Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

"Old man, you really hit the nail on the head."

Oleg leaned forward and lowered his voice, not wanting others to hear the rest of the conversation.

Oleg said that according to his investigation today, the earliest sighting of Frost Knight Stan in this area was on September 9, three days ago, and the location was near Yanji City in the territory of the Scarlet Horse Family.

In just three days, not to mention how he got from Yanji City to Sunny Town so quickly, the speed at which his reputation spread and the density of events alone are enough to make people unbelievable.

Besides, why would such a powerful knight leave the Knight Order? Why didn't he fight on the front lines of the war against the Hell Abyss Empire?

To put it bluntly, is this majestic Frost Knight Stan essentially a deserter?

Oleg had thousands of questions in his mind, but he had no way to ask them.

There are two reasons for this.

One reason was that the Frost Knight's intimidation was too strong, and Oleg's mind went blank the moment he saw him;

Another reason was that the Frost Armor Knight's behavior was not like that of a deserter at all. Not only did he not hide from place to place, but he also went around defeating monsters and completing difficult commissions, as if he was afraid that others didn't know how powerful he was.

9.151 - First Trial

"I see. That sounds really hard to judge... No wonder even a veteran like you, Oleg, is so conflicted."

The word "contradiction" used by the bartender well summarizes Oleg's current mental state.

Oleg now felt both admiration and caution towards the Frost Knight Stan.

He admired the Frost Knight's strength and behavior, but was wary of his background hidden beneath the surface.

As the branch chief of the Sunny Town Task Union, Oleg has the responsibility and obligation to guard against all uncertainties that may bring turmoil to Sunny Town... However, when the strength of these uncertainties is far beyond the level he can contend with, what can he do?

The feeling of powerlessness of trying to stop a chariot with a mantis arm was deeply entangled in Oleg's heart.

"Hey, give me another drink."

The greatest sorrow of an old man is to drown his sorrows in alcohol.

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Branch Chief Oleg was frowning, and the young man who had caused him to fall into deep sorrow was now lurking in the shadow of an owl, randomly hunting snakes near the town of Sunny in the night sky.

Tonight is a milestone night for Jiang Ran, because it is his first time to launch a counterattack against the surveillance network of Tiangui Digui.

In order to avoid being noticed by the Heavenly Ghosts and Earthly Ghosts that their puppets were under a "purposeful" attack, Jiang Ran disguised his actions at night as the hunting behavior of an ordinary owl.

Even if the ghosts in heaven and earth had the ability to compare the damage to the puppets in various places, they would not be able to discover the abnormalities around Sunny Town tonight.

After the counter-reconnaissance operation was completed, Jiang Ran found an uninhabited place in the suburbs, whistled to summon the "King of the Causing Horned Vipers·Gnack" to join him, changed his clothes into "Frost Knight·Stan", and then walked into Sunny Town openly.

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Even at night, the appearance of the Frost Knight still attracted people's attention. However, everyone just looked at him from a distance and no one dared to come forward and talk to him.

Under the gazes of everyone along the way, the Frost Armor Knight walked into a restaurant in Sunny Town called "Cat Girl Restaurant".

Everyone couldn't help but exclaim in surprise when they saw it. They didn't expect that the Cat Girl Food Pavilion would have such charm. Even the newcomer Frost Armor Knight couldn't resist its attraction!

Those with a quicker mind immediately realized that this might be an opportunity, a good chance to witness the true appearance of the Frost Knight with their own eyes!

Even if the Frost Knight wore a full-face helmet all day long, he would definitely take it off when eating.

So, just after the Frost Armor Knight entered the Cat Girl Restaurant, several people with ulterior motives quietly followed him in, and while everyone's attention was attracted by the Frost Armor Knight, they hid in the corner of the restaurant.

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As soon as the tall and strong Frost Armor Knight entered the Cat Girl Restaurant, he immediately attracted the attention of the staff and customers.

Under everyone's silent gaze, the Frost Armor Knight found a seat nearby and sat down. Immediately, a cat-girl came over with tableware to serve him.

"Welcome to the Meow Girl's Pavilion!"

The cute and pitiful cat-girl waitress was so nervous that she couldn't even speak clearly. Although she tried to stay calm, she accidentally knocked over the plate when she put down the cutlery because of her shaking hands.

Just when the table was about to become a disaster scene due to the mistake of the cat-girl waitress, the Frost Knight took action in time. He not only stabilized the plate that was about to fall over in the next second, but also helped the cat-girl. Such a quick and precise movement was really hard to believe that it came from the hands of a fully armed armored knight.

"Give me roast pork, black bread, and wild herb stew, and make it worth a silver coin."

While everyone was still in shock, the Frost Armor Knight had already started ordering food as if nothing had happened. After ordering, he even took out a silver coin to pay, as if nothing had happened just now.

The cat-girl waitress was calmed by the Frost Armor Knight's calmness. She nodded repeatedly, wrote down the names of the dishes, took the silver coins, turned around and went to the kitchen to place an order for the Frost Armor Knight.

At this point, the Cat Girl's Kitchen returned to peace. No, it was even quieter than before the Frost Armor Knight came in. Everyone ate carefully, for fear of disturbing the Knight's meal.

At the same time, a belated curiosity began to sprout in everyone's hearts. Everyone was thinking, when the food was served, the Knight would definitely take off his helmet to eat, right? Then, wouldn't they be able to see the Knight's true appearance?

However, after the dishes were served, things turned out to be disappointing to everyone.

The Frostmail Knight packed up everything and took it away without eating a single bite. No one saw his face, let alone his mouth.

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More than ten minutes later, Jiang Ran, having achieved his goal, returned to his hotel room.

He placed the packed dishes on the table and while eating dinner he sorted out the information he had just obtained from the cat girl restaurant.

The last time he came to Sunny Town, Jiang Ran had eaten at the Cat Girl Restaurant a few times, but at that time, since he had no idea about the Cat Girl Restaurant, he had not used his identification ability on the boss and the staff. He even didn't remember what these people looked like very clearly.

This time, Jiang Ran went to collect intelligence with a clear purpose, so don’t think that he was just sitting there ordering a few dishes and taking them away. In fact, he had used his identification ability to understand the inside and outside of the Cat Girl Restaurant.

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First of all, Jiang Ran has basically confirmed that most of the staff at the Cat Girl Restaurant are just ordinary people.

Through his identification ability, Jiang Ran clearly saw that these people neither had hidden identities nor were combat professionals. Even if they had production professions, they were all within a reasonable range.

If any of these people knew anything about the 'Dark Rabbit Clan', they would most likely be ordinary quest NPCs, and nothing too complicated would arise.

However, there is one person Jiang Ran cannot confirm at the moment, and that person is the owner of the Cat Girl Restaurant, Rokugen Ruri.

Rokugeru Ruri was not in the store tonight. According to the clerk, she had been busy at the "main store" in the next town recently. In other words, the Cat Girl Restaurant in Sunny Town was just a branch.

So, Jiang Ran continued to ask questions along the topic, and then learned that there were only two cat girl restaurants, and both of them had recently encountered certain business difficulties.

Jiang Ran was quite surprised that the Cat Girl Restaurant was facing operational difficulties, because in his impression, at least the customer flow of the Sunny Town branch was quite good. Even if it did not make a huge profit, it should have made a small profit.

The clerk was obviously unable to answer his questions, so Jiang Ran did not say anything more to avoid exposing his intentions.

Now, after finishing his dinner, Jiang Ran glanced at the moon outside the window and felt that it was still early. Why not strike while the iron is hot and run to the next town to see what was going on with this "Liu Geng Liuli"?

Without any hesitation, Jiang Ran did what he said. Not long after, he sneaked into the shadow of a nighthawk and controlled this lovely creature to fly away from Sunny Town.

9.152 - Cat Girl Restaurant

The next town that Jiang Ran was going to overnight was called Mel Town.

Mel Town is located in a woodland plain not far from Sunny Town. Generally speaking, it takes a day's carriage ride to travel from Sunny Town to Mel Town, but for Jiang Ran now, it only takes an hour or two.

Not long after, the town of Mel with its lights twinkling in the night sky appeared in Jiang Ran's sight. Looking at this town that had not yet fallen asleep, Jiang Ran was thinking: I wonder if "Rokugeru Ruri" is still busy in the main store of the Cat Girl Restaurant at this moment?

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Considering that Liu Geng Liuli might remember the appearance of "Banning", Jiang Ran did not rashly enter Mel Town in his true form.

At the same time, in order to avoid attracting too much attention, Jiang Ran did not disguise himself as "Frost Knight Stan".

Cautiously, he first controlled the Nightingale to land on the roof of a three-story building in Mel Town, then found a fluttering moth nearby and moved into the shadow of this guy.

A moth dancing in the darkness, perfect for sneaking in at night.

More than ten minutes later, the moth flew into the Cat Girl Restaurant according to Jiang Ran's order. To his surprise, unlike the branch in Sunny Town, the main store in Mel Town was very quiet, and it seemed that few people were interested in it.

(It seems that the clerk in Sunny Town was not talking nonsense. This may really be in financial trouble.)

Jiang Ran continued to fly into the kitchen while observing, and finally found the cat-man girl with long silver-pink hair and red eyes in the corner of the warehouse: Liu Geng Liuli.

Jiang Ran was stunned at the first sight of the girl, but he was not stunned by the girl's appearance, but by the girl's identification information.

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(Shiiki Ruri? Weird, isn't her name Rokugeru Ruri?)

The name in the identification information was different from what Jiang Ran knew, but if it was just the surname that was different, then it wouldn't be a big deal.

However, as Jiang Ran continued to browse the identification information of Shiiki Ruri, he was completely shocked by the unexpected information.

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Shiiki Ruri, female, 19 years old

Belongs to the secret intelligence organization "Teruya Ryuque"

Position: Head of the Liutang Branch

Production occupation: None

Manufacturing Occupation: Cook - Lv13

Combat Class: Phantom Wind White Ninja - Lv140

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If the information before him was not accurate, Jiang Ran would not have been able to believe his eyes.

This cat-person girl, who he originally thought was just a restaurant owner, turned out to have another hidden identity!

(I won the lottery! It seems this Shiiki Ruri is the 'snake-fighting and mouse-catching spirit' that Grandma Rabbit mentioned...)

Jiang Ran restrained his excitement and found a secluded place to observe the cat-man girl, Shiiki Ruri.

At this time, Shiiki Ruri was checking the goods in the warehouse with a frown on her face. Jiang Ran used his mind reading to understand her inner thoughts and learned that the girl was worried about a batch of ingredients that were about to go bad.

After gaining a preliminary understanding of this, Jiang Ran wanted to first express his admiration for Shiiki Liuli, saying that she was truly the conscience of the industry, especially in this Prison Star World where there was no concept of production date or shelf life.

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Whether in the Earth world or the Prison Star world, it is common practice for merchants to sell inferior products as good ones in order to make a profit. Who with a golden tongue can tell the difference between spoiled food and food cooked with heavy oil and salt?

However, for the sake of the guests' health, Shiiki Ruri resolutely moved out a whole box of mushrooms and threw them away. As far as Jiang Ran knew, these plump edible mushrooms were very valuable.

(Even when the business is struggling, they still stick to their principles. What is the current situation of this main store?)

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Shiiki Ruri's behavior aroused Jiang Ran's strong interest in the current situation of the Cat Girl Restaurant. For both public and private reasons, he needed to understand the situation first.

So Jiang Ran temporarily left the Cat Girl Restaurant and began to get to know the unfamiliar town of Mel Town.

By listening to people chatting in bustling places such as pubs, hotels, and restaurants, Jiang Ran spent half a night gaining a preliminary understanding of the town of Mel.

It turns out that this seemingly ordinary town of Mel is actually the hometown of the legendary gourmet and cooking master Mel. There are a large number of excellent chefs running a variety of restaurants here.

Although Jiang Ran had not personally tasted the dishes of other restaurants, just by judging from the fragrant smells and the exquisite plating, he already understood why the main restaurant of Cat Girl Restaurant was having difficulty operating here.

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Before making a judgment, Jiang Ran first made an assumption, that is, the main store of Cat Girl Restaurant and the branch in Sunny Town use the same set of recipes and supply system.

As of today, Jiang Ran has eaten at the Sunny Town branch of the Cat Girl Restaurant many times. He believes that the Cat Girl Restaurant is quite competitive in Sunny Town, but it is not so good in Mel Town.

As mentioned earlier, unlike the ordinary catering town of Sunny, Mel Town is the hometown of the legendary gourmet and cooking master Mel. Influenced by this, a large number of excellent restaurants compete with each other here.

The Cat Girl Restaurant is in such a competitive environment. Apart from the fact that all the waiters are young cat girls, it has no other distinctive features. To be honest, Jiang Ran thinks that if diners only consider the taste, they are unlikely to choose the Cat Girl Restaurant as their first choice.

Thinking about it this way, Jiang Ran felt that Shiiki Ruri might have put her nitpicking efforts in the wrong place. Whether it was the restaurant's characteristics or the pursuit of food quality and safety, the direction she was working towards seemed to have missed the most core part of a restaurant.

(Developing dishes...hiring chefs...I wonder if Shiiki Ruri is considering these matters...?)

Jiang Ran flew back to the main store of Cat Girl Restaurant and saw that the store was closed and the employees had all gone home. Only the owner, Shiiki Ruri, was still walking back and forth in the kitchen warehouse, obviously worried about the future of the main store.

(Wait, that's a bit strange...)

Jiang Ran noticed something that was not quite logical at this time.

If the Catgirl Restaurant in Sunny Town is the main store and the one in Mel Town is a branch, then the current situation is logically consistent and is a typical case of failed expansion;

But the reality is the opposite. The main store is located in Mel Town, which doesn’t make sense.