The Villain Knight Doesn't Want to Be a Hero

Lin Qiao didn't say anything, but just looked up in the direction of the kitchen. Although the background music was a bit noisy, he did not hear any sound like cooking.

At this time, the waiter in the store came over with a smile on his face: "I am very sorry, dear customers. There was a problem in the kitchen just now. To express our apology, our store will compensate each of you with a portion of our specialty dessert. Please forgive me."

After a very standard 90-degree bow, the waiter ran into the kitchen in a hurry. Before leaving, he did not forget to close the window and turn on the air conditioner.

Gusts of warm wind kept blowing out.

"I'm going to the bathroom."

After looking down at his phone for a while, Lin Qiao stood up and left his seat.

Mado Akatsuki thought of something and frowned.

"What's wrong, Xiao? You don't look very good."

"No, nothing, it's just a little strange. Did the waiter just come in from outside? How did he know what was going on inside?"

"cell phone?"

"I guess so"

She pondered for a moment and nodded. Well, maybe she was really too busy recently and made her think too much.

Having said that, why do I always have a strange feeling?

A feeling of chills running down your body.

......

On the other side of the restaurant, Lin Qiao, who had temporarily escaped by urinating, came out of the toilet and sneaked around to a place near the kitchen.

There was still no intention of lighting a fire to cook, and it seemed that there were only two staff members in the entire restaurant.

The waiter who had just apologized was standing inside trembling with fear.

In front of him was a middle-aged man who looked a little fat, pointing at the waiter's nose and cursing him.

Removing those words that will be muted when spoken out, to sum it up, it is to blame the other party for not closing the window just now.

"If you don't do your job properly next time, I'll beat you to death!"

Finally, after giving the waiter a stern warning, the man who looked like the boss left.

"...It's not all my fault. You were the one who asked me to open it before..."

Bang-!

The waiter, who had just been scolded, kicked open the kitchen door with an ugly look on his face, and walked out with a plate in his hand, muttering to himself.

As the kitchen door slowly closed, Lin Qiao, who was hiding behind the door, was revealed.

It can be basically confirmed that there is something wrong with this restaurant.

"I knew that encountering that pink-haired girl would be bad news."

The first time he met Yi Bingru, his house was demolished.

When they met the second time, he ate up all the identification gifts that Mrs. Mitsui had left for him, and also wasted a lot of electricity.

The third time, his chest was pierced by that imitation knight... Although the main reason was his own recklessness, doesn't Yi Bingru have any responsibility at all?

The fourth time, which was now, they seemed to have run into a black shop.

He sighed and thought carefully, every time he met Yi Bingru, the result seemed to be not very good.

Chapter 77: Poisonous, but not much

While the waiter was still serving food to guests at other tables and hadn't noticed anyone coming out of the kitchen, Lin Qiao quickly walked back to her seat.

"When I went to the bathroom just now, I heard that there seemed to be some problem with the gas in this store. How about changing to another one?"

As soon as he sat down, he got straight to the point.

"I agree. Yi Bingyi and I still have work to do. It would be a waste of time to continue waiting here."

Whether it was the rational idea of ​​saving time or the emotional intuition, Mado Akira didn't want to stay in this restaurant any longer.

She felt bad here.

There is something wrong with this restaurant.

Although there is no concrete evidence, she does believe this.

Let's investigate again after we get rid of these ordinary citizens (the two who are dragging our feet).

On this point, she and Lin Qiao reached a high degree of consensus.

The only one who was a little reluctant was Yi Bing, who had a severe sweets habit.

"Eh? Are you leaving? But that pudding..." She said a little reluctantly, looking at the desserts on other tables.

"You can't even start the fire, so it's impossible for it to be freshly made. And it's free, aren't you worried that it might have been left out for days?"

"That's true..."

Yi Bingru, who was lying on the table, pouted. Lin Qiao's words immediately dispelled her thoughts.

In fact, from the attitudes of Lin Qiao and Mado Xiao, she had already vaguely sensed that something was wrong. It seemed that neither of them wanted to stay in this store.

It would be fine for Lin Qiao, an ordinary citizen, but she still understood her companion Mado Xiao.

Although he has a somewhat eccentric personality, he is excellent in all aspects and is extremely reliable in his ability to do things.

After simply collecting the belongings they had with them, the three of them left their seats and walked towards the restaurant entrance.

However, when the waiter saw the three people were about to leave, he suddenly ran over in a hurry and asked anxiously:

"Please wait a moment, three guests, are you dissatisfied with our service?"

"In fact, yes, the serving speed is too slow, which will delay our work progress, and I am not interested in desserts. After comprehensive consideration, it is more appropriate to change to another restaurant."

Mado Akira said something very calmly that was so blunt that it was almost hurtful.

".....Then I will refund the money to you three..."

"No need to bother, we haven't paid yet."

Ignoring the waiter's ugly expression, the three of them passed him, and Mado Akira, who was walking in front, opened the door...

Click, click, click.

I pulled hard, but the door didn't budge, and from the sounds it made, it seemed to be locked from the outside.

"I'm sorry, three guests."

At this time, the fat middle-aged store manager came out.

"Once you enter this store, you are not allowed to leave. Please return to your seats."

Although he had a relatively kind face, there was a creepy smile on it that was frightening.

"The fox's tail is revealed so quickly."

"As expected, Akatsuki's intuition is really accurate... Please step back, Mr. Ishimori!"

After warning Lin Qiao, they both took a step forward and pressed the upper switch on the handle of the briefcase.

Along with the buzzing sound of Quinque's deformation, the camouflage shell instantly fell off, revealing the deadly weapon wrapped inside.

"It seems that these are two guests who refused to listen to advice."

Faced with two investigators with their weapons drawn, the store owner did not seem to be too nervous.

He shook his head, and the next second, he and the waiter over there burst out astonishing heat from their bodies, and even the temperature around them rose by several degrees in the blink of an eye.

At the same time, the body released a large amount of hot steam, which completely enveloped the body. The shock wave directly blew away the surrounding tables and chairs.

When the steam dissipated, the alien-like body inside was revealed. The whole body was bright red in color and covered with a thick chitinous shell.

"Killbus?"

Lin Qiao, who was standing behind the two men, opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but finally closed it.

The two investigators looked at the crab-shaped Amazon in front of them with serious expressions.

When the steam cleared, there was only one Amazon in front of them...but what about the other one?

This crab-shaped Amazon is undoubtedly the transformed fat boss, but what about the waiter who was also an Amazon?

Are you hiding?

Without giving him time to think, Yi Bingru immediately shouted to the other customers in the store: "This is the ghoul investigator, and we are now carrying out the expulsion mission. Everyone leave the scene immediately!"

There was no response. The surroundings were very quiet, so quiet that it was a little eerie.

has a problem!

In the past, if a ghoul appeared in public, the people around him would not only be in a state of panic, but would also scatter like birds and beasts, running towards a place they thought was safe.

Today, however, the situation is quite the opposite.

Even if there were not many people around and the background music was quite loud, there shouldn't be no reaction at all after such a loud noise.

He glanced around with his peripheral vision, and then Yi Bingru's pupils suddenly shrank.

At some point, all the other customers in the store had already collapsed on the tables unconscious, with some of them foaming at the mouth and their lives or deaths were unknown.

An Amazon with a tan body and spots on his head was moving these people to the back kitchen.

After noticing Yi Bingru's gaze, he suddenly became a little flustered and increased the speed of dragging the person.

"Was the dessert poisoned...?"

At this moment, Mado Akira next to her suddenly felt dizzy, her body became out of control, and she couldn't even hold the Quinque in her hand.

"dawn!?"

I Bingru quickly used his free hand to support Mado Akira who was about to fall to the ground.

Poisoned! ?

Looking at her colleague and friend who suddenly collapsed, she said in disbelief: "How could this happen? Xiao clearly didn't eat anything!"

"No, the poison in Inspector Mado had nothing to do with dessert."

Lin Qiao picked up the dinner plate beside her and threw it in a certain direction.

Clang!

The flying dinner plate instantly shattered the glass, and the cold wind blowing in from the window immediately relieved Mado Akira's symptoms a little.

"They did poison it, but the poison wasn't in the dessert, it was in the air."

He glanced at the others who had fallen into coma. Although many of them had eaten the pudding brought by the waiter, there were two who had not touched the pudding on the table.

"That mushroom-like creature should be able to release poisonous spores that can cause coma. That's why they closed the windows and turned on the air conditioner. It is to spread the spores to every corner of the room in a short period of time."

At the same time, the waiters themselves have to move around, which can spread the spores faster and will not attract other people's attention.

By then, they can easily obtain a large number of humans as a source of food.

"That's a pretty good guess, kid."

The crab-shaped Amazon, whose truth was guessed, did not seem anxious at all, but instead let out a creepy laugh.

I licked my lips. The pink-haired woman smelled really good, much better than ordinary humans.

"I'm just curious, aren't you afraid of getting poisoned by doing this?"

"Oh, I'm poisoned?" The crab-shaped Amazon snorted disdainfully and pointed with its sharp claws at the mushroom-shaped Amazon hiding behind the cash register.

"You think that piece of trash wants to poison me? Maybe in the next life!"

"Oh, I see. I think I understand."

Lin Qiao narrowed her eyes slightly. From this perspective, although the mushroom-shaped Amazon could release poison, the actual toxicity was not that strong, and it might not even be fatal.

For Mr. Krabs, inhaling too much would at most make him feel a little uncomfortable.

He felt even less - if he hadn't suddenly seen everyone around him fall down, he wouldn't have realized that there was poison here.

How can there be such a useless guy? Are you an edible mushroom?