Chapter 128

"I don't believe that having a group of bodyguards swaggering around makes me feel safe. At least before you came into contact with me, nothing unexpected happened to me."

"Alright, that's all for today. If you need to contact me, please use PRTS. Thanks also to the other two operators."

The Doctor stood up, about to close the communication, when he heard Kal'tsit's voice slowly coming from the terminal.

It has been reported.

[Doctor, what made you change your original plan...?]

"... When did I say that the current situation deviated from my plan?"

[What--]

Click.

Communication interrupted.

She didn't even give the two operators in the safe house a chance to ask questions, and walked out of the safe house as if no one was there.

After jogging for a while and confirming that no one was around, she took off the hood and threw the outer garment she was wearing into the trash can.

"Huff... ha... huff... ha."

"Damn it... I feel like I'm suffocating."

The Doctor leaned against the wall, his face flushed, and beads of sweat constantly trickled down his cheeks.

"Also, who's that Feline? I feel like his eyes are super fierce--"

'Well, how should I put it? Kal'tsit can be difficult to communicate with sometimes, so you'd better not let her know that you have amnesia.'

"What's the meaning?"

'If she knew you actually had amnesia, she'd probably just knock you out and drag you back to Rhodes Island.'

"Huh?! Then why did she look at you with that expression of wanting to resist but having no choice but to comply..."

The Doctor was only halfway through his sentence when he suddenly realized something.

Wait a minute!

"So I suggest you don't go back to Rhodes Island. Revealing your amnesia won't do you any good."

"... I clearly don't remember anything, so why should I bear the consequences of your past actions?!"

'I have no objection.'

"I have!!"

"If you're really worried about anything, you can stick Zuo Jian. As long as he's around, everything will be fine, right?"

Chapter 85, Bloodfiend, Orca, and Instant Noodles

"Publish the following information, right? No problem, no problem--"

The bald, burly man bowed and scraped to the white-haired Aegir girl in front of him. From the scene before him, it was almost impossible to guess that this man was actually the owner of this newspaper.

Laurentina stared curiously at the newspaper owner in front of her and the empty workstations around her.

Zuo Jian, is it really necessary for such a third-rate tabloid to publish information?

She handed over the details of the commission and the deposit to the strange-looking boss in front of her, while asking Zuo Jian with distrust.

[We should certainly try working for major newspapers, but smaller newspapers also have their advantages, the most important one being--]

Cheap?

[Of course, the advantage of being cheap is that we can look for more than one small newspaper. There's an old saying in the Flame Kingdom: "Cast a wide net, catch many fish."]

However, the next sentence is "select the best." It probably means choosing the superior quality from the captured Scale Beast and separating them out.

[Ahem, Laurentina, you're unaware of this. The profoundness of the Flame Kingdom culture lies in the multiple meanings expressed in a single sentence and in the ability to interpret the author's other meaning through selective quoting!]

... Yeah?

Laurentina thought for a moment, then felt that what Zuo Jian said didn't seem to make any mistakes. However, before leaving, she looked around at the scene again.

"Seriously, even for a small newspaper office, this place is far too deserted."

Seemingly provoked by her tone, the newspaper owner quickly stood up and retorted.

"Today, you just came at the wrong time! All the staff happened to be on leave!"

"Yeah..."

Seeing this, she didn't intend to listen to any further explanations from the other party about how "the newspaper is not quiet," or any of those phrases like "it's not about the height of the mountain, nor the number of people, but about conciseness" or similar clichés.

Anyway, looking at the other person's flushed face and the way they were trying so hard to explain, Zuo Jian probably wouldn't be able to stand it for more than a few seconds.

After all, she didn't expect to spread the information through a single small newspaper.

"Alright, let's get ready for the next one, Zuo Jian... Zuo Jian?"

[Oh, sorry, I was just thinking about something.]

Zuo Jian's thoughts were pulled back by Laurentina's shout.

Just now, he suddenly remembered, it seems, it's like—

The Doctor seemed to have mentioned that she was working temporarily at a newspaper, although she didn't specify where she was working.

Should we ask around? Maybe we can help the Doctor in some way...

However, Zuo Jian was interrupted by Laurentina's shout just Zuo Jian he was thinking this. She turned to the front of the bathroom and stared intently at herself in the mirror.

In this way, Zuo Jian even managed to sense Laurentina's suspicious gaze.

"Stare----"

[Ahem, what's wrong, Laurentina?]

Realizing that something seemed amiss Zuo Jian replied somewhat awkwardly.

"Something's not right, something's really wrong. Why are you so distracted? What are you thinking about?"

Laurentina's gaze grew increasingly sharp and suspicious.

"My gut feeling tells me you were definitely thinking about something else just now! And was it involving another woman?!"

[I... well, I am a little.]

"I knew it! Tell me! What were you thinking just now?! Was it that blond thug...?"

I'm worried about Skadi.

Almost

Without hesitation, Zuo Jian blurted out.

"Huh? Orca? You're worried about her... Oh, I guess so."

"Her appearance was indeed somewhat worrying."

As if remembering something, he actually nodded in agreement.

[Sigh, that's how it is. So, I need to hurry up. I really don't feel comfortable leaving Skadi and that guy I picked up together...]

Laurentina stretched and replied somewhat lazily.

"Well, I'm a little worried, but if it's Orca, I don't think we need to worry too much. After all, she's one of the best hunters among the Abyssal Hunters."

[... Actually, if I had to say, I was worried about the man who was unconscious.]

"Achoo--"

Skadi sat on the sofa and sneezed uncomfortably.

Strange, how could Abyssal Hunters catch a cold?

After thinking for a moment, she realized that she didn't seem to understand the hunter's special physique as well as she thought, so she simply stopped caring about it.

It was just a sneeze anyway.

Compared to this...

She raised her hand and, relying on her powerful physique as a hunter, directly lifted the bowl of scalding hot instant noodles with her palm, while simultaneously picking up her chopsticks and beginning her pleasant lunch.

Shark and Zuo Jian went out, and although they said they would try to come back as soon as possible... they just couldn't resist!

... If the captain knew what I looked like now, he'd probably be very disappointed, right?

But it doesn't matter, as long as the captain doesn't know, he's not here anyway!

After almost no internal struggle, Skadi accepted with a clear conscience that she was in an overly relaxing environment.

So much so that she didn't even notice that Duhkare, bound by scarlet chains, was showing faint signs of waking up.

The Great Lord of the Bloodfiend Court was awakened by the constant noise around him.

His vision remained completely dark, but he could hear a constant stream of slurping sounds. Finally, when Duhkare could no longer bear it, he opened his eyes. The glaring sunlight didn't bother his eyes at all; instead, it was the female figure beside him that caused the discomfort...

Skadi, holding a bowl of instant noodles and slurping them up, turned around and finally noticed that Duhkare behind her had woken up at some point and was even standing on the floor.

"Where am I... um?"

The Bloodfiend Great Lord raised an eyebrow, looking at the chains binding him with some surprise.

It smelled of blood, but not strongly.

"Ha, I've actually been tied up? Did you do this? Very well, you've got guts--"

Duhkare's tone carried a hint of anger as he strained his arms, ready to tear apart the ridiculous chains binding him.

But!

The moment he exerted his strength, the chains tightened abruptly, simultaneously emitting waves of familiar oppressive power!

These aren't chains, these are... a clone of that monster?!

Almost instantly, he stopped struggling, as if any more force would crush him to pieces.

This caused Duhkare, who had just stood up, to lose his balance and fall towards Skadi once again!

The latter was taken aback, looking at Duhkare lying at his feet with some confusion. The other seemed to still be conscious, his wide pupils staring intently at him.

"Slurp--glug~"

Skadi swallowed the noodles in her mouth, then naturally shielded the bowl of instant noodles behind her back.

"Damn it! Woman, tell me what's going on, and give me an explanation for why I'm tied up here..."

"Mine."

"Ha?"

The Bloodfiend Great Lord frowned, looking at Skadi with a puzzled expression, seemingly not understanding what she meant.

Skadi shifted her position and then protected the instant noodles.

"Instant noodles, mine."

"???!!"

Duhkare was taken aback, looking at Skadi with a puzzled expression.

She moved the bowl slightly, then spoke.

"It's no use you keeping an eye on it. I made it, I'm not giving it to you."

In an instant, Duhkare seemed to understand something. This damned woman seemed to think he was trying to steal her instant noodles because he had fallen in the direction she was facing...

Instant noodles?!

"What... what are you saying?!"

Duhkare felt an unprecedented rage at this moment.

This act of protecting food, which felt like an insult, was like a rejection of a child.

And that woman had an completely indifferent expression on her face.

Damn it, damn it, damn it!

Who does she think she is?!

He is the Bloodfiend Great Lord! The ruler of the Sarkaz Bloodfiend Court!