Chapter 105: Chapter 105: Oxalis and Protein
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As the Wooden Puppet Butler gently rang the bell, footsteps soon sounded in the darkness, followed by a team of maids, each carrying a silver platter.
These Miss Maids wore traditional English maid costumes, with long skirts almost touching the ground. From the side, they looked like mountains and peaks from different angles, at least varying in height and distance.
It's just a pity that their faces couldn't be seen.
Amamiya Natsuki's gaze shifted slightly upwards, falling on the Miss Maids' faces, then he silently sighed.
Without exception, the Miss Maids' faces only had black holes and pale white bones, just like ghost nuns in horror movies. Through the contrast, their terrifying level was raised by several notches, completely shattering people's beautiful fantasies about maids!
Even having seen many evil spirits in reality, the eerie maids still made people afraid to look closely.
Amamiya Natsuki shifted his gaze to the Miss Werewolf beside him.
Compared to the terrifying maids, the Miss Werewolf even looked more delicate.
"Human, what are you looking at?"
The Miss Werewolf's green eyes rolled, glaring fiercely at Amamiya Natsuki.
"Nothing, I just suddenly felt that the Miss Werewolf looked cuter and cuter." Amamiya Natsuki's tone was sincere.
"Praising me is useless." The Miss Werewolf's tone rose slightly, "I will definitely eat you!"
...""
The dining system in medieval Europe was individual serving. These maids soon came behind everyone, still placing the platters in front of all the players, and then quietly retreated into the darkness.
"Guests, you may begin dining."
Puppet Billy reminded them.
The other players didn't dare to move, all looking at Amamiya Natsuki.
Leaving aside what happened before, Amamiya Natsuki was now able to firmly control the Miss Werewolf, clearly being a big shot. Of course, the choice was to follow the big shot.
[There is food under the platter to replenish stamina]
"This is actually the Last Supper, isn't it?"
Amamiya Natsuki looked up at the fresco on the dome, and calmly uncovered the silver platter in front of him. With the hint, there was no need to worry about a 'plate kill' possibility, and there was clearly no danger under the platter.
The next second.
Deep blue berries came into view.
"Eh, it's blueberries?"
Fujiwara Chika leaned on the table, looking over curiously, and recognized the food on the platter at a glance.
That's right, it was indeed one of the common berries in supermarkets, blueberries.
What was strange was that these blueberries still had ice shards on them, as if they had just been picked from an icy, snowy land.
Seeing this, the others quickly opened the platters in front of them.
"A fish?"
"It's pine nuts, actually."
"Ugh... Why is my food earthworms."
"Why are there skinned frogs in my platter?!"
...""
Exclamations rose and fell, all the food on the platters was beyond everyone's expectations.
The fish looked like a common salmon, but unfortunately it was raw, and its belly had been bitten off by something, leaving only a fish head and a section of its tail, the middle part of the fish belly was gone.
The pine nuts were ordinary white pine nuts, not yet shelled.
As for the skinned frogs... that's right, their legs were still twitching in the platter due to nerve reflexes!
The player who got the 'skinned frog' meal was a Roadside Girl. At this moment, looking at the skinless frogs in front of her, her face was pale, and she was on the verge of tears, clearly about to cry.
As for the Dumbfounded Miss next to Amamiya Natsuki, she had turned into an Ice Princess again.
In front of Shinomiya Kaguya's platter, there was a handful of green grass, and then several white, plump, still wriggling giant insects.
In comparison, the food on Fujiwara Chika's platter looked much better, consisting of several shriveled frozen fruits.
"Eh eh eh?" Fujiwara Chika jumped, leaning back slightly, and exclaimed in shock, "Kaguya-chan, why is your food terrifying insects!"
...""
Shinomiya Kaguya bit her lower lip with her pearly teeth, saying nothing.
Why?
I want to know why too!
Why are you guys getting berries and unknown fruits, and only my food is insects!
Unfair!
Too unfair!
The root of human suffering is not one's own mediocrity, but rather comparison, especially when others get fruit and she gets insects. The resentment emanating from Miss Ice Princess was clearly overflowing.
"That's oxalis." Amamiya Natsuki looked at the grass leaves on the plate, and lightly coughed twice, "It's edible, and tastes a bit sour."
"As for those insects..." Looking at the white, elongated insects on the platter, Amamiya Natsuki continued, "If I'm not mistaken, they should be longhorn beetle larvae. Their protein content is six times that of beef."
"How does Natsuki-kun know?" Fujiwara Chika covered her pink lips with her hand, a look of shock on her pretty face, "Could it be that Natsuki-kun has eaten them?"
Amamiya Natsuki intertwined his fingers and lightly snorted twice: "Many places have a habit of eating insects. It's normal for me to have eaten insects, isn't it?"
"It's not normal at all!"
...
A startled cry suddenly rang out, instantly catching Amamiya Natsuki's attention.
"Eating these foods can increase time."
The person speaking was a Roadside Girl player, whose food was a plate of pine nuts. After frowning and swallowing the pine nuts, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she couldn't help but exclaim.
After the two sides met, Fujiwara Chika had already revealed the truth about the game countdown.
Knowing it was a 'death countdown,' everyone felt as if a Sword of Damocles hung over their heads, and everyone was anxious.
Now knowing that food could increase the countdown, the other players were all tempted, and immediately started eating.
In the face of death, whether the food tastes good or not truly doesn't matter; surviving is the only important thing.
"Kaguya-chan..."
Fujiwara Chika spoke softly, hesitating.
Shinomiya Kaguya looked over with a determined expression, her eyes clearly conveying her thoughts.
Fujiwara Chika had no choice but to change the subject:
"By the way, Kaguya-chan, why do you have a strange collar around your neck? I remember you didn't have it at first, did you?"
"When we separated on the third floor earlier, we encountered a bit of trouble..."
Amamiya Natsuki briefly explained the origin of the pet collar, and then, at Shinomiya Kaguya's silent urging, glossed over the things that couldn't be said.
"Let me see that key." Fujiwara Chika's curiosity was quite strong.
Amamiya Natsuki took out the key and handed it over: "Here you go."
"Don't just press randomly."
Shinomiya Kaguya warned, feeling uneasy.
The next second.
Click.
The silver key split into two, revealing a mechanical key inside.
Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya both looked over.
"It looks like an electronic car key. Once, my dad went on a road trip, and his electronic key ran out of power. He told me there was a mechanical key inside," Fujiwara Chika quickly explained, a little nervous. "I didn't break the key, did I?"
"No," Shinomiya Kaguya said with approval. "Well done."
"Meow?"
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