The world has turned into Hell's Game, why should I stay human? Chapter 136: The Graveside Takeout You Can’t Miss

"The task is to help the ’Red Witch’ board ga café’s receptionist steal an inheritance. She gets forty percent, I get twenty, and you two split the remaining forty percent."

Liu Zheng said.

"We can take just thirty percent."

Nightingale shook her head.

"What do you an?"

What’s with the reverse bargaining?

His charisma isn’t that off the charts, is it?

"But there’s a condition."

"Can you not huff and puff while you speak? What’s the condition?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"You have to co with us."

Nightingale said.

"Why?"

"We don’t trust her, and she surely doesn’t trust us either. If sothing unexpected happens, it could easily lead to conflict between us."

"With you there, this dreadful balance would have a buffer zone."

Nightingale said.

"Hmm..."

He fell into contemplation.

What this woman said wasn’t without sense.

Vampire Sister, sea girl, Nightingale—they were relatively important connections. It really would be a pity if things turned violent.

Though considering the power dynamics, Vampire Sister stood a higher chance of being taken out.

But on the Old Vampire’s ho turf, there was the possibility of a counter-kill.

When Fisherman cos asking for people, that will be a problem for him.

With the three of them around this ti, Liu Zheng’s risk would significantly decrease.

"Alright, let’s settle it like that. You sort out the timing among yourselves, and then call for takeout."

After weighing his options, he said.

"Alright."

As for the cost of the takeout, naturally that was for the three of them to discuss.

"I’m really off this ti."

Liu Zheng got to his feet again.

"You plan on leaving through the main door?"

Nightingale looked at him with a half-smile.

"Yeah, is there a problem?"

"I’d advise you to take a different route. You’ve made quite a few people angry just now."

Nightingale said.

"Is there another route?"

"Here it is, isn’t it?"

Nightingale nodded her head towards the floor-to-ceiling window.

"Sister, this is the 12th floor."

"What are you afraid of? It’s just a bit high, you won’t die from a fall."

Nightingale was indifferent.

"Fine."

He sighed and moved to the window.

It wasn’t his first ti jumping from a building—last ti was from even higher up.

It’s just that this ti no one was there to score his landing.

Liu Zheng spread his four tentacles, faced the sun, took a deep breath, and leaped.

The strong wind that slapped against his face also whipped through his ears.

Still, he could hear Nightingale’s laugh, which was as resonant as a barbell.

"Is this woman trying to trick ?"

Amidst deep suspicion, Liu Zheng hit the ground.

Fortunately, the apartnt building was surrounded by a ring of grass.

And since it was a lower floor, and he was more experienced, his injuries were much lighter than before.

It was just hemiplegia and so internal organ displacent.

After lying flat on the ground for a while, Liu Zheng struggled to his feet and walked outside the apartnt complex.

"Young man, when you’re ready, co find . Auntie’s door is always open for you."

A loud voice exploded behind him.

Liu Zheng shivered and looked back at the security room.

The auntie had stripped down to her purple lingerie, her massive shadow filling the entire security room, with a shriveled, tiny shadow lying beneath it.

"Hss!"

He sucked in a breath of cold air and, ignoring the pain all over his body, fled from the apartnt area and sprinted towards the direction of the Bloody Restaurant.

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"Weren’t you supposed to be looking for a dalliance? Why do you look like you’ve seen a ghost?"

Seeing the unsettled Liu Zheng, Niu Ma asked curiously.

"It’s a long story. Nightingale’s place is really running dry, so I referred Vampire Sister’s job to them."

"When we get the Old Vampire’s inheritance, I’ll keep thirty percent and give you, boss, ten percent."

He offered proactively.

"Hmm, good boy, getting it right. I’ll let you off this ti."

Niu Ma said, satisfied.

Although ten percent wasn’t a large share, what cos without effort is always sweet.

"Boss, could you tell more about the border?"

Liu Zheng returned to his seat and asked.

After all, he had nothing better to do.

Of course, his curiosity was rely that; he definitely wasn’t insane enough to consider sneaking across.

"What about it? I don’t know much myself,"

Niu Ma said.

"Since people from our city can get out, can people from other places co in as well?"

"Of course. According to the guy, many of our city’s races migrated from outside. But just like those who leave, once they co in, they forget everything about the outside."

Niu Ma replied.

"Which races are from outside?"

"Your humans ca from outside and were among the earliest and most nurous arrivals. As for the others, I have no idea."

Niu Ma said.

"What about those who are allowed to leave? What do they do?"

"So go for business, so are to look for suitable races to bring in; the rest, I don’t know."

Niu Ma said.

"Does the ocean count as inside or outside the border?"

Liu Zheng rembered the rmaid princess.

She had told him to co to the seaside to find her.

"Part of it counts as inside, but which part, I have no idea."

"Anyway, that kid once relayed sothing his relative said."

"What are you talking about?"

Liu Zheng asked cooperatively.

"The border is much larger than you imagine, and also much smaller than you imagine,"

Niu Ma said.

"I don’t understand."

"Neither do I, but it doesn’t matter. I haven’t even figured out this restaurant, so why should I care how big the border is?"

Niu Ma shrugged.

Indeed, Liu Zheng guessed that Niu Ma probably didn’t know about the branching paths in the delivery channel.

Of course, there was no need to ntion it.

However, the matter of the border was quite important to him.

Since Hell’s Ga could bring him to this eerie city, it should also be able to take him outside of this city.

The world of the next instance might very well be outside the eerie city.

If that were the case, the connections Liu Zheng had built up in the eerie city might co in handy.

Take Si Xue, for example, with the status of the Bloody Restaurant, she should have the authority to go outside the border to purchase ingredients.

It’s just uncertain whether he could still contact this bunch of guys from the eerie city when the ti ca.

Of course, all of this was based on the assumption that his next instance was in the sa world as the eerie city.

If all of Liu Zheng’s guesses were wrong, then all his planning would be for naught.

So, when it cos to crucial monts, he would still use his connections.

"If you’re really that bored, you can join for a ga of chess,"

Niu Ma pulled out a Go board and said.

"Huh?"

Liu Zheng was more shocked than if he had seen a rooster lay an egg.

Could Niu Ma, who could fall asleep in a second reading Sudoku magazines, actually play chess, and Go at that?

"What are you looking at? I can play lots of things,"

Niu Ma said proudly.

"Then why didn’t you bring it out before?"

Liu Zheng said speechlessly.

If Niu Ma had taken it out earlier, he wouldn’t have had to stare at it dumbfounded.

"Who knew how long you’d last? What if you went out for delivery and never ca back before we even finished a ga? That would annoy the hell out of ,"

Niu Ma declared confidently.

He opened his mouth but found himself unable to retort.

Especially since Go could easily take several hours for a single ga, making Niu Ma’s scenario quite plausible.

Imagine you’re ready to capture a giant dragon in ten moves in a masterful ga, and your opponent suddenly kicks the bucket; that would indeed be maddening.

"Now, well, you seem pretty sprightly, so you probably won’t die from another ga or two,"

Niu Ma comnted, its praise unclear.

"Fine then. So, big boss, you going first?"

Liu Zheng approached Niu Ma, seated on a stool.

In the rules of Go, the one with the black stones goes first.

"I’m the boss, of course I’m first,"

Niu Ma insisted.

"How many points of komi?"

The black stones have a strategic advantage in laying out the ga, so they have to give the white stones so points at the end when determining the winner, which is called komi.

Depending on the country, the amount of komi varies.

"What komi?"

Niu Ma asked back.

"Uh, never mind. Please, continue,"

Seeing the genuine confusion in Niu Ma’s eyes, Liu Zheng had an ominous premonition.

"Kid, today you’ll witness the power of my Niu Ma’s move,"

Niu Ma dipped a hoof in ink and slamd a black stone onto the board.

The force was so great that the entire resting room shook.

Thankfully, the Go board seed to be no ordinary item, as it didn’t crack right then and there.

But Liu Zheng was internally shattered.

Because Niu Ma’s move was Tianyuan.

How do you explain this move to soone who doesn’t know Go?

It’s like making the first move in Chinese chess with your generals, hitting the black eight ball on your first shot in pool, or leading with a rocket in a ga of Fight the Landlord.

Bold indeed, and stinky it was indeed.

"Boss, if I may ask, where did you learn Go?"

He asked tactfully.

"Self-taught with a children’s book, why?"

"Nothing, that’s great,"

Looking at its innocent and clueless eyes, Liu Zheng replied, struggling.

He braced himself, anticipating this would be the most difficult ga of Go he’d ever played.

Playing in such a way as to subtly lose to a beginner who starts with Tianyuan was not just a test of skill.

Despite Liu Zheng’s best efforts to underestimate Niu Ma’s abilities, Niu Ma still surprised him.

Even though he almost turned Go into Gomoku, he still lost three out of six gas to Niu Ma.

This resulted in Niu Ma being full of fighting spirit, while Liu Zheng felt devoid of love for the ga,

The Go marathon went on until eight at night, Niu Ma didn’t even go for the staff al, urging him to eat up and get back to the ga instead.

Of course, the two staff als weren’t that great, just temporarily boosting his constitution and strength a little.

The drinks, however, were good stuff: a bottle of exceptional-quality fruit wine and a cup of exceptional-quality milk tea.

Liu Zheng drank the milk tea himself, which gave a slight healing effect when consuming dairy products.

He saved the fruit wine for the French Plane Tree.

It wasn’t until Ghost Hand slapped a delivery note inside that Niu Ma reluctantly put away the ga board.

"Co back and continue, tonight I want to fight it out with you till dawn,"

It shouted.

"When I co back it might already be dawn, next ti, definitely next ti,"

Liu Zheng hurriedly replied.

"Alright then, go do your delivery, I’m going to sleep,"

Niu Ma pulled out a Sudoku magazine and lay down on a pile of hay, imdiately starting to snore.

"Phew, I finally escaped disaster,"

He was in tears.

If he continued playing, his skill in Go would regress to that of a kindergarten level.

Picking up the delivery note, sure enough, it was Vampire Sister and their order.

"al: A large portion of fried fries"

"Address: Cetery Tombstone No. 18703."

"Ordering Party: Nightingale"

"Ti Limit: Three hours"

"Hmm..."

Looking at the delivery address, Liu Zheng felt an urge to rant, but didn’t know where to start.

All he could say was, disco at a wake is just a clumsy act in the real world, while cetery delivery is the true cultural confidence of the eerie city.