Last Totem Novel - Chapter 130
Chapter 130 Service
After leaving the office, Tie Zha drove his motorcycle back to the academy. Just as the car was parked in the Bamboo Cage Street dormitory area, his communicator rang. When he opened it, he saw that it was an unfamiliar number. It was probably someone that Elder Ebony had arranged for him.
“Hello ~ Is this Brother Tie?” A slightly shrill male voice came from the receiver. Tie Zha said yes, and the other party first said a few polite words, and then asked him to meet him in the cafeteria of Bamboo Cage Street.
A few minutes later, Tie Zha arrived at the entrance of the dining hall. He crossed his hands in front of his chest and pretended to be waiting for someone.
Not long after, a boy with fair skin and small glasses walked over. When the boy saw Tie Zha, he immediately cried out, “Deflated cover, deflated cover.”
Tie Zha turned his head and narrowed his eyes to look at the small glasses. His gaze was filled with an icy coldness. Even though he didn’t know what “shriveled lid” meant, it was definitely a curse.
“Deflated cover!” Eyeglasses shouted unyieldingly. Then, she stood with her hands crossed over her chest and looked left and right. She looked like she was waiting for someone else.
“Are you waiting for someone?” Tie Zha suddenly asked.
“Shriveled lid, love to understand Wangtespike Buddhist Essence, ok?” Eyeglasses was dumbfounded as soon as she finished speaking. He seemed to have remembered something. He looked at Tie Zha first, then at the surroundings. Then, he stuttered and asked, “You … you are … Brother Tie … Brother Tie?”
Tie Zha nodded.
“Nice to meet you … Nice to meet you!” Little glasses immediately filled with smiles as they stretched out their hands towards the iron slag. Tie Zha narrowed his eyes, as if he didn’t see the hand stretching out. He still kept his hands crossed in front of his chest.
Seeing this, Little Eyeglasses retracted her hand in embarrassment. Then, she raised her thumb and praised, “Brother Tie is really cool. He’s really a man. He’s domineering and magnanimous!”
“Is that so?” Iron Slag asked calmly.
“It was a misunderstanding just now. It was definitely a misunderstanding, a beautiful misunderstanding.” Little Eyeglasses said literally.
“Tell me about your situation.” Tie Zha ordered impolitely.
“Yes, sir!” Eyeglasses straightened her chest and gave a crooked military salute to the iron slag, then introduced herself.
His name was Bai Xiaoyun. He came from the White Snake Tribe of the Ancient Temple’s Spirit Snake bloodline. There were four people in his family. They were him, his father, his mother, and his brother. Currently, he had been studying in the academy for three years. The first year was the sacrifice of the temple, and the second and third years were self-financed.
He went on to explain that when they met that day in the canteen, he was working part-time for the canteen, cleaning up the tableware, and cleaning the table. Only then did he have a small misunderstanding.
“You’re not a noble. Why do you speak noble language all day long?” Tie Zha asked with a frown.
“Practice. I’m afraid I’ll forget if I don’t say it.” Bai Xiaoyun replied with an apologetic smile.
“What did the elder say to you?” Tie Zha asked. This time, he had to ask more clearly, so as not to be like Qin Ke’er.
“Elder Ebony said that from today onwards, I will be Brother Tie’s orderly. I will do whatever Brother Tie asks me to do. I will be on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Whether it is Blade Mountain, Flame Sea, or Bottomless Abyss, I, Bai Xiaoyun, will follow Brother Tie.” Eyeglasses said plausibly.
“Really?” Iron Slag asked in disbelief.
“Yes!” Eyeglasses nodded solemnly and continued, “Elder Ebony said that he will treat him as a ‘Serpent Warrior’. He will send his salary to our family every month. If I die in battle, I will receive a corresponding pension.”
Hearing Bai Xiaoyun’s words, Tie Zha couldn’t help but secretly sigh. Elder Ebony’s support was truly complete. Then, he asked, “Tell me what do you know?”
Bai Xiaoyun did not answer. He took out a student magnetic card from his pocket and handed it over with both of his hands. “Brother Tie, please review it,” he said.
“Move normally. Just act like an ordinary student.” Tie Zha looked around and said.
“Yeah, Milo.” “Speak human language.” “Yes, sir!” “I repeat, speak human language.” “Good, good, good. No problem. Everything is up to Brother Tie.”
A moment later, the iron slag looked up Bai Xiaoyun’s information on the dining hall’s self-service computer.
[Name: Bai Xiaoyun]
[Student No. & Communication No.: 63825874563]
[Credit: 0]
[Gold Account: 15 Gold 2 Silver]
[Rental dormitory: Room 208, Building 21, Chuk Lung Street]
[Weapons locker: None]
[Ammunition Storage Cabinet: None]
[Free courses: Sociology, Accounting, Linguistics]
[Completed Account: Linguistics (Beginner), Accounting (Beginner), Sociology (Beginner), Philosophy (Beginner) History (Beginner), Mecha Control (Beginner), Field Survival Skills (Beginner), Command (Beginner), Space Distortion (Beginner) Field Surgery (Beginner), Battlefield First Aid (Beginner), Clinical Nursing (Beginner), Human Anatomy (Beginner), Pharmacokinetics (Beginner), Pharmacodynamics (Beginner), Thermal Weapons (Beginner)
[School Motto: Light and Truth]
After reading the information, Tie Zha asked two questions. Firstly, why did he learn so many elementary subjects? According to Huang Yu, he couldn’t get any qualification certificates from Ben. Secondly, why are credits still zero after passing so many exams?
Bai Xiaoyun explained that his credits had been exchanged for gold coins. Since the White Snake Temple only gave him a year’s walk, from the second year onwards, he had only two choices. One was to return to the Far East, and the other was to study at his own expense. He chose to stay, but his family could not afford the tuition, so he could only think of a way. At that time, he found it easy to get credits in elementary subjects, so he kept registering for the exam. After three years, I haven’t passed the intermediate level subjects, but I’ve basically passed the elementary level subjects.
Currently, he had already paid his fourth year of tuition, so he could just earn his living by doing odd jobs.
After listening to Bai Xiaoyun’s narrative, Tie Zha couldn’t help but grin. The person that Elder Ebony had sent him just happened to meet his needs. Bai Xiaoyun could speak aristocratic languages and had spent three years in the academy, so he was familiar with the situation. Secondly, Bai Xiaoyun knew some ways to earn money, which was exactly what he lacked.
Seeing Tie Zha’s inexplicable smile, Bai Xiaoyun instinctively took a step back and asked in fear, “Tie … Brother Tie, what are you laughing at?”
“Dududududu” At this moment, Tie Zha’s communicator rang. She lowered her head and saw that it was Qin Ke’er’s voice communication. He was puzzled. This woman had already dragged him into the blacklist. Why did she come looking for him again? Driven by curiosity, he picked up the phone.
“Stingy, why are you like this?” Qin Ke’er’s complaining voice came from the receiver.
“What happened to me?” Iron Slag asked in a puzzled manner.
“I didn’t offend you. Why did you go to the elder to complain?” Qin Ke’er said anxiously.
“I don’t understand. Tell me more clearly.” Tie Zha asked patiently.
“You’re still pretending to be stupid. Elder Ebony cancelled my hourly salary just now. You must have complained.” Qin Ke’er said.
Hearing the other party’s insolent tone, Tie Zha did not answer and directly hung up the call. However, a few seconds later, the communicator rang again. Tie Zha frowned and directly tossed the communicator to Bai Xiaoyun, asking him to pull Qin Ke’er’s number into the blacklist.
Bai Xiaoyun took the communicator and looked at it. He suggested that Tie Zha let him answer Qin Ke’er’s call, saying that he could handle it. Iron Slag casually waved his hand, asking Bai Xiaoyun to do as he pleased.
Qin Ke’er’s impatient voice came from the receiver. “Stingy, stingy, you’re so stingy. Are you still a man?”
“Hello, I’m Brother Tie’s orderly.” Bai Xiaoyun said.
“So it’s you! Bai Xiaoyun, why did you steal my job!” Qin Ke’er said angrily.
“Miss Qin, do you still need this money?” “I won’t tell you. I want to find Zhang Tie.” “Just tell me what you need. Brother Tie isn’t free.”
“Wow! You guys bullied me!” Qin Ke’er cried out over there.
“Don’t say that. Since when did our Brother Tie bully you? Did he touch your butt or something?” Bai Xiaoyun asked.
“White Demon! Your skin is itchy, isn’t it?” Qin Ke’er threatened.
Qin Ke’er interrupted Bai Xiaoyun halfway through her words, “Miss Qin, can you be reasonable? It’s because you didn’t want this job that Elder Ebony sent me here. Our Brother Tie didn’t touch your butt, and he didn’t owe you anything? Why did he …”
“He touched it!”
“Ah?” Bai Xiaoyun raised his head in shock and looked at the iron slag. He covered the microphone and whispered, “Did you really touch it?”
Tie Zha rolled his eyes and replied unhappily, “No!”
Bai Xiaoyun nodded at Tie Zha, expressing his understanding. Then, he let go of the microphone and asked, “Did you really touch it?”
“Really!” “Are you lying to me?” “I’m not lying.” “Then how about I post on the forum on Bamboo Cage Street tonight to seek justice for you?” “You dare!”
“Since it’s the truth, what’s there to be afraid of? This is big news. All the boys in Bamboo Cage Street will complain about you tomorrow. How nice …” Bai Xiaoyun said in a long voice.
In an instant, the receiver was so angry that it gasped for breath. After a while, Qin Ke’er gritted her teeth and threatened, “White Demon, wait for me!” As soon as he finished speaking, the communication was cut off.
“Brother Tie, are you alright?” Bai Xiaoyun asked with a smile.
Thinking of Qin Ke’er stomping her feet in anger, Tie Zha smiled happily and said that she had done a good job. Afterwards, Bai Xiaoyun swore that he would handle all these troubles properly in the future.
After this episode, Tie Zha asked Bai Xiaoyun what methods he had to make money. Bai Xiaoyun said that he could do odd jobs in the dining hall, tidy up the dining table, and wash the utensils. Iron Slag shook his head and said that he wouldn’t do this. Bai Xiaoyun said that he was going to distribute leaflets outside the school. He had earned two silver coins in half a day, but the iron slag still shook his head. Then, Bai Xiaoyun suggested more than a dozen odd jobs, such as cleaning, carrying plates, standing on the streets to advertise, and so on. Iron slag all felt that it was inappropriate. Not to mention making less money, it would take a very long time.
In the end, Bai Xiaoyun said that this was no good, so he decided to go to the War God Hall to try his luck and see if he could receive a suitable mission from the academy.
Tie Zha thought the proposal was good. He had wanted to find out about the situation before, but he didn’t dare to run around because he wasn’t familiar with the place. After making up their minds, the two of them immediately set off for the Ares Temple.