013 Gua Gua_1

"Lin Ge, what's jumping around in your pants?"

Lanya also heard the sound and looked down to discover something thumping around inside Lin Ge's pants.

Lin Ge reached into his pocket and felt a slippery creature, recoiling his hand as if he'd been electrocuted.

A shiny green frog leaped out of his pocket, its sleek exterior and bulging eyes belonging to a frog that looked very healthy.

"Why is there a frog in your pants?" Lanya yelled, pointing at the frog.

Lin Ge was dumbstruck, unable to speak.

That's not right, I had a cellphone in my pocket, how could it turn into a frog?

As he watched his phone, no, the frog was about to escape, Lin Ge quickly stepped forward and caught it.

The frog struggled vigorously, secreting slippery mucus that covered his hand, but still couldn't escape his grip.

At this moment, Nilu and Iris came out of the shop. Iris, seeing the frog in his hand, looked at him with disgust, "Sticky and gross, it's revolting."

Lin Ge, holding the frog, quickly asked the two, "How did my cellphone turn into this?"

Nilu laughed and explained, "This is because the operating rules of the two worlds are different, causing a repulsion reaction. The specifics are quite complicated, but all you need to know is that electronic devices from Earth will turn into an unusable state when they come here."

Lin Ge's mouth twitched with a touch of pain, as the cellphone had cost him quite a bit of money.

"Can it change back?"

Nilu smiled, "As long as you go back to the bar or to Earth, it will return to its original form, but be careful. If the frog dies here, even if you return to the bar or your own world, you'll only end up with a broken cellphone."

Lin Ge was somewhat relieved, as long as it could change back.

"However, Iris, you're really amazing," Lin Ge said, looking at the bustling Uradaha Main Street in front of him.

Iris's slender eyebrows shot up, "What do you mean by that?"

Lin Ge glanced over the crowd on the main street, "Our bar is located on such a busy street, yet only two new customers have come in three days. It seems the drinks you mixed before must have left a really deep impression, known far and wide."

Iris was stunned for a moment and then became instantly furious.

"You bastard, I'm going to kill you!"

If it weren't for Nilu holding her back, she would definitely have charged over to tear Lin Ge apart.

Nilu wore a resigned smile and gently said to Lin Ge, "Lin Ge, don't keep teasing her. I'm truly worried she might eat you one of these days when I'm not around. Besides, the lack of customers isn't her fault, uh, there's another reason."

Realizing that it sounded absurd to say Iris wasn't at all to blame, Nilu corrected herself, saying there was another reason.

Lin Ge asked curiously, "What reason?"

Nilu, while holding back Iris, who might break free at any moment, explained, "Our bar is located in a bustle, but not everyone is qualified to enter."

"You mean, those without qualifications can't see the bar's entrance?"

Nilu shook her head slightly, "To those not qualified, the bar exists and is visible, but they would never think to walk into it, nor would it leave any impression on their minds."

Upon hearing this, Lin Ge simply nodded, as compared to the bar connecting two worlds, this seemed rather trivial.

But Lanya, who was a wizard, knew just how incredible this was and couldn't help but exclaim,

"Oh, that's amazing! Subtly influencing people's thoughts, hidden on a busy street yet unnoticed by the people, it's simply unbelievable. Did you set up a Magic Array somewhere?"

Nilu responded with a smile, "Little sister, you should ask the manager about that. We just work here; we don't know that much."

"It seems the manager must be a very impressive person."

Nilu cautioned, "Just make sure you don't call him that to his face, or he'll blow his top."

Lanya blinked, "Do you mean... Mr. Manager? Is there something wrong with this title?"

"Hehe," Nilu chuckled and didn't respond. After telling Lin Ge she would see him tomorrow, she dragged Iris, who was still making a fuss, away with her.

Lin Ge was still holding the frog, "Lanya, aren't you a wizard? Do you have any magic items that can help me hold this frog?"

"Yes, my hat is a storage magic tool, but there's no air inside. It would suffocate to death in there."

And she definitely did not want to put a frog into her hat.

Lin Ge felt helpless. Was he really going to have to walk down the street holding this slippery frog? That would look too weird and gross. He would definitely be seen as a freak.

There were already quite a few passersby giving him strange looks.

At that moment, Lanya slightly lifted her wide-brimmed hat and pulled out a small purple coin purse from underneath. She poured several silver coins out of it, stuffed them back into her hat, and then handed the coin purse to Lin Ge.

"Use my coin purse to hold it," she said. "This purse is ventilated, it won't suffocate the frog."

There were two thumb-sized holes on the purse, of course, it was ventilated.

Lin Ge took the coin purse, placed the frog inside, and gently pulled the drawstring closed.

Croaks could be heard from inside the purse, but at least it was much better than holding it directly in his hands.

"Lanya, could you hold onto this purse for me?"

"No, I hate frogs the most." Lanya, usually so obedient and well-behaved, expressed her stance firmly this time.

With no other choice, Lin Ge stuffed the coin purse with the frog into his pants pocket.

Lanya took a step back and pointed towards the fork in the road ahead.

"The Adventurers' Guild is over there. Follow me."

The two made their way down the bustling street and arrived at the entrance of the Adventurers' Guild.

The guild was located on the most prosperous part of Uradaha Main Street, surrounded by pharmacies, armor shops, weapon stores, magic item specialty shops, and all manner of pubs.

Lin Ge stood at the bottom of the stairs, gazing at the conspicuous building before him.

The Adventurers' Guild was a three-story building made of gray-white stone. The foundation was over a meter higher than the street, requiring one to ascend a broad nine-step staircase and walk across a platform laid with colorful tiles before reaching the main entrance.

The large guild door made of yellow wood was wide and impressive and flanked by flags bearing the guild's emblem, which featured eagles and lions.

At the moment, the doors were wide open, with the noise from the bustling hall spilling out.

The two walked into the guild hall. Lin Ge surveyed the interior—spacious with wooden tables and benches on both sides, and the counter straight ahead, resembling a large pub arranged to facilitate task registration or, more accurately, it was a pub with a function for accepting tasks.

The idle adventurers were grouped in threes and fives by the tables, drinking and chatting, exchanging information, or engaging in meaningless small talk and tavern games.

Those who enjoyed the lively atmosphere would certainly like this place, and Lin Ge wasn't averse to it either, but he knew he could never work in such an environment.

"May I help you with anything?"

As they approached the counter, an elven woman responsible for daily matters greeted them with a smile.

Taking a deep breath, Lanya's face flushed slightly with excitement.

She pulled a Gold Coin out of her hat and placed it on the counter, her voice trembling slightly:

"We would like to register a team."

Croak.

A frog's croak came from Lin Ge's pants.