The area of Exalting Sanctum could be counted as ranking among the best of all residential Grotto-Heavens.
During the process of the group packing up their things from the fraud on the northern Xuanye Avenue and running to the southern Zhuguang Street, they successfully gave themselves a makeover, removing the disguises they had worn.
Although the several hundred thousand credits were not worth mentioning compared to the billions earned from selling out his mom, this was obtained through their own struggle and hard work!
Working hard to bamboozle people is also a kind of hard work, after all.
In short, just like a wage earner wanting to reward themselves after getting paid, business people also need to come to a restaurant to celebrate after a wave of small profit flows in.
Stelle held the menu in her hand, slowly turning the pages, but above her neck, her body was crookedly leaning sideways, looking at Aglaea and Aglaea who were selling their crosstalk hard on the street corner.
Her arms and head seemed to be acting separately, as if each had its own idea.
"Hey, hey, stop looking, stop looking! Are you going to order or not?"
March 7th angrily pounded her little fists on Stelle's shoulder: "This young lady can't wait anymore! If you don't order, I'm going to order myself!"
Having guest-starred as a stall clerk for half a day, the amount of activity involving moving and arranging goods didn't tire her out. However, dealing with customers who snapped out of the bamboozlement and came back to argue made her sweat profusely and her scalp tingle.
"Oh, oh."
Stelle turned her head to look at the menu, blinked her cute big eyes, slapped the menu onto the table with a pa, stood up, and fired off words at a speed resembling a machine gun:
"Boss! Serve us a portion of steamed lamb, steamed bear paw, steamed deer tail, roasted flower duck, cured duck, preserved duck, pot-stewed duck, sauced duck, Bronya, smoked duck, white belly, potted wild duck, braised duck..."
A flowing stream of dish names shocked the restaurant waiter and the boss. Many customers who were eating stopped their mouths and conversations, turning their heads to look.
"Uh... Ah... Stop, stop, stop! I told you to order dishes, not to order so many! You might as well just buy the restaurant!"
March 7th stammered in confusion, then abruptly reached out to drag Stelle back into her seat, quickly covering her mouth with one hand, and roasted her with a tone equally close to a machine gun:
"Also, why are they all ducks? Why are you picking on ducks again? Duck-Duck is so cute, why do you want to eat Duck-Duck? Was there a strange duck mixed in there just now?"
Haxxor Bunny watched this scene with a subtle expression. Accustomed to referring to herself as a rabbit, she didn't get that Stelle was insinuating something about her, but she sensed a hint of malice.
She shook her head and turned to the gray-haired young man beside her, only to see him suddenly stick out his tongue and make a licking motion at the empty air in front of him. Haxxor watched with a baffled look.
Then, a scene that made Haxxor feel horrified occurred. March 7th abruptly moved her small hand away from covering the gray-haired girl's mouth, as if her palm had been licked by a tongue.
Holy crap!
Void Tongue Lick?
What kind of Inner World doujinshi-style ability is this?
"Your name is Caelus, right?"
Haxxor coughed lightly and asked.
"Mm, correct. You don't seem surprised that we used fake names?"
"How fresh. What fraud gang bamboozling people acts using their real names? That kind of idiot wouldn't survive half an episode in a TV drama, right? When I first mixed in the mercenary world, I changed codenames once a day."
Haxxor gulped down the transparent liquid beverage served by the waiter, smacking her lips in regret.
She thought it was white liquor, but it turned out to be plain boiled water?
"Here."
Caelus raised his hand to point at Little March, who had used her real name at the stall.
The pink-haired girl's small face instantly flushed red:
"What are you doing! It wasn't you guys who insisted on dragging me along! You didn't say anything in advance, who knew you were going to scam people!"
"Eh, Ah Qi, you can eat rice indiscriminately, but you can't speak words indiscriminately. How did we scam people?"
Being slandered and misunderstood, Stelle was unhappy on the spot:
"Just tell me, if they use the diet patch according to the treatment course and follow Star's instructions, can they lose weight? What is the difference between the price of eleven pirated phones and one genuine, latest Apple 15 Pro Max?"
"Can you calculate it like that?"
March 7th puffed up her cheeks and muttered, but her gaze gradually shifted to Haxxor Bunny.
The more she looked at this young girl, the more she resembled the Stellaron Hunter Silver Wolf, and she also looked a bit like Bronya, except for the level of development.
"Who exactly are you people?"
Even Haxxor, who mixed wind and water in the Arc City mercenary world, couldn't figure out this group's routine.
To say they were familiar with the universe's most vicious wanted criminals, the Stellaron Hunters, yet they swaggered about bamboozling people on the street. It was like a boss selling fake goods at a village fair saying he was Bin Laden's nephew.
But then the boss turns around and calculates your fortune, revealing even your deepest secrets. It just feels very spooky.
Under Haxxor's gaze, Caelus didn't answer directly. Instead, he turned his palm sideways and started an introduction: "Stelle."
"Ay, it's me." Stelle clasped her hands in a salute, stepped onto the bench with her left foot, rested the Galaxy Bat on her shoulder with her right hand, and raised an eyebrow.
"The famous Galaxy Batwoman!" Caelus dragged out his tone, imitating a storyteller.
"Ay, you flatter me!" Stelle bowed with hands clasped, the bat smashing to the ground with a clang, smiling obsequiously.
"I envy your job." Caelus took out a handkerchief to wipe away nonexistent tears, pointing at Stelle with an orchid finger gesture.
"Oh~ Is that so?" Stelle put her hands on her hips, looking charmingly naive.
"I can't do it; my job is very dangerous!" Caelus squatted on the ground, as if squatting in a dark corner, his expression tragic.
"Oh~ What do you do?"
At this point, all the customers in the entire restaurant quieted down. Even the waiter's footsteps as he served dishes stopped. Everyone stared straight at the two Gray-hairs who had started performing crosstalk.
March 7th was dumbfounded. No, why did you two suddenly start saying crosstalk?
And you're speaking quite presentably too!?
Haxxor's expression was strange and colorful; she sucked in a breath of cold air.
"Me? Hmph!"
Caelus suddenly flung off his black and gold coat and stood up, slapping his thigh with a ruffian air and smiling wickedly.
"I am a Galaxy Pervert! In our profession, usually we have to..."
"Galaxy?! Wait, wait, wait a moment!"
Stelle lunged forward to cover Caelus's mouth, her vivid expression looking as if she were frightened, hurriedly making sounds to call a donkey to a halt: "YUYUYU!"
"What's wrong?"
"We don't have that 'Pervert' part here."
"The 'Galaxy' part! I drive in the Galaxy!" Caelus was unhurried.
"Oh, so that kind of Galaxy Pervert." Stelle suddenly realized.
"Our car has a resounding name, called the Astral Express." Caelus's voice became proud.
"Hey, starting with my name, this car is bound to prosper day by day!" Stelle gave a thumbs up.
"The Patriarch Akivili left behind this Trailblaze Technology Enlightenment Manual which says: on a train, you need a Conductor, a Mascot, a Slacker, a Comedian, a Cook, a Survival Position, a Support Position, a DPS Position, a Hacker..."
"Stop, stop, stop! Your configuration is wrong! You're missing someone to record the journey!"
Stelle took out her phone and frantically snapped photos of Caelus with the flash, imitating March 7th's tone.
"Anyway, there are ten people in total!" Caelus waved his big hand.
"Your profession is pretty good. How about we swap? You be the Batwoman robbing mobs, and I'll be the Galaxy Pervert hooking up with beautiful girls!"
Stelle shoved the bat into Caelus's hands, clasping her hands together with starry eyes.
"Keep dreaming! Do you know how hard the required courses for a Galaxy Pervert are? 'The 108 Aesthetic Values of Trash Cans', 'How to Elegantly Mooch off the IPC to Reimburse Car Insurance for Maintenance'..."
"Pfft!"
"Hahaha!"
Finally, the diners reacted from their initial confusion and blankness, bursting into laughter.
"Good!"
"Brilliant!"
People clapping, people spitting out their rice from laughing, people cheering excitedly, people taking out phones to record—the restaurant was instantly filled with a cheerful atmosphere.
Passersby at the door were attracted by the bursts of laughter, walking in with curiosity to watch the excitement and ordering dinner on the spot.
Five minutes later, accompanied by Stelle's "Alrighty then! Next time let's talk about the 'Stellaron Hunter Moral Kidnapping Practical Operation Manual'!", the casual crosstalk ended.
"Great work!"
"So crazy, hahaha!"
"Too much fun!"
"To be honest, it's better than the crosstalk on the Spring Festival Gala."
Amidst enthusiastic applause and praise, Stelle and Caelus bowed elegantly to pay their respects like magicians who had completed a performance.
The waiter served the steaming dishes at this time, and the boss walked over to invite the two to become residents at the restaurant to perform crosstalk and attract customers. But how could the Trailblazers be tied down by a single restaurant?
Of course, if there were Crystal rewards for every crosstalk performance, Caelus wouldn't mind living on the Xianzhou for another few years.
[Daily Mission: The Next Spring Festival Gala, I Can Do It Too! (Completed)]
[Mission Description: Perform a segment of casual crosstalk, gain the listeners' recognition. Completion degree is determined by the listeners' happiness level. (Completed)]
[Mission Reward: 33 Crystals]
Declining the restaurant boss's solicitation and obtaining two gifted 50% discount coupons—one for Caelus and one for Stelle—they turned their heads to look at Haxxor, who also had a smile on her face.
"Now, do you know what kind of people we are?"
"Ha~~"
Letting out a long breath of laughter, Haxxor didn't understand all the punchlines, but she understood some of them. Coupled with the atmosphere of the scene, she was also teased into nonstop laughter.
March 7th could understand all the punchlines, and her laughing point was subtly low, so... Manic Laughter March 7th was born!
"You... tell jokes?"
Haxxor suppressed the laughing gas that had reached her windpipe back into her lung lobes.
"Half right."
Caelus patted Stelle's shoulder: "She is the Comedian on our train, responsible for causing trouble and being funny. I am the Train Soul."
"This one is the one who records the journey."
Caelus helped up March 7th, who was laughing so hard she was rolling on the ground clutching her belly with tears coming out. In her state of extreme bliss, March 7th started rolling around in Caelus's arms.
"Currently, the train is still missing a Hacker. Do you want to join the partnership?"
Logically speaking, having a Hacker following along on adventures would be much more convenient. Although given the current relationship between Caelus and Silver Wolf, he could get her help even without using photos of Seele as payment.
But even for good bros, every favor counts as a small debt. It's not good in the long run.
However, if he brought Haxxor onto the Express, and then leaked the news of Haxxor being interested in Seele to Silver Wolf, wouldn't the two Hackers start competing with each other inside the group!
When the time comes, both would rush to perform in front of Caelus and Seele. Helping out without owing favors would be the best outcome.
"Are you serious?"
Haxxor assumed a tactical lean-back posture. She still hadn't figured out this group's routine. The crosstalk seemed professional, could the information in the crosstalk be...
[They are Nameless of the Astral Express.]
Bronie offered an explanation at the appropriate time.
[Astral Express? What he just said was true?]
Haxxor was surprised.
[Not sure, but when I was gathering intelligence on the net, I noticed this faction.]
[Tell me in detail.]
[The so-called Nameless are those who ride the Astral Express traversing the galaxy, exploring new civilizations, trailblazing the unknown, unfolding adventures between countless bizarre and motley worlds...]
Bronie wasn't worried about how to trick Haxxor onto the train. With Haxxor's personality, as long as she spoke about the daily life of the Astral Express and the Nameless, she would actively think of ways to join!
As expected, following Bronie's narration, Haxxor's eyes grew brighter and brighter.
Driving a train to wander the stars, exploring worlds, adventuring everywhere, trailblazing the unknown...
Wasn't this the life she dreamed of!
"You guys are members of the Astral Express?"
Haxxor's tone became agitated. Join!
Must join!
She wanted to become a Nameless!
"Correct." Caelus was brimming with smiles.
"By the way, that girl, Seele..."
Haxxor seemed to suddenly think of something, asking somewhat bashfully.
"Of course my sister is also a member of the Astral Express. You want to come with us..."
"I join!"
Before Caelus could finish speaking, Haxxor said with categorical decisiveness.
Her eyes were as firm as if she were joining the Party!
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