Chapter 68 All-Nighter (1/2)

”Ok, here's the plan,” Zero told Mii in the most serious voice he could. The strawcherry assistant wanted to roll her non-existent eyes. They'd gone through at least fifty different plans by now and Zero was still far from alpha release.

”I will teleport to the house, knock on the front door and when the old man comes out, I will avoid him and run in from the window!”

Mii wanted to scream. However, Zero's hopeful eyes made her sigh. ”Zero, the old man won't simply stand outside while you explore his house. He'll close it and go back in immediately.”

Zero pouted. ”I know… I'm just trying my luck. Why doesn't the old man leave his house? Truen will reach us very soon too!”

Although Mii knew that Truen wouldn't be reaching them any time soon, she didn't correct Zero.

”Instead of hiding from the old man, why don't you hide from Truen? If you can hide until morning, the old man will leave his house to check on the plants in his field for at least an hour. You can have all the time to explore if you teleport straight into his house.”

Zero sighed. ”Where will I hide? I've only ever slept in the lamp.”

”Then hide in the lamp till morning!”

”How will I get out then? The bell is too high! It's always Truen who rings it. Besides, what if I oversleep? I can't tell the time from inside the lamp!”

Now that was a valid argument. ”Have you tried calling Zeus or Hades? Maybe they can reposition the bell. Also, your communicator has an alarm function.”

Zero hummed as he went though the functions of his communicator. He hasn't exactly played with the gadget much after En gave it to him. Usually, it was Truen who tinkered with it on their behalf. Now that he wasn't here, Zero realised just how much Truen was doing. When this is over, he will help out more so that Truen doesn't have to do everything. No wonder he always looked tired even after a night's rest!

After setting the alarm at six in the morning, Zero decided to give Hades a call. He was afraid of Zeus' loud greeting and avoided calling the titan as much as he could.

”Hades speaking,” the call connected.