Vegetarian Hot Pot

She squatted down in front of the group of little dolls, showing her smile.

Several Armed Puppet exchanged glances, huddled together and chattered for a while, then one of them stepped forward seriously and said to Bianca, "Run, human."

"..."

"That guy is a reincarnation of a pile driver. He can get a human girl pregnant just by looking at her. And his tastes are extremely diverse. No matter if she is a middle-aged woman much older than him or an android less than ten years old, she can't escape his clutches. Today he'll sleep with a killer girl, tomorrow he'll flirt with the chief engineer, the day after he'll play with a scientist in stockings... After each mission, he will choose at least one of them and then stay in bed for a month. He could even break through the ceiling of the base."

"So..."

The Armed Puppet placed its little hand on the completely bewildered Bianca's shoulder.

"Run!"

It sounds like the hentai anime male protagonist that Rita would occasionally mention when teasing her.

That expressionless man? Does he really have that much charm?

He did have a handsome face, but Bianca couldn't see anything attractive about him other than that face.

"Da, da, da..."

The steady footsteps were approaching, and at that moment, all the Armed Puppet disappeared in a flash upon seeing the figure behind her.

Bianca tossed her long hair, stood up with a suspicious look on her face, and turned to look at Lin.

He came carrying a huge cross on his back.

"The Oath of Judas?"

Bianca was incredibly surprised to see the cross behind him; she never expected to find a Divine Key here.

She had personally witnessed the bishop's granddaughter use the Oath of Judas, so it was impossible for her to be wrong.

"You know him?"

Where did you get it?

Bianca realized she had overlooked something: she hadn't paid attention to where these people came from. They didn't belong to this World Bubble, so what was their original world like?

"... It was given to me by someone else."

"This is for you..."

An unbelievable answer.

"Let's go." Lin didn't say anything more. He walked past Bianca and continued on his way.

Where to?

Didn't you want someone to show you the way?

Lin turned around and said to her indifferently.

"Is Durandal your code name?"

Lin walked ahead, occasionally looking up to observe the cracks in the distance, speaking in a casual tone.

"...No, not entirely. My full name is Bianca Durandal Atagina." Bianca was also paying attention to her surroundings, taking in her surroundings.

"It's a bit long, Bianca Durandal Atagina."

"You can just call me Durandal."

"I usually only use the full name."

"... If you want to express that we are not familiar, you can call me by my surname, and Durandal is indeed my code name."

Lin stopped and asked with some doubt, "Surname?"

"What's wrong?"

What is that?

Bianca was taken aback by his words, and asked in confusion, "Don't you know what a surname is?"

"..."

Come to think of it, neither Einstein nor Lin introduced themselves by their surnames. Could it be that people in their world only have given names and no surnames?

"A surname is a form of inheritance. When a surname is passed down to someone else, it usually means that they inherit their own history." Bianca continued walking forward with her lance on her back, Lin walking beside her. "Most of the time, it is the children who inherit their parents' surnames."

"Good method," Lin Youxin praised.

Bianca felt much better after hearing his candid praise, but she quickly took a deep breath and said resolutely, "But sometimes a surname is also a responsibility; inheriting a surname means inheriting a responsibility."

"I know."

You know?

"My name was also inherited from someone else."

"..."

Bianca turned her head slightly incredulously to look at the man, who said very calmly, "My name, my memories, my weapons, and the life I have survived are all inherited from others."

He...

Does that mean he's just an empty shell?

It carries things, but none of them belong to him.

"But my ideals and my friends belong to me," Lin added, which caused a slight change in Bianca's gaze.

She chuckled softly, relaxing her lips. "It seems I misunderstood you. You're probably not as strange as I thought."

"Of course." Lin nodded in agreement. "The strange one is you, it's definitely not me."

"..."

Bianca took back her words, realizing she was wrong to have even slightly changed her opinion of Lin.

"What those Armed Puppet said were just rumors they spread themselves," Lin clarified. He used to not care, but now it was different.

Bianca asked with a forced smile, "So, do you have a lover?"

"Have."

"Have you ever slept with the killer girl?"

Cherry?

To be fair, there was indeed a physical act of pushing it down; it even resulted in a lose-lose situation.

"Have."

Bianca's gaze turned to disdain.

"Flirting with the chief engineer?"

Lin seems to be right, there's no denying it.

"...have."

"Playing stockings with scientists?"

"She needs my help to research the durability of the stocking material."

Bianca looked at him with utter contempt, as if he were scum.

"He didn't get out of bed for a whole month after the mission ended?"

Lin recalled that he was seriously injured almost every time a major Honkai, and sometimes he even had to stay in a sanatorium. Lying in a hospital bed was his most common memory.

"Yes."

"Stay away from me."

"..."

Lin didn't intend to provoke her this time, but he didn't know what he said wrong, which made Bianca look at him with contempt and wariness, and keep at least five meters away.

"Arrive."

"Is this what you call the 'Stargate'...?"

Bianca squinted, taking in the scene before her.

Chapter 43 Vegetarian Hot Pot

People are always meeting and always parting.

Bianca reached out and brushed the raindrops from her eyelashes, leaning against the lance standing upright on the ground. Without her armor, she was even more slender, and her form-fitting clothes and high ponytail made her look more like a naive sixteen-year-old girl.

Bianca was organizing the various pieces of information she had gathered since entering the World Bubble. She wasn't one to rely on brainpower, and many people thought she was too stubborn, so she didn't force herself to deduce the complete truth; she simply organized the information.

Currently, there are four types of people in the World Bubble: Lin, Einstein, and the Armed Puppet are one group; they came to the Quantum Sea through the Stargate.

Rita is from another faction; she possesses a "ship" that allows her to freely traverse the Quantum Sea.

Bianca's ability to operate alone and navigate the Quantum Sea is a separate topic.

It's worth noting that there might be another person in this World Bubble, the cloaked man Lin mentioned, who is an extremely dangerous individual.

How strange, this tiny World Bubble has nothing special about it, so why does it attract so many extraordinary people?

And the Stargate... it felt strange to Bianca, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what was so special about the seemingly damaged device.

As an intuitive person, she could only detect some clues that she couldn't explain.

"Dinner's ready."

"Okay, sure."

After answering instinctively, she belatedly looked up with a "Huh?" and saw Lin sitting by the makeshift stove, poking at the fire with a stick.

When did this guy...?

Before she could figure it out, Lin lifted the pot lid, and a rich aroma of spices wafted out.

Bianca stared longingly at the pot of appetizing red food, and before she knew it, she had swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

To be honest, she hadn't eaten for almost a day.

Rita usually prepares healthy meals after her training, and she also tries to make Rita happy by eating some high-calorie foods. Of course, she will increase her training volume afterwards to maintain her figure...

As the number one, aside from talent, the effort he put in behind the scenes must have been immense.

Even without meat, the super spicy vegetarian hot pot that Lin made is still quite high in calories.

"... Are you going to eat or not?" Lin picked up the bowl and glanced expressionlessly at Bianca was leaning against her lance without moving.

"I... I won't eat." Bianca gritted her teeth and turned her head away, refusing to look.

It wasn't that she wasn't hungry, but Lin's "illustrious achievements" made her not want him to have any chance to try to please her.

Besides, even if he makes it delicious, can it be as delicious as Rita's?

"Slurp..."

However, what she didn't expect was that Lin simply stopped paying attention to her and started enjoying the hot vegetarian hot pot.

He hasn't enjoyed good food in so long, maybe... maybe it's time to indulge a little?

Bianca turned her head away, not wanting to watch him eat with relish.

But... could that jerk please stop smacking his lips when he eats? Is he still a child? Is it really necessary to chew enoki mushrooms so loudly? And after swallowing, he even makes an "ah" sound. Why doesn't he write a speech about how delicious they are?

Bianca mentally complained about Lin, closed her eyes and entered meditation. She sank her consciousness into a certain part of her body and communicated with "something".

The situation in the Quantum Sea still depends on the Holy Sword...

"Slurp..."

"..."

"Slurp..."

"..."

Why does it feel like the sound of eating is closer to me? Is it just my imagination because I'm too hungry?

"Slurp..."

It's right up to my ear, like eating face-to-face...