Type-Moon, but the Servant is Tom

Chapter 172: Is the System Finally Responding?

Chapter 172: Is the System Finally Responding?

Tom's sliding kneel was like a spark accompanied by lightning, resembling the sparks that fly when a train's wheels screech to a sudden stop on the tracks. Once in front of Bai Song, Tom promptly clasped his hands together and, in no time, tears welled up in his eyes.

In this pitiful and tearful state, Tom began to plead with Bai Song. "No~no~no~no~no~." The sound that came out of Tom's mouth was somewhere between meowing and human speech. Even with the most careful listening, one couldn't distinguish if this cat was pitifully meowing or seemingly speaking like a fairy.

Of course, if possible, Tom would prefer to become a fairy after being feminized.

Seeing Tom on the ground begging desperately, Bai Song felt a bit awkward about getting angry. However, he still said, as a formality, "Your begging won't help. You won't have lunch today!"

"Huh?" Hearing this, Tom's eyes flickered. It had never crossed its mind that by crying for a little while, the punishment would be reduced to only missing dinner. Did that mean there was hope for dinner?

It could hardly believe it. The longer it suffered, the less punishment it would receive? Could the other half of the punishment be canceled if it endured a bit more?

With such thoughts in mind, Tom pretended to cry even harder, "No~no~no~no~no~."

Coughing a couple of times, Bai Song assumed a serious expression with his hands behind his back. "I'll forgive you this time, but it won't happen again."

Upon receiving Bai Song's seemingly easy forgiveness, Tom wiped its eyes, and the tears instantly disappeared as if they had never been there. Then, Tom jumped up in excitement, shouting, "Wu Hu!"

Seeing Tom switch from begging to cheerfulness so quickly, Bai Song's head was filled with question marks. Somehow, he felt that Tom's repentance just now wasn't entirely sincere.

Thinking that he was fooled by Tom's act of false remorse, Bai Song clenched his fists again! Yes, his fists were clenched tightly!

But... Bai Song thought about it and decided to let it go. He had just clenched his fists a moment ago, and now he was feeling soft again.

"Sigh, let's continue on."

"Bzzt~" Before Bai Song could finish his sentence, suddenly, his mind was filled with a series of beeps, causing him to immediately halt his words. The subtle emotions from earlier disappeared in an instant, replaced by an expression of extreme surprise.

"Wait, this sound... Could it mean there are summoning chances again?!" Hearing the 'bzzt' sound in his mind, Bai Song exclaimed with excitement to himself.

Without any hesitation, Bai Song promptly summoned the interface that he hadn't called out for some time. "Interface."

In the next instant, a floating display screen-like object appeared in front of Bai Song. It was as familiar as ever, measuring 27 inches in size, which always gave Bai Song a sense of fondness, reminiscent of his 27-inch computer screen.

As he was reminiscing about his computer, Bai Song's expression suddenly changed. He realized something very importantthe various study materials stored on his computer.

Several visible black lines seemed to draw themselves on Bai Song's forehead. It was as if someone used a black ink pen to mark them on his face. However, he couldn't see these lines on himself.

"...Darn it, I hope no one saw my computer." Bai Song sighed internally, hoping his private study materials weren't discovered by anyone.

There's an old saying, isn't there? Bai Song remembered it as, "Though the body may perish, a clear conscience remains in the mortal world."

"Forget it, pretend I didn't notice!" Bai Song shook his head, trying to force himself not to dwell on something that would make him feel mortified to death. Instead, he focused his attention on the interface in front of him.

The summoning button was still grayed out, indicating that he couldn't continue with the lottery just yet. "Tch~" Bai Song rolled his eyes, feeling disappointed that there was no prize to draw.

Even though he had lost most of his star clusters, he still had to check what had appeared since there had been a sound alert in his ear. Something must have happened that required his attention.

Casually glancing at the interface, Bai Song found the issue. The first button, 'Objective,' had a small red dot in the top right corner, like a message notification on QQ or other software.

Clearly, the usually dormant and indifferent objective window had finally been updated.

Objective 1: Summon a Servant 1/1 (Completed)

Objective 2: Participate in a special racing competition 0/1

Objective 3: ???

"Racing? What on earth is this?" Bai Song was surprised when he saw the newly updated Objective 2. He couldn't connect saving the world with racing. He knew little about racing, although he was quite familiar with online racing games.

"I wonder where I can find a place for racing. This is so...?" As Bai Song was complaining, he suddenly remembered that the billboard he had crashed into earlier was actually an advertisement for a racing event.

Bai Song approached the billboard and carefully examined the advertisement that he had hit twice in a row. What caught his eye was indeed an advertisement related to racing. Considering that the objective popped up right after he crashed into the 'billboard,' it was evident that the two were directly related.

"Wow, could it be that this objective needs to be triggered?"

Realizing this, Bai Song felt regret for wasting yesterday at home. If he had known about this objective, he would have triggered it with ease by wandering around with Xia Ji.

"Let's sign up first." As the advertisement mentioned, he could use the free coupon to sign up.

Bai Song took out the free coupon, and a sign-up window appeared. He clicked the sign-up button.

"Hello, please do not sign up repeatedly. This card is invalid."

Bai Song saw this and a few question marks popped up in his mind. Meanwhile, he noticed Jerry holding a card similar to itself and randomly pressing something on it. Upon closer inspection, Bai Song realized that the card was a free coupon!

"Huh? Jerry, where did you get the free coupon?!"