As the sun dropped near the horizon, the streets of Flagstaff were dyed red with its lingering rays. The houses and apartments along the road were also shimmering in their reflections.
Hans's Ford 150 was currently drifting down those roads like a howling wind. Even though it was currently rush hour and they were filled with cars returning home from work, it didn't seem to hinder the speed of the Ford 150 at all as it continued to pass the other cars.
"Hey Hans, can you pay more attention to safety and drive slower?" Li Du exclaimed.
Hans gave him an angry stare, "Then can you slow your speed of eating that pizza? Dammit, didn't we agree that three quarters is mine? Also, don't call my name, but call me Mr. Fox got it!"
"No, it's two thirds!"
"Ok, then it's two thirds, but why are there only two slices left? You've already finished six slices! That's three quarters!"
To this, Li Du could only display an awkward smile. It took a lot of energy to control the little bug, so at the moment, he was starving.
The storage was situated in the northeastern corner of Flagstaff in a barren area with a few acres of free space. On it, several hundreds of storages were built in a very orderly manner with similar box-like shapes.
When Hans stopped the car, there was only one slice left in the pizza box. Seeing this, Hans shouted, "Hey bast*rd, when did you eat another slice?!"
Li Du pretended that he had not heard anything as he walked towards the entrance of the storage company. Near it, there was a notice;
[Entrusted by the Property Tribunal of the Flagstaff District Court, the Smith Storage Company of Flagstaff will, on 9 AM on February 1, begin the auction of 8 storages within the Smith Storage Company (unit 202 to 209) in accordance with the law. For more information, please see "Evaluation Report"]
[These 8 storage total 405.78 cm2. The winner of the bid will retain the right to all materials inside and around the storage]
[In addition, the buyer will have full rights to the storage for 24 hours starting from the end of the auction. After 24 hours, all rights to all materials will return to the Smith Storage Company]
[Registration time: 9:00 AM, February 1]
[Registration location: This notice]
[Auction location: 10th Train Street, Flagstaff]
[Please note: According to the rules of the auction, the items of the auctions will be sold as is, our firm is not responsible for any defects with the products. For more information about the auction, please contact us at…]
Li Du had never attended an auction like that, so to him, everything was new and exciting.
For Hans, on the other hand, that was already old news. After finishing the last slice of pizza, he impatiently said, "Alright Chinese boy, don't waste any more time, let's go in."
Li Du said, "You should learn how to be more patient Hans…"
"Call me Mr. Fox, as long as we are near the auction platform, call me Mr. Fox!" Hans interrupted in a serious tone.
"Then please don't call me Chinese boy either, call me Li!"
"Alright, Li, then let's go in. That said, what exactly are we doing here? I've already told you that the storage will only be accessible to the buyer who wins the auction bid and no one else."
Li Du swept his gaze around the surrounding before replying, "Have some patience, Mr. Fox. Us Chinese have a saying, 'Sharpening the spearhead when battle nears will only make it shiny, not sharp.' Although I'm not going to war, we still need to survey these storages before we can make a decision."
Hans pointed towards the storages, "It's just these eight storages, one of them belonged to the manager of an insurance firm who had some back problems, so he bought the massage chair. However, as for exactly which one of the eight it is in, no one knows."
"Then why doesn't he want it anymore?" Li Du asked as he walked around the first storage.
At the same time, he summoned the little bug before opening his hand, allowing it to poke its head out before quickly jumping onto the ground.
"I'm not sure, perhaps he earned a large sum of money and moved to a better mansion in Los Angeles," Hans answered.
Li Du nodded his head. At this moment, his consciousness switched over to the little bug and guided it into the warehouse.
The entire storage was constructed using concrete and locked with shutter doors. Even the air would have a hard time finding its way into the room.
However, that was not much of a problem for the little bug, which phased through the storage walls like how it had previously disappeared into Li Du's palm.
The other impressive thing was that the little bug was able to see everything clearly under any circumstances. As such, even though the warehouse was shrouded in darkness, it didn't hamper Li Du's search at all.
However, he didn't have much time. According to previous experiments, he could control the little bug for a maximum of five minutes. And even then, he would become exhausted afterward and need to rest for a long time before being able to recover his stamina.
On the way there, he had already considered what to do. He would spend about a minute in each storage, giving him five in eight chances of finding the chair.
That probability wasn't too bad!
The little bug only had two short legs, so its speed wasn't very fast. However, thankfully, it could phase through objects without obstruction.
Li Du was praying that the chair wasn't located in a conspicuous place. Otherwise, he would have wasted his time.
According to the regulations of the auction, the participants of the auction could only stand outside of the storage but could not enter nor touch any of the objects inside.
As the little bug entered unit 202, he performed a quick sweep but did not see the massage chair.
However, the storage was quite big and was filled with various objects; there was a bicycle, various motorcycle parts, tires, and other precious objects. Similarly, there was also other worthless stuff like garbage, broken furniture, and wood chips.
However, there wasn't any sign of the massage chair. Hans has mentioned earlier that the massage chair was the flagship item made by the Kasrrow Pneumatic Machinery Co, and it was very large and luxurious.
That wasn't a small item, so Li Du didn't need to search carefully; as long as it was in the storage, then there was no doubt that he could find it.
Besides, there wasn't much space that could hide an item of that size. Li Du only needed to look under the covers, the corners, and other large boxes to see whether or not the chair was there.
That was the first time that he's controlling the little bug to do a very complicated work, so Li Du was unable to correctly control its timing. As a result, he wasted a lot of time in the following two storages.
As it entered the fourth warehouse, Li Du found that there wasn't much time left. He could only let out a tired sigh before preparing to retrieve the little bug and go back to rest.
At that moment, the little bug passed through a cover. Just as it raised its head, the image of a dazzling leather chair immediately entered its sights!
The chair was about two meters high and one meter in width. With a golden plastic shell covered in brown leather, it also had two armrests and a LED screen. All in all, it was very luxurious!
Seeing that chair, Li Du let out a sigh. No wonder did Hans say that he could earn a lot of money from selling it—that wasn't a chair, it should be called a throne!
As the sun dropped near the horizon, the streets of Flagstaff were dyed red with its lingering rays. The houses and apartments along the road were also shimmering in their reflections.
Hans's Ford 150 was currently drifting down those roads like a howling wind. Even though it was currently rush hour and they were filled with cars returning home from work, it didn't seem to hinder the speed of the Ford 150 at all as it continued to pass the other cars.
"Hey Hans, can you pay more attention to safety and drive slower?" Li Du exclaimed.
Hans gave him an angry stare, "Then can you slow your speed of eating that pizza? Dammit, didn't we agree that three quarters is mine? Also, don't call my name, but call me Mr. Fox got it!"
"No, it's two thirds!"
"Ok, then it's two thirds, but why are there only two slices left? You've already finished six slices! That's three quarters!"
To this, Li Du could only display an awkward smile. It took a lot of energy to control the little bug, so at the moment, he was starving.
The storage was situated in the northeastern corner of Flagstaff in a barren area with a few acres of free space. On it, several hundreds of storages were built in a very orderly manner with similar box-like shapes.
When Hans stopped the car, there was only one slice left in the pizza box. Seeing this, Hans shouted, "Hey bast*rd, when did you eat another slice?!"
Li Du pretended that he had not heard anything as he walked towards the entrance of the storage company. Near it, there was a notice;
[Entrusted by the Property Tribunal of the Flagstaff District Court, the Smith Storage Company of Flagstaff will, on 9 AM on February 1, begin the auction of 8 storages within the Smith Storage Company (unit 202 to 209) in accordance with the law. For more information, please see "Evaluation Report"]
[These 8 storage total 405.78 cm2. The winner of the bid will retain the right to all materials inside and around the storage]
[In addition, the buyer will have full rights to the storage for 24 hours starting from the end of the auction. After 24 hours, all rights to all materials will return to the Smith Storage Company]
[Registration time: 9:00 AM, February 1]
[Registration location: This notice]
[Auction location: 10th Train Street, Flagstaff]
[Please note: According to the rules of the auction, the items of the auctions will be sold as is, our firm is not responsible for any defects with the products. For more information about the auction, please contact us at…]
Li Du had never attended an auction like that, so to him, everything was new and exciting.
For Hans, on the other hand, that was already old news. After finishing the last slice of pizza, he impatiently said, "Alright Chinese boy, don't waste any more time, let's go in."
Li Du said, "You should learn how to be more patient Hans…"
"Call me Mr. Fox, as long as we are near the auction platform, call me Mr. Fox!" Hans interrupted in a serious tone.
"Then please don't call me Chinese boy either, call me Li!"
"Alright, Li, then let's go in. That said, what exactly are we doing here? I've already told you that the storage will only be accessible to the buyer who wins the auction bid and no one else."
Li Du swept his gaze around the surrounding before replying, "Have some patience, Mr. Fox. Us Chinese have a saying, 'Sharpening the spearhead when battle nears will only make it shiny, not sharp.' Although I'm not going to war, we still need to survey these storages before we can make a decision."
Hans pointed towards the storages, "It's just these eight storages, one of them belonged to the manager of an insurance firm who had some back problems, so he bought the massage chair. However, as for exactly which one of the eight it is in, no one knows."
"Then why doesn't he want it anymore?" Li Du asked as he walked around the first storage.
At the same time, he summoned the little bug before opening his hand, allowing it to poke its head out before quickly jumping onto the ground.
"I'm not sure, perhaps he earned a large sum of money and moved to a better mansion in Los Angeles," Hans answered.
Li Du nodded his head. At this moment, his consciousness switched over to the little bug and guided it into the warehouse.
The entire storage was constructed using concrete and locked with shutter doors. Even the air would have a hard time finding its way into the room.
However, that was not much of a problem for the little bug, which phased through the storage walls like how it had previously disappeared into Li Du's palm.
The other impressive thing was that the little bug was able to see everything clearly under any circumstances. As such, even though the warehouse was shrouded in darkness, it didn't hamper Li Du's search at all.
However, he didn't have much time. According to previous experiments, he could control the little bug for a maximum of five minutes. And even then, he would become exhausted afterward and need to rest for a long time before being able to recover his stamina.
On the way there, he had already considered what to do. He would spend about a minute in each storage, giving him five in eight chances of finding the chair.
That probability wasn't too bad!
The little bug only had two short legs, so its speed wasn't very fast. However, thankfully, it could phase through objects without obstruction.
Li Du was praying that the chair wasn't located in a conspicuous place. Otherwise, he would have wasted his time.
According to the regulations of the auction, the participants of the auction could only stand outside of the storage but could not enter nor touch any of the objects inside.
As the little bug entered unit 202, he performed a quick sweep but did not see the massage chair.
However, the storage was quite big and was filled with various objects; there was a bicycle, various motorcycle parts, tires, and other precious objects. Similarly, there was also other worthless stuff like garbage, broken furniture, and wood chips.
However, there wasn't any sign of the massage chair. Hans has mentioned earlier that the massage chair was the flagship item made by the Kasrrow Pneumatic Machinery Co, and it was very large and luxurious.
That wasn't a small item, so Li Du didn't need to search carefully; as long as it was in the storage, then there was no doubt that he could find it.
Besides, there wasn't much space that could hide an item of that size. Li Du only needed to look under the covers, the corners, and other large boxes to see whether or not the chair was there.
That was the first time that he's controlling the little bug to do a very complicated work, so Li Du was unable to correctly control its timing. As a result, he wasted a lot of time in the following two storages.
As it entered the fourth warehouse, Li Du found that there wasn't much time left. He could only let out a tired sigh before preparing to retrieve the little bug and go back to rest.
At that moment, the little bug passed through a cover. Just as it raised its head, the image of a dazzling leather chair immediately entered its sights!
The chair was about two meters high and one meter in width. With a golden plastic shell covered in brown leather, it also had two armrests and a LED screen. All in all, it was very luxurious!
Seeing that chair, Li Du let out a sigh. No wonder did Hans say that he could earn a lot of money from selling it—that wasn't a chair, it should be called a throne!
