Chapter 1393 Snakes Gathering in Apples Part 2

But just then, his glorious walk forward has been cancelled by a flying kick that was delivered straight to his face made by a small white-haired girl who was standing right behind him.

「You absolute fool! I keep on telling you to stop doing that to every single client that comes in, and you still keep on doing it! Are you stupid!? Or maybe you actually enjoy this kind of treatment!?」

「Didn’t you know? A true macho must never stray from their path! They have to keep on walking it regardless of the hardships they might face!」

「I’m going to make you walk through the pool of your own blood if you won’t stop doing what you are doing!」

After that, the man basically pulled the little girl to the side, saying something alongside the lines of “How about I make you something delicious to eat, hmm?” It was actually a brilliant move that served to more or less diffuse the whole situation.

In the first place, the reason why the girl was withdrawn from here was a very urgent reason: namely her own safety. But even then she was still screaming things like: “If you are a real macho like those in the Hollywood movies or like a star Augusta Ortiz, you could deal with any danger yourself!” While she was being taken out of the room, one thing could come to mind here: is shouting like that still considered a mere role playing? Or maybe it was already something more than that?

And the big man with the skinhead who was pushed out and pulled out as well in there… … “Ogasei Augusta” who apparently was the one shouting with the other Goldunine the Inexhaustible called “Nine”, saw the man and the woman entering the shop…… It was then that Nine noticed something.

─── That is was not her at all, but at the same time it was her as well.

Then, Ogasei, who grabbed Nine’s arm and held her back without any hesitation at all, proposed an all-out assault instead of a swift evacuation…… This is the end of the retrospection.

「Umm, listen here…… Is that the first thing that you do when you enter somewhere? Starting a fight with an ambush so lame?」

「No, that’s not it! Listen here, this here King says that there is something in this world like the “Rampage Tactics” and……」

「And who the hell is this “King” in the first place? I don’t really get it……」

「It’s alright, Nine-chan……After all “Muscles can convey more than a million words would be able to say”, wouldn’t you agree?」

「……… Huh? ……………… Huh???」

While Nine was visibly confused and was unable to comprehend the meaning of the words that she just heard, Ogasei enthusiastically argued for the Hollywood star’s inheritance with a high-pitched voice that could be said to be the exact opposite of what he looked like.

「It’s not good to hit someone right away, you know!? Try to talk things out first, and if that doesn’t work, then you can punch someone to your hearts’ content!」

The meaning here would be to “use your power wisely”, if you were to operate on movie analogies alone. But that Player who surely must have possessed the intellect of a fifth grader would surely misinterpret this as “Make the first move and hit preemptively!” So he grabbed Nine by the arm and started to drag her towards the exit of the coffee shop.

「Wait a…… Stupid! Stupid idiot! Think about it again…… Ahhh, geez! Ophion! Get ready to do this thing!」

Aside from the Hollywood star reference, Nine, who can’t compete with the power of Ogasei no matter how you look at it, but boasts the same musclebrain attitude as him, calls out a single name on and speaks to the small bulge that now appeared on her ungrabbed arm.

At the same time, the small snake appeared from within that bulge and stuck out its long tongue towards Ogasei in intimidating manner.

「Now then! Your nightmare begins here! Give me some quality whiskey on rocks, on the double!」

Ogasei jumps into the coffee shop “Snake’s Apple” while screaming the line that was most probably originating in some sort of a move, as if it was the declaration of war for the first time, kicking the door open while holding a pistol in his hand!

「……………」

「……………」

And then Nine saw it.

The white snake, which had just occupied the interior of the coffee shop almost in its entirety, looked at her with a vigilant look in its eyes.

And then in but a single moment it managed to disappear, as if nothing ever happened and as if it was not there in the first place. But even though it could not be seen anymore, Nine knew that the creature was still here. Always vigilant and always watching. A terrifying, powerful snake creature.

「GYAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH–––––––––!!!!!!!!!」

It was a highly unlikely event, or a chance that was very slim to have happened, but the slightly burning fighting spirit inside of Nine managed to disappear in an instant.

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And just like that, I was watching the series of events unfold one by one while silently munching on a bowl of salad.

「…… The hell is this supposed to be?」

Since the dawn was soon to be upon us, I decided to split from the party that we had formed with Rei-san, Imron, and Natsu-san, and decided to quickly go back to returning y death while experimenting with the idea of: “How many meters can I swim through if I dive into the magma without equipment?”. So for that end, I also came to “Snake’s Apple” for the time being to have a talk with Survival……

(Help me……! Help… me……!!)

While doing this one particular party trick of: “I appear from the inside of Sammy-chan-san’s mouth while making the impression that nothing was in there before.”, I can see that Wimp was frozen stiff with a really stupid expression on her face. And there was also some other guest in here as well, someone who looked an awfully similar to one of Goldunine’s offspring. But there is no way for me to actually confirm this based solely on appearance. I can also feel as if they were communicating using the radio waves, sending messages back and forth, but…… Could it be only my imagination here? I feel like this can very well be the case.

Hey, Master? Could you give me another one of those freshly caught elastic khari salads?