"Smells so good." Little Fire's voice came from inside Su Bai's mind, yet also seemed to come from behind him.
The blue flame seemed to burn in Su Bai's right eye, but it also looked as though it might appear behind him or even surround him at any moment. As long as he expended enough energy, he could draw formidable power from the puzzle. If Su Bai wanted, he could command the blue flames to purify and devour everything before him.
Right now, however, the mighty blue flames only wanted something to eat.
"Want to eat." Little Fire's voice sounded childish, but its tone suddenly changed. "Little Bai, so ugly? Black Umbrella, that idiot, did this again?"
Unlike A Xi, who treated Su Bai like an older sister would, or the other puzzle pieces, who liked to call him "Master," Little Fire still couldn't understand particularly complicated emotions, even after ten years in the puzzle. Sometimes, its words were rather blunt.
"Not entirely. But since when did you start liking meat?" Su Bai changed the subject. Black Umbrella had once harbored far too many wicked thoughts and too much greed. Although he only preyed on evil ghosts, he still struggled to get along with Little Fire.
To Little Fire, getting along peacefully with Black Umbrella was like sharing a bed with a giant spoiled chicken drumstick. It was unbearably uncomfortable.
"Meat?" Little Fire's attention immediately shifted away from Su Bai's clothes. "What meat? Just smells, really good. Is it meat?"
Su Bai reached toward the three insulated containers. As his fingertips brushed their metal rims, blue fire remained along the edges like a burning thread, tracing the path of his fingers.
Soon, blue flames burned on all three insulated containers, and Su Bai felt a wave of exhaustion.
Not even