Chapter 20 Thought Process
“Here, here, sorry for the trouble.”
Su Jun opened the door and led an uncle carrying something into the house.
“Just put it by the window over there.”
He placed the item he was holding by the living room wall and directed the flower shop uncle to put the potted plant he bought in the only place in the house with good lighting.
The half-meter-tall flower pot contained a common large potted plant called a Peace Tree. Its emerald green leaves reflected a faint red glow under the setting sun.
The faint fragrance emanating from the leaves gave people a comfortable feeling, and it was worth the money he spent on the plant. However, the tall small tree in the exquisite pot looked particularly out of place in the spacious living room.
Looking at the shovel placed by the wall, Su Jun walked over and picked it up, as this was the real purpose of Su Jun buying the potted plant.
Because in Su Jun’s plan, a shovel was indispensable. Due to his abilities, he needed something that carried a death aura to unlock his territory. A tiny patch of land no bigger than a person could fit in wasn’t territory at all!
Although the current territory panel had some discrepancies with what was shown in the game due to reality, as long as he could have a part of the game’s content, Su Jun could rely on his ability to walk the path of a strong practitioner.
After all, in this world of ability users, one’s own power was the greatest guarantee. Su Jun didn’t want to end up like his predecessor’s parents, mysteriously dying from an indiscriminate AOE during a battle between good and evil.
As for animal corpses, Su Jun had also bought a chicken on his way home from school, but after leaving it in for a long time, there was still no reaction. He didn’t know if it was because the amount was too small or why.
So, Su Jun’s main meals for the next two days would likely be chicken. Hmmm, he would have to look up how to cook chicken to eat later, as his recipe repertoire was pitifully lacking.
And the main source of death aura in the game – corpses of intelligent beings, that is, human corpses. He probably didn’t even have the right to think about it, with his thin arms and legs, even digging up a grave would exhaust him.
And the only method Su Jun truly thought of was digging up soil!
Yes, that’s right, he would go to places with a death aura and dig up soil. The soil in cemeteries, due to the accumulation of time, would inevitably carry some death aura, and all he needed to do was secretly dig it up.
Simple, feasible, and low risk, all it needed was a shovel. However, he couldn’t just go to a hardware store and buy a shovel out of the blue.
Every action a person takes has a purpose or an inherent self-tendency. If he were to run to buy a shovel that he would never use in his daily life for no reason, it would be easy to trace back.
Su Jun never underestimated human intelligence. The real world is not some novel or movie where there are so many people with low IQs. Being able to sit in that position proves that he possesses the ability corresponding to that position, no matter in what aspect.
And as an “outsider,” Su Jun was unwilling to leave any handle in such a trivial matter.
As for stealing, firstly, the less his abilities were used, the better. Intelligence has always been an extremely important element, and hiding one’s intelligence is also a way to improve one’s abilities.
Moreover, since things that can be solved with money are best resolved with money.
“But this way still feels too deliberate, just buying a potted plant or something.”
“It seems I have to pretend to be a plant lover, but the money…”
The price of a large potted plant is not very affordable, but if it were a small potted plant, there would be no reason to buy a shovel from the store.
Fortunately, the living expenses given by Mr. Qi were more abundant than usual, but even so, after buying this item, his food expenses for the upcoming period would become even more strained.
“It looks like I need to find a part-time job to supplement my household expenses. I certainly don’t want to eat seaweed rice balls for every meal…”
Picking up the shovel and doing a flourish in the air, Su Jun sighed somewhat dejectedly and walked into the room. To maintain his image as a plant lover, his expenses would increase from now on.
“Gulu gulu gulu—”
Just as Su Jun was thinking about what part-time job would have a higher hourly wage, his mobile phone in his pocket suddenly emitted a familiar sound, interrupting his thoughts.
He took his phone out of his pocket and unlocked it. As expected, it was the response he was waiting for. Given the predecessor Kazumi Shimizu’s social circle, likely only his direct superior, Mr. Qi, would contact her proactively.
[I was training just now, sorry I didn’t see it /appealing]
“Training?”
Su Jun’s eyes darted. Indeed, in Sato Shinichi’s impression, his sports performance in class was among the best. After all, someone who could be called a rare treasure not only needed enthusiasm.
【But what good is exercising for a civilian? It can’t make you a hero.】
Eh, wait, the current 221st ranked hero on the hero leaderboard, Sergeant, is indeed a normal person hero without special abilities.
But for him to carry 80 kilograms of equipment during every mission is not something a normal person can do. Is he a steel gorilla?!
Okay, let’s look at it from another angle.
【You like exercising so much, but I don’t see you growing taller.】
He complained about his boyfriend in his heart without hesitation. After all, Sato Shinichi’s height, which was only a little bit taller than him, was a definite weakness. Otherwise, with his good grades and sunny disposition, such a fine boy would have been snatched by other flirtatious temptresses!
【Wait, what strange things am I thinking about now?!】
Shaking his head, Su Jun tossed the strange thoughts that popped into his mind out of his head. He picked up his phone and typed a reply. After all, his good-for-nothing boyfriend had given Su Jun an opportunity to live well without having to take a part-time job.
[Oh, are you done with your business? If you have more things to do, let’s chat later. /cute]
After typing this sentence, Su Jun even shamelessly added a cute little emoji. After all, he was too skilled at doing such things.
On the other side, Sato Shinichi, upon seeing his girlfriend’s reply, quickly grabbed his phone to respond. However, the sudden killing intent behind him forced him to delete the well-edited message under his master’s murderous gaze, and he replied with tears.
[Okay, I’m going to get busy then. Let’s chat later. /cute]
[Mhmm]
Then, Hamano Tsukasa picked him up by the head in an extremely bizarre posture and took him away.
“Old man! Didn’t you say we’re resting for ten minutes?”
“It’s time now.”
“How is that possible? It’s only been two minutes.”
“I said it’s time when I say it’s time!!”
“Zzzt—” “Ah—”
With a flash of lightning, the humanoid creature that was being dragged successfully turned into a charred, suspected humanoid creature, and Hamano Tsukasa continued to drag him towards the training ground.
