suddenly thought of something and held out her palm to him, "Hand it over."

  "......what?" Jiǔ Mìng was puzzled and scratched his head, "Do I owe you money?"

  "Less garlic, okay?! The things you promised me in person, the things that can come here anytime!!" Haruhi Suzumiya almost yelled into Kyon's face, making him slightly tilt his head to the side and push her cheek away with one hand.

  "Your face is too close..." Looking at Haruhi Suzumiya's discontented and rebellious expression, Kyon noticed Yuki Nagato behind her and remembered their previous agreement. He immediately released his grip on Haruhi, thinking that he shouldn't provoke her, or else when she returns to her own world, which they considered "cheap", due to her bad mood...

  "Hmm, for various reasons, can I take back my words?" Adding some popularity to this mysterious shop that usually only has him was not rejected by the nine-tailed fox, but after giving her an invitation card, it seemed that he would have to face not just 'more' popularity, but more unrest...

  After becoming a ghost, he no longer rejected noise, but also became more tolerant of silence.

  "No way! I'm telling you, if you don't give it to me, it's death penalty!!" Seizing the collar of Kurenai Yuu's clothes, Suzumiya Haruhi shook him violently. Kurenai Yuu's mind stirred slightly and in an instant, his physical body transformed into a virtual one.

  Really?

  What's wrong with you?

  Looking at the collar that was still tightly grasped, Kyoumi's eyes widened slightly, and even if she wasn't aware of her own abilities, Haruhi Suzumiya, who appeared to be an ordinary girl, had revealed a rather unusual power unintentionally.

  Which ordinary person can grab their own collar and shake it violently without relying on any special power?

  "I'm already dead."

  "Then die again!!"

  "Alright, alright." He scratched his head, and under Haruhi's persistent gaze, Koizumi snapped his fingers, and a transparent card suddenly appeared in his hand. Before he could explain, Haruhi instinctively snatched the invitation card from Koizumi's hand in an instant.

  Impudent little girl, change your temper or I'll spank you...

  "Is that all?" Having examined the transparent card in her hand for a while, Haruhi Suzumiya pointed to a group of SOS Brigade members behind her.

  "Huh?!" Jiǔ Mìng couldn't help but reveal a crooked smile, "Just one! What's the point of wanting so many?"

  "Of course it's proof of being an SOS team member."

  "This tone of yours... Honestly, I'll tell you the truth, this is the last one, if you want a new one, wait ten days later, but I definitely won't give it to you."

  A ten-day generation cycle makes the nine lives a bit strange, the mysterious shop is so vast and powerful, but such a small card actually needs such a 'long' generation cycle?

  Is it afraid of being misused by this store manager?

  Staring at the girl's oppressive gaze, Jiuming continued, "Well, one piece is enough, SOS team? You can take it as a treasure to attract people here, after all, just this one piece can bring many people here, on the condition that you can pay enough 'source'."

  "See the numbers up there? For every hundred points, you can bring one more person... Chirp chirp..." Jiǔ Mìng said, glancing again at the quiet San Wu girl standing to the side.

  After explaining a lot, Haruhi Suzumiya finally understood the specific usage of this invitation card, and the people around her looked at her with weird eyes, how mysterious is that?

  "Ah ah!" Nodding continuously, Haruhi Suzumiya directly took the invitation card and heavily stomped her foot, "OK! From today on, this place is going to be the SOS Brigade's second base!"

  It seems like I never worried about what kind of 'money' to use as an invitation card.

  "Don't just randomly give me a weird name." He reached out and pressed down on Haruhi Suzumiya's head, Kyouya's tone was helpless, "And also, don't think about transferring the ownership of my house with just one sentence!"

  "Nonsense, that's your honor!" A rather unreasonable retort from the Nine Lives. Haruhi Suzumiya's gaze shifted to the high-energy crystals scattered on the floor, and then naturally moved towards the row pressed against the edge of the sofa cushion...

  "Watch me!"

  One loud shout and Haruhi Suzumiya directly flipped over a piece of the sofa cushion, leaving the other SOS members stunned.

  Perhaps Haruhi Suzumiya didn't hear Nagato Yuki's words just now, but everyone else did and they all have some understanding of the value of this thing. Before that, they were all speculating about how much of this stuff was stuffed under that sofa cushion.

  Some gloomy faces are maliciously speculating with envy, jealousy and hatred, is it just the edge of the sofa over there, where there's actually nothing inside.

  Now, the sofa cushion was lifted, and they all saw clearly how many of these shiny high-energy crystals were pressed underneath!

  "Uh... is this guy a giant dragon?"

  "How about it, want to have a hero vs dragon battle?"

  He slightly raised an eyebrow, and the Nine Lives gazed at that silly-faced young man. In his eyes, among the five people present, the special ones were Suzumiya Haruhi and Nagato Yuki, followed by the other three... Even with a loli giant breasts existing, they could be ignored...

  That weak and timid girl just caught Jiǔ Mìng's eye for a moment, she was an ordinary person after all.

  "It's a wicked spirit, all right." Haruhi Suzumiya picked up one of the high-energy crystals and examined it, then took two of them and tapped them together a few times. "Doesn't seem like glass..."

  "You can take this thing to any glass factory and exchange it for a truckload of glass beads." Scratching his head, why did he think of glass? "Anyone who thinks this is glass is an idiot!"

  "…Cut the crap!" After hearing Kyouko's words, Haruhi Suzumiya couldn't help but reveal an annoyed expression, directly throwing back the high-energy crystal in her hand, "Return to sender."

  "......" Seeing her actions, Jiǔ Mìng slightly shrugged his shoulders and a hint of a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, "Don't stand there, sit down."

  She snapped her fingers, and the layout around the coffee table changed slightly. In addition to the sofa where Kyon always slept, there were a few more, which made Haruhi look surprised for a moment. "You didn't do that last time!"

  "Last time there were fewer people."

  The sofa cushion was pressed back again, and the nine lazy people lay down again, occupying a sofa alone...

  A-Huo's eyes twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but secretly glance at Nagato Yuki. The move that Kunoichi just made seemed to be the same as the ability she had shown before!!

  "Hurry up and show off your goods, the team leader can't wait any longer." After doing well, Haruhi Suzumiya couldn't calm down either. Since coming here, her mood had been at a fairly active level all along. Was she that excited?

  "Hmm, okay, but won't you introduce the few people present?" Jiǔ Mìng slightly spread open his palm, and a card book appeared.

  "The cute one is Asahina Mikuru." Haruhi pointed at the petite, large-breasted girl, then pointed again at the smiling, gentle-looking young man with a perpetual smile, "The harmless Koizumi Itsuki."

  Nagato Yuki, "The Nagato with Three Nothings."

  Finally pointing at the tangled and frustrated young man, "A Xū".

  "Why do all three of them have prefixes, it makes me feel like I'm an optional existence!"

  "Cut the crap, let's just rant about Ah Xū."

  “……”

  "Hmm, great relationship." Jiǔ Mìng smiled slightly with a hint of bitterness, the relationship was indeed good, but it didn't feel like his own...

  Fifty-year-old fossilized pidan, vitality, gaps... Because of the agreement with Nagato Yuki, Kyon noticed that he didn't take out the defective electrical ability card and the cell phone left behind by Haruhi Suzumiya. If these two were taken out, the latter might make her realize something, while the former might...

  Alas, what would happen if an existence that can make its own world turn to dust with just one thought were to learn superpowers?

  With a wave of his hand, he could summon a bolt of purple lightning!

  This is too dangerous.

  "This one!" After glancing at the several cards in front of her, Haruhi Suzumiya immediately grabbed the one-time use ability card.

  "Price..."

  "It's just money, isn't it? Be prepared, and you still don't hurry up to lend your wallets to the squad leader for use?" Haruhi Suzumiya stretched out her extortionate hand towards several members of the brigade without any politeness.

  "Wallet? How can I lend... Fine, fine." Under Haruhi Suzumiya's intense threat, the boy with a troubled face reluctantly pulled out his wallet, wincing in pain.

  "I think this shouldn't be something that can be bought with money, right?" Kouen Itsuki scratched his head and asked doubtfully. The things revealed by the Nine Lives were few in number, but each one seemed quite unbelievable, especially that fifty-day life force.

  "Hmm, I've finally met someone who's not ordinary." Jiǔ Mìng let out a sigh of relief, "If you want to buy something here, bring something valuable to exchange for it, or maybe some spare parts from your own body. Even if you have an extraordinary talent that's different from others, that's fine too! Just name your price, even if it means selling yourself... Why are you looking at me with this expression?"

  "Just now when you were explaining, your expression was so terrifying..." A very weak and timid female voice, when Jiǔ Mìng looked over, that weak and timid giant-breasted woman almost shrank her body behind ā Xū's back, she seemed to be a bit afraid of ghosts?

  "Is there? I've always had a standard smile on."