[Ding! You have completed the special hidden task: The Pig-headed Butcher's Ingredient. You have obtained the task rewards: The Pig-headed Butcher's favorability + 10, and the Pig-headed Butcher will not participate in punishing you!]
[Ding! The Pig-headed Butcher's special reward is being prepared. Please come to claim it in half an hour.]
Gurgle—Gurgle—
The Pig-headed Butcher turned around again to stir the thick soup in his pot and said indifferently,
"The deal is done. The ingredient you want is in the freezer. Go and get it yourself. Remember, don't touch things that don't belong to you, and don't touch things that you shouldn't touch."
Creak—
The sound of a door opening came.
Ryan's eyes immediately fell on a pitch-black open door not far away. Waves of cold air surged out from it, making people shiver.
Ryan grinned and said, "Thank you. I got it."
...
Plop—
Ryan walked through that door and stepped into the freezer of the kitchen with one foot.
One after another, huge rusty iron hooks hanging down from the ceiling collided with each other, making a series of clear metallic clanging sounds.
Apparently, in the past, these iron hooks were all hung with the corpses of various hunted creatures.
Ryan looked up and searched carefully.
And just at the next moment, Ryan's eyes fell on a body hanging in mid-air by an iron hook in the deepest part of the freezer.
"Bai Yi?!"
Ryan recognized that figure instantly.
Without saying a word.
He immediately pulled the iron hook and slowly lowered the boy who was hooked in mid-air.
After putting him down, Ryan rushed to his side quickly, frowning as he looked at the pale face.
Ryan squinted his eyes and quickly lifted his clothes.
Then he immediately saw that there was an obviously roughly sewn scar from his chest to his abdomen.
Tear—
Ryan calmly and forcefully cut the stitches on his chest with a knife.
Then he immediately saw that his stomach and chest were filled with a lot of blood-stained cotton, and his internal organs had already been removed.
"Sure enough! Sure enough! He's been made into a puppet! But fortunately, fortunately, he met me!"
"Fellow townsman, bear with it a little. Although your kidneys are cooked, I've found the other parts for you, brother!"
Ryan's eyes were moist.
When fellow townsmen meet, tears well up in their eyes.
Seeing a peer from the same world suffering so much, as a normal person who had been longing to return to his hometown, how could he not be sad.
"Bear with it... Don't be afraid... Brother will sew you up right away. Don't worry. From now on, you'll be my little brother. We two fellow townsmen will depend on each other..."
Ryan was about to take out the internal organs he had just taken from the dining table from the system space.
But just at this moment.
Bai Yi, who was lying on the ground, suddenly moved abnormally.
Click—Click—Click—
Almost instantly.
Bai Yi's limbs suddenly supported himself on the ground in a strange posture. He raised his head, opened his hollow eyes with a whoosh, and his whole body was propped up on his back like a spider woman.
Ryan was stunned.
"Whoosh—"
Bai Yi's head instantly faced Ryan from below. His hollow eyes quickly regained their excitement and sickness, and he let out a shrill howl at Ryan.
[Ding! Danger level 10%]
[Ding! Danger level 20%]
Slap—
Ryan slapped him hard.
Bai Yi's body was instantly slapped and flew out more than ten meters.
"Sure enough, he's still being controlled!"
Ryan moved his neck with a click, gritted his teeth, grabbed the iron hook beside him, and swung it in his hand.
"Don't be afraid, little brother. Big brother is here to help you. I'll make sure you'll be the same as before after the treatment!"
Splash—
Bai Yi, who had regained consciousness, was full of excitement. He flipped over and climbed up from the ground backwards, and then immediately climbed up the wall like a spider.
"Alice likes you so much... She doesn't want me anymore... Hahahaha... Alice likes you..."
Bang—
Ryan raised his hand and fired a shot.
Bai Yi, who was quickly crawling on the wall, immediately fell down like a flying bird.
[Ding! You shot Bai Yi. Your firearm proficiency + 1]
"..."
"..."
Bai Yi lay on the ground with a blank expression, his limbs twitching, and bursts of electricity crackling on his chest. His whole body was twitching continuously.
Ryan had a serious expression and blew on the black smoke coming out of the muzzle.
He walked over with big strides.
When he was about ten meters away from Bai Yi, Ryan said seriously,
"Fellow townsman, how are you? Are you feeling okay?"
"..."
There was a brief silence.
And just at the next moment, with a whoosh, Bai Yi suddenly sat up and opened his huge mouth full of blood at Ryan, letting out a series of shrill howls.
Bang—
There was a gunshot.
[Ding! You shot Bai Yi again. Your firearm proficiency + 1]
"..."
"..."
Looking at Bai Yi lying there, foaming at the mouth and twitching (ヾﾉ꒪ཫ꒪) ——.
Ryan thought about it and felt it wasn't quite safe.
Bang—
He fired another shot.
[Ding! You shot Bai Yi. Your firearm proficiency + 0.5]
This time, Bai Yi didn't move at all.
Ryan was relieved and rushed over with a serious expression. He quickly tied him up tightly with chains.
"Fellow townsman, it's not that big brother deliberately shot you. According to the logic of our world, after having your internal organs hollowed out, you should be dead."
"But this dark world is different. Besides the body, there are many strange ways to keep you conscious, like curses and evil spirit possessions."
"Those shots I gave you just now were actually for your own good."
"Because this is one of the few weapons in my hand that can fight against curses and evil spirits. The sacred attribute can greatly suppress these strange things. If you still have your own consciousness, just open your mouth and say something to me."
Ryan looked at him carefully.
After a long time.
Bai Yi's eyelashes slowly moved, and he struggled to open half of his eyes and murmured,
"I..."
Bang—
There was a gunshot.
[Ding! You shot Bai Yi. Your firearm proficiency + 0.5]
And dense sacred electric currents instantly made Bai Yi's whole body tremble, his eyes rolled back, and countless foams came out of his mouth (ヾﾉ꒪ཫ꒪) ——.
Seeing that Bai Yi's consciousness was about to wake up.
Ryan couldn't restrain the joy in his heart. He immediately made Bai Yi sit up, held his shoulders, and said,
"Brother! Fellow townsman! How is it? Can you hear me?"
Bai Yi murmured (ヾﾉ꒪ཫ꒪) ——, "I... I... My head hurts..."
Slap—
Slap—
Ryan slapped him twice.
"How about now?" Ryan asked urgently.
Bai Yi painfully spat out a mouthful of thick black blood and muttered, "Thank you... I feel... much better..."
Ryan was overjoyed and grabbed his shoulders, saying,
"It's good that you're much better! It's good that you're much better! Bai Yi! Is your name Bai Yi?!"
"Hurry up and tell me, how did you come to this world?! Do you know how we can go back?"
Ryan's eyes became more and more urgent. That indescribable joy and excitement were a rare experience in the past two years.
Under the effect of the sacred power, the curse in his body was obviously suppressed briefly.
Bai Yi's consciousness slowly woke up.
He looked at the human in front of him who seemed to be about the same as him in a daze and murmured,
"Are you... human?"
Ryan happily said "Human! And a good one! A human from Earth just like you!"