Old Domain Bizarre

Chapter 21 Special Function
"What can I exchange it for?" Zhang Wenda's heart was pounding. If only he had some special ability to remove the rules, that would be great. Even if he didn't have that, pain immunity would be fine too!
He never expected that the rabbit would give him such a big gift; he would definitely thank her properly next time they met.

"Pay first, 10 yuan." The withered hand, which looked like a monster, reached out from behind the counter again and slowly opened.

Zhang Wenda stared silently at the 2.47 yuan in his hand. He hadn't expected this to happen; even with the ticket, he still needed money. "That money isn't enough. Can I make a down payment first?"

"You're wasting my time! Go ask your parents for it!" An extremely impatient voice rang out, and the special ability ticket was thrown out of the counter like trash.

"Sigh." Zhang Wenda stuffed the special ability ticket back into his pocket and began to worry about how to raise the money.

"A fried dough stick costs 1 cent, a steamed bun costs 2 cents, and a lollipop costs 25 cents. So 10 yuan is not a small amount." Zhang Wenda never expected that he would be stumped by 10 yuan.

He currently has a total of 2.47 yuan in savings, of which 2 yuan was earned by risking his life. In other words, he would have to risk his life four times to save enough money to exchange for superpowers.

But where do you find so many opportunities to risk your life?
After thinking it over, Zhang Wenda thought of the chubby boy from a wealthy family, and he immediately turned around and walked towards his house.

Thirty minutes later, he arrived at the other party's building.

"Mouse! You're here! Did you come to play with me?" Pan Dongzi's face was full of enthusiasm.

"No, I came to borrow money from you." Faced with Zhang Wenda's bluntness, the chubby boy's face immediately scrunched up like a steamed bun.

"How much to borrow?"

"15 yuan."

"What?!" Seeing the fat man's eyes wide with surprise, Zhang Wenda lowered his standards slightly.

"Not that many, 7 yuan will do, I'll figure out the rest myself."

"Don't even mention 7 yuan, I don't even have 7 cents now!"

"Don't give me that. I know you're rich. You never stopped talking back in school."

Little Fatty quickly covered Zhang Wenda's mouth guiltily. He looked around his house and whispered, "I took those things secretly from my dad's counter. He found out a few days ago and beat me terribly."

Then Zhang Wenda saw Pan Dongzi roll up his sleeves and show him the Seven Wolves tattoo on his arm.

"Now, let alone getting money, I don't even have the right to approach the counter."

Seeing Zhang Wenda's speechless expression, Pan Dongzi asked, "Are you short of money right now?"

"Yes."

"Then I'll introduce you to my sister. You can help her tidy up her room and clean, and you'll get 2 cents for that. If you also do a massage and laundry, you can get 5 cents."

Zhang Wenda didn't even consider these harsh conditions. "Sigh, your sister is really a capitalist..."

At this moment, Zhang Wenda couldn't help but feel troubled. Without the fat man as a way, how was he supposed to get a huge sum of 7.5 yuan?

"Hey, by the way, does my deskmate, the one with the glasses, have money?"

"You mean Yang Shu? No, I heard his parents were both laid off."

"If all else fails, we'll be beasts of burden. It's not like we haven't done it before. Fatty, let's go to the Children's Palace." Zhang Wenda didn't believe that the Children's Palace was always this dangerous. Each time, the five cents would accumulate quickly.

"I can't go. The teacher said that we can only go to the Children's Palace once a week." The fat man's words added another layer of gloom to Zhang Wenda's heart.

Just as he was still thinking, a familiar black shadow flashed by in the distance.

Zhang Wenda frowned, suddenly feeling a sense of threat.

"Come on, let's get out of here first." Zhang Wenda grabbed the fat man and started walking forward.

"Where are we going?" the fat man asked, somewhat surprised.

"Take me to the lollipop shop first, I want to buy some candy."

Soon, led by Xiao Pang, Zhang Wenda arrived at a small shop with a very old-fashioned feel. A plaque hung above the shop with three large characters: Supply and Marketing Cooperative. The counter of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative was still very high, as high as that of Xinhua Bookstore.

Fortunately, he wasn't alone this time. After he rode on the fat man's shoulders, he finally saw a hand bigger than himself among the dazzling array of snacks.

Behind his hand was a khaki-colored military uniform, standing in the darkness like a Leshan Giant Buddha.

Zhang Wenda only saw these parts; the rest of his hand was hidden in the darkness, from which came the faint sound of opera singing.

Zhang Wenda was stunned by the scene. It wasn't until he heard a deep voice from the darkness asking what he wanted to buy that he realized what was going on and said, "Uh... I want to buy four lollipops."

Although he is short of money now, he should still save where he can and spend where he can. He should keep a few more lollipops, the kind of big red medicine that can quickly heal wounds, especially after experiencing Song Jianguo and realizing that the world is not safe.

Faced with the two yuan bill that Zhang Wenda extended, the huge hand rose up and pressed down on Zhang Wenda like Mount Tai.

Just as Zhang Wenda almost instinctively leaned back, the hand rapidly shrank, eventually growing back to about three times the size of a normal palm before taking the money from Zhang Wenda's hand.

"It's not good for kids to eat sweets, they'll get cavities. You can only buy three a day."

Before Zhang Wenda could speak, the money and three lollipops were shoved back into his hand, and he was kicked out.

"What rule? There's a limit to the number of lollipops?" Zhang Wenda looked at the lollipop in his hand, somewhat amused and exasperated.

Just as he was about to put the lollipop in his pocket, he saw the little fat boy's drooling, greedy look.

"Son, here you go." Zhang Wenda handed him one.

"Mouse, thank you!" Pan Dongzi took it and happily popped it into his mouth.

"Don't just focus on eating. Let me ask you, do you know anything about special abilities?" Before the wound could even appear, Zhang Wenda stuffed the candy into his mouth.

Under the influence of sugar, both other injuries sustained at the youth center and newly acquired injuries are slowly healing.

Since he couldn't get any money for the time being, he decided to try to gather information from the local population first.

"I know! I have special abilities!!"

"You have?!" Zhang Wenda was shocked. Could it be that this fat guy next to him had been pretending to be weak while secretly being strong all along?

“Yes, I have some!” Pan Dongzi said decisively, a candy dangling from his mouth.

Seeing that Zhang Wenda didn't believe him, he immediately became anxious, covered his eyes and said, "Just use your fingers to show any number."

"what?"

"Listen to me, you gesture a number! Don't tell me."

When Zhang Wenda held up four fingers on one hand, the fat man, who was covering his eyes with both hands, turned his body to the side, shook his ear in his direction, and said, "It's four, right?"

The fat man lowered his hand, looked at Zhang Wenda smugly, and said, "This is my special ability: I can read with my ears! Isn't that amazing?"

Zhang Wenda was speechless. "What a useless special ability..."

Upon hearing this, the chubby boy immediately became anxious, "How could it be useless! Only I can do this kind of thing!"

"Then why don't I use my eyes to see?"

"Uh... um..."

Just as Pan Dongzi was stammering and remaining silent, Zhang Wenda suddenly pulled him aside to hide.
Leaning against the corner of the wall, Zhang Wenda warily watched a furtive black cat head on a distant rooftop.

"This woman is relentless! Does she really think I'm easy to bully?"

Seeing that this black cat was clearly sent by Song Jianguo, Zhang Wenda felt a surge of anger.

(End of this chapter)