Twelve Trials from Scratch

Su Qi was noncommittal, but asked calmly: "Are you sure there are slums? Do you know where the slums are? Do you know how many people live in the slums, and have you thought about how to find her? Do you know whether people in the slums are xenophobic and easily break into Would such a place be dangerous?"

"Uh... this... I don't know at all, I'm just guessing based on the impression I got from the novel game. After all, we are newcomers. But we can ask someone on the street. As for the safety issue... I It's only now that I understand, no wonder Su Qisang said that I might be in danger.

"If you want to find the thief, you must deal with people in the slums, or even some hooligans, right? And I just don't have the power to protect myself. Going to that kind of place is really like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth."

He still didn't judge whether Nayue Subaru's idea was right or wrong, but continued: "Who do you want to ask? Who might know this information? And for people like us with strange clothes and unknown origins, they will seriously answer our questions. ? What if you were misled?"

Nayue Subaru thought for a moment, and said: "Apart from Shatila and Parker, the only person we talked to normally was the fruit shop uncle. If he is a local, he should know the location of the slum; A good way is to give rewards, but we are penniless, so we can only use the little material we have left as a thank you, or beg others with sincerity. If we ask a few more people, there should be good-hearted people who will answer us, and we can also help each other Verify that the answer is correct or not."

"Have you figured it out?"

"I think I've figured it out..." He nodded, and then said gratefully, "Thank you, Su Qisang, if it wasn't for your reminder, I might just be running around like a headless chicken."

"I didn't help you with anything, everything is the result of your own thinking."

"Su Qisang, because he's a man, even if he's arrogant, he can't be cute. But now I have a high liking for Su Qisang, and if I work harder, I might be able to set up a flag."

"If it stands up, then break it." Su Qi smiled kindly, "It's broken in a physical sense, do you want to try it?"

Click!

As if hearing the sound of something precious being broken, Nayue Subaru shuddered, and immediately said: "Please forgive me for sternly rejecting it! And because of a mistake in speaking, I regret to inform Su Qisang that my FLAG incident failed. "

"Oh, that's really great." Su Qi made a cold voice.

After that, the two people who had determined their goals started to act, and they complained to each other all the way, and the relationship took advantage of the trend to a higher level, gradually omitting the honorific words when addressing each other.And because it was very close to the alley, it didn't take long before they came to the fruit stand where they crossed for the first time.

"It's you two poor bastards again." Seeing the two of them coming, the fruit stand owner named Cadmon said angrily, "Get out of the way and don't block other customers from buying things."

"Hey, hey, don't be so indifferent, uncle." Caiyue Subaru said cheekily as if he had never heard of it: "Anyway, there are no guests coming now, how about doing us a little favor in your free time? As the saying goes, helping others is the foundation of happiness." , if we can help, we will also sincerely thank uncle."

"What about the reward?"

"Sorry, although I am completely different now, we are still poor."

"So? What do you want me to say in the face of two poor people?"

"Well, we actually want to know if there are slums here? If so, where are the slums? Can you tell us?"

"That's enough, don't you understand human language? I'm not interested in wasting time helping you guys, so leave me now."

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting worse, the boss was about to start driving people away. Su Qi, who had been watching from the sidelines, shook his head, and finally said: "Okay, Subaru, you are really a genius for chatting, let the professionals do it."

In the future, a chapter of more than [-] words will be the norm...

Chapter 9 I'm pretty confident about my venomous tongue

"Boss, thank you for helping to guide the way just now, otherwise I would not have found this guy so quickly."

Signaling Nayue Subaru to step aside temporarily, Su Qi stepped forward to express his gratitude for what happened before, so that Cadmon's tense face could be relieved a little, but...

"Hmph, leave immediately if you want to thank me, don't disturb my business. In addition, empty words of thanks are too insincere, it doesn't matter if you have it or not."

"Of course, although we are indeed penniless, we can still get a little thank you."

After finishing speaking, he asked for a bag of potato chips from Nayue Subaru and handed it to Cadmon.

"What is this?" Looking at the colorful and strange packaging, the latter didn't pick it up, with suspicion on his face.

"Our special snacks over there, you can understand it like this."

Su Qi took the potato chips back, tore open the package, took out one and handed it to Nayue Subaru, beckoning him to eat it.

Although the latter had doubts, he still trusted Su Qi's judgment. He ate it as he said, chewed it into pieces, felt the aroma and crispy taste of potato chips spreading in his mouth, and said with some reluctance: "Well, potato chips The slices are still so delicious, but it’s a pity that one slice is missing.”

Su Qi ignored his emotion, and once again handed the potato chips in front of Cadmon, showing a genuine and kind smile, "Look, there is no poison in it, how about the boss try a piece?"

The latter didn't do anything, but just looked at Su Qi, who had a sincere expression and no haze in his eyes, still hesitating.

Su Qi was not impatient at all, just smiled and said: "The boss has a daughter at home, right? This kind of snack is very popular with children in our area. Give it to your daughter, she will be very happy."

Cadmon's face changed slightly, and he said with some vigilance: "How do you know that I have a daughter?"

Su Qi raised his chin slightly, and cast his gaze behind him, "There are some toys behind your counter, some new and some old, so it should not be stored temporarily, but children often come here to play; at the same time, the toys are basically They are things that girls like dolls and paper flowers, so it is more likely that they are daughters... I just speculated briefly."

Cadmon looked back, and as he said, he breathed a sigh of relief, "You really have sharp eyes and a quick brain, and you know better than that stinky brat over there who can't see the situation clearly." Speaking of which, he might become a big shot in the future."

"How about selling me a little favor first? A shrewd businessman would invest in this way, right?"

Su Qi said, and then passed the potato chips in his hand forward.

"I'm just being polite. It's not that easy to become a big shot."

Cadmon's mouth was blunt, but he squeezed a potato chip out of the bag in his hand, paused, carefully put it in his mouth, and crushed it.

The next moment, his eyes lit up, and he grabbed the potato chips in his hand, suppressing the urge to eat another piece, nodded with a sullen face, "Well, it's... yes, this food is really delicious, for the sake of My lovely daughter, just accept your thank you gift. But let me say it first, this is just a previous thank you gift, it does not mean that I have accepted the reward and will help you."

"Hey, that's our last bag of precious potato chips..."

Caiyue Subaru was a little annoyed, and when he was about to speak, Su Qi stretched out his hand to stop him, "Indeed, it is a reasonable judgment, but we are indeed penniless now, and the things we have to do are very important and urgent, so can you ask the boss to let us How about we owe the bill first? We will have money soon, how about buying some more fruit from this stall?"

Cadmon didn't refuse immediately, but just looked at the two of them, and asked with some doubts: "Will you pay back the debt?"

"Although there is no money now, as long as we can survive, we can always make money. The boss doesn't think that the two of us will starve to death on the street, right? As for the issue of reputation... please rest assured that I, Nicholas Zhuosi, have always treated people with sincerity. It is absolutely impossible to renege on the money for a dozen fruits."

Seeing the other party's seemingly sincere appearance, he hesitated for a while, then looked at the potato chips in his hand, and finally said: "Forget it, I will let you owe the debt once."

Said, glanced at Nayue Subaru, "Although that little brother seems unreliable, at least you don't look like someone who will starve to death on the street."

So I'm like someone who can't get a job and starves to death on the streets?Although a little uncomfortable, but unexpectedly hard to refute...

The latter really wanted to complain, but remembering his status as a dead house student who had dropped out of school, and also remembering Su Qi's instructions just now, he still didn't speak up.

Afterwards, the two successfully learned the location of the slum from Cadmon.

"Very good, have a good start, keep this momentum, then ask other people to verify the news, and then get things back."

On the way away from the fruit stand, Subaru Natsuki felt excited as he felt that he was heading towards the goal, approaching Shatila.

However, Su Qi suddenly turned the bucket of cold water, "Subaru, before and after the negotiation just now, you made eleven mistakes."

"Huh!?" Natsuki Subaru looked surprised, "Although I know my communication skills are poor, is it that bad?"

Su Qi neither spoke harsh words nor comforted him softly, but said slowly in a flat tone:

"If you make a mistake, you will negotiate with the other party rashly without thinking about how to communicate.

Think less and make mistakes, and fail to make corresponding preparations according to the identity and possible needs of the other businessman.

Rudeness is wrong three, obviously wanting something from others, but not correcting his own attitude.

Obtuse and wrong four, the other party is obviously getting more and more dissatisfied with you, but fails to notice it immediately, and still talks to himself.

Mistake [-]: I also asked for others, but I didn't choose the right wording. Not only did I mention the opponent's point, but I also used frivolous language to impose my own favorable views on others.

Slightly wrong six, the negotiation has just started to let go of the hole card.

Impulsive wrong seven, suddenly interjected when I was negotiating with the other party, may have a negative impact.

Misjudgment eight, which one is important, potato chips or intelligence, should be thoroughly distinguished.

Ignorant and wrong nine, do not talk about strategy in the process of negotiation, just blindly ask the other party for help.

There were ten mistakes in inspection and mistakes, and I didn't realize my mistakes deeply after the negotiation.

Laziness is wrong eleven, clearly failed to negotiate, it seems that there is no subjective willingness to reflect on and improve... Subaru, do you think my judgments are wrong? "

"..."

Natsuki Subaru's face was ugly and he was speechless.Thinking back carefully, although the other party's judgment was too strict and focused on details, it was not wrong.During that short negotiation period, I did make many mistakes.

"Perhaps my judgment is too strict, but Subaru...you want to be Miss Shatila's knight, right? You want to be someone worthy of her, right? So it's okay to not be strict with yourself?"

That's right, I want to be Shatila's knight, I want to be someone worthy of him, I even want to be a hero, so that she can look at me with admiration... But now I'm just a An incompetent otaku, if he doesn't work hard, how can he be strict with himself?

"I understand." He took a deep breath, forced to suppress the irritability and unhappiness of being stabbed, then stopped, and bowed to Su Qi seriously, "Su Qisang, thank you For your criticism, please be stricter with me in the future and point out my mistakes mercilessly."

Su Qi also stopped, and said with great interest, "Do you really want me to do this? I'm quite confident in my poisonous tongue. If you use all the firepower, it might make your life worse than death."

Nayue Subaru's heart trembled, but he still gritted his teeth and said: "No problem! Please scold me as much as you want! You can even use corporal punishment! I know how incompetent and lazy I am. Whenever I encounter difficulties, I always think about it. I want to escape, but this time I don't want to escape again, so it would be best if Su Qisang could urge me!"

"Strange..." Su Qi looked at him, his eyes flickering, "Love really has such a strong magic power? Can just a one-sided relationship give people such a strong motivation?"

Because he can read other people's emotions, he knows that the person in front of him is serious and determined, but it is because of this that it is difficult to understand.Just falling in love at first sight and being rescued once can really make people have a strong obsession to make the other person happy even after surviving miserable deaths again and again?

Su Qi has never tried love, and he also knows that it is difficult for him to fall in love with others, so he is more willing to believe that there are other reasons than the simple "love can conquer everything".For example, Shatila looks the same as Emilia, and then thinks of the ability of the jealous witch to go back in time... Maybe the reason why Natsuki Subaru is so obsessed with Emilia is that there are other factors secretly affecting it.

"That's right." Natsuki Subaru straightened up and said with a motivated look, "Because love and justice are omnipotent, and Satila sauce is my love and justice."

"Really?" Su Qi sneered, "Since it is omnipotent, then you can transform into a golden saint and show me."

"Uh... Sorry, Teacher Su Qi, I'm too arrogant. Love and justice are not omnipotent."

"It's easy to be overly emotional, and when you get too aggressive, it's easy to talk to yourself without thinking. This is also one of the shortcomings."

"Yes, I understand, and I will definitely correct it seriously in the future."

"I hope so... By the way, there is one thing I need to apologize to you."

"Eh? What's the matter?"

"Just now to inquire about the news, in fact, there is no need to sacrifice the bag of potato chips. I used your things without authorization in order to thank the boss for showing me the way before. I need to apologize for that."

"That's okay, it's a pity, but it's because of me that I can ask for directions, right? I won't make the mistake of not knowing the difference again."

Su Qi shook his head slightly, "That's my business, not yours. It's good civilization to pay back what you owe, so I will compensate you accordingly, and I will definitely satisfy you."

"Then... well, I'll just wait and see."

At this time, because they repeatedly said some strange words and mentioned the name "Shatila", the street beside the two of them had already been vacated, and they had the effect of clearing the way with drums and drums, but the two of them didn't care.

Nayue Subaru was too dull and concentrated, but Su Qi didn't care, and didn't intend to expose the fact that Emilia reported a fake name right now.

Afterwards, the former asked a few more local people and basically confirmed that the news was correct, and then entered the slum according to Cadmon's instructions.

Then, under Su Qi's secret guidance, the two of them met the former gangster trio halfway, cleaned them up, and forced them to find out where the thieves' stolen goods were stored and the news about the stolen goods warehouse—the name of the pupil of the truth. The field of vision exceeds a thousand meters, and it can ignore obstacles. As long as you remember the appearance and people are nearby, it is not difficult to find the target.

After that, it took another [-] minutes, and a group of poor people with malicious intentions were sent away on the way. After learning the name of the thief on the way, the two finally arrived at the stolen goods warehouse.

It was a building located in the deepest part of the slums, in the corner of the capital, with its back against the city wall.Although it is only built with wooden boards, it is a two-story flat-roofed warehouse, but it occupies a surprisingly large area and looks very strong, as big as a general collective housing.

"Please start your show."

Just as Nayue Subaru was standing in front of the tall warehouse gate, feeling a little guilty, Su Qi who was next to him suddenly spoke.