The next day, I woke up, brushed my teeth and washed my face, got dressed and ate breakfast.
After breakfast, we didn’t go to work.
Because today is a day off.
Lu Xiu’s job works on shifts, so I can also stay home and watch TV.
“Magic Girl Wululu, now airing hot and live! Come and choose which magical girl you want to become!”
Wululu?
Isn’t that the one Qu Le likes?
I watched the pink figure bouncing around on the TV, thinking that Qu Le’s taste is kind of strange.
Honestly, it’s not as cute as the Red Apple Warrior.
I smacked my lips and stuffed a candy from the table into my mouth.
“Sui.”
Lu Xiu’s voice rang out from the kitchen.
I turned around, slumping over the back of the sofa, and shouted at him.
“Have you eaten?”
“We just finished eating, didn’t we.”
“Oh… then why are you calling me?”
“Where’s the rolling pin that was here earlier?”
“What’s that?”
Lu Xiu gestured with his hands, “About this long, cylindrical, wooden with handles on both ends.”
I think I might have eaten that.
I looked at the floor, then at the ceiling, and scratched the horn on the back of my head: “No idea……”
“Are you lying?” He narrowed his eyes.
“N-no……”
“There’s no milk tea for you today.”
“I’m sorry! Don’t take away my milk tea!”
“Heh.”
Ding dong—
Just as I was about to plead, the doorbell rang.
It interrupted my train of thought.
Lu Xiu hung up his apron and walked over to open the door.
Click—
The door opened.
And standing in front of him was a gigantic box of French fries.
“Gagagaga! Damn demon hunters, take this!” The box of fries screeched, pulled out a single fry, and swung it at Lu Xiu.
“Tsk.” He reacted instantly and tried to shut the door, but the fry pierced right through the security door, stabbing in next to Lu Xiu’s head.
“What are you doing just staring? Come help me!”
He shouted at me.
“Ah… oh, oh!”
Snapping out of my shock, I jumped down from the sofa at once.
Seeing this, Lu Xiu retreated from the doorway into the living room and drew the Unsharpened Sword.
The door was sliced into four pieces, and the French Fry Demon stomped inside over the broken planks, its fierce eyes glaring straight at Lu Xiu and me: “You! You’re the ones who hurt my big brother! Today, I, the French Fry King, will fight you to the death right here!”
“Waaahhh!” It charged at us, wielding two giant fry swords and shrieking wildly.
Lu Xiu and I exchanged a glance and launched our attack.
Lu Xiu attacked from the left, using the Unsharpened Sword to block the swinging fry sword, then deflected the force and slashed at the opponent’s sword-wielding hand with sparks flying, while on the other side, I used the Thorn Chain to lock onto the blade of the fry sword and bit down hard.
Crunch—
The sword broke.
At the same time, Lu Xiu’s sword had already sliced off the demon’s hand. He spun and struck again, chopping into the demon’s body.
The French Fry Demon howled in pain and was yanked down by me, crashing to the ground. Then the Thorn Chain shot out, binding it tightly so it couldn’t move.
When all was done, I wrinkled my nose. “So weak.”
Feels even weaker than the Hamburger Demon.
“Let me go! Let me go!”
Lu Xiu wasn’t in as good a mood as I was. He looked at the broken door and gave the French Fry Demon a hard kick. “Talk! Who sent you? If you don’t say it, I’ll turn you into shoestring fries today.”
“I will never give in!”
“Oh, you’ve got guts?” Lu Xiu lifted his sword and slashed it directly, making the demon scream in pain.
“Will you talk?”
“No! Ah—”
“Will you talk?”
“No. Ah—yi!”
“Huh? I’ll cut you to death if you keep this up!”
“I’m sorry, I’ll talk, I’ll talk, ah—”
I couldn’t help but close my eyes. This was the first time I’d seen Lu Xiu this angry.
Thank goodness I didn’t eat the door planks earlier, or I’d be the one getting sliced up now.
It wasn’t until the French Fry Demon was barely breathing that Lu Xiu finally stopped.
“Say it. Who?”
“It—it’s a man dressed in red cloth……”
Upon hearing this, Lu Xiu gave it another stab. “Anything else?”
“Ow… that’s all, really. He said my big brother is in your hands, told me to come take revenge.”
“Then how do you know where we live?”
“He told me that too……”
Lu Xiu irritably rubbed his seaweed-shaped hair.
Meanwhile, I quietly picked up the demon’s fallen limbs and stuffed them in my mouth.
Hehe, tasty.
Just a bit bland, though. Would be better with some salt.
Thinking about it… wasn’t there a Ketchup Demon? If I run into him, I could eat him together with the French Fry Demon.
Apple Demon, Kuyan Fire Village Demon…
“Sui, stop eating, tidy up, we’re heading to Yingdui Si. It’s not safe here anymore.”
As soon as I heard Lu Xiu’s voice, I snapped out of my daydream, quickly grabbed a few more fry pieces and stuffed them in my mouth: “Okay, okay, let’s go!”
This time, Lu Xiu didn’t take the usual route. Instead, he found the person who used a hairpin to pry open a space before.
Lu Xiu said this way is safer.
Returning once again to that office filled with instant noodles and spicy sticks, Lu Xiu neatly paid the fee and carried the French Fry Demon straight to the director’s office.
Actually, I wanted Lu Xiu to let me take care of the French Fry Demon.
But Lu Xiu refused.
“If I left it with you, I’d probably end up with a pile of mashed potatoes.”
So I gave up.
Even before we got near the office, we could hear the lively music inside, accompanied by a girl’s spirited shout: “Let the light purify all darkness—”
I couldn’t help but wonder if Qu Le knew this door wasn’t really soundproof.
“Ahem.”
Lu Xiu knocked and pushed the door open.
Right on cue, Qu Le was slurping his instant noodles.
“Hahaha! Light will surely conquer darkness! Justice will prevail! Magic Girl Wululu! Guardian of the world!”
His phone in front of him was still playing those cringe-worthy lines.
“Pfft, cough cough cough…” Qu Le coughed frantically, thumping his chest to recover.
After a while, face red, he finally looked up. “I think I need a reason. It’s break time.”
“No, it’s already work time.” Lu Xiu threw the French Fry Demon to the floor.
“This is?”
“French Fry Demon.”
Qu Le went silent.
Silent, as he still hadn’t finished his instant noodles.
“Aren’t you off today?” Qu Le suddenly caught the key point.
“Yeah, and then this guy just suddenly barged in, yelling he’s here to avenge the Hamburger Demon we caught before. My door’s all busted now.”
Lu Xiu gave the French Fry Demon another kick.
“So this is a series now?”
“The real problem is, my address has already been leaked. Who knows who spilled it.”
“You suspect there’s a mole in Yingdui Si?”
Qu Le put his noodles aside and wiped his mouth.
“Could be someone from some organization tracked us down too.”
Even so, Qu Le’s expression didn’t lighten up at all.
“Sigh… what a jinx, if there really is a mole, then what’s the goal?” Qu Le tapped the table. “Kill you? But why send a French Fry Demon? Warning? Or intimidation?”
“No idea.” Lu Xiu, for once, used my favorite phrase.
“Or…” Qu Le suddenly looked over at me, still picking at the French Fry Demon, “is it related to Sui?”
“Eh… me?”
What’s it got to do with me.
It’s not like I’m as infuriating as Xiu.
“All these things before were targeting Sui, weren’t they? The broken elevator, demon subway… and now… the food killers.”
Lu Xiu looked at me too, without saying anything.
Qu Le stroked his chin. “So many groups have their eyes on you at once… haha, I really didn’t bet wrong back then.”
He flashed a smile.