Chapter 33：Defusing obstacles (2/2)

”Make me feel goo—” Ben almost sweet-talked the system again, but stopped when he realized there were two issues. First, there were half a dozen guys outside who Ben was certain were staring at his stall now.

Second, on the last occasion of his bathroom pillow talk, the system didn't show him love. 'Snort. I won't kiss your cold butt-cheeks!' Since she didn't appreciate him, he wouldn't sweet-talk her anymore!

Ben didn't waste any more time and bought a Mystery Box. 'Give me something to get through this obstacle course of sluts!' Instead of the system, he prayed to Allah for good luck. Ben heard he was big on harems.

In essence, his belief was for sale to the highest bidder.

A small light show later and Ben looked down at a six-colored treasure.

It was...a propeller hat...a multi-colored baseball cap with a spinning plastic rotor on top.

'No. There must be something special about this.' Ben read the description.

[Propeller Hat(Item, Common) x1 - It's a hat. Oh…there is one special property. If you push the propeller, it provides spinage. Suitable for dogs and deranged humans.]

”F*ck!” Ben slammed the cap into the ground. As he was about to leave, he looked back, then sighed. 'In my platoon, there'll be no items left behind...' A hero willing to rescue a propeller hat became qualified for the derple star.

Seeing Ben leaving the bathroom, Antonio approached him. His eyebrows raised when he saw the multi-colored hat hanging out of his pocket. ”Sick propeller hat cuz! Did you have that before? Why haven't you been peacocking that this entire time?”

Ben wanted to curse. 'Because I don't want to die a virgin in a week, that's why.'

Noticing Ben wasn't interested in the topic, Antonio talked about something else. ”All right, back to business then. That last approach was no good man. You need to take a softer attitude when defusing obstacles. It's like a bomb, you need to be gentle, or it'll just explode and blow your c*ck off…”

Ben listened. ”How do you defuse them then?”

”Make them like you. Be nice and befriend them. Then they'll be less likely to block you.”

Ben nodded. ”Makes sense, although I wish you told me that before. Yea, a friend wouldn't threaten you...” He decided to try something else. ”Ok. I'm going in again.”

Ben opened another two-set standing by a window. Like last time, his opener went well. He chatted with them, becoming part of the group. Some minutes later, his target turned around to say goodbye to a couple she knew.

Ben noticed this opportunity. He was alone with the obstacle. 'This is my chance. Defuse the obstacle. Become friends with her.'

”You want to go play Halo?”

…

”Or we could pick up girls?”

***

”What happened?” Antonio was asking why the obstacle pulled the target away and left with a disgusted expression.

Ben's face revealed loneliness. ”She didn't want to be friends…”

…

He looked back in her direction. 'Mobile gamer scum…'