I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

"It's not impossible. If that's the case, then we need to send someone to investigate the water quality in Tokyo Bay. Although we can't rule out the possibility that this fish swam over from the waters near Fukushima."

If it smells bad and emits radiation, then their fishing association can basically stop operating and they can go back to their hometowns to fish.

Regardless, the president of the fishing association instructed the fisherman to release the fish into the association's breeding pond, where they would conduct an investigation to determine its origin.

At the same time, the president of the fishing association gave the fisherman some money as a reward, and also asked him not to talk about it. There are already few fishing enthusiasts in the Tokyo Bay Fishing Association, and if this gets out, probably not many people will come.

The fisherman couldn't help but smile when he saw the money handed over by the president of the fishing association. He nodded and bowed to show that he understood. Keeping secrets was such a simple matter; all he had to do was keep his mouth shut.

After the fisherman accepted the money from the fishing association, he suddenly started coughing. Seeing this, the association president looked at him with a puzzled expression and asked:

"Hey, Itagaki-kun, what's wrong?"

The fisherman waved his hand to indicate that he had no problem and said:

"I, cough cough, I'm fine. I probably smoked too much while fishing in the early morning. I should feel better after a while."

Upon hearing what the fisherman said, the president of the fishing association hesitated for a moment before nodding and saying:

"Okay, let's leave it at that. Anyway, Itagaki, you need to take good care of your health and smoke less."

The fisherman nodded to the president of the fishing association to indicate that he understood, then bid farewell to the president. After watching him leave, the president of the fishing association did not say anything, but simply shook his head helplessly.

After leaving the fishing association, the fisherman returned to his rented apartment. However, once home, he felt a bit thirsty, so he took out a drink from the refrigerator and drank it. After drinking two or three bottles, he finally felt much better.

However, the fisherman soon realized that something was wrong with his body. He was not only eating more, but also drinking more. Did he have some kind of illness?

The fisherman, thinking this, couldn't help but feel a little confused. However, after he went to the bathroom to wash his face, he discovered that the wound on his hand where he had been bitten by the fish was now just a white scab, and his eyes were starting to bleed.

Suddenly, the fisherman also felt that something was wrong.

P.S.: I'm not quite sure what the symptoms are before gastrovirus infection occurs, so I'll just go with the secondary setting.

Volume 1 [Lazy Chapters]: Chapter 1393 [Ancient Greek Swimsuits]

Looking at his bloodshot eyes, the fisherman couldn't help but panic. Although he didn't know why his eyes were bloodshot, he felt that there might be something wrong with his body. However, after thinking about it, he couldn't figure out what kind of disease had caused him to look like this. Could it be related to that red-eyed fish?

Thinking about this, the fisherman couldn't help but feel a little panicked. After all, the red-eyed monster fish didn't know if it had any strange viruses or bacteria on it, and the fish might even have some mutated viruses or bacteria.

Thinking of all this, the fisherman decided to go to the hospital immediately, otherwise he would be really worried. Just as he was about to leave, a sudden sharp pain came from his body, and he couldn't help but lie on the ground, rolling around with his eyes closed and mouth open.

The fisherman felt excruciating pain, as if his muscles were twisting and his bones were splitting, making him want to commit suicide to escape the agony. But soon, accompanied by the sound of flesh tearing and the fisherman's screams, a huge striped sea serpent emerged from his body, and his body was torn to pieces and scattered around him.

After being born from the fisherman's body, the sea serpent with glowing red eyes began to wander around. Soon it found an open window and slipped out through it.

After a while, the surrounding residents, who had heard the fisherman's screams, came to the fisherman's door and called for help. When the landlord arrived and opened the door, they saw the bloody scene before them and immediately called the police.

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In the imaginary space where Euhaka resides, a new member has joined Euhaka's kitchen—Medea Lily!

"Miss Elodie, Miss Kurumi, hello! I'm now a member of Master's Kitchen. Looking forward to working with you all from now on~"

Hearing Medea Lily's words, Elodie and Kurumi Tokisaki nodded, while Yuhka, standing to the side, wagged his big tail and clapped his hands with an "OwO" expression, saying:

"Welcome, OwO~"

Seeing Yuhaka's expression, Kurumi Tokisaki, who was standing to the side, also noticed that Yuhaka seemed very happy. It was probably because there was now someone who could cook.

As Eohaka reached his upper body into the dimensional portal to search for ingredients, Medea Lily, standing nearby, looked at him with a curious expression and asked:

"Master, what dish are you planning to cook now?"

Upon hearing Medea Lily's question, Yuhaka also took out a large pile of ingredients from the dimensional portal, placed them on the table, and said to Medea Lily:

"Youyou wants to eat shrimp and spaghetti now! OwO~"

After hearing Yuhaka's words, Kurumi Tokisaki stroked her chin and asked curiously:

"Shrimp? Spaghetti? Does Youyou want seafood spaghetti today?"

Hearing Kurumi Tokisaki's words, Yuhaka, with a smug expression, wagged his little finger and said:

"No~No~Youyou doesn't want seafood pasta =w=~"

After hearing Yhaka deny that she wanted seafood pasta, Kurumi Tokisaki looked at Yhaka with a puzzled expression and asked:

"Oh? You didn't want seafood pasta? What would you like to eat then, Yoyo-chan?"

Regarding the question about Tokisaki Kurumi, Yuhaka, hands on his hips and eyes sparkling, said:

"Yoyo wants to eat garlic cream shrimp and Neapolitan pasta! OwO~"

After hearing Yuhaka's words, Kurumi Tokisaki nodded, indicating that she knew what Yuhaka wanted to eat. However, after glancing at the ingredients laid out on Yuhaka's side, Kurumi Tokisaki said to Yuhaka:

"After looking at the ingredients you prepared, Yoyo-chan, it seems we're still missing some shrimp. After all, there probably aren't enough shrimp for everyone to eat together."

Upon hearing Kurumi Tokisaki's words, Yuhaka glanced at the shrimp placed aside, realizing that the quantity was indeed insufficient for making garlic butter shrimp. After a moment's thought, Yuhaka nodded with a serious expression and said:

"Hmm, not enough shrimp, we should go catch some more."

Medea Lily, who was standing nearby, had a blank expression when she heard Yuhaka say that he wanted to catch shrimp. Medea Lily was obviously very confused as to why Yuhaka wanted to catch shrimp. Shouldn't he be going to buy shrimp?

Medea Lily soon found out why Euhaka had said he was going to capture him.

After opening a path to a large lake in Yohaka used for shrimp farming, Medea Lily looked at the beautiful lake with a surprised expression. Although her homeland, Colchis, was a country built near the coast and she had seen the sea many times, this was the first time she had ever seen a lake like the one in Yohaka.

Moreover, the surrounding huge trees, lush green grass, and golden sand make one feel relaxed and at ease by this lakeside.

After Yuhaka arrived, he took out several nets from the dimensional portal and handed them to Elodie and the others. Before they could react, Elodie and the others took the nets from Yuhaka. Then they saw Yuhaka take off his clothes, and only then did Tokisaki Kurumi and the others realize that Yuhaka had given them the nets so they could catch shrimp.

Elodie, looking at the net in her hand with a puzzled expression, asked Yuhaka:

"Youyou, why didn't you give me a net last time we caught shrimp?"

Upon hearing Elodie's words, Kurumi Tokisaki, standing to the side, couldn't help but think to herself, "Elodie, why are you asking this question?"

Regarding Elodie's question, Yuhaka tilted his head and said:

"Do you need a net to catch a big shrimp?"

Seeing Yuhaka's matter-of-fact expression, Elodie couldn't help but look puzzled. Didn't they need a net to catch those ghost-faced shrimp?

Upon thinking of all this, Elodie froze like a computer crashing, while Kurumi Tokisaki, standing beside her, sighed helplessly and said:

"Yoyo-chan, aren't we here to catch shrimp? It's almost time to start cooking."

Upon hearing Kurumi Tokisaki's words, Yuhaka realized that they still needed to cook, so he quickly led Elodie and the others to find the shrimp. Soon, under Yuhaka's guidance, they found the location where the regular shrimp were kept.

Because the water was relatively deep, Elodie and the others changed into swimsuits. They originally bought the swimsuits to use when playing at the beach, but Kurumi Tokisaki didn't expect that the first time they would use them was when catching shrimp.

This made Tokisaki Kurumi a little depressed. However, what Tokisaki Kurumi did not expect was that Medea Lily, who looked slightly shorter than Elodie, was wearing a swimsuit that looked very daring. It was just a thin piece of cloth with almost no other clothes. It should be said that it was a swimsuit with the style of ancient Greece.

Before entering the lake, Yuhaka bestowed upon the three of them the blessing of the Water Elemental King, and the four of them entered the lake. To be honest, the blessing of the Water Elemental King given by Yuhaka, which allowed them to breathe and speak underwater, was a bit novel to Tokisaki Kurumi and Medea Lily. However, it was quite easy for Medea Lily, since she could also do this using magic props.

After catching enough large shrimp in the lake, the four of them, including Yuhaka, returned to the kitchen to begin preparing garlic butter shrimp and Neapolitan pasta.

P.S.: Damn, I had insomnia last night and I'm super sleepy now. I feel like my eyelids are about to droop at any moment.

Volume 1 [Lazy Chapters]: Chapter 1394 [The Outbreak of Gastrea]

After catching the shrimp, Yuhaka and the others returned to the kitchen. With the ingredients ready, they began cooking.

First, there's the issue of division of labor. Yuhaka and Elodie are in charge of making garlic butter shrimp, while Tokisaki Kurumi and Medea Lily are in charge of Neapolitan pasta. Only Yuhaka knows how to make the former, while Tokisaki Kurumi has experience making Neapolitan pasta. This division of labor will make cooking faster.

The first step in making garlic butter shrimp is to process the large shrimp caught by Yuhaka. After removing the head, internal organs, and shell of these shrimp, which are slightly larger than a finger, cut open the back of the shrimp, remove the shrimp vein, put them in a bowl, marinate them with salt and black pepper, and then set them aside.

Then, Yuhaka put olive oil and a small piece of butter into the heated frying pan. After the butter melted, Yuhaka put the shrimp heads and shells that were placed aside into the pan and fried them to extract the shrimp oil. In order to avoid waste, he could also use the fragrant shrimp oil to enhance the flavor of the garlic cream shrimp.

After frying the shrimp oil, Yuhaka used chopsticks to remove the shrimp heads and shells, then poured in the minced garlic and marinated shrimp that Elodie had chopped.

Under the sizzling hot pan, the shrimp quickly turned a beautiful golden color. Yuhaka flipped the golden shrimp over and cooked the other side until it was golden as well. Yuhaka also added a small amount of black pepper for seasoning.

Afterwards, Yuhaka poured a mixture of light cream and milk into the pot, and the golden shrimp were immediately covered with a white coating. After stir-frying it briefly and simmering for 2 minutes, the garlic cream shrimp was ready to serve.

After placing the prepared garlic butter shrimp on a plate, Yohaka sprinkled a little black pepper on top and then garnished it with a sprig of rosemary. Of course, the rosemary here does not refer to a cute cat, but rather to a certain plant.

After Yuhaka finished making the garlic butter shrimp, Tokisaki Kurumi also finished making the Neapolitan pasta.

The bright red Neapolitan pasta with tomato meat sauce paired with white and golden garlic cream shrimp looked quite unusual. Just as Yuhaka was about to take a bite with her chopsticks, Kurumi Tokisaki's phone started ringing with a cute cat-like sound. Kurumi Tokisaki didn't seem embarrassed at all. After apologizing to Yuhaka and the others, she answered the phone.

"What happened? Could you call me?"

Kurumi Tokisaki answered the phone with a puzzled expression. The only people who would call her besides Yuhaka and the others are her clones. Normally, reports from her clones should be sent to Squad 404, but her clones would only call if something serious happened.

So, has something serious happened?

"That's right, Main Body. We've seen Gastrea wreaking havoc in the Tokyo area. Because we don't have any firearms, we can't deal with those guys at all right now."

Upon hearing her clone's words, Kurumi Tokisaki's expression turned somewhat serious. She hadn't expected that there were Gastrea outside, and she didn't know whether Nia Honjou's Whispering Scroll had failed to detect them or whether these Gastrea appeared through other means. Kurumi Tokisaki had no idea.

However, it would be more important to deal with those Gastrea first. Afterwards, Tokisaki Kurumi inquired about the number of Gastrea that her clone had discovered and the movements of the Japanese army.

"So far, 62 have been discovered. Of course, this is only the number that has been discovered so far. We don't know if the rest are hiding in places we don't know about. As for the Japanese Self-Defense Forces—well... I don't think you, Master, would want to know about their performance."

Upon hearing her report, Tokisaki Kurumi nodded in understanding. It seemed the situation there was far more serious than she had imagined. As for the performance of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, needless to say, as a Japanese, Tokisaki Kurumi naturally knew what kind of people they were; she didn't need to guess. After hanging up the phone, Tokisaki Kurumi looked at Yuhaka beside her and said:

"Yuyu-chan, something terrible has happened outside. A large number of Gastrea have appeared. We don't know why they've appeared, but we need to deal with it, otherwise the Tokyo area might be doomed."

"So, you're not eating now, OO?"

Regarding Yuhaka's question, Tokisaki Kurumi nodded in agreement. After all, the current situation did not allow Yuhaka and the others to arrive any slower. If they were to arrive any slower, who knew how many more Gastrea would emerge? The best-case scenario was to eliminate all the Gastrea before they left the Tokyo area.

After hearing Kurumi Tokisaki's words, Yuhaka put the garlic butter shrimp and Neapolitan pasta in his hand into the dimensional hole. Here, at least there was no need to worry about time.

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Meanwhile, while Yuhaka and her group were preparing their weapons and equipment, the Tokyo area in Japan was in complete chaos.

"shrimp--!!"

As a giant crab, the size of a tank, appeared in Stage I, it tore apart cars on its side like a tank, grabbed people who couldn't escape in time, and stuffed them into its mouth. In the distance, a tank aimed its cannon at the giant crab that was eating people and then opened fire with a bang. With the sound of the cannon firing, a high-explosive shell blasted into the giant crab's head shell, causing an explosion and dust.

The tank commander, watching the crab being hit by a high-explosive shell in the distance, spoke up:

"Shell hit! Target—wait! The target is still alive?!"

In the tank commander's view, the giant crab hit by the high-explosive shell had a hole blown in its shell, revealing its internal organs. However, after a few seconds, purple tissue appeared as if bubbling, and the giant crab's wounds were completely healed. The crew inside the tank were quite shocked to see this.

After all, they had never encountered such a monster with such strong regenerative abilities before. They originally thought their opponents were just a group of enlarged seafood, but the strength these seafood were displaying now terrified them.

However, the tank commander was not intimidated and hurriedly ordered the loader to reload the shell. But before the loader could even pick up the shell, the giant crab in front of them moved with unimaginable speed and came to the tank in a whoosh.

"what?!"

Seeing the giant crab restrain the tank, the tank commander also showed a shocked expression. He obviously did not expect the giant crab in front of him to be so agile.

Logically speaking, shouldn't larger creatures move much slower?!