Quadruple split.

Chapter 2419 The world of adults

Game time AM08:15
Free City, Nightless Zone, Bella Street No. 13, Cafe [Day ]

"Sister Theresa~"

The black-haired loli who had been shopping with Taobao at Anka Market in the northwest continent not long ago and was now serving as a temporary liaison officer in this small cafe said vaguely while sipping her milk tea, "The temporary worker team 'Jam' has completed the mission and driven the target to the sewer."

After saying that, the short-haired girl with the game ID of 'Maleficent Lolita Special Type', wearing a large cape that didn't fit her well, a black ribbon on her head that looked like horns, and a water-blue gem brooch on her chest, jumped down from the chair lightly, trotted behind the counter, and stood on tiptoe to hold a jar of sugar cubes that was about to be broken.

"Ugh!"

At the same time, because of the wide turn, she almost knocked over the candy jar. Although she was already 19 years old, she was so petite that she looked like a middle school student. She had a pair of watery light gray eyes, and her beautiful flaxen long hair was braided into three braids. Her skin was so fair that it could be called dazzling. She was studying at the Danu Military Academy in [Academy City]. On the surface, she was an intern at the [Seventh Day] Cafe, but in fact, she was Theresa Tarosa of the public welfare organization Joker [Ace of Hearts]. She shuddered, and when she noticed that the candy jar was not knocked over by her, she breathed a sigh of relief and said to the girl in a soft voice: "Thank you, little Marlene."

"Sister Witch is so clumsy~"

The little girl grinned and proudly said with her hands on her hips, "Marin, I have been helping my mother with housework since kindergarten! So don't worry, sister. Even if you accidentally mess up the whole store like you did yesterday, I will definitely not be able to help you clean it up!"

"Eh?"

Unable to understand the logic of this little girl's language, Theresa was stunned for about a second, and then she hesitated and said, "You...you can't clean it up either?"

"Yeah! Xiaogan always says that Marlene is clumsy! Marlene thinks so too!"

Maleficent, dressed as a little witch, raised her chin and boasted confidently, then lowered her head in frustration: "But I don't seem to be as clumsy as the witch, which makes me sad."

Theresa hung her head in even greater frustration: "I think I'm the one who should be sad..."

"By the way, witch sister!"

Little Marlene climbed onto the bar using her hands and feet, and knelt in front of Theresa like a cute kitten, asking curiously, "And then?"

"Then?"

Theresa was slightly stunned and asked in confusion: "What then?"

"What should I do next?"

Little Marlene pointed to a dialog box that was right in the center of her field of vision but that Theresa couldn't see. "It seems like my sister isn't paying attention to this mission at all. She didn't even ask me to give instructions to the people over there!"

Theresa finally understood what the girl meant. She smiled awkwardly and whispered, "After all, I really don't have much to say. The plans and arrangements have already been sent to them. As long as everyone follows the previously planned content, there is basically no need for me to take care of too much."

"Hmm! This is the kind of ladylike temperament that is effortless and at ease! It seems that I am still far from it!"

For some reason, her admiration for Theresa went up a notch. With little stars in her eyes, she waved her fist to cheer herself up. Then she pursed her lips and said with tears in her eyes, "But her future is already bleak!"

When Theresa saw Loli pretending to cry, she immediately tried to comfort her in a panic, saying, "Oh, little Marlene, you think too much. Didn't you tell me before that you were a regular employee? I remember that the regularization rate of our [Joker] is very low. I heard from Senior Foster that it seems to be only 3% or 5%. You are so amazing that you were a regular employee at such a young age."

Little Marlene pouted and said with a face full of grievance: "But but, I was clearly at the [Reserve Five of Spades] before, but after this evaluation, it became the [Three of Clubs]! Three is much smaller than five!"

Theresa gently poked the girl's cheek and said softly, "Don't say that. I specifically asked Sister Lian to find out. You are not just an ordinary three of clubs, but a three of clubs with a 'face'."

"Are you lucky?"

Little Marlene blinked and asked curiously, "What do you mean? Do you mean you have a lot of face?"

"If I remember correctly, although all cards starting from seven only have one position, there are many people who play hearts, spades, clubs, and three to six of diamonds."

Theresa glanced at the small clock in the corner of the bar, and then continued to coax the child: "For example, the 'Jam' team you just contacted, they should all be 'Three of Spades', right?"

Little Marlene nodded slightly, puffing her cheeks and saying, "Yes, in the end, I was just like those people, three, and I didn't even have spades!"

"You can't say that. I heard that although the senior changed the suit of your preparatory period and the number became three, your Three of Clubs is unique."

Theresa walked around the counter and walked towards the milk tea that Little Marlene had dropped on the opposite low table, smiling and saying, "Do you remember the card you showed me before? It's the three of clubs with the word "little witch" engraved on the back of the card. It's the only one of its kind, which means that you are the one that we, the Jokers, truly recognize...ah!!"

With a slight cry, Theresa Tarosa, who could turn into a charming and devilish flower in front of the sandbox but had a disaster of athletic ability in daily life, slipped without tripping, bumping, stepping on or touching anything, and fell on the carpet in an extremely embarrassed manner.

By the way, when I first bought "Seventh Day", there were no carpets here. After all, the chestnut wood flooring, which has the functions of repelling insects, refreshing the mind and invigorating the brain, is already very high-end. There is no need to invest in a bunch of carpets that are not as valuable as the flooring.

However, less than a week had passed since the Queen and Ace of Hearts from Academy City came over, and Ms. Ai Vanye, the person in charge of the Free City side of Harlequin, directly spent a large sum of money to purchase a batch of low-key, comfortable, waterproof, dirt-resistant, and even therapeutic Thunder Beast leather blankets for Seventh Day. The reason was that Theresa's catastrophic motor nerves caused her to bump into things several times a day. Breaking things was a small matter, but if this precious Ace of Hearts, whose personal strength was proportional to her motor nerves, was accidentally injured, even if it was just a scratch, it would be absolutely unacceptable to Ai!
"Woo..."

As expected, based on the eternal truth that you get what you pay for, Theresa, who fell down in a mess, was not injured. As for her sensitive and delicate self-esteem, she had already developed antibodies in related fields over the years. So even if there was someone watching from behind, as long as that person was not Hei Fan, the girl would not be so ashamed that she wanted to find a hole to crawl into.

"Where's Sister Lian?"

After a few days of getting along, little Marlene, who had gotten used to this scene, was not frightened at all. She just showed an expression of "as expected, everyone has things they are not good at" when Theresa fell, and asked curiously: "If she were here, she would definitely help you up in advance, witch sister."

"I...I'm fine..."

Theresa struggled to stand up and said something stubbornly in a low voice, then picked up little Marlene's milk tea and walked back to the bar, saying in a sweet tone, "Sister Lian, she should have gone back to her hometown."

"go back home?"

Little Marlene, who didn't know that her own Queen of Hearts was actually the eldest daughter of a first-rate assassin organization, the Angel of Death, was stunned for a moment and asked curiously, "Why do you want to go back home at this time?"

"It should be to avoid suspicion. Miss Fanye told me before that I am the one who will be doing the internship this time. As for Sister Lian, although she is also one of us, at least at this stage, it is best not to use her power."

Theresa blinked and tilted her head as she recalled, "So Sister Lian finally decided to go back to her hometown on the day of the operation. Hehe, she said at first that she was worried about me. This time she was willing to go back, it must be because she saw my growth!" Little Malin thought about it and hesitated, "I think the reason why Sister Lian was so relieved was mainly because she found that Sister Xiao Ai could take good care of you... well, take good care of us."

Theresa: “…”

She had to admit that what the girl in front of her said made a lot of sense and she was completely speechless.

Theresa actually had some guesses about the reason why Xiao Ai didn't want Lian to get involved in this operation, which was that the strength and status of the Harlequins were far inferior to those of the Death Angels. Although Lian was an official member of the Harlequins, she had been trained intensively since she was a child and had reached the level of an epic assassin at a young age. If she took action, it would probably be directly understood as the Harlequins trying to curry favor with her, and she would be looked down upon by others.

As for the reason why Lian didn't want to leave here before, it was naturally because she was worried about herself who was clumsy and couldn't even cook. And the reason why she suddenly changed her mind and cooperated with Xiao Ai... Theresa felt that what Maleficent said was very good and there was no need for her to add more.

"lets change a topic."

Thinking that the little girl was even younger than herself, Theresa, whose face was a little hot, immediately decided to change the subject. After stuffing the milk tea to little Marlene, she suggested: "Why don't you ask your good friend what's going on over there?"

"Good friend? Xiaogan?"

Little Marlene blinked, then said angrily, "We are not good friends. That guy only knows how to irritate me. He knew that I was very unhappy because I only got the 'Three of Spades', but he still boasted that he refused the position of the Five of Spades. I hate Little Gump the most!"

"I think that kid is a nice guy."

Theresa smiled, then suddenly lowered her voice and asked in Marlene's ear: "By the way, the place that my sister asked you to find out before, the place that brother Gandalf wanted to go is indeed..."

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"To the north of the Holy Land is a city called... um, Mop Duck or something. He went to look for his idol."

Maleficent's Lolita transformation sneered and snorted, "But I saw it at a glance. He must have thought that since that Hei Fan brother was causing trouble in the north, his dream lover might follow him there. Men are like this. They say one thing and think another. They are so bad!"

“Hei Fan…”

Having received an advance of the "internship reward" from Little Marlene, which was a general idea of ​​the situation on Hei Fan's side, Theresa was distracted for a moment, then she smiled and pointed at the beautiful aqua blue brooch on the girl's clothes: "Then why do you still carry the things given by the bad guys every day?"

"That wasn't a gift from Xiao Gan. Someone forced him to buy it for me. It's Marlene's trophy!"

The girl proudly raised her head and chest, put her hands on her hips and said, "Marin is amazing!"

"Yeah, little Marlene is amazing."

"Hey hey hey."

"Can you take it off and let me take a look at it?"

"Ah... this... no... that's not going to work..."

"Why not?"

"Because this was a gift Xiao Gan bought for someone, and that person was so happy that he accidentally said he wanted to wear it all the time..."

"Pfft."

"What are you laughing at, witch sister?"

"I'm laughing at you being cute."

"Yes, yes!"

"Yes, yes~"

……

"That guy is super difficult and not cute at all."

During his time in Academy City, he was briefly a non-staff Five of Hearts, but in the end, he was still a precocious boy who was the olive branch of the Harlequin card. He was a boy who left a deep impression on Mortan with his talent of General M. The elf wizard whose game ID was Young Gandalf sighed and complained to the young man next to him: "She is unruly, childish, and sentimental. I am so unlucky to have anything to do with her."

"It sounds like you guys have a good relationship."

The on-site person in charge of this [firefighting operation], the handsome butler Cole Shulen, who was usually inseparable from Ms. Ai Fanye, smiled and asked casually, "So you contacted her and asked the girl to tell Ms. Ace of Hearts that we have finished the job here?"

"I told you."

Young Gandalf nodded, looking at the flames blazing in front of him at No. 2 Bella Street, and asked casually, "So how long have you been planning this? I remember you were drinking with the deputy leader of the Fire Demon Mercenaries yesterday, how come you suddenly destroyed their lair?"

Cole, who was half in the shadows, slowly raised his hand and wiped the red stain from the edge of the dagger. He answered casually, "Because there are too many people with ulterior motives on this street."

"Oh, I see. What you mean is that this [Fire Demon Mercenary Group] has been harboring ill intentions towards you for a long time. This attack was just a preemptive strike by the victim after they knew their situation?"

"No."

"what?"

"What I mean is that since everyone has ulterior motives, people who are too naive will seem out of place. The Bella Street Residents Committee is a community of shared destiny for us, so the sooner the discordant melody is removed, the better."

"Hiss, is this the world of adults?"

“This is the world of adults.”

Chapter 2410: The End