Chapter 64: But it’s poisoned

64.

After the fanfiction exchange meeting ended, for a long time, silent embarrassment spread among the swordsmen - because when they met in Honmaru, they couldn't help but think of each other's performance in the fanfiction: naked and blushing; crying with their heads tilted back and revealing their knife-like chins; dancing gracefully and landing with a crooked smile; and all kinds of glowing mosaics and black bars ○○...

These are all fake, the swordsmen comforted themselves in this way, but as Hasebe Yasaki found the hidden wine through the drunkard group's ○ book, and the Date group successfully captured the Daikuligara who fed the cats at a fixed time and place through the Kasen x Daikuli book...

When I think of my brother again, I realize that he actually did such a thing with me and other brothers in this world... There is a gap between our hearts, and no one can guarantee that my brother's thoughts will not turn around and run towards the door that cannot be opened.

Suddenly, the number of single rooms in Honmaru increased dramatically.

You know nothing about this, and you continue to farm, fish, collect and level up as diligently as before.

Even if you know, you can at most express your speechlessness and repeat what the sword men said: You NPCs should not connect the fan-made settings with reality!

Really, have you ever seen someone write fan fiction about the God of Survival Rate and the God of Death in the local Mihua forum? Everyone is just reading it for fun, but if you really see the God of Death, he will run faster than anyone else - at least faster than the last one.

Oh, and I also went to the Public Security Bureau to transfer my residence - haha, I failed - but I ran into Jinpei Matsuda and Kenji Hagiwara, and was so astonished by them that I went home and wrote a 20,000-word passionate and colorful fan fiction. Gotta say it, it's pretty good. It would be even better if the people in the fiction were not people you know.

As for the character setting, I can’t say it’s exactly the same as the real person, I can only say it has nothing to do with him.

Finally, you were rereading the novel while eating, and were unfortunately caught by Jinpei Matsuda. The latter read the entire text with a frown and a puzzled look on his face, and shared it with Kenji Hagiwara.

Kenji Hagiwara laughed as he read the book. Not only did he read aloud the most ooc scenes, he also deliberately imitated the tone of voice of Jinpei Matsuda in the book. In the end, Jinpei Matsuda was so enraged that he jumped out for a mile.

See, the parties involved don’t feel embarrassed at all. Real brothers should share each other’s little stories.

After completing a double hook, you stop fishing, look at the NPC you met and then separated from in panic not far away, and start shaking your head.

I’m tired of talking about this. The mental quality of this generation of NPCs is really poor.

*

The seaside coalition war has begun again.

You don't understand why we have to open the sea to fight in winter.

When the sea breeze blows, you can see with your left eye ten shivering swordmen shaking their braids, and with your right eye you can see ten old swordsmen wearing warm clothes and drinking tea on the beach.

Who told these NPCs to come to the beach and play like this? You thought bitterly, they brought a quilt stove but didn't ask Xiao Fei to come in and sit down? ! Fine!

"Hey, master, do you want to come over and sit down?" Higekiri waved at you. "It's very warm... or do you want to go fishing?"

"Hahaha, will there be grilled fish tonight? Great, great..." Mikazuki Munechika held the tea in both hands, and the pendant beside his head swayed slightly, "I'm really looking forward to it."

"No fishing, all the fish illustrations are collected."

You walked over to the tea drinking group, and before they could react, you grabbed the teapot and drank all the tea. Then you wiped your mouth, put your hands behind your back, and walked away in a swagger, without caring about your relatives.

Tsk, it's still so strong. You stick out your tongue while walking. No wonder Mikazuki got up at five in the morning. It turns out he couldn't sleep... He's an old Blade now, so he should drink less tea. It seems that the supervisory work of Honmaru still depends on Xiaofei to do good deeds.

Today's merit has been increased by one.

"Hmm? Is this the last cup of tea?" Yingwan sighed, then he laughed again, "Then drink it slowly."

"Hahahaha, great, great, would you like some refreshments?"

For a moment, the beach was filled with the laughter of old people with dementia.

You have collected fish and crops... You open the system panel and look through the categories in the collection category... But you still need mushrooms? When did this category come about? Have you ever picked a mushroom when you collect?

Really.

If you think back to the usual range of activities, they are basically within the main castle... or they go to the current political robbing, cough, and bring the government back to the main castle with emotional appeals and reasoning. The distribution area of ​​the mushroom illustrations that are not lit up is basically on the back mountain. You really haven't been to this place very often.

The only thing you know about the back mountain is that it's where Kaka Kunihiro likes to live. You often don't see a blade for ten days or half a month, and occasionally other blades go to the back mountain to practice or something...

I heard from Kashuu Kiyomitsu who participated in it once that the swordsmen who were practicing would climb cliffs without any equipment, and would stand under waterfalls to be hit by the water flow, while other swordsmen would stand above and throw tree trunks down, in order to improve the agility of the individual swordsmen. Occasionally, the swordsmen who were practicing would also build large buildings from scratch at the request of other swordsmen, including but not limited to multi-person tents, observation decks, stages...

I feel like life is quite colorful when NPCs act autonomously.

Why not go to the mountain now? You have fought the NPCs for shell picking activities several times before. You have never been there before, so there will be no problem this time, right?

But how do you find this mushroom? You sit under the tree, panting. You have plowed the land thoroughly, but there are no mature mushrooms, not even spores.

Damn it! Why is there no map collection point for this thing? Can't there be mushrooms in winter? Can tiny mushrooms hibernate? How dare you! The little fat emperor ordered the mushroom army to wake up right now.

Now that things have come to this, let’s find a bush to sleep in.

You have to pretend to be a member of the mushroom family, hibernate and sneak into the inner part to confuse other mushrooms. In this way, the stupid mushrooms will be fooled, and your illustration will increase by 1, and the mushroom hot pot ingredients will increase by +1+1+1+1...

Humph, after all, the little fat that only plays in high-end games often appears in the form of food.

Mushrooms, just surrender!

*

Hibiki held the water gun and looked around vigilantly.

Thinking back to the last time he participated in a water gun competition, it was the last time. At that time, he was not a member of this Honmaru, and he was not assigned to the same team as his brother in that competition... This time is different! Hibamaru clenched his fists, and tears of emotion flashed in the corners of his eyes. This time, this time he can finally fight side by side with his brother!

"Oh, what are you thinking about?" Higekiri stopped and turned to look at Hibikimaru, "That... Touching Maru."

"Brother, it's Hibiki." The tears of emotion turned into tears of sorrow, "This time... we are obviously teammates, why didn't brother remember... I didn't cry..."

"Well, the name is not that important." Higekiri waved his hands, with a nonchalant expression on his face, "We are in a competition now. If you don't take it seriously, Hachiman will scold you. Well, we have to win. Long live the Genji... ah, I think I said it wrong."

"It's obviously you, brother, who doesn't care about legends and names." Hibamaru subconsciously retorted, "The formation of swords is related to legends, brother, you..."

"rustle"

There was a noise coming from the grass nearby.

Higemaru shut up immediately. He and Higekiri looked at each other, then they tightened their grip on the water guns in their hands, and in tacit understanding, they lightened their steps and slowly approached the bushes.

"Surrender! Your ambush has been discovered by my brother and I..." After pushing aside the bushes, Hibamaru was stunned for a moment, "Head...Head of the family?"

Why did the master appear in the bushes? Shouldn't the master go to the sea to catch some king fish? Why did he come to the mountain? Are there no other blades around?

You were lying quietly with your hands on your abdomen. When you heard Hibamaru's voice, you squinted a little. After making sure it was not hallucination, you sat up slowly, rubbing your eyes with your hands and mumbling, "Hibamaru...what's wrong? Is it daybreak?"

"Ah, it's getting dark." Higekiri squatted down, picked up the leaves on your head with a smile, and picked you up from the ground. "What are you doing here, master? Do you need help?"

Compared to the water gun competition, it is more interesting to follow the head of the family, right? Brother... He looked at Kneemaru, who was anxiously circling around you, asking from time to time if you were cold or if you were scratched by branches... You are really reliable, brother. The smile in Higekiri's eyes deepened. Well, I believe that my brother will also choose to follow the head of the family, right?

Competitions and the like are not as important as the name.

"Aren't you guys... participating in some competition?"

When you are lying in the grass, other Blades will occasionally pass by, and you will hear some news about them playing water gun competitions in the middle of winter... Never mind, it is a good thing that NPCs have childlike innocence, and as the Emperor of Honmaru, you choose to support them.

"No, we didn't participate in any competition, right, brother?" Before Kneemaru could answer honestly, Higekiri spoke first, "So if the head of the family needs anything, you can let my brother and I help."

"No."

You waved your hand, rejected the other party, and chose to pick mushrooms alone - there are indeed no mushrooms in winter, but you want to complete the illustrations quickly. So you choose to spend krypton gold to buy a spore gift pack and directly airdrop the whole mountain.

[Spore Gift Pack: 100% chance of growing mature fungus spores within ten minutes. Mushrooms, fungi, everyone loves mushrooms. Mushrooms can grow anywhere. Mushrooms are delicious and incomparable. No special effects added.]

You look toward the top of the mountain with a serious expression. Now is the time to harvest mushrooms.

…

When the swordsmen returned to Honmaru after finishing their activities at the Sea Alliance, they all smelled a strong fragrance.

"This is..." Candida Kirito distinguished the smell, "Mushrooms? Where can I get mushrooms in this season..."

"Hey, are you all back?" Higekiri, who followed you all the way despite your refusal, greeted the other blades, "The master is cooking a mushroom hot pot. Um... the master picked them from the mountain behind today, right, brother?"

Hibikimaru, who had just come out of the kitchen, heard this and nodded subconsciously: "Yes..."

There was clearly nothing there before, but after I followed you there, I saw mushrooms of all shapes and colors growing wildly in every corner.

The trees, the ground, the rocks... were all covered with mushrooms. For the first time, Kagemaru felt fear for food. This kind of mushroom... is it really okay?

But you have already rushed over happily with the basket in hand, shouting "Great, I've unlocked a new illustration" while stuffing the selected mushrooms into the basket.

Hibamaru heaved a sigh of relief when he saw this scene: the master of the family had already done the selection, so at least he can guarantee that there is no problem with these things, right?

Ah... it's the master. Candakiri Mitsutada understood immediately. It's not strange. The master can catch sea fish from freshwater ponds and find all kinds of props from trash cans, so it's normal to find mushrooms to make mushroom hot pot in winter...

If you have no experience picking wild mushrooms, it is easy to get food poisoning. But if it is the owner, you don't have to worry about it...right?

"Hey, you guys ran away in the middle of the game. Did you find your master?" Izumi-no-Kami Kanesada said with a water gun on his shoulder, looking unhappy. "Tsk, really, are you trying to sneak away?"

"Hmm?" Higekiri tilted his head, looking confused. "What are you running away for?"

"You..." Izumi-no-Kami Kanesada scratched his hair in annoyance, and finally rushed to Hasebe and shouted, "Arrange for me to spar with this guy tomorrow."

Looking at the angry back of Izumi-no-Kami Kanesada, Hibikimaru was a little worried: "Brother...is this okay?"

"It's okay, don't worry." Higekiri smiled and took a sip of tea, "They are just jealous."

Jealousy found that the blade of the patriarch was not his.

"Is that so?" Hibamaru was half-believing and half-doubting. Then, he reacted and said in panic, "It's Hibamaru, brother, not Worrymaru. Huh... When will brother remember my name..."

"I've always remembered it, Magical Girl Maru."

"Brother!"

…

You look at the golden mushroom hot pot in front of you and nod your head in satisfaction: it is worthy of the food cooked by the top chef Xiao Fei. Look at the top golden light that appears when you open the pot lid, look at the mushrooms that sparkle as if they were injected with special effects, look at the tempting concrete fragrance...

When picking, you specifically read the system's help column. For example, the system says that the morel is particularly delicious, so you pick it; the coral mushroom is particularly fresh, so you pick it; and the green mullet is particularly delicious, but it will be poisonous if not cooked... This one is delicious, so you pick it.

You pick all the mushrooms that the system says are delicious, but you don’t even know whether they are poisonous or not.

Anyway, you took a sip and no debuff appeared in the status bar, so just treat it as if there was no poison.

And it is only poisonous if it is not cooked well. What is not cooked well? You and the mushrooms are very familiar with each other! You have seen them in the mall when they were small. As for the NPCs...they are sword spirits, so they should be resistant to poison, right?

Thinking of this, you confidently took the pot out: "The mushroom hot pot is here."

Half an hour later——

"Master... the Master said that the blade she trusts the most is me..." Yakiri Hasebe hugged the table leg and laughed, with purple cherry blossoms blooming on his head. "Master... I, Yakiri Hasebe, will definitely not let you down!"

"Brother... Brother finally remembered my name!" Hibikiri cried to the pillar, "Yes, brother, you are right, my name is Higekiri!"

"What...what? Master, are you going to give Momoe no Mori to me?" Tsurumaru Kuninaga twisted and turned on the ground, "Hehehe, I'm so sorry. I knew that the master's favorite blade is me."

"Oh no! The cooling water and charcoal turned into strange little people and ran away, meow!" Nanquan Ichimonji jumped up, "Boss, you have to bring back the master's resources, meow!"

"Running? I'm good at it, leave it to me." Feng Qianjiang stood up straight, got into position and ran against the wall. "Strange, is there an invisible obstacle ahead? It doesn't matter, this problem is not difficult for me, watch me get over it!"

…

You look at the knife-wielding creatures that are scattered all over the restaurant, caught up in their final fantasy, humming and laughing strangely from time to time, and then you look at the green panda and pink flamingo playing mahjong in mid-air.

You tap your head and smile playfully: It seems that this wave of bacteria is poisonous, hey~