When Eddy leveled his gaze, a familiar scene appeared before his eyes.
Two hooligans were standing in front of the small supermarket, chatting and keeping watch.
Eddie immediately recalled the last time he had cowered in the corner and watched Mrs. Chen being blackmailed by a hooligan at gunpoint. He was both embarrassed and angry.
Venom yelled in his heart, You pussy! Go on, break every bone in their bodies, smash their skulls, drink their brains …
Eddie: … Are you crazy?
Venom: Who's crazy? Apologize!
Eddie: OK, I'll bring you two bars of chocolate later, okay?
Venom: No. At least one box.
Eddie: I'm afraid of tooth decay.
Venom: It's okay, I'll help you clean your mouth.
Eddie: … Please, can you not say such strange things?
Complaining to Venom in his heart, he went to the front of the shop and was about to go in.
He didn't even show his face, which made the two hooligans feel that something was wrong. Was this guy a reporter or a police officer?
Although this wasn't a common situation, there would always be such insensible idiots every now and then.
The two of them raised their hands decisively, and one of them said, "This place is temporarily closed. Go somewhere else."
It wasn't that the hooligan was being polite, but that he had doubts in his heart and didn't want to be photographed as evidence.
"Get out of the way." Eddie raised his hand and waved their arms away as he continued to walk in.
After symbiosis, he had become incredibly strong, and the two men's arms were like straws.
Entering the door in two steps, he stood in front of the hooligan who had just put the money in his pocket. "Give her back the money."
Surprised, the hooligan bent his body slightly and saw that his two friends outside the door had also followed him in.
One of them made a "cop" gesture, and the hooligan at the counter only hesitated for half a second before he immediately took out the money from his pocket and put it on the counter. "Oh, this is her extra change. I'm sorry. "
He turned his head and gave Mrs. Chen a threatening look.
Whether the money was collected or not, the amount of change was just a matter of a word from the shopkeeper.
As long as the shop owner didn't cooperate with the investigation, the police couldn't do anything to them.
They had been collecting protection fees for a long time, and they were too familiar with this process.
If the shop owner dared to fight back, there would be someone else to teach this iron-headed person a lesson and give her a concussion, sending her to the hospital to recuperate.
At that time, not only would the shop owner have to pay for the medical expenses, but he would also have to compensate them afterwards. Otherwise, he would not be able to continue his business.
Of course, Mrs. Chen knew this, so her face turned pale and she complained in her heart.
She squeezed out a smile and said with a trembling voice, "Oh, I miscalculated. Come back tomorrow."
This was a clear indication to the hooligan that he would collect the money at another time.
It wasn't that she had a problem. This was the helplessness of an ordinary citizen facing a gang member.
There was no point in arresting one or two of these protection racket gangs.
If he was caught two or three times in her shop, it wouldn't be a matter of money, but a matter of deterrence.
In order to prevent the other shop owners from following her example, the other party would definitely kill the chicken to warn the monkey, destroy the supermarket, and send her whole family to the hospital.
Seeing this, Eddie suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing.
For the past two years, he had been thinking that if he had the ability, he would definitely take care of these disgusting fellows.
After saving the middle-aged woman, he had been a little dazed for a moment, and had unconsciously said what was on his mind.
Actually, the best way was to make it seem like he was looking for revenge, and then rush in, beat them up, and leave. That way, the other party wouldn't suspect Mrs. Chen.
Eddie was regretting it, and the three hooligans didn't look too good either.
If the guy in front of them was a cop, they might have to go to the police station.
Although they were frequent visitors to detention centers and prisons, who would want to go to the police station if they could eat, drink, and have fun outside?
The three of them exchanged glances, then turned around and walked out.
Eddie stood where he was, feeling rather helpless.
Once he came to his senses, he knew that he couldn't do anything.
Otherwise, if the other party couldn't find him later, they would vent their anger on Mrs. Chen's family.
Selina said coldly, "Buy a box of safety measures as usual, pay the bill, and come out again."
Stunned, Eddie immediately realized that she was trying to make up for it. She was trying to make the three of them think that he was a passing customer.
In any case, it was normal for a man who was in a hurry to buy safety measures to be anxious and secretive.
In some states with stricter laws, carrying a box on the streets at night could even be considered a "tool" for a "street business."
It wouldn't be strange if he wasn't hot-tempered.
Eddie grabbed a box of goods on the small shelf next to him and asked Venom to control his voice as he said in a low voice, "How much is it?"
"Huh?" Mrs. Chen hesitated for a moment before she quickly scanned it. "Thirty-six dollars."
Eddie: F * ck, why is it more expensive than what I usually buy?
Taking out the money and handing it over, he took a look at the box. Uh, it was actually a special three-pack of Thorns Halo. Damn it, who was he going to find to use this thing?!
But then he remembered that he had just scammed Mrs. Chen, and it wasn't a grievance to be scammed back.
Besides, he had voluntarily paid for something with a clearly marked price. How could it be considered scamming?
Taking the change, he quickly left the small supermarket and walked in the opposite direction of the three hooligans.
That was an order that Selina had just issued, and Eddie knew that it was to further reduce the possibility of Mrs. Chen being retaliated against.
Walking into the street a hundred meters away, Eddie was a little absent-minded.
He had just saved a stranger, but he had scammed an acquaintance. Life was truly unpredictable.
With mixed feelings, he continued to wander the streets.
The security in this area was quite bad. In less than two hours, he had completed a total of nine rescue missions.
At that moment, Selina's order came. "Go to the small park two hundred meters away. There's equipment in the flower bed twenty meters to the left of the entrance. Change into it immediately."
Eddie murmured inwardly, This last mission actually gave out equipment at the last minute? Was it very troublesome?
Ten minutes later, he stood up from behind a small bush in the park and looked at himself. His heart was filled with excitement. "Is this for me?"
Selina's voice was calm. "You made a serious mistake during the mission at the Chen family's supermarket just now. Lending out equipment is just to help you solve any future problems. Now, you already owe me fifty credit points. "
Eddie looked pained when he heard that, but he still paid attention to the point. "What are credit points?"
Selina said, "It's a special currency that money can't buy. A lot of people are currently buying unlimited credit points on the black market, and the exchange rate is ten thousand dollars for one credit point."
Eddie's face immediately darkened. WTF? What if he suddenly owed half a million? Wouldn't he have to work for free for two to three years?
But Selina's next words made him even more desperate. "But nobody is stupid enough to sell it, because those who own it aren't short of money."
Eddie asked, "Then how do I pay it back?"
Selina said, "If you can find the whereabouts of Venom's missing companions on your own, you can get at least two hundred credit points."
Eddie asked, "What else?"
Selina said, "You can get ten thousand credit points if you kill an opponent at the level of a witch from Daxi City."
Eddie said, "… Got it."
With his current strength, he would be killed at any moment if he fought a witch. So, earning credit points wasn't a freebie, but a freebie.
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