Chapter 48 Peak of Acting

"My name is Cheng Xi, and I am the manager of this store. I will ask you a few simple questions. You can go to work directly after you pass them."

When Cheng Xi looked at them, they were also observing Cheng Xi carefully.

The year Cheng Xi died, Rob Luqi was only eight years old, and was still practicing assassination in his hometown. He had no impression of Cheng Xi at all.

However, according to the information they investigated a few days ago, when the woman in front of them was a navy, she was one of the powerful forces of the headquarters. She defeated many powerful pirates and had many unknown magical abilities. She had complicated interpersonal relationships and had a good relationship with the three admirals in the navy today, especially Aokiji.

Every piece of information showed that she was a woman with unpredictable abilities and unfathomable depth. Out of the professional qualities of being a spy, Lucci and Gabra made many plans in their minds on the way here.

But now, she was wearing a plain white T-shirt and shorts, her long hair was tied into a ponytail, she was bare-faced, and she didn't even draw her eyebrows. She looked at them with a pair of bright eyes, a smile on her face, and she didn't exude any aura of a strong person. She was very peaceful, like an ordinary person.

Gabra was a little more relaxed, and even thought that she had a weaker aura than Catherine, the waitress in the food class. But

Lu Qi didn't let down his guard. He always felt that the woman in front of him was not as simple as she seemed.

Cheng Xi took two cups of warm water, walked in front of them, handed them to them, and pretended to care: "It's too cold outside, drink a cup of water to warm up your body first."

The pigeon-raising man took the paper cup and thanked her, and didn't look like he wanted to drink it.

Gabra raised his head and drank it all. Although he was in good physical condition and was not afraid of the cold, this was a gift from the future store manager, and he would not refuse anyone who came.

Cheng Xi first asked them some simple questions such as age, life, and previous work experience.

The man who raised pigeons was named Lu Qi, 26 years old this year. The man who looked very bad-tempered was called Gabra, who was a little older, 33 years old this year. He was an animal-type devil fruit ability user. They were both from the South China Sea. They used to work on a merchant ship. Later, the merchant ship was shipwrecked. The

two of them survived by chance and floated to Fuluns Island with the waves and were rescued by fishermen on the shore. All their assets were destroyed by the shipwreck on the merchant ship. They were penniless and embarrassed to continue to live and eat for free at the fishermen's house, so they went out early this morning to see if they could find a job on the island first, solve the problem of food and accommodation, and save some Bailey.

Then I saw Cheng Xi's recruitment notice on the street, so I thought of trying my luck.

After listening to their words, Cheng Xi sighed that they were really pitiful. She pretended to be sad for them and said words of comfort and encouragement, but in fact, her eyes were rolling up to the sky.

She didn't believe even a punctuation mark in the words of these two people.

Whoever believes it will be unlucky for eight lifetimes.

"But..." She changed the subject and said to Gabra, "I can hire Lucci, but you... I'm sorry."

Gabra: "Huh!?"

Cheng Xi: "You don't meet the requirements of our store."

At this moment, Gabra's anger almost exceeded his intentions for this mission. He was so angry that he shot Cheng Xi and Lucci at the same time: "Why? What kind of conditions did you, a woman without vision, set? Why can even Lucci, such an arrogant guy, agree to it, but I, who is so outstanding, can't? You are so superficial and ignorant!"

He hated Lucci in the first place, but Cheng Xi only chose Lucci instead of him, which made him even angrier. Lucci

scolded him without changing his expression: "What an idiot."

Cheng Xi: ...

It seems that there are still contradictions within the enemy.

There is no need to sow discord among them. If you let it go, they will fall apart.

Cheng Xi said in a good temper: "This has nothing to do with personality, it's just..."

She looked at the scar on Gabra's right eye thoughtfully: "The scar on your face is too scary. It will scare customers and affect our business."

Gabra curled his lips and secretly looked at Yoshino Junpei. He remembered that the photo showed that the child had long bangs that covered half of his forehead a few months ago, but now all his hair is combed up.

If I let myself have such an ugly and aesthetic hairstyle, it would be absolutely impossible!

So he lowered his head and brewed his emotions in his heart for a few minutes. When he looked up again, his eyes were full of tears and he looked miserable and pitiful.

"In fact, this scar is the only thought my sister left me before we parted."

Lu Qi silently moved away from Gabra, not wanting to listen to his boring tricks at all.

Cheng Xi was interested to know how ridiculous he could make up.

Gabra choked up and said, "My parents died when I was young, and I depended on my sister for life. When I was nine years old, a group of pirates came to the island. They not only burned my house, but also took my sister away. I fought desperately, but those pirates were too strong. Not only did they fail to take my sister back, but they also left such a scar on my face." "

From then on, every time I touched this uneven scar, I would think of my sister who was only 4 years old and was forced to separate."

After saying that, he vented his anger and punched himself: "I really hate myself for being weak at that time."

Cheng Xi: Damn, this is a high-level liar! Looking at his tearful appearance, if I didn't know his true identity, I'm afraid even I would be deceived by him.

Cheng Xi recalled the sad things in his life in his mind, moistened his eyes, and then sniffed: "Woo woo woo, you are such a good brother, I am so moved by you."

"Jabra, congratulations, you are accepted. Since you have eaten the animal-type devil fruit, you must be very strong?"

"Of course."

Except for the hateful Lucci next to him, he was confident that no one in the entire CP9 could beat him.

As a result, Cheng Xi gave him another twist.

"Monthly salary of 30,000 Baileys."

Jabra: "Isn't it 50,000?"

Although he didn't care about this little money, it was different from what was written on the sign!

Cheng Xi blinked and said innocently: "Yes, Lucci is 50,000 Baileys, and you are 30,000 Baileys because of your image problem."

Jabra was furious again. It was okay that he couldn't beat Rob Lucci at ordinary times, but now he was even evaluated that his image and temperament were not as good as his.

Sooner or later, he would tear Lucci apart with his claws.

Jabra was furious about his decision, while Lucci reacted calmly. Junpei was sweeping the floor, but he was actually secretly listening to their conversation. He thought that Cheng Xi was really amazing. He dispersed the enemy from the inside with just a few words. Is this the counter-espionage strategy mentioned in the book! ?

Oda Sakunosuke didn't think as much as he did. He felt that Cheng Xi was just playing tricks on the two of them.

"Welcome two excellent new employees to join our store. I have high expectations for you. I hope you can show your core competitiveness at work. Don't let me down." It's

a very standard workplace PUA rhetoric.

Cheng Xi had a perfect smile on her face that made people feel like spring breeze. Even the arc of her mouth was just right, and she looked peaceful and gentle.

People who know Cheng Xi know that when she smiles like this, she must have some interesting bad ideas in her mind.

Sure enough, she continued, "I believe in your ability to adapt, so let's start working from now on."

"Because of yesterday's newspaper, many pirates have come to the island to destroy it recently. I feel very guilty. Gabra, since you are so powerful, go to the port now to help the sheriff over there fight pirates."

Gabra:?

Aren't you recruiting clerks? Why do you want me to go to the port to fight pirates? How can I get information without contacting her?

This woman is a little too enthusiastic!

The reluctance in his heart calmed down a lot after hearing Cheng Xi's next instruction.

"As for Lucci..." Cheng Xi glanced at the seemingly indifferent man, thought for a moment and said, "The store has just released a new coffee, you can go to the backyard to grind the coffee." "

Oh, grind the soybeans as well."

Lucci could understand every word she said, but the combination of them confused him.

Even the professional drawings in Carrera Company were not as complex as the information in Cheng Xi's two sentences.

He pointed to the coffee machine behind the counter: "Isn't there a coffee machine?"

And it seems that the coffee machine can't grind soybeans, right?

Cheng Xi gave him an ignorant look: "New product, hand-ground coffee."

Then he took Lucci to the backyard, and Gabra followed to watch the fun. When they arrived at the backyard and saw the true face of the things in the snow, Gabra twitched his mouth, and even the cold-hearted Lucci almost failed to control his expression.

The hand-ground coffee in your store is ground with a stone millstone! ?

Before they could react, Cheng Xi had already moved several baskets of beans to the side of the stone mill. A quick look showed that there were many varieties of these beans, including the hand-ground coffee beans and hand-ground soybeans that Cheng Xi specifically requested.

Lu Qi: "Why not use a coffee machine and a soy milk machine?"

Cheng Xi racked his brains and made up a bunch of high-sounding reasons for him.

For example, the powder of hand-ground beans is more uniform, the aroma is rich, the taste is good, the fineness of the coffee can be better controlled, and the taste is more original.

It sounds like it makes sense.

For the professional qualities of a spy agent, Lu Qi had to take over the stone mill from Cheng Xi and grind the beans round and round.

Thinking of the task assigned to him by his superiors, isn't it just three months, he endured it.

As the strongest CP9 in history, when has Lu Qi ever done this kind of work? Gabra, who was watching the whole process next to him, showed him a mocking expression openly, and the smile at the corner of his mouth couldn't be suppressed.

Of course, he didn't want to suppress it either.

"What are you laughing at? Why don't you go to the port and fight pirates?" Cheng Xi turned his spearhead to Gabra again, "You're lazy on your first day of work. How can you work hard to make money to find your sister in the future? You really have no ambition at all. I'm so disappointed in you."

Although the sister is fake and the job is temporary, Gabra felt a little guilty after hearing what Cheng Xi said, so he immediately ran to the port to fight pirates.

In the afternoon, after seeing Rocinante, Lucci looked at the little wizardmon on his shoulder and asked, "What is that? Is it a special race?"

He knew the true identity of the golden-haired man in front of him. Rocinante, the adopted son of Marshal Sengoku and former lieutenant colonel in the navy, died in an undercover mission seven years ago. These are absolutely credible information, but now he appears alive in front of him...

and the other people in the information have never shown any signs of activity before, as if they appeared out of thin air in this world.

All signs indicate that everyone in this small shop is suspicious...

"Ah, you're talking about this!" Cheng Xi pulled Roshinandi to his side and introduced him, "This is Roshi's smart figure. After it is fully charged by solar energy, it can fly, run, and talk."

Wizardmon: ...

I'm a figure! ?

Lu Qi noticed that Cheng Xi's mood was much lower at this moment, and tears kept rolling in her eyes.

She pretended to look up at the sky and stubbornly tried to flow her tears back into her eyes, but it was a pity that it was useless. Her eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, and tears fell like beads from a broken string, along her pale cheeks, and fell to the ground in large drops.

She looked so sad.

Lu Qi wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and asked her, "What's wrong with you? Why are you crying so hard?"

Cheng Xi sniffed, and her eyes and nose wings were a little red. She didn't know whether it was because of sadness or the cold weather.

"I just suddenly thought of my good friend Rosie who died many years ago."

Rosinandi was stunned by her inexplicable words.

When did I die many years ago?

Cheng Xi's expression was still very sad: "I used to be a navy, and I had a very good friend named Rosinandi, and then he died."

At this point, Cheng Xi's voice choked and her lips trembled. If she hadn't figured out what nonsense she was talking about, Rosinandi would have comforted her at this moment.

"I was so sad that I spent a lot of money to find scientists to make a one-to-one simulation robot based on his appearance."

Rosinandi: ... When did I become a robot! ?

"Every time I see him, it's as if Rosinandi is really still by my side."

That kind of sadness, that kind of despair, is like a drowning person who loosens the last piece of wood, heavy and desolate.

If the atmosphere didn't allow it, Rosinandi would have wanted to ask Cheng Xi if she had a friend with the same name as him.

Lucci: "Your robot is lifelike, very much like a real human."

Cheng Xi pretended not to understand his implication, and used his best acting skills to face his doubts: "No matter how realistic it is, it is still fake. I really miss Rocinante."

Lucci's mouth curled up a barely detectable smile.

This woman's acting skills are really good, so good that he almost believed it.

It is to the point where it can kill the clumsy lies of Gabra in seconds.

After only a short confrontation in the morning, he had a hunch that no matter from the aspects of acting skills, calmness, adaptability, etc., she is more suitable to be an agent in Cipher Pol 9 than the navy, and she will be an excellent agent.

...

This is a very fulfilling day.

Gabra fought pirates all day.

Lucci ground beans all day.

Cheng Xi's evaluation of this is that Lucci is more useful than the donkey in the production team.

The donkey in the production team needs to rest, drink water and eat grass, while Lucci of CP9 only needs to reveal some false information seemingly inadvertently beside him to stabilize.

When it was time to finish the meal, Cheng Xi did not sit in her usual seat, but sat next to Rob Lucci.

She enthusiastically kept picking food for Lucci and Gabra.

She picked up fried shredded potatoes.

"Don't be polite, eat more. Fried potato shreds are my specialty. Although it looks homely, it tastes really great."

Her attitude was very attentive and enthusiastic, and she almost served it to them personally.

Hearing this, Butterfly Shinobu and the others didn't dare to touch the dish at all.

Although they didn't know why she was doing this abnormal behavior, she must have her reasons.

Gabra took a big mouthful of fried potato shreds from the bowl and put it in his mouth, wanting to taste the cooking skills of this ignorant woman. As a result, his whole face turned red and twisted, revealing a mask of pain.

In comparison, Rob Lucci's reaction was not very big, and he still had that indifferent face as if someone owed him five million.

But in fact, he was eager to try the finger gun. He repeated his mission several times in his mind before gradually calming down his murderous intent.

"It's delicious, isn't it, hehe." Cheng Xi smiled and showed his white teeth, "Don't say it's not delicious, otherwise I will fire you."

For the sake of the mission, the two of them forced themselves to speak: "It's delicious."

Hearing this, the enthusiastic Cheng Xi simply divided the potato shreds on the plate into two and poured them all into their two bowls one by one, "If it's delicious, you can eat more, I'll make it for you tomorrow."

"You must finish it all!"

This sentence echoed in their ears for a long time like a death sentence.

If possible, they would rather carry out a very dangerous mission than suffer this torture here.

This potato died unjustly.

How on earth did she make such an ordinary food as potatoes so unpalatable?

Sour, spicy and sweet.

Seeing that they were tortured to eat all the fried potato shreds in the bowl, Cheng Xi stretched his chopsticks to the only two potato shreds left on the plate, picked them up in his mouth, tasted them, and quickly spit them out.

"Pfft, pfft, why is it so unpalatable!"

Then he looked at Lucci and the others, pretending to feel guilty, and apologized innocently: "I'm sorry, I mistook sugar for salt, and I was so impatient that I just fried the shredded ginger and potato together."

Then he added some sour plum essence, capsaicin, and various emulsions from the makeup fruit.

Anyway, CP agents are in good physical condition, and eating one or two meals a day won't kill people.

"Is it too strong?"

Rosinante stood up from the chair considerately, and after about two minutes in the kitchen, he came out with two thermos cups filled with water and handed them to their table, "Drink some water."

This dish was really unpalatable, so Gabra drank a big sip of water without any doubt.

Lucci was a little smarter than him, and did not move, but instead observed his reaction after drinking the water.

Sure enough, after drinking the water, Gabra began to dance and speak incoherently, and said anxiously: "It's too damn hot!"

And it should be the kind that has just been boiled at 100 degrees.

Cheng Xi looked at Luo Xinan Di silently, and sighed in her heart, what a sin you two have committed, forcing such a gentle and kind Luo Xinan Di to be like this.

On the surface, she apologized again and again: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, because he was a bit careless when he was alive, so I specially designed this program."

When she was looking at others, Lu Qi was also looking at her.

He always felt that Cheng Xi didn't say a single true word all day.

Every word was nonsense.