Hell Game: Starting from Metropolis

The demon spoke with an air of righteous indignation.

Then, the casino lights went out instantly.

"spit!"

Oink spat a large amount of phlegm onto the ground.

"where to?"

It asked the oxen and horses.

That one.

Niu Ma pointed to a house on his right and said.

"A Room of Requirement? Looks like you've been preparing for this for a long time."

Oink twitched the corner of his mouth.

The House of Requirement is a rather peculiar entity in the black market. The owner is incredibly powerful and can almost always fulfill any request you make.

But the prerequisite is that you can make your demands.

Almost 99% of people who enter the Room of Requirement are turned away by the owner before they can even make a request, with the excuse that they are not meant to be, thus losing their expensive entrance fee for nothing.

After many people were fooled, the House of Requirement became virtually deserted.

"This was actually just an accident."

The ox and horse scratched their chins awkwardly.

Last time, we bought a batch of counterfeit liquor from Baiyu Chicken, and in accordance with the principle of not wasting it, we sold it to them at a low price.

It was fine when it finished drinking, but it became confused as soon as it entered the black market, and then stumbled into the House of Requirement.

As a result, the boss saw the ox and horse and said that he had a connection with it, and asked it what it wanted.

So the cow and horse jokingly asked if they could help them get an exit permit.

The boss actually agreed, but because he couldn't afford the price, it's been left unpaid until now.

"Drinking leads to trouble, I've told you that so many times."

Oink spoke with a tone of disappointment and frustration.

Cattle and horses can only lower their heads and obediently accept the scolding.

Liu Zheng, watching from the side, almost burst out laughing.

As expected, even the best need to be mentored by other masters.

Pushing open the door, the three entered the Room of Requirement.

The space inside is not large, and the decorations are in the style of a fortune-telling shop.

A dozen candles burned with red flames, and the surrounding walls were covered with shelves displaying various items whose meanings were unclear but which looked mysterious and evil.

On the table directly opposite the door was a purple silk tablecloth, on which were placed tarot cards, tortoise shells, a compass, coins, a divination stick, and so on.

In the center of all the divination tools is a huge crystal skull.

"Oink, what brings you here?"

Two orange-red flames ignited in the eye sockets of the crystal skull as it looked at Oink.

"Don't worry about me, Yorozuya, I'm just a porter."

Oink said calmly.

"Alright, since you insist."

The Yorozuya's flame flickered and looked at Liu Zheng.

"Hmm, a new face. I can only see your fate six days ago. Interesting, very interesting."

The Yorozuya's flames lit up, and the candlelight inside the house also brightened a bit.

"Your future is so murky, so many hands wanting to hold you in their grasp. Poor little bird, how will you escape this cage?"

Yorozuya exclaimed in admiration.

"Why run away?"

Liu Zheng spoke up.

"What did you say?"

Yorozuya never expected to receive such an answer.

"When three monks have no water to drink, and there are so many hands, they start fighting amongst themselves."

"Besides, there's no way to escape, I'd rather take a dump in their hands."

he said with a smile.

"Gagaga, interesting, interesting."

Yorozuya's jaw opened and closed, emitting a hollow laugh.

"We are destined to meet. Tell me, what do you want?"

it asked.

"Kill the peacock?"

Liu Zheng asked tentatively.

If we kill the peacock, he won't have to run away anymore, thus solving the problem at its root.

"sure."

Yorozuya readily agreed.

"So powerful? What's the price?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"Ten million portions of meat will be enough."

Yorozuya said.

"Excuse me. Boss, you can do it."

He stepped aside.

Even with ten million portions of meat, Oink himself couldn't scrape together a fraction of it.

"Oh, it's you, Niu Ma. I thought you'd given up after all these years.

Yorozuya said as if they had only just noticed the cows and horses.

"I'm just waiting for the right opportunity."

"The ox and horse said."

"So, did you get to see it?"

Yorozuya asked.

"I've arrived. I would like to ask you to help me arrange an exit permit for this human."

"Sure. One thousand portions of meat."

Yorozuya said simply.

"Boss."

The cattle and horses looked at Oink.

Oink silently stepped forward and placed the humanoid figure in front of the crystal skull.

"What excellent skills! No wonder you're called the Butcher of Heaven."

Yorozuya exclaimed in admiration, then pounced on the humanoid figure.

It opened its mouth and tore at the humanoid body with its gumless teeth, like a beast tearing apart its prey.

The flesh and blood it swallowed disappeared as if it had entered a black hole, and the flesh and blood stuck to its face were absorbed by its skull.

Soon, the Yorozuya devoured the one thousand pieces of "meat" that made up the humanoid figure.

"It's been so long since I've had anything like this, burp~"

It let out a burp, and the flames in its eye sockets transformed into arcs representing a smile.

"I'll leave the matter of that spot to you."

"The ox and horse said."

"When?"

Yorozuya asked.

"Get it done before tomorrow morning."

"So urgent? Alright, considering the Butcher of Heaven's skills, no problem."

Yorozuya agreed.

Processing "meat" is also a highly skilled art; this humanoid figure alone is worth a hundred servings of meat.

"His name is Liu Zheng."

Ushima told Yorozuya his name, and as for his identity, that goes without saying—he was still wearing his uniform.

"Liu Zheng, I've noted it down. If you trust me, you can tell me why you need to leave the country. Perhaps I can find him the most suitable one."

Yorozuya suddenly said.

“I blew up an entire floor of Peacock’s office building. She’s planning to order takeout tomorrow and wants to kill me, so I’m thinking of leaving the country to hide for a while.”

Seeing that the ox and horse nodded, Liu Zheng told the Yorozuya about it.

"I see, I understand. Okay, you can go now."

Yorozuya said.

After the three left the House of Requirement, a pitch-black hand emerged from the mouth of the crystal skull.

It groped its way to the tarot deck, pressed down on the first card, and tried to turn it over.

Red and white flames erupted simultaneously from the card, sizzling as they burned the black hand.

"Sigh~"

Yorozuya let out a cry of pain and then withdrew his hand.

Soon, the entire tarot deck was burned to ashes by the flames, and the red and white flames went out on their own.

"How stingy! They won't even let me take a look."

The black hand retracted into the skull, Yorozuya complained.

"However, there will always be times when he makes a wish to me. Then, you won't be able to stop him. Hehehe~"

The crystal bone emitted a clattering laugh.

The candle went out, and the House of Requests was plunged into darkness.

-

After leaving the black market, the two returned to the lounge.

"Boss, here's your medal back."

Liu Zheng took out the commemorative medal.

Since I don't need to deliver food, then I don't need this.

As for the ox and horse, the peacock will probably take its anger out on them again, so this should save their lives.

The ox and horse didn't say anything, accepted the commemorative medal, and swallowed it.

"Have you stored the chips properly?"

it asked.

"It's done."