I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

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After saying goodbye to Inam, Croissant and Yuhaka left with their goods, of course, on foot. After all, in the tropical jungle of Sargon, the dense vegetation of trees, shrubs and vines made it difficult for ground vehicles to move. If it weren't for the roads cleared out in Inam, Croissant wouldn't have been able to drive over to trade.

Of course, even walking through such a pristine tropical jungle was difficult, but fortunately, Croissant had changed into a set of gear suitable for off-roading, which made walking much easier in this environment. As for Yohaka, he was as agile as a fish in water. After all, the environment in Zerus was much more complex than here, and Yohaka felt right at home here. Croissant was incredibly envious of Yohaka's agility and said, "As expected of Yohaka, he can be so agile even in such a complicated place. I'm so envious."

Hearing Croissant's words, Yuhaka, who was hanging upside down in the tree with his big tail, looked at Croissant and said, "This place is like Yu-Yu's hometown. Yu-Yu is very familiar with it OwO~" Croissant looked at Yuhaka with some doubt after hearing his words and asked, "Really? Speaking of which, Yu-Yu, are you familiar with this environment? I remember you said last time that your hometown seemed to be like a tropical rainforest. Is this place?"

Upon hearing Croissant's question, Yuhaka swung down from the tree and landed beside her with an "OwO?" expression. Croissant said, "No? Yuhaka's place is much more dangerous than this one, with lots and lots of huge monsters OwO~" As she spoke, Yuhaka also made a fierce monster-like expression. Seeing Yuhaka's "mOwOm" look, Croissant's lips twitched and she said, "Eh... it's such a dangerous place? I'm so glad I didn't go there stupidly."

Seeing that Yuhaka's performance didn't seem too scary, Croissant thought, "If even Yuhaka, the strongest among them, says it's dangerous, then it must be an extremely dangerous place." Thinking of this, Croissant was glad that she hadn't wandered into that terrifying jungle, otherwise she really would have become Croissant in the mouths of those giant monsters.

Just a short distance after Ehaka and Croissant walked, they encountered Adakris residents wandering in the wild. The moment their eyes met, Croissant and Ehaka heard a sound like the background music of a Pokémon battle.

[Yoyo and Croissant made eye contact with Adakris residents A and B, and the battle began.]

Thump! Thump! With two uppercuts from Yuhaka, the Adakris residents who rushed up to fight Yuhaka and the others were sent spiraling through the air before crashing to the ground unconscious. Seeing Yuhaka's perfect and swift movements, Croissant clapped her hands and said, "Oh! As expected of Yuhaka, she took down her opponent with just two punches."

"Hmph =w=~" Hearing Croissant's praise, Yhwach also showed a proud little expression, raised his chin and put his hands on his hips, and his big tail behind him also wagged. However, perhaps because the commotion attracted other people, a group of Adakris residents came out of the bushes. Croissant was dumbfounded when she saw this scene, obviously not expecting that there were other people here. Yhwach was not too surprised, after all, Yhwach had sensed that there were many people around.

However, Yhaka was not afraid of this situation. What happened next is self-explanatory. The moment their eyes met, the battle began. In the ensuing heavenly battle, Yhaka knocked away the Adakris residents who rushed at him one by one. Seeing that they could not defeat Yhaka, his opponents attacked together. Yhaka then used a spinning kick to send all the enemies who rushed at him flying.

As the last Adakris resident fell, Yuhaka, amidst a pile of corpses (or so it seems), struck a pose that looked like he'd just thrown a brick. Croissant, seeing this, clapped her hands and said, "Well... I knew it would end like this, but it still looks pretty spectacular... Hmm, what's that?"

Croissant's gaze fell upon a short Liberi girl standing before Yhaka. Yhaka, seeing the Liberi girl who was about his own age, gave her an "OwO?" look. Although she appeared weak, Yhaka could sense that the Liberi girl's strength was considerably greater than the combined strength of all the Adakris residents he had previously sent flying.

"You are very strong." The Liberian girl in front of Yuhaka said this as she looked at the members of her tribe who had been defeated on the ground. After all, she had just witnessed Yuhaka taking down a group of people in a few moves. The Liberian girl was also a little surprised by this situation. She did not expect that someone could defeat a group of people in just a few moves, just like Gavial before. This made her feel a struggle burning fiercely in her heart. She wanted to have a good fight with this powerful opponent in front of her.

Thinking this, the Liberian girl adopted a boxing stance towards Yuhaka. Seeing her stance, Yuhaka immediately understood that she wanted to fight her. In response, Yuhaka adopted a Taixu Fist stance. After both were ready, the Liberian girl rushed forward with incredible speed, swinging her bandaged and glove-covered fists at Yuhaka. To Yuhaka, the punches seemed to move in slow motion.

Yuhaka dodged the attack with lightning speed and then swung her little fists at the opponent. Although Yuhaka didn't use her full strength, her quick counterattack caught the Liberi girl off guard. However, the Liberi girl managed to block Yuhaka's attack with her hands, but she was still sent flying by Yuhaka.

Feeling the immense power emanating from her hand, the Liberian girl's face showed an expression of disbelief. After all, she hadn't expected that her opponent's seemingly light punch could unleash such power, which greatly surprised her. However, she quickly reacted, dissipating the force by rolling on the ground a few times before resuming her fighting stance. At this moment, the Liberian girl knew that the girl in front of her, who looked about her age, possessed incredible strength and speed, which made her extremely vigilant. The next moment, the Liberian girl charged towards Yuhaka. Compared to her previous direct charge attack, this time the Liberian girl used swaying left and right steps to confuse Yuhaka's eyes and make her guess the direction of her attack.

But Yuhaka didn't fall for the Liberi girl's move at all. Yuhaka suddenly charged towards the Liberi girl. The Liberi girl looked surprised to see her confusing steps being seen through. Before the Liberi girl could react, Yuhaka swung his little fists and smashed them at her.

Volume 5 [Slice of Life + Arknights + Another World]: Chapter 1900 [YuYu: My New Big Tail!]

Looking at the Liberian girl he had knocked unconscious, Yuhaka looked at his fist and scratched his head with his big tail. Yuhaka wondered if he had used too much force, actually knocking her out with one punch. Seeing this, Croissant clapped her hands and said to Yuhaka, "Oh, oh, oh~ As expected of Yuhaka, you took care of these Adakris residents in just a few moves."

Croissant then looked at the Adakris residents lying on the ground and asked with some confusion, "What should we do with them?" Although Yuhaka had easily knocked these Adakris residents unconscious, she felt a little guilty about leaving them alone. Well... even though Croissant couldn't quite put her finger on her conscience.

Finally, before leaving, Yuhaka and Croissant posed the unconscious Adakris residents and then departed. Of course, when someone later arrived and found a group of peaceful Adakris residents lying in rows, it made people a little scared about the situation. Fortunately, nothing too serious happened.

After Yuhaka and the others left, they went to a place called the "Gavial Will" tribe. Judging from the name, it was a tribe related to Gavial. Croissant looked at the simple map in her hand and then looked at the road in front of her and said, "Hmm, this is probably the place. Yuyu, you should prepare the goods. We're going there soon."

"Mmm OwO~" After hearing Croissant's words, Yuhaka nodded to indicate that he understood and took out some marked goods from his dimensional portal. However, when he took them out, Yuhaka saw something that caught his attention: a thing that looked like an anti-vehicle rocket launcher in front of him. Yuhaka was familiar with the technology of this human army and knew that this was a weapon capable of destroying vehicles. However, this thing was of no use to him at all, so Yuhaka did not pay much attention to it.

After preparing everything, Croissant checked it out. Besides the goods she had brought, there were also some goods that Inam had given her. After all, Croissant was going to sell goods in other tribes later, and Inam had asked Croissant to take her goods with her, of course, for a fee. Croissant accepted this without complaint.

After all, it would be foolish for Croissant not to make money, so she naturally accepted.

After preparing the goods, Croissant and Yuhaka carried them to the tribe called "Gavial's Will." In front of them was a relatively nice small settlement. Although there wasn't much of a modern technological feel, at least they didn't see the primitive scene of thatched huts and campfires that they had imagined. The members of Gavial's Will tribe at the entrance did not attack Yuhaka and Croissant when they saw them. Instead, they came up and asked who they were, since Yuhaka and Croissant's attire was quite rare.

"Ah, I'm Croissant from Penguin Logistics, and this is my colleague Youyou. Besides selling our goods, we're also bringing over some goods that Inam is sending over." Croissant explained her purpose to the tribal member after hearing his question. The tribal member understood what was going on, as their tribal chief had mentioned these things to them before. He then led Croissant and Youhaka to a large tin warehouse for storing goods and consulted their chief.

After a while, Yuhaka heard hurried footsteps approaching. Soon, as the door opened, Yuhaka saw an Adakris girl appear in front of him. She was wearing a tattered black outfit, with tattered black stockings covering her chubby legs, just like Kanna's. Most importantly, the plump tail behind her made Yuhaka subconsciously mistake it for a shrimp.

"Um! Did you bring Gavial's letter?!" The Adakshasi girl looked at Croissant with an excited expression as soon as she entered. Seeing her excitement, Croissant wasn't too surprised and replied, "Yes, I brought it. Let me see..." While Croissant searched, Yuhaka kept an eye on the large tail behind the Adakshasi girl. After Croissant found the letter, she handed it to her and said, "Found it. This is the letter from Gavial."

Upon seeing the letter in Croissant's hand, the Adakris girl's eyes lit up, and her large tail swished behind her. Seeing this, Yuhaka couldn't resist reaching out to grab the girl's tail. With a soft, bouncy touch, Yuhaka gave a look of utter bewilderment.

"Whoa?!" The Adaksha girl, whose tail had suddenly been grabbed by Yhaka, was startled. She clearly hadn't expected anyone to grab her tail like that. Turning around, she saw Yhaka looking at her with a curious expression, holding her large tail. Seeing this, the Adaksha girl looked embarrassed and asked Yhaka, "Um... could you let go of my tail?" Hearing this, Yhaka obediently nodded and released her tail, his eyes filled with a hint of reluctance. Seeing Yhaka release her tail, the Adaksha girl quickly hugged it tightly; to be honest, it was the first time someone had ever grabbed her tail.

Croissant, standing nearby, sighed and said to Yuhaka, "Yuhaka, it's not very polite to suddenly touch someone's tail!" Hearing Croissant's words, Yuhaka gave her an "OwO?" look, but then grabbed her own tail and offered it to the Adakris girl, saying, "Then let Yuhaka touch your big tail, OwO~"

Hearing Yuhaka's words, the Adaksha girl was dumbfounded. After all, she didn't know anything about the outside world, and she was completely bewildered by this tail-touching behavior. However, the Adaksha girl was also very envious of Yuhaka's long and smooth tail, since her own tail looked thick and not as thin, long, and strong as Gavial's. Although the Adaksha girl had tried to lose weight, she didn't know whether Gavial preferred a thin or thick tail, so she hadn't tried to lose weight.

Then, feeling the smooth texture on her hand, the Adakris girl realized that her hand was resting on Yuhaka's large tail and stroking it. Seeing this, Adakris looked shocked and said, "I touched it without even realizing it?!"

Seeing the interaction between the Adakris girl and Yuhaka, Croissant scratched the back of her head, unsure of what to say. She felt a bit superfluous. However, to remind them of her presence, she coughed slightly and then said to the Adakris girl, "Um, boss, shouldn't we take a look at the other goods first?"

Upon hearing Croissant's words, the Adakris girl reacted and said, "Oh right! There are other things to check!" With that, the Adakris girl hurriedly went to the goods and began inspecting them, while Yuhaka looked on with an "OwO?" expression, hugging her large tail and seeing the other girl's blushing face. Was she perhaps shy?

As Yuhaka thought about this, he could hear the other person's heart pounding. Yuhaka was certain that the other person was shy, and Yuhaka showed a victorious expression.

Croissant looked puzzled when she saw Yuhaka's proud little expression. She didn't know what Yuhaka was thinking, but since the goods were important, she explained the cargo she had brought to Adakris. Of course, this excluded Inam's cargo. Croissant hadn't expected Inam to be able to obtain a rocket launcher, an anti-vehicle weapon. If it were her, she probably wouldn't have been able to get it, as weapon control in Lungmen was quite strict; a rocket launcher like that would be out of the question. However, things were different in Sargon's territory. The situation there was more chaotic, and with connections, obtaining a rocket launcher wouldn't be a problem.

The Adakshasi girl seemed quite interested in what Croissant had brought. Besides some daily necessities, she was particularly interested in the books, and picked out quite a few items from them, as well as some other things.

After purchasing these items from Croissant, the Adakris girl took out Sargon's currency and handed it to Croissant, who accepted the money. Although Croissant preferred to buy ores, animal teeth, and feathers, these were not necessarily valuable, and the currency was relatively more stable in value.

At the same time, Croissant asked the Adakris girl if anyone else needed to buy anything. The Adakris girl nodded in response, indicating that it was no problem, as she had no intention of stopping her tribe from buying anything.

While Croissant dealt with the members of the Gavial Will tribe, Yhaka approached the Adaksha girl. Upon seeing Yhaka, the Adaksha girl instinctively put on a defensive posture, then, realizing her actions were somewhat awkward, coughed slightly to ease the tension before saying to Yhaka, "Ahem, um... is there something you need?"

Hearing the Adaksha girl's question, Yuhaka looked at her curiously and asked, "Does Big Tail know Gavial?" The Adaksha girl's eyes lit up upon hearing Yuhaka's words, and she replied, "Yes! That's right, I know Gavial! Wait! My name isn't Big Tail! My name is Temimi! Not Big Tail!"

In response to the Adakris girl's words, Yuhaka tilted his head and looked at the Adakris girl named Temimi. For some reason, Yuhaka felt the girl's name sounded quite appealing, but he didn't dwell on it and instead said to Temimi, "Hmm, Temimi, Yuuyu remembers! OwO, Yuuyu's name is Yuuyu! =w=~"

Temimi looked at Yuhaka with a puzzled expression and said, "Yu-Yu? Hmm... Is that a foreign name? It sounds very rare..." Yuhaka nodded in agreement. At least Yuhaka had never heard of anyone named Yu-Yu, so it must be very rare, right?

After realizing something, Temimi stared wide-eyed at Ehaka and asked, "By the way! Ehaka, have you met Gavial before?" Ehaka nodded in response to Temimi's question. After all, she had met Gavial during her time on Rhodes Island. Gavial's combat strength was significantly higher than that of ordinary operators, which made Ehaka suspect that he might be pretending to be a medic.

After seeing that Yuhaka had met Gavial, Temimi looked at Yuhaka with great excitement and asked him a series of questions about Gavial, including how Gavial was doing, whether he was eating well, and what he was doing. Yuhaka was taken aback by Temimi's enthusiastic questions, as he felt like he was seeing a fan chasing after a celebrity. This puzzled Yuhaka, but he did tell Temimi about Gavial.

Upon hearing that Gavial's life on Rhodes Island was exactly as described in the letter Gavial had sent, Temimi seemed relieved. Seeing Temimi's relaxed expression, Yuhaka looked at her with a puzzled expression, as if Temimi were Gavial's mother. After Temimi came to her senses, she looked at Yuhaka and thanked her, saying, "Thank you so much, Yuu. It seems Gavial is really doing very well on Rhodes Island..."

“Yes, Gavial is very healthy. Rhodes Island is a great place OwO~” Ehka nodded in agreement with Temimi’s words, indicating that the other person was doing well. Rhodes Island was also a very nice place, after all, Ehka had friends on Rhodes Island, which made Ehka very happy.

Volume 5 [Slice of Life + Arknights + Another World]: Chapter 1901 [The Anaconda Tribe]

After Temimi recovered from her frenzy, she waved her little hands shyly and said, "I'm sorry, I was a little excited..."

Hearing Temimi's words, Yuhaka scratched his head with his tail. After all, Yuhaka didn't quite understand why Temimi was so enthusiastic about Gavial, since Gavial didn't seem to be a celebrity.

Yuhaka was also puzzled by this. Seeing the bank card's confused expression, Temimi asked, "What's wrong? Is there something you're wondering about?"

In response to Temimi's question, Yuhaka asked directly, "Temimi, do you really like Gavial OwO?" Hearing Yuhaka's question, Temimi reverted to her previous embarrassed expression and said, "Yeah, yeah..." Temimi had told Yuhaka about Gavial. A long time ago, Gavial was very popular, and because Gavial had saved her life and had defeated a group of people at the Great Chieftain selection ceremony before leaving the place.

Upon hearing about Gavial's exploits, Yuhaka wore an "OoO~" expression, clearly not expecting that Gavial could defeat a group of people and then walk away so easily.

After Croissant called out to him, Yuhaka said goodbye to Temimi and then headed to the next village. In the next village, Yuhaka and Croissant saw a large number of machines and scrap metal piled up. Of course, there were also many electrical appliances and industrial facilities there, as well as many tin shacks. This surprised Yuhaka and Croissant a bit.

To be honest, this was the first time Croissant had ever seen a tribe like this. If Inam was a typical small village that had just been electrified, this place looked like a junkyard. Croissant and Yuhaka could see large amounts of scrap iron and rubber piled up around them, making it look like a factory that processed abandoned cars. Of course, Yuhaka thought this place was a factory.

Not long after Yuhaka and Croissant entered the tribe, an explosion suddenly rang out, startling them. Looking in the direction of the explosion, they saw a plume of black smoke shooting into the sky like a rocket. In their view, it was a large blue bird with its tail on fire. The bird traced a beautiful arc in the sky and landed right in front of them. Yuhaka and Croissant were dumbfounded by this sight.

What is this? An experimental accident?

Before the two could react, the large blue bird with its tail feathers on fire suddenly jumped up and circled around, shouting, "Water! Water! Quick, bring water!" Seeing the large blue bird with its tail on fire, Yuhaka took a deep breath and then "Pfft—!" sprayed water from her water gun, hitting the large blue bird and turning it into a drowned rat.

The large, soaking wet blue bird, feeling the burning sensation on its back disappear, let out a sigh of relief and plopped down on the ground, saying, "Phew~ I almost became roasted bird, thank you, little guy." Croissant, who had just realized what was happening, looked at the blue bird with some surprise and said, "Wow~ I didn't expect to encounter someone like the Great Emperor boss here, truly rare..."

Upon hearing Croissant mention the Emperor's name, Blue Bird looked at her with surprise and said, "Huh? You guys know that guy, the Emperor? That's really rare, to hear his name here." Yuhaka and Croissant looked at Blue Bird with puzzled expressions and said, "Huh? You know the Emperor boss? Are you related to him?"

When Croissant tried to claim kinship with him, Blue Bird looked speechless and said, "It's just a bit of a complicated relationship. But if you know the Emperor, how is he doing?" Hearing Blue Bird's question, Croissant scratched his head and said, "Well... probably quite well. He even participated in a music festival a while ago."

Hearing Croissant's words, the little blue bird nodded and said, "Really? It seems that the Emperor is having a great time out there..." Just then, the little blue bird seemed to remember something and said to Yuhaka and Croissant, "Ah, I almost forgot to introduce myself. I am the High Priest of the Anaconda tribe. What brings you here?"

When Croissant heard the other person mention the High Priest of the Anaconda tribe, she realized that the other person must be someone of very high status. Of course, Croissant didn't expect that the other person's name was indeed High Priest. After telling the other person the purpose of their visit, the High Priest seemed interested and said, "I see. So you are merchants. That's quite rare. After all, apart from that child Inam who comes from other places to buy goods, there are basically no merchants who come to this place."

As he spoke, the High Priest patted his slightly charred tail and said to the two, "Zuma is probably very interested in your goods. Come with me." With that, the High Priest led Yuhaka and Croissant to a place that looked like a machine workshop. Here, Yuhaka and Croissant could see a large hole in the roof shaped like a bird, which indicated that the creature had flown out from there.

Besides, Yuhaka and Croissant could see a Phidian girl using repair tools to fix something on a huge machine. Watching her repair it, the High Priest called out to the Phidian girl, "Zuma, guests have arrived. They've brought a lot of goods. Do you see if there's anything you need?"

Hearing the high priest's words, Zuma, who was repairing the machine, looked up and looked down at Yuhaka and the others. After jumping down from the machine, Yuhaka wiped the sweat from her forehead, completely unconcerned about whether her hands were covered in machine oil or something. Zuma looked at Yuhaka and Croissant with a curious expression, since very few people came here. Apart from the band that came a year ago, which seemed to be called A something, not many people appeared here.

Zumama looked at Yuhaka and the others and asked, "Are you merchants from outside? That's quite rare..." Croissant scratched the back of her head and said, "Well, being a merchant is just a side job. But more importantly, Miss Zumama, do you speak Sargon's common language?" Hearing Croissant's question, Zumama nodded and said, "Yes, I learned it from books. After all, some books require learning other languages ​​to understand, so I've learned quite a few languages."

Hearing Zumama's words, Croissant looked surprised and said, "Miss Zumama is really amazing. She actually learned other languages ​​on her own." As she spoke, Croissant had the goods behind Yuhaka put down, and then took out a list and handed it to Zumama, saying, "Since Miss Zumama can read foreign words, then Miss Zumama, please take a look at the list and see if there are any goods you want."

Looking at the list Croissant handed her, Zumama took off her oil-stained gloves and took the list. She bought whatever caught her eye. Croissant noticed that most of the items were machine-related goods and books. To be honest, Croissant hadn't expected anyone to need such things. Luckily, she had listened to Inam and bought some mechanical parts; otherwise, her chosen items would have been difficult to sell.

While Zuma and Croissant were discussing the goods, Yhwach was looking at the large, yellow-painted machine in front of him. Yhwach was somewhat interested in this machine, which looked like some kind of junk SCV. The high priest, seeing Yhwach's curious look at the machine, asked, "What, little guy, are you interested in this kind of thing?"

Hearing the high priest's words, Yuhaka nodded and said, "Yes, Yuhaka is very puzzled as to how this thing can move." Upon hearing Yuhaka's words, the high priest smiled and said, "Yes, that's true. At first, we spent a lot of work to get this big guy moving, but recently it's gotten much better. At least this big guy can move now."

"But it will explode, OwO?" Yuhaka looked at the blown-open cockpit and then turned to the High Priest, saying this. Looking into Yuhaka's big, watery eyes, the High Priest tilted his head and scratched it sheepishly, saying, "Well... failure is the mother of success, right? We just need to experiment a few more times."

Hearing the High Priest's words, Yhaka tilted his head and thought for a moment before focusing his gaze on the strange machine in front of him. Through Yhaka's senses, he was able to scan the internal structure of the strange machine. Using the mechanical knowledge he had gained from Bronya and the Machine Gear, Yhaka pointed to a certain spot on the strange machine and said to the High Priest, "There's a wire sticking out there. If you fix it, it won't explode."

"?" Upon hearing Yuhaka's words, the High Priestess looked at Yuhaka and the place she was pointing with a puzzled expression. Although she didn't know why Yuhaka suddenly brought these things up, the High Priestess didn't think she was just saying it casually. Curious, the High Priestess checked the place Yuhaka was pointing to and found that there was indeed an unsecured electrical wire connection there. The High Priestess looked at Yuhaka with surprise and said, "Little one, how did you figure that out?" To the High Priestess's question, Yuhaka blinked her big eyes and said, "Yuyu figured it out, oh Yuyu."

The High Priest seemed at a loss for words upon hearing Yhaka's answer, but he could certainly see a problem. Curious, the High Priest then asked Yhaka what aspects needed improvement. Yhaka pointed out many areas, and with the current technology, the High Priest investigated based on Yhaka's words. He found that everything he described was exactly as Yhaka had indicated, leading the High Priest to suspect that Yhaka might possess superpowers like X-ray vision.

Of course, Yhaka does have this ability, but it's basically useless.

When the transaction with Croissant was completed, Zumama saw Yuhaka and the High Priest repairing the machine. Seeing this, Zumama looked at the High Priest with a puzzled expression and asked, "High Priest, what's wrong with the huge ugly thing?" Croissant, who was standing nearby, was dumbfounded when she heard the machine was called "huge ugly thing." After all, Croissant had never expected that someone would name their machine such a thing.

Regarding Zumama's question, the High Priest explained, "Zumama, this little one is quite remarkable. She was able to pinpoint the problem with Big Ugly, and I'm currently working on repairs." Hearing the High Priest's words, Zumama looked surprised, clearly not expecting such a person to exist. She then gazed curiously at Yuhaka, who stood nearby. Zumama couldn't see anything special about Yuhaka; he didn't smell of steel or machine oil, but rather a pleasant milky fragrance.

After the High Priest finished repairing the vehicle, he sat in the driver's seat and said to Yuhaka and the others beside him, "Alright, back up a little, I'm going to start testing."

Upon hearing the High Priest's words, Croissant recalled the previous explosion and the scene of the flying High Priest. Thinking of this, Croissant's lips twitched, and she quickly led Yuhaka and the Great Ugly piloted by the High Priest in the cargo to a safe distance to avoid being affected. Zuma, on the other hand, did not seem to care too much. After taking a few steps back, she had the High Priest start the Great Ugly.

With the roar of the engine, the Great Ugly, piloted by the High Priest, began to move. Seeing this, Zuma's eyes lit up as she exclaimed, "Oh! It's moving!" Zuma was also excited as she watched the Great Ugly begin to move, since it was undoubtedly the best outcome for her to see her creations come to life.

However, before Da Chou could act for long, he suddenly trembled violently a few times and then stopped moving. A lot of black smoke was coming out of his body. When Zumama saw this, the excited smile on her face immediately froze.

Volume 5 [Slice of Life + Arknights + Another World]: Chapter 1902 [Yuuyu, the Hand-Crafted Engine]

After the Great Ugly malfunctioned, the High Priest and Zuma Mama didn't seem too surprised. After all, they had encountered many problems during the development of the Great Ugly, so they weren't too concerned about it.

Seeing the engine smoking, Yuhaka said, "This engine is no good." Hearing Yuhaka's words, the high priest, who had finished the inspection, nodded in agreement, saying, "It is indeed a problem with the engine. After all, the Great Ugly's engine was made from a scrapped engine in the wilderness, so it's difficult to restore its full power. Moreover, considering the Great Ugly's size, an ordinary engine is really useless."

Hearing the High Priest's words, Zuma looked at him helplessly and said, "Isn't there any other way?" The High Priest shook his head and sighed, "There's no other way. Aside from finding a new engine, there's no other method. It's not like an engine will just fall from the sky, is it?"

Zuma looked disappointed upon hearing the High Priest's words. She had finally seen her self-made machine move, only to be told that the engine wasn't suitable. This left Zuma feeling helpless and sad. Seeing Zuma's distress, Yuhaka, standing nearby, seemed to be pondering something. Then, a tiny lightbulb appeared on Yuhaka's head, and after patting Zuma's long, slender anaconda tail, Yuhaka said to Zuma, "Yuhaka can make an engine! OwO~"

Upon hearing Yuhaka's words, everyone present turned their attention to him. They looked at him with surprise, as if he were an idiot. Seeing everyone looking at him like that, Yuhaka's cheeks puffed up, and his beast ears stood up on his head. Then, under everyone's gaze of pity for a fool, Yuhaka picked up the scrap metal lying to the side and rolled it into a round ball like kneading dough.

"?!" Everyone was stunned by what they saw, including Croissant. Although Croissant knew that Yuhaka was very strong, she was still amazed by how Yuhaka could knead industrial metal scrap into a round shape like dough. After all, industrial metal scrap is not something as soft as dough!

Of course, Ehaka didn't use the power that could tear off the hybrid's head to knead these metals. Ehaka used the power of elemental spirits to rub these metals. Rather than saying that Ehaka rubbed the metals, it would be more accurate to say that he was manipulating the metals to transform.

To Zuma and the others, this behavior appeared as if Yuhaka was using his strength to mold the metal in his hand into playdough. Zuma blinked, a look of disbelief on her face, and picked up a piece of scrap metal, trying to mold it into playdough like Yuhaka. However, even with all her might, Zuma could only slightly deform the scrap metal. This left Zuma staring blankly at the scrap metal in Yuhaka's hand, clearly thinking, "This thing doesn't feel like what I expected."

Meanwhile, Yuhaka didn't stop after shaping the scrap metal into a ball. After shaping the ball into some kind of mechanical part, Yuhaka handed the finished part to the astonished crowd. The curious high priest took the scrap metal from Yuhaka's hand and realized that the part was a component from an engine, with almost no discrepancies in appearance. This made the high priest look somewhat surprised.

Zuma also took the parts from the high priest's hands and examined them. Zuma even squeezed the metal parts in her hands, but they didn't feel as soft as she had imagined, which surprised her even more.

Seeing the shocked expressions on everyone's faces, Yuhaka, hands on her hips, swayed her large tail with a grin and said, "Hehe~ Yuuyu wasn't lying, was she? =w=~"

Croissant, who was familiar with Yuhaka, snapped out of her daze from watching Yuhaka tinker with metal parts and looked at her, saying, "Yuhaka, when did you learn to make engine parts?" Croissant knew about engine parts, since Penguin Logistics needed to drive vehicles to deliver goods, so she naturally learned some mechanical repair and identification skills. But Yuhaka didn't seem to have repaired any machines before.

To Croissant's question, Yuhaka, hands on her hips, looked at Croissant and replied, "Yeah, Yuhaka learned it from watching everyone else OwO~" Hearing Yuhaka's answer, Croissant's lips twitched slightly. Obviously, Croissant hadn't expected that Yuhaka would learn these mechanical skills just by observing them repairing vehicles. Of course, it wasn't just Yuhaka who learned these things by watching Texas and the others.

It's important to know that Yhaka learned a great deal from the Cogwheel Cult within his own sect. After all, Yhaka would often wander around when he had nothing to do, including visiting his own Cogwheel Cult. He had naturally observed the Cogwheel Cult constantly building machines, and thus learned how to build them. However, Yhaka's understanding of machines was limited to them being large toys, so he only made things casually and didn't create anything truly remarkable. But those things were collected by the Cogwheel Cult; in a sense, they were sacred relics.