Hungry Customer

It was 9:05 p. m., and after a long day of work, the announcement came over the Loudspeaker as scheduled once again.

Compared to the previous noon broadcast, this time the announcement was rather dull, simply repeating the usual news of who received a complaint and who received a positive review.

Among them, "Positive and Negative" once again made the list with the impressive feat of poisoning a customer, while Bai Zhi received a rare positive review from Customer. The customer described the dish as having a slightly Spicy Flavor with some Special seasonings, making it very delicious, and expressing hope to have it again next time...

What did you add to the dish?

Turning her head, Fireworks of Romance looked at Bai Zhi beside her with a suspicious expression.

Given the other party's past misdeeds, she didn't believe he would ever reform.

"Oh, Aqua Regia."

Bai Zhi's face remained expressionless.

"..."

The Intern Restaurant by a diverse group of people. While some are human, the majority belong to the category of Anomaly beings. For those Anomaly whose physical structure is unknown, what is harmful to humans may not necessarily be effective against them.

But if we say it this way...

Bai Zhi squinted and looked in the direction of Positive and Negative.

The broadcast continued overhead.

Some received positive reviews, some received negative reviews, and some received no reviews... However, unlike at noon, no one received any gifts from the customers this time.

After the broadcast ended, the people who had been in the kitchen rested there for about half an hour.

Once their physical condition had largely recovered, the Player began preparing their individual dishes. With the help of multiple players, they managed to complete all four dishes according to the menu Bai Zhi had brought back before 10 o'clock.

After briefly saying goodbye to Fireworks of Romance and the others, Bai Zhi and Shu Tu took the food and headed back to the trading market.

Compared to the afternoon, the number of people in the trading market was much less in the evening. However, when Bai Zhi arrived at the stall where the middle-aged man had been, he found that the stall was empty. There was a small box firmly fixed to the ground on the ground, with a note on the box.

"... A storage tool similar to the Dawn Storage Box?"

After reading the contents of the note, Bai Zhi raised an eyebrow slightly and placed the dishes he had brought into the box.

--The items placed in the box can only be opened by a designated person.

Bai Zhi had originally planned to take this opportunity to have a proper discussion with the other party about certain matters, but since the other party wasn't there, he had no choice but to give up on that idea.

At 10:20 p. m., Bai Zhi returned to the Dormitory area near the kitchen.

With both physical and mental exhaustion combined, most people chose to go to bed early. Although the Rest Area was rather basic, at least there was a bed, right?

Having exchanged Number Plate with Fireworks of Romance beforehand, Bai Zhi went straight into Room Five. After resting on the bed for a little over an hour to recover, time quietly ticked away until midnight.

The Lights were always on in the cramped room.

As Bai Zhi lay in bed covered by the blanket, lost in thought about things and books, a strange creaking sound came from under the bed.

When Bai Zhi turned his head to look, a delicate Figurine, about the size of a palm, had already crawled from under the bed up the edge of the bed onto the bed.

Bai Zhi wasn't unfamiliar with Figurine; he had encountered many hardcore Old Otaku were passionate about Figurine in previous Dungeon.

However, this "Figurine" in front of us has clearly deviated from the category of Figurine.

To be honest, after seeing what was in front of him, Bai Zhi realized just how conservative the descriptions of the other party that Fireworks of Romance had given him were...

From the outside, the exquisitely Figurine, about the size of a palm, is a petite Japanese-style Young Girl wearing a black and white Sailor Suit. She has long, smooth, white hair that reaches her waist, a fair and delicate neck, and a curvaceous figure that perfectly accentuates her physique.

--This is the normal position of the Figurine in front of you.

Apart from these, none of the other parts are normal.

What should have been Girl's slender and delicate hands were replaced by two eerie, slippery tentacles starting from the base of her shoulders. Corresponding to the tentacles on her hands were her exoskeleton-like legs with knees that resembled insect joints.

Its eye sockets are filled with compound eyes similar to those of a bee, and below the eyes, a jaw resembling the mouthparts of an arthropod replaces the lower half of its face...

It combines absurdity, the bizarre, and horror.

Generally speaking, it's hard for normal people to accept this kind of Figurine, so it's no wonder that Fireworks of Romance seek refuge with him.

What are you?

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, one hand supporting his chin on his leg, Bai Zhi looked at the exquisitely Figurine, palm-sized figurine that had climbed onto the bed and asked it some questions with great interest.

"You... aren't... that... silly... Chef... where... is she...?"

She looked up at him, and after her bee-like compound eyes darted around a few times, the other person tilted his head slightly.

As it spoke, the tentacles on its hands kept writhing unconsciously, looking very much like two... maggots.

"That silly guy is on his period today and isn't feeling well, so I'll be entertaining you tonight."

Suddenly intrigued by what was in front of him, Bai Zhi made up a story.

"... Menstrual period...?"

The other person's thinking seemed completely incomprehensible; their words were always fragmented and disjointed.

"It's just your period. You're Girl, you should understand these things, right? You should drink more hot water during this time."

Bai Zhi switched hands and rested his chin on his other hand.

"By the way, speaking of which, do you remember your name and what it is? And what is your origin? Human, Anomaly, or a human who became Anomaly?"

"... human... brain... cup..."

"What?"

Bai Zhi didn't quite catch what he heard for a moment.

"... Hungry... Cooking... Eating... Curse..."

Could you explain it more clearly?

Bai Zhi frowned slightly.

"... Hungry... cooking... hungry... eating..."

At this moment, the other person suddenly became very agitated, and their words became incoherent.

"... Brain... human... curse... eat... eat!!!"

"Come on, take me to the kitchen."

Bai Zhi's eyes flickered slightly before he got off the bed.

"I'll make sure you're well-fed today."