Chapter 2: First Mission

“So hungry, so hungry, so hungry, so hungry, so hungry, so hungry, so hungry, so hungry, so hungry, so hungry, so hungry, so hungry, so hungry, so hungry, so hungry, so hungry, so hungry, so hungry, so hungry, so hungry…”

I lay on the soft sofa, a restraining collar around my neck, staring at the ceiling and repeating these words.

“Haicao Tuan, can I take a bite out of you?”

I looked toward the ever-vigilant man sitting on the other side and asked.

“If you want to die, you can try.”

“You’re so fierce.”

“Better than being eaten by you.”

“Humph.” I stuck out my tongue at him, “Didn’t you say there was a big meal? Where is it? I’m starving to death…”

I lifted my robe, revealing the gaping mouth on my abdomen. Its slippery tongue stretched out, licking everywhere, but all it managed to catch was a mouthful of fuzz. “At…”

I stuck my tongue out and gagged.

It tastes awful…

The sofa can’t be eaten, not even licked—especially not when it’s covered in hair.

I heard Lu Xiu sigh faintly.

“Before that, we need to set three rules.”

“What three rules?”

“Rules.”

“Rule what?”

…Are you messing with me?

“No, I just want to eat you.”

Pouting.

That was pretty much how our conversations went. Because of the restraining collar, I didn’t dare to try eating him for now. If it blew my head off, I’d be dead for good.

From morning till now, I hadn’t eaten a thing.

I had never suffered this much before.

I didn’t want freedom anymore, I just wanted to fill my belly.

So I decided to play some tricks. While he wasn’t looking, I used the big mouth’s tongue to scoop up some odds and ends from the glass table and swallow them down.

Tastes awful.

Hurts my teeth.

I don’t like it here.

“I want to go back.”

He didn’t answer.

I repeated myself.

He took a deep breath, “Do you know? Sometimes I really want to sew your mouth shut.”

“Hey, if you did, I’d still have another mouth. Ta-da.”

I lifted my clothes again toward him, exposing my lower body. The Scarlet Beast Mark hidden beneath my clothes flashed out with the sudden exposure of skin.

“You!”

He hurriedly turned his head away.

“Eh? What’s wrong with you?”

I was a bit puzzled.

I started to walk toward him, but he stopped me sternly.

Fine.

This guy must have a screw loose.

Suddenly, I didn’t want to eat him anymore. What if eating him made me stupid too?

But I was still so hungry.

“Put your clothes down.”

“Oh.”

I nodded and lowered the lifted robe.

Only then did he turn back around, his gaze complicated.

“What’s wrong with me?”

I tilted my head.

Never mind.

He said tiredly, then got up, walked to a huge White Block, and opened it.

When I saw what was inside, my mouth dropped open.

There was so, so much delicious food!

There were plants, and there was meat!

Almost driven by instinct, I began to approach him. I could feel the organs inside my body churning and chewing, and drool dripped from the corner of my mouth, pattering onto the floor.

“Food, food, food!”

I pounced straight toward the White Block.

And got zapped.

Bzzzzzt——

I collapsed to the floor with a thud, twitching.

I gaped up at the ceiling in confusion.

Why did I get electrocuted again?

Did I do something wrong?

No…

I didn’t eat anyone, and I wasn’t chewing on random things.

This guy is definitely a bad egg, just out for revenge.

Hateful guy.

I wiped the drool from my mouth and got up.

“Without my permission, you’re not allowed to make any moves, understood?”

He turned around and looked at me, a small button in his hand.

“…Got it.”

I replied, unconvinced.

If you couldn’t zap me, I’d have eaten you a long time ago.

Even if you don’t taste good, I still hate you, so I’m going to eat you.

“Catch.”

“Ouch.”

Something hard hit me on the head. When I grabbed it, I saw it was a fruit. A red fruit.

“Can I eat this?”

“You can.”

With his permission, I opened my mouth and took a bite.

Sweet juice burst out. It was a taste from so, so long ago—so long I had almost forgotten it. In my memories, I think I’ve eaten this kind of fruit before, but

I can’t remember anymore.

I just felt so, so happy.

But why was I happy?

Was it because my belly was full?

I don’t know…

Drip.

I glanced down at my feet, and more drops followed, sliding through the air and bursting into invisible flowers on the floor.

What is this?

I reached up to my eyes, then stuck out my tongue.

A little salty.

Not very tasty. Astringent.

“You…..” Lu Xiu looked at me, his tone as hard to read as ever.

“Really…”

***

In the end, he closed the White Block’s door and tossed another fruit into my arms.

“Once you finish, get ready for the first mission. I’ll say it now—if you do anything against the rules, I’ll kill you immediately.”

I nodded, munching away at the fruit in my hand.

As for the other one, I stuffed it into the mouth on my belly, letting it save it for later, so I’d have something to eat when I got hungry again.