Chapter 357 More Shacha Sauce In My Kway Teow
There were only less than 30 hours left until Evil Scientist opened the space portal.
Zhang Heng and his team had come up to the Shangxiajiu Commercial Pedestrian Streets. Located in Liwan District, a traditional business district in old Guangzhou, it stretched more than 300 meters. Featuring a whopping 300 shops offering a variety of food and merchandise, the place was always jam-packed with tourists from all corners of the world.
âHow did you know heâs here? Weâve been suspecting that he must have plotted something after Vandal King disappeared. We even gathered a team to search for him, but unfortunately, we found nobody. His face is usually covered when he commits crimes, and no one has seen how he really looks. Heâs even more difficult to identify now, considering such a long time has passed,â said the bald man.
âThe reason why you canât find him is that someone has been misleading you,â Zhang Heng chipped in.
When Zhang Heng entered the parallel dungeon, Vandal King had already disappeared for more than two years, and the master builders never stopped looking for him. He too participated in the search, and unlike the others, got some useful information, eventually discovering the whereabouts of Vandal King. However, since Vandal King had nothing to do with his main quest, Zhang Heng didnât pursue the matter further.
Four years had passed since that time, and Zhang Heng was unsure if he was still there, so he searched for the location with his mobile phone in the KTV.
âMisleading us, what do you mean?â the waiter scratched his head as he walked over to Flame Girl. Then, he saw a figure not far away, and immediately, his eyes lit up, âHa, isnât that Flame Girl?! Wow! I havenât seen her for a long time. Since Vandal King disappeared, she applied for retirement as well. I canât tell you how happy I am to see these old faces again. Maybe we should ask her to come out of retirement and fight Evil Scientist with us. I still remember how her flames were so powerful, they disintegrated everything in this world.â
The five were outside the Chaoshan Kway Teow shop. The woman known as Flame Girl was busy wiping a table, not bothering to turn around even after hearing footsteps behind her.
âCome, sit, what would you like to eat?â
âHi, Flame Girl, I didnât know that you worked here. We are in trouble. Evil Scientist wants to destroy the city. We need your help. Iâd also like a bowl of beef kway teow. Guess Iâll be hungry soon.â
The waiter grabbed a stool and sat down.
The somewhat familiar name shocked the woman who was wiping the table. This time, she finally turned around. âDemon Butcher?â she gasped.
âAnd meâŠâ the bald man came over, âLong time no see, old friend.â
âSorry, who are you?â Flame Girl frowned.
The bald man covered the hairless part of his head with his palm.
âOh, itâs you, the guy whoâs been stalking Candy Baby! You need to improve your ability to pick gifts! How could a man give a girl Sophie as a gift?â âNo, you got the wrong person. Iâm just an ordinary passer-by watching the show,â the bald man said solemnly. âI was just about to introduce these two people beside me. They are the chosen ones, and the one who doesnât speak is Messenger.â
âWell, what brings you here?â Flame Girl asked as she put away the rags in her hand. âAs I said, we need your helpâŠâ the waiter continued. ââŠand, can you put more Shacha sauce in my kway teow?â
âSorry I canât help you. As you can see, I am no longer a master builder. Now, I am an ordinary self-employed worker⊠and there is nothing wrong with the kway teow,â Flame Girl shrugged.
âActually, we are not here for you,â said Zhang Heng.
âWhat do you mean? Who else should we look for if our target isnât her?!â the bald man asked.
Zhang Heng looked toward Flame Girl. âArenât you going to ask the chef to come out and meet us?â he asked.
Flame Girlâs face changed slightly the moment she heard that.
âWho did you want to meet again? I think you got the wrong person.â
As soon as she said that, though, the chef emerged from the kitchen.
âAh Kang isnât back yet. Want me to pick him up? âŠhey, we have customers.â
âVandal King, I have wanted to meet you for a long time,â Zhang Heng said.
âWho? Vandal King⊠is here too?!â The bald man looked around curiously, but he didnât see anyone that would interest him in the kway teow shop. After a while, his eyes finally moved to the plump white man in front of him.
âNo way, you are saying that this guy is the Vandal King?! Impossible, this is the man who gave all the master builders so much trouble and terrified everyone in the whole city? He looks too, err⊠ordinary!â
âHa! Itâs been a long time since someone called me by that name,â the fat chef scratched his head, automatically admitting to his true identity. âI was ignorant when I was young, and I wanted to be famous. To gain the attention of those around me, I didnât hesitate to turn myself into a public enemy. I also know that I caused you guys a lot of trouble, but after I got married, I finally understood what a manâs responsibility is supposed to be, especially after Flame Girl gave birth to our first child. We rented this shop and started this kway teow restaurant. Donât worry; these years have truly reformed me. I havenât opened a roll of tape for a very long time. In fact, I almost forgot how to open it, haha!â
The waiter looked on in disbelief, shocked when he heard the Vandal King.
âThis canât be good. This time, we are here to ask your help in dismantling something! Evil Scientist has built an army of bionics, and heâll destroy the world in 28 hours. We canât stop him with the few of us here⊠We need your help to destroy Evil Scientist!â
âWell⊠back then, I was really good at dismantling things. No one could do it better than me, but now, I am just an ordinary cook in a kway teow shop. I canât do what I used to anymore.â
In an attempt to prove his claims, Vandal King deliberately picked up a small bench beside him. Three minutes had passed, and he couldnât even remove the stoolâs leg. Everyone present clearly saw that he wasnât putting up an act. Even after trying really hard, he failed the task in the end. It was a shocking outcome, a deterioration of skills that had never been seen before this.
âLook, itâs not that I donât want to help you guys, but Iâve lost my ability! If it is possible, I wish to make up for my mistakes and contribute to saving the world, but I am sorry, Iâm not the person youâre looking for anymore. When one loses something, he gains something back too. Although I have lost my amazing dismantling ability, I have acquired excellent cooking skills. You must try my kway teow. Iâm not bragging, but this is probably the best kway teow within ten-miles. Since you are all old friends of Flame Girl, how does a 50% discount sound? I will only charge fifty RMB for all five of you. Iâll even throw in two beef meatballs each. I guarantee they are so springy that your mouth will tingle!â
Footnote:
Kway teow: Char Kuay Teow is a popular noodle dish from Maritime Southeast Asia, notably in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei. In Hokkien, Char means âstir-friedâ and kway teow refers to flat rice noodles.
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