The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 390 The Attacking Duo!

“Hey Lomi…”

Staring intently at the members of the security management team who had changed into civilian clothes and were now acting separately in the distance, Liu Chuang, hiding in the shadows, spoke in a low voice.

"You heard what they said, didn't you?"

“I heard that.” Lomi’s expression was somewhat unnatural. “I didn’t expect these guys to be so cunning.”

"If we hadn't heard it with our own ears, we would have had no idea that this Magnolia Food Festival was also a trap set for us."

"It must be Qin Lang and his group!" Liu Chuang snorted. "If it weren't them, how would the security management team know so much about us?"

"Not only our physical characteristics, but also our habits have been revealed to the other side. This is really bad."

"What's the panic!" Lomi took a deep breath. "The more critical the moment, the less we need to panic."

“They know so much, so why not just try our best not to let them catch us?” With that, Lomi glanced at Liu Chuang, then turned around and started fiddling with something.

When she turned her head again, the eye patch covering one eye had been removed, and she had even grown nearly ten centimeters taller.

Coupled with the existing disguise, it's fair to say he was a completely different person.

"See, this will do."

"Amazing!" Liu Chuang exclaimed, then looked at Luo Mi's eye, which used to be covered by an eye patch but now looked exactly like her other eye.

"your eyes…"

"It's fake!" Lomi tapped it casually, making a sound like plastic, then glared at Liu Chuang. "What's with that expression?"

"I'm sorry, I..." Liu Chuang began with some guilt, but before he could finish speaking, he felt a sharp pain in the instep and couldn't help but gasp.

"You don't need to apologize, it has nothing to do with you." Lomi said expressionlessly, then picked up the Spirit Detection Instrument and looked into the distance.

"But I really didn't expect that the theft of Zhenling, which caused such a stir in the city, was actually an inside job by the security management team."

"These despicable bastards!" Liu Chuang realized the importance of the matter at hand, gritted his teeth, and stomped his foot angrily. "They stole the precious spirit themselves, and now they're framing us!"

"What kind of security management team is this? They're nothing but robbers!"

"No wonder the captain always says the Spirit Chef Association is no good." Liu Chuang clenched his fist forcefully. "Once the organization controls all the top-tier ingredients and rare spirits, we must overthrow the association and establish a new order!"

“What’s the point of saying all this now?” Lomi glanced at Liu Chuang. “The most important thing right now is to clear our names.”

“You’re right.” Liu Chuang nodded. “If I remember correctly, that guy’s name is Zhong Tu, and he’s the captain of the public security management team.”

"This guy is despicable, but he's not weak."

“According to intelligence, he has three food spirits, one of which has even reached the level of four stars.” At this point, Liu Chuang showed a worried expression.

"With that kind of strength, it seems we can't beat them?"

"If you can't beat them, use your brain." Lomi rolled her eyes.

"We don't need to use force to take Zhenling from him. We just need to prove that Zhenling is not in our hands, but in his hands. That will be enough."

"Have your little Pikachu go invisible and follow, we'll trail behind."

"Next, we need to turn our attention to him."

"Then, we'll find an opportunity to let everyone know that the one who stole the precious spirit was him, not us!"

"I'll listen to you." Liu Chuang nodded emphatically, quickly summoned Little Pi, used the mental combat skill [Illusion Disguise] to become invisible, and followed.

Meanwhile, Liu Chuang and his companion, relying on their senses of Xiao Pi, trailed far behind. Through their furtive movements, they quickly moved further and further away from the Magnolia Food Festival venue, the number of people and buildings around them dwindling until finally, all that remained was a sea of ​​night-blooming jasmine flowers.

"Hey, hey, where is this guy going?" Liu Chuang looked at Zhong Tu, who was barely visible as a small black dot in the distance, and asked in a low voice, "Didn't they say they were going to arrest us at the food festival?"

"How did you end up in such a remote place?"

“Hmm…” A thoughtful light flickered in Lomi’s eyes.

"There are two possibilities regarding this."

"The first possibility is that he discovered us and planned to lure us to a secluded place before dealing with us."

"...Huh?" Liu Chuang's lips twitched suddenly. "Shouldn't we run away now?"

"This guy's strength is beyond our capabilities!"

"What's the rush!" Lomi glared at Liu Chuang, then said, "He was already heading in this direction before we caught up with him."

"In addition, the other party did not make any unusual moves."

"Therefore, this possibility is not high."

"That startled me," Liu Chuang muttered to himself. "What's the second possibility?"

“The second possibility…” A glimmer of expectation flashed in Lomi’s eyes, “Perhaps, the other party’s arrival here is related to that rare spirit.”

"The security management team isn't our rare animal hunting team. Aren't you curious about what he wants to do with the rare spirit he took away?"

“What you said makes sense.” Liu Chuang nodded in deep agreement, then his expression shifted slightly.

"Xiao Pi reports that he's standing still!"

Lomi pulled out a pair of binoculars, looked in that direction, and then frowned. "It's a little hard to see. Let's get closer."

The two slowly approached the direction of the bell, and soon saw the situation on the other side through the binoculars.

At this moment, Zhong Tu was standing in front of a stone statue that had been abandoned for a long time and whose shape was no longer discernible. Floating beside him was a four-star food spirit that had never been incorporated into the star vein, and in front of him was a slightly withered rare spirit.

"It really is the one from Lan Jinyuan!" Liu Chuang said in a low voice, but his tone couldn't help but show a bit of excitement.

"Keep watching." Lomi snorted, signaling Liu Chuang to be quiet.

Under the watchful eyes of the two, Zhong Tu pointed to the stone statue, then to the food spirit beside him, seemingly negotiating something with the rare spirit.

However, Zhenling did not seem to cooperate. She kept shaking her head and made a move to escape before she had even finished listening to Zhong Tu's story.

Zhong Tu's expression turned ugly.

He gave his food spirit a look, and then the four-star food spirit quickly attacked, knocking the rare spirit unconscious with a single blow.

After retrieving the unconscious Zhenling from the Star Vein, Zhong Tu turned and returned.

"This is boring, let's go." Liu Chuang put away his binoculars and was about to leave, but Lomi, who was standing next to him, did not seem to have any intention of leaving.

“…Lomi?”

“This isn’t on Zhong Tu’s return route,” Lomi said without looking up. “I plan to wait until he leaves and then go see that statue.”

"I always felt that would be a very interesting thing."

(End of this chapter)