Chapter 349
With Mario leading the way, Brother Jue and Xiao Tan hurried through a big room that looked like a warehouse.
Along the way, there would be a lit table lamp at a fixed distance.
Lifting their heads, they could see many other toys standing on the racks. It looked like the Classic Camp was quite large, and in a way, could be counted as an army.
When Feng Bujue opened the shoe box, he thought that above them was a dark sky, but now he realized he was wrong. Above them was naturally the ceiling of the supermarket. But since… he and Xiao Tan had been shrunk to the size of about seven cm, and the light from the lamps was slanted, when they looked up, they could not see the ceiling that was so 'far away' but a slate of darkness.
Several minutes later, Mario led them to a huge door. Of course, the size was relative…
"Erm… is this the way to go out?" Feng Bujue asked while standing behind Mario, "There's no gap for us to squeeze through and you can't expect us to push open the door, right?" Even though he still had no idea how strong the toys in this scenario were, he doubted the five cm tall Mario toy before him could push open a door meant for a normal-sized human. Xiao Tan chose this moment to give an unrealistic guess. "Perhaps there's a mouse hole nearby?"
"Looks like you two really aren't spies." Mario held his cap. "But two idiots who don't know anything." He said as he walked to the edge of the door. He took out a wrench from his pocket and knocked on the door thrice. He waited for two seconds and knocked twice. Then Mario took two steps back as if waiting for something. Soon, a strange shadow squeezed through the gap. The shadow looked more like a sticker and from the side, it was only a line, but from the front, it was a black cut out of a man with a big nose.
"Mr. Game and Watch?" Feng Bujue managed to recognize this 2D character immediately.
"Who are these two? Newcomers?" Mr. Game and Watch ignored Feng Bujue and chatted with Mario like this was normal.
"Optimus Prime's order is for them to scout ahead of the assault team tonight," Mario replied.
"Ha…" Mr. Game and Watch laughed drily. "Good luck, then." He slipped back through the gap. About one minute later, a commotion came from the top. It sounded like the doorknob being turned. At the same time, someone could be heard calling from the other side, "The turning is ready, you can push now!"
"Stand back, newbie." Mario ordered for the players to move back.
As the door axle turned, the giant door slowly opened toward Brother Jue's side. Feng Bujue and Xiao Tan both tilted their head to look through the gap to try to see what was pushing the door from the other side. In their mind, it would have to be a giant toy taller than fifty cm and heavier than three thousand grams. But to their surprise, what appeared before them was a plastic product less than ten cm.
"Look at how small they are." Bowser (The first antagonist in the history of gaming, Mario's nemesis) stopped pushing the door and stood there to comment, "With their size, I can blow them away with a fart."
Feng Bujue didn't mind how brash Bowser's choice of words was. He only asked, "How did you manage to push the door open?"
"Using my claws, and a clever manipulation of the strength around the waist and legs," Bowser answered in his thick voice, "But you two better not try to mimic me."
"That's enough. Perhaps you might not see them after tonight." Mario interrupted Bowser and waved for the players to follow. Feng Bujue looked at Xiao Tan and shrugged. The two followed Mario and walked through the door Bowser pushed open (it was only pushed open a gap, but it was large them for them to squeeze through).
"Alright, from this spot onward, it's the neutral zone," Mario explained to the players. "The territory of our forces is mainly on the southern east side. The aisles for sports equipment, kitchen utensils, and half of the food items are under our control." He raised his finger to point. "Tonight's skirmish will continue at the frozen food aisle." The players looked down the direction Mario was pointing, it looked like… a dark valley. They could only see dark huge outlines; they had no idea what was waiting for them.
"As you can see, in this area that is much larger, we can't place too many lighting equipment." Mario said, "The night patrol will do their round once every three hours. If we move too many lights, and we don't have the time to close all of them, it might cause great trouble. Therefore, the fight will normally be selected at the frozen food aisle which will have lighting twenty-four hours." He suddenly turned around. "Do you have any glowing parts on you?"
Xiao Tan hesitated before he switched on the light on the miner's hat. Feng Bujue took out his flashlight. Mario walked over to take a closer look. "You have such intricate parts…" He studied the two suspiciously. "What is the mechanism behind them? Wheels? Cogs? Or there's a battery in your stomach?"
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