Chapter 287

Tee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee!
An alarm went off.
Sigh
Ming Hu was sleeping soundly when he was awakened by the sound of his alarm clock. He reached over and turned off the alarm, then stared at the ceiling for a moment.
“Hmph.”
Staring up at the ceiling, Ming Hu woke up with a short yawn and got out of bed, warming up with some simple stretches before checking his phone.
“I’d better get in there.”
When I checked my phone, I saw a text from Delay with a missed call. She asked him to log in first. Myung-hoo thought he had to get in, so he drank some water to quench his thirst and got ready to connect.
“Let’s go in.”
After getting everything ready with a trip to the restroom, Ming Hu entered the capsule and accessed ‘Legend’.
Siaak
“…?”
After logging in, I couldn’t help but marvel at what I saw.
“What is this guy?
He could see the back of someone translucent, right in front of him.
“Assassin?
To be translucent is to be in hiding, and this was a bedroom. The assassin was obvious, no matter how you looked at it.
Sigh
Ming Hu immediately reached out and stuck his fist into the translucent back of the assassin.
Puck!
“Billion!”
As soon as the fist made contact, the assassin flinched violently and let out a groan of pain. At the same time, the assassin’s translucent body became clearly visible.
[You attacked NPC ’32’].
[Enter hostilities with NPC ’32’].
[You have killed the Assassin NPC].
[Increases your reputation by 150].
Hairsplitting
With that message, Assassin 32 fell to the ground. Like Assassin 37, Assassin 32 falls to the ground and turns to light, disappearing.
Once Room 32 was gone, Ming Hu looked around the bedroom once more, wondering if there were more. He thought to himself. There was no sign of anyone else in the bedroom.
Jumbled
After confirming that no one was inside the bedroom, Ming Hu walked out of the bedroom.
“Where is it?
Outside, Ming Hu shook his head as he saw no delay.
-To Delay: Where are you?
Eventually, Ming Hu whispered something to Jie.
-Delay: You’re online, aren’t you? I’m at the costume shop near the palace.
-Dear Jiyun: Near the imperial palace?
-Delay: Yeah, if you come out and walk a little bit to the left, there’s a three-story building there.
-To Delay: I’ll be right there.
After hearing the location of the outfitter’s shop from Yi Jian, Ming Hu finished his whispering and once again went from room to room, checking for any lurking assassins.
“Are they coming one by one?
All the rooms were checked, but no one was in sight. After confirming that there were no assassins, Myung-Hoo left the room and headed to the clothing store that Ji-Yeon had told him about.
“Minghu, here!”
As he exited the palace and walked to the left, Ming Hu turned his head to look toward the source of the voice at the sound of Jian Chen’s voice in his ear. In the distance, Jian Chen was smiling and waving. As Ming Hu walked toward her, he saw the building behind her. It was indeed a luxurious-looking building.
“Did you buy it already?”
Soon arriving in front of the building, Ming Hu looked at Jie Yi and said, “I’m sorry. Jian Chen was wearing clothes that he had never seen before, but it looked like he had bought them this time.
“Yeah, you okay?”
“It’s pretty.”
Ming Hu smiled in response to her question. Ming Hu was right, the clothes she bought were indeed beautiful. Or, to be more precise, it wasn’t the clothes that were beautiful, but her face and body that made the clothes look beautiful.
“Hehe.”
Ming Hu’s words made Jian Chen smile broadly. Ming Hu smiled back, and Ming Hu smiled in return.
“Did you buy all your clothes?”
“I’ve bought all my clothes, shouldn’t you buy some?”
At Delay’s words, Ming Hu glanced at his appearance. Maltario’s Leather Armor, Blitzkrieg’s Knuckles, Santurth’s Shoes, they all had a ton of options, but together they didn’t look very good.
“Is this the right outfit to wear?”
He asked, but Ming Hu already knew the answer.
“A little…”
“I don’t have much time, so I’m going to buy it.”
“Hehe, I saw it coming!”
“Really?”
So Minghu and Jiejie walked into the costume shop.
“Welcome.”
As I walked into the costume shop, the owner approached me with a smile.
“Can you get me what I was talking about earlier?”
“Yes, please wait!”
Hearing the delay, the dressmaker turned back the way he came. A short time later, he reappeared with a bundle of clothes in each hand.
“…What about those clothes.
When Ming Hu saw the clothes, he was a little overwhelmed. There were more clothes than he thought there would be. The general store owner hung the clothes he had brought on the rack in front of Ming Hu and Jie Yi, and then spoke.
“I’ll get the rest in a minute.”
With that, the general store owner went back the way he came to get the clothes.
“What, wasn’t that the end?
Watching the general store owner’s back as he walked away to get the clothes, Ming Hu turned his head to look at Jian Chen. Her gaze was fixed on the clothes on the rack, her eyes shining brightly as she looked at them.
“How about this one and this one?”
She took out a red shirt and a best embroidered with black roses from the rack and handed it to Ming Hu. After receiving the clothes, Ming Hu put on the shirt first. Then he put on the vest. Then he looked in the mirror next to him.
“That’s fine.
I don’t know how it looked to others, but it looked pretty good to Ming Hu. Ming Hu looked at Jie Li, but Jie Li was looking at Ming Hu with a subtle expression.
“…?”
Ming Hu was puzzled by Delay’s reaction, and for a moment Delay shook his head slightly and reached for the rack again.
“…”
Ming Hu felt an inexplicable sense of unease the moment Jie reached for the rack. His anxiety soon became a reality.
“Would you like to try this on?”
“This also looks good, but don’t you think it would look better with this?”
“This looks better, doesn’t it?”
As if he were the protagonist of a game of dress-up, Ming Hu began to wear the clothes that Delay handed him without stopping.
“…ha.
Ming Hu sighed inwardly as he donned the garment that Jie Li had handed him. It wasn’t physically demanding, since he’d only had to press the button to put it on in the first place, but it was mentally taxing.
“I think that’s the one…
Ming Hu compared what he was wearing now to what he had worn just moments ago. It didn’t look like there was any difference at all, but not in Jie’s eyes.
“Try this on.”
Jie Yi handed him the clothes again. Ming Hu took the clothes and thought.
“I’m going to be late.
There was still a bit of time before the party started, but at the rate Delay was going, even that was unlikely to be enough. Ming Hu said as he put on the clothes Delay had given him.
“Delay, we’re going to be late.”
“Oh, right. We should go to the party.”
At Ming Hu’s words, Jie Li replied with a wistful look. He then looked back and forth between Ming Hu and the clothes with a wistful expression.
“…”
Ming Hu couldn’t say anything in response to Jian Chen’s words and expression, only a bitter smile.
“Excuse me.”
Ming Hu turned his attention away from Jie Yi, who was looking at the clothes with a wistful expression, and called for the shopkeeper.
“Yes.”
The costume shopkeeper, who was waiting nearby, quickly approached. Ming Hu turned away from the shopkeeper and pointed to the clothes hanging on the rack.
“How much for what I’m wearing and all those things combined?”
“…”
Ming Hu’s words left the costume shop owner speechless for a moment.
“Is that all?”
The costume shop owner opened his mouth to speak, looking puzzled. Ming Hu nodded his head.
“Okay, let’s do some math.”
Ming Hu nodded, and the costume shop owner swallowed hard and approached the rack.
“You’re going to buy them all?”
Delay asked.
“Yeah, I don’t have time right now, but I’ll try it on later.”
Jie Yi, who had been looking disappointed at Myung Hu’s words, looked at the hanging rack with a glazed look in his eyes.
“I…”
In the meantime, the owner of the costume shop approached to check out.
“The math is done. I’ve added up the cost of the clothes on the rack and the clothes you’re wearing…”
The costume shop owner was speechless. He had a puzzled look on his face and seemed reluctant to tell me the price.
“How much?”
Ming Hu asked the costume shopkeeper, who was speechless. The costume shopkeeper, who looked confused by Ming Hu’s question, cautiously opened his mouth to speak.
“That’s… 35,000 gold.”
“35,000 gold?
At the costume shop owner’s words, Ming Hu turned his head and looked at the clothes on the racks.
“That lot is only 35,000 gold?
Remembering the clothes he had purchased when he entered the palace before, Ming Hu thought that they were cheaper than he thought and opened his inventory, pulling out 35,000 gold. The amount of gold was so large that it immediately went into his pocket. Ming Hu handed the pouch with the 35,000 gold to the costume shopkeeper and said, “I’ll take it.
“Here.”
“…What?”
The costume shopkeeper looked at his pockets as if he didn’t understand what Ming Hu was talking about. Then Ming Hu continued.
“You said 35,000 gold? Calculate.”
“…!”
At Ming Hu’s words, the costume shopkeeper looked at the pouch containing 35,000 gold in astonishment.
After handing over the pouch to the shopkeeper, Ming Hu walked over to the rack and began loading the clothes. He didn’t get any prompts as he did the math. When all the clothes were in, Ming Hu closed the inventory and looked at the delay.
“Let’s go.”
“Yes!”
Minghu and Jie walked straight out of the costume shop. The shopkeeper, who had been staring at his pockets, came to his senses and shouted out as Minghu and Jiejie left.
“Oh, goodbye!”