Arknights: Suika's Journey as a Messenger
Chapter 174

I'm Disciplined and My Dog Still Isn't Hungry-Hunger Is the Real Enemy! / The Headbutt Teacher

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After the elder finished speaking, Suika thought for a moment and finally remembered the two people.

The former has a subtle relationship with Gnosis, while the latter... Suika looked at the Grand Elder and a slight smile appeared on her lips. The Grand Elder in front of her had died at the hands of the latter, and not in a very dignified way.

The Grand Elder didn't understand what Suika was laughing about; he simply assumed she was satisfied with the situation.

"By the way, Elder, could you arrange a room for me?"

Since I'll be participating in all the upcoming exams anyway, I don't plan to go back to town.

"Of course, Manjushri Monastery has special dormitories for welcoming guests. I'll arrange for someone to take you there. As long as you stay here, someone will place food outside your dormitory door on time every morning, noon, and evening. Just remember not to forget to eat."

After the elder finished speaking, he waved his hand and summoned a guard, who then led Suika out.

After Suika left, his gaze became deep.

From their conversation, he clearly realized that although the little messenger girl kept saying she wouldn't interfere with Kjerag's development and plans, her every word and action was telling those around her how backward and desolate Kjerag would become if it weren't open.

In the eyes of the Grand Elder, this was an unforgivable act, because it had touched upon his most vital interests.

Shortly after he returned to his room in the Manjushri Monastery, someone delivered a note that read, "Messenger Ibuki Suika, claiming to be from the Great Yan, is a heavy drinker who single-handedly got dozens of people, including the head of the Paleroche family, drunk..."

"Good wine... good wine..." The elder looked at the hidden compartment not far away, which contained a bottle of poison. He tremblingly took out the poison, then took out a bottle of wine from another cabinet, opened the cap, poured the poison in, and shook it well.

After doing all this, he walked out the door without batting an eye and beckoned a guard to him.

"You, give this bottle of wine to the messenger. If she asks who sent it, just say it's a gift from Manjushri Monastery."

After watching the guard take the wine towards where Suika was, he turned and went back into the house.

"Drink up, drink up... Get drunk and then sleep... If you can't wake up, it's your own fault..."

Meanwhile, Suika lay leisurely on the bed, watching the cleaning crew in Shanghai working tirelessly.

As a professional at making things worse, she knew very well that what she needed to do at this moment was to lie there quietly and not disturb her work in Shanghai.

And the result of trying to help out of good intentions is probably being met with a headbutt from Shanghai.

After all, a task that could be completed in an hour could be shortened to two hours with Suika's enthusiastic participation.

Just as she was humming a little tune, feeling utterly bored, someone suddenly knocked on the door.

She thought it was lunchtime, but subconsciously checked the time and found it wasn't...

Did the Grand Elder want to see me again?

Upon opening the door, they found not the Grand Elder, but a stranger standing there holding an exquisite wine pot.

Upon seeing Suika, the man handed the sake bottle to her.

"Hello, Miss Messenger, welcome to Manjushri Monastery. This is a gift from Manjushri Monastery for you..."

Chapter 318 I'm so disciplined I haven't let my dog go hungry, after all, hunger is a great enemy!

"Oh! What a great thing! Thank you, don't bother seeing me out!"

Suika took a sniff and, upon discovering it was wine, her eyes lit up, and she grabbed the wine pot.

Before the other person could speak, she closed the door, leaving only the guard who seemed hesitant to say anything.

Upon entering the room, Suika was about to start drinking and see what was so special about the sake from Manjushri Monastery.

As a result, it was stopped by Shanghai.

"Hmm... Go drink it in bed, so as not to disturb your work?"

She was a little excited when she was stopped by Shanghai for drinking for the first time.

I initially thought she had some ulterior motive, but it turned out I was just standing there disturbing her work.

Speechless, she sat back on the bed. Just as she was about to drink, she suddenly remembered Valais, whom she had met before.

"No way, no way!"

Suika opened the sake bottle with a suspicious look, dipped her finger in it, and licked it.

The wine has a strong flavor, but there's a completely unexpected taste in it. It's very faint, so faint that it's easily overlooked without careful tasting, but this taste does contradict and clash with the overall flavor.

I never imagined that as an alcoholic I would ever think of poisoning someone with my own wine, yet today I've been poisoned myself.

He smacked his lips as he looked at the poisoned Suika in front of him.

A thought suddenly struck him: he'd drunk plenty of alcohol, but never poison. Why not give it a try...?

Thoughts are like weeds in a wilderness; once they arise, they cannot be suppressed.

So, how can one avoid being poisoned after drinking poisoned wine?

Stroking her chin, Suika fell into deep thought. After all, according to the setting, she didn't seem to have a constitution that made her immune to all poisons; at most, she could drink a lot without getting drunk.

After reviewing her spells, Suika finally focused her attention on the ability to control Density and Sparsity.

This ability has a very wide range of applications. Suika placed her fingers on the wine and activated the ability according to her thoughts. Soon, a pinch of white powder formed at her fingertips.

If the Grand Elder were nearby, he would have recognized that the powder was the poison he had just poured into the wine.

"It really works!" Suika smiled and added the poison to the water, then picked up the wine and drank it all in one gulp.

"It tastes weird, not as good as pure liquor. Poison and alcohol really don't mix." After smacking her lips and savoring the taste for a while, Suika complained and sighed.

Before the exclamation was over, a Little Suika, no bigger than a little finger and covered in powder, crawled out of her throat, jumped onto a piece of paper that Suika had prepared nearby, shook off the powder, gave Suika the middle finger, and then disappeared.

"Sigh..." Suika wanted to say something, but the clone disappeared so decisively that she was gone before she could even finish her sentence.

Suika glanced at the poison in the paper, then reached out and wrapped it up.

"Fine, fine... Killing that old bastard now might cause problems... Let's settle things later."

Originally, Suika's plan was to repay kindness with kindness; since you gave me poisoned wine, then don't blame me for returning the poison to you intact.

Unfortunately, the clone ran away too quickly, and she was too lazy to recruit another one. Considering that the exam was coming up soon, if the Grand Elder suddenly died from poisoning, it would definitely cause some trouble, and the exam might even be canceled.

Kjerag's exam was canceled or not wouldn't have mattered to her in the first place, but the fact that her friend had been detained for a month because of this exam made her feel uneasy about ruining it.

Therefore, Suika decided to postpone her revenge until after the exam, when she would return the poison to the respected elder.

After all, a gentleman takes revenge even after ten years, but she is no longer a gentleman, so two nights are insignificant.

Then she lay down on the bed and quickly fell asleep again.

As evening fell, Suika ran into the Elder while strolling in the courtyard.

The elder's pupils contracted when he saw Suika.

"Miss Messenger, it's very cold in Kjerag at night. It's best to stay indoors and keep warm."

"Oh, I just came out for a stroll, I'll be back in a bit."

Suika said with a smile.

"That's good, that's good... There's not much to do at Manjushri Monastery, I hope Miss Messenger won't be bored." The Elder's tone remained kind.

"I'm bored. I wouldn't be bored if I had some wine! The kind the guard brought over this afternoon was pretty good. Elder, could you get me some more?"

Suika pretended not to know that the wine was poisoned and deliberately asked the question in front of the Grand Elder.

"What! You drank that wine?" Seeing Suika jumping around outside, the elder thought she hadn't drunk the poisoned wine yet, which was why he told her to come back inside as soon as possible.

As an alcoholic, she didn't believe the other person could resist drinking.

But the result was unexpected; Suika had already drunk the wine.

But why does she show absolutely no signs of poisoning?

For a moment, the Grand Elder lost his composure.

"Um, can't I drink that alcohol?"

"No, no, no, of course you can drink it..."

The Grand Elder just wanted to go back to his room and check if his poison had expired.

"If you have something to do, go ahead and do it. I'll play for a little while longer and then go back inside... Of course, it would be great if you could bring me two more jugs of sake." After saying that Suika walked to the side and continued playing in the snow.

The Grand Elder hurriedly returned to his room.

After entering the room, he looked around first. When no one was paying attention to him, he found the remaining poison, opened it, touched it, and found that there was nothing wrong with it.

He became even more confused...

The poison wasn't the problem, but the messenger had already drunk the poisoned wine... How was she still alive? How could she be alive...?

Meanwhile, Suika returned to her room and waited for a long time without receiving any drinks, so she couldn't help but purse her lips in disdain.

"You stingy person..."

Feeling a bit bored... Let's go find Little Skullshatterer and get some barbecue!

Thinking that it had been over a month since she last visited Mystia's shop, apart from the first time, Suika sat up and looked towards Shanghai.

"Keep an eye on this place, I'll be right back!"

After saying that, he vanished from the spot in an instant.

Mystia's Grill in Gensokyo

Reimu and Yukari Yakumo have been staking out this place for almost half a month since Suika last appeared, but they have come up empty-handed because Suika didn't show up.

After some discussion, they concluded that Suika from the other world must have come here using some kind of disposable prop.

Just like Yagokoro Eirin did back then.

So they stopped monitoring the area, but instructed Mystia to make sure she kept Suika there if this happened again.

However, Little Skullshatterer's memory...

Although she confidently said at the time that there would be no problem, she had actually forgotten about it almost completely when she woke up the next morning.

"Welcome! What would you like to eat?"

"You have eel rice? That's great! And please bring some of your specialty dishes, ma'am!"

Ibuki Suika grand entrance!

Chapter 319 Headbutt on the Teacher

"Alright! Suika, please have a seat!"

Seeing Ibuki Suika, she wasn't afraid at all this time. After all, Suika had been coming to her place every day to freeload for a while, and Reimu had blocked the door and dragged her back several times.

So now, seeing this mighty Ghost King of Mount Oe, Mystia not only wasn't afraid, but also felt a little amused.

"The usual?"

Suika smacked her eyes. "Just the usual routine after one time?"

Didn't I just order food? What's with this "old rule"?

Did this jerk forget what he said as soon as he turned around?

"The usual rules!"

Suika sat down while brainstorming.

Soon Suika learned what the old rules were.

Mystia walked to the back, huffing and puffing as she carried a wine jar almost as big as herself, and came to Suika.

"These bottles of wine have been sitting here for days. I was thinking of taking them to the market to sell for money since you weren't coming!"

Suika reached out and grabbed the wine jar, placing it aside. Looking at the contents of the jar, she guessed that the old rule wasn't hers, but rather that of another Suika.

But it would be foolish not to drink when there's wine available. Regardless of whether she's Suika from Gensokyo or not, the wine is right in front of her, and it's hers to keep. Even if the King of Heaven himself came, he couldn't take it away.

With that thought, Suika suddenly felt enlightened and buried her head in the wine vat to start drinking.

"Gurgle gurgle~~"

Just as Suika was engrossed in drinking, she felt someone pat her on the shoulder.

She looked up and saw a girl with long blue and white hair and brown eyes wearing glasses.

"Hey, what brings you here drinking again? Aren't you afraid Reimu will drag you back like last time?"

"Huiyin?"

In just a second, Suika recognized the person in front of her as Kamishirasawa Keine, who possessed the ability to headbutt and was ostensibly a schoolteacher in the Human Village, but in reality, she would transform into Keine Kamishirasawa Bai Ze the full moon.

"Uh... are you drunk? Do you want me to take you back to the shrine?"

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