After a satisfying meal, Han Yu was about to clear the dishes when Quicksilver snatched the bowl from his hand, saying, "I'll wash the dishes. You go and rest."
"I..."
Before Han Yu could even finish his sentence, he felt a blur. In the blink of an eye, the dishes on the table were gone, and the table itself was wiped clean.
"This speed... he'd be a good waiter."
Han Yu chuckled. "You two can sleep in the two rooms on the left on the second floor. Room and board are included, utilities are free, and it's five thousand dollars a month. I'm in the first room on the left on the third floor. You can come find me if you need anything. Is that acceptable?"
Quicksilver and Wanda were stunned for a moment. After a while, they stared intently at Han Yu, trying to detect a hint of deception in his expression.
They stared for a good five or six minutes. Han Yu felt a little unnerved by their gaze and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? Is it too little?"
Only then did Quicksilver quickly say, "No, no, I just wanted to see if you were a liar. This is enough, we're very grateful to you!"
With a salary of five thousand dollars, plus room and board, and all utilities paid, they would have thought it was a scam if the employer wasn't also a super-powered individual.
The delighted duo immediately went to check out their rooms. Han Yu had also paid them their first wages in advance, allowing them to buy some necessities.
He could have taken care of those things himself, but Han Yu was lazy and didn't want to. He gave them the money, and they were happy to do it themselves.
Late at night.
Han Yu returned to his room and exhaled deeply, saying,
"System, settle the first mission."
"Ding, mission completed, [Recruit two shopkeepers from any world]!"
"Mission reward: 30 upgrade points!"
"You have 50 upgrade points. The upgrade requirements have been met. Do you wish to upgrade?"
Hearing the voice in his head, Han Yu couldn't help but grin.
Why had he given Wanda and Quicksilver such good treatment?
It was all because of this mission!
Besides the previous mission, "Collect S-Rank Ninjutsu in the Naruto World," the only remaining task was "Recruit Two Shop Assistants."
This task seemed simple, but everyone who became a shop assistant was also bound to the System; they couldn't leave the System unless the shopkeeper agreed.
However, even Han Yu, the System holder, hadn't upgraded to shopkeeper yet.
Therefore, the shop assistants Han Yu wanted to recruit had to be unburdened, unconcerned with worldly affairs, and possess considerable combat strength.
For Wanda and Quicksilver, aside from each other, they were indeed unburdened by the world. Wanda also possessed extremely powerful magic, which fit Han Yu's requirements perfectly.
Although she hadn't yet unlocked her true abilities, Han Yu would definitely help her later.
"Upgrade immediately!"
Han Yu's current level in the tavern was "Advanced Small Shopkeeper." Upgrading would make him a "Junior Big Shopkeeper." Each major level up would grant him a basic ability.
The first time he became a "Junior Small Shopkeeper," he received the "Immortality Seal," a basic ability so powerful it could be called heaven-defying. He wondered what he would get this time.
The System responded instantly. Half a second later, the System's emotionless voice echoed in Han Yu's mind.
"Upgrade successful. Current position: 'Junior Big Shopkeeper'!"
"Received upgrade reward!"
A few rays of light gathered in Han Yu's palm, forming a purple conch shell slightly larger than his hand.
"Haha, it's an item I got. What is this... Magic Conch, a conch shell? Not bad. Wait, what is this?"
"Magic Conch…?"
Han Yu stared blankly at the purple shell in his hand. It wasn't some item with the same name; it was a perfectly ordinary conch shell, only a bit thicker than usual.
"Magic my ass!"
Han Yu angrily threw the Magic Conch to the ground. Wasn't this a prop from the cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants? How could this be an upgrade reward?
The conch shell hit the ground, making a few crisp sounds, but it didn't crack at all.
Han Yu was almost in tears. After all this time and effort spent leveling up, he got such a "useless" item? In a video game, it would be like a player using long-accumulated materials to craft a weapon, but ending up with the most basic white weapon instead of an orange one. Who wouldn't be devastated?
"The Magic Conch possesses the ability to know all knowledge of past, present, and future. As long as the host infuses it with their consciousness and poses questions to the conch, you can obtain the answers you desire. It can be used in both the different worlds and the main world!"
The System's voice suddenly rang out in Han Yu's mind. He picked up the Magic Conch with lightning speed; before a normal person could even blink, he had already grabbed it.
"This System also likes to leave things unsaid until the last minute. Why didn't it say so earlier? At least it didn't break."
Han Yu carefully brushed the dust off the Magic Conch, checking to see if anything was broken.
"Knock, knock, knock."
A gentle knocking sound came from the door. Han Yu returned the conch to the System for safekeeping and said, "The door's unlocked, come in!"
The door opened, and Wanda stood in the doorway.
She was wearing a white sleeping gown. After washing, her hair was slightly tousled by the breeze, carrying a faint fragrance. Her impressive figure was perfectly outlined by the thin gown.
"What's wrong? Is something the matter?"
Han Yu was indeed stunned by Wanda's appearance, but he had seen a lot in his life. The surprise in his eyes flashed and then faded, returning to normal.
"Ah, it's nothing. I just wanted to thank you. Thank you for taking us in."
Wanda walked in slowly, her hands behind her back, her voice soft and lovely.
Sniffing the fragrant breeze, Han Yu remained expressionless, smiling slightly. "How can you say it's taking you in? You're working for me. You work, I pay you, and I provide food and lodging. You should say I'm a qualified boss."
Wanda walked in front of Han Yu, looking at his young and handsome face. Even though she was dressed like this tonight, Han Yu's eyes were as clear as the first time they met.
Wanda knew that saying they were working was just a pretense. Although she didn't know Han Yu's real purpose, she hadn't seen any malice from him so far.
He was simply helping them, and she had never met a guy like him before.
Seeing that the other person was staring at him without speaking, even Han Yu felt a little strange. He coughed lightly and said, "By the way, you're not very skilled with your abilities, are you? I'll help you develop them, okay?"
"Develop? How do you develop them?"
Han Yu's topic change was abrupt; Wanda could tell, but she wasn't in a rush to do anything with Han Yu right now, so she went along with his topic.
"Hehe, I just got a treasure, let's see if it works!"
Han Yu took out the Magic Conch he had received during the upgrade and, in front of Wanda, asked it, "How can Wanda master all of her abilities?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Magic Conch suddenly burst into dazzling light. The light kept gathering, transforming into lines of text in mid-air.
"Regarding the question 'How can Wanda master all of her abilities?', the most useful method currently is to create a Green Lantern Sub-Ring and establish a connection with Wanda's Chaos Magic, relying on the willpower of the Green Lantern Ring to suppress the instability of Chaos Magic."
"Usage instructions: The instability of Chaos Magic will first be borne by the holder of the Green Lantern Master Ring. If the holder cannot withstand it, the backlash effect they experience will be transferred back to the owner of the Sub-Ring in equal measure!"
Wanda came over to Han Yu and looked at the text displayed by the Magic Conch with him. She sighed, "What's a Green Lantern Ring? I don't have that, and what is Chaos Magic? Isn't this just a simple superpower?"
Han Yu waved his hand, erasing the text in mid-air, and rubbed his chin, saying, "Your superpower is called 'Chaos Magic.' It's not an ordinary superpower, but an extremely powerful magic that can even affect the universe and the multiverse."
"My magic, it's actually this strong?"
Wanda was somewhat incredulous. She had heard of the concept of the multiverse, which referred to the existence of multiple universes identical to the one they were currently in.
But Wanda could only control objects to fly around or use energy attacks. For her to have the ability to influence the entire universe, and even the multiverse, she truly couldn't believe it.