Soon, Han Sumei and Yamada Aiko realized it too.
'If the work at this supermarket is so easy, why can't we do it too?'
A flicker of desire appeared in Han Sumei's eyes.
If she could earn a few hundred, or even a thousand, Shadow Coins and safely take them outside...
In the real world, that would be worth at least tens of billions!
Enough for her to live a life of luxury forever!
And the price was just working for a little while, just stocking some shelves.
Ignoring her soaking wet pants.
Her mind clouded by immense greed, Han Sumei staggered to her feet.
She swallowed hard and took the initiative to ask the Shadow Manager, "Sir... is there any other work available?"
"I don't need that much pay. Half of what she got would be fine."
"Hmm?"
The Shadow Manager watched Yun Zhenyue leave, a fawning smile still lingering on his face.
But now he turned back, only to find this rat daring to apply for a job?
'What's your status? What's your class?'
'How can you compare to that lord's wife?'
Gazing at Han Sumei, with liquid faintly trickling down her ankle, the Shadow Manager's brow furrowed. Seeing that she had dirtied the shop's floor, his good mood from before vanished into thin air.
He was in no mood to deal with her.
'Right now, the priority is to gather more information on that lord's wife.'
'See what she likes and prepare it as a gift.'
The Shadow Manager shot a look at the Shadow Cashier beside him, then said coldly, "You handle this."
"Treat her according to the shop's standard policy."
The Shadow Cashier immediately nodded and bowed upon hearing this.
Soon, the Shadow Manager returned to his office.
The Shadow Cashier, however, looked at Han Sumei with disgust. Her expression was a mix of terror and faint anticipation.
'This rat just made more work for me for no reason. I'll show her!'
At this thought, a sinister, cruel smile appeared on the Shadow Cashier's face.
He quickly suppressed the smile.
The Shadow Cashier feigned a gentle tone. "Do you also want to take some items first and work to pay for them later?"
'There's a deal this good?'
Han Sumei froze for a moment. Of course she was happy to take more things. She hadn't expected her assigned husband to be so poor that he didn't even have a single roll of toilet paper at home.
Let alone things like towels or a toothbrush.
For someone who had always been a neat freak, this was incredibly frustrating.
She turned her head, saw that Yamada Aiko was similarly tempted, and immediately rushed into the shop ahead of her, sweeping up all the remaining toilet paper.
She grabbed a ton of products, filling a large basket to the brim.
Finally, she specifically chose a bottle of toilet water to use as a substitute for perfume.
"Hmph~"
Seeing this, Yamada Aiko also went to pick out some things.
Anyway, the pay at this shop was high. The things they took were only about double what Yun Zhenyue had taken.
They calculated that it would probably take an hour of work at most to pay it off.
The two of them were still calculating in their heads.
'A shop this good... we absolutely can't let players from other countries find out about it.'
The two exchanged a silent glance.
A deep-seated greed was visible in both their eyes.
When the two returned, laden with bags big and small,
the Shadow Cashier lowered his head and calculated the price of their items.
"Your items total 109 Shadow Coins."
"And yours are 97 Shadow Coins."
"Do you want to work to pay it off?"
The Shadow Cashier asked with a smile that didn't reach his eyes.
Han Sumei heard this and said generously, "Forget the change. Just round mine up to 110 Shadow Coins."
"Can I start working now? Please arrange the job for me quickly. This many Shadow Coins should only take about an hour of work. I still have to go home to see my husband."
'So impatient?'
The Shadow Cashier licked his dry lips.
"Alright, please follow me."
He led the two of them to the shop's back door.
This was the area where they piled up the trash.
There were mountains of garbage piled up, with chunks of rotting meat strewn everywhere. All sorts of other trash littered the ground, which was completely covered in filth. Cockroaches and rats drank from several reeking puddles.
"Your job for today is to clean this area up."
Upon hearing this, both Han Sumei's and Yamada Aiko's faces turned green.
They never would have dreamed that their job would be to deal with this garbage.
For two women who were worshiped as goddesses by countless simps in the real world,
this was, without a doubt, a nightmare.
"That's not right, Sir. Isn't the job stocking shelves?" Han Sumei forced herself to ask.
Yamada Aiko hurriedly added, "And what do you mean 'job for today'? Shouldn't an hour of work be enough?"
Hearing this, the Shadow Cashier could no longer hide the coldness in his eyes.
He snorted coldly. "Who said the job was stocking shelves?"
"Work for one hour to pay off 100 Shadow Coins' worth of goods? Are you out of your minds?"
"My monthly salary is only 10 Shadow Coins."
As he spoke, his greedy gaze fell upon the two of them, his eyes glinting with killing intent.
"If you don't finish cleaning this place today, don't blame me for what happens next."
"According to my calculations, for 100 Shadow Coins plus interest, you will need to work for the Shadowy Supermarket for ten years."
"Remember to come here every morning. Otherwise... don't blame me for personally coming to your residential complex to drag you here."
"Your husbands probably don't want to anger the Shadowy Shop, do they?"
As soon as these words were spoken!
It was like a bolt from the blue!
For just a few items, they had to work for ten years?
And it was the most tiring, filthiest work imaginable!
"BLECH!"
Staring at the stinking garbage heap, Han Sumei was instantly overcome with nausea and couldn't help but vomit. The products in her hands slipped from her grasp, falling with a SPLASH into a fetid ditch.
Her face was deathly pale, her heart filled with regret!
'I should have known! These ghouls aren't that easy to deal with!'
The Shadow Cashier saw this but paid it no mind, simply closing the shop's back door.
He left the two of them standing there with vacant stares,
left to keep the garbage pile company.
「...」
「At this moment.」
The viewers from the Great Cold Country and the Sun Country were also green with fury!
Making their goddesses work as cleaners?
And for a full ten years?
What kind of joke was this?!
Their hearts filled with even more jealousy toward Yun Zhenyue!
Why was the Shadow Manager so good to her?!
But so cruel to the players from their two countries!
This wasn't some fucking charity; it was a goddamn meat grinder!
[That damn Shadow Cashier! My goddess!!]
[The one from Dragon Country only worked for three minutes!]
[100 Shadow Coins... Sumei had 100 Shadow Coins on her. If only she hadn't given them to her husband.]
Besides that, some people in the two countries were starting to realize the truth.
[I think that ghoul named Gu Yuan is no ordinary being. I don't know if it's just me.]
[Yeah, could it be because of that membership card?]
[Hiss~ That card really might be something special.]
[Baka! You traitors, how dare you speak up for the Dragon Country! That card must have been pre-loaded with money. This is all a Dragon Country conspiracy!]
[A conspiracy? That's also possible.]
The topic shifted.
People from both countries began to speculate.
That this might all be a conspiracy by Gu Yuan.
That he had loaded the card with money beforehand to deliberately mislead them.
And that was what led to Han Sumei and Yamada Aiko's tragic fate.
But...
the viewers from the Great Cold Country and the Sun Country still felt it was unfair.
They felt a deep sense of jealousy toward Yun Zhenyue.
Why would a ghoul like Gu Yuan cooperate with Yun Zhenyue to screw people over?
Is he that into her?!
To vent their indignant frustration,
they could only resort to constantly slandering Gu Yuan.
[For a trash-tier ghoul who lives on the third floor, this is the best he can do.]
[Right, he must be too weak, so he chose to suck up to that Dragon Country person.]
[Otherwise, that Dragon Country woman might have betrayed him and chosen to seduce our country's Piao Dagen!]
[Just you wait. Sooner or later, he'll be punished.]
[The day the next dungeon is chosen will be the day he dies.]