I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

"Third brother, what's wrong with you?!"

"How despicable of you! You actually used darts to sneak attack Third Brother and Second Brother!"

In response to the thugs' words, the hot-blooded Yuhaka transformed into a character reminiscent of Araki, striking a strange pose and looking at the thugs with a disdainful expression, saying:

"My heart and my actions are as clear as a clear mirror, and everything I do is righteous!"

Upon hearing Yuhaka's words, the thugs were instantly enraged. Two of the younger thugs rushed over and shouted:

"I'll make you stupid today!"

"I'll scatter your ashes!"

Facing the two thugs controlled by his rage, Yuhaka's eyes, visible through the Elu cat head mask, flashed as he shouted:

"Take this! Righteous chili powder!"

Yuhaka pulled a bag of chili powder from under his cloak and threw it at the two thugs. The chili powder scattered and made the two thugs scream.

"Water! Water!"

"My damn eyes!"

Seeing the two screaming thugs, Yuhaka pulled out the Paralyzing Spiny Scale and shouted:

"Take this! Justice's Paralyzing Darts! x2"

With a whooshing sound as the spiky scales pierced the air, the two thugs collapsed to the ground like frogs struck by lightning. The remaining thugs, seeing their companions fall, immediately shouted:

"Fourth brother! Fifth brother!"

Then two thugs pulled out knives from behind their backs and rushed towards Yuhaka, shouting:

"We must avenge our brothers!"

Yuhaka then pulled out a large number of paralyzing spiky scales and threw them at the thugs, shouting:

“Wood big wood big wood big wood big—!”

Instantly, a shower of paralyzing, spiky scales pierced the two thugs, turning them into pincushions. They collapsed to the ground, convulsing like electrocuted frogs. Seeing his underlings all dead, the thug leader immediately knelt down in terror, begging for mercy from Yuhaka:

"Please, sir, spare me! I have elderly parents and young children to support!"

As the thug leader begged for mercy, Yuhaka walked past him as if he didn't see him. Just then, the thug leader revealed a cunning smile and prepared to swing his fist at Yuhaka, saying:

"Hahaha! You idiot! You actually believed me? You're still too green!"

Facing the incoming fist, Yuhaka simply uttered a soft sound:

"You are already dead..."

"Nani!?"

As soon as Yuhaka finished speaking, the gang leader burst like a balloon.

Yuhaka (handsome male style) approached Riko (handsome female style), whose clothes were disheveled and whose shoulders were exposed, and said:

"My lovely girl, can you still stand up?"

Riko (in a cute anime style) nodded and said:

"Hmm~ I can do it..."

Then, as Riko stood up, she suddenly felt a pain in her knee. Yuhaka, noticing this, scooped her up in a princess carry and said with a smile (not visible) to Riko:

"What a stubborn little kitten. Let me take you back to my place to heal your wounds."

Hearing Yuhaka's words, Riko, blushing, nodded and leaned against Yuhaka's chest.

Then, as the sun shone, the shadows of the two men stretched longer and longer, and the play ended.

——————Riko's Fantasy Divider——————

After hearing Riko's words, a bewildered Gilluo wondered if there was something wrong with his brain or with Riko's.

Chapter 38 [Captain Gilluo's Doubts]

After dealing with Riko's matter, Gilluo left Riko's room looking thoughtful. He was somewhat embarrassed by the exaggerated fantasy Riko had just told him, but he also gleaned some information from it.

First of all, the people Riko mentioned were the rumored Miss Yuu and a few thugs.

Especially those thugs, Gilluo knew them very well. After all, when the head of the guards was asked to investigate the raven-feather-like scales, he had heard about the thugs' corpses.

The head guard said that several thugs had been killed. Although they were all scum who had escaped from the slums and deserved to die, the method of killing caught the head guard's attention.

According to intelligence obtained from the head of the guard, the thugs died from internal organ damage caused by blunt force trauma, and from suffocation due to respiratory distress caused by neurotoxins.

The only murder weapon found at the scene was a spiky scale that resembled a bird's feather and a bag of chili powder.

The head guard summoned him to investigate whether the black-feathered, spiky scales came from the beast of the Abyss.

Although Gileo is only a teacher-level Moon Flute Cave Explorer, his strength and knowledge are actually at the level of a Black Flute Master Cave Explorer, which is recognized by a White Flute Cave Explorer known as the "Immovable Lord".

But upon seeing that black, feather-like, spiky scale, Gileo could immediately conclude that this thing was beyond his knowledge; in other words, he had never seen it before.

According to the head of the guard, this substance contains a paralyzing venom that is terrifying to ordinary people, and there is currently no antidote available in Os.

Most importantly, these black, spiky scales are alive.

This was something Gileo discovered himself; the fact that those hard, dart-like spiky scales contained independent paralyzing venom glands was quite an eye-opener for him.

In other words, these paralyzing spiky scales will continuously inject paralyzing venom when they pierce the human body.

However, this also proves the danger of such spiky scales. Although it is unknown how long such spiky scales have been separated from their host (in fact, less than a day), based on the paralysis of the venom glands in such spiky scales, they can survive for about two or three days.

"Who exactly is that [Miss Yuu wearing a cat headgear]... and what is her purpose in contacting Riko?"

Gilluo wasn't quite sure about Yuhaka's identity, but Riko's identity was quite sensitive, after all, Riko was the daughter of Lysa, the "Annihilation Lord" of the White Whistle Cave Exploration Family.

There might have been times when someone tried to contact Riko to threaten Lysa, but after Lysa embarked on the "Journey to the Boundary" (a journey from which there is no return), Riko lost her value in contacting her.

But why are people now approaching Rico? As Ryza's apprentice, Gilluo knows very well that when his master entrusted Rico to him, he left her nothing, and very few people know Rico's identity; only a handful of people know these things.

Is it just a coincidence?

Jiluo was very suspicious of this, so he decided it would be better to investigate. He would ask the merchants who had been in contact with "Miss Youyou" tomorrow.

........................

In Rico's room.

Riko lay on her big bed like a salted fish. She almost couldn't hold on when Captain Gilluo was asking her all sorts of questions.

Fortunately, Giroux is gone now, and Riko can finally breathe a sigh of relief. However, punishment is still unavoidable: she has to write a self-criticism and be punished by having someone clean the orphanage for three days.

This was a relatively easy punishment for Riko; as long as it wasn't a naked penis, there wouldn't be a problem.

"Rico, are you alright? I just saw Captain Gilluo looking a little angry!"

Shortly after Giluo left, Nado and Sitch opened the door and came in. Seeing them, Riko sat up in bed and looked at them, saying:

"I think there's no problem with what I said, except that writing a self-criticism and being punished by cleaning the orphanage shouldn't be a problem."

Then Rico scratched herself, looking a little embarrassed, and said to Nado:

"Sorry, Nado, I accidentally punched you and sent you flying this evening..."

It would have been better if Rico hadn't mentioned it, because once she did, Nado recalled the scene from earlier that evening when Rico punched him and sent him flying. Nado immediately felt his face turn red.

"Uh... well, I wasn't hurt, but more than that, Riko, what did you eat? You suddenly became so strong."

Nado's words weren't without reason. After Rico knocked Nado into the haystack, Rico tried to lift something that she used to find difficult to move. As a result, Rico easily lifted the thing that she couldn't move.

After thinking for a moment, Rico realized that things like cooking didn't need to be kept secret and there was no problem, so she told Sitch and Nado about it.

"Huh... does such a dish really exist in the world?"

Unlike the astonished Nado, Sitch didn't seem surprised at all.

"Well... there are plants and animals that can enhance human strength and stamina, but those things are all in the Abyss, and they are quite expensive. At least, they are things that orphans like us cannot access."

Seeing Sitch's helpless expression, Riko's lips twitched as she recalled eating the squid rice roll. Was this what she was like?

However, when Riko thought back carefully, she realized that none of the ingredients for the squid rice rolls that Yuhaka made were from the Abyss.

The only thing I'm wondering about is the sauce that Yohaka made, which seems a bit unusual.

"But compared to all that, did you actually meet that so-called Miss Youyou, Riko?"

Upon hearing Sitch's question, Lyco patted her flat chest with a proud expression and said:

"Of course!"

Nado, standing to the side, also looked surprised and said:

"Could it be that what happened with those thugs and hooligans is also true!?"

Having come from the slums, Nado naturally knew how dangerous those thugs from the slums were. The thought of Lily being cornered by those thugs filled Nado with a sense of fear.

Hearing Nado's words, Rico scratched her cheek and said:

"Well... it's true that I was surrounded by thugs, but the person being surrounded wasn't me."

Hearing Rico's words, Nado, surprised and somewhat confused, clutched the back of his head and said:

"Who was surrounded by those thugs?"

"Of course it's Miss Youyou!"

Chapter 39 [The Target is the Rock Dragon]

In Zelus's system space, Zelus looked at Yuhaka, who was sleeping while hugging Nanachi, and said speechlessly:

"Speaking of which, this little idiot still hasn't found the mission objective? He's been in this world for about ten days now, hasn't he?"

Seeing Yuhaka Zerus rubbing against Nanachi's fluffy fur on the big screen, she suddenly felt a pang of jealousy. She also wanted to rub against Nanachi's fluffy, fragrant fur...

"I originally wanted to test that little idiot Yuhaka's ability to carry out missions alone in another world, but it turns out that the little idiot is acting like he's on vacation."

For Zelus, if Yuhaka could handle everything on his own, she could slack off in peace. But now she realizes she was thinking too soon.

"Forget it, I'll search for it myself and see where this target is. Hopefully, it won't be an opportunity to thwart the other side, otherwise, it will be difficult to deal with that little idiot Youyou."

Zelus quickly located the task target that Yuhaka needed to handle through the system's scan.

"Uh...it seems this monster is quite difficult...at least for that little idiot Yuhaka."

Zelus's eyes twitched as she looked at the mission objective on the large screen and said this. In the center of the screen was a motionless rock.