Pretending To Be A Boss

Chapter 88 No Longer Human, JoJo

Tang Xian didn't mean to describe the food chain as so cruel.

But as a foodie, one must build immunity to such moral dilemmas early on.

I want to eat meat.

These four words had been a significant reason for the advancement of human civilization for a large period of history.

After cutting enough meat from the mountain-taming beasts, Tang Xian, Qing JiuYu, and Tang Xiaojiu started to head back.

Riding on the nine-tailed fox again, Tang Xian pondered Li Xiaoyu's request.

"Do you have any enemies?"

Tang Xian suddenly asked.

"Bai Mansheng."

"Pick another one."

"Why? Feeling pity for him?"

"Didn't you just make peace? A fox should keep its word. Isn't there another one of the same level you urgently want to kill?"

"What exactly are you trying to say?"

"I mean, if there is, why not take me with you and kill it?"

"There are a few annoying ones, but they are not easy to kill, and creatures that can transform into human form are protected by the law."

Tang Xian was slightly surprised.

Those who can transform into human form are either calamity-level or catastrophe-level bosses.

The court provides legal protection for them?

Thinking for a few seconds, Tang Xian roughly understood.

When he killed the Cerberus, Qing JiuYu seemed to hesitate.

Elite-level bosses, perfect-level bosses, and calamity and catastrophe-level bosses that can transform into humans.

All these special boss units must be legally protected.

But in terms of enforcement, calamity and catastrophe-level boss units receive the strongest protection.

After all, they have "human" forms.

On one hand, the Megafauna Court wanted to legislate, but it was hard to suppress animal instincts and even harder to establish universal laws in the world of beasts.

Therefore, certain unique regulations between each beast race had to be ensured.

But for the intellectually awakened boss units, the law's effectiveness was clearly intensified.

"So, if you can't manage to kill your enemy without anyone noticing, it would cause a lot of trouble?"

"Yes."

"You are already one of the strongest creatures in this world," Tang Xian reminded Qing JiuYu.

Qing JiuYu understood what this meant and shook his head, saying:

"But being an enemy of the Megafauna Court is dangerous and would pose a great risk to my entire fox clan."

Tang Xian understood, feeling somewhat disappointed.

It was as though calamity-level bosses and above all had names, identities, and were officially registered.

If he wanted to kill these creatures, he couldn't seek help from the mining area.

Qing JiuYu's strength could only be used to help him manage the farm.

As for calamity-level bosses, Tang Xian decided to pick a target carefully before taking action.

"By the way, you should take the matter I mentioned seriously."

"What matter?"

"The farm in the mining area."

"And what about the farm?"

"It's the place where we breed mountain-taming beasts. Let's call it Tang Family Mutton Restaurant."

Qing JiuYu didn't quite understand nor did he know what was so special about it, but he nodded and said:

"This matter will help my fox clan survive in the long term, I will get to it quickly."

Tang Xian felt pleased.

Before long, he returned to his dwelling carrying the meat of the mountain-taming beasts.

Watching Tang Xiaojiu leading two little lambs, Akasi, Dongran, and Qiaoshanshan were all somewhat baffled.

Tang Xian began to cook the mutton.

There are many ways to eat sheep. Your next journey awaits at empire

One could say that every part of it is a treasure.

Even sheep testicles are a popular ingredient at food stalls and barbecue joints.

Limited by the seasoning available, Tang Xian could only make a few dishes, like mutton soup and roast mutton.

Akasi and Tang Xiaojiu very conscientiously pitched in as helpers.

Even though Tang Xiaojiu would often forget the knowledge Tang Xian taught her after eating,

the notion of hard work paying off was etched in her mind. To eat more, one must put in the work.

The flesh of the mountain beast reeked strongly of game, calling it a mine version of goat posed no issue whatsoever.

But Biphasic Orchid could excellently neutralize this odor; Tang Xian had never actually tried this method before.

So, he tried adding some petals of the Biphasic Orchid to it.

Before long, a pot of delicious mutton offal soup was ready.

Tang Gazi and Tang Bingxiang, the two little creatures, naturally hid in a corner, waiting to eat some leftovers later. They used to dare to act cute on other days, but today they were exceptionally quiet.

Akasi was still somewhat normal, after all, he had drunk fish soup with Bai Mansheng and had seen the world.

Whereas Dong Ran and Qiao Shanshan were clearly unsettled, with both girls trembling incessantly.

After a glance at them, Tang Xian immediately knew they had finally remembered the truth.

Without saying much, he casually chatted with Qing JiuYu about this and that.

Qing JiyuYu and Tang Xiaojiu had already begun to tuck in heartily.

Tang Xian was roasting leg of lamb. Unable to cut off the whole leg because it was simply too big, he did however, manage to slice a good amount of the meatiest and chewiest parts of the leg.

The aroma of the barbecue was much richer than that of the soup.

Seeing Akasi slowly taking a seat on the side, and with Qing JiuYu seemingly not minding, Dong Ran and Qiao Shanshan swallowed their saliva a few times.

Finally, they overcame their fears and dined with a powerful creature such as the nine-tailed fox.

Qing JiuYu's eyes widened, she had never expected the food Tang Xian cooked to be so delicious.

It was far more delightful than swallowing it raw or chewing it toughly. It was just a bit inconvenient to eat with a fork and knife like Tang Xiaojiu did.

But... it looked very elegant.

Qing JiuYu probably understood why Tang Xian always had so many people around him; it must be because he was earnestly studying humans.

Tang Xiaojiu was in agony.

She shed tears.

Wuwu, it's too delicious.

Since it's this delicious, little lamb, I'm sorry, we can't be friends!

Tang Xiaojiu, undergoing an inner painful struggle, eventually turned her anguish into appetite.

The two foxes drank two-thirds of the mutton offal soup and ate three-quarters of the roasted leg of lamb.

Qiao Shanshan was quite dismayed.

This isn't scientific!

On Twitter and Weibo, many young girls like to show off food and then express their distress at being unable to gain weight.

Doctor Qiao considered them to be drama queens showing off.

If they're capable, why not have three tubs of ice cream a day, snack on chips and fries as you please, indulge in spicy snail noodles for supper, and down it with two bottles of milk at night, huh!

But to have a lady of such noble bearing like Qing JiuYu manage to consume such a large portion of lamb leg and still maintain such a seductive figure, that was a huge blow to people's self-esteem.

Is it a metabolic issue with creatures from the mines, because of their overly powerful digestive functions they can't gain weight? Or is it that these foods are actually a very minor amount relative to their true size?

But regardless of which it is, the result is that they don't gain weight, and that's just so unfair, I don't want to be human anymore, jojo!

Tang Xian had been silent the whole time. But after the meal, there was a subtle change in the relationship among the people.

Although Qing JiuYu wasn't very sociable with other humans, perhaps because of Tang Xian, she showed no desire to attack.

She didn't even show any disdain or contempt.

This put Qiao Shanshan and Dong Ran much more at ease.

...

...

On the third day, Tang Xian figured out that it was Akasi's and Dongran, Qiaoshanshan's fifth day in the mine area.

He then took his leave from Qing JiuYu.

Behind the fox tribe's team followed many young mountain beasts as they headed south.

Although Tang Xian also headed south, he took a different path.

On the fourth day, Tang Xian reminded Dong Ran and Qiao Shanshan to keep what they had seen and heard a secret, or it would cause immense panic. The two girls took it seriously and promised, then they all returned to the Pyramid together.

Back at Fortress Thirty-Nine, the first thing naturally was to deal with the messages on his phone.

After staying away for over ten days, there were quite a few messages from Li Xiaoyu on Tang Xian's phone.

In his room, with Tang Xiaojiu watching an audiobook on one side, Tang Xian replied to the messages.

All of Li Xiaoyu's messages could be summed up in one sentence.

The Hunting Festival is drawing near, and a large number of hunters have gathered in the Red Clay Forest.