Chapter 237: Torture
Liu Shi Man touched the ring lightly, hesitant.
The Murder Clown is too frightening.
Although she has the ability to escape at any time, but facing such a frightening unknown monster, she still couldnât help but feel a bit of anxiety.
Outside the restaurant, the young men were standing around, smoking, the family of five were getting on their shuttle while the family of three just came, the parents brought their child to eat at the restaurant.
A few minutes later, the family of five left on their shuttle.
The group of young men have already finished smoking, after exchanging some laughs they also left for their respective shuttles.
Under the scrutinizing eyes of Liu Shi Man, the men started up their shuttles and slowly flew away.
Liu Shi Manâs expression loosened just a bit.
She looked over at the restaurant, there werenât that many people inside.
Suddenly, some shouting was heard at the restaurantâs door.
âWhat are you, a sloth? Move quicker!â
âWah, yes! Yes sir!â
Liu Shi Man looked over to see the restaurantâs door opened.
A young man ran out, hurriedly carrying a box of food.
It was the same young man that came back from delivery just a few moments ago.
Probably because of being yelled at, he was a bit flustered and almost crashed into the family of three.
âSorry, sorry, my bad Tong Tongâ the young man quickly apologized.
âZhang ge, why are you always so carelessâ the girl pouted and complained.
The girl looks about 15-16 years old and was almost crashed into, so of course she was very unpleased.
âItâs because the boss is too cruel, he said heâll deduct my salary if Iâm too slow, I have no choiceâ the young man wryly smiled.
âWhy are you here today?â he asked.
The girlâs mother proudly explained: âOur Tong Tong just got first place at her wind instrument competition today, so we came here to celebrateâ
Hearing that, a villager who happened to pass by also praised: âTong Tong got first place? Thatâs not bad huhâ
âOf course, Iâm the best after allâ the girl puffed up her chest in pride.
They quickly finished up with the small talk.
The family of three went into the restaurant.
The loud voice from before came again: âWelcome! Old Li, Si Yu, and the adorable Tong Tong as well, itâs been a while since you last came to my place for a meal hasnât itâ
âHm, today we came to celebrateâ
âWhatâs the occasion?â
âTong Tong got first place, itâs on our village news front pageâ
âOn the front page? Tong Tong must be really good!â
âNo need to praise me, Iâll take a smoked beef with ryeâŠâ
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The restaurantâs door quickly closed, blocking out the sound of their conversation.
Liu Shi Man stopped looking.
Smoked beef with rye? That sounds delicious.
Right now, the delivery young man had walked to the parking area and was looking around.
He looked up at Liu Shi Man on the shuttle and asked: âDid you call for delivery?â
Liu Shi Man watched him and slowly shook her head.
She already concentrated her Earth Elemental power on her hand, ready to trigger the ring at any time.
âThatâs strange⊠the money has already been paid and itâs already time tooâ
It was now that a shuttle was heard.
The shuttle landed in front of the restaurant, the door opened as a chiming female voice was heard from inside.
âIs my food ready?â
The young man quickly ran over to the shuttle.
âYour ordered meal is ready, please tell me your caller IDâ
The female on the shuttle told him a row of numbers.
The young man looked down at his Holo-Brain a bit, then brought the boxes up and into the shuttle.
âI wish you a delightful mealâ he said.
A few more shuttles landed, their owners came out into the restaurant, happily chatting.
A fat middle-aged man wearing a chefâs outfit peeked his head out from the restaurant and shouted: âGet the heck back here if youâre done with delivery! Canât you see thereâs so many customers coming, idiot!â
The young man hurriedly responded, got off the shuttle and ran back.
Liu Shi Man just sat there, silently watching his scene all the way until the restaurant doors closed again.
âSo hard to swallowâ the female voice that spoke before from the shuttle just now could be heard, complaining and chewing.
A rustling sound was heard as the second box of food was opened.
Some uncivilized sounds of eating could be heard.
Liu Shi Man loosened up some more.
Iâm just about to reach my limit from starving.
Right as she was about to get off the shuttle, she thought of something.
Liu Shi Man looked over at the other womanâs shuttle. Because her sight was being blocked by the shuttle itself, she couldnât quite see what the woman inside looks like.
Of course, sheâs not so cautious that she necessarily has to see the womanâs figure.
Thereâs an easier way to check.
Turning on the shuttle ownerâs Holo-Brain, she put in a row of numbers.
Itâs the caller ID that the other woman told the delivery man just now.
A few seconds later, a ringtone was heard from the other shuttle.
Liu Shi Man instantly turned off her phone.
âAnother prank caller, which god damn company sold my information again, fuckâ the woman was heard complaining.
Bam!
A dull sound.
The woman seems to have thrown something on the ground.
What a bad temper.
However, Liu Shi Man breathed out from relief as she heard that.
It seems she really is just a customer who arrived to get her food, right.
The Murder Clownâs voice is male and sounds more mysterious, not at all like this uncouth woman.
Liu Shi Man contemplated.
Sheâs been watching everyone closely so she could tell they were fine âââbecause they all left as soon as they finished eating.
The only problem is the family of three.
That family arrived on their shuttle shortly after I arrived.
They also came here to eat.
Apparently theyâre villagers?
Thinking about it for a bit, Liu Shi Man turned the Holo-Brain on and searched for this village.
Found it.
Then she searched for the village news.
At an unassuming corner of the front page, there was a report on a wind instrument competition.
On there, there was a picture of the girl called Tong Tong holding a cup, taken together with her parents with all three smiling brightly.
Liu Shi Man shook her head and turned off the Holo-Brain.
In the other shuttle, the woman seems to be finishing up her meal.
The smell of food came from afar.
Liu Shi Man suddenly realized, if she keeps going on like this, even if she has eternal life, sheâll soon be tortured insane by her own mind.
I changed the destination myself.
The route was generated once again by the System.
I picked this village.
This restaurant was picked out from one of nine restaurants in the village.
What problems could there possibly be?
All the people here are clearly villagers, the few young men who looked the most likely to cause problems are already gone.
Iâm so hungry, letâs just eat.
Liu Shi Man made her decision.
She didnât get off the shuttle, instead took the unconscious manâs Holo-Brain and searched for this restaurant for delivery.
When she picked it up, the Holo-Brain wasnât yet locked, so she was able to use the manâs fingerprints to disable the auto-locking feature.
The Holo-Brain quickly dialed.
[Currently calling Katz Deli]
[Call connected]
A young voice came: [Hello sir, this is Katz Deli, how may I help you?]
Itâs the voice of the young man from before.
Liu Shi Man loosened up a bit more, then picked out several dishes at once.
She picked out enough to fill herself and enough for the rest of the journey.
She doesnât intend to stop at any other restaurants the rest of the way.
All she wants to do now is to fly straight to that mountain border area.
[Have you finished ordering? Yes, I will quickly deliver it to ââhm? Are you outside our restaurant right now?] the young man was confused.
Liu Shi Man replied: âIâm right outside your restaurant, just bring it straight to my shuttle when youâre doneâ
[Ah, yes ok. Your order is quite large, so please wait for a few minutes] the young man hurriedly said.
Liu Shi Man hung up.
Not too long later, she saw the young man leave the restaurant.
âOi idiot, quickly deliver that and come back in to clean the floor!â the fat chefâs voice was heard shouting from inside the restaurant.
âEek! Got it!â
The young man responded, carried a bunch of boxes out and looked around the parking area.
Liu Shi Man saw the young man came out, a bit hesitant and didnât care to speak up.
The young man then came straight toward the shuttle of the woman from before and asked: âExcuse me, did you order this?â
A fast-food box was thrown out from the shuttle window, answering his question.
The young man stepped back and once again looked around.
It was almost like his eyes were actively dodging where Liu Shi Man was.
The young man yelled out: âWho ordered this? Did you come yet?â
What an idiot, Liu Shi Man couldnât help but stood up and opened the door.
âIâm here!â
But she didnât leave, instead leaning onto the side opposite to the door.
ââ-even now, the Earth Elemental power on her hand was still there, ready to teleport away at any time.
The young man finally turned around and saw the opened door.
âAh, yes, I see youâ
Saying so, he headed toward the shuttle.