My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome-Chapter 158 - 157: Going All Out in the Act

Chapter 158: Chapter 157: Going All Out in the Act

“Hasn’t anyone tried to sort it out?” asked Zifeng Shao.

“We reported it first thing in the morning, but the officers said it wasn’t their problem and told us to get a repairman. When the repairman came…” Here, the pudgy man glanced awkwardly at the two tables of guests not far away and whispered, “He suspected there was something dirty inside.”

“Something dirty, you mean…ugh, do you mean there are mutant creatures?”

The dialect from Guang City is said to retain vocabulary from the ancient summer language, with many terms that differ from the official language. Zifeng Shao was indeed familiar with the term “something dirty”.

Actually, this situation is common in many places. Although the official terms are “mutant creatures” and “pet beasts,” many locals still use their dialects’ words, such as ‘fairies’ and ‘monsters’.

This also reflects the cultural diversity of Daxia.

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Upon hearing Zifeng Shao’s words, the middle-aged chubby man’s eyes lit up: “Exactly, exactly, the honorable sir refers to the mutant creatures. Sir, you speak Guang dialect with flair.” After saying this, he gave Zifeng Shao a thumbs-up.

Zifeng Shao had no interest in beating around the bush anymore and got straight to the point, “Then I’ll just say it straight out. I’m a student from the Combat Training Department at Su University, and I’m a bit interested in what’s going on here. I’d like to take a look around and if possible, I can take care of that dirty thing for you.”

“Really…but,” the middle-aged man’s face lit up with joy and then he looked a bit troubled.

It’s common knowledge that ordinary people are still very afraid of wild mutant creatures. If other customers knew there might be mutant creatures in their restaurant, it could harm the business that had just been rebuilt after a disaster.

Being the person in charge of the restaurant, he really didn’t want to take such a risk.

He had thought about calling the Abnormal Administration Bureau, and he had even made the call, but he was worried they would surround the place when they came.

With the general public unaware of what’s going on, rampant rumors would only make it even more difficult for them to operate.

So when they reported to the Abnormal Administration Bureau, they were deliberately vague. Adding to that they were only speculating, in the end, nothing came of it.

Now, hearing that this university student could solve his problem, he was of course delighted, but he was also worried that the inexperienced young man might damage his newly renovated restaurant, leaving him nowhere to turn and in tears.

“Don’t worry, I absolutely won’t cause any damage to your restaurant,” Zifeng Shao said, his confident smile as if he read the man’s concerns.

“Alright,” the middle-aged man said with resolve, speaking boldly, “Since the young man has said so much, I’ll leave it in your hands. After the job is done, this meal is on me.”

Upon hearing this, Zifeng Shao gazed at the middle-aged man, “Your Putonghua is pretty fluent.”

“Hehe,” the chubby man winked at him slyly, “Doing business, you gotta have a bit of a Guang accent or they’ll say we’re not authentic.”

Zifeng Shao: . . .

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After the two tables of guests left, all the chefs and waitstaff were called to the hall, and the pudgy man stood next to Zifeng Shao, “Young man, everyone is here, feel free to look around. I fear the cold, so I’ll head back to the warmth of my bed. If there’s anything, you just tell Kun here.”

Having said that, the middle-aged pudgy man whispered something to the supervisor beside him and smiled ambiguously at Zifeng Shao: “Then, please excuse my departure.”

After the pudgy man left, Zifeng Shao first looked around the hall before turning to Kun beside him, “When did the central heating stop working?”

Kun was taken aback, then remembered, “It should have been last night, because some ingredients were delivered last night, and we had to have someone here to sign for them. The two waitstaff who stayed to receive the ingredients said it was not long after they had taken the ingredients to the storeroom, the central heating broke down.”

“Your ingredients are fresh?”

“Of course, we are a century-old restaurant. The ingredients come directly from Guang City, all live and kicking when they arrive.” Kun explained reflexively upon hearing Zifeng Shao’s question.

He then recalled the overweight man’s instructions and added, “Of course… Su City is far from here, and it’s unrealistic to say all the deliveries are live…”

Shao Zifeng didn’t pay much attention to his explanation. After checking the lobby and finding nothing unusual, he turned back to him and said, “Mm, take me to see where the food supplies are stored.”

“Sure, follow me.”

Following Kun Zi to the kitchen, to the left of the kitchen was a thick white cotton curtain. Kun Zi pulled back the curtain and stood aside, gesturing for Shao Zifeng to enter.

Shao Zifeng glanced back at Li Yiming who was following and nodded, then stretched out his hand to summon the big rooster.

“Woah~”

The moment the big rooster emerged from the pet space, it flapped its wings proudly and fixed a haughty, sideways glance at Kun Zi.

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Just as it turned to walk a few steps, it saw a man smiling at it.

The big rooster stiffened, then quickly ran behind its owner to hide, peeking at Shao Zifeng through the gap between Li Yiming’s legs.

Shao Zifeng shook his head with a smile and turned to enter the room.

As soon as he passed through the curtain, a blast of cold air mixed with the smell of the sea hit him in the face, causing Shao Zifeng to cover his nose as he looked around.

This was a closed room of over twenty square meters with no windows, and the walls were covered in a thick layer of white frost.

Other than the entrance, there was only the vent on the wall with a flange. Shao Zifeng reached out to feel it, deducing that this was the cooling duct.

The stacks of foam boxes were filled with ice blocks, and underneath the ice were various foodstuffs like fish and shrimp that had yet to be sorted and put away since their arrival the day before.

In the center of the room were several large water tanks. Shao Zifeng crouched down and scraped the ice off the glass to see dozens of shrimp and crabs lying at the bottom of the tanks, barely moving due to the low water temperature.

After a careful observation, indeed, there was no energy response.

Truth be told, Shao Zifeng knew that the problem wouldn’t be in this room even without looking. He had come to check because…

Well, one must put on a full act, right? It wouldn’t do to head straight for the main issue without showing due diligence, or people might suspect he had an ulterior motive.

“Alright, take me to see the central air conditioning that’s having issues. There’s nothing wrong here.” Shao Zifeng brushed off the ice dust from his hands, stood up, and walked out first.

Following Kun Zi back to the lobby, several chefs and servers were curiously whispering to each other as they looked at Li Yiming’s big rooster.

Due to legal regulations, except for law enforcement officers, Combat Training Masters are not allowed to bring aggressive pets into the streets unless under special circumstances.

Therefore, ordinary city dwellers rarely got the chance to encounter mutant creatures up close, especially in a barren small city like Su City.

Of course, they could be seen during disasters, but even then, the encounters were not at a close distance.

Well… how to put it, they were all pretty restless.

The big rooster, having the talent ‘Arrogant,’ noticed the crowd around it and deliberately shook its magnificent tail feathers, lifted its arrogant head, and tiptoed through the crowd as if strutting on a catwalk.

Contrary to its proud nature, the embarrassed Li Yiming covered his face and gently kicked the rooster with his foot, rushing to catch up with Shao Zifeng.