Chapter 12: Bullying the weak and fearing the strong, extorting like a wicked ghost!
"You two did well today. Here's your pay."
Pinocchio raised his wooden arm, and a few Ghost Currency coins fell into the hands of Qin Nuo and Liu Jiaqi.
"Additionally, 3697 is still the best employee among all the staff today. Here's your extra reward!"
With that, a badge appeared in Qin Nuo's hand.
A skull-shaped badge.
"Wearing this badge grants you some privileges, like access to the second floor of the restaurant and the right to interfere in the kitchen..."
After speaking, Pinocchio turned and left.
Qin Nuo noticed that as he held the badge, the surrounding ghost employees cast greedy glances his way.
"This is a good thing," Qin Nuo said with a smile as he put it away.
"Qin Nuo, about what Wang Yang said..." Liu Jiaqi looked at Qin Nuo with some fear.
Could it be that Qin Nuo intentionally framed Wang Yang?
Qin Nuo said nothing, walked to the table, dipped his finger into the leftover soup, and activated the Eye of Analysis.
After a moment, he wiped his finger with a napkin and said, "I told him to add cooking wine, and there was absolutely no problem with that."
"But it had to be cooking wine made from white liquor, not yellow beer."
Though both are cooking wines, yellow beer has a lower purity and overpowers the original aroma and taste of the soup.
Perhaps Wang Yang was being cheap, thinking all cooking wines were the same.
But this little detail cost him his life!
Qin Nuo had said it had to be white liquor, and Wang Yang didn't take it to heart, so he couldn't blame Qin Nuo.
Liu Jiaqi felt very conflicted after hearing the analysis.
After all, they were classmates, and watching him being taken away by ghosts was a heavy blow, no matter how you looked at it.
"Instead of worrying about Wang Yang, you'd better worry about whether you'll survive tomorrow."
"I'm going to buy something to eat. Are you coming?"
Seeing Liu Jiaqi's absent-minded look, Qin Nuo didn't say much and turned to leave.
"Wait for me."
In the hallway, Qin Nuo ordered a bowl of snail noodles for 30 Ghost Currency and inserted a 100-value Ghost Currency note.
Soon, the vending machine shook.
The snail noodles dropped out.
As for the change, only 20 Ghost Currency was returned.
As expected, it swallowed 50 Ghost Currency again!
But this time, Qin Nuo didn't silently accept his bad luck. With a blank expression, he said, "The count is off."
"Stop talking nonsense. If you keep it up, I'll take back even this box of noodles!"
The vending machine ghost's hoarse voice came out.
Qin Nuo said nothing, hanging the badge on his chest.
"I'll return all of yesterday's too!"
"And my friend's?"
"Here, I'll give it all back to you!"
The vending machine ghost completely gave in.
Only then did Qin Nuo stop his actions, pulling out the chainsaw, and the flowing black blood ceased.
Picking up the stack of Ghost Currency, Qin Nuo counted it and then looked up with a smile, "The count is off, isn't it?"
"How could it be? I counted very carefully."
Qin Nuo casually said, "I just gave you a 1000-value Ghost Currency note."
"Nonsense, you gave me a 100!" the vending machine ghost retorted angrily.
"You remembered wrong."
Qin Nuo picked up the chainsaw again, pulling the cord.
The sound of the chainsaw struck deep into the vending machine ghost's soul.
Faced with Qin Nuo's shameless extortion, the vending machine ghost was furious to the extreme.
Suppressing its overwhelming anger, the vending machine ghost eventually conceded, gritting its teeth, "I remembered wrong. A thousand, I'll give it to you!"
Soon, a thick stack of Ghost Currency appeared in Qin Nuo's hand, exactly 970 Ghost Currency.
"See, I'm a reasonable person. Someone who doesn't know might think I'm extorting you," Qin Nuo said with a smile.
Vending machine ghost: "..."
If it were human, it might have already been spitting blood from anger.
"In the next few days, don't get the count wrong. I'm not good at math, so I might get it wrong too!" Qin Nuo put away the chainsaw and said to the already battered vending machine.
Qin Nuo gestured to Liu Jiaqi, who stepped forward and timidly said, "I'd like a clay pot rice."
The vending machine made no sound, as if it were broken.
Qin Nuo took out the hammer, weighing it in his hand, and immediately a clay pot rice, along with a drink and utensils, popped out of the vending machine.
Though it said nothing, the vending machine had made its stance clear.
It had admitted defeat!
Qin Nuo left with Liu Jiaqi, and once they returned to the dormitory, she finally let out a long sigh of relief, feeling a lingering fear.
"That was so dangerous just now. That was a ghost. Aren't you afraid of its revenge?" Liu Jiaqi exclaimed.
Scaring a ghost was one thing, but actually extorting it was another.
Qin Nuo's actions had truly left Liu Jiaqi stunned!
"So what if it's a ghost?"
"These things are just like people, they bully the weak and fear the strong. The more you cower, the more arrogant they become."
"What if it fights you to the death?"
"Then I'll just dismantle it!" Qin Nuo shrugged.