Possessed No More: The True Star Returns to Claim Her Throne-Chapter 97: A Bunch of Monkeys on the Mountain
Riley Perry smiled and handed the redemption card to Victoria Koenig. "Go trade this for water and instant noodles. Did you bring a lunch box?"
"No."
"Then trade for a lunch box and a pot, too. I’ll go deal with this chicken."
"Okay, okay, I’m on it."
A fire was soon burning at their campsite. The old hen had been butchered, with the breast meat set aside to be boiled in the pot and the rest put on to roast. About forty minutes later, the rich aroma of cooked meat wafted through the woods.
"It smells so good! Thank goodness Ria brought a lighter. Otherwise, we’d be stuck eating dry instant noodles."
Riley Perry took out the seasonings and sprinkled them evenly over the chicken. "It’s a shame we don’t have any honey. The flavor will be missing something."
"Are you kidding? This is already amazing! Otherwise, we’d just be eating instant noodles." ’No,’ she thought, ’we probably wouldn’t even have instant noodles, since Ria found all the cards.’
Riley Perry said, "You’re easily satisfied."
Victoria Koenig added more firewood to the fire, joking, "I’m basically just coasting to victory with Ria. If I wasn’t satisfied with this, I’d probably be struck by lightning."
Riley Perry felt a glimmer of admiration for Victoria Koenig. "By the way, I also found two task cards. Open them and see what the tasks are." Riley Perry pulled the cards from her pocket and handed them over.
Victoria Koenig took them and opened the red card. "The task on this card is to find three types of traditional medicinal herbs: cinnamon, clove, and black cardamon."
"I’ve heard of cinnamon—it’s a type of spice, right? And clove is a flower. But what’s this black cardamon?"
"How are we supposed to complete this? We wouldn’t know them if we saw them."
"Let’s look at the second one... Find a source of drinkable fresh water. How are we supposed to do that? The mountain is huge, and we still have to travel to find the flag. Looking for water will just waste time, won’t it?"
Riley Perry brushed a stray lock of hair from her forehead with the back of her hand. "What are the prizes? What do we get for completing both tasks?"
"The medicinal herb task rewards three pounds of rice. The water source task rewards five pounds of beef."
Riley Perry smiled. "I didn’t expect the director to be so generous."
[The rewards are great, but the question is, can you actually get them?]
[It doesn’t matter if they can’t. With Riley Perry’s skills, she’ll definitely keep our Vick from going hungry.]
[She’s already getting a huge advantage. Today, she’s just coasting to victory with Riley Perry.]
[They’re already eating chicken. What more could you ask for?]
The comment section was mostly filled with Victoria Koenig’s fans. They were in high spirits; as long as their girl wasn’t going hungry, they didn’t care whether the tasks were completed or not.
[Everyone, hurry and check out the other stream! The guy who claims to be a martial arts master is totally embarrassing himself! Go now, the stream might get taken down if you’re late!]
WHOOSH. More than half the viewers in the stream jumped over to Stream #1. In a flash, the remaining viewers all left too, leaving only some of Victoria Koenig’s and Riley Perry’s die-hard fans, numbering less than a hundred thousand.
Seriously, who doesn’t love a bit of drama these days?
Miles Ford was truly born to be a walking disaster. He’d sprained his ankle. Fortunately, he had some liniment for bruises and sprains in his luggage. In his own words, he always carried that stuff with him, since getting banged up was a common occurrence in his line of work. He applied the medicine, rubbed out the bruise, rested for a bit, and then started moving again.
However, his leather shoes were not suited for mountain trails. He said a word to Ethan Shaw, left the cameraman and drone behind, and ducked into a small patch of woods to change clothes.
Once he was out of the drone’s view, Miles Ford took off his clothes piece by piece. Just as he was about to pull out his tracksuit to change into, tragedy struck.
Now, to say the mountain was full of hidden masters would be an exaggeration, but... it did have a troop of monkeys!
A dozen or so monkeys appeared out of nowhere around Miles Ford, like divine soldiers descending from the heavens. The next second, they had snatched all his clothes and luggage—not even sparing his two big leather shoes.
Two of the monkeys that had grabbed the shoes tried to wear them on their heads like hats, but the stench immediately made them dizzy. They quickly pulled the shoes off, bared their teeth, and hurled them at Miles Ford’s head. Fortunately, they missed.
Another monkey took a liking to his dinosaur-patterned underwear, leaped over, grabbed the waistband, and started pulling them down.
Miles Ford was momentarily stunned. He tried to hit the monkey, but the one grabbing his underwear wouldn’t let go. The underwear got stuck around his knees, and as the monkey ran, he was forced to run after it, shouting all the while.
The cameraman, thinking something was wrong, followed him in with the camera on his shoulder. And, of course, something was definitely wrong.
And that’s how the image of a butt-naked, balls-out Miles Ford chasing a monkey appeared on camera.
The bullet comments in Stream #1 were flooded with "Hahaha." [Oh my god, is the stream going to get banned? Please don’t! As a pious woman, I’m willing to trade ten years of my ex-boyfriend’s life for the stream to continue.]
[PFFT! Hahaha, is Miles Ford for real with that thing? I thought a tough guy like him would be... you know... bigger than average. Turns out, it’s just so-so.]
[When that thing stands up, it’s probably, what, twelve or thirteen?]
[Pfft~ Hahaha, I have a feeling you’re all taking this into the gutter, and I’ve got the receipts!]
[What is the commenter above saying? Why don’t I get it?]
[Damn it, my eyes are tainted! That’s so fucking ugly! I’m talking about Miles Ford’s underwear.]
[There’s a dinosaur on it, right? Why is he so childish?]
On screen, Miles Ford had started cursing. "You damn monkey, let go! I’ll fucking..."
He cursed as he fought, but even when it was hurt, the monkey didn’t let go. Seeing him raise his foot to kick the monkey in the stomach, the cameraman quickly warned him, "Mr. Ford, don’t! That’s a protected species! You’re strong—if you kill it, you could go to jail!"
The next second, the stream went black. The image of a butt-naked Miles Ford being dragged around by a monkey pulling on his red underwear finally disappeared.
[Yeah, but still, Miles Ford’s character is pretty lousy.]
[He really was cussing up a storm.]
[That scene was hilarious. Too bad the stream got banned and we can’t see it anymore.]
[I screen-recorded it! I screen-recorded it!]
[I recorded it too! Any bros who want it, hit me up.]
Soon, several hashtags started climbing the trending topics list: #MilesFordHarassedByMonkeyOnGoOnAnAdventureTogether, #GoOnAnAdventureTogetherStreamBanned, and #MilesFordIndecentExposure.
Afterward, a huge wave of viewers flooded into the *Go on an adventure together* streams because of these trending topics. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦
Director Warren watched the skyrocketing viewer count with mixed feelings. He wanted the show to be popular, but not like this! Not a single one of those trending hashtags was something he wanted to see.
In Stream #3, Silas King and Roxanne Fulton weren’t having an easy time either. "The only food we found is one pack of instant noodles and three bottles of water. This isn’t enough."
Roxanne Fulton said, "After I signed on for this show, I read a lot of wilderness survival books. I can recognize a lot of wild vegetables and mushrooms. Wait here, Mr. King. I’ll go gather some."
"Then let’s go together. I’ll look for firewood. Good thing I brought a lighter, otherwise we’d have to eat the instant noodles dry."
Roxanne Fulton pulled a bag out of her backpack—uh, it was the small pouch for miscellaneous items that came with her suitcase. It was just the right size for collecting mushrooms.
