America: The Cremator

Chapter 135 What is your favorite fighting stance?

Noticing Stella's gaze, Su Long cleared his throat and forced a greeting.

"Long time no see, Professor Stella."

Stella slowly walked to the round table, not rushing to sit down, but instead resting one hand on the back of her chair and asking teasingly, "Long time no see, Sue. Why haven't you complimented my beauty today?"

Before Su Long could reply, Stella suddenly bent down, carefully examined Su Long's features for a while, then straightened up and chuckled, "However, I can compliment you, Su, you seem even more handsome now."

After speaking, she naturally pulled out the chair to Su Long's left, sat down gracefully, and casually took off her black trench coat and draped it over the back of the chair, revealing a large expanse of her fair and delicate back.

Su Long coughed lightly, just about to pick up the drinks on the table to cover his embarrassment, when Elena suddenly pulled out the chair to his right, sat down, and tossed him a car key.

Su Long caught it, looked at the seven-colored shield emblem on it, raised an eyebrow slightly, and asked, "You brought my car here?"

Elena nodded and reminded her, "Your new car was delivered this morning by tow truck. They gave me the keys and left, so I drove it here today."

Su Long put away the car keys, then sighed, "Captain Elena, you can't just drive this car carelessly."

"I know, I felt the strange markings as soon as I got in the car, but so what? Is it that strong?" Elena shrugged.

Su Long nodded: "Indeed, she's an old friend. If she dares to come, we'll wipe her out completely."

Seeing that Elena and Stella had taken the seats on either side of Sulong, Dania didn't care and sat down on the left side opposite Sulong.

A hint of disappointment flashed across Hannah's face as she pursed her lips and sat down in the last seat.

Su Long looked up and around. The five of them were sitting around the grill in a five-pointed star shape. Except for Dania, whose attention was on the pork belly on the grill, the other three women's eyes were all on him.

The eerie atmosphere made him uneasy, and he couldn't help but cough twice, breaking the silence in the private room as he stood up.

"Everyone, Dania and Hannah's food isn't enough for everyone. Let's go outside and get some more ingredients before we start our meal."

Upon hearing Su Long's suggestion, Stella smiled and took the lead in getting up and walking out of the private room. Elena and Hannah also got up and walked out, while Dania reluctantly looked away from the grill and muttered as she walked out.

Su Long watched the four women leave the private room one after another, let out a soft breath, got up and walked to the self-service area outside. He casually picked up some steaks and vegetables, deliberately lingered outside for a few more minutes, and then carried the tray back into the private room.

The fierce buffet war has begun.

Dania, sitting opposite, took the initiative. She picked up two slices of fresh beef chuck, laid them flat on the red-hot wire mesh, and then quickly flipped them over in the next instant.

"It's cooked!"

Dania cheered, instantly transforming into a Neanderthal, and picked up the slice of beef, which was even rawer than the lettuce on the table, and stuffed it into her mouth without even dipping it in any sauce.

Surong's hand, which was holding the clamps, froze in mid-air. He stared dumbfounded as Dania tore into the piece of beef like a savage, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

Noticing Su Long's gaze, Dania picked up another equally gruesome piece of red meat and offered it to Su Long: "Want a slice?"

Sulong's lips twitched slightly as he reminded her, "Danya, this flesh of yours—is still dripping blood. Are you sure you don't want to roast it a little longer?"

Dania shook her head and said seriously, "Su, you don't understand. This blood is actually myoglobin, the essence! Only in this state can the meat remain tender."

"Thank you, but I still prefer a level of ripeness that carbon-based organisms can tolerate." Su Long paused for a moment before politely declining her offer.

He had just looked away when a burnt smell came from the side again. Turning his head, he saw Stella staring intently at the grill in front of her, and several blackened objects that were no longer recognizable.

If Surong hadn't seen with his own eyes that she had put in top-grade Wagyu beef, he would have thought it was a lump of coal someone had thrown in.

He only stopped asking when he watched Stella pick up a lump of "coal" and put it in her mouth, making a "crunch" sound like she was chewing ice. "Professor Stella, is this meat overcooked?"

Stella gracefully swallowed the charred food, her red lips slightly parted, and she slowly lectured, "Su, raw food contains a lot of parasites and bacteria. From a biological point of view, it can only be safely eaten after being thoroughly killed by high temperatures."

As she spoke, she miraculously pulled a piece of crispy, golden-brown meat from a shadowy spot on the edge of the grill and handed it to Su Long's plate.

Looking at the perfectly colored slice of beef in the bowl, and then at the pile of blackened charcoal in front of Stella, Su Long exclaimed sincerely, "Professor, it's rather touching that you've given me back this only intact piece."

The two's extreme styles made Surong worry about the other two, so he turned to look at Hannah and found that the table in front of her had been taken over by all sorts of colorful containers.

Fruit pudding, egg tarts, sushi, donuts, cupcakes, and even three different colored sodas.

Watching her carefully tear open the wrapper of a cupcake, Surong couldn't help but ask, "Hannah, are you here for barbecue or to open a dessert shop?"

Hannah looked up, her nose, still covered in white cream, twitched, and said, "But the dessert is really delicious."

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She handed a cupcake with a cartoon design to Su Long, saying solicitously, "Try this, it's strawberry flavored, it'll cheer you up."

Surong chuckled, took the small cake she offered, and looked at Elena sitting to his right. But after seeing her actions, he felt a chill run down his spine.

Elena seemed to have taken some of all the sauces from the dipping sauce area and was now intently mixing them together. Surong glanced at them and recognized several sauces, including sweet chili sauce and mustard paste.

There was even a small dish of maple syrup that I don't know where it came from!

She stirred the ingredients in the dish like an alchemist, eventually mixing them into a thick, grayish-black substance.

Surong frowned and said, "Elena, this concoction you made... it seems kind of familiar to me."

Elena stopped what she was doing, raised an eyebrow, and asked curiously, "Oh? Familiar?"

Su Long nodded and said bluntly, "It looks a bit like black mud formed after a highly decomposed corpse liquefies."

After hearing this, Elena rolled her eyes at him and said with regret, "That's because you don't know any better. This ratio of ingredients can bring out the umami flavor of the meat to the greatest extent."

After saying that, she picked up a perfectly grilled piece of beef, dipped it in the "black mud bowl," and brought it to Su Long's lips: "Try it, it's super delicious."

He looked at the beef that was already being offered to his mouth, took a deep breath, and suddenly opened his mouth and took a bite.

In an instant, sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty flavors collided wildly in his mouth, making Su Long feel as if he had swallowed a bomb.

He swallowed the complex-tasting beef with difficulty, and gulped down several mouthfuls of ice water to suppress the strange taste in his mouth.

He put down his water glass and sighed, "I'm telling you, can't you four act a little more like normal people?"

Dania was using tongs to drag a still-dripping lamb chop onto her plate when she heard this. She gave Su Long a disdainful look and said, "You have the nerve to talk about us like that? Su, are you the only one who's normal?"

Upon hearing this, Su Long paused in his actions.

He was using tongs to lift a corner of the grill and stuff a fist-sized piece of smokeless charcoal into the firebox: "What's wrong? I'm the only one at this table who's seriously grilling meat."

Dania pointed with her fork at the fire tongs in his hand and said, "Are you a fire man? Ever since you sat down, you've been complaining that the fire is too small and keep adding charcoal."

Hannah nodded repeatedly, agreeing, "Yeah, Sue, the paper underneath the grill is almost burnt. Are you going to order this place?"

Su Long stuffed the charcoal he was holding deep into the stove and retorted confidently, "The fire's too small, it won't cook through, you know?"

And so, this absurd dinner party, consisting of a Neanderthal, a charcoal seller, a sweet bomb enthusiast, an alchemist, and a fanatical fire man, continued in a relaxed yet slightly absurd atmosphere.

The mountain of ingredients on the table was dwindling at a visible rate. Dania had devoured more than half of the meat by herself, while Stella was slowly consuming her carbonized food. The empty dessert box in front of Hannah had piled up into a small mountain, and Elena's bowl of black mud dipping sauce had also been reduced by half.

As for the three Boston lobsters, each as thick as an arm, they were devoured by the group in a whirlwind, leaving only a few bright red empty shells scattered on the table.

Hannah pushed back her chair, stood up, and left the private room. A short while later, she returned carrying four bottles of red wine, her eyes sparkling as she looked at everyone: "We've almost finished eating. Want to play some games?"

Dania immediately perked up, tossed aside the bone in her hand, grabbed a tissue and haphazardly wiped her hands: "Alright! What are we playing? Arm wrestling or a drinking contest? I'm warning you, if it's a drinking contest, all four of you combined can't beat me."

Stella picked up her wine glass, took a sip of the freshly poured red wine, and said, "That's too violent. Since it's a party, we should do something more fun."

Hannah pulled an exquisite multifaceted die from her hoodie pocket and spun it around on the table: "Since everyone wants to play, let's play Truth or Dare."

Seeing that everyone was interested, Hannah placed the dice on the table, cleared her throat, and began to explain the rules of the game.

"Each of us chooses a code name, and the person who draws the corresponding code name becomes the dealer. The dealer can designate one person and have her choose between Truth or Dare."

"If the chosen person does not accept the first adventure or problem, they can back out and choose another one, but they must do it the second time and cannot back out again."

Hannah looked around and then said, "Since there are only five of us, let's use the number 6 on this six-sided die as the mine number. Whoever rolls a 6, we all have to drink together."

Then she began assigning codenames: "Suron is number 1, I am number 2, Dania is number 3, Professor Stella is number 4, and Captain Elena is number 5."

Su Long leaned back in his chair, tapped the table, and raised an objection: "This rule is unfair to me. If you become the banker later, you will all be pointing your guns at me. So I demand an additional privilege."

"What privilege?" Elena raised an eyebrow.

Sulong pointed to the dice: "If I roll a number 1, I can ask all four of you a question at the same time, or the four of you can do a dare together."

The four women exchanged glances, and Dania waved her hand generously: "I have no objection, as long as you can get it."

Seeing that everyone agreed to the rule, Hannah picked up the dice and casually tossed them into the center of the table.

The dice spun around on the wooden tabletop until they came to a stop, revealing a "1" facing up.

Su Long rubbed his hands together, a smile playing on his lips: "Looks like I'm in luck today."

He glanced at the four women's faces and deliberately dragged out his words: "In that case, I choose Truth or Dare. You four, now squat down, make a dog paw gesture with your hands, and bark like a dog three times."

The private room fell silent instantly. Stella's hand, holding a wine glass, froze in mid-air. Elena narrowed her eyes, Dania slammed the barbecue tongs on the table, and Hannah widened her eyes and waved her hands repeatedly, unanimously refusing the dare.

"impossible!"

"Alright, since you've all chosen to back out, then I can only answer my question," Su Long said, shrugging.

He leaned forward, crossed his arms and placed them on the table, and asked directly, "Ladies, what kind of fighting stance do you prefer?"

Upon hearing this question, Elena didn't hesitate at all, raising her hand first and chuckling, "As for fighting stances, I prefer the top position."

Su Long nodded upon hearing this, which was quite in line with her usual assertive style.

The group looked at Hannah, which made her nervous. She stammered, "I—I might like—fighting from behind in front of the mirror."

Surong raised an eyebrow in surprise and looked Hannah up and down: "I really didn't expect you to like this kind of mode?"

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The group then looked at the mature and sexy Stella, who elegantly put down her wine glass and said in a languid voice, "As for me, I like to fight while I'm bound and blindfolded."

Su Long's lips twitched slightly, and he commented, "Professor, yours isn't bad either."

Seeing that the others were looking at her, Dania swallowed the beef in her mouth, thought seriously for two seconds, and replied, "I like to fight like a wild beast, preferably in nature!"

Su Long's lips twitched, and he immediately gave a thumbs up, sincerely praising, "Danya, you are the undisputed MVP of this round."

Hannah blushed, quickly grabbed the dice and rolled them again. This time, the number landed on a "6," and she exclaimed with relief, "Landmine points!"

Everyone raised their glasses, and Su Long also raised his. They clinked glasses and each downed a glass of red wine.

Hannah continued to roll the dice, this time rolling a "5", making Elena the dealer.

Elena put down her glass, her gaze fixed on Su Long, a playful smile playing on her lips: "Su, truth or dare?"

Su Long leaned back in his chair and said calmly, "Of course that's the truth."

Elena raised an eyebrow, leaned back in her chair, and asked, enunciating each word clearly, "Of the four of us, who would you most like to play a game with?"

The noise in the private room instantly disappeared, and the other three fell silent, looking at Su Long along with Elena.

Su Long's forehead broke out in a cold sweat; this was practically a death sentence.

His mind raced, his gaze sweeping over the four women with distinct personalities before him, and he ultimately gave an utterly shameless answer.

"I can't answer that question right now, because I need to try it with all four of you firsthand before I can make the most objective judgment."

Stella chuckled, Dania rolled her eyes, Hannah's expression became even more awkward, and Elena shook her head, tapping her index finger on the table: "Su, don't try to cheat, this doesn't count as an answer."

Su Long sighed helplessly, "Fine, then I change my mind, I choose Truth or Dare."

Elena seemed to have been waiting for this, and she immediately gave the punishment: "Then you take off your shirt, choose one of us to sit on your waist, and do fifty standard push-ups."

Su Long looked around cautiously and asked, "Ladies, before making a decision, could you please tell me your weight?"

"No," Stella replied directly.

"A woman's weight is a secret!" Hannah shook her head repeatedly.

Dania smiled and asked, "Are you going to choose me? I'm definitely the heaviest!"

Seeing this, Surong pointed directly at Elena: "Since you raised this question, then you can answer it."

Elena readily accepted, and the two stood up one after the other, walking to the open space next to the dining table. Su Long grabbed the hem of his T-shirt with both hands, neatly took it off, and threw it on a chair next to him.

Having just distributed fifty experience points, his physique, which was as high as thirty points, was now displayed to everyone without reservation.

Every muscle was clearly defined, yet not overly exaggerated. His eight-pack abs were as if carved by a knife and axe, his chest muscles were full and firm, and the muscles in his back rippled slightly with his movements, like an indestructible suit of armor.

Stella naturally changed her sitting posture, crossed her legs, and her gaze lingered unabashedly on Sulong's abs.

Hannah's eyes lit up instantly, without even noticing that the half-eaten cake in her hand had fallen onto the plate.

Dania praised without reservation, "That muscle density is simply perfect! Su, you're doing great! You can call me to lift weights next time!"

Su Long walked to the side, placed his hands on the ground, and stretched his legs straight back, assuming a perfect push-up position. Then he said to Elena beside him, "Come on."

Elena stepped forward and straddled Su Long's lower back without any hesitation. He immediately felt an amazing softness and elasticity, the sensation transmitted through Elena's thin leather skirt, which was extremely clear.

"Are you ready?" Elena placed her hands on Su Long's back, leaned down, and breathed warmly into his ear.

"Let's start counting." Surong suddenly exerted force with his arms, using Elena's weight to steadily support his body.

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"one""

The four women began counting for him in unison. Elena's weight was no burden at all for Su Long now. The powerful explosiveness and endurance brought by his thirty points of physique made him do these weighted push-ups with ease.

Just as everyone shouted out the forty-ninth number, Su Long's arms suddenly went limp, and his entire body sank rapidly, almost touching the ground.

Elena leaned onto his back, her full breasts pressing tightly against Su Long's shoulder blades. She looked down at Su Long, a mocking smile playing on her lips: "What? Su, are you almost done?"

Su Long took a deep breath, his arm muscles bulged instantly, and then he exerted force, instantly lifting his body in an extremely violent manner. The huge reaction force directly sent Elena, who was sitting on his waist, flying upwards.

The sudden feeling of weightlessness left Elena with no time to react.

"Ah-i"

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