Final Preparations

Six in the morning.

Pumpkin Fran had already cooked the day's various porridges and prepared all kinds of breakfast ingredients.

He now needed to make a trip back to Hostel Scream—not to fetch something, but to deliver something.

He pushed a cart laden with a large bag, which wobbled as it rolled along. Inside was [meat].

Chunks of meat that had been chopped up—or rather, hacked apart.

Naturally, the meat used for Luo Di's practice could not be wasted, and the best "recycling site" was the hostel. This amount was just enough for the landlord's breakfast.

The meat was delivered to the garbage station behind the hostel.

After pushing aside several trash bins that seemed completely unrelated to the hostel, he revealed a bottomless depth within. Twisted teeth embedded along the inner walls could vaguely be seen far below.

The minced meat was poured in.

Fran seemed to have grown accustomed to this sort of life. He pushed the cart back again.

"Today's meat is no different from yesterday's. This kind of life will probably be over soon... I really hope Luo Di can stay a little longer. Having someone help chop vegetables is just too wonderful."

[Cafeteria Kitchen]

More time had passed than expected. Luo Di's life on campus had already lasted over half a month.

The main reason he had continued to stay here and trouble Hunter was that the issue with [Slash] remained unresolved. Luo Di had made obvious progress a few days ago, but now he had basically hit a wall.

He still could not recall the slash that had killed Old Master Jiang, nor could he enter that state again.

Inside the kitchen,

Hunter stood with his arms folded across his chest, one index finger stroking his beard.

Luo Di, meanwhile, sat crouched on