(I'm out of chapters in reserve. I'll try to post one chapter a day this month and save any extras as a buffer!)
The moment I started fighting Kong, I realized I might have become too weak to beat him again.
That made me even more depressed. He kept dodging my attacks, while I could never dodge his. It meant I was always the one getting pummeled.
This discovery sent me spiraling into self-doubt~~
Had I been sleeping too much lately, gaining weight too fast and getting sluggish?
Otherwise, how had I first gotten thrashed by the male and female MUTOs, and now been pinned down and pounded by that shaggy black brute?
Sure, there had been two MUTOs, so I'd been outnumbered. And the gorilla in front of me had some shiny metal plates on him. But from what I could tell, that black brute, like me, hadn't reached his prime yet!
If my strength hadn't declined and my opponent hadn't suddenly gotten stronger, there was only one possible explanation.
I must have left home without checking the almanac today.
As far as I knew, people across the ocean had followed the tradition of checking the almanac before going out for a long time. They checked what was auspicious and what was inauspicious for the day, so they could seek good fortune and avoid disaster.
Was my almanac saying it was a good day to sleep and a bad day to fight?
As I lay there getting pounded and questioning my entire life as a beast, I started wondering if the problem was bad feng shui. Just then, I noticed that the enormous serpent-like beast had started fighting the female MUTO.
What shocked me even more was that the person who had disappeared showed up again. He attacked the