Chapter 84
Then he went to the bedside.
He touched the face of the person on the bed and said.
I'm going out to buy you breakfast.
[Remember to wait for me here--]
However, the next moment, the other person suddenly reached out and grabbed Zuo Jian by the collar, then pulled him onto the small, cramped single bed.
[?!!]
Then, before he could even resist, Laurentina wrapped her arms around his body.
The other person's legs were draped over his body.
At the same time, he wrapped his arms around his shoulders.
"Hehe... Zuo Jian..."
[??]
She still hadn't woken up, but she was still muttering in her sleep.
[Ugh, that's strong, I can't break free... Ouch, don't come any closer later...]
Zuo Jian Laurentina was hugging him, with some discomfort, and then she kept rubbing her cheek against his face.
Hmm, rubbing one's own face (double meaning)
"Hehe... no... Zuo Jian..."
"Phew... we're finally out."
Zuo Jian looked at the streets of Victoria City in the morning and touched his face with some discomfort.
He was held and rubbed against for a long time, and his consciousness was locked in her presence.
Fortunately, after the other party seemed to be satisfied or something, and the oppressive force decreased, I was able to barely turn into a pile of blood clots and escape from her embrace, and then reassemble into a human body on the side.
"Sigh... never mind, I'll go find a Victoria- style breakfast shop first."
"By the way Laurentina kept saying yesterday that she wanted me to feed her cake... Does she like sweets?"
Zuo Jian pondered as he walked into the shops.
However, out of his sight, at the entrance of a morning tea shop, a white-haired girl dressed in the style of the Flame Kingdom suddenly noticed him.
Skadi turned around abruptly, looking at the figure gradually walking away behind her, and said.
"Shark?!"
(Now it's time for my favorite Abyssal Hunters team segment. jpg)
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"... So, this is all you have for your breakfast menu?!"
Zuo Jian looked at the restaurant menu with some discomfort.
"Besides the standard fried egg, bacon, bread, and sausage combo, do you have anything else to offer?"
He pointed to the menu and asked with a hint of helplessness.
"I regret to inform you that we are unable to offer most of our menu items during breakfast hours. As you know, most Victoria prefer to have breakfast at home."
"So the only breakfast options available during breakfast hours are fish and chips, and a standard Victoria breakfast."
"Most of the other meals are still being prepared."
The waiter smiled politely at Zuo Jian and replied.
"Then... what about desserts? Surely those aren't included in your menu either?"
"Of course not, desserts are definitely not on this list, but unfortunately, our stock of things like whipped cream and sugar ran out yesterday and will only be replenished at noon."
"... Besides fish and chips, what else do you offer?"
Zuo Jian sighed.
Victoria seemed to favor the image of Dai Ying that he remembered.
The bustling breakfast stalls and snack stands on the streets seem to be hard to find here.
"In addition to the standard fish and chips combo, we also have a large fish and chips combo, a large fish and chips combo, and a crazy double large fish and chips combo with unlimited sauce."
"Oh, but the last set meal will only be available for a limited time on Thursday, bundled with a burger."
Five minutes later.
Zuo Jian sighed, as if resigned to his fate, and turned into the street carrying a bag of packaged fish and chips.
Something's not right.
Halfway there, Zuo Jian suddenly changed his pace and turned directly into a narrow alley.
Someone is following him
Without hesitation, Zuo Jian quickly changed his route, constantly shifting his path into the intricate network of dark alleyways.
Still following.
The other person seems to have received some kind of professional tracking training; it's very difficult for me to shake her off.
He narrowed his eyes, then tossed the packaged fish and chips meal he was holding onto the rooftop next to him.
Immediately afterwards, Zuo Jian began to run at an increasingly faster pace.
"Huff... Shark, when did your stamina become so... good..."
Skadi wanted to catch up with Laurentina ahead, but from the very beginning, Laurentina had been speeding up.
Why?
The Shark must have realized it.
Abyssal Hunters are connected by blood...
Etc...
She was taken aback.
That Shark... she didn't sense the hunter's presence from her.
Something's not right!
Without hesitation, Skadi quickened her pace.
However, the next moment, with her increasingly rapid pace...
Skadi turned a corner, and then she finally saw the other person's back in the distance.
"Who are you..."
However, the next moment, before she could even react, the "Laurentina" in the original position turned into a pile of flesh and blood, and then quickly disappeared from the spot.
"?!"
Her pupils widened, and she quickly walked towards the spot where "Laurentina" had disappeared.
The place was completely empty, as if no one had ever been there. The puddles at your feet were still damp, exuding the musty, gloomy smell typical of streets like this.
"Could it be...?"
Skadi grabbed a handful of soil, recalling how the other person had disappeared a second ago.
His body disintegrated into flesh and blood, scattering in all directions...
If she could, she really hoped she was overthinking things.
However... the other person didn't have the feel of a hunter... and the extent of the physical changes...
"Humans" could never do it... Only monsters could... those... monsters from the Seaborn that could constantly evolve. Thinking of this, she lowered her head and gripped the box containing the two longswords tightly in her hand.
However, out of her sight, a bird carrying a bag of fish and chips was circling overhead.
[... Holding a weapon, and dressed in clothing that doesn't seem like the companion Laurentina mentioned, but... white hair isn't a random feature either.]
[I can't see the eye color... Is it some kind of malicious guy on the street, or Laurentina's companion...? Whew, in any case, it's always good to be cautious. Besides, if I directly confront them, there are probably some things I won't be able to explain.]
[... Hopefully, they didn't see me like that. I think I escaped pretty quickly... Anyway, I should go back and tell Laurentina first.]
Seagull, with fish and chips in its Zuo Jian, silently memorized the other's scent before flying towards the hotel where Laurentina was.
[...Ugh, damn it, honestly I really don't want to become like this, it feels weird.]
Zuo Jian was actually quite resistant to turning himself into this inhuman being; something just felt off about him.
And...
Damn it.
Why do the fries from the bag taste so good?
"Ugh-- Ah~"
In the room, Laurentina stretched and then got off the bed.
The next moment, there was a knock on the door.
She sensed the presence outside the door and smiled slightly.
"Please come in~"
Creak.
Laurentina walked in from outside the door, sighed, and then held up the plastic bag in her hand.
"Wow, did you buy this especially for me?"
"Another me~"
She pressed herself against Zuo Jian, who had transformed into her own appearance, and looked at his face with some curiosity.
Um.
She felt inexplicably at ease if Zuo Jian became herself.
And...
"Victoria can't find any decent breakfast shops. If I have the chance, I'll prepare the ingredients in advance next time and make it for you myself."
Zuo Jian interrupted Laurentina's thoughts, then shook the bag in his hand.
"I only bought the fried fish set meal. You probably don't mind, right?"
Of course not--
Laurentina took the bag, and then watched as the "self" she was looking at disappeared, turning back into flesh and blood and returning to her body, transforming her pajamas into everyday clothes.
[One more thing, I ran into a guy outside who's been stalking me.]
[A woman, white-haired, carrying a box containing weapons, flew too high; I'm not sure of her eye color, but just to be safe, I shook her off and came back.]
"... What about her clothes?"
[Standard Flame Kingdom style.]
"Hmm, that makes it hard to judge, but we can't rule out the possibility that it's just another hunter changing their clothes to blend in more easily."
"But why wear Flame Kingdom clothing in Victoria?"
[I'm not sure, should I check?]