Her Tentacles 49

Chapter 49: The Auction

When Shu Yao arrived at the hotel, she happened to run into two other people from the special department. One was Lu Ren, whom she had seen before and had been sent to Baiquan and the industrial park in succession. On the day she learned that Shu Yao was also joining the special department, he had slapped his thigh and said to everyone in the office:

“I knew it! She definitely has a problem!”

“Every time there’s a monster, she’s there, and every time she’s the one who just happens to survive. See, I was right, wasn’t I?”

It was said that a few good friends in the special department had even made a secret bet on this.

The result was that Lu Ren had made a fortune.

But Shu Yao was not familiar with them. Even after hearing about this, she had no reaction. Now, watching the new face who had come with Lu Ren introduce herself, her expression was also faint.

“Hello, Team Leader Shu. I’ve heard so much about you. I’m the new intern, Guan Tong.”

“Just call me Shu Yao.”

The person who had been complimented as a team leader had no emotion in her eyes. After all, the team members she could lead were not human, but a special action group that had been specially set up because the special department had seen that the flower fish had been parasitized by a monster but still had a red heart for the country, in order to better differentiate the monster group and to give the ordinary people some hope.

It was called a special action group.

But now, the only team member was this mackerel who had escaped death several times on the cruise ship.

The authority given to Shu Yao from above was that if she encountered a suitable member who could be recruited during a mission, she could submit a report. As long as the other party passed the review, they could be approved to join the group.

Shu Yao had indeed tried to apply.

But every time she submitted a report, it was like a stone sinking into the sea.

And so she gradually understood that the reason this fish could coincidentally stay by her side was only because it was too useless. When things happened, it would only cry, and it was timid. The reason it could escape from that cruise ship was because when the cruise ship split open, it happened to be in the crevice.

The human’s real name was Hua Yu. After being parasitized, he was also a mackerel that was very good at swimming. And so he had swum out in one go without looking back, and had unconsciously swum out of the thick fog.

And then, he was caught in a net by the special department members on the periphery.

…

And now, Shu Yao asked Lu Ren, “What happened at this hotel?”

“A person is missing,” Lu Ren touched his nose.

Because he had just happened to have met Shu Yao, he was always sent by the leaders to act with her, and at the same time, he would bring different newcomers to monitor her. But fortunately, Shu Yao always had no expression, which allowed him to deceive himself:

As long as he’s not embarrassed, it’s others who are embarrassed!

After saying that, he thought that the other party didn’t have the mission content, so he added the background, “Recently, there have been many missing person cases reported in Nancheng. The local police station has investigated for a long time and feels that it should be related to supernatural phenomena, so they sent it to us to see if we can find any clues.”

“Coincidentally, the Sheraton also reported a missing person case half a year ago. But it’s different from before. There are too many monsters that have landed from the sea, so why don’t you try to see if you can find any new clues in this building?”

Shu Yao nodded calmly.

But the flower fish next to her rolled its dead fish eyes.

Guan Tong looked at her curiously, and then at the subordinate next to her who was said to be parasitized by a fish. Because it was the first time she was acting with an important character with special abilities, she asked, “Is—is there anything I can help with?”

Shu Yao glanced at her. “No.”

Then she took the lead and walked forward, toward the staff lounge on the first floor. The flower fish quickly ran ahead to communicate. He knew that the team leader only looked cold, but was actually a super social phobic who hated communicating with people.

So Guan Tong looked at Lu Ren again.

Lu Ren continued to touch his nose and laughed. “It’s okay. This is Teacher Shu’s best part. We just need to not cause her any trouble.”

At four in the morning.

Shu Yao, from the first floor, all the way to the room where the person had gone missing on the top floor, after recording the lingering scent in every corner, while thinking about how to write the mission report this time, she thought with a cold face:

Maybe I should change my English name to AlphaGo in the future?

She was now more sensitive than a hound, had the ability to automatically dispatch, and could also automatically generate a report after each mission. It was like a combination of a hound and artificial intelligence. No one was more suitable for this English name than her.

And Guan Tong, who had followed her from the first floor to the thirtieth floor, could still maintain her curiosity at first. Later, she finally realized something and began to silently lower her presence, following Lu Ren, only occasionally looking at him with a look of wanting to say something but stopping.

Lu Ren looked at the sky and the ground, and was also cursing the leader in his heart—

Look, look at this job. Is this something that can be assigned to a person?

Next time, it would be better to just take over the matter of the police station losing wallets and mobile phones.

He even thought pessimistically that if Shu Yao couldn’t do it one day and decided to join the monster side on the battlefield, a dog leg like him who had once stood by the leader’s side and had tormented her in place of the leader’s will would definitely be the first to be slaughtered.

And so, when Shu Yao turned around and said to him, “There’s nothing special to find. The structure of this room doesn’t seem to have any mechanisms. There are too many guests who have come and gone in the hotel, and there is indeed a residual monster scent, but the ones that can leave a scent are all low-level parasites.”

Lu Ren’s expression was as solemn and serious as ever. He said to her:

“I know. Thank you for your hard work, Teacher Shu. You’ve been busy with everything just now. Leave the mission report to me. I’ll let you review it before I send it up.”

Shu Yao slowly blinked, not expecting him to take over her most hated paperwork again. She tried to say:

“Then… thank you for your hard work?”

“It’s not hard work, it’s not hard work. It’s what I should do. We’re working together, after all, we’re in the same office,” Lu Ren quickly replied. “On the contrary, you should go back and rest early. It’s really too hard to work overtime until this late.”

Shu Yao, who had just seriously walked around the hotel: “…”

She thought about her current monthly salary, which was a hundred times that of her teacher’s post at Baiquan.

Working a little overtime is fine, right?

Anyway, she was full of energy now. She couldn’t sleep even if she didn’t work overtime.

…

When the three of them and one fish walked out of the hotel, it was almost five o’clock, and the dimness of the sky was also showing signs of fading.

The flower fish yawned at the side. Shu Yao glanced at him. “You go home first.”

“Team leader, are you going to the training room again?”

He looked at Shu Yao’s thin frame with concern, remembering how she had to be carried back to her room by that “girlfriend” when she was drunk on the cruise ship. It was hard to connect her with the firearms in the training ground.

Shu Yao said “Mmm,” waved to him, and turned to get into Lu Ren’s car.

Half an hour later—

In the basement of the special department, after a series of gunshots, a mechanical voice began to report: “Five rings, miss, miss, seven rings…”

Fortunately, there was no one else in the training room at this time.

Shu Yao took off her headphones and squeezed her arm muscles, which had not improved at all in these two months, and had actually not changed at all. She didn’t understand. Although her five senses and mental strength had been greatly enhanced, and her physical reaction was said to have surpassed that of an ordinary person, why hadn’t she grown any muscle?

And although her shooting posture had been specially trained, and she could see the bullseye clearly, why couldn’t she hit a ten?

Strange.

It was simply a supernatural event.

She stared at the bullseye, still thinking about what posture was wrong, when the walkie-talkie on the table rang. Lu Ren’s slightly hoarse voice after an all-nighter sounded:

“Teacher Shu, new mission.”

She picked it up. “Go ahead.”

“Tonight at seven, there will be a special auction at the Jialun Exhibition Hall. Those rich people from home and abroad will gather there. The venue needs special security. The list was just submitted, and our names are on it. We have to be at the meeting room at seven-fifty in the morning.”

“Roger.”

Police dog Shu Yao was on duty again after an all-nighter.

But thinking of her current annual salary, and thinking that now she just had to walk around and do some easy work as a bodyguard for rich people every day, instead of being sent by the special department to infiltrate the [Martyrs’] lair, Shu Yao was already quite satisfied.

She seriously and carefully walked around the venue twice.

“Yaoyao!”

A familiar voice came. When she turned her head, Situ Jin, in a gorgeous evening dress, happened to run up to her. “Wow, I didn’t expect that guy to have some skills. He really managed to get you out—”

“Mmm?”

She tilted her head. Situ Jin stuck out her tongue and whispered in her ear, “My dad and the others have been trying to find a suitable blind date for me recently, right? The one this time is from a powerful family. They said my horoscope is particularly good, and my looks are also very suitable to be their daughter-in-law… In short, a whole lot of condescension. I told him to v me 50 first to see his strength.”

Shu Yao: “?”

Situ Jin touched her head. “Oh, we haven’t seen each other for more than two months. Tonight you’re definitely in charge of my private room. Let’s chat for a while first. Tell me what you’ve been busy with during this time. I haven’t seen you at all.”

Shu Yao, who had been working overtime all along: “…”

She thought for a moment. “Am I in charge of the entire area east of A6?”

“That’s right,” Situ Jin said decisively. “He booked all the private rooms there.”

Shu Yao, who had just been happy about her hundredfold increase in her monthly salary: “…”

There are so many rich people in this world. Why can’t she be one of them?

Police dog Shu felt very sad. Coincidentally, she had just finished familiarizing herself with the venue and could move freely. She was pulled by Situ Jin to the western restaurant next door and was fed breakfast.

…

All kinds of pastries were laid out in front of her.

Small breads specially made with crushed nuts, smoked salmon, fresh green grapes, and cream cheese, with parsley sprinkled on mayonnaise, savory sandwiches with shrimp, seaweed, pork floss, and avocado, and sweet desserts decorated with longan, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and other fresh fruits…

German sausages, fried eggs, and salad were on another plate.

Freshly squeezed juice, coffee, soy milk, and so on were also served one by one by the waiter.

Shu Yao held a knife and fork, a little dumbfounded. “I can’t eat this much.”

“Mmm?” Situ Jin thought of the amount of food Shu Yao ate in the special department’s cafeteria after each training session, which the flower fish had sent her, and subconsciously said, “This is just the beginning. It just looks like a lot. Look how thin you’ve become…” It must be because of love. She needs to be nourished.

There is a kind of hunger.

It’s called your best friend thinks you’re hungry.

Shu Yao: “Actually, I’ve gained weight.”

Situ Jin looked her up and down suspiciously for a long time, trying to see something from the waist of her combat suit under her windbreaker. After a while, she answered sincerely, “I don’t believe you, unless you let me touch.”

Shu Yao: “?”

“Come on, I’m ready. Eight-pack abs, V-line, today I’m going to enjoy it—” Situ Jin reached out her hand to her under the table. “Hmph, of course, good things should be experienced by the best friend first.”

“I don’t have that kind of thing,” Shu Yao slapped her hand away. “Touch your own.”

Compared to her, who had not changed at all after half a day of training, Situ Jin, who had been doing extreme sports for many years, was the one with sharp lines.

Speaking of this, Situ Jin got angry. Recently, because the world had changed so much and the monsters were in a full-scale invasion stage, she hadn’t gone out to play for a long time, and was being stuffed with all kinds of blind dates every day.

She angrily pulled Shu Yao’s hand to touch her own stomach. “Where! I only have one ab now, wuwu. It’s all these stinky men who are delaying me. I feel even more annoyed when I think that I have to accompany them to some monster auction tonight to die…”

“What auction?” Shu Yao frowned.

Situ Jin’s fork paused. “Oh right, you don’t know yet. It’s this auction tonight. The reason there are members of the special department here is because the items being auctioned are very special. They are all related to mutated marine life—”

“This is a monster auction.”