Something's wrong, they're not NPCs?

Chapter 349 Isn’t that slapping yourself in the face?

6 month 11 day.

morning.

It can't be said to be a whim.

Su Ming simply thought that Tokugawa Airi could make progress by eating the so-called core area on the lower side of the monster's neck, but what about himself?
Can I use the various buffs I have, such as 'Master of Immunity', 'Being Treated as Air', 'Saya's Sweet Remains', 'Secret Remains of Vampires and Succubi', etc.?
"Thank you for your kindness. But until now, I still haven't been able to fully tap the potential of the high-level monster I ate last time."

"Besides, low-level monsters are a waste for me now, except for satisfying my hunger."

"..."

Su Ming went alone to hunt a monster that was not very strong, but should be stronger than a low-level tentacle monster.

Tokugawa doesn't eat it.

"..."

He ate.

The taste is a bit hard to describe. If I have to say it... the stinky tofu was dried for 180 days and then soaked in brine for 360 days, and then it became moldy.

"Have you ever eaten monster meat before?"

Looking at Tokugawa Airi's confused gaze, Su Ming wanted to vomit but held it back.

If I vomit here and keep silent, won’t my aura of pretending to be an expert disappear into thin air?
“Occasionally.”

"Eating this has no meaning to me except to fill my stomach."

After swallowing it into his stomach, Su Ming got rid of the bad breath and felt nauseous, but he didn't feel anything unusual.

Master of Immunity... Could it be that the good part is also immune?
Ok.

Maybe that's the case, I really can't become stronger in other ways. But if I'm really immune to both good and bad, Xiaoye's dual cultivation... Oh, I wasn't immune before.

hiss.

It stinks, a foul, rotten smell.

How did Tokugawa manage to eat it without showing any expression?

6 month 11 day.

noon.

Su Ming actually wanted to find a stronger monster like the one he had seen before.

On the one hand, it can make Tokugawa's state simpler to the limit, and on the other hand, Su Ming can also check... what kind of strength he has in this place.

But unfortunately, you can't encounter that kind of monster just because you want to.

"In the past two years, I have encountered very few high-level monsters in the outer areas. No more than ten."

"The only time I faced it head-on was when you showed up."

"If you want me to face high-level monsters, the only way to increase the chance of encountering them is to go in the direction of the Chiyo district."

"Before the natural disaster, the Chiyo District was a rich area with abundant resources and higher education. The monsters formed after they were infected by parasites were basically high-level monsters. Of course... this is just my guess. So far, no one has come out alive from there."

"..."

Standing on the roof together, Tokugawa looked towards the north, probably the direction of Chiyo District, without any fear. Instead, he seemed eager to go as soon as Su Ming opened his mouth.

An area for the elite rich?

Before that, let’s try to find a way to encounter the patterned tentacle monster first… Let’s figure it out first.

Even if I wanted to go, I could only lead the way myself first. I would have to roughly understand the situation before taking Tokugawa in.

"You'll have to wait until you can get out of those monsters downstairs unscathed. You're still a long way from that."

"..."

Tokugawa Airi does not have "Pure White Wings" and does not have the ability to float or glide.

But she had the guts.

Even if the building we are standing in is more than ten stories high and there is no water pipe, we can still jump down one level at a time by just holding on to the window.

He is quite agile.

If I ignore all the bonuses, my work may not be as smooth as hers.

6 month 11 day.

Night.

The bank building where Tokugawa Airi used to live has now become a training ground.

"Clang——"

Su Ming also took a samurai sword and practiced with her.

Are tens of thousands of knife swings really useless?

According to Su Ming, it is useful.

Several times, she secretly used the bonus to block the attack. Tokugawa Airi was far behind Noelia, who had taught her, in terms of speed, strength, and ability. She also had no magic.

But her sword strikes were very tricky. There was a kind of careful calculation that she realized after the fact. It was clearly a very precise strike... but when she came to her senses, she could feel the thought of doing her best to respond with her skills.

Could it be that... I can still practice my saury knife skills?

"what……"

"..."

"Tokugawa, are you the heir of some school?"

Seeing Tokugawa Airi exhausted and resting with her sword, Su Ming asked.

"No."

No?

"To be precise, I did not inherit the Beichen Yidao style that my father learned, so I did not establish my name."

"What I use now is something I learned secretly later. It's too crude... I'm sorry to make you laugh."

Beichen Ittoryu?
Isn’t that a very famous genre in Xiao Ri?
Can I...

"Compared to your swordsmanship, I feel ashamed... I used to think that my current level was the limit of what I could achieve with Beichen Itoriyu, but now I know that I am still far from it."

"Is Mr. Su the heir of a family skill from a major Eastern sect, known as some kind of swordsmanship?"

"..."

East.

Cutting the saury...

"I'm sorry, I asked something I shouldn't have asked."

"Thank you for giving me the opportunity to become stronger. Tomorrow... I will definitely complete what you asked. Come back from them unscathed."

Putting aside the matter of the Eastern Sanma Sect, Tokugawa Airi has made rapid progress.

The day before yesterday, I could only kill dozens of monsters by biting their flesh with my teeth. Today, after killing dozens of monsters, all I got were a few cuts on my combat uniform and some bruises on my wrists.

Of course, it was just as dirty as before, and the combat uniform had completely changed color.

But at this rate of improvement, if I can wait until I am almost ready to eat the meat of high-level monsters, won’t I be able to surpass myself one day?
No.

I am also making progress.

But unlike her, what was improved was not strength, but a trump card that allowed unlimited times of saving one's life.

"Until today."

"It's time to eat. I haven't had hot pot in a while."

"See if this seasoning is still usable. Come, Tokugawa, try the poison first."

"..."

Tokugawa Airi seemed to have not recovered from the training yet. She was staring at the square stove that Su Ming took out from the cabin, which was used for barbecuing, making tea, etc., the frying pan, various seasonings, and strange ingredients... She was in a daze.

6 month 12 day.

early morning.

I have diarrhea.

Although I thought I had long abandoned all feelings except revenge, when I passed by him for the fifth time... to go to the toilet on the upper floor. Especially when the toilet paper on the upper floor was gone and I had to go back to get some, even I felt embarrassed for the first time in a long time.

"In this world, there is nothing you can do except become stronger."

“Having resistance to food and not having diarrhea after getting used to it is also a very important part.”

"..."

I suspect he did it on purpose.

What he said was also teasing.

But I can't deny that he eats much more than me and is completely fine, I'm the only one running back and forth.

This proves that his stomach or physical fitness is much stronger than mine.

and so.

Why, more than two years later, would I sit around a table with a man to eat barbecue, hot pot, and even drink tea?

I didn’t actually need to go to the toilet in a small room on the upper two floors, but the noise of having diarrhea was too… a little embarrassing.

Endure the weird feeling in your stomach.

I couldn't help but think of the moment when I was holding the ceramic cup and the tea leaves were floating on the steaming water...

I have learned tea art.

I used to have barbecues and drink tea with my parents in the courtyard. I disdained the art of tea, but in the end I was impressed by my mother's elegant way of making tea and decided to learn the art of tea again.

The sixth time I came down from the upper floor, my stomach felt much better.

He had already gone to bed.

I've seen him move his mattress to another place to sleep in a very exaggerated way. That kind of luxury of striving for comfort...

But now it is easy to sleep on the cold wooden boards and cardboard.

Just for some bad fun, there is no need to be here... to suffer for nothing.

Or, since he can eat monster meat without any expression, he must have experienced as much as I have, and endured as much pain as I have.

He would also have a father and a mother, and maybe a wife... After all, he said he had a family.

Is the wife dead?

"..."

I lay quietly on the cardboard that belonged to me, holding a slightly heavy samurai sword.

Nothing can be seen in the darkness.

But occasionally you can hear the monsters unconsciously moving around in the basement of the bank building, searching for food or something they come across.

I became stronger.

It's easy to feel more comfortable than before. But this is all thanks to my ability to fight without leaving any room for retreat... I'm more ruthless than before, and I'm truly facing life and death.

Because if I really can't hold on any longer, the man lying on the side will come down and take me out.

What is there about me that attracts him?

Is he wearing a mask of hypocrisy?

How disgusting will you look when you take off the mask one day?

I can't think of it.

Aside from his father...he is the only one who can use a samurai sword to that degree.

"Aili-chan."

"If you want to learn the Hokushin Ittoryu well, you must first know that the sword is alive."

"The quality of knife skills depends on the person using the knife."

'...'

"Haha, in short, you can tell a person's character by how he uses a knife. For example, you are... too naive."

'No matter how talented you are, some things cannot be achieved in one step.'

'...'

I couldn't tell which school he belonged to by his swordsmanship. His swordsmanship was messy and always unexpected. I could even say...he simply crushed me with his speed and strength.

But I could sense from the subconscious swinging of the knife that he must have swung the knife tens of thousands of times like me. There is also a stage of perseverance.

He could pick up a weapon by himself and practice tens of thousands of times... Was he really living for a purpose like me? Revenge or something like that?

Or rather, he had already taken his revenge and was just alive.

I'm a little curious.

But that's all, after all, that's his past, his experience. It has nothing to do with me, and it has nothing to do with what I want to do.

It is a good thing that I don't need to delve into unnecessary things and just look at the surface. I don't need to spend extra time learning how to please him. It is also a good thing that I can continue to become stronger without distraction and become stronger through him.

Try harder.

The day when we can enter Chiyo District and seek revenge will not be too far away.

6 month 15 day.

Night.

“I found a really good way to train.”

"It's pointless to keep practicing with a live target. You've already reached the point where you can kill dozens of monsters without getting hurt. Change it up."

"fishing."

"..."

What kind of mentality did he have when he came up with this way of fighting monsters?
Use a special fishing rod and tie a light bulb that can glow even in sewage to the big hook as bait.

"Easy, right?"

A steel bar that is many times thicker than an adult can be used as a fishing rod, which looks very heavy.

"call out--"

When the monster surfaced and saw the living person, it immediately rushed over impatiently.

They look even more disgusting in the water, with two gills on their heads besides the tentacles, and the tentacles are more developed.

I roughly understand what he means.

I have to face this kind of monster that I don't know what it looks like, how it will attack me... I don't even know if it's just one monster or a group of monsters. I practice with this kind of uncertainty.

Could it be that... he had practiced using this method before?
do not know.

Anyway, I did it. Just like what he said, this method really gave me a rush of adrenaline compared to going deep into a group of low-level monsters, and every time I pulled up a monster, I felt like I was facing a great enemy.

6 month 18 day.

"Go to Dongzi and be a turtle man."

"I will never buy it again in my lifetime." "..."

I didn't quite understand what he was saying, I just knew that we encountered another high-level monster.

No pattern.

But the five tentacles waving from that head, tentacles with thorns... could not possibly be a low-level monster. The body shape was also completely different.

"That is to say, although it is impossible to go on a shopping spree on June 618, it is still acceptable if something good happens."

"Tokugawa, come up."

"It's time to test your achievements. If you win, you will continue to become stronger. If you lose, you will really lose."

"If you can't even beat a small boss like this, give up the idea of ​​going to the Chiyo District as soon as possible. I don't have time to wait for you to prepare for decades before going in."

"..."

My muscles tensed and I gripped the katana tightly.

There were many low-level monsters roaming around the high-level monsters. If it were in the past, I would have turned around and left. It would have taken me a lot of time to deal with the low-level monsters, not to mention that I had to face the high-level monsters at the same time.

Am I at the level of a Level 3 Evolver now?
There is no professional evaluation organization, so I don’t know. But it is definitely better than before.

6 month 18 day.

Night.

I don't know if it counts as a win.

According to my plan, while it was attacking me with its last two remaining tentacles, I could also take the opportunity to insert the samurai sword into its neck.

But if that were the case, I would definitely die.

In terms of results, it’s still far from enough, right?

It was only because of his action again that I was able to continue breathing.

Even if they really won and could survive by exchanging their lives for others, it would be impossible for them to escape from the encirclement of the increasingly large number of low-level monsters, let alone cut up the monsters' flesh and bring it back.

"Barely okay."

"However, choosing to exchange one life for another when you know this is not the end is the most foolish choice."

"..."

Chopping off three of that thing's tentacles cost me a heavy price.

For example, my left leg was broken and there was a hole in my stomach.

The tentacles scratched his face, tearing off a layer of flesh.

……

Just saying, fortunately, none of the injuries were fatal.

My body was never attractive to him in the first place, and now it looks... even less attractive.

So even after I took off my combat uniform and wiped it off bit by bit, my expression didn't change at all.

I don't think all men are like the ones I've met, who only assume about women's bodies. I don't think the world is black and white.

There will be good people.

I've thought about this before.

I'm just saying that it's hard for a person who thinks he's a good person to survive two years later. It's better to think of him as extinct.

Review everything you have done before.

Is it too impolite to look at him with too distorted values?
Even if he really has some extremely bad intentions, it does not affect the fact that he has saved me many times. My mother also said that when judging people... we should not judge them by what they say, but by what they do.

"..."

The clothes were changed again. I only have two sets of combat uniforms that are similar, not too many clothes. Yesterday's clothes were not dry, and I didn't expect it to be like this today. I don't have any other clothes to change into.

"Wear this."

"Honestly, there's nothing good about OL uniforms. If I really wanted you, I would find something a hundred times more shameful than this."

"..."

She changed into the OL uniform that I thought I would use someday in the future. She wasn't wearing socks under the skirt suit, but instead wore trousers that I don't know where he found them from.

"It's almost time to rest, then eat the meat."

"I'm also curious about how strong you can be."

"..."

He didn't seem to care at all about how much strength I could improve by eating monster flesh, and he never worried that the situation would be reversed one day.

With a cigarette in his mouth, he rolled up his sleeves and bare-chestedly packed up the remaining limbs of the monster and dragged them away... It was totally impossible to tell that he lived in the same world as me.

Are there such people?

The kind in the Izukoku comics, too strong, and no worries. I hope to teach who can kill the other monster.

hurt.

The wound that immobilized me was starting to itch.

It seems that the progress brought by eating the flesh and blood of high-level monsters is greater than I thought. The body's self-healing ability should be comparable to that of a level 3 evolver.

It doesn't matter.

Whatever his purpose is, whatever he wants me to do after my revenge, it's fine.

6 month 19 day.

early morning.

"A rustling--"

Hazily, I heard footsteps.

There was more than one person, at least three, with varying speeds of footsteps, walking up from downstairs.

The fire was still burning, but dim. He was not there. The meat was still wrapped up beside the mattress.

"..."

I reluctantly picked up the katana.

Staring at the door that was blocked by the sofa. If he went out, the sofa would definitely not stay there. That thing is just an alarm. If someone wants to come in, they will move the sofa... I will hear it. It can't stop the real monsters. If there are enough of them, they can directly destroy the wall.

"squeak--"

The door was indeed pushed by someone, and the single sofa was also moved due to friction with the ground.

"That's what I told you. This woman must be here."

"..."

He was the man who wanted to capture me while I was weak after eating monster meat.

In addition to those I've seen before, there are others... Some of them look familiar to me. People who should not have gone along with them.

"Tokugawa, unlike those who only rely on others to survive, people like us should understand better."

“There can be no future.”

"There's no need to make yourself suffer for those people."

"I did think about pursuing you normally before, but you...are just a woman. As long as you think clearly, you can have as much as you want."

"You are not a woman who would give up everything for revenge. I am overthinking it. You just don't like me, right?"

"..."

I saw his eyes fixed on the men's trousers that covered my feet.

"Osaka, do you understand now? Tokugawa only looks high and mighty, insolent."

"It's been rotten behind the scenes. They want a pretty boy. It's not about pure love."

"..."

I met Osaka about a year ago. At that time, he was very attentive to me and did confess his love to me...but I rejected him.

I haven't changed at all.

He would not consider anything else except revenge. Of all the shelters he had been to, the people in his shelter were the most human.

"Although I already know what kind of woman you are."

"But I still... have some feelings for you. As long as you are willing to let them vent their anger and then follow me obediently, I will not kill you."

"..."

It was a completely different attitude from before, a completely superior one.

His eyes showed no sign of hiding his greed, his greed for women.

I think... the shelter that looked the most like a human habitation to me more than a year ago may now have become a hell.

"Tokugawa, you tricked us last time."

"That's not possible this time."

"You're really stubborn. You just ate the monster's meat once, and you're eating it again. In my opinion, you shouldn't eat the monster's meat. How about eating me?"

"Haha, it feels like this woman is deliberately creating opportunities for us to come. Is she expecting something behind our backs?"

"..."

The three of them used to be core members of the shelter who had friction with each other, but now they stand together.

They are all evolvers above level 4.

Under normal circumstances, I should have been able to escape even before I ate a high-level monster.

Now...

"Tokugawa, are these your friends?"

The man didn't leave. He had a white towel on his shoulders and was holding a plastic basin. There was a toothbrush, toothpaste, etc. in it. His hair must have been simply wiped and was still dripping.

Did you just go to another room to take a shower?
"Wow... I really raised a man."

"Osaka, do you believe it this time? The Tokugawa you liked, who never even touched his hand, has already been kicked by someone else."

"..."

Osaka's expression changed completely and he stared at Mr. Su.

I wonder, though I don't know why they decided that now was the best time for me to be caught... Was it because they saw the monster remains that Mr. Su had thrown outside and thought that I was weak after eating monster meat? Or did they think that they could defeat me by joining forces with Osaka?
None of this matters.

"It looks like you're not friends. Then there's no need to set up a hot pot table."

"It just so happens that there are a few greedy cats downstairs. They like to sneak into the building when they have nothing to do. You should be able to help these greedy cats, right?"

"..."

What they thought was a good opportunity might be the worst opportunity in the past two years. This time it was not a trap or a trick by me, or a little injury. Whether they could get out of here or not depended on the mood of the man next to them.

I didn't say anything else, but just sat up, leaning on my samurai sword, and watched Mr. Su put down the plastic basin and stand in front of me.

Unknowingly...

It must have been very inappropriate. I remembered that a long time ago, when I was just learning to ride a bicycle, I hit someone else's flower pot and got injured.

The owner of the flower shop kept telling me to call the adults over and ask them to compensate me.

But my knees were bleeding and hurting... I kept crying.

I thought I would be scolded.

"Don't be afraid, Airi-chan."

"Look... isn't mom here? Dad is here too."

At that time, my mother was holding me in her arms, while my father was standing in front of me, discussing with the angry boss how to compensate and resolve the issue.

It seems like... I haven't had this feeling for a long time. I don't have to worry about anything. I just need to cry and just stand there and watch, and I will be protected. I have always been a lone wolf.

"Tokugawa..."

Osaka gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. He looked at me with a sullen face... It was as if he wanted to bite me to pieces.

"You really, with this man..."

In the final analysis, those attentiveness were just based on the desire to get me. They wanted something. They didn't want to help me get revenge, nor did they really like me.

So, what's the point of asking such naive questions?
"Ah."

"I voluntarily let Mr. Su stand up and kick. There was no reluctance. I have never responded to you before, and I am not your property."

"It won't be the same in the future. Don't you think... you are like a child who cries and asks adults for his favorite toy when he can't get it?"

I can completely stop thinking about Mr. Su's purpose.

But I can think about other things.

If I have to evolve, who should I become? Someone who can help me get revenge, who can really help me become stronger... Mr. Su who will take care of me. No matter how you look at it, he is the best master.

Well, having thought of this, what does it matter if he stands up and kicks me, or anything else happens?
I don't have any illusions about childish love. I don't expect to start a family like my mother... I'm just a woman who values ​​profit.

6 month 19 day.

One o'clock.

"..."

Su Ming's hair was not dry yet, and he looked at the three men who pushed open the door and came in.

Two of them had disgusting hair, and the other one had an expression as if he had eaten feces.

"Ah."

"I voluntarily let Mr. Su stand up and kick. There was no reluctance. I have never responded to you before, and I am not your property."

"It won't be the same in the future. Don't you think... you are like a child who cries and asks adults for his favorite toy when he can't get it?"

The reason why the man had a surprised expression was because Tokugawa behind him said this.

No?

Who the hell is so morally low that you just stand up and kick him?

Why do you want to slander your innocence out of thin air? !
and also.

【Character: Tokugawa Airi】

【Favourability: 11】

[Description: I don’t care about your purpose. I think if I’m bound to become someone’s plaything, becoming your plaything is not a bad thing.]

What did I do to offend anyone by just taking a shower?
The favorability level was still 618 on 1, but it became 11 as soon as these three unlucky guys arrived.

Oh shit.

Isn't this forcing women of good character into prostitution? !

Forget it, now that things have come to this, 11's favorability... It's not like I like her, and the content in the description is just a thought of "plaything". It shouldn't turn into a scene of standing up and kicking.

probably not.

Xue'er had already called her "Master" in a low voice, and apologized in an unprecedented manner... Even if she wanted to stand up and kick, it would not be so fast. Wouldn't that be a slap in her face? !

(End of this chapter)