The Demon's Menu-Chapter 804: Guessing. Identity. Clue
Chapter 804 -31 Guessing. Identity. Clue
After the crisp sound, the voices in Jason’s mind came to a complete halt.
There were no screams.
No resistance whatsoever.
Just deliciousness.
The outer crust was as crispy as a deep-fried twisted dough stick, and then came the filling, bursting out like salty cream.
When it first entered the mouth, it was crisp, followed by stickiness.
It was at this moment, when the sticky salty cream wrapped around the crispy shell in reverse, that a different texture immediately became prominent.
It felt like a case where 1+1>2.
Not to mention at the very core, there was a hint of coolness.
It was like a tiny piece of ice.
But upon close tasting, it was more akin to ice cream.
The crispy shell had a fatty feel, and although the salty cream filling neutralized some of that fatness, a trace remained, mixing into the sticky texture and becoming even more pronounced.
But with the emergence of that hint of coolness, the jarring part vanished into thin air.
Everything became perfect!
What’s more, the dual layers of flavor added yet another layer.
With the crunch, crunch of chewing, Jason squinted his eyes in pleasure.
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[Devoured Guile’s Core (Incomplete)]
[Physical Strength, Energy, and Wounds recovered to a great extent!]
[Fullness +35]
[Fullness: 263]
…
The text, as expected, arrived.
"Guile’s Core?”
Jason looked at the name, puzzled for a moment.
He thought he would see prefixes or descriptions like ‘memory’ or ‘engraving,’ but all that appeared was the word ‘guile.’
"Is everything a deception?”
Jason pondered, then shook his head.
A good lie is nine parts truth to one part falsehood.
Given the importance that ‘Iron Flag Martial Arts’ had placed on this ‘secret technique’ at the time, it was indeed a secret technique, at least in the eyes of ‘Iron Flag Martial Arts.’
But what if ‘Iron Flag Martial Arts’ had been wrong from the very beginning?
What if it was all false from the get-go?
There would be no nine parts truth to one part falsehood!
It would all be ten parts falsehood, zero truth!
Everything I’ve shown you is a fabrication!
Having been the victim of imaginary enhancements multiple times, Jason naturally came to this conclusion.
Then, a question arose.
How did this so-called ‘Guile’s Core’ come into being?
Was it man-made?
Or a ‘natural’ product?
Or perhaps it came from… those places?
Those places, existing both independently of and yet integrated into the world, where indescribable entities that can hardly be seen lurk, whispering in your ear from time to time if you find the ‘right way.’
In a previous instance of the replica world, such ‘bizarre’ things existed.
Would this incarnation of the replica world be any exception?
The answer is, probably not.
Following this trail of thought, Jason focused on the ‘Incomplete’ attributed to [Guile’s Core (Incomplete)].
Why was it ‘Incomplete’?
Based on his experience ‘cooking food,’ this ‘incompleteness’ could only occur under one circumstance: combat!
Only after part of the ‘food’ was damaged in battle would it garner such a description of being ‘incomplete.’
Taking that as a starting point, a rough sequence of events formed in Jason’s mind—
‘In some distant age, a fighter from Iron Flag Martial Arts encountered the entity [Guile’s Core], engaged in battle, and then obtained the [Guile’s Core (Incomplete)], subsequently getting ‘beguiled’ by it, leading to some astonishing events that were misunderstood by those at the time, while the fighter, in the final moments of life, became ‘enlightened,’ sealed the [Guile’s Core (Incomplete)], but maybe as life drew to an end, and having been influenced by the [Guile’s Core (Incomplete)], the words spoken were not clear, or perhaps later generations ‘misunderstood’ them, leading to the current situation.’
Of course, this was just Jason’s speculation.
There might be other events involved.
But that’s not what Jason was concerned about.
In fact, if it wasn’t for the deliciousness of [Guile’s Core (Incomplete)], he wouldn’t have bothered to think about all this.
Moreover, the more important point was: are there more ‘foods’ like [Guile’s Core]?
If there is one, there is likely a second.
That is what Jason believed.
Since one [Guile’s Core] had appeared, there should be a second one.
Although the Martial Arts Alliance had been annihilated, Jason believed there should still be similar organizations in Sector F.
If there aren’t any?
Don’t forget the largest power in the current replica world: the Hundred Major Families.
Other organizations might be gone.
But as controllers of this world, the Hundred Major Families must have something similar.
With that thought, Jason quickly began to clean up the battlefield.
There was nothing noteworthy.
The ‘Heart Taker’s’ apartment, compared to his own, was strikingly similar.
Aside from the necessities of life, there were no items for enjoyment at all, a complete depiction of an ascetic existence.
"If it weren’t for an accident, Todd would have been a true fighter, wouldn’t he?”
Jason thought this as he moved to the upper floors.
He felt sympathy for the ‘Heart Taker’s’ plight.
A person who is used as a ‘pawn’ yet is unaware, believing he has it all, is worthy of sympathy.
Betrayal? Revenge?
Jason had seen such drama not too long ago.
In ‘Golden Lamb’ Galen.
‘Heart Taker’ Todd?
It was just done more covertly.
Or rather, the means were more clever.
And
He wasn’t noticed by the ‘Planner’ behind the scenes.
Otherwise, how could an alliance that had existed for a very long time and had close relations suddenly turn on its own people without someone instigating it?
