Chapter 527: A Perfect Match |
Jiang Rou pressed her hand to her forehead, looking utterly exasperated.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to beat him up!"
"We've been together this long, I already know exactly what kind of person Yang Han is!"
"Still, even if that idiot blabbed everything he could and couldn't say, I'm sure he had his own reasons for it!"
"That's exactly why we all recognize him as our captain!"
The little physician Yao Yao nodded vigorously.
"Mhm mhm, I knew Sister Rou was still gentle! She just seems..."
Gentle?
At those words, the hoodie-wearing man Zhan Lei, sitting by the bonfire nearby, couldn't help but tremble.
"Just what?"
The little physician Yao Yao realized she might have said something wrong. She kept her mouth shut, her face flushing bright red instead.
Just then.
The sound of hooves striking the ground rang out.
The previously arrogant centaur could be seen climbing up the stairs.
Jiang Rou rested a hand on the long blade at her waist while grabbing a bottle of big green brew with the other.
Just as Chen Ye and the others had guessed, they had indeed found a very suitable supply collection point earlier.
There, they had acquired plenty of supplies.
With these supplies, they could live comfortably for a long time to come.
Jiang Rou pulled a piece of talisman paper from a bag beside her.
Then she pressed it against the bottle of big green brew.
A faint flash of light flickered.
Jiang Rou gently pried with her thumb, sending the bottle cap flying off.
That thumb, as delicate as a fresh spring onion, worked better than any bottle opener.
Then she tossed the big green brew to the centaur who had just come up.
The centaur caught it in one hand and took a deep gulp.
"Ahh... that hits the spot!"
The centaur's face lit up with pure pleasure, an expression so lecherous it was hard to look at.
Jiang Rou pulled out another bottle of big green brew.
She pressed the talisman paper against the bottle again.
Another flash of light.
Jiang Rou waved the talisman paper in her hand, her voice carrying a hint of regret.
"This Revitalization Talisman doesn't have much energy left. I'd say it's got maybe two more uses at most!"
"Yao Yao, if only you could make Revitalization Talismans too!"
Jiang Rou said regretfully.
Yao Yao lowered her head and murmured softly, "Sorry!"
"Yao Yao isn't a Rune Sequence user, so asking her is pointless!"
Just then, the centaur holding the wine bottle walked over.
His hooves clattered against the floorboards with a rhythmic "clop, clop, clop."
The firelight cast shadows across the towering centaur's body, the muscles rippling like flowing water, clearly brimming with explosive power hidden beneath.
Yao Yao shot the centaur a grateful look.
Jiang Rou rolled her eyes. "Fine, I'm the bad guy again! You get to play the good guy all the time!"
The centaur grinned. "How could I possibly..."
Right then, the centaur's human upper body began to separate from the horse body.
Two stubby little legs emerged from the horse's chest area.
A massive horse head also surfaced from behind the human torso.
The others didn't seem the least bit surprised.
If Chen Ye and his group had seen this, they would've probably had their eyes pop out.
About ten seconds passed.
Under the glow of the firelight, the centaur transformed into a short, stocky man standing barely one and a half meters tall.
And a tall, robust horse.
The centaur split in two, becoming a man and a horse combination.
The man caressed the large horse with deep affection, like a pair of brothers from different parents.
"Tsk tsk... Boss Ma, can you be any more sappy?"
"You're giving me goosebumps all over!"
Jiang Rou said disdainfully.
The short man Jiang Rou called Boss Ma laughed heartily.
"Hahaha... Sister Rou, you've seen this so many times, and you still can't handle it?"
Jiang Rou scratched at the fair skin on her arm, looking disgusted. "No, seriously, just look at Yao Yao and Zhan Lei. Ask them if it's not cringey?"
Boss Ma wasn't offended at all. He sat down casually on a nearby camping chair.
"Hey... who would've thought, who would've thought!"
"Back then, I got two Sequence Serums and thought having two would be safer."
"Who knew I was naturally gifted—one Sequence Serum was more than enough!"
"When I saw the leftover one, I thought about selling it!"
"Too bad, it was the apocalypse. Even if I had a Sequence Serum, who could I sell it to?"
"I figured I wouldn't waste it, so I gave it to Little Two!"
"Never imagined it would turn out like this—both of us ended up in the Beastman Sequence, and in this form..."
"Ah... back when we were at the circus, the day the boss bought Little Two, I was the one who raised him..."
"Calling him my little brother isn't an exaggeration at all!"
"Now that we can become a single entity, it's fate, I guess."
As he said this.
The tall horse lowered its head and nuzzled against Boss Ma's head.
It seemed the horse could understand every word he said.
"Heh heh..."
Zhan Lei let out two cold laughs from the side, a hint of malice in his voice.
Jiang Rou took a big swig of her big green brew. "That one-eyed bastard on the other side probably has no idea—he thinks we've only got four superhumans, but we've actually got five!"
"Anyone who fights you two will get a nasty surprise. The two of you together are no simple one-plus-one-equals-two!"
"Even I almost fell for it back then!"
Boss Ma chuckled. "How could I, Sister Rou? With your combat power, if you say you're number two among Sequence 4s, I doubt anyone would dare claim number one!"
Jiang Rou's gaze deepened, and she didn't bother responding to Boss Ma's flattery.
She just leaned back in her chair, stretching out her graceful form.
There was an indescribable allure about her.
But for the people there, it didn't seem to matter much.
The hoodie-wearing feeder Zhan Lei had far more interest in various animals than he did in people.
As for Boss Ma, his eyes seemed only for the horse beside him.
And Yao Yao, that little girl, was still innocent and naive—a child, so no need to even mention her.
What a shame, this beautiful scene went completely unappreciated.
"Number one among Sequence 4s? Don't say things like that."
"There's a guy in Oasis City named Ding Shen. His Sequence is called Son of the Blood Moon!"
"Back when I first advanced to Sequence 3, he was also at Sequence 3!"
"Too bad, I was no match for him at all!"
"Son of the Blood Moon... that Sequence... shouldn't even exist in this world!"
Jiang Rou's gaze turned distant, as if she was recalling something from the past.
Mentioning the Oasis piqued Boss Ma's interest too.
"Too bad the Oasis fell, and now it's an Uninhabited Forbidden Zone!"
"Last time we ran into that convoy, they said the Oasis is full of poison everywhere. No matter if it's people or freaks, once they go in, they never come out."
"What a shame..."
Jiang Rou also let out a sigh.
The Oasis, after all, was just a fake.
It wasn't the real legendary Oasis of the legends.
But it was still something people yearned for.
"I heard from those who escaped that there's a guy named Sha Fei in the Oasis!"
"He's the one who can make these talisman papers!"
"The Revitalization Talisman can heal external injuries, and it can also bring expired food or drinks back to their shelf life."
"That's some really good stuff!"
"I also heard that back then, Oasis City held an Unlimited Racing Competition, and all their prize food was unexpired—all thanks to these Revitalization Talismans."
"Too bad that guy only let us trade for this much back then!"
As Boss Ma spoke, he couldn't help but feel regret.
They didn't have many Revitalization Talismans left now.
If it weren't for those talismans, sitting around the bonfire drinking and boasting like this would be hard to imagine.
"Sister Rou, what are you thinking about?"
Yao Yao noticed Jiang Rou seemed distracted and asked curiously.
Jiang Rou replied calmly, "Thinking about someone."
Hearing this, Boss Ma, Zhan Lei, Yao Yao, and even the horse all perked up with gossipy curiosity.
The fierce, hot-tempered, and alluring Jiang Rou actually had someone she could miss?
Everyone was very curious.
"Pfft, what are you all thinking?"
"I was thinking about Deputy City Lord Ding Shen from Oasis City. He's got a really good blade. I was wondering if I could get my hands on it!"
Jiang Rou said disdainfully with a cold smirk.
Boss Ma sighed regretfully. "And here I thought..."
Beside him, Zhan Lei nodded.
Before Boss Ma could finish, Zhan Lei already knew what he was going to say.
Even the horse beside them nodded.
Yao Yao thought for a moment, then suddenly burst out laughing.
"I know someone who's a perfect match for Sister Rou!"
Hearing this, everyone perked up again.
"Who?"
"Yao Yao... are you talking about..."
Boss Ma looked over at the sleeping Captain Yang Han.
Jiang Rou's face darkened.
Captain Yang Han?
This sexy, fiery woman matching that rough, uncouth guy?
Yao Yao quickly shook her head and directly gave the answer. "It's that one-eyed guy we saw today!"
Everyone immediately knew who Yao Yao was talking about.
For a moment, their expressions turned very peculiar.
Yeah.
A violent woman—fierce, domineering, and unreasonable.
A one-eyed guy—cold, sinister, and shameless.
Wasn't that a perfect match?