It's a hell game, who can still be a human being?

Chapter 365 The Essence of the Bloody Restaurant
"Boss Liu, you have to save me."

Secretary Li's legs trembled as he looked at Liu Zheng.

"I will try my best."

He said bravely.

The Bloody Restaurant dared to force Mr. Li to order takeout, so the cashier they sent was definitely not a weakling, and might even be a big shot at the same level as Si Xue.

In fact, Liu Zheng didn’t believe that he could stop the cashier at all, but he still had to say something polite, otherwise it would be too low in emotional intelligence.

"No one opened the door, so I came in by myself."

The cashier outside called out, and then the office door opened.

Liu Zheng and the other two had nothing in their field of vision, but their brains told them that there was a "person" at the door.

"Hello, Ms. Li, I'm here to collect a debt. No, I'm here to collect the cash."

The "person" said politely.

Secretary Li even felt that he bowed to her.

"Yes, how much do you want?"

she asked timidly.

"I'm sorry, this is a commercial secret and I can't tell you. If you have any questions, you can raise an objection to this restaurant through the Metropolitan Arbitration Tribunal later."

The cashier said.

If you can still raise an objection.

"Boss Liu, save me."

Secretary Li of course understood what he meant and asked Liu Zheng for help again.

"Ahem, this cashier boss."

Liu Zheng opened his mouth and told everyone he met to be the boss.

"Liu Zheng, I know you. You are the future star of the takeout department and a strong candidate for the restaurant's outstanding employee this year."

The cashier turned his "eyes" to him.

"Thank you, thank you. I'm just a new employee who works hard."

Liu Zheng said modestly.

"Don't be modest. I've heard all about your deeds. The Bloody Restaurant has been open for so many years, and among all the new employees, you are the most capable one."

The cashier continued.

"It's all misunderstandings. I am a very honest person."

He tried to clear his name.

"What kind of person you are has nothing to do with me."

"I just want to tell you that if you think that you can interfere with my work just because you inherited some of Li's inheritance and Si Xue has some preference for you, then you are very wrong."

"I have to do something. Take the gentleman next to you and leave the room. Otherwise, I will regard you as trying to help Ms. Li escape the bill."

The cashier said politely.

He didn't tell you what would happen if he ran away without paying, but it certainly wouldn't be as simple as just being beaten up and then calling the police.

"Si Xue."

When Liu Zheng heard the name, his hair stood on end.

The cashier dares to call the boss by his name. He is either ignorant and fearless, or he has someone to rely on.

And the other party is obviously the latter.

Thinking about how the other party seemed to have talked about a lot of internal matters of the restaurant, he felt even colder.

This cashier, could it be...
"Have you thought of it? If so, leave now and don't interfere with my work."

The cashier seemed a little impatient.

"Okay, let's go now."

Liu Zheng pulled the fourth brother towards the door, ignoring Secretary Li's look for help.

If it was really what he thought, then it would be useless for him and everyone else in the Gaga Shuang Bathhouse to go there.

Unless Brother Sha, Oink, Fisherman and others are there, we will have the strength to fight.

"You are very smart. Be careful and don't stand on the wrong side."

The cashier said something meaningful and then ignored them.

As the two walked out of the office, the door closed automatically.

At the moment of closing, Liu Zheng seemed to see the space twisting.

"Damn it, I was almost scared to death."

The fourth brother leaned against the wall, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.

The first time he saw the legendary bloody restaurant as the cashier was even more terrifying than the first time he went to his girlfriend's house for a secret meeting and was caught by her parents.

Now he couldn't help but feel fortunate that he was not qualified to order takeout for his boss. Although the rewards were great, he had to be alive to get them.

"Boss Liu, Secretary Li won't die, right?"

The fourth brother asked Liu Zheng.

After all, we have been colleagues for so many years, and our cooperation is usually quite harmonious, and there is still some affection between us.

"It's hard to say, but it shouldn't be that serious."

Liu Zheng replied.

The vampire girl didn't die even after ordering takeout, so Secretary Li shouldn't be that much weaker than her. At least he still has a breath left.

"That's fine, that's fine."

The fourth brother said repeatedly.

As long as the person is not dead, it will be easier for him to explain when the boss comes back.

"But why is there no sound inside?"

The fourth brother asked with some curiosity.

Even if Secretary Li had no ability to resist, she would at least scream a few times.

There was no sound at all, and if you didn't know, you would think they were playing statues in there.

“Maybe it’s blocked.”

Liu Zheng replied.

After hearing what the fourth brother said, he became a little curious.

With a flip of his tentacle, two pills, one red and one blue, appeared in his tentacle.

If you take the "Clairvoyance" pill and the "True Vision" pill, can you see what's going on inside, or even what the cashier looks like?

After a while of being restless, Liu Zheng gave up this crazy idea.

Even though the legendary vest can help him avoid the decline of rationality, it cannot help him avoid the attack from the cashier.

The cashier's attitude towards him was not malicious, but it was not friendly either.

If there is an excuse to attack, the other party will definitely not hold back.

Time passed minute by minute, and there was still no movement inside.

"Who is finished, then?"

The fourth brother finally couldn't bear it anymore.

"Just knock on the door and ask."

Liu Zheng knocked on the door.

"Can we come in please?"

he asked.

No one responded, but he seemed to hear the woman's moan.

"It's Secretary Li's voice."

The fourth one said immediately.

Since it can make a sound, it means that the job is done.

Liu Zheng looked at him strangely, then pushed open the office door.

The cashier left, and Secretary Li was nowhere to be seen.

There was only a dark brown lump on the ground, its surface covered with sticky liquid and melted shell, looking like a piece of chocolate that had been licked.

"Secretary Li, why are you showing your true colors?"

The fourth one was shocked.

"Huh? Secretary Li's true form is a piece of chocolate?"

Liu Zheng was more shocked than him.

It was still within his common sense for a cricket to become a spirit, but it was a bit beyond his scope for chocolate to become a spirit.

What is the end result of cultivation? Reverting to being a cocoa tree?

"What chocolate? That's an ingot. Everything in her family is made of ingots. The boss belongs to the main branch and all of them are surnamed Yuan, which means they are all gold ingots. The side branches have different surnames and all of them have gold, silver, copper, iron, tin and other ingots."

The fourth one explained.

"What kind of ingot is this, Secretary Li?"

"From the looks of it, it could be a Tu Yuan Bao, right?"

The fourth brother said uncertainly.

"Pfft~"

Liu Zheng is a professional and won't laugh easily unless he can't help it. "Fuck Lao Si, can you speak? I'm obviously a gold ingot."

Secretary Li's voice, as soft as a mosquito's whisper, came from the "Chocolate Bar".

"Hey, Secretary Li, you're not dead?"

The fourth one said in surprise.

"What? You wish I were dead?"

"What the hell are you talking about? What's the relationship between us? How can I bear to see you die?"

The fourth brother said with a look of grievance.

"If you don't know how to talk, then don't talk. You're just making it up like there's something going on between us."

Secretary Li cursed.

"Hey, you're too cunning. Who would have thought that? Secretary Li, how did the cashier collect the money? How did you survive?"

The fourth brother asked impatiently.

He had seen the cashier at the bloody restaurant with his own eyes, and he couldn't even imagine how impressive he was when he was drinking and bragging.

"How would I know? I just knew something licked me, and then I knew nothing. When I woke up, I heard you two guys slandering me."

Secretary Li said unhappily.

"Then can you still transform back into human form?"

asked the fourth child.

"No, I feel like I'm missing something. I can't use my strength. What is it?"

Secretary Li fell into deep thought.

"Don't think about it. As long as you survive, you've won. When the boss comes back, ask her to get a doctor to take a good look at you. If that doesn't work, I can mold you into a human form. Even if it's a little small, it'll work."

The fourth brother comforted.

"Old Four, you son of a bitch, stand up and talk."

Secretary Li's voice became smaller and smaller, until it was completely silent.

"Secretary Li, Secretary Li?"

The fourth child shouted twice, and seeing no response from the other party, he bent down and picked up the "chocolate bar".

"It's sticky and smells fishy. Could it be that the surface is covered with saliva?"

He sniffed it twice and said with disgust.

"possible."

Liu Zheng nodded.

All landmarks seem to be alive and have their own unique functions.

If the Metropolis is considered a living thing, then the sewer is equivalent to its intestines, and the Bloody Restaurant is probably its mouth.

"With this kind of character, even if he turns back into a human, I can't bear to see him."

The fourth one shook his head.

"The Nile doctor who traveled with me is very skilled and may have a solution."

Liu Zheng said.

"That's great. Secretary Li's injury should be considered a work-related injury, and the bathhouse can fully cover the medical expenses when the time comes."

The fourth brother gave him a look that said you know what I mean.

Liu Zheng indeed understood.

Since medical expenses can be reimbursed, you can naturally be bolder in the use of medications and consumables, giving priority to therapeutic effects.

"Then I'll ask him to come over now. Is that convenient for you, Manager Four?"

he asked.

"Convenient, convenient, what's so inconvenient about it now?"

The fourth one replied.

The boss is about to die, so what does his privacy matter?

Besides, all the important things are in the safe, so there is nothing we can’t see.

Since he said so, Liu Zheng called Dr. Nile over.

"Who licked this chocolate? It's such a waste. It should at least be paired with some black tea."

Doctor Nile complained as soon as he came in.

"If Secretary Li heard what you said, he would fight you to the death."

Liu Zhengxu said with his eyes fixed.

I didn't expect that Doctor Nile looked so serious and annoying.

Come to think of it, how could a decent person hang out with that guy Niu Ma?

"If she could hear me, she would thank me."

Doctor Nile retorted.

"So what happened to her?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"Being eaten."

Doctor Nile replied.

"Who can't see that? I'm asking what was eaten?"

"A part of the body is missing, a piece of 'meat' is also missing, the taste of the soul is a little lighter, and the fluctuation of the vitality is also weaker. In short, everything is missing a little."

Doctor Nile said.

"How much less is less?"

Liu Zheng asked again.

"How would I know? If I have to say, it's probably about one tenth."

Doctor Nile thought for a moment and said.

“One tenth of it turned out like this?”

"You think everyone is you? Even 'flesh' can be restored. Moreover, if one tenth of the whole body is missing, the damage caused is more than one tenth. It's already good enough that she is alive."

Doctor Nile said unhappily,
He was genuinely envious of Liu Zheng's "rebirth in flesh and blood".

If he had the ability, he would have dared to go to the restaurant to book a private room and specifically ask that traitor to serve him.

"one tenth"

Liu Zheng silently recited the number and felt that it sounded familiar.

“Oh, yeah, tithe!”

Suddenly he had a flash of inspiration.

In reality, the church used the Bible's statement that "one tenth of agricultural and pastoral products belongs to God" to collect tithes from the people, which were divided into large tithes (food), small tithes (vegetables and fruits), blood tithes (livestock), etc., resulting in the actual amount of tax collected often exceeding the one-tenth standard.

If the Bloody Restaurant is considered part of the Metropolis, then the so-called meal ordering fee is also a kind of tithe levied by the Metropolis, and is it an additional tax on top of the taxes levied by the City Hall?

However, given the frequency of takeout orders, the tithe collected is just a drop in the bucket even for the Bloody Restaurant, let alone the entire metropolis.

So, what is the point of this form of taxation, which is mandatory for ordering takeout?
Liu Zheng expressed his incomprehension.

Or maybe the amount of the tithe is not important, but the form of collecting the tithe is important, just like the various rules that permeate the metropolis, which is also part of the ritual, and the most important part?

He looked at Secretary Li who had turned into a chocolate bar, thoughtfully.

"What are you thinking about?"

Dr. Nile asked.

"I wonder what the purpose of the bloody restaurant is and what the point of forced delivery is."

Liu Zheng said frankly.

Anyway, the precautions that Niu Ma told him did not say that he was not allowed to discuss this.

"Don't even think about it. You're courting death."

Dr. Nile said unkindly.

"In Metropolis, knowledge and secrets are both wealth and disaster. The more you know, the more dangerous it is. Not only do others want to get them from you, but they themselves are also a source of danger."

"Especially for an existence like the Bloody Restaurant, once you understand its nature, you will most likely become a part of it."

"As a priest of God, my advice to you is to believe in them, but don't understand them."

He continued.

"Been taught a lesson."

Liu Zheng said sincerely.

What Dr. Nile said came from the bottom of his heart.

These things that involve rules are themselves a huge source of pollution.

Whether it is the righteous god believed in by Doctor Nile, the evil god who brought good news to Liu Zheng, or the superiors in At City, there is no difference on this point.

Sometimes, it’s not that they want to hurt them, but their existence itself is a kind of harm.

Or, in their view, whether it is physical mutation or mental mutation, etc., it is not harm.

The entity or producer of the Hell Game is probably a similar existence, just at a higher level.

As he was thinking, Liu Zheng's phone rang.

(End of this chapter)