Chapter 109

After the three of them finished preparing, they again formed a team and set out.

Along the way, Dan Heng discovered the three month's six-phase ice, realizing they might have fought someone.

Fortunately, this time their luck was good; they smoothly avoided most monsters and also found a star raft, successfully leaving this place and heading to the star raft sea hub.

「…………」 Translation: just ellipsis. We'll output: "…………" (same). Probably keep as is.

On Xing's side, after receiving Dan Heng's message, she was about to put away her phone when a stranger suddenly messaged her.

"Hello everyone, the Grand Diviner has ordered me to wait for you; after calculating, it's about time, right? I'm tied up with urgent matters, so please come find me here."

After that was an address picture.

"What does this mean? Just a picture, is it asking us to meet at that place?" San Yue Qi suddenly got excited, "It's like the kidnappers meeting in a movie."

The group followed the environment shown in the picture all the way there.

The place seemed to be a mahjong parlor, with four people sitting around a table, happily playing tiles.

"Hurry up, Qing Que, wait for you to play this hand, we brothers are almost dying of boredom."

"I heard the Grand Diviner Bureau's cave heaven also suffered disaster, Qing Que, how can you still have the mood to play tiles?"

Several tile players discussed loudly at the table.

Opposite the table, a lovely girl with her light brown hair tied into two low ponytails spread her hands upon hearing this, her green eyes full of relaxation:

"Oh dear, the sky of the Grand Diviner Bureau is collapsing, yet the Grand Diviner Lord is holding it up. Although she's old and short in stature, her ability is top-notch."

"Besides, I'm not here just to play idly; I'm following her orders to wait for the esteemed guests. Time is precious—this is called 'slacking off at work without conflict'."

Inside a love hotel on the outskirts of New Lodge Ward, Japan.

While watching the light screen, Lu Mingfei ate hot pot on one side, with beef, enoki mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, and radish simmering inside—the aroma filled the air.

A few minutes ago, a sudden downpour fell; in the miserable windy rain, nothing is more comforting than eating hot pot in a warm room… if anything, it could only be the beautiful girl beside me in pajamas keeping me company while eating hot pot.

Two pairs of chopsticks rose and fell, the wind sweeping away the remnant clouds.

After eating and drinking to satisfaction, Lu Mingfei belched while sitting by the floor-to-ceiling window, while Hui Li Yi sat on the sofa, intently watching the light screen.

The heavy rain struck the window, a rustling sound enveloping the whole world; people returning home hurried past under umbrellas, the streets gradually emptied, and the traffic lights changed monotonously.

The room was too quiet, making one feel a bit uneasy. Lu Mingfei lacked experience in chatting up girls, but fortunately the light screen appeared in time, giving him plenty to talk about with this humanoid weapon.

Upon seeing Qing Que appear, the lovely girl picked up a pen and began doodling in her notebook.

"What are they playing?" Shangshan Huiliyi wrote the question obediently in her little notebook and brought it to Lu Mingfei.

What should I say? The Imperial Wall Jade Tile? Could she understand that? Lu Mingfei could tell this tile game resembled his homeland's national essence in a surprisingly similar way; the gameplay must be roughly the same. After thinking, he picked up his pen and wrote in the notebook: "This is mahjong."

"Looks fun." Hui Li Yi replied in her little notebook.

Lu Mingfei thought, "Hey, how is it just fun?" Back home, who knows how many people stay up all night obsessed with playing tiles—after all, it's an ancient tradition that emphasizes a simple yet addictive hand.

"Can Sakura teach me?" Hui Li Yi wrote again.

"Sure, but mahjong needs four people; if we want to play, we'd have to find two more. Today's rain is too heavy, so let's just forget it."

"I can get my brother to call two people over."

"Holy crap, let me do it!" Lu Mingfei broke into a sweat, knowing that hundreds of thousands of people in the Eastern Capital are looking for him; as the Eastern Capital's most wanted criminal, isn't this basically inviting the police to come arrest him at home?

But upon further thought, his only task right now is to protect Hui Li Yi, to keep this humanoid weapon safe in the short term. If he teaches her mahjong, this monster girl might become addicted and play for ten days or half a month.

As for the other two people…

Lu Mingfei reached into his pocket, pulled out his phone, and sent a message to Kaisa and Chu Zihang.

How could those two play mahjong? Those guys also have to join in!!

"Judging by the photo, this should be the place—a mahjong parlor; what trouble could there be here?" San Yue Qi couldn't understand at all.

"Huh? These tiles aren't troublesome? I feel like I've drawn something weird…" Qing Que looked anguished, as if after using the Fireworks Ultimate Skill but still not having self-drawn, his blood pressure maxed out.

Fortunately, she managed to divert a bit of her attention from the tile table, finally noticing the several guests behind her.

"Eh, ahaha… hello, three of you! Just looking at your noble aura, I know you must be esteemed guests of the Grand Diviner Bureau."

"You wouldn't want the Grand Diviner Lord to know you're playing tiles, would you?" Xing gave a wicked grin.

"Oh, sorry, sorry. I was also hoping to wait for you guys… uh, pong!" Qing Que quickly claimed a pong, then turned to the others: "Just that the nearby area was taken over by the Earth Balance Bureau, it's really noisy… eat!"

"I was thinking, if we were to meet in such a noisy place, wouldn't it be… my turn, kong!"

Que Que, while lowering his head to analyze the table situation, continued: "…Wouldn't that be a dampener? Rather, let's wait for my leisure time… I'll… win this hand!"

Xing and San Yue Qi were left dumbfounded.

Qing Que showed a satisfied smile: "My Weiyuan here is fulfilled, no more attachments. Guests, please, let's set off."

"Is this tile game really that fun?"

Within High Heaven Plain, Kaisa watched the light screen showing Qing Que's endless obsession with playing tiles, feeling quite puzzled. In recent years at the academy, he'd seen students play tiles, but he'd never learned himself.

"Never played." Chu Zihang still wore his deadpan face; he's an expert at wielding a knife to kill people, but when it comes to tiles… he can't even imagine himself shouting and gesturing at a tile table.

Just then, Chu Zihang's phone suddenly vibrated; he picked it up and saw a message from Lu Mingfei.

"What did he say?" Kaisa leaned in, staring at the glowing screen, "Surely nothing will happen to the beautiful girl, right?"

"No, he wants to invite us to play mahjong together." Chu Zihang's expression was serious and solemn, "... and with that monster girl."