Oscar's string of moves left everyone present utterly dumbfounded.
For a moment, Dai Mubai even felt like he was the country bumpkin.
Watching Oscar dance some unknown dance and sing an upbeat tune, everyone's bodies began swaying along unconsciously.
It was probably like when Stephen Chow rapped at the Hua residence and Madam Hua and the others joined in.
Once they were nearly done grilling, Oscar handed out the grilled sausages.
The sausages had been grilled to the point where their casings were almost bursting, and the grease covering them only made everyone's appetites flare up.
Even though lunch had not been long ago, they still swallowed unconsciously.
Xiao Wu was the first to lose patience. She carefully took a bite, and juice splattered everywhere. The perfect heat had fully brought out the meat's aroma within the ordinary sausage.
At that moment, Xiao Wu sighed at how wonderful it was to eat meat. Even if it harmed some rainforest in the West, what did that have to do with Xiao Wu?
At that moment, Xiao Wu did not care about paperclip hairpins or anything else. Eating meat was what mattered most!
Xiao Wu turned into a carnivore and polished off the delicious grilled sausage in a few bites.
"Delicious!"
Xiao Wu gave a thumbs-up. Even with cheeks puffed out like a squirrel storing pine nuts, she still praised Oscar.
Seeing Xiao Wu like this, everyone else also ate the grilled sausages Oscar had made.
Since Ma Hongjun was not very educated, he could not come up with many words of praise. He simply kept patting Oscar's chest and giving him a thumbs-up.
The meaning was that although he had not read much, it was delicious, and that was all that mattered.
Even Ning Rongrong, who was used to eating delicacies from mountains and seas, could not resist the temptation of the grilled sausage.
"How... how did you do this?"
Ning Rongrong squinted her eyes, holding the half-eaten grilled sausage in one hand while propping up her chin with the other. Her expression was full of enjoyment.
If Shouzaki had been there, he might have answered Ning Rongrong's question.
"Isn't that obvious? It's technology and ruthless craftsmanship~"
As an all-purpose tokusatsu scientist, Shouzaki found this fairly ordinary.
Thus, everyone from Shrek spent the entire afternoon enjoying Oscar's sausages.
Of course, Oscar, who had been excited at first but later completely ran out of Soul Power to make grilled sausages, collapsed from exhaustion.
"Alright, the first group task this afternoon is complete. As for the second one, Shouzaki left early, so we can't carry it out."
Flender stepped out at that moment and casually took a grilled sausage Oscar had made.
"Oscar, restore your Soul Power first. As for the rest of you, digest the extra Soul Power you gained from eating Xiao Ao's sausages. Then I'll take you there!"
Once Flender spoke, everyone decided to digest their food as well. They sat down where they were and began absorbing and refining the extra Soul Power from Oscar's sausages.
"As for the second task originally scheduled for this afternoon, Shouzaki will be going with you tonight, so you can get a look at it in advance!"
Flender took the opportunity to say this while everyone sat on the ground cultivating.
At night, the moon hung in the sky.
After waiting for Oscar to recover his Soul Power, everyone from Shrek followed Flender out.
"This is the Soul Arena. Those of you without accounts, go register first. These are your disguises!"
Flender handed everyone an eye mask. Of course, no one should expect those masks to truly conceal their identities, much less expect anything Flender gave them to be of good quality.
"No need, I have my own!"
Shouzaki had come along as well, though he was still wearing that long coat that set him apart from everyone else.
Shouzaki took out a pair of cartoon glasses from Kamen Rider EA and put them on.
"Next, register your accounts. Remember not to use your real names."
Flender raised a finger as he explained the Soul Arena's rules.
In short, it was an arena fight. Whoever lost, or whoever fell off the arena first, lost.
However, one rule stated that each person could only participate in one solo Soul fight and one duo Soul fight per day.
This rule was largely meant to prevent people from farming points. Of course, rules were generally made for the weak.
If a person or team could truly bring greater exposure and popularity to the Soul Arena, neither the arena nor the audience would mind letting that person or team appear multiple times.
Just like how Shrek had encountered the Heaven Dou Royal Battle Team early in the original story.
Just as in the original story, Tang San used Thousand Hands Shura as his alias.
A certain hedgehog-haired, red-eyed battlefield rose gave him a thumbs-up.
Oscar went with Sausage Vendor.
The remaining Shrek members all chose names based on their Martial Souls.
Dai Mubai was "Evil Eye White Tiger," Zhu Zhuqing was "Hell Spirit Cat," Ning Rongrong was "Seven Treasure Glazed Tile," Ma Hongjun was "Evil Fire Phoenix," and Xiao Wu was "Soft Bone Rabbit."
"Hello, what is your code name?"
When the clerk at the counter asked for his code name, Qian Qiao fell into thought.
"Then... Orga!"
Qian Qiao thought of his friend and chose that name in remembrance of him.
Seeing Qian Qiao recalling something, Zhu Zhuqing stepped forward as well. She did not say anything, merely silently staying by Qian Qiao's side.
Dai Mubai, who had been watching Zhu Zhuqing's movements from the side, clenched his fists again.
Unlike the silence over here, the Tram Four Idiots were incredibly lively.
"Call it Momotaros!"
"No, no, no, call it Urashima Taro!"
"No, no, no, how about the mighty me!"
"How about something elegant and pleasant-sounding?"
The Tram Four Idiots fell into another argument, but Ryotaro quickly chose a code name.
"As for me, I'll be Den-O."
"Alright, Den-O. Here is your identity card."
The staff quickly registered the name Den-O, and the Tram Four Idiots also accepted the title.
"This is good! As expected of Ryotaro!"
Momotaros was the first to praise Ryotaro.
"Hmph, saying that after the fact."
Urataros could not stand the way Momotaros was acting and mocked him.
"Oh, you! Take my axe!"
The two living treasures turned into sand again.
After Momotaros recovered,
"By the way, Shouzaki, what's your code name?"
Seeing everyone's code names, Momotaros asked Shouzaki.
Shouzaki had been fiddling with the Kamen Rider 1 Shouzaki custom VIP handmade limited-edition True Bone Carving in his hand. Hearing Momotaros's question, he stopped what he was doing.
"Me?"
Shouzaki seemed to be considering what to call himself, but then he suddenly smiled.
"Kamen Rider Yo!"
Shouzaki announced his code name, his face full of genuine happiness.
And with that, everyone from Shrek had chosen their code names.
Next, they would enter the Soul Arena and participate in their individual Soul fights.
Headmaster Flender also explained Shrek Academy's graduation requirements.
If their Soul Power exceeded level forty, or if they attained a Silver Badge or higher at the Soul Arena, they could graduate from Shrek on the spot.
Of course, reaching level forty in Soul Power would not happen anytime soon, so the quickest route was to earn a Silver Badge.
With that in mind, everyone from Shrek entered the Soul Arena.
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