Duanmu Huai’s movents were so fast that everyone didn’t even have ti to react to what had happened. When they ca to their senses, Duanmu Huai was already standing in front of them, sheathing his sword. anwhile, Chief Da Shan and Spicy Girl Ueda were clutching their necks, coughing incessantly.
"Wha-what happened just now?"
"Are we dreaming?"
"Alright, alright, what’s the rush."
Facing the panic-stricken crowd, Duanmu Huai seed rather calm.
"That was just a female ghost, well, not sure if it was a female ghost... hmm..."
"Xiao Ai, what do you an by that?"
Hearing Duanmu Huai’s muttering, Banai asked curiously, and Duanmu Huai shrugged.
"You’ve been to haunted houses, right? You should have seen how so of the ghosts there aren’t played by staff but are actually moved by chanisms."
"Ah... I have indeed seen that."
While most ghosts in haunted houses are played by staff, so ghostly hands are triggered automatically to scare people when visitors open doors. Everyone is quite familiar with these props.
But...
"Are you saying... that female ghost is a prop?"
Chief Da Shan caught the drift and looked at Duanmu Huai, then at the dust on the ground, with a puzzled expression.
"Just a taphor, that thing doesn’t feel quite like a real Evil Spirit."
"What do you an, have you seen a real one?"
"... What do you think?"
"..."
Faced with Duanmu Huai’s rhetorical question, everyone fell silent in unison.
None of them wanted to know the answer.
"Goo goo goo..."
At this mont, a strange sound rang out, and everyone looked toward the source to see Banai pressing his stomach awkwardly, sticking out his tongue.
"S-sorry, once I relaxed, I felt hungry..."
"..."
That’s Banai for you.
Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes.
"Given the situation, let’s eat first."
Then he suggested aloud.
No one objected to Duanmu Huai’s proposal, having faced so much in the morning, everyone was hungry, naturally, they couldn’t go to the restaurant, but the kitchen was still accessible. So they all headed to the kitchen, ready to eat there. However... when they entered the kitchen and opened the fridge, they were shocked.
The fridge was naturally filled with various foods, besides common bread and vegetables, the most conspicuous were several fruits at the bottom that looked like mangoes.
Seeing these fruits, everyone’s faces changed slightly, and they naturally recalled the story Fat Otaku Gongben had narrated the night before. According to Gongben, these weren’t fruits at all but insect eggs. Once eaten, insects would hatch inside one’s body and then crawl out!
Just imagining this scene made one’s skin crawl!
"Le-let’s eat sothing else..."
In short, everyone decided they absolutely wouldn’t touch those "insect eggs."
What followed was simple enough, in the kitchen, everyone brewed coffee with the coffee pot, made scrambled eggs and toast, and prepared ham, creating a decent breakfast before they began to eat.
But as they ate... Chitanda was the first to notice sothing amiss.
"Umm..."
Chitanda raised her hand in confusion.
"I’ve already had one portion of breakfast, but I’m still hungry..."
"Huh? Ai Liu, it’s really surprising that you’re hungry."
Hearing Chitanda’s words, Banai and Duanmu Huai were sowhat surprised because Chitanda had a typically small appetite, usually a rice ball was enough for her lunch. It was normal for Banai not to feel full, but for Chitanda to say she wasn’t full was a bit... wait.
"It was Banai who said it."
Duanmu Huai had a flash of inspiration and looked at Banai, who was montarily stunned.
"What did I say?"
"The story about being picky with food, hence never feeling full."
"Ah...!"
Upon hearing this, everyone present put down their food and looked surprised. Because Banai’s paranormal tale wasn’t that scary, everyone had forgotten, but now thinking back, Banai did say that if one was picky, they’d never feel full...
"So, I need to eat bell peppers?"
Teacher Gan Xia stared pale-faced at the bell peppers on her plate, looking as if she was about to face death. Banai tilted her head, looking at her in puzzlent.
"Is there a problem with bell peppers? I munch on them raw as snacks!"
"Eating raw?"
At this point, not only Teacher Gan Xia, but also Chitanda and others had their expressions drastically changed.
"Is there a problem? That’s how my family eats them. And the white core inside is quite tasty—though a bit bitter, it changes the taste, making it more delicious."
"Eat the whole thing?"
Even Professor Sato couldn’t hold back now.
"So, to feel full, we shouldn’t be picky with food?"
"And apparently, the standard for not being picky is Banai."
Duanmu Huai said, exchanging a glance with Chitanda, and both saw the fear in each other’s eyes.
The boss is actually beside ?!
Banai’s dietary habits are quite lenient!
Should we really follow her standard?
"... In any case, we’ll just have to try."
Everyone present was an adult, not a child, so even when faced with vegetables they couldn’t accept, they had no choice but to grit their teeth and eat them. However, after everyone followed Banai’s move, they still felt hungry.
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