Chapter 181: Chapter 161 Moon Shadow
The living room filled with the lively sounds of pop music, which Emi enjoyed despite her questionable taste. What was worse, she couldn’t sing well but insisted on doing so, subjecting them both to a double taboo of torment.
“No one can match us when we play hide-and-seek under the covers~”
Thwack, the storeroom door opened, and Emi, who had just been singing, suddenly put on a stern face and silently placed two dinner plates in front of Igula.
On the left plate was dog food; on the right was clear water.
Igula looked up at Emi and weakly raised his right hand; Emi nodded, and he bolted to the washroom.
When he returned, he obediently lay on the ground and ate like a pet. Igula didn’t feel much psychological pressure from this, as such humiliations that didn’t affect his interests couldn’t touch the soul of a Swindler.
But Emi was quite pleased and squatted beside him, saying, “I’ve gathered some intelligence—the No.53 observation point has been confirmed to be a complete passage to the Void Realm.”
Igula’s head shot up, “Then—”
Without warning, Emi viciously smacked Igula on the head, producing a loud sound. Her fair and lovely face cast in shadow, appeared fierce and threatening.
Igula obediently raised his hand, and Emi immediately broke into a smile, “You may speak.”
“When will the first Exploration of observation point No.53 take place?”
“Tonight, May 2 at midnight, when the Blood Moon dims,” Emi said. “The lakeside battle zone has already dispatched a group of adventurers there. I’ve prepared a standard adventurer set and a bicycle for you. There are still 5 hours to midnight, so you have plenty of time to get there. Whether or not you can blend into the adventurer team is up to you.”
Igula was taken aback; he felt that Emi would help him, but he didn’t expect her arrangements to be so thorough.
Actually, whether it was staying in the storeroom, eating dog food, or wearing a collar, Igula could resist, but he chose to comply and curry favor with Emi because she was his hope of escaping the Blood Moon. Offending her would only hasten his destruction.
Not to mention other things, like the intelligence about observation point No.53—though Emi was obligated to tell Igula due to the Contract, she had the freedom to choose the timing.
If Emi had informed Igula at 11 p.m., he could have missed this golden opportunity to escape—the first Exploration of the Void Realm’s passage, inherently full of holes and the easiest time to slip through unnoticed!
Not only did Emi inform Igula in time, but she also helped him with preparations to infiltrate the adventurer team. Igula couldn’t help but feel a ‘victim’s’ gratitude welling up inside him, “Thank you, thank you for helping me so much.”
Emi was briefly startled but then showed a sweet smile, her bushy grey wolf’s tail proudly raised, “You’re welcome!”
Suddenly, she pulled Igula up, “Come, let’s go have dinner.”
“Ah?” Igula glanced at the dog food in the plate, “Aren’t I supposed to eat this?”
“Good children don’t need snacks,” Emi made him sit down, “I’ll make something delicious for you.”
Though she said this, Emi’s culinary skills stopped at ‘I know how to use this kitchen tool,’ she took out semi-finished cooked food from the freezer, heated it up casually, and served it. But for Igula, who had been eating dog food for several days, just being able to sit down and eat with a spoon was like being treated at a high-end restaurant.
Just as Igula was about to start eating, he noticed Emi folding her hands in prayer, “Thank you to the Blood Moon for the sunlight and rain it provides, allowing the earth to produce plentiful food.”
Igula noticed Emi sneakily glancing at him. Hesitating for a moment, he too participated in the pre-meal prayer. Emi was very satisfied and asked while eating, “We haven’t made a bet in a long time, how about we bet on something?”
Igula, “But we’re having dinner.”
“You can still bet while you’re eating! Igula, you’re so clever, come up with a fun idea!” Emi said excitedly.
Igula didn’t want to go against her here and after thinking said, “So, the game rule is each round we can eat 1-3 bites of food, and whoever happens to eat the last bite wins.”
“That’s an interesting bet!” Emi said, “What shall we bet on?”
“One question,” Igula said. “The loser must truthfully answer one question from the winner.”
“No problem! Haha Igula, you’re definitely going to lose this time, my best record is scoffing down a whole little hot dog in one bite!”
Just like before, Emi never cared about the size of the wager. However, the key to winning this game wasn’t about the size of one’s appetite, but rather about going first or second and calculating ability. Under Igula’s simple strategy, Emi ended up eating most of the food, but Igula managed to eat the last bite.
Emi patted her little belly with satisfaction, sighed, “Ah, lost again, now that makes it 185 losses to 12 wins…”
Igula changed into his adventurer standard set, pulled up the face mask, donned the hood, and looked at Emi with some surprise, “You still remember the number of bets between us?”
“Of course, how could I forget something so important?” Emi casually wiped her mouth with the back of her hand and pulled a key out of her trouser pocket and tossed it to Igula, “Bicycle’s parked at the No.16 small parking space downstairs.”
Igula caught the key, “I’m sorry for the trouble. If I get caught, the Memory Master will find evidence in my memory that you helped me, and right now, I don’t even have time to get the Memory Master to erase my memory…”