"Boss, another plate!"
Twenty minutes later, Goku quickly shoveled the roasted meat and rice from his plate into his mouth and shouted at the bearded Boss.
At this moment, the bearded Boss looked at the dozens of plates on Goku's table and stammered in response:
"There's... there's none left for now. You'll have to wait a bit."
He had only just opened, and neither the roasted meat nor the rice was fully prepared.
But even without full preparation, it would have been enough for dozens of adult customers.
So at this moment, he looked at Goku as if he were looking at a monster, clearly scared.
Eating dozens of adults' worth of food in twenty minutes—even those so-called competitive eaters couldn't do that.
Let alone an eleven or twelve-year-old boy.
Not only the bearded Boss, but the customers eating in the restaurant were equally shocked.
A few younger customers even took out their phones to record this scene and posted it on Facebook.
The only one who remained relatively calm was Laura. She was still playing with her ball, but a hint of curiosity had appeared on her face as she looked at Goku.
"Bang!"
Just then, a gunshot suddenly rang out from the fifth floor.
Laura's face immediately contorted into a fierce expression, and she dashed out of the restaurant at a speed exceeding that of a normal person.
"Auntie is in danger."
Goku twitched his ears, and his figure flashed, surpassing Laura to reach the ground floor. Then, with a push off his legs,
He leaped fifteen meters high, landing on the fifth-floor balcony, and rushed into the room, causing a series of gasps from the crowd below.
Inside the room, Gabrielle was being pinned to the ground by a tall Mexican man.
The man had been shot in the thigh and was bleeding. His left hand was tightly gripping Gabrielle's neck, and his right hand held a gun pressed against Gabrielle's forehead.
"F***, you b****, you don't know what's good for you!"
Seeing Goku appear in the room, he immediately raised his gun to shoot, but Goku swatted it away with a wave of his hand, as if swatting a fly.
"What!"
The Mexican man was stunned on the spot when he saw this.
Swatting away a bullet with your hand—is that something a human can do?
As Gabrielle's boyfriend, although he had been bribed by the Facility's commander, he was unaware of the mutant situation.
"Boom!"
While he was dazed, Goku had already reached his side and kicked him flying.
The Mexican man slammed into the wall, landed, and violently spat out a mouthful of blood. He felt as if all his bones were shattered, and then he passed out.
"Auntie, are you alright?"
"I'm fine. We need to get out of here quickly."
Gabrielle sat up from the ground, touching her neck and gasping for a few breaths. She glanced at her half-dead boyfriend and then kicked him several times with force.
After kicking him, she picked up a wad of money from the table and, pulling Goku, ran out the door.
As they went downstairs, they met Laura rushing up the stairs. Gabrielle picked up Laura, went downstairs, threw a hundred pesos to the bearded Boss, and quickly drove away.
The bearded Boss held the hundred pesos, watched Gabrielle drive away, opened and closed his mouth, and finally said nothing.
Normally, a hundred pesos would definitely be enough to pay for two children's meals, with plenty left over.
However, that little boy had eaten dozens of plates of roasted meat and rice, so he had lost a lot with just a hundred pesos.
But considering the gunshot and the boy leaping to the fifth floor, he decided it was better not to quibble.
"Maybe I can use this to go viral and become a popular restaurant here."
"Goku, thank you for saving me just now!"
Gabrielle floored the accelerator, speeding towards the border outside the city, and said to Goku in the back:
"But I have to tell you, if you follow us from now on, you'll be in great danger.
You might encounter the most terrifying and powerful guys in this World.
So if you're willing, I'll drop you off ahead, give you some money, and you can head south to live in a more remote city."
Originally, she had planned to adopt Goku and go to Eden together, then live in Canada.
Because as long as she borrowed money from her boyfriend, she could quickly take Laura across the border, rent a car, and go straight to North Dakota in the United States.
Eden's location was on the North Dakota border, and another twenty kilometers would take them across the border into Canada.
The Facility didn't know her destination, so if she was fast enough, she could get far away before the Facility reacted.
Unfortunately, when she was borrowing money from her boyfriend earlier, he had extracted a lot of information from her and reported it to the commander.
Although they hadn't gotten the exact location, they knew she was going to North Dakota.
She had realized her boyfriend had reported to the commander, which was when she understood she had been betrayed. She tried to attack her boyfriend with a pistol but was counter-attacked by him.
If Goku hadn't arrived in time, she might have been in danger.
So, her and Laura's journey would definitely be very dangerous.
If only those mercenaries were pursuing them, Goku's demonstrated strength combined with Laura's abilities might give them a chance.
But she knew that the Facility not only had those mercenaries but also the most terrifying killing weapon in the World, X-24.
The reason the Facility decided to execute all mutant children was because they had developed X-24.
X-24 was a clone of Wolverine Logan from the X-Men, possessing powerful self-healing abilities, and also injected with indestructible Adamantium claws.
Crucially, it was completely under the control of the Facility.
If the experiment succeeded, they could mass-produce it. Even if there wasn't enough Adamantium, using other inferior alloys would still make it the most terrifying killing weapon.
That's why she changed her mind.
If Goku got off halfway and went in the opposite direction, there was a high probability he could avoid the Facility's pursuit.
After all, the Facility's main target was them.
"The most terrifying and powerful guy in this World, he must be a master, right?"
Goku's eyes instantly lit up.
Besides diligent practice, cultivation also required sparring with powerful masters to improve one's strength.
"A master? You could say that."
Gabrielle paused, then nodded.
Goku said "master," and what Gabrielle heard and translated in her mind was "someone who is very good at fighting."
The Light Gate not only gave Goku the ability to travel between different Worlds but also allowed him to understand the languages and read the texts of different Worlds.
"Then I must follow you all!"
Goku nodded firmly.
"If you're in danger, I can protect you too."
Not only to spar with a master, but Auntie Gabrielle had invited him to eat, and he had originally intended to help Auntie Gabrielle deal with those bad guys.
Just like when he helped Suno fight Masrulta and the Red Ribbon Army.
"Thank you. Auntie will definitely protect you too."
Seeing the determination in Goku's eyes, Gabrielle hesitated for a moment and did not try to dissuade him further.
Goku was not an ordinary mutant child; he possessed great strength and might not be inferior to Laura.
With his help, the success rate of reaching Eden would indeed be higher.
Moreover, considering that if they failed, the Facility would definitely not let Goku go, and with Goku's innocence, he wouldn't be able to hide for long.
So she finally decided to take Goku with them.
At the same time, she also decided that she must enlist Wolverine Logan, as only the original could possibly deal with the terrifying X-24.
"We're at the border."
Seeing the cars lining up to cross the border in the distance, Gabrielle secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
She hadn't seen any of the Facility's mercenaries.
What she didn't know was that at this moment, in a room on the third floor of the border station, a mercenary captain was looking her way through binoculars.
"Commander, I've found them. Don't worry, I won't let them leave the border!"