Chapter 237: Torture
Liu s.h.i.+ Man touched the ring lightly, hesitant.
The Murder Clown is too frightening.
Although she has the ability to escape at any time, but facing such a frightening unknown monster, she still couldn’t help but feel a bit of anxiety.
Outside the restaurant, the young men were standing around, smoking, the family of five were getting on their shuttle while the family of three just came, the parents brought their child to eat at the restaurant.
A few minutes later, the family of five left on their shuttle.
The group of young men have already finished smoking, after exchanging some laughs they also left for their respective shuttles.
Under the scrutinizing eyes of Liu s.h.i.+ Man, the men started up their shuttles and slowly flew away.
Liu s.h.i.+ Man’s expression loosened just a bit.
She looked over at the restaurant, there weren’t that many people inside.
Suddenly, some shouting was heard at the restaurant’s door.
“What are you, a sloth? Move quicker!”
“Wah, yes! Yes sir!”
Liu s.h.i.+ Man looked over to see the restaurant’s door opened.
A young man ran out, hurriedly carrying a box of food.
It was the same young man that came back from delivery just a few moments ago.
Probably because of being yelled at, he was a bit fl.u.s.tered and almost crashed into the family of three.
“Sorry, sorry, my bad Tong Tong“ the young man quickly apologized.
“Zhang ge, why are you always so careless” the girl pouted and complained.
The girl looks about 15-16 years old and was almost crashed into, so of course she was very unpleased.
“It’s because the boss is too cruel, he said he’ll deduct my salary if I’m too slow, I have no choice” the young man wryly smiled.
“Why are you here today?” he asked.
The girl’s mother proudly explained: “Our Tong Tong just got first place at her wind instrument compet.i.tion today, so we came here to celebrate”
Hearing that, a villager who happened to pa.s.s by also praised: “Tong Tong got first place? That’s not bad huh”
“Of course, I’m the best after all” the girl puffed up her chest in pride.
They quickly finished up with the small talk.
The family of three went into the restaurant.
The loud voice from before came again: “Welcome! Old Li, Si Yu, and the adorable Tong Tong as well, it’s been a while since you last came to my place for a meal hasn’t it”
“Hm, today we came to celebrate”
“What’s the occasion?”
“Tong Tong got first place, it’s on our village news front page”
“On the front page? Tong Tong must be really good!”
“No need to praise me, I’ll take a smoked beef with rye…”
…
The restaurant’s door quickly closed, blocking out the sound of their conversation.
Liu s.h.i.+ Man stopped looking.
Smoked beef with rye? That sounds delicious.
Right now, the delivery young man had walked to the parking area and was looking around.
He looked up at Liu s.h.i.+ Man on the shuttle and asked: “Did you call for delivery?”
Liu s.h.i.+ Man watched him and slowly shook her head.
She already concentrated her Earth Elemental power on her hand, ready to trigger the ring at any time.
“That’s strange… the money has already been paid and it’s already time too”
It was now that a shuttle was heard.
The shuttle landed in front of the restaurant, the door opened as a chiming female voice was heard from inside.
“Is my food ready?”
The young man quickly ran over to the shuttle.
“Your ordered meal is ready, please tell me your caller ID”
The female on the shuttle told him a row of numbers.
The young man looked down at his Holo-Brain a bit, then brought the boxes up and into the shuttle.
“I wish you a delightful meal” he said.
A few more shuttles landed, their owners came out into the restaurant, happily chatting.
A fat middle-aged man wearing a chef’s outfit peeked his head out from the restaurant and shouted: “Get the heck back here if you’re done with delivery! Can’t you see there’s so many customers coming, idiot!”
The young man hurriedly responded, got off the shuttle and ran back.
Liu s.h.i.+ Man just sat there, silently watching his scene all the way until the restaurant doors closed again.
“So hard to swallow” the female voice that spoke before from the shuttle just now could be heard, complaining and chewing.
A rustling sound was heard as the second box of food was opened.
Some uncivilized sounds of eating could be heard.
Liu s.h.i.+ Man loosened up some more.
I’m just about to reach my limit from starving.
Right as she was about to get off the shuttle, she thought of something.
Liu s.h.i.+ Man looked over at the other woman’s shuttle. Because her sight was being blocked by the shuttle itself, she couldn’t quite see what the woman inside looks like.
Of course, she’s not so cautious that she necessarily has to see the woman’s figure.
There’s an easier way to check.
Turning on the shuttle owner’s Holo-Brain, she put in a row of numbers.
It’s the caller ID that the other woman told the delivery man just now.
A few seconds later, a ringtone was heard from the other shuttle.
Liu s.h.i.+ Man instantly turned off her phone.
“Another prank caller, which G.o.d d.a.m.n company sold my information again, f.u.c.k” the woman was heard complaining.
Bam!
A dull sound.
The woman seems to have thrown something on the ground.
What a bad temper.
However, Liu s.h.i.+ Man breathed out from relief as she heard that.
It seems she really is just a customer who arrived to get her food, right.
The Murder Clown’s voice is male and sounds more mysterious, not at all like this uncouth woman.
Liu s.h.i.+ Man contemplated.
She’s been watching everyone closely so she could tell they were fine ——–because they all left as soon as they finished eating.
The only problem is the family of three.
That family arrived on their shuttle shortly after I arrived.
They also came here to eat.
Apparently they’re villagers?
Thinking about it for a bit, Liu s.h.i.+ Man turned the Holo-Brain on and searched for this village.
Found it.
Then she searched for the village news.
At an una.s.suming corner of the front page, there was a report on a wind instrument compet.i.tion.
On there, there was a picture of the girl called Tong Tong holding a cup, taken together with her parents with all three smiling brightly.
Liu s.h.i.+ Man shook her head and turned off the Holo-Brain.
In the other shuttle, the woman seems to be finis.h.i.+ng up her meal.
The smell of food came from afar.
Liu s.h.i.+ Man suddenly realized, if she keeps going on like this, even if she has eternal life, she’ll soon be tortured insane by her own mind.
I changed the destination myself.
The route was generated once again by the System.
I picked this village.
This restaurant was picked out from one of nine restaurants in the village.
What problems could there possibly be?
All the people here are clearly villagers, the few young men who looked the most likely to cause problems are already gone.
I’m so hungry, let’s just eat.
Liu s.h.i.+ Man made her decision.
She didn’t get off the shuttle, instead took the unconscious man’s Holo-Brain and searched for this restaurant for delivery.
When she picked it up, the Holo-Brain wasn’t yet locked, so she was able to use the man’s fingerprints to disable the auto-locking feature.
The Holo-Brain quickly dialed.
[Currently calling Katz Deli]
[Call connected]
A young voice came: [h.e.l.lo sir, this is Katz Deli, how may I help you?]
It’s the voice of the young man from before.
Liu s.h.i.+ Man loosened up a bit more, then picked out several dishes at once.
She picked out enough to fill herself and enough for the rest of the journey.
She doesn’t intend to stop at any other restaurants the rest of the way.
All she wants to do now is to fly straight to that mountain border area.
[Have you finished ordering? Yes, I will quickly deliver it to ——hm? Are you outside our restaurant right now?] the young man was confused.
Liu s.h.i.+ Man replied: “I’m right outside your restaurant, just bring it straight to my shuttle when you’re done”
[Ah, yes ok. Your order is quite large, so please wait for a few minutes] the young man hurriedly said.
Liu s.h.i.+ Man hung up.
Not too long later, she saw the young man leave the restaurant.
“Oi idiot, quickly deliver that and come back in to clean the floor!” the fat chef’s voice was heard shouting from inside the restaurant.
“Eek! Got it!”
The young man responded, carried a bunch of boxes out and looked around the parking area.
Liu s.h.i.+ Man saw the young man came out, a bit hesitant and didn’t care to speak up.
The young man then came straight toward the shuttle of the woman from before and asked: “Excuse me, did you order this?”
A fast-food box was thrown out from the shuttle window, answering his question.
The young man stepped back and once again looked around.
It was almost like his eyes were actively dodging where Liu s.h.i.+ Man was.
The young man yelled out: “Who ordered this? Did you come yet?”
What an idiot, Liu s.h.i.+ Man couldn’t help but stood up and opened the door.
“I’m here!”
But she didn’t leave, instead leaning onto the side opposite to the door.
——-even now, the Earth Elemental power on her hand was still there, ready to teleport away at any time.
The young man finally turned around and saw the opened door.
“Ah, yes, I see you”
Saying so, he headed toward the shuttle.