Chapter 728

San Yue pouted: "Please, I saw the heroes in the fantasy dramas all take apprentices like this..."

Xing: "But in the fantasy dramas, aren't they all kneeling and kowtowing?"

Yan Qing quickly waved his hands: "Then it's even more unnecessary."

Seeing San Yue's intention, Yun Li also did not decline, indicating that the ceremony could be simplified; they only needed to have one of them drink a cup of milk tea, after which they would obediently return to study swordsmanship.

"All right! Let's go, let's go, we're heading to Never Night Marquis right now!"

However, just as they arrived at Never Night Marquis, they heard a familiar voice from afar.

"Little boss lady, this—isn't it wrong? I've long heard that the Immortal Vessel's tea culture is profound, with proper hospitality. How strange—am I not a guest? Am I really not a guest?"

A sound flavor came out.

Xing took a close look—sure enough, it was Si Ke Te again.

Only see Never Night Marquis's little boss lady Meng Ming showing a very troubled expression: "Guest, you..."

"Don't call me a guest; your eyes don't even see me as one. I want tea that's 'not too hot, not too cold, just right,' but the tea you serve is either cold or scalding—you Immortal Vessel really know how to treat guests!"

"Besides, your tea is as bad as muddy water, yet you dare to charge me—aren't you bullying honest people?"

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Monogatari Series

"Here he is again… Seeing those familiar sunglasses of his really feels friendly."

"Huh? This time the half-half ring is half honey pomelo, half orange fragrance—what a dreamy donut! Absolutely ridiculous!"

Xiao Ren lay on the sofa, crumbs of donut all over his mouth. I don't know if it's my imagination, but Araragi Koyomi felt that the blonde-haired, golden-eyed vampire loli seemed to be in a much better mood when she saw Si Ke Te.

"Hey hey, Xiao Ren, what do you mean by 'friendly'…"

"How is your memory? What I mean is, of course, the desire to turn this Si Ke Te into my slave. As for fun level, you are nowhere near him." Xiao Ren crossed his arms and gave a cold snort.

"Of course, my lower limit isn't even up to his."

"You should learn this from him; I don't know which book I saw this in: 'Good looks are a dime a dozen, interesting souls are one in a million.' You lack good looks, but at least you should have an interesting soul, otherwise your long life will be too boring."

Glancing at the little girl enjoying donut after donut.

"Xiao Ren, saying that makes me feel hurt… but what hurts me even more is that you actually read books?"

Xiao Ren snapped the donut in his hand with a "pa", lunged onto Araragi Koyomi's back, and smeared the frosting from one hand onto the boy's hair.

"You're mocking me, aren't you? Go die!"

——

"You shouldn't even call it Never Night Marquis anymore—it's hard to remember. I'll send you a plaque later with the four big characters 'Immortal Vessel Launch'; you must hang it up."

Xing silently rolled up his sleeves, ready to get to work.

"Stop! You're going too far in bullying people!" San Yue Qi Xiaojie shouted, hands on hips.

"Yo yo, which hero is it this time?" Si Ke Te feigned surprise, his gaze sweeping over the few people before him, seeming completely unsurprised.

"It's me, your grandma! Wait, no, grandma doesn't sound very handsome… Xing, what do you say?"

"She is the Sword Chief of the Starry Sky Train, San Yue Qi Xiaojie!"

San Yue seemed a bit lacking in confidence, but still stepped forward and said: "No, no, that's right! I am the sword chief from my side…!"

"I've never heard of it. Please, go back where you came from."

"Mr. Si Ke Te, I am Yan Qing of the Cloud Cavalry Valiant Guard, we've met before. I hope you watch your words and deeds, and don't cause trouble on the streets."

Si Ke Te adjusted his sunglasses, deliberately drawing out his tone: "Hah——!? I'm just an ordinary consumer complaining to the little boss lady that the tea here isn't up to par, and you Cloud Cavalry Army are sticking your noses in this—who in the whole galaxy would dare come to the Immortal Vessel for tea after this?"

Yun Li frowned: "With you like that, you're really a guest of the Immortal Vessel?"

"Then what do you say I am—not a guest, but a prisoner of the Immortal Vessel?"

"In short, if you want to bully the little boss lady in front of me, you'd better ask what the thing in my hand thinks about it!"

"Hah——?!" Si Ke Te snorted, extended his index finger, and lightly tapped the weapon in San Yue's hand: "Oh, really scared me to death! Hero, you wouldn't possibly be thinking of using those little iron pieces to take my life, would you?"

San Yue Qi Xiaojie "whoosh" got angry: "Little iron pieces? This is a precious sword! I'm holding it to study Immortal Vessel swordsmanship!"

"Oh, so you're learning swordsmanship? No wonder you're dressed like a performance act. I see you're not a local of the Immortal Vessel—why bother learning swords? If you lack a sense of security, I can sell you our company's mecha."

"Pah pah pah! Who'd want your broken mecha?"

Xing also scoffed: "Your company's mecha only does team-building."

"Tch, I think you guys completely don't get it." Si Ke Te raised his voice at the nearby employee and shouted: "Hey there, show the country bumpkin some gear!"

Several company mecha promptly appeared near Never Night Marquis, and the number of Immortal Vessel passersby watching grew.

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Original God

So powerful, it's awe-inspiring.

When seeing the company's mecha take turns appearing, Yin Nie Fu blurted out instantly.

"Yin Nie Fu! That's the mecha of that bastard Si Ke Te, and it hasn't even started its demo—can't praise it like that!" Ai Nuo pouted dissatisfiedly, "Besides, if we're going to praise, it should be our workshop's robots instead."

Yin Nie Fu nodded: "Okay, I've changed the praise scope: limited to the machinery of the Ding Ling Dang Dan Juan workshop."

"Hmm~ that's more like it!" Ai Nuo curiously surveyed the company's mecha in the sky, "But coming back to it, can San Yue Qi Xiaojie's sword really pierce mecha? They're both made of iron… and the company's mecha are even thicker—piercing them would be unreasonable."

As a genius in mechanics, Ai Nuo could tell at a glance that the technology used in the company's mecha is more complex and precise than the workshop's machines, and the materials are also more special. Although the mecha's size is far smaller than the Heavy Punch Strike Duck, its power is probably far greater.

But even so, the Heavy Punch Strike Duck is not something an ordinary person can counter with a "metal sheet"; Yun Li's huge iron sword could be considered, yet San Yue Xiaojie's sword likely can't even pierce the mecha's outermost protection. If San Yue Xiaojie's sword were modified into a laser form driven by lunar matrix force… then we would definitely win!

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"I must remind you once more, everyone of the company, that on Luo Fu Immortal Boat you may not engage in street melee fights," Yan Qing's expression darkened, and he coldly reminded.

"Company's, if you make a move, don't blame me for smashing those scrap irons."

"Hehehe, don't be nervous, I understand the rules," Si Ke Te said with a strange laugh, "These few are my subordinates; they were forced to stay on the Immortal Boat because of the transport ship issue, and they're a bit unable to hold back their anger… In the end, you can blame your Immortal Boat for this."

"As for the tea house matter, I can let it go. However, you question the company's security capability; I can't pretend not to hear that, after all, in front of so many clients, will I still continue this entrusted business?"

""Saying that, even if you spent a lifetime learning fancy fists and embroidered kicks, you'd be better off spending money early to invest in our company's civilian-type mecha; in just a few days you could beat your master into kneeling and begging for mercy.""

San Yue Qi Xiaojie almost bit her silver teeth, pointing her sword at Si Ke Te's nose: "I, Miss, won't allow you to slander the Immortal Vessel Sword Art like this; if you have the skill, let your mecha exchange two moves with me!"

""Ha——?! She said she wants to exchange two moves? Hahahaha. Since San Yue Qi Xiaojie has issued a challenge, I must accept! Perhaps before the fight your mouth is harder than your sword, but once you experience the might of the mecha, you'll eagerly fork over money to the company.""

Xing reminded from the side: "The usual rule, we need to make a bet."

""Don't rush." Si Ke Te proudly lifted his head, "How could I possibly forget about making a bet like that?""