There was no one in the courtyard illuminated by the moonlight, not even leaving any footprints in the fallen snow.

But the strange footsteps continued.

"Zi...La...Zi..."

The sound of footsteps became increasingly clear, and the shuffling uninvited guest was approaching.

Qi Jiu stared in the direction of the door intently.

The next second——

"Dong dong dong."

There was a knock on the door.

Good guy.

Sure enough, if you don't take Qin Rang with you to do things, you will most likely encounter bad luck.

Not long ago, when the girl at the front desk was telling people to pay attention to the night watch, she said, "If you are unlucky enough to hear a knock on the door...", she hesitated at that time, explaining that if someone knocked on the door at night, it would be a very bad situation.

The "dong dong dong" knocking on the door is getting more and more intense. If ignored, the flimsy door will collapse before long.

After enduring the fierce knocking on the door for a moment, Qi Jiu finally couldn't help but say: "Who?"

The moment his voice fell, the knocking on the door stopped.

But the uninvited guest outside the door did not answer his question.

They stayed in silence for half a minute.

"Dong dong dong!" Suddenly, the knock on the door was more intense and urgent than before.

Qi Jiu: "..." This uninvited guest was even more enthusiastic.

"Do you want to stay in the hotel?" Qi Jiu half-covered his ears and shouted to the guy banging on the door.

The uninvited guests' actions became more and more rude, the knocking on the door continued, and the unstable hotel door began to shake.

If you continue to sit idly by, uninvited guests will break in sooner or later.

In the emergency, Qi Ku thought quickly.

Whether they are ghosts or monsters, they must abide by the basic laws of the dungeon, which means that they are limited to their own rules, and the actions and choices they make must also have reasonable motives.

On such a late winter night in a hotel, the uninvited guests would most likely knock on the door to check in.

If its needs cannot be met here, there is no need for it to persist.

Qi Jiu decided to take a gamble.

"If you want to stay at the hotel, I'm sorry, there is a tour group coming today, the guest rooms are all full, and there are no empty beds at the moment." Qi Jiu raised his voice and lied, but his tone was still polite as a service worker.

"I'm sorry to trouble you, but please find another place to go. Our store will not accept customers tonight."

For a moment, the knocking and knocking stopped again.

But Qi Jiu was not sure whether the uninvited guest outside the door had finally given up checking in, or whether it was planning a bigger move.

Qi Jiu has already prepared a second plan. If he fails to persuade them to retreat, he will directly summon "Rampage Miss Rossetti" to violently deal with the uninvited guests.

Qi Qiu stopped the system interface at [Whether to enable NPC limited time employment letter], and remained in a stalemate in silence for half a minute——

"Zi la..."

The sound of footsteps dragging in the snow sounded again, and Qi Qiu breathed a sigh of relief.

It worked.

The uninvited guest was finally persuaded to leave by the "full" hotel.

The footsteps became farther and farther, and Qi Jiu noticed that the uninvited guest left and stuffed three small cards into the crack of the door.

But because the distance was too far and the light was dim, Qi Ju couldn't see clearly what was printed on the card.

At this moment, there was sudden movement in Room 107, which was supposed to be unoccupied.

At this time, the hotel had turned off the lights, and a strange light suddenly came out of Room 107, illuminating the empty corridor.

The shoji doors of the hotel are made of light-transmitting materials, so that once the light source is used by the guests in the room, it is easy to be noticed.

This seemed particularly strange on a silent snowy night.

Qi Qiu looked towards the corridor and noticed that the light, shade and tone of the light coming from Room 107 kept changing, and blurred noise was flowing, as if someone had turned on the TV at midnight.

At the same time, he could also hear the faint sound of TV broadcasts coming from the silence.

Could it be a chain of supernatural reactions caused by the banging of the door by the uninvited guest just now?

Because the loud banging on the door woke up the non-existent "guest", and now the "guest" got up and watched TV?

No wonder the girl at the front desk showed a secretive expression when she mentioned the knock on the door at midnight, because the knock on the door will trigger a series of supernatural phenomena.

If she told the officer on duty the truth, no one would be willing to take over her job.

If he had followed the instructions of the girl at the front desk, he would have ignored the strange noises that suddenly appeared at night, but Qi Qiu did not intend to let go of this opportunity to explore for clues.

He was curious about what TV program this non-existent "guest" was watching now.

Qi Qiu's system interface still stayed on the skill bar, and the knock on the door crisis was resolved, but he had no intention of turning off the skills.

He thought for a moment and finally clicked Yes on the [Yes/No Enable NPC Limited Time Recruitment Letter] option.

[Dear travelers, the limited-time employment letter skill has been activated. Now you can summon an NPC to work for you]

[Note! The skill cooldown time is 24h. And the summoned NPC must come from a copy that has completed the final mission]

[Warning! After the above conditions are met, when the NPC's favorability towards the summoner is too low, there is a possibility that the summons will fail. If the summons fails three times, it will automatically enter the cool-down period]

[Which NPC do you want to issue a limited-time employment letter to?]

Qi Jiu thought about it for a moment and found out that the NPC with which he had the highest affinity in the Rose Fish dungeon, apart from the little gray cat, was probably Miss Rossetti, and the rampaging Miss Rossetti had a very high strength value.

But the violent young lady is not very suitable to be a hotel receptionist...

After comprehensive consideration, Qi Gu already had a suitable candidate in mind.

"Please issue a limited-time employment letter to Mr. Lord, thank you." Qi Jiu said to the system.

After all, this middle-aged gentleman seemed polite, loyal, and well versed in service. Judging from his past work experience, he seemed to have a good impression of him. Qi Qiu believed that Mr. Lord was the most suitable candidate.

The system was humanely stuck for half a second [received].

Qi Jiu suddenly thought of something and confirmed: "Excuse me, do I really not need to pay for the cost of hiring an NPC?"

[Beep - The system has detected that someone has already borne this part of the cost for you, please feel free to enjoy the service]

Qi Qiu raised his eyebrows in satisfaction. He knew very well who the "financier" was, so he curved his lips and said, "Oh, thank you boss."

[The limited-time employment letter has been issued, please wait patiently for a while]

[Time limit for this recruitment: 7 minutes]

Five seconds later, Mr. Lord, who had taken off his factory uniform and put on beach pants, appeared in front of Qi Qiu.

He also held a glass of beer with ice cubes and lime slices in his hand.

Qi Jiu:……

Mr. Lord:…

The former new executive appears to be happily on vacation.

"Good evening, Mr. Lord," Qi Qiu smiled as if meeting an old friend, "I'm sorry to disturb you while you are on vacation."

"Good evening, boss," Mr. Lord was very friendly. "It will be my pleasure to serve you."

"After all, you need money to enjoy a vacation." As he said this, Mr. Lord laughed.

[The employment time gate has taken effect, countdown: 7 minutes]

"Is there anything I can do for you?" Mr. Lord asked.

Qi Jiu handed the nengmian borrowed from Qin Rang to Mr. Lord: "Put it on and stay at the front desk for 7 minutes."

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Qi Chu officially got to the point.

Now he has a surplus of employees to support him, but he lacks safety guards.

According to the tips from the girl at the front desk, the Nomian is a shield to prevent night watch personnel from being attacked by "monsters", and the safe guard can prevent the night watch personnel from declining in mental value.

But Mr. Lord is an NPC employee in the dungeon, and there is no such thing as mental value, so the threat of a decrease in mental value is completely ineffective for him.

Mr. Lord has always done his duty. He quickly put down his beer and put on his mask: "Okay."

In this way, Qi Qiu perfectly solved the problem of not being able to leave the night watch desk.

After all, Mr. Lord took him on duty for seven minutes.

Qi Jiu quickly walked to the hotel door and picked up the small card left by the uninvited guest. Under the moonlight, when he saw the contents of the colorful card clearly, a subtle expression appeared on his face.

Because this is the call girl's little card.

The card is not a peach-colored card from a cheap hotel. Instead, it depicts a happy man and woman in the style of an ukiyo-e. There is a string of blurry handwriting underneath the artistic painting.
To be continued...