Kevin Goes to Sea Again and Again (Continued)
"These four are also Flame Chasers? Hmm, why does their style seem a bit different?"
Mei's expression was subtle as she looked at the four strange people slurping noodles. She found it hard to associate them with the Flame Chasers. In fact, she was still surprised that there was a man among the Flame-Chasers.
(I thought all the heroes in the Fifteen Flame-Chasers, except for Bai Ge, were women. Turns out there are men too~ Wait, we can't be careless now, maybe they're women disguised as men.)
Thinking of that flat-chested immortal, Mei felt that it wasn't impossible. After all, before Bai Ge came to the St. Freya Academy, Fu Hua was hailed as the number one male martial god.
Moreover, putting the other three aside for the moment, Su... is indeed beautiful, after all, the title of "Fairy of the Lake" is not an exaggeration.
"Don't worry, although these four guys are all weirdos, they are all my good brothers."
"Good brother? Then I'm relieved."
Mei blinked, then breathed a sigh of relief, her expression softening as she looked at Kevin and the others.
As long as it's not a love rival, it doesn't matter what it is.
"Um, Bai Ge, have you already been to the Previous Civilization?" Su asked tentatively.
"Well, Hua already told you I was back, didn't he? By the way, what are you four doing here eating noodles?"
"Team building, and avoiding trouble." x4
The four of them said it in unison, and after they finished speaking, their faces turned as red as if they had thought of something terrible.
These four tough men, who had never shown any fear Finality, now revealed clear "fear"!
Bai Ge was quite surprised. Apart from himself, there was no one else in the world who could threaten Kevin and the others.
"Seeking shelter from the storm? What happened in the Elysian Realm that made you all come out to lay low? Is it haunted?"
"It would be better if it were haunted..."
Kevin's voice was weak. He took a deep breath and looked at his hands, finding that the trembling was unstoppable.
Bai Ge raised an eyebrow, wondering if it was the Herrscher of Corruption from the Current Civilization that had descended? But that shouldn't be the case, since Flame-Chasers, who isn't a Memory, isn't afraid of that thing at all.
Kevin seemed unwilling to even mention it, and immediately tried to change the subject.
Kevin: "Ahem! By the way, Hua told us Bai Ge is back? How come I didn't know? Did you guys know?"
Su: "Of course I don't know. As for the reason, I think it's obvious. Sigh, it's really sad. I never thought Hua would become like this one day."
Kalpas: "Hmph! That's normal. Once it comes to anything related to Bai Ge, those women all lose their minds."
Kosma: "Long time no see, Bai Ge, and... Mei."
Unlike in the original story, the Flame-Chasers who are not part of the memory system are naturally able to leave Elysian Realm and engage in activities. In fact, many Flame-Chasers maintain a certain level of contact with the outside world.
For example, a certain Stars is not only an artist who has held exhibitions, but is also a teacher of Eroman.
Today, a red crisis has occurred in the Elysian Realm that will make Su widen his eyes. So, in order to avoid this crisis and also to have a long-awaited team-building activity, Kevin took the three of them to a newly opened ramen restaurant in the city.
As it turned out, they ran into Bai Ge.
"Speaking of which, how come Mei is with you? Wasn't she just looking for test subjects in the Elysian Realm?" Kevin asked in a very low voice, hooking his arm around Bai Ge's neck.
"What experimental subject? Mei isn't Mobius, and there's Kevin too. She's Mei, not Mei."
"Huh? Not Mei? That's not right, she looks exactly like Mei. Bai Ge, don't try to fool me."
Kevin adopted a wary stance, looking as if he was ready to break out and run away at any moment. Not only him, but Su, Kalpas, Kosma were all in the same position.
The four of them stared at Mei as if facing a formidable enemy.
"Your reaction is so rude to a girl! No wonder you'll never find a girlfriend in 50,000 years. What happened? What did Mei do to scare you so much?"
"... Cook!" x4
"Hiss! Okay, this is really scary!"
Bai Ge also shuddered, his hair standing on end, and he almost suffered a PTSD attack, nearly triggering Artificial Herrscher Form.
"Wait, could it be that you are...?"
"Well, things aren't peaceful in the Elysian Realm today. Mei was practicing her cooking skills and even had people taste-test her food. We had no choice but to escape to save our lives. So, Bai Ge... is the person next to you really not Mei?"
Sue's eyes widened as she stared warily at Mei.
"No, that's not true. My Mei is a great cook, her skills are even better than Sakura's. We just look alike. You know what an alternate dimension counterpart is, right? That's roughly it."
"I see, then it really wasn't a plum blossom."
All four of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Forget about making it delicious; Mei's cooking is simply inedible. Although she hasn't given up on improving her culinary skills over the years, but...
After just a moment's thought, all four of them felt a phantom pain in their abdomens; that was definitely not something a human could eat!
Even Kevin, Chimera, once foamed at the mouth and nearly died on the spot after tasting a sip.
Over the years, Mei's cooking skills have declined rather than improved.
The consensus among the Flame-Chasers is that they would rather drink Mobius's dubious potion than eat the food he cooks, because the former might at most have some side effects that won't kill them.
The latter can even melt your stomach, making it extremely deadly!
"Speaking of which, this is all your fault, Bai Ge."
"Huh? Why?"
"If you hadn't said you believed Mei would one day be able to cook decent and delicious food, she wouldn't have kept practicing her culinary skills for so many years. You... you've really put us in a terrible situation."
Su clutched his stomach with a grim expression; clearly, he was also one of the victims of Mei's cooking.
"Uh, sorry..."
Now, Bai couldn't help but feel guilty.
Back when Moth Chasing Fire, he had tried Mei's cooking before, and he almost got rushed into the operating room by Mobius. If it weren't for his power Herrscher of Life and Death, he would have survived.
Bai felt there was a 50% chance he would actually die.
It wasn't just him.
(Back then, I also tried feeding Mei's cooking to the malfunctioning Herrscher of Finality. Although the Herrscher of the Finality her divine status and didn't die, the reaction was still quite strong!)
Bai Ge felt he would never forget that scene in his life. After being forced to eat Mei's cooking, the Herrscher of Finality had been malfunctioning, actually turned pale and let out a painful groan.
The Honkai Goddess, who was supposed to be offline for five days, woke up clutching her stomach and angrily questioned Bai Ge about what kind of poison he had given her.
Bai Ge: "That was close, we almost lost that time."
Mei: "Who could possibly cook food that badly? Is it really as bad as you guys say?"
Bai Ge: "Let's skip this topic. I'm having a bit of PTSD right now, but I'm still a little touched. Mei actually worked so hard to improve her cooking skills for me."
Kevin: "Bai Ge, listen to your brother's advice, don't eat it."
The remaining three nodded with concern.
They knew very well that the White Youth in front of them was a brave soul who would do many foolish things for love, and that Bai Ge was truly willing to take the initiative to eat the dishes made by Mei!
"Ahem! By the way, Kevin, what was your reason for going to sea this time? If my memory serves me right, I saw you in the Sea of Quantum before."
Bai Ge also chose to change the subject.
"Could it be another custody battle with Sue? Didn't I say I'd leave Adam in Kalpas's care?"
"...snort!"
Kevin's face darkened, and he turned away unhappily.
Yes, so this time he is fighting with Kalpas for custody.
Unexpectedly, Kalpas showed no martial ethics!
Kevin: "Kalpas, I always thought you were a brute who would fight me fair and square! But you've really disappointed me, actually calling on Su Lai for a two-on-one fight!"
Bai Ge: "Oh?"
Kalpas: "Tch! I'm crazy, not stupid. Besides, if this blind man wasn't still useful, I wouldn't even consider joining forces with him; I would have thrown him and you into the Sea of Quantum together."
Su: "Kevin, you don't know how to take care of children. Did you expect Adam to eat noodles for every meal or Honkai Beast? Besides, you're not like me, who knows medicine and can treat children in critical moments."
Although Mobius and Mebius are not bad, it would be strange if Kalpas, who is stubborn but soft-hearted and actually a very competent male mother, could entrust his child to these two mad scientists!
Upon hearing this, Bai understood almost everything.
This time, Kevin was kicked into the Sea of Quantum by Kalpas and the Soviet Union. Although the former was far stronger, he was not the madman from the original story, but a sunny and cheerful young man.
So...
Kevin got arrogant, crashed and burned, and ended up in the sea.
Bai Ge: "How embarrassing..."
Kevin's eye twitched violently as he recalled what had happened that day.
He had just arrived at the agreed-upon location when he was temporarily controlled by Su Yongyu Feather of the Wind, who had been Artificial Herrscher Form.
Then, Qian Jie, who had also activated the artificial collapse (Mo Qian Zhao), Heavenly Fire Unleashed in his right Kalpas and the Star of Eden in his left, directly striking the Sea of Quantum. The whole process took less than three seconds. It was clear that these two had planned this in advance, and he wasn't even ready to fight.
So although he didn't lose any blood, he ultimately couldn't escape the fate of falling into the sea and was only recently pulled back by the crowd.
Kevin: "It makes me so angry! You two ambushed me! You can't take a joke! You're not strong enough!"
Kalpas: "Heh~ Kevin, didn't you have a lot of fun in the Sea of Quantum later?"