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Chapter 166 Money Talks

Chapter 166: Chapter 166 Money Talks

Liu Zheng entered the men’s locker room.

The space inside was quite large, with all the lockers being old-fashioned wooden ones, some showing signs of moisture damage.

If this were in reality, he guessed he would turn around and leave.

And they dared to charge him a thousand yuan for this, isn’t it better to go straight to the Cadillac owners’ group chat to probe for information?

Cough, don’t get him wrong, Liu Zheng doesn’t have a Cadillac; infiltrating the chat was for work purposes.

But in Metropolis, he didn’t have much of a choice.

Compared to the outrageous price of a hundred thousand yuan for a bath with a fire hydrant, a thousand yuan for an "Elderly Happy Bath" seemed quite nice.

"8808."

Liu Zheng looked at his token and searched for his among the rows and rows of lockers.

Soon, he found his target in the southeast corner.

Using the key to open the locker door, there was nothing inside but a bottle that looked like shampoo.

Liu Zheng picked it up to see, and it was marked "Super Strong Deodorant and Stain Remover."

Looking further down, there was no list of ingredients or production date, just one line of fine print.

Corrosive, not recommended for pregnant women and citizens with thin skin!!!

"Heh."

As always, the whimsical yet fitting tips for Metropolis.

Stripping naked, he stored his belongings into the system space and took the deodorant heading towards the shower area.

After passing through a small corridor, he arrived at a prep area.

To the left was the soaking area, to the right were the showers.

This place was piled with lots of bath towels, towels, slippers, and other bathing supplies, all unmonitored and self-serviced.

Since Niu Ma had anti-slip hooves, he didn’t bother with slippers and directly took a few towels and headed towards the shower area.

The shower area was partitioned with cloth curtains, one section per shower, which was nice.

Liu Zheng had been to some old-style bathhouses, where the showerheads just stood there, revealing rows and rows of bare skin with nowhere to hide.

As a young man of the new era, it was quite awkward.

He chose the most secluded stall and turned on the showerhead to start rinsing.

The water flow was heavy, and the temperature was hot, but with the insulating carapace, Liu Zheng only felt refreshed.

He picked up the shampoo next to him, which was even more outrageous this time—without any instructions at all.

But he was no longer surprised, unscrewed the cap, and poured it over his head.

Since he paid the cleaning fee, why not use it?

However, Liu Zheng poured out a whole bottle and scrubbed for a long time, but not even a single bubble appeared on his seaweed-like hair.

Nowadays, this kind of ordinary shampoo simply couldn’t clean the excrement from his hair.

He tried the shower gel too, but the result was the same.

Liu Zheng finally faced reality and started spraying himself with the "Super Strong Deodorant and Stain Remover."

Streams of blue, thick liquid sprayed onto his body and immediately fizzed and smoked.,

Wherever the liquid touched, the surface gradually dissolved, revealing the flesh underneath.

Those patches of flesh corroded as well, turning into charred, carbon-like substances.

"Sss, that’s really intense."

Liu Zheng grimaced in pain but kept on spraying the deodorant.

By the time he finished a whole bottle of deodorant, he had grown a whole new layer of skin all over his body.

He turned on the faucet and washed away the remnants of decaying flesh.

Liu Zheng tried the shampoo from the side again, and this time, finally, there were bubbles.

"Should have just peeled off my skin with a boning knife."

He couldn’t help but complain.

That way, he wouldn’t have spent so much money renting a car and hiring a driver, not to mention the extra cleaning fee and tip.

But complaints aside, he figured without that bottle of deodorant, he wouldn’t have been able to get rid of the stench.

After a comfortable bath, Liu Zheng dried off his body and blew his seaweed hair dry, then returned to the prep area.

Wrapped in a bath towel, he walked through the corridor to the soaking area.

Unexpectedly, the soaking area was outdoors, and it was a natural hot spring.

Liu Zheng could even smell a faint sulfur odor in the air.

And since there was no one else in the hot spring at the time, it was like having a private bath.

Then, spending those thousand yuan didn’t seem like such a loss.

Liu Zheng looked around and didn’t find the shrine Niu Ma and others had mentioned, just that the water was quite deep.

So, he walked to the pool’s edge and, in a diving posture, leaped into the hot spring, splashing water everywhere.

"Hahaha."

Such a return to childlike behavior made him feel cheerful, and he couldn’t help but laugh.

But when Liu Zheng lifted his head from the water, the laughter ceased.

Because he noticed that a shrine was floating on the water not far away, gazing back at him.

"Damn!"

I just knew it wasn’t going to be that good.

Liu Zheng examined the deity within the shrine, and it seemed as if the deity was also examining him.

The image was that of an old man embracing a sea bream and holding a fishing rod.

He wore a tall hat resembling a squid and dressed in a hunting outfit only nobility would wear.

Liu Zheng felt the deity looked familiar.

He quickly remembered—wasn’t this the Ebisu God from "Ultraman Mebius" who had absorbed "Gulotis Cells" to grow huge and then fought against Ultraman Mebius in a low-profile manner?

"I’m screwed."

He thought to himself that this was not a good sign.

Having watched that episode, Liu Zheng had looked up information on this Ebisu God; contrary to his comical appearance, he actually held a quite high status.

Legend had it, he was the first child of Izanagi and Izanami, born even before Amaterasu.

But because of his unpleasing looks, he was disliked by the two greater deities and was set adrift downstream.

Therefore, he was commonly believed to preside over fishing and sailing.

Moreover, Ebisu God was also seen as the protector of travelers and merchants, ranking at the top of the Seven Lucky Gods, somewhat like an upgraded combination version of the God of Wealth from five different directions in Hua Country’s mythology.

For such a significant deity of prosperity to be seeking offerings from him, to put it nicely, wouldn’t it bankrupt him?

Annoying as it was, the process still had to be followed.

Liu Zheng swam up to the shrine and, following Jinzi’s instructions, clapped his hands three times and bowed three times.

Then he took out some bills and placed them in front of Ebisu God.

"Earn lots! Earn lots!"

Ebisu God’s mouth on the sea bream slightly opened, emitting a childlike voice.

Understanding some Japanese, he knew it meant "may your business prosper."

Though the words sounded auspicious, the appearance of Ebisu God was not auspicious at all.

Its wooden eyes emitted a faint red glow, and the dead eyes of the sea bream also stared intently at Liu Zheng.

Clearly, the deity was not satisfied with the offering.

Liu Zheng had no choice but to go through the process again.

This time, he directly placed two thousand yuan.

However, Ebisu God was still not satisfied and its eyes grew even redder.

The sea bream also began to act up, slapping its tail.

Liu Zheng, feeling helpless, then offered another five thousand.

Ebisu God finally appeared satisfied, and the red light in its eyes gradually faded.

The sea bream in its hand suddenly flicked its tail, flying into Liu Zheng’s arms.

"Name: Taiyaki of Ebisu God"

"Type: Item"

"Quality: Excellent"

"Effect: Permanently increases the player’s Luck Value to a small extent."

"Note: Offer more, you eat fish. Offer less, fish eats you."

"Can it be taken out of the instance: Yes"

This thing turned out to be an item.

He tentatively took a bite of the sea bream.

"..."

Liu Zheng released the sea bream expressionlessly, looking at the shallow bite mark on it.

As expected, it was just called taiyaki; it was still made of wood and even harder than ordinary wood.

But it was somewhat edible.

After all, an item that cost nearly ten thousand yuan couldn’t go to waste.

He painfully tore off sliver after sliver of wooden fiber, stuffing it into his mouth and swallowing it down.

Honestly, after chewing on it more, it did have a bit of a sweet aftertaste.

Having finally finished the taiyaki, Liu Zheng was ready to thoroughly enjoy a hot spring bath.

Suddenly, a set of rushed footsteps came from the corridor.

He frowned slightly and looked towards the person approaching.

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