Chapter 231
Chapter 231
Another voice rang out.
“You think I’m something you can eat?”
A huge shell burst from the water, and two legs jumped out of the tank.
Before the Player could speak, the shell clamped around him.
The Player: …
You can talk all you want, but stop pinching me.
Both of the Player’s legs began trembling.
“D-don’t eat me. I’m not food…”
“Pah! Who wants to eat you?”
The Geoduck spat a mouthful of water onto the ground.
That was simply his habit. Whatever he saw, he pinched first without caring whether it was edible.
Yun Youyou was surprised to see the Geoduck too.
Had all four Seafood Brothers from back then come here?
The sound of water being slapped came from nearby.
Everyone turned toward it.
A fishtail floated on the surface, leisurely slapping the water.
“Hi, Sister Yun!”
Brother Crab lounged lazily inside a transparent tank, looking out through the glass.
The Player regretted coming here with all his heart.
He should never have entered.
How was this seafood? These were clearly sea monsters.
There were all sorts of bizarre seafood creatures here. How could anyone eat them?
Yun Youyou smiled. “Did Clown come too?”
The fish-man emerged from the water.
His dark, lifeless fish eyes gazed at Yun Youyou aggrievedly.
“I’m not Clown. I’m Xiaomei.”
“I may be ugly outside, but I’m beautiful inside.”
Yun Youyou quickly apologized.
“I’m getting old, so my memory isn’t what it used to be. You aren’t ugly. Your beauty is just… unique.”
Xiaomei smiled happily when Yun Youyou complimented him.
He glanced at the Player and volunteered to handle the task.
“What should we do with this guy? Kill him and make human-flesh soup?”
Yun Youyou said, “Don’t be so violent. This is a respectable Restaurant. How could we do anything illegal?”
The four Seafood Brothers had worked at a guesthouse in a previous Instance, so they had some experience.
“Then we’ll help. Sister Yun, you can just sit there.”
Xiaomei turned his fish head around, ran to the counter on four legs, and returned with paper and a pen.
“What do you want to eat?”
Xiaomei’s dead fish eyes stared at the Player.
How could the Player possibly dare eat seafood now?
He hurriedly waved his hands. “No, I’m not eating. I don’t want anything.”
“No! You have to eat!”
Xiaomei’s tone was forceful.
The Big Lobster also approached with its giant claws raised.
“If you won’t eat, you’re disrespecting our Sister Yun!”
Seeing that they were not joking, the Player said weakly, “Then maybe I’ll have some lobster?”
“Why won’t you eat fish?”
Xiaomei was unhappy.
“Fish are so great. Why won’t you eat fish?”
The Player immediately changed his mind. “Then I’ll eat fish.”
Xiaomei pulled a fish straight from the tank and threw it into the Player’s face.
“Cook it yourself.”
The fish had just been pulled from the tank, so water splashed all over the Player while its tail smacked his face again and again.
“Okay.”
The Player did not dare say anything else. He carried the fish straight into the kitchen.
Several more Players approached through the darkness.
“What the hell is this godforsaken place?”
Fatty hurried into the shop.
The mountain air was chilly at night.
The seafood shop had already turned on its lights.
The warm yellow glow looked wonderfully inviting.
Rubbing his arms, Fatty walked inside.
“Where is everyone? Where are the ghosts?”
Yun Youyou leaned against a pillar and watched him silently.
“Holy shit!”
The moment their gazes met, Fatty jumped backward dramatically.
Yun Youyou asked, “You don’t recognize me anymore?”
The Rich guy stammered when he saw Yun Youyou.
“W-why are you here too?”
The familiar Restaurant, the familiar ghost. The Rich guy felt his stomach begin to ache.
“Hey, what do you want to eat?”
A fish head on four legs walked over.
“Holy shit! What kind of monster is that?”
The Rich guy jumped in fright.
“Be polite. His name is Xiaomei.”
Yun Youyou reminded him from the side.
The Rich guy could not keep his smart mouth shut. “Him? Xiaomei? More like Big Ugly.”
Xiaomei beckoned the Big Lobster over.
“Pinch him.”
Without another word, the Big Lobster clamped its giant claw over the Rich guy’s mouth.
“Mmph! Mmmph!”
The Rich guy curled up in pain.
Damn it. This seafood gang truly had no respect for law and order!
Yun Youyou did not stop them.
Smart-mouthed people naturally had seafood to punish them.
When the Big Lobster finally released him, the Rich guy’s lips had swollen into two sausages.
The Rich guy clenched his fist, wanting to punch the lobster.
The other two seafood creatures saw him and hurried over.
The Geoduck came running with his shell raised.
“Kid, what are you trying to do?”
Brother Crab’s fishtail slapped heavily against the floor.
“What are you trying to do?”
The Rich guy: …
Fine. They were bullying him because he was alone, were they?
The Rich guy snatched the broom from Yun Youyou’s hand and used his toughest voice to utter the most cowardly words possible.
“Don’t get worked up. I just wanted to do some chores.”
This was not surrender. It was strategy.
Xiaomei asked, “What do you want to eat?”
The Rich guy asked, “What can I eat?”
Xiaomei said, “Fish scales, crab shells, or lobster whiskers. Which do you want?”
The Rich guy: …
Which of those was edible?
While the Rich guy hesitated, more people entered.
Xiaomei went to greet the newcomers.
The Rich guy breathed a sigh of relief.
The new arrivals were all burly men.
Every one of them was tall and muscular, with tattoos on his arms. They looked like gangsters.
They saw a fish-man taking their orders.
The whole group instantly burst into laughter.
“Fuck, why does the Game have an ugly fish like this?”
“So damn ugly! Hurry back to the ocean!”
“Hahaha! Come over here and let me see just how ugly you are.”
Xiaomei actually walked over.
He slapped the man hard with a fin.
The man covered his face, the heavy flesh on his body trembling.
“Fuck, you dare hit me? Do you know who I am?”
Xiaomei said, “Laozi was the founder of Taoism.”
Even as a fish, he was a cultured and refined fish.
“I’ve got the Azure Dragon on my left and the White Tiger on my right. You think I’d be afraid of one lousy fish?”
The burly man raised his hand, intending to return the slap.
Something cold blocked his arm.
“Let’s talk this through. There’s no need to get physical.”
A gentle voice sounded beside his ear.
The woman’s voice was rather pleasant.
The burly man turned around impatiently.
What had stopped him was not anything else, but a terrifying Chainsaw.
Yun Youyou smiled sweetly while holding a Chainsaw nearly half her height.
Cold sweat broke out across the burly man’s body.
No matter how fast he moved, he could not outspeed a Chainsaw.
If he was careless, it might cut off his hand.
“It was only a few words. Why bring that thing out?”
The burly man pulled back his hand with an awkward smile.
Xiaomei’s dead fish eyes remained perfectly calm.
“What do you want to eat?”
The burly man backed down.
A wise man knew when not to fight. “Lobster with garlic sauce.”
Xiaomei did not even bother looking at him.
“Cook it yourself.”