"Now we have the evidence." Amamiya Natsuki pointed at the table, "This is the food you wasted."
"You are wrongly accusing me. It was clearly you who spilled the food!" The vengeful girl couldn't help but retort.
"Please don't joke around." Amamiya Natsuki said seriously, "We are just poor, weak, and helpless humans. How dare we lift your plate? Who do you think the chef will believe?"
"Shameless!!"
The evil spirit girl with dark eyes was shaking with anger and almost crying.
What is wrong with this world?
After failing to get hush money, he actually framed her and tried to murder her. This boy is even scarier than a vengeful spirit!
Human anger only lasts three seconds. If it does not erupt within three seconds, it will not go out of control.
The same must be true for vengeful spirits.
Although the vengeful girl was shaking with anger, she did not go berserk and was obviously scared.
In that case...
"Let my friend go first."
Amamiya Natsuki pried open the pale and cold fingers of the vengeful spirit girl, pulled Shinomiya Kaguya and Fujiwara Chika behind him, and then stretched out his right hand: "Hush money, give me the money."
"…"
The vengeful girl clenched her fists, with black air emanating from her body, as if she was a volcano about to erupt. She trembled for a while, but finally swallowed her anger and paid the hush money.
"She seems to be about to cry." Fujiwara Chika whispered, "Are we going a little too far?"
"That's really too much." Amamiya Natsuki said in a low voice, rolling up his sleeves. "You only gave me one dollar as hush money. You look down on me. We can't just let it go like this."
"No." Fujiwara Chika hurriedly hugged the arm of the young man Amamiya and pulled him away, "Let's go quickly."
"…"
The cafeteria was not full.
In addition to a few unlucky players, there were also a dozen students from the Ghost School. Amamiya Natsuki soon discovered that these Ghost students were really poor.
Some guys only had one coin, and the rich ones only had three or four. It was so sad and made people cry.
"That's it."
The three of them soon met in front of the food pickup window.
"Time is running out." Amamiya Natsuki said, "Complete the dining task as soon as possible."
Shinomiya Kaguya's face was calm and composed, and her tone was steady: "There are ten minutes left."
"Hey, what would you like to eat, Amamiya-san?"
Fujiwara Chika asked curiously.
"To be honest, I don't want to eat any of them." Amamiya Natsuki picked up a bone coin, threw it into the air, and then caught it with a snap. "If it's facing up, I'll eat borscht."
"Wait, these coins have the same front and back sides," Fujiwara Chika couldn't help but ask, "There's no way to tell the front from the back, right?"
"Watson, you actually discovered the blind spot."
"No, I'm not Watson. Please call me Holmes."
"…"
Amamiya Natsuki calmly handed over a coin and said, "Chef, please give me a bowl of borscht."
"Please wait a moment."
The pig-headed butcher took the coin and quickly brought out a bowl of borscht with unknown ingredients. Black mist was floating on the surface, and it condensed into black skulls from time to time.
"Chef," Fujiwara Chika raised her right hand and said in a clear voice, "I want a serving of borscht, too. When I was in elementary school, I caught a cold one winter and kept coughing. My mother made Chinese medicine for me, and it looked similar to the borscht in front of me."
Hey, it's true that Chinese medicine tastes unpleasant, but it won't make strange skulls float in the air, right?
One hand pays, the other receives the goods.
The pig-headed butcher only recognized coins and didn't care at all about the three people's human identity. He quickly brought out a bowl of borscht.
"Kaguya-chan, what do you want to eat?" asked Fujiwara Chika.
"I..."
Shinomiya Kaguya moved her pink lips, a rare hint of hesitation showing on her face. To be honest, both dishes looked terrible, and even the guard dog in Shinomiya's family would not eat them.
Unfortunately, there is no choice.
"I want a bowl of borscht." Kaguya Shinomiya took a deep breath and continued to maintain her cool and calm expression.
At least you can learn from Fujiwara and drink it in one gulp with your eyes closed.
The meal has been collected.
The three of them walked to the corner and sat down.
"I'm starting."
Fujiwara Chika clasped her hands together and whispered, with a bitter expression on her face: "I just ate tamagoyaki and omelette rice before leaving this morning, drank two glasses of milk, and then secretly ate a bag of Baumkuchen. Now I'm eating again. Will I gain weight?"
You are actually worried about gaining weight. Your brain circuit is really different from that of ordinary people!
"Don't worry." Shinomiya Kaguya looked over coldly, "It's not even as much as the snacks you secretly eat during class. Even if it turns into fat, it will only grow on your chest."
Fujiwara Chika covered her chest and said in a distressed tone: "Then I hope it grows on my arms and thighs. My chest is too heavy. Now it's inconvenient even to squat down and tie my shoelaces."
Click.
The chopsticks in Shinomiya Kaguya's hand were almost crushed.
Natsuki Amamiya ignored the two people's whispers and looked down at the borscht in front of him. After staring for a few seconds, a line of words slowly emerged.
[Borscht made with unknown ingredients, has no toxic side effects, can be consumed with confidence, replenishes physical strength. Inhaling too much smoke will cause hallucinations, so please keep your mind clear when drinking]
"It's edible indeed."
Amamiya Natsuki felt relieved.
Those unlucky players had already received the food in advance, and some had even eaten most of it. They looked very lively and showed no signs of sudden death. Now he was completely relieved. Amamiya Natsuki picked up the bowl and took a sip of the borscht.
Tasteless, like plain water.
There was mist, but he couldn't feel any temperature.
"It would be better if it were a little spicier and hotter..."
Amamiya Natsuki thought subconsciously in his heart.
"Um?"
When taking the second sip, Amamiya Natsuki couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
The bowl of borscht suddenly had more spiciness and heat.
What's going on?
Amamiya Natsuki quickly realized that this should be the so-called "illusion" he had just seen.
In essence, it is still an ordinary bowl of borscht, but it will produce hallucinations based on people's thoughts. No wonder everyone in the cafeteria, whether it is the resentful students or the unlucky players, has such a hard time eating it, as if they were eating coptis chinensis. If they think that the borscht tastes bad in their minds, then it will become more and more unpalatable.
"It's so bitter, so painful!"
The voice of Fujiwara Chika rang in my ears.
Amamiya Natsuki looked up and found the pink-haired girl sticking out her pink tongue and fanning herself with her right hand.
"You drank it all in one breath?" Amamiya Natsuki was shocked.
"Mom once said that Chinese medicine should be drunk in one go." Fujiwara Chika raised her chin and said, "If you drink it in small sips, it will only become harder and harder to drink, so I pinched my nose and drank it all in one go."
He actually managed to find the correct solution. For a fool to grow up this big, his luck must be higher than that of an ordinary person.
Natsuki Amamiya suddenly discovered that something was wrong with Kaguya Shinomiya.
The cold girl with long black hair bit her lower lip with her pearly teeth, said nothing, and held her right hand stiffly in the air. Her wine-red eyes were misty and one could clearly see crystal dewdrops swirling in them, which were clearly about to roll down at any moment.
[So scary, so scary, so scary, so scary…]