387 Food Tour! Hidden Quest? (1/2)

'Alright, that's one thing taken care of…'

Remembering the last time he did this, he had to act as some sort of a social counselor and try to fix Jean's twisted perception of what was a game and what was a reality as well as console him emotionally, I could only be thankful that these two twin players were much more easier to deal with.

Unlike the emotionally broken Jean, the 'Nee-chan \u0026 Onii-chan' pair already had a solid understanding of their current situation and had visible targets at sight. It only required a few words of speech to reach an agreement since both ends stood to lose nothing and gain more.

Of course, there was the possibility they were just pretending to accept to gain the benefits of me putting a good word for them without fulfilling their end of the bargain, but even then I would still virtually lose nothing. While it was good to have an eye and an ear in each domain I have participated in its cleansing, it wasn't an absolute necessity, I mainly approached other friendly players in order to not lose my focus like Jean did.

Since I only had a quick meal in the noodle shop and parted ways with the twins for the time being, I took this chance to take a carefree walk in Battle City.

The current streets of the market district were beyond bustling as they reached a degree of being crowded that rivaled the time of the tournament. After all, all those that had participated in the 'Demon Raid' were invited for the mourning plus celebration event which caused them to spread within the city disregarding districts for once.

Food stalls were set up everywhere as sellers took the chance to entertain 'higher-up' customers from sects as a change and earn some quick buck, which I took advantage of to try different kinds of food which I had already established as a method of entertainment.

Having the advantage of 'Dragon Stomach', I had no problems visiting over one hundred stalls or so, which allowed me to eat all types of food from all over the Nature Domain since Battle City acted as a focal point, though none of them left as great of an impression as the noodles from the shop of Mountain's brother, they all had their own unique taste that even Light took joy in.

”Meow!”

Letting out an approving cute meow as he ate the mini fish cake I handed him in one bite, I almost felt full just from seeing the blissful expression that Light had…

Though he had already returned to his cute kitty form, Light's appetite still remained as big as that of a giant lion, so he had no problem accompanying me on this eating journey.

”Oh! It's Lan! Come here, let me serve you a bowl!”

Once I was quite close to the sect district, I noticed a familiar-looking sign on a stall where two almost identical looking big guys were standing as one of them called out to me.

The closer it was to the sect district the more bustling it became as the number of food stalls increased, but it was still unexpected for me to see those two here.

”I see why the noodle shop was almost empty, it seems like you are also trying to make use of the event…”

Looking at the two brothers working together to serve noodles as they both wore aprons this time, it did make sense for them to be also out here to try their luck.

Though the shop couldn't be considered small, it wasn't exactly situated in the most active area of the district, being instead in the more quiet parts of the city, so they left one cook at the shop and came out here for more customers.

The tactic itself seemed to be working quite well as the stall had a long line in front of it, which was to be expected considering how good the noodles were, but Mountain still took the time to call out for me disregarding how busy he was.

”Hey! Why does he get to cut through the line?”

As Mountain put out a bowl for me by the side, one of those who were standing impatiently in the line voiced out a complaint.

”He is a friend and a regular of our shop, you can leave if you don't like how we treat our regulars.”

Mountain seemed like he would talk back, but his brother who was doing most of the cooking calmly spoke out without even looking at the situation...

”Nevermind, I will wait…”

It still seemed that this customer valued the meal he would have soon, so he just swallowed his anger as he looked away.