My Strange Tale Love Strategy Simulator

During class, Zhang Ying held a pen in one hand and stared at the review materials, but his mind was not on reviewing at all.

"The lock on the principal's office door is an old-fashioned mechanical lock. You can easily find courses on how to pick this type of lock online. Learning how to pick a lock isn't difficult; the challenge is how to avoid the security cameras in the principal's office."

"There are three security cameras in the corridor outside the principal's office, capturing the entire corridor without any blind spots. There are also at least two cameras in the principal's office and the archives room. It would be virtually impossible to sneak into the archives room to check the files under so many cameras."

"Unless we find a way to hack the security cameras in the principal's office area."

Zhang Ying held the pen between his middle finger and thumb, unconsciously pressing down with his middle finger as he looked at the textbook in front of him, his brows furrowed.

"Is it too late for me to learn coding now? Even putting aside whether I can learn it or not, there's practically no one online teaching how to do it."

"Hmm, how about we ask my cousin? Maybe he has a friend who can help."

After school, Zhang Ying declined the enthusiastic invitations from her classmates and left school alone to go home.

When Zhang's mother opened the door, she was stunned to see Zhang Ying's appearance.

"What were you doing these past two days while I was away on a business trip? I just went to import two potted plants, and now my son looks like an imported baby!"

Zhang Ying's lips twitched. "Your son is growing up fast, it's normal for him to change every day."

"So teenagers grow up so fast." Zhang's mother nodded thoughtfully, took out her phone from her apron, put one arm around Zhang Ying's head, and took a picture of the two of them with her phone.

"I need to keep this record so that I can look at this photo and reminisce when you throw a tantrum or rebel in the future."

"...I have a feeling that this is a flag coming up."

After taking a shower and leaving the bathroom, Zhang Ying went straight to his room to search for tutorials on how to pick an old-fashioned mechanical lock with a steel wire.

Finally, I ordered a safety pin and a single tube online.

"It doesn't look difficult, but I don't know how it will be to get started."

Next comes the important part: he opened the green bubble and sent a message to his cousin.

"Hey cousin, how have you been lately?"

AAA's Dog Captain: "What's up, little bro? Thanks to you, my path to a permanent position is now completely smooth. As soon as I graduate, I'll be able to get in through special recruitment. I'm really smug now!"

No wonder my cousin changed his name. Seeing that my cousin was in a good mood, Zhang Ying replied, "Congratulations, cousin!"

AAA Dog-Taming Team Leader: "Enough of that, little bro. Knowing you never come here without a reason, just say it, what do you want?"

"Cousin, you have a good eye. Well then, I won't waste time with pleasantries. I just wanted to ask if you have any hacker friends?"

AAA Dog-Taming Team Leader: "..."

AAA Dog-Taming Captain: "Cousin, wait, who are you? When did you get my WeChat? Sorry, I don't add strangers, I'm deleting you."

Is it cut that fast?

Zhang Ying grinned and immediately replied, "Cousin! Have you forgotten our friendship?"

"Little brother! It's not that I don't want to help you! I just really don't want to get kicked off the political review!"

"Cousin, I definitely won't hold you back!"

"That won't do! You're testing my limits!"

"Can't you be a little more flexible about your bottom line?"

"Make an exception? There's no room for leniency on the bottom line of the law!"

"Your dad was driving under the influence back then, but my dad was the primary driver! My dad was even detained because of your dad!"

"If you keep doing this, I'm cutting ties with my dad! Don't push me!"

Zhang Ying looked at the message his cousin sent and sighed helplessly. Even his own father was willing to sever ties; it seemed this matter had truly affected his cousin. He really couldn't very well press him for answers himself.

"Since you've put it that way, then never mind. Goodbye, cousin."

"Sorry, little brother. Remember to obey the law, buddy!"

After turning off the green bubble, Zhang Ying leaned back in his chair, looking embarrassed. Even his cousin couldn't help him, so who could?

Does he really have to hire a hacker online to help him?

Just as he was racking his brains, a message popped up at the top of his phone.

"Network connection failed. Please check if you have paid your bill."

"No internet?" Zhang Ying shouted towards the door, "Mom, are you out of credit? Why is there no internet?"

"Huh? Maybe the card I used to pay my phone bill is out of money. Let me pay it!"

Hearing his mother's reply and seeing the exclamation mark on the network signal, Zhang Ying hissed and suddenly remembered something.

He activated his eerie eye and looked at the shadow behind him.

"Little Black, are you asleep?"

Little Black, who lived in his shadow, poked half its head out, and a line of black characters floated down from the roof:

What are you trying to do? You already owe me nine promises...

"Nine promises are nothing! I'll agree to a hundred promises if you can help me!"

【…】

Little Black seemed to sense something unrealistic about the promises being made.

What do you need my help with?

"Let's do an experiment together first."

Zhang Ying gestured for Xiao Hei to approach his phone. Xiao Hei emerged from the shadows and enveloped the phone with its body.

Zhang Ying closed his Ghost Eye and stared at his phone. Thin colored lines appeared on the screen, followed by a garbled display. After a while, the phone completely crashed and went black.

He told Xiao Hei to remove the phone, and the phone instantly returned to normal.

"Little Black! You're practically my god!"

Two days later, the package Zhang Ying bought arrived.

He took the pins and hooks and started testing his lock on his house. With the help of his psychic eyes, he could see the internal structure of the lock clearly.

He quickly figured out the trick and easily pried open his own door lock.

"We've added another useful skill to our skill set."

As soon as the school bell rang on Thursday, Zhang Ying, contrary to his usual behavior, was the first to walk out of the school gate and left the school under the watchful eyes of the security guard.

After these past few days of transmission, his reputation at school has actually declined, and at least 50% of people are now paying attention to him. Staying at school will only draw more attention to him.

After leaving the school gate, he randomly found a food stall and stayed there until 6:50. After sending his mother a message saying that he had something to do that night and would be home late, he left the food stall.

Zhang Ying walked out of a secluded alley, changed into a tight-fitting black outfit, wore sunglasses and a mask, and arrived at the dog hole in the back wall of the school.

Because he had become stronger, it became extremely difficult for him to crawl through the dog hole. He used all his strength to pull his back half, which was stuck in the hole, out of the hole, and he was covered in dust.

"If I ever get the chance, I'll definitely make this dog hole even bigger!"

Once inside the school, he activated his Eerie Eyes and carefully avoided the range of the surrounding cameras. To avoid attracting the attention of the security guards, he didn't let Xiao Hei move at that moment.

Upon reaching the fourth floor, Zhang Ying leaned against the wall in the stairwell and summoned Xiao Hei, who was hiding in the shadows.

"Little Black, get ready to attack!"