My Healing Games

Chapter 782 The Silent Beauty

"Sir, are you listening to me?" The man in the small restaurant waved to Han Fei: "The meat will take a long time to cook. Leave your address and I will deliver it to your doorstep."

"I told you to wait here, why are you talking so much?" Han Fei's thoughts were interrupted. He stared at the man's honest face. If it weren't for his superior memory, he wouldn't have remembered the man at all.

"Okay, okay, please wait a moment." The honest and burly man seemed to be a microcosm of a certain type of person. They do the most arduous physical labor, have no guile, give the most but receive the least, struggle at the bottom of the dilapidated old city, are looked down upon everywhere, and endure the pain of their dignity being wantonly trampled on.

The dim light next to the wooden sign flickered, and the chef wiped his hands with a dirty rag, then took a sharp awl and walked towards the kitchen.

Han Fei sensed that the other party was about to make a move, so he gently touched the ghost pattern.

Just as he was about to communicate with Da Nie, a stuttering voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"Want a cigarette?" The blind vendor who had been huddled in the corner silently walked up behind Han Fei. His eyes had been gouged out, and his face was covered in scars; he was practically disfigured.

Han Fei initially intended to refuse the vendor, but he soon discovered something very strange.

The blind vendor didn't seem to be talking to him; the vendor was facing Han Fei's back, as if he were communicating with someone else behind Han Fei.

What kinds of cigarettes do you smoke?

Han Fei suddenly spoke, startling the vendor, who seemed to only then realize Han Fei's presence.

The blind vendor frantically opened the wooden box in front of him, which contained a large amount of unfiltered cigarettes and a small bag of reddish-brown tobacco leaves.

"This is a unique cigarette from Red Alley; you can't buy it on other floors," the vendor said mysteriously. "If you can take it to a higher floor, you can exchange it for many things."

"Since it's so profitable, why don't you go yourself?"

"I can't take the elevator, and I'm scared to walk up the stairs." The vendor picked up a cigarette and handed it to Han Fei: "Why don't you try it first? The cigarettes in Red Alley are like the men and women in Red Alley; once you try them, you'll never forget them."

"Alright." Han Fei reached out and took the cigarette. As he touched the vendor's fingers, a system notification sounded in his mind.

"Attention player number 0000! You have discovered the hidden map, the Blind Merchant."

"Blind Vendors: Some of the vendors in this hidden map have been blinded. Perhaps this is the will of the gods. But it is precisely because they cannot see that they can be trusted."

"Attention! The blind vendors on each floor sell different goods, and there is a chance to obtain special items."

After accepting the cigarette, Han Fei heard a system notification again.

"Attention player number 0000! You have obtained the special item in Red Alley - Blood Smoke."

"Blood Smoke (F-grade item): Igniting Blood Smoke will temporarily increase your stamina and numb your pain, but it will also corrode your body and curse your soul."

"It's actually a special item." Han Fei picked up the bag of tobacco leaves: "How much does this cost?"

“One coin for five cigarettes, and I can trade any item with divine aura for it, if you don’t have any…” The blind vendor rolled up his long sleeves, revealing his arm covered in curses: “Your name can be exchanged for ten cigarettes, and you can get one cigarette for helping me remove a curse.”

"Is there currency circulating inside the building?" In just a few minutes, Han Fei gained a new understanding of this skyscraper. He put the bag of tobacco back in the wooden box, patted the vendor on the shoulder, and said, "You wait over there, I'll go get the money."

After driving the vendors away, Han Fei entered the restaurant, gripping the Resurrection Slayer Knife. If the restaurant was legitimate, he would politely lend money; if it was a shady establishment, he would rudely take the money.

"Is the meat ready? How much longer do we have to wait?"

Lifting the curtain of the kitchen, a rich aroma wafted out. Two large iron pots seemed to be cooking something, various spices were laid out on the cutting board, and greasy bowls and chopsticks and an exquisite wooden box were soaking in the sink next to them.

"The person who came out of the elevator was him." Han Fei gripped the knife in his backhand, using his arm to block the hilt, and silently called out Da Nie's name in his heart.

Remove the lid from the iron pot, and the meat inside has been cut into chunks, making it impossible to recognize its original shape.

"anyone there?"

Han Fei continued walking inside, and he heard the sound of chains clanging together.

As Han Fei walked past the corner of the kitchen, he saw a monster tied up in the corner.

That thing looked a bit like a sheep, with limbs degenerated, its body covered in reddish-brown mold, it couldn't make a sound, and its body was bloated and fat, like a fat sheep specially used for cooking in a restaurant.

"They really have sheep?" Han Fei was also surprised. He originally thought that this restaurant only served human flesh, but he didn't expect that there were other kinds of meat.

Crouching down, Han Fei stared at the monster he was seeing for the first time; its neck and waist were chained.

It's clear that the chain was put on it when it was very young, and as it grew, the chain grew into its flesh, making it unable to escape its restraints forever.

"This thing won't bite, will it?" Da Nie didn't give any warning. Han Fei touched the monster's head as quickly as possible, but the system didn't give Han Fei any feedback.

"It's not some kind of ghost or monster, nor is it the work of a god. Could it be... a person?"

Han Fei brushed aside the mold on the monster's face and saw a deformed and ugly face. Below its body were some syringes and red tobacco.

"Does the tobacco in Red Alley grow from human bodies?" Han Fei gripped the chain, about to test whether the Rebirth Slaughtering Blade could cut it, when footsteps came from the deepest room in the back kitchen.

A kind-hearted man covered in blood stood at the door, holding a freshly sharpened butcher's knife. He looked at Han Fei, and the honest and simple look on his face gradually turned into a twisted and perverted expression!
"Sir, how can you come in?" He walked towards Han Fei step by step, his speed increasing, clearly exceeding the limits of an ordinary person.

Han Fei was now down to his last drop of blood and dared not be careless. Facing his first enemy in the building, he solemnly summoned the Great Evil.

Its massive body crashed into the wall in an instant. The Great Demon was extremely excited, looking as if it had run into someone else's shrine to steal offerings.

An aura of calamity surged outwards, and the chef was immediately pinned down by the Great Demon. The next moment, the Great Demon swallowed his head whole.

"I haven't received a mission completion notification, he's still alive!"

Urged by Han Fei, Da Nie frantically poured the soul poison within his body into the chef's body. Da Nie, who had been strengthened multiple times in Fu Sheng's memory shrine, launched a full-force sneak attack. Even hatred could injure him, let alone an unknown chef.

The black soul poison flowed through the chef's body, tormenting his soul and body.

When the soul poison invaded his heart, it felt as if something deep within the chef's soul shattered!
As the chef's soul dissipated, a dark red name was etched onto Da Xie's back—Zhu Wu.

"The suspect in the case of cooking the mutton seems to be named Zhu Wu. After Da Nie killed it, why did its name end up on Da Nie? Is it some kind of curse?"

Han Fei communicated with Da Nie, who, instead of feeling any discomfort, seemed to have become even stronger.

"The killing ended quickly, but the mission isn't over yet." Han Fei wiped the blood off the floor as fast as he could and ran into the deepest room in the kitchen.

The narrow, dark room resembled a prison cell, filled with various tools for slaughtering pigs. It seemed the cook had even made his own racks and hooks to make the slaughtering process easier.

However, instead of lambs, a thin young woman was tied up on the rack.

Her mouth was sealed shut, and her body was covered in various sauces, as if she were being pickled.

Holding the butcher's knife, Han Fei approached the young woman, whose eyes were filled with fear.

"Attention Player 0000! You have triggered a crucial turning point in the 'Cooking the Lamb' case! Different choices will lead to different rewards!"

"Option 1: Unleash your inner evil, kill to cover it up, and you will receive double experience points and unlock the next stage of the 'Cooking the Lamb' case!"

"Option Two: Cook the lamb in a pot, finish the dishes that Zhu Wu failed to prepare, and continue delivering meals to customers on other floors. You will permanently gain one of the murderer Zhu Wu's special abilities and unlock the next stage of the lamb cooking case!"

"Option 3: Save Xiaozhu, fail the 'Cooking Lamb' mission, no experience reward, Xiaozhu's friendship level increases by 3! Sister Hong's friendship level increases by 1!"

"Attention! Please make your choice within ten seconds!"

To Han Fei, Xiao Zhu was just a stranger. Killing Xiao Zhu would allow him to proceed to the next step of the mission and also grant him a permanent mission reward.

The system's voice sounded like a devil tempting Han Fei, but Han Fei remained perfectly clear-headed; strangers were still people.

Han Fei untied the ropes and told Xiao Zhu to quickly wipe the sauce off her body.

"Hurry up! Don't linger here."

Han Fei made his choice; he would not allow himself to become the new murderer in the case of cooking mutton, even if it meant permanently acquiring the murderer's special abilities.

While Xiaozhu was changing clothes, Han Fei was not idle either. He rummaged through drawers and found more than a dozen coins stained with blood and made from human bones in a hidden compartment of the closet.

These coins vary in size, but they all share the common feature of being engraved with a shrine made of corpses.

Upon seeing the coins, Da Nie, like a wild dog smelling the aroma of meat, rushed to Han Fei and stared at him expectantly.

"You want to eat this coin?"

Han Fei remembered that Da Nie really liked destroying the shrine. It was fascinated by the unspeakable aura and wanted to hug and gnaw on it.

Han Fei selected the smallest bone coin and tried to throw it into the giant monster's mouth. It immediately started crunching away, looking quite happy.

"What kind of monster have I raised?"

After feeding Da Nie a few more coins, Han Fei tricked Da Nie back into the ghost pattern.

He continued his search and soon found an elevator card inside the chef's coat, with the number 11 written on it.

"Attention player number 0000! You have successfully discovered a special item in the hidden map - Elevator Card No. 11."

"Elevator Card No. 11: This card allows you to ride elevator number 11! Different elevators in the building go to different floors, and some elevators may encounter unexpected situations while in use."

"This is a great tool for escaping." Han Fei put away the elevator card, helped Xiao Zhu run out of the kitchen, and then went back into the store to make it look like the chef was out and hadn't returned.

Destroying corpses and covering up evidence was Han Fei's forte, and through continuous practice, he had achieved a very high level of proficiency in this skill.

After finishing everything, Han Fei left the small restaurant. He wanted to talk to the blind merchant again, but the man had already disappeared.

Back at the cabin, when the woman in her thirties saw Han Fei bring Xiao Zhu back, the numbness in her eyes turned into surprise: "How did you manage to persuade Zhu Wu to release her?"

"Who is Zhu Wu? When I got there, I only saw her tied to a frame." Han Fei didn't say it explicitly, but the woman understood what he meant. She ran to close the door, rummaged through her clothes, and handed them to Xiao Zhu.

"Why don't you two stay here for a while?" the middle-aged woman suggested. The more she looked at Han Fei, the more she felt that Han Fei was different from the other residents in the building; even his voice had changed.

At the same time, Han Fei also received a notification from the system.

"Attention Player No. 0000! The 'Cooking Lamb Case' quest has failed! Gui Fu's passive trait has been triggered, doubling his charm, increasing Xiao Zhu's friendship by six, and increasing Hong Jie's friendship by two!"

After increasing his friendliness, Han Fei planned to question the two residents of the building to truly understand this terrifying building.

(End of this chapter)