Doomsday Totem

Chapter 269 Drinking Water
Not long after, Tie Slag walked past a clothing store and turned in when he saw that it was full of men's dresses.This store is about 100 square meters, and the clothes are generally hung densely. Compared with the storefront of nearly [-] square meters on the second floor, it seems a bit crowded.

A plain-looking female shopping guide, with neatly coiled hair and a red service uniform, aged between 25 and [-], greeted her.

"Sir, what can I do for you?" The female shopping guide nodded to Tie Zha and said politely.However, when she saw the tattered military uniform on Tie Slag's body and the rough skin exposed to the sun, she subtly revealed a trace of displeasure.Judging from the attire and temperament, this guest may be a civilian marine from the Academy Alliance, and I am afraid that he does not have much money on him.

"I want to buy a dress, just to wear it when I go to a big occasion or a big place to eat." Tie Slag said.

Listening to the country bumpkin's narration, the female shopping guide couldn't help frowning.Talking in such a rustic way, and also "big occasion" and "big place", it is obvious that he just came from the countryside.However, she quickly recovered her professional smile and asked patiently, "Sir, what price do you need for a dress?"

"It looks nice to wear, and the price shouldn't be too expensive." Tie Slag said.

"About three hundred gold coins?" asked the female shopping guide.

"Hmm..." Tie Slag thought for a while, and said, "It's better to be under 60 gold coins." According to what he saw in Sand City before, [-] gold men's clothing is considered expensive.

"Sorry, sir, there are no men's dresses below two hundred gold coins in this store." The female shopping guide said.

"That's two hundred." Tie Slag casually raised his hand, motioning for the female shopping guide to lead the way.

Turning around, the female shopping guide pursed her lips in disgust, and then brought the iron slag to the discount area.

"Sir, maybe this dress is suitable for you..." The female shopping guide took a dark dress from the shelf, and when she turned around, she resumed her professional smile and said, "You must be handsome in it, Make the girls swoon over you."

"Really?" Tie Slag scratched his hair subconsciously, and asked with some uncertainty.The love of beauty is recognized by everyone, even he is no exception.Recalling that day, the moment he walked into the office wearing the general's uniform, Qin Ke'er and Mu Qianhe's eyebrows suddenly widened, and their surprised expressions made him feel complacent.

In a few seconds, he followed the female shopping guide to the fitting room.After pulling the curtain, he took off his military uniform, revealing his bandages.Then, he put on his trousers, put on his coat, buttoned it up, opened the curtain and went out.

"Wow~ so handsome~" the female shopping guide showed a look of surprise, and said with a little excitement.But all of this was just pretending, she just felt that although the young man in front of her was not ugly, she definitely had nothing to do with being handsome.Just the rough skin makes people daunting, and thinks that he is a coolie.

"Hmm..." Tie Slag walked to the floor-to-ceiling mirror and looked at it carefully for a while.This suit fits pretty well, at least it looks better than the tarpaulin military uniform, but it's not as good as the general officer's uniform.However, his aesthetic sense is limited, and he can only look at the general idea, completely ignorant of the details.After all, he is not a woman, and they have to judge whether a man's clothes look good or not.

At this moment, two slightly familiar voices came from behind.

"Monmelrose, have you made a fortune?" "Go shopping, it's rare to come to the upper city for a trip." "Johnson, this is not the first day I know you, you boy will not come shopping if you have nothing to do, this time you must be prepared Come on, tell me, are you preparing a dress for the Valentine's Day ball?" "Haha..."

Tie Slag turned his head following the voice, and it was his roommates when he first came to the academy—Johnson Zhang and Huang Yu.

When they saw Iron Slag, both of them were taken aback, and then Qiang Sen was the first to react, and said hello, "Student Zhang Tie, what a coincidence."

"Yeah, are you also visiting Shangcheng District?" Huang Yu asked.Zhang Tie hadn't been back since Yugo Lombal visited the 28 dormitory in Building 601 of Zhulong Street last time, and shortly thereafter, another roommate of them, Marcus Baldwin, also disappeared.Later they found out that Marcus joined an unknown small team and went to the dark forest to earn credits.From this, they thought that Zhang Tie should have joined a certain team to earn credits just like the former.

Although there was an incident where Yugo Lombard went to the dormitory to find someone, they couldn't connect the escorted student of the War Bear Temple with the Temple Princess.Afterwards, they only felt that Yugo Lombal found the wrong person or went to the wrong place.It's not that they look down on Zhang Tie, but that this matter is too unbelievable.You know, how could the goddess in the sky intersect with the ants on the ground.If there is a real intersection, it's fine if you don't step on it to death...

Taking ten thousand steps back, even if Tie Slag was a hundred times stronger than them, or even a thousand times stronger, it would be impossible for the princess of the temple to show a sad look.This was a real event that Huang Yu saw and heard with his own eyes, and was guaranteed by generations of ancestors.Therefore, they agreed that Yugo Lombard had found the wrong person...

"Come to buy some clothes." Tie Slag smiled and said.Although he didn't have much affection for the two roommates, it wasn't a bad feeling either, at least they lived together for a while.And when he met an acquaintance in this strange place, he still felt a little intimacy.After all, everyone is a commoner student, not those high-ranking nobles, and they still have some common language.

"Brother, the clothes here are not cheap..." Huang Yu looked at the dress on Zhang Tie and couldn't help reminding.This "Mont Melrose" is a first-tier brand, and it has always been very valuable. If you don't have a few hundred gold coins, you can't go out at all.The reason why he said this was not because he looked down on this former roommate, but because he remembered that this roommate didn't have much money, otherwise he wouldn't have asked him how to make money when he first started school.

"What do you know? Student Zhang Tie must be doing well now. Don't forget that he is a recommended student from the Temple of the Bear. He is much better than us in doing college tasks." Qiang Sen faced Huang Yu and reminded , then turned his head and said to Tie Slag, "Student Zhang Tie, long time no see. How are you doing?"

"It's okay." Tie Slag nodded and said.

At this time, the female shopping guide suddenly stepped in, smiled at Tie Slag, and asked, "Sir, are you satisfied with this dress?" She didn't get much commission for cheap and discounted clothes, so she didn't want to waste any more time.

Seeing this, Tie Slag frowned slightly, then reached into his pocket and took out Mu Yuqinxin's star stone black card, without even looking at it, he handed it out.

"Sir, this is..." The female shopping guide gradually frowned as she looked at the card in her hand.

"Huh?" Tie Slag was stunned as soon as he looked down.I saw that the Starstone black card was covered with cracks, and there was a big hole in the middle, it was completely changed.Thinking about it carefully, it was in the pocket on the right side when fleeing that day, and was pierced by the psionic assault rifle of the expeditionary knight...

"Uh..." Iron Slag smiled awkwardly, took back the magnetic card, and then groped all over his body, but couldn't find a copper plate...

"Forget it, I won't buy it." After confirming that he had no money on him, Tie Slag said bluntly, then went back to the fitting room and changed into the previous tarpaulin military uniform.Then, he opened the curtain and walked out, and handed back the changed dress under the contemptuous eyes of the female shopping guide.

"It's okay, it's just that the magnetic card is broken, I'll buy it next time." Huang Yu comforted, but he thought in his heart that this iron is too vain, if you can't afford it, don't try it, how embarrassing...

"Yes, come again next time." Johnson echoed.

"Yeah." Tie Slag nodded, and continued, "I still have a friend up there, I'm going to find her, and we have a chance to have a drink together in the future."

"Okay." "Come back and sit down when you have time." The two said with a smile.And while they were talking, they were all slandering in their hearts. They obviously had no money to buy clothes, but they still said that there were friends spending money on it. This is simply too hypocritical. Everyone is a commoner.Is this necessary?
Then, Tie Slag made a "goodbye" gesture, turned and left the clothing store.But just as he walked out the door, he was stopped.

"Wait!" The female shopping guide rushed out in three steps at a time and stood in front of him.

"What's wrong?" Tie Slag narrowed his eyes and asked impatiently.From the moment he entered the door, the attitude of the female shopping guide was very bad, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

"Sir, you have stained our clothes." The female shopping guide spread out the dress he tried on just now, pointing to one place and said,
Following her finger, there was a small bloodstain on the inside of the dress.It looked like it was stained by a blood clot from his bandage when he was trying it on.

"What's the matter? Just wash it off." After speaking, Tie Slag turned around and left.

"Don't go!" the female shopping guide cried out, and then she jumped forward and grabbed Tie Slag's sleeve.

"Don't worry, don't worry." "Is there some misunderstanding?" Hearing the movement outside, Qiang Sen and Huang Yu hurried out, consoling in unison.

"He damaged our clothes, we must pay for it." The female shopping guide threatened, "Otherwise I will call someone."

"It's just a little bit." "That's right..." The two stepped forward to take a look and said.

"I don't care, he must lose money." The female shopping guide said relentlessly.

Tie Slag frowned, shook off the hand of the female shopping guide, reached into his pocket, groped for a while, but couldn't find what he wanted...

The communicator is gone...

Only then did he remember that Alice took his communicator away that night...

At this time, he was penniless and did not have a communicator, so he couldn't say he was aggrieved.

Although two of his roommates were supposed to have communicators, it didn't help because he couldn't remember either of them's comm numbers.Looking at the disdainful female shopping assistant and the small freckles on her face, he couldn't help but think of an old saying in the Far East: "When a person is unlucky, drinking cold water will also clog the teeth."

(End of this chapter)