At five the next morning, the restaurant closed right on schedule.
When Qin Ran brought back the little blackboard that served as their sign, Li Jiajia, who had spent an exhausting night diligently learning, immediately headed upstairs with a yawn.
Mimosa was still busy in the kitchen.
Food containers stood neatly stacked behind Mimosa, who carefully placed a portion of partially prepared food into one, then wrapped it in a layer of cling film.
Of course, that was not all.
On the counter to one side, strips of prepared beef jerky and bags of dehydrated vegetables had already been packed.
Based on how long he would be away, Mimosa had prepared all sorts of food: ready-to-eat meals, meals that needed heating, and food that would keep for a long time.
Qin Ran glanced at the busy Mimosa and withdrew from the kitchen without a word.
He sat back down in his chair and took out the four Gold Ferry Coins he had just acquired.
Once he released his restraint on the Source Force inside him, the golden radiance of the Gold Ferry Coins immediately burst forth unchecked. Or, more accurately, it was drawn out by "Devour."
Gluttony's cheers were still echoing in Qin Ran's ears when he once again saw the chains extending from the void-
Black and slender, they still bound his torso and limbs in a dense tangle.
Transparent chains as fine as hair sank into his head.
Nothing had changed from before.
Even the barely visible chains around him were the same.
So was the way the chains snapped.
Crack!
Crack, crack, crack!
The transparent chains snapped first, followed by the black ones. At the instant the black chains broke, Qin Ran seized the brief easing of the Power of Binding and suddenly reached out to grab