I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

Hearing Fleur's words, Warfarin, who was standing nearby, also showed a speechless expression and said:

"No, no, no, it's completely different..."

The infected girl looked at the golden grains of rice on the spoon in her hand with great surprise and said:

"Wow, this rice is all golden! This is the first time I've ever seen rice like this!"

Warfarin, who was standing to the side, was not surprised to hear what the infected girl said. After all, Warfarin had heard about the infected girl's deeds before. She had run away from somewhere to the vicinity of the East Country and then turned back to the Letania region. It was pretty crazy... But it was probably because of this that the infected girl knew about rice.

At the same time, the infected girl looked at Yuhaka curiously and asked:

"Youyou, why is the rice you cooked so golden?"

As for the infected girl's question, Yuhaka simply told her in his own way, and whether the girl could hear him or not was none of Yuhaka's concern.

..........................

Meanwhile, in Ji Lin's world, due to the different passage of time, only two days have passed.

"Kanna-chan, Kuro-neechan, dinner's ready!"

Ji Lin, holding a soup spoon, called out to Kanna and Hei upstairs. Hearing this, Kanna and Hei quickly ran down the stairs. Kanna, after running down the stairs, hugged Ji Lin's slender waist and said:

"Ji Lin, what are we having for dinner today?"

Upon hearing Kanna's question, Ji Lin smiled and said to Kanna and the others:

"Today we're having curry rice, and of course, fried pork cutlet."

Upon hearing Ji Lin's words, Hei, who was standing to the side, also shook its long, elfin-like ears, clearly very interested in the curry rice that Ji Lin had made.

At the dining table, Kanna, looking at Yuhaka's seat, said:

"Hmm... hasn't Youyou come back yet?"

Hearing Kanna's question, Ji Lin, while biting her chopsticks, replied to Kanna:

"Hmm, Master Youyou hasn't come back yet, but I think she'll be back soon, right?"

Ji Lin only said that because he heard Zelus's words. Kanna nodded in understanding. Then, Hei, who was eating curry rice, asked Ji Lin about the situation with Senju Natsuyo. Ji Lin answered Hei's question by saying:

"Yes, everyone is doing well. Although we were short of some supplies before, thankfully those supplies can be bought all over the world, which means everyone has enough clothes to wear in winter."

He could hear the joy in Ji Lin's voice, and he had no objection to Ji Lin's rescue of the Cursed Children. After all, the Cursed Children would come here to help Ji Lin cook, and although their dishes couldn't compare to those of Ji Lin and Yuhaka, he felt that they would grow into qualified chefs.

However, at that moment, Ji Lin, who was eating, received a message from Zelusi, which was a distress signal from Melu Cat.

Chapter 297 [It is Ji Lin's time now]

In the world of Monster Hunter, Rorota and her companions are constantly attacked in the ancient ruins they inhabit...

Rather than calling it an attack, it would be more accurate to say that they were caught up in it.

"Roar------!"

With a deafening roar and its eyes glowing red, the Tigrex charged towards the Zinogre in front of it, swinging its arms. Meanwhile, the Zinogre, its body crackling with blue-white lightning, lunged at the Tigrex, its breath black. The two collided and grappled, simultaneously crashing through the wall that the Mewcat had been repairing...

When the Palicoes saw that the Tigrex and Zinogre had knocked down the low wall they had worked so hard to repair, they were very angry. However, the weapons the Palicoes had were a little weak against the Tigrex and Zinogre. But soon, Palicoes' reinforcements arrived.

"Rorota, Rokubei, are you alright?!"

After passing through the entrance of the Melu Cat Restaurant, Ji Lin saw the Tigrex and Zinogre wreaking havoc in the ancient ruins camp established by Melu Cat.

Meanwhile, Rorota and Rokubei, who were attacking with bows and arrows, shouted at Ji Lin upon seeing him arrive:

"Big Sister Ji Lin! You're here, meow!"

Seeing that Rorota and Rokubei were unharmed, Ji Lin breathed a sigh of relief. He then approached Rorota and Rokubei and began to inquire:

"What's going on with these two monsters? With Master Youyou's scent here, monsters shouldn't usually come to this place, right?"

Upon hearing Ji Lin's question, Rokubei, who was standing to the side, also shook his head and said:

"I don't know, meow. We were just trying to repair this ancient ruin today, but somehow these two monsters ran in and started causing all sorts of damage, like they've gone mad, meow!"

After listening to Rokubei's words, Ji Lin looked up at the Tigrex and Zinogre that were fighting and seemed a little puzzled. So Ji Lin asked Zelus.

"Yeah, they're practically insane. But Ji Lin, you need to be careful. Although those monsters are almost crazy, their strength far exceeds their original power. You need to be careful."

Hearing Zelus's words, Ji Lin nodded and said:

"I see!"

Then Ji Lin turned to Luo Luota and the others and said:

"Then I'll deal with those monsters. Rorota, Rokubei, the rest is up to you."

With that, Ji Lin transformed into his twin swords and ran towards the Thunder Dragon and Thunder Wolf Dragon. Seeing this, Rorota and Rokubei watched as Rokubei looked at Rorota and said:

"Lolota, what should we do, meow?"

Regarding the question about best friends, Rorota quickly nudged Rokubei's shoulder and said to her:

"What else can we do, meow? Quickly go tell everyone to prepare the items to help Sister Ji Lin, meow!"

Upon hearing Rorota's words, Rokubei immediately ran off to find the other Merlins.

..........................

In the courtyard of the ancient ruins, Tigrex and Zinogre were attacking each other. The Merlin hunters nearby were also attacking the Tigrex and Zinogre from time to time with their weapons, but their attacks seemed a bit inadequate against the Tigrex and Zinogre. After all, the weapons in their hands were about the same size as the hunters' short swords, which seemed a bit insufficient against the huge Tigrex and Zinogre.

"Meow meow meow?!"

One of the Merlin hunters was kicked by the Zinogre while trying to cut its hind leg. The Merlin hunter was sent flying like a soccer ball. Fortunately, Ji Lin, who had come down, saw the Merlin being kicked and used his wind to cushion the impact. Then, Ji Lin followed the Zinogre's tail and stepped on it, using his dual swords like a lawnmower to destroy the charging shell, the blue scales, and the white charging fur on the Zinogre's back.

"Ouch?!"

Suddenly attacked from behind, the Zinogre stood up on its hind legs. Seeing this opportunity, the Tigrex pounced on the Zinogre. However, before the Tigrex could touch the Zinogre, Jilin, who was behind the Zinogre, ran along its tail to the top of its head. Then, Jilin swung its twin swords and destroyed the two horns on the top of the Zinogre's head.

Click——!

With the sound of Zinogre's horns shattering, Ji Lin performed a somersault, landing on Tigrex's head like a spinning top. Like a wheel, she whizzed across Tigrex's back, leaving a trail of blade marks. As Ji Lin reached the end of Tigrex's tail, she crossed her twin swords like scissors and severed the tail off.

"Ow-!!"

The Tigrex, its tail severed, let out a miserable howl like a neutered tomcat and turned around to bite Jilin behind it. However, just as the Tigrex turned its head to try to bite Jilin, Jilin had already transformed the weapon in its hand into a large hammer and smashed it hard into the Tigrex's chin.

With a loud bang, the Thunder Dragon's head was knocked away and fell to the side. After the Thunder Dragon was knocked away, Ji Lin transformed the large hammer in his hand into a giant bow and arrow. Then, Ji Lin aimed his attack at the Thunder Wolf Dragon, which was shaking its head to the side.

call out----!

As Ji Lin released the fully drawn bowstring, the flaming arrow, resembling a short spear, struck the Thunder Wolf Dragon's head, bursting into a huge spark. Ji Lin then ignored the Thunder Wolf Dragon's condition and transformed his hunting bow into a giant sword, walking towards the Tigrex.

"Roar roar roar—!"

The dizzy dragon shook its large head to clear its head, then roared at Ji Lin and charged towards him. Facing the charging dragon, Ji Lin swung his greatsword, and a hurricane wrapped around it, forming a huge wind sword.

Then Ji Lin swung his greatsword of wind and cleaved the charging Tigrex in two. The wind blade, accompanied by a gale-like force, descended from the sky, instantly splitting the charging Tigrex in two.

The two halves of the Tigrex's corpse, propelled forward a few steps by inertia, before collapsing. Ji Lin, looking at the Tigrex severed in two and the now "brainless" Zinogre, wiped imaginary sweat from his brow and said with a smile:

"Hmm! Perfectly done!"

However, after Ji Lin felt someone tap her waist, she turned around and saw that the expressionless Rorota pointed to a spot in front of her. Following Rorota's direction, Ji Lin saw the ancient ruins that had been affected by her attack.

"Well........"

Ji Lin looked at the collapsed ancient ruins with an embarrassed expression; it seemed he had caused the trouble...

Chapter 298 [Invaders on Rhodes Island?]

While Ji Lin was destroying the Thunder Wolf Dragon and Tigrex, he accidentally damaged the ancient ruins. Meanwhile, Yuhaka took back the large bowl that the infected girl had handed him. Seeing that the bowl had been licked clean as if it had been washed, Yuhaka showed an "O_O?!" expression. Yuhaka was clearly shocked by the infected girl's bowl-licking skills.

The infected girl patted her belly and said:

"Ah~ I'm so full~ This is the first time I've ever had such delicious food while eating out~"

Warfarin, standing to the side, looked at the infected girl and said:

"Of course! Youyou runs a restaurant, so naturally her cooking is delicious."

Upon hearing that Yuhaka ran a restaurant kitchen, the infected girl looked at Yuhaka with an expression of amazement and said:

"Does Youyou own a restaurant?! Siguoyi!"

Hearing the infected girl praise him, Yuhaka wore a proud expression and puffed out his chest without any change in posture. Warfarin, sitting in a chair, watched the two, who seemed to be of similar mental age, and sighed, saying:

"Alright, Youyou, can you take care of that child's three meals a day for now?"

Hearing Warfarin's words, Yuhaka tilted his head and nodded, saying:

"Okay, but Youyou, you'll be very busy at that time, so you can't deliver the food yourself."

Regarding Yhaka's question, Warfarin waved her hand and said to Yhaka:

"Don't worry, I'll have someone come and pick it up then, you can rest assured about that."

"Ah."

Upon hearing Warfarin's words, Yuhaka nodded in understanding, while the infected girl seemed somewhat unwilling. Fortunately, Warfarin persuaded her, which calmed her down a bit.

...........................

In Kal'tsit's laboratory, Kal'tsit also received information about the infected girl. The girl's situation made Kal'tsit feel quite ashamed. However, according to Warfarin's report, Kal'tsit also learned how powerful the infected girl was; she was carrying dozens of weapons and fighting Yhaka to a standstill, seemingly a very strong operator. (In fact, Yhaka's strength has already surpassed the test data from back then...)

"We need to try to get that child to join Rhodes Island."

As she spoke, Kal'tsit also informed Warfarin, hoping that she could do some work for the infected girl.

But just then, Kal'tsit's communicator rang. She picked it up and heard Manticore's voice say:

[Dr. Kal'tsit, unidentified individuals have infiltrated Rhodes Island.]

Upon hearing Manticore's words, Kal'tsit's eyes flashed with a sharp light, her gaze instantly becoming intense. She then walked out of her laboratory towards the monitoring room and spoke to Manticore:

"how many people."

Uh... alone.

To Kal'tsit's question, Lionscorpion answered truthfully. Kal'tsit was taken aback by Lionscorpion's answer, but then she thought that perhaps the advance reconnaissance team had only discovered one. Although Rhodes Island was a huge land-based aircraft carrier, for bandits and rogue mercenary groups willing to take risks, it would basically ignore Rhodes Island's huge size. They would use their expertise to infiltrate the ship and carry out a series of sabotage operations to stop the large ship and let other rogue mercenary and bandit groups divide up this immobile large prey.

However, for the veteran operators of Rhodes Island, they have encountered similar encounters several times before and are basically quite experienced.

"What about intelligence on the enemy?"

Despite her extensive experience, Kal'tsit still needed to understand the enemy's specific situation, as it was important to know who the enemy was.

【Huh? Um... the enemy is... a girl?】