Chapter 54

Chapter 54: Who Is the Boss?

Ning Rong and Zhou Yujing pulled open all the drawers in the office area and searched through them. As she had expected, the official seal was indeed not here.

Besides the office area, where else could the official seal possibly be?

She did have an item that helped with finding objects, but clearly, important quest items in this game could not be located through such tools.

Ning Rong coughed lightly. The obedient foreman immediately understood her intent and walked to the door, saying, “Boss, do you need something?”

She opened the door and asked the foreman, “Is there anything special happening in the amusement park?”

Since this was a horror game, quests like item-finding were definitely tied to rumors, legends, or supernatural stories. In short, this couldn’t be judged using normal logic.

Hearing this question, the foreman thought the boss was testing whether he had managed the site properly recently. He shook his head, his loud voice carrying a hint of flattery. “No, boss. Everything in the amusement park is fine.”

Ning Rong glanced at the ten minutes remaining on the countdown and said, “Then tell me about anything interesting in the amusement park.”

Hearing this, the foreman relaxed slightly.

He casually mentioned a few things, such as the gate NPC liking to brag, and the haunted house area often having black cats appear. After finishing, he brought up another topic. “If we’re talking about the most interesting thing, that’d be the Ferris wheel legend.”

“The legend says that when the Ferris wheel reaches the highest point, good things will happen. But I’ve ridden it who knows how many times, and not a single good thing ever happened…”

He unconsciously referred to himself as “I,” and realizing he had slipped again in front of the boss, he forced a grin, trying to move on.

But Ning Rong suddenly had a flash of insight and immediately caught the key point: “Ferris wheel legend.”

“We’re going to the Ferris wheel!”

She and Zhou Yujing got onto the bumper cars one after the other. The moment Zhou Yujing sat down, the car shot forward. The Ferris wheel was very conspicuous in the park, and with all the lights turned on, everything was as bright as daylight, so Ning Rong no longer needed the foreman to lead the way.

The suddenly abandoned foreman: ???

【LOL, the big boss really just uses people and discards them huh?】

【What is the big boss even looking for?】

【Probably triggered a side quest.】

Three minutes later, Ning Rong and Zhou Yujing arrived at the Ferris wheel area.

The Ferris wheel was slowly rotating without stopping. They quickly got into a gondola.

As their cabin rose higher and higher, the entire amusement park gradually came into Ning Rong’s full view. Brilliant multicolored lights filled every corner. From above, the park looked like a chubby cat. The roller coaster area formed the cat’s tail, the two drop towers its eyes, and the other areas made up its round belly. The carousel and bumper car zones formed two semi-circular ears.

With her excellent eyesight, Ning Rong spotted several black sedans entering through the main gate. They drove toward the roller coaster area and stopped. Soon, many people got out and gathered around one of the black cars, seemingly waiting for instructions.

A trace of thought flashed in Ning Rong’s eyes.

Zhou Yujing also saw them. He didn’t know what Ning Rong’s goal in finding the official seal was, but whatever she did must have her reason. He smiled slightly. “Rongrong, we’re about to reach the top of the Ferris wheel.”

Ning Rong withdrew her gaze and gave a quiet “mm.”

Zhou Yujing leaned closer to her. “Good luck will definitely come.”

Only a few seconds remained on the quest countdown.

If Ning Rong was wrong, the side quest would fail.

But she did not think she had misjudged.

Ten, nine, eight…

At the same time.

The foreman who had been left behind went to the carousel area.

Since the boss no longer needed him for now, he naturally had to supervise the workers testing the amusement equipment. Without him watching, they might slack off.

Before he arrived, the muscular man had already begun the test.

Muscular Man and Zhou Yujing both guessed that the testing difficulty of this game area wouldn’t be too high. After sitting on the carousel, the difficulty indeed didn’t seem very high at first.

The moment he sat down, the carousel horse suddenly came alive, violently jolting and shaking as if it wanted to fling him straight to the ground.

The Muscular Man immediately understood: this test was essentially the same type as a bullfighting contest. A matador must remain on a raging bull for a set amount of time; in his case, he likely needed to stay on the crazed carousel horse without being thrown off. Once the time requirement was met, the stage would be cleared.

But after sitting for a while, he realized that although the game looked simple, clearing it was not easy at all.

Barely ten seconds in, he was already close to losing control.

The carousel’s movements grew increasingly violent, and the difficulty kept rising. The fact that he had managed to hold on until now was entirely due to sheer struggle.

Unfortunately, although he usually trained diligently, surviving three minutes on such a rampaging horse was still beyond him, because this challenge required not only arm strength, but also technique and a bit of luck.

And unfortunately, what he lacked most was technique. Before today, he had never tried bull-riding-type activities. After just over twenty seconds, half his body was already nearly thrown off the horse. He didn’t dare let go, gritting his teeth as he desperately held on.

At this moment, the boss and his hastily summoned assistant also arrived at the carousel area.

As soon as the assistant arrived, he harshly scolded the foreman.

“What’s wrong with you? No sense at all! The boss is right in front of you and you can’t even recognize him? Do you not want this job anymore?”

“Apologize to the boss right now!”

The foreman, stunned by the verbal barrage: …

This one is the boss? Then who was the one he had just been calling boss?

Two seconds later, he finally realized what had happened and cursed fiercely under his breath.

That person was too good at acting—he had actually been tricked.

He had been ambushed in the gutter of judgment! Between the two “bosses,” he had actually sided with the fake one and offended the real one!

Thinking of this, the foreman immediately dropped to his knees without hesitation, fully capable of bending or straightening as needed.

“Boss, I’m sorry!”

He shouted loudly.

This scene also fell into the eyes of the other players.

The previously “giving up on life” female player said worriedly, “We’re in trouble. That guy is back, and he brought so many people. He’s definitely not here peacefully.”

The other players also spoke up one after another.

“The foreman is literally kneeling. Does that confirm the boss’s identity?”

“Probably.”

“What do we do now?”

At this moment, a female player said coldly, “This is the mess that player caused. If it needs handling, she should handle it herself.”

【As expected, wherever there’s a hidden dragon, there’s also a hidden phoenix.】

【Ungrateful people are everywhere!】

【She should’ve been the one to test the carousel just now.】

The previously “giving up on life” female player said angrily, “Do you want to become the second middle-aged male player?”

The bloody scene from less than half an hour ago was still deeply etched in the minds of the players present.

Only then did the female player dare not speak further, afraid of following in the footsteps of the previous middle-aged male player.

The boss said indifferently, “Where is that impostor?”

The foreman remained kneeling as he replied, “She went to the Ferris wheel.”

The boss sneered, “What for?”

The foreman did not dare conceal it. “She seems very interested in the Ferris wheel legend.”

The Ferris wheel legend?

Is it the one that says when the Ferris wheel reaches its highest point, good luck will descend?

He didn’t expect that at her age—already twenty years old—she would still believe in something so obviously made-up.

He gestured to the assistant behind him, and the assistant, extremely perceptive, quickly brought over a chair for him.

After boss slowly sat down, he said to the foreman, “You. Go bring her over.”

The foreman did not dare refuse, nor did he dare look at the large group of people behind the boss. He hurried off to the Ferris wheel area to find her.

—

By the time the foreman arrived, Ning Rong and Zhou Yujing had just gotten off the Ferris wheel.

Ning Rong raised her eyes and looked at the massive Ferris wheel. “The view up there wasn’t bad.”

Zhou Yujing said, “Then want to ride it again?”

At that moment, Ning Rong had already noticed the foreman approaching and casually said, “Another time.” When she had free time later, she could sit as long as she wanted.

This time, the foreman no longer spoke politely. He had returned to his earlier harsh and aggressive attitude.

“Come on. Go to the carousel area.”

Ning Rong’s brows lowered slightly, her voice turning cold. “How are you speaking to me?”

The foreman sneered. “What’s wrong with how I’m speaking to you? Who do you think you are?”

【He actually dares to provoke the big boss like this—big boss, beat him up!】

【This guy really hasn’t suffered enough…】

【He was fawning over her just now, and now he’s like this.】

【Well, the assistant has arrived. The foreman may not recognize the boss’s face, but he’s very familiar with the assistant.】

Provoked by the foreman, Ning Rong did not actually get angry.

She simply said calmly, “I am your boss. You’d better think carefully about your attitude.”

Hearing this, the foreman suddenly burst out laughing.

“Boss? You’re still trying to fool me?”

“The real boss is already here! For what you did before, I’ll definitely find a chance to—”

Before he could finish his threat, Ning Rong suddenly whoosh—pulled out a property ownership certificate of the amusement park stamped with an official seal and said calmly, “Open your eyes and see clearly. Who exactly is the boss?”

The foreman’s laughter stopped abruptly.

Seeing the document, he leaned in cautiously with his large head, staring at it again and again.

Part of him felt it was impossible, while another part of him felt that a property certificate wouldn’t lie—especially not with a genuine official seal on it.

The foreman looked at Ning Rong in confusion.

That man had an assistant beside him.

He was very familiar with that assistant—it was the same one he had often interacted with before.

Since the assistant stood beside that man, then that man should indeed be the amusement park boss.

But this person in front of him had directly produced a property certificate!

No matter how he looked at it, this document seemed real. Completely real!

Heaven… someone tell him, who exactly is the real boss?

Forget it. He’d better just kneel first.

【LOL, the foreman is completely confused now.】

【Good, good. Now he’s offended both sides completely.】

【Indeed, at the beginning he sided with the big boss and offended the boss. Now, in order to please the boss, he has offended the big boss again. How can he be this stupid hahaha.】

【Tsk tsk, the foreman really didn’t leave himself even a shred of escape route. His experience tells us: never make conclusions before the very end.】

【6. Foreman, you’re done for.】