Chapter 15 An Unexpected Encounter

Shortly after leaving the pediatric clinic, Feng Bujue arrived at the restaurant. The lighting here was much better, brighter than in the corridors. A quick glance revealed the entire space.

Although the area was quite large, the restaurant's layout gave off a very cramped feeling. All the tables and chairs were packed tightly together, with the chairs welded to the tables. The gap between the tables was just wide enough for one person to pass through.

The food distribution counter was directly connected to the kitchen, located on the east side of the restaurant. The west side was a passageway, with several vending machines and some trash cans placed there. At the north and south ends were exits, connecting to Building A and Building B of the hospital's first floor.

After exploring for some time, Feng Bujue had vaguely discovered a problem… Apart from the spatially distorted corridors and the non-existent "Room 125," all the rooms in this hospital had a subtle sense of disharmony. To sum it up, it was the feeling of "no extra space," as if too many rooms had been crammed into the building, making the layout of each room feel cramped.

"You're slow," a familiar voice suddenly entered Feng Bujue's ears.

Jue-ge turned his head sharply, and saw… from the direction of the kitchen, a burly figure was approaching, with a pig's head and a human body, radiating murderous intent.

"You…" Feng Bujue's expression changed slightly, "How are you here?"

"Why can't I be here?" Oink spoke as he quickly closed the distance.

At this moment, Feng Bujue suddenly noticed… that the other party was also holding a kitchen knife.

"What do you want?" He quickly jumped back, taking out his folding knife in preparation for resistance.

"Don't be so jumpy, Feng Bujue." Oink replied, "You're using Lester's body right now. If I really wanted to cut you, you wouldn't be able to parry at all." As he said this, he had already reached Jue-ge.

Feng Bujue wasn't surprised that Oink could see through his true form. During their last meeting, he had determined that the other party was a Unique Data, and it was normal for him to have this ability. But at this moment, Jue-ge really didn't know why the other party had appeared, and… what the purpose of his appearance was.

"I'm just here to bring you something," Oink continued.

Before the words faded, the hand holding the knife flipped and turned, presenting the handle of the kitchen knife to Feng Bujue.

Jue-ge hesitated slightly before reaching out to take the knife.

The moment the item entered his hand, he quickly began browsing:

[Name: Must-Break Defense Blade]

[Type: Weapon]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Attack Power: ???]

[Attribute: None]

[Special Effect: When the defense of the target being slashed (including players, monsters, NPCs) is "Stronger" or even higher (depending on the slashed part in some cases), the attack power of this knife will always be determined to be 0.1 higher than the opponent's defense.]

[Equipment Requirements: Fighting Specialization A, Bound after equipping]

[Can be brought out of this script: Yes]

[Remarks: Under normal circumstances, this is a blunt knife that can't cut anything. But when necessary, it can cut through everything.]

After Jue-ge finished reading the item description, he immediately looked at the other party excitedly, thanking him with his unique humor: "Second Senior Brother! Your great kindness…"

"Be serious when you're thanking me!" Oink roared, slapping him across the face.

Feng Bujue was sent flying by the slap, spinning two and a half times in the air before landing, and he unfortunately fell on the blade of the kitchen knife.

Two seconds later, he jumped up again and shouted, "Even my…"

"If you dare say 'Even my father has never hit me,' I'll slap you again," Oink interrupted.

"Tch…" Jue-ge spat unhappily, muttering under his breath, "Stopping me from making a retort… Believe it or not, I'll stab you with a knife…" As he thought this, he suddenly realized that he had just fallen on the blade, but he hadn't been cut, just a little poked…

"You roughly understand the characteristics of this knife now, right?" Oink seemed to have discerned something from Jue-ge's eyes. He continued, "Actually, this is the kitchen knife you gave me back then, now it's returned to its original owner."

"Hmm…" Feng Bujue pondered for a few seconds after hearing this. "I say… Brother Oink, we're not relatives, why…"

"Didn't I say?" Oink interrupted, "I'm just here to 'bring' you something."

Feng Bujue's expression changed, "Oh? So… you're acting on someone's behalf?"

"That's right," Oink replied, "This knife in your hand was personally modified by Zhuan Jie Zun, and he also asked me to bring the knife to you." (Zhuan Jie Zun is the name of a character.)

As soon as Jue-ge heard this, he immediately thought, "If someone is being unusually attentive, they're definitely up to no good…"

But on the surface, he remained calm and replied in a hooligan-like tone, "What? Is Zhuan Jie Zun trying to win me over?"

"It's not really winning you over…" Oink said, "To quote his original words… 'Feng Bujue is a person who responds to kindness but not to threats; giving him some benefits will help with communication.'"

"Heh…" Jue-ge chuckled twice, "So… I presume he also asked you to 'bring' some words to me."

"Just one sentence," Oink said smoothly, "Mo Yao Ling Shu is actually a key."

"A key…" Feng Bujue muttered, "Hearing those two words gives me a headache right now…"

"I've delivered the message," Oink said, reaching into his pants pocket. Then, he really took out a key, "Take this."

Feng Bujue didn't think much about it, taking whatever the other party handed over.

[Name: Blood Bank Key]

[Type: Plot-Related]

[Quality: Normal]

[Function: Opens the door to the blood bank]

[Can be brought out of this script: No]

[Remarks: For some reason, this thing is actually in the hands of a chef.]

"I say…" Feng Bujue looked up at Oink, "You shouldn't be from this hospital, right?"

"No."

"Then how do you have this key?"

"I searched it from the chef here," Oink replied.

"Uh… where's the chef here?" When Feng Bujue asked this question, he already had a very bad guess in his heart.

"Stewing in the pot," Oink said, "Go to the kitchen later and eat that pot of stuff yourself, you can immediately recover to full state."

"Heh… heh…" Jue-ge's mouth twitched, "Th-thank you."

After saying this, Oink prepared to leave. But just as he was about to turn around, he seemed to remember something and said, "Oh, right, you'd better put that knife in your dimensional pocket…" He paused, his eyes changing slightly, "The space you're in right now might be a little different from what you think…"

"Uh… my inventory has been locked," Feng Bujue said bluntly.

"What a pain…" Oink shook his head, walked forward, grabbed the kitchen knife, and stabbed it diagonally into Jue-ge's chest.

The next second… that thing was actually forcibly stuffed into Feng Bujue's inventory.

"Wow!" Jue-ge's eyes lit up, "Brother Oink! Can you help me take something out?"

"No," Oink replied decisively, "Goodbye." With that, he turned and left.

Feng Bujue had no intention of continuing to pester the other party, because the "Butcher of Paradise's" back seemed to be saying, "Come over here and I'll slap you."

…………

After Oink left, Jue-ge didn't rush to the vending machine to get the quest item, but first went to the kitchen.

This time, he was more careful. In order to prevent the room from collapsing after he obtained the plot item, he decided to first survey the environment and then go get the chilled beer.

"Whoa~ what happened here?" As soon as Feng Bujue entered the kitchen, he saw blood and internal organs all over the walls and floor…

Not far from him on the counter, there was also a white wolf's head. The white wolf's face had some anthropomorphic features, and it seemed to be a werewolf or something. But this guy's body was gone… or rather… it was stewing in the pot.

After thinking for a few seconds, Jue-ge understood the general situation here.

"Hmm… this person is undoubtedly the chef of the hospital restaurant…" Feng Bujue pondered, "So… the original two events here should have been 'exchanging candy for the blood bank key' and 'exchanging a meal card for a meal that can restore health'." He paused, "And now Oink directly used violence to help me skip these two steps."

Thinking of this, Jue-ge immediately slapped the table and shouted, "Then what the hell did I eat that moldy sandwich for? Why!"

After being depressed for a while, he could only give up, opened the pot and started eating the meat soup made from the white wolf chef…

In any case, this pot of wolf meat (let's just assume it's wolf meat) soup was at least freshly cooked with fresh ingredients. It was much better than the sandwich that had been sitting for who knows how long.

Moreover, Oink's cooking skills were not bad, and the food he made was not unpalatable. Of course, even if it was really unpalatable, it didn't matter to Feng Bujue anymore…

After eating some meat soup, Jue-ge's survival and stamina values were both restored to full.

Afterwards, he searched the kitchen and restaurant…

In addition to pots and pans, there were naturally knives in the kitchen. Even ordinary kitchen utensils were better than the folding knife in Jue-ge's pocket, so he casually picked one for self-defense.

But… that was all he could do. He searched for a long time, but couldn't find any other valuable items.

Therefore, Feng Bujue finally came to the vending machine and took out the coins in his pocket.

"Wait…" Just as he was about to insert the coins, he thought of another problem, "If I buy it now, it's indeed chilled beer, but if it stays in my pocket for too long, won't the beer become warm…"