I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

"Alice, can't sleep?" When Alice couldn't sleep, Yuhaka didn't think Alice was lying, since Alice really did have trouble sleeping, probably for some other reason.

Upon hearing Yuhaka's question, Alice nodded in agreement. After all, Alice was so excited after learning that Yuhaka was a hero that she couldn't sleep. It was the first time Alice had ever met a real hero. Well... although Yuhaka seemed a little different from the hero she had imagined, since the heroes Alice had read about in books were mostly male.

However, Yuhaka was a girl, and her personality was somewhat different from the hero Alice had imagined. She didn't have the superior air or the chivalrous demeanor she had expected. But even so, the friendly feeling that Yuhaka gave Alice made her feel that she might be much better than the hero she had imagined.

"Hehehe, I'm a little too excited today, so I can't sleep a bit~" Alice replied to Yuhaka's question. Yuhaka wasn't too puzzled, after all, he had been through a similar period before, and was doing the same thing now.

"Really? But tomorrow, Yuu and the others are going to United City to investigate something. If you don't sleep well, you might be very sleepy OwO~" After hearing Alice's reply, Yuhaka told Alice to remember what they might be investigating in United City tomorrow. Although Queen Emeroni didn't mention it, Yue guessed that Queen Emeroni probably wanted to entrust them with investigating the situation there.

Although Queen Amelone has many spies there, they are basically incapable of gathering important clues. Therefore, Queen Amelone needs a powerful team of adventurers to help them investigate the situation inside the United City.

Hearing Yuhaka's words, Alice suddenly remembered this question as well. Alice looked at Yuhaka with a curious expression and asked, "Oh right, is that so? But... Yuhaka, how are we going to sneak into that city to investigate?"

Yuhaka looked at Alice with an "OwO?" expression after hearing her words, clearly not understanding what she was thinking. He replied, "Of course, we walk in openly and honestly! Alice is really strange, isn't she?"

Upon hearing Yuhaka's answer, Alice looked completely bewildered. In Alice's mind, when adventurers discovered some kind of demonic conspiracy against the city, they would sneak in to investigate. But Yuhaka's statement that they walked in openly and honestly made Alice confused.

Yuhaka noticed Alice's puzzled expression and explained his plan to her. Upon hearing Yuhaka's plan, Alice suddenly understood, clearly realizing why Yuhaka's plan involved letting them walk in openly.

After all, if they walked in openly, they would only be seen as an adventurer team attending a festival or looking for work. If they were refused entry, the guards would at most prevent them from entering the city. Moreover, after being refused, it wouldn't be a big problem for them to sneak into the city quietly. That would be the best-case scenario.

After hearing Yuhaka's explanation, Alice realized that Yuhaka and the others were adventurers, so entering the city wouldn't be a big problem. However, the issue was that Alice herself didn't have any adventurer status, but that wasn't a major problem for her.

When the time comes, Yuhaka and the others can tell the guards that Alice is a new member of their team, and then there will be no problem getting the new adventurer's certificate.

After hearing Yuhaka's explanation, Alice nodded with a look of sudden realization, indicating that she understood. After all, this was the first time Alice had encountered such a situation, and she didn't know how to handle it. However, with Yuhaka and the others' assurance, Alice didn't care much about these things anymore.

Soon, Alice's eyes sparkled as she looked at Yuhaka and asked, "Speaking of which, is this considered a hero's experience?!" Hearing Alice's words, Yuhaka's little head also showed up with question marks. Clearly, Yuhaka was very puzzled by Alice's words. Could a hero really have such experience?

After thinking for a while, Yuhaka shook his head, indicating that he had no such experience. Seeing Yuhaka shake his head, Alice was also stunned and looked at Yuhaka, saying, "Eh, eh? You don't?"

"Yoo-yo, no OwO~" In response to Alice's question, Yuhaka shook her head to indicate that she didn't have one. Seeing Yuhaka shake her head, Alice felt a little embarrassed. However, Alice quickly thought of something and looked at Yuhaka, saying, "But if Yuoo is a hero, then she must have a hero's sword or something, right? If I'm not mistaken, it must be Esther, right?"

Before Yuhaka could answer, Esther suddenly popped out from between Yuhaka and Alice, startling Alice. Before Alice could say anything, Esther poked half her head out from under the covers and said in a slightly resentful voice, "Unfortunately, Master Yuhaka's Hero's Sword is not mine..."

After saying that, Esther ignored the embarrassed Alice and shrank back under the covers. Alice, seeing this, also looked embarrassed. Clearly, Alice hadn't expected Esther to not be the Sword of Heroes. It was normal for Alice to have such a misunderstanding, since the legendary Sword of Heroes had the ability to transform into human form. Therefore, Alice mistook Esther for the Sword of Heroes.

Hearing this, Alice couldn't help but show a very awkward expression and said, "Ahaha... Oh, I see..." Alice felt at a loss for words.

However, Alice started talking about other topics, such as how Yuhaka became a hero. In response, Yuhaka told Alice about the Principality of Biscotti. Alice was very interested in Yuhaka's story, as it was the first time she had heard of a war where no one died, and it sounded like a large-scale sports program. This made Alice very interested in what was happening there.

After Yuhaka finished telling Alice about Biscotti, Alice looked radiant, clearly not having heard enough. However, Yuhaka glanced at the time and told Alice to go to sleep, since they needed to investigate the situation in United City the next day, and staying up too late wouldn't be good.

Hearing Yuhaka's words, Alice nodded slightly, looking like a child who wanted to hear a story before bed and was pestering her parents to tell her a little more. However, Alice was an obedient child in other people's eyes. After hearing Yuhaka's words, she went to sleep obediently. Yuhaka yawned and fell asleep in a second.

Seeing the bubbles coming out of Yuhaka's nose, Alice looked completely bewildered. She was clearly at a loss for words about how Yuhaka had fallen asleep so quickly. After all, Alice had just planned to whisper something to Yuhaka before going to sleep, but she hadn't expected Yuhaka to be so good at falling asleep. Before she could even finish speaking, Yuhaka had already fallen asleep, which made Alice admire Yuhaka's ability to sleep.

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The next day at noon...

In Queen Undine's palace, Yuhaka and her group were summoned by Queen Emeroni to the Queen's dining room for lunch, where they discussed their mission.

"So Queen Emerald wants us to investigate the situation in the United City, right?" Yue, enjoying sashimi, a specialty of the Water City, asked Queen Emerald about her request. Queen Emerald nodded and replied, "That's right. I want to commission you to investigate the situation there. Given Undine's current situation, it's not easy to mobilize. Now that we've lost the Reincarnation Stone, we can't restore Undine's numbers. And before we figure out who our enemy is, I don't dare to send troops to the United City."

Hearing Queen Emeroni's words, Alice could understand her thoughts. After all, Queen Emeroni, like her father, was a ruler who loved her people dearly. Every time soldiers were killed or wounded due to the demon invasion, her father would personally attend their funerals. Seeing her father's sorrowful expression always made Alice feel sad. She couldn't help her father with these things, which was why Alice longed for the power of a hero.

Of course, Alice also asked her father why he, a hero, felt powerless in such matters. Her father told Alice, "Even heroes have things they cannot solve."

Alice also found it difficult to understand her father's words. After all, in Alice's eyes, heroes were almost omnipotent. But for her father, who inherited the hero's sword from their ancestors, to say such a thing made Alice feel completely bewildered.

Yuhaka glanced at Alice, who seemed lost in thought, then looked at Queen Emerald and asked, "So, if we find the culprit, we can just chop them down, right?" Queen Emerald smiled at Yuhaka and said, "If possible, and provided your safety is ensured, you can use any force at your disposal. If you find the mastermind, you can call us. We will deal with our enemies without mercy."

Queen Emeroni's tone was chilling as she spoke these words. Upon hearing her words, Fran, Alice, and Nije all shrank back. Yuhaka and Yue, on the other hand, sensed something, but Yuhaka could tell that Queen Emeroni was very angry.

Regardless, after learning the details of the commission, Yuhaka and her group were able to set off. They also learned that if the other party dared to resist, they could use lethal force to resolve the issue. After all, in the Principality of Aberia, Queen Emeroni was the supreme leader, and she did indeed have the authority to issue such a decree.

After leaving Water City, Yuhaka and his group headed to the United City in the Principality of Aberia. The United City was a large city founded by several immigrant settlements, and over the centuries, it had become even larger and more prosperous.

From a distance, Yuhaka and his group observed the massive city before them via drone. The city appeared bustling and prosperous. Upon seeing this, Fran couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "Master, this is so much bigger than the cities we've seen before!"

Yuhaka nodded in agreement with Fran's words, agreeing that it was indeed true. However, Yuhaka felt that there was nothing particularly different about this place. After all, Yuhaka had seen many big cities, and unless there were special ingredients or products, he rarely noticed any significant differences between them.

Regardless, Yuhaka and her group needed to find out if there were any troublemakers in the city's upper echelons. After getting out of the RV, they walked to the United City. Their RV was too conspicuous, and most city gates couldn't accommodate it. So, they had to walk. The advantage of this was that they weren't very noticeable... well, for an adventurer team like Yuhaka's, they were quite conspicuous.

Fortunately, Yuhaka and her group could easily enter the city, since they looked harmless. Of course, if it were a group of muscular men, they would probably be stopped by the guards and questioned with all sorts of questions.

After Yuhaka and her group entered the city, they were somewhat surprised by the large number of people. After all, the population here was indeed much larger than in other cities. In addition, the architectural styles here were quite chaotic. This chaos did not mean that the architectural styles were disorderly, but rather that there were many different architectural styles here. Perhaps this was a unique feature of the city?

After all, the immigrant settlement that founded this city included people from various races, so it's normal for the architectural styles here to be different. The diversity of races also makes racial discrimination less noticeable, and Yuhaka and the others seem more normal.

Entering the city was much easier than Yuhaka and her companions had imagined. However, they encountered some trouble when booking a hotel. Well... not that they met any inconsiderate people, but simply that there were no hotels available. After all, due to the festival being held in this United City, most of the high-end hotels had already been booked well in advance, and the same was true for the ordinary small hotels, which were all fully booked. This didn't surprise Yuhaka and her companions, since Queen Emeroni had explained this to them. In this United City, there was a place that could be provided for them to stay, namely a villa that Queen Emeroni had previously asked someone to buy.

P.S.: I'm feeling a bit unwell today. I even threw up for a while this afternoon. It's really awful. I hope I'll feel better tomorrow.

Volume 5 [Slice of Life + Arknights + Another World]: Chapter 1958 [Update, and Update on Physical Recovery (2000 words)]

"Oh, oh, oh..." Looking at the luxurious villa in front of them, Yuhaka and the others also showed a surprised expression. It was clear that Yuhaka and the others were a little surprised that Queen Amelone had bought a luxurious villa here. After all, the Undine family did not like to go out on land. So, it made Yuhaka and the others a little puzzled that Queen Amelone had bought a luxurious villa here.

Regardless, this villa did help Yuhaka and her friends solve their problem of not being able to find a place to stay in the city, which made them very grateful, as at least they didn't have to go to the outskirts of the city to live in a motorhome.

After resolving the issue of accommodation, the villa was a bit dusty because it was unattended, but this wasn't a big problem for Yuhaka and her friends. At Yuhaka's summons, several Palico cleaning teams appeared there.

"Oh oh oh—" Fran and the others were a little surprised to see the Palicoes dressed in maid outfits that Yuhaka had summoned. After all, the Palicoes looked like cats standing upright, which was much cuter than those beastmen with humanoid bodies and cat heads. Fran and the others liked these Palicoes very much.

After all, cuteness comes first...

After Yuhaka summoned the Felyne maid team, he instructed the Felynes to clean the villa. Upon hearing Yuhaka's command, the felynes seemed to understand and quickly grabbed their cleaning tools to clean the villa.

While the Palicoes were cleaning up the villa, Ehaka and the others went for a stroll in the city. Well... although it was called a stroll, they were actually investigating the situation inside the city. If the other side had any problems, they would probably reveal something. After all, Flan and the others had Ehaka here.

Thanks to Yuhaka's powerful senses, he was indeed able to detect some strange traces in the city. After entering the city, Yuhaka sensed a sweet and eerie smell. This smell was not the smell of food to Yuhaka, and it made him feel instinctively uncomfortable. Yuhaka became suspicious of this.

"This city seems really lively, unlike other cities. They also seem unaware that the surrounding towns have been attacked by Undine..." Yue felt that the situation here was a bit abnormal. After all, the residents here didn't seem worried. The news of Undine's attack on the town hadn't affected the residents of the United City. This abnormal situation was quite strange.

Everyone nodded in agreement with Yue's opinion, as it was indeed very unusual. It felt as if someone had blocked the news of Undine's attack on the town, but how could such news be blocked?

Yuhaka and the others also planned to find out more about the situation, since there would definitely be some subtle information about this kind of thing, and it was impossible to hide it from anyone.

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Soon, Yuhaka and her group arrived at the trade market in the United City with the goal of purchasing ingredients. Here, they saw people from different regions and races selling various things. Yuhaka and her group were curious about the situation here, so they first took a look at the goods.

After browsing around for a while, Yuhaka and her companions also gathered some information while shopping. As they suspected, there was indeed news of Undine attacking humans. However, the merchants here weren't too worried about this issue. After all, the United City was located relatively far from Water City. If Undine were to launch an attack in this direction, there would be nothing on the plains to obstruct the advancing army, and it would be immediately visible.

Yuhaka and the others were also a little surprised to hear this news. It was clear that the residents and foreign merchants were very calm about the situation outside. Generally speaking, wouldn't merchants be more anxious?

After all, the special products and money provided by the Undine family are not a small amount. Many nobles and wealthy people will buy some of the unique products of Undine. This is essential for merchants who want to make money.

But the merchants here didn't seem to be in a hurry. Instead, they seemed to think that they could find the goods they wanted here. Well... or maybe something else had attracted their attention.

Yuhaka and her friends felt there was something wrong with this, but they didn't know what was attracting these merchants. They decided to investigate. Soon, through their investigation, they discovered that a special product sold in the city, specifically for women, had caught the merchants' attention. For Yuhaka, this was a marketing tactic used in modern times as well.

Products like perfumes, skincare lotions, and clothing have a clear appeal to the female nobility of this world. However, Yuhaka doesn't really understand what's so good about these things, while Alice does know a little about them. But since Alice isn't a mature woman, she has naturally never used these things and doesn't know much about them.

Yuhaka, however, sensed something amiss. Although these things appeared perfectly normal, Yuhaka could detect a trace of chaotic energy emanating from them. He alerted Fran and the others, who looked at him with puzzled expressions, clearly not expecting him to reveal that these things had been tampered with. Alice and the others found it unimaginable what kind of impact these things would have if merchants took them to various places.

Although they really wanted to destroy these things, the problem was, how could they do it? After all, these things seemed to be legally sold goods in the United City, and Yuhaka and the others didn't really know what to do about it.

P.S.: My physical condition is okay now, I don't feel pain anymore, but I still experience weakness, fatigue, and lower back pain. My heart also feels a bit anxious, and my complexion is yellowish, even the whites of my eyes are yellowish. I feel nauseous and want to vomit when I eat, so I can't eat much. It's really killing me. This time, the update volume is not much, but there's nothing I can do about it. I'm not at my peak right now, and the physical condition is affecting my concentration.

Tomorrow, I plan to visit a traditional Chinese medicine doctor nearby to see if I can get some Chinese medicine to help.

Volume 5 [Slice of Life + Arknights + Another World]: Chapter 1959 [YuYu: Are all the balls here fragile? OwO?]

While Yuhaka and her companions were struggling to deal with these things, Yuhaka suddenly had an idea and explained to everyone that they should intercept the goods when the caravans ran away.

Seeing Yuhaka's apparent ambition to become a bandit, Alice and the others were utterly dumbfounded. A hero wanting to become a robber? It sounded so unbelievable that Alice and the others felt a profound sense of déjà vu. Although Yuhaka's goal wasn't actually to rob, the idea that a hero wanted to steal from merchants like a bandit was still very strange to Alice and the others…

However, it's not a good thing. It's wrong to rob merchants like bandits, but the source of the goods can be investigated. Under Yuhaka's tracking, they saw a place that looked like a factory standing on the riverbank of the United City. Generally speaking, this would not seem like a problem, but Yuhaka's place was different. Yuhaka could see that there was a very obvious chaotic aura spreading here, and there was a similar aura in the river. This made Nijee feel very uncomfortable. For Undine, water resources are like a part of them. If the nearby water resources are polluted, it will cause Undine and the others some discomfort.

Upon seeing the factory, everyone knew that this was the production site for these items imbued with chaotic energy. However, they were unsure of the conditions inside. After telling everyone to stay put, Yuhaka quietly went to investigate on her own. After all, among them, Yuhaka's stealth ability was maxed out. Unless they encountered someone even stronger than Yuhaka, practically no one could spot her.

Yuhaka is the best scout and investigator in this regard, and among the people here, he is the one who can clearly sense the chaotic aura and is unaffected by it.

Under Yuhaka's investigation, he also saw that there was nothing too unusual in the factory. Of course, this was only on the surface. In reality, Yuhaka could see that the chaotic aura inside was very strong, but the people inside seemed to be fine. However, this was only the surface. In fact, Yuhaka could see that these people had been corrupted by the chaotic aura to the point that they were somewhat altered in species. At least in Yuhaka's "eyes", these guys were no longer human.

After investigating further, Yhaka noticed a very obvious statue in the center of the factory. Although the statue looked normal, Yhaka could actually sense that the place with the strongest chaotic aura was the location of that statue.

Yuhaka quietly approached the statue to investigate. Soon, he noticed a purple crystal ball in the statue's hand and instinctively reached out to touch it. Upon touching it, the crystal ball shattered into pieces. Yuhaka was utterly bewildered by this.

Yuhaka was clearly puzzled by how fragile the purple crystal ball was. Are crystal balls really that easy to break these days?

Yuhaka, who was thinking about this, hadn't left yet. The people around him hadn't noticed that the crystal ball had shattered, but a very strange-looking demon had indeed appeared. In Yuhaka's eyes, a strange humanoid creature with half a male and half a female body appeared here. Obviously, the creature was investigating the situation here, since that purple crystal ball-like thing looked like it was very important.

Although the strange demon appeared in front of Yhaka, it had no way of detecting Yhaka, who was so close at hand. After all, the difference in strength between the two was too great; it would be strange if the demon could even detect Yhaka.

"???" The demon was puzzled by the bewildered look on the face of the person who appeared to be almost entirely alone, aside from the workers. Yhaka, however, ignored the demon's dazed expression. But Yhaka was certain that the city's factory was connected to the Chaos Demon. Yhaka didn't kill the Chaos Demon, as he needed a messenger to inform the mastermind behind the destruction of the factory. That way, when chaos erupted, Yhaka would know who was behind it all.

Meanwhile, Zelus also found something useful in the system space. When Yuhaka touched the purple crystal ball, Zelus used her authority to absorb what was inside. Just as Zelus had thought, what was inside the purple crystal ball was the power of Slaanesh, one of the four Chaos Gods. Although Slaanesh was not considered very strong in terms of power among the four Chaos Gods, his power penetration ability was very strong.

After all, Slaanesh's power comes from the intense emotions and desires of intelligent beings, including desires for women, power, and money, all of which can attract Slaanesh's attention.

However, it's not that the power of Slaanesh in any world can interfere with the real world, since there are also gods in this world who can interfere with the power of chaos.

After briefly analyzing Slaanesh's power, Zellus used it to "vaccine" Yhwach, making Yhwach, his tribe, and his subordinates immune to this power. Slaanesh probably never expected that his power would be used by Zellus to become a weapon pointed at him.

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After destroying the crystal ball of the statue, the entire factory was paralyzed. The culprit had already escaped and returned to Alice and the others. After Yuhaka told Alice and the others what had happened, they looked as if they had not expected it. Obviously, the problem in the United City was not just a suspected one. Therefore, Alice and the others decided to investigate the situation more thoroughly. If necessary, it would be necessary to report the situation to the temple.

P.S.: I'm so tired and want to sleep. This feeling is really unpleasant, and I can't even drink coffee to stay awake. It's affecting my body to some extent. I think my skin looks like a hairy fart.

Volume 5 [Slice of Life + Arknights + Another World]: Chapter 1960 [Stirring Up the Enemy in the Grass]

Located in the divine realm of the world where Yuhaka and the others live, which is literally the world where gods reside, this hybrid world has allowed various gods to appear. However, these gods have not noticed anything wrong, or rather, they have noticed something wrong, but the events happening in the human world have prevented them from investigating what is happening here.

Today, they received a message from their superior consciousness (Zelus), stating that the world was being corrupted by the Chaos God. They were aware of this, but they couldn't investigate the Chaos cultists lurking among the human world. This made it difficult for their followers to find these individuals. Of course, aside from those who liked to behead others and spread plagues, these two were very conspicuous and didn't care about the attention of other gods. This caused a headache for the gods and followers here.

The remaining two, lurking among the crowd, were even more difficult to spot. One was known for his scheming and intrigue, while the other was adept at blending into various groups of people. Catching these two would be considerably more difficult for the believers.

But now things are different. After Zelus gave them a sample of Slaanesh's power, their followers can use the Slaanesh's aura to find other followers. Moreover, the gods can construct a barrier to prevent Slaanesh demons from crossing over. Although it cannot completely stop Slaanesh demons from crossing over into this world, it can increase the difficulty for Slaanesh demons to come into this world. This makes it very difficult for Slaanesh demons to come into this world easily.

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While Zelus was causing trouble for the Chaos Demons, after a series of investigations, Yuhaka and her companions discovered that in addition to perfume factories, there were also Seraphim in factories producing silk clothing, tea, coffee, and alcoholic beverages. Without hesitation, Yuhaka reached out and touched the crystal ball-like objects, which then shattered on the ground.

The Slaanesh demons who came to investigate were completely bewildered, as they couldn't detect anything wrong either. This gave the Slaanesh demons a real headache, and it wasn't just the Slaanesh demons who were troubled.

In the mayor's office in the United City, the mayor also received a report from the Slaanesh demons. Several of their factories had been destroyed. Of course, ordinary people couldn't tell what was destroyed, but rather the crystal ball storing Slaanesh power. Without the crystal ball containing Slaanesh power, they would have no way to spread chaos through Slaanesh power to infect a group of powerful people and expand their influence.