Chapter 115 Mermaid Elegy and Werewolf (5) “How about the game…
The people in the kitchen looked at each other in bewilderment. It was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
The air was completely frozen. After an unknown amount of time, a sharp scream finally broke the silence and the kitchen helper collapsed in the kitchen.
The others gradually regained consciousness amidst the screams, finally realizing they should report this to security. Security arrived quickly. After hearing the story, several guards, though looking at them with mixed emotions as if they were idiots, diligently escorted them to the duty room, documented their actions, and reviewed the surveillance footage based on their descriptions.
According to the kitchen staff, they first saw the freezer and the door opening and closing, then there was a sudden power outage, and then they saw a ghost.
But the surveillance footage showed the door opening and closing, but the freezer wasn't captured because it was in a blind spot. As for seeing ghosts after the power outage...
"Are you under too much pressure?" After watching the surveillance footage five times, the security guard turned his head and tactfully proposed a suggestion.
Because hell, they didn't even see a power outage on the surveillance video.
The only thing that matched everyone's description was "the door opening and closing", but this was not a rare thing. As long as the other conditions did not occur, there was no supernatural atmosphere at all.
The security guard suggested helplessly: "Why don't you take a break and find someone to take over?"
"No, we didn't... We really didn't lie!" the kitchen staff argued.
The female chef discovered the blind spot: "What about Yoshioka? How do we explain Yoshioka? He's really gone!"
"Yes, yes!" others echoed.
Seeing how emotional they were, the security personnel could only review the surveillance video again.
However, surveillance footage showed that Yoshioka was not there from the beginning today.
The security guard was speechless, and the chef was about to collapse: "Impossible... Impossible! He must be working today! I can show you the schedule!"
He was about to urge the kitchen helper to get the shift roster, but the security guard was no longer in the mood to look at it. He shook his head and said, "Even if he's scheduled, he doesn't have to come. It's normal for an adult to occasionally slack off."
Chef: “But…”
"We just checked the kitchen, and there's nothing unusual." The security officer remained calm. "Alright, if you're stressed, please switch shifts. If you have any other issues, please report them to your superiors. This is beyond our department's control."
As he spoke, he stood up and asked everyone to leave in a rather forceful manner.
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Box 105.
Even though they thought they were mentally prepared, the two mermaids serving in this private room still screamed when they saw Xuan Chi swing his halberd and chop off the human waiter's head.
...To be exact, there were three of them. The one who had just escaped death from the kitchen also cried out, but she was still in the state of illusion, and no one could see her except Hyun Chi.
Si Ling walked in at this moment. As soon as he took a step into the box, he saw a head rolling to his feet. When he looked up, he saw a headless body lying a few meters away, and blood was still oozing from the broken neck.
"It's so bloody, what's wrong with you?" Si Ling turned around to close the door, and naturally turned his head 180 degrees, looking at Xuan Chi with a complicated look.
“Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!” the three mermaids screamed again.
"Sorry." Realizing that he had scared the other person, Si Ling turned around and looked normal again.
But the mermaids still stood there, looking at her in fear and caution.
Si Ling sat down on the side where the tableware had obviously not been touched. Hyun Chi also sat back down and glanced at the fallen body. "I didn't intend to kill him, but he raised his hand and hit the mermaid."
Si Ling turned her head and took a look. Not counting the one she had rescued from the kitchen, there were two mermaids in the room, one male and one female. Half of the man's face was completely swollen, and one of his eyes was purple. He was seriously injured.
This happened when there were guests dining in the private room, which shows that this person would usually be even more excessive.
Si Ling thought about it carefully, frowned and sneered: "To fight in front of the guests, the staff training here is not very good."
Hyun Chi shrugged: "Not in front of me, but I heard the noise."
Each private room has a pantry, where tableware, tea, and dishes freshly brought in from the kitchen are placed. Special dishes, such as those that require cutting upon request, are served whole to the table before being taken to the pantry for cutting.
So when the waiter took action, he didn't think that it would cause any bad consequences. The mermaid was just a "consumable" in this resort, and he just needed to replace her to continue working.
But just as the mermaid fell to the ground helplessly, the lights suddenly went out.
The waiter vaguely felt something behind him. When he turned around, he bumped into a pale ghost face in the green light.
"ah--!!!"
If the box wasn't soundproofed enough, his scream would probably have been heard by the entire restaurant.
In the next ten minutes or so, Si Ling was scaring the chefs in the kitchen, while Xuan Chi was fully "serving" this waiter in the preparation room of less than ten square meters.
As a mythical beast sealed for tens of thousands of years and having lost all its memories, Xuan Chi was, in a sense, as pure as a blank slate. Although he had seen Si Ling intimidating before, he was completely clueless when faced with a problem alone.
Therefore, Hyun Chi's method of frightening people was neither the intense thrills of Western horror through gore and violence, nor the rhythm and atmosphere of Si Ling's. He simply conjured a pale, terrifying face, then flashed in and out of sight in front of the waiter without any rhyme or reason.
The small space in the food preparation room became a powerful aid. The waiter had nowhere to hide and was forced to face Hyun Chi at close range...
The final result was that the master was beaten to death by random punches.
By the time the waiter finally unlocked the door and fled, his SAN had already fallen below 30%. A powerful ghost like them didn't need to keep their SAN to a minimum to kill people. While lower was certainly more reliable, 30% was definitely a good bet for the odds.
So just a few seconds before Si Ling came in, Xuan Chi successfully cut off the other person's head.
"It's so scary and unaesthetic." Si Ling couldn't help but complain, and then said, "Fortunately, the result is not bad."
Then she stood up and walked towards the corpse. Under the watchful eyes of Hyun Chi and the three mermaids, she first put the headless corpse into the unlimited capacity backpack provided by Mammon. She then walked to the door and put the head into the backpack. Finally, she used a magic trick to hide the bloodstains.
Yoshioka, who had just died, was also in her bag.
Xuan Chi: "...When did you start collecting corpses?"
"Who's collecting corpses?" Si Ling laughed and put his backpack back on the chair. "Keep it as a prop."
After saying that, she pressed the service bell specifically for calling a human waiter. When the waiter came in, she pointed at the two mermaids in the room and said, "They're both pretty good. Can I take them back to the room?"
If this were a normal restaurant, this would obviously be a ridiculous request, but the waiter in front of me was used to it and immediately nodded with a smile: "Okay, ma'am, I'll take care of it for you right away."
After she finished speaking, she took out a code scanning device and walked forward to scan the license plates on the chests of the two mermaids.
The mermaid thought of the terrifying scene where Si Ling's neck twisted 180 degrees just now...
Forget it, how can death not be death?
The mermaid thought despairingly.
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While the kitchen horror was unfolding at the Deep Sea Scenery Restaurant, a "Mermaid Battle Royale" was in full swing in the jungle on the north side of the island.
The rules of "Mermaid Battle Royale" are very simple. In each round, there are 8 to 10 players, divided into two teams, and there are also twenty mermaids.
Before the game starts, all players and mermaids gather in the camp's equipment depot. When the referee blows the first whistle, players have 3 minutes to freely choose their weapons, and mermaids also have 3 minutes to freely choose their defensive equipment.
When the 3-minute equipment selection time is over, the referee blows the whistle again, and the mermaids have 10 minutes to escape.
During these 10 minutes, players will be confined to the camp and are not allowed to use any weapons. But when the 10 minutes are up, with the third whistle, players will rush out to search the jungle for mermaids.
The entire stage that follows lasts three hours, during which players must capture as many mermaids as possible. The team with the most mermaids wins and receives generous rewards. Regardless of winning or losing, the mermaids captured by both teams will become trophies to be enjoyed during their vacation or flown home.
This game is lively, exciting and has generous prizes, and has always been a popular attraction in the resort.
But this time, the event was a little different.
During the preparation phase, Team A, comprised of five vampires, reviewed their plan one last time in their tent. Aymeric's instructions were clear: "If we start draining blood without losing their SAN, we can only drain about 300 HP at most. None of the targets will die, but will simply fall into a deep coma—we need to achieve this as much as possible. To be on the safe side, we should try to start draining blood when the SAN value is at least 50%. Don't make it too bloody; it would be best if we could just leave a tooth mark."
This arrangement is to prevent the mermaids from taking the blame.
As long as no one was dead, both the island staff and Fischer Technology would try to delay and keep the situation quiet. Once someone died, the situation would change. Of course, these people would eventually die, but Aymeric, being a cautious man, thought it would be safer to wait until Si Ling had fully activated his plan. By then, everyone would be struggling to protect themselves, and there would be no need to worry about a few unconscious people.
As for the requirement of "leaving only a tooth mark", it is because vampires mainly rely on two fangs to suck blood, and the scar will look like being bitten by a poisonous snake, so it is impossible to frame the mermaids participating in the game.
After his men nodded to indicate they had remembered, Willey raised a question: "What about the game? If the entire B team is attacked and we haven't captured a single mermaid, that would be very suspicious."
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The author has something to say: Vampires: The thought of sucking the blood of these people makes me feel dirty... [melted][melted][melted]
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