Clown Game
Chapter 389 - 367: No Change

Chapter 389: Chapter 367: No Change

So, let’s get back to Chen Xiao, this guy. After raiding the Pacific Division, he finally recovered his memory, and then... nobody knew what he was thinking or what he was going to do next. In fact, nobody knew what information his memories from years ago had left him, but he just said something to the "Angel" and then left the Splitters’ headquarters and went back home.

Meanwhile, Xiao Nan and Jingjing found an excuse to brush off their cousin and, dragging Boss Xiao Yu along, knocked on Chen Xiao’s door.

As the door opened,

"Err... what is this..." He looked at the three people at the door—two small, one big—and couldn’t figure out what act they were pulling. Surely they wouldn’t go to his house just for some cake money, would they?

However, he soon learned from Xiao Nan and Jingjing that it wasn’t something as serious as cake money, it was merely...

"What? He was also chosen by that old man?"

Chen Xiao stared, completely bewildered.

Based on his understanding of Boss Xiao Yu, the guy was a true outsider, with no point of intersection with Chen Xiao’s world at all—unless you counted his two clerks, who were somewhat unusual.

But from what Xiao Yu described, that really was the old man with a sulfur smell about him. Could it be that Xiao Yu had now been granted some kind of power?

When he heard that Xiao Yu had been unconscious for three days, he became even more convinced of this.

Of course, Xiao Yu himself was clueless. "Hey, hey, what are you dragging me here for? The café hasn’t been open for days; if this keeps up, people will think we’ve closed for good." He frantically rattled off.

"Hmm..." Chen Xiao drew out his voice, pondering how to explain the situation to this homebody, and after much hesitation, he finally decided... "You have superpowers now."

He just blurted it out directly.

Given the other’s familiarity with all kinds of weird anime, and considering his café staff could handle it, turning into an "abnormal person" shouldn’t be too hard to accept. All fatties fantasize about having abilities like passing through walls or changing gender, right?

What awaited him, however, was a spell of silence and a look that screamed ’idiot,’ followed by... "So, what now?" Xiao Yu asked, frowning.

"So?" Chen Xiao was at a loss for words momentarily: "I just wanted to tell you this."

"Hmm..." Boss Xiao Yu fell silent again: "What weird play are you guys putting on now?" He then shrugged dismissively: "Alright, I don’t have time to waste here, I have a lot of stuff to do."

With that, he turned to leave.

"Wait!" Chen Xiao quickly called out to him: "You don’t believe it?"

"Nonsense, of course I don’t. I just slept for a few days, and you’re telling me I have superpowers now, who would believe that?"

Chen Xiao hung his head: "Alright, I’m not afraid to tell you now, the old man you mentioned is an abnormal being. He makes deals with people everywhere and grants ordinary people some powers, like Xiao Nan, Jingjing, and myself, we have all made deals with him... And this time, it’s undoubtedly you." Chen Xiao spoke very seriously.

"Oh, sounds pretty serious." the other replied: "But dragging Xiao Nan and Jingjing into it doesn’t make it convincing, since I haven’t changed at all. Look, I’m not stronger, can’t fly, even this fat hasn’t shifted," he said, patting his belly, causing a small ripple, "So what power did I get? The ability to sleep very deeply?"

"This—" Chen Xiao fell silent now: "Don’t you feel the slightest bit different?"

"Well, I feel like I can hang with you on this boring topic for so long, which must mean my IQ has dropped," he said, glazing over: "If there’s nothing else, I’m leaving. And you two," he suddenly pointed at Jingjing and Xiao Nan, "don’t hang around this guy too much, it’s bad for your development. Don’t forget to come to work later... Ah, what a headache today."

Having said that, he walked out the door.

The remaining three exchanged puzzled glances.

"Speaking of which, when you guys gained your powers, did you also have no idea?" Chen Xiao asked.

Both of them shook their heads simultaneously: "No, we knew what we could do right away and were able to use it easily. Plus, those powers are very seductive, they urge you to use them, even clouding your mind."

"Just like you guys back then?"

"Yes." both nodded.

"Hmm... But it looks like this fatty really hasn’t changed at all. And logically, if he were granted power, something about him would also be constrained, like you can’t leave the Mirror World, and Xiao Nan can only live in Fairy Tale Town," Chen Xiao pondered deeply: "But the old man’s granted powers aren’t all like yours, like my powers are completely different from your system, so perhaps this fatty’s powers just haven’t awakened yet..."

Suddenly, Chen Xiao seemed to recall something.

"Oh, I just thought of someone," he muttered to himself.

"Who?" the other two asked.

"You don’t know her, my interaction with her preceded yours by quite a bit, but like you, she’s a young lady, and she practically led me into this world. Ah, thinking back, it’s been so long," Chen Xiao seemed lost in memory: "Her powers were slow to awaken, from a regular person able to move simple objects, to annihilating a squad of monsters within minutes..."

"Are you talking about... Miki?" Xiao Nan had a good memory and immediately recalled the name Chen Xiao had once mentioned in passing.

And he nodded: "Yes, her. Maybe I’ll ask her when I have time... but I don’t know what she’s turned into after all these years.

Anyway, don’t worry about it; sooner or later, this fatty will realize his changes. Just keep an eye on him," Chen Xiao spoke earnestly: "Alright, all of you, stop looming around, I need rest... Ah, juggling world-saving and dealing with neighbor issues is exhausting."