Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 588 Stealing

As it turns out, bullets and armored vehicles are extremely corrosive to people's hearts, no matter where they are.

Ah Jin opened his mouth after being given a piece of chocolate, and when he looked at Yu Shijiu, the reluctance and sympathy in his eyes were almost overflowing.

Yu Shijiu pretended not to see anything, and even patted the dust off A Jin's knees with his hand, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Then you go ahead, Brother Jin, I need to go back and milk the goats—"

"nineteen."

A Jin's hand, which wasn't carrying the iron bucket, suddenly gripped Yu Shijiu's arm tightly, hesitant and uncertain.

"what happened?"

Yu Shijiu pretended to be startled, "Brother Jin, what's wrong?"

"..." A-Jin opened his mouth, then sighed and said:

"When you go upstairs to deliver goat milk, try to cover your face."

After saying this ambiguous statement, Ajin seemed to be chasing after something, and quickly walked out of the hold, not even noticing that some goat milk had spilled from the iron barrel.

boom!

Akin slammed the bottom hatch shut.

The entire stairwell instantly became dark.

On the stairs, Yu Shijiu's smile slowly faded.

He watched Ah Jin's departing figure, and after thinking for a while, he slowly walked forward and gently pushed the bottom hatch up a little.

After the bottom hatch was pushed open a crack, Yu Shijiu saw Ah Jin squatting on the ground in a daze not far away.

Ah Jin seemed to still be recovering from his emotions. He slapped himself hard several times, his dark face instantly turning bright red.

Ah Jin also caught his breath, his gaze finally settling on the iron bucket beside him.

The sweet and pungent smell of goat milk from the iron bucket filled the air. Ah Jin swallowed hard, looked around to make sure no one was watching, and then quickly pulled a wine bag from his pocket to collect the goat milk.

"..."

Below the hold door, Yu Shijiu watched Ah Jin's flustered yet skillful method of filling goat milk, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

Therefore, there is solid evidence that Angkor Wat kicked Ah Kin in the morning.

Ah Jin's hands and feet seem to be quite dirty.

As a firsthand employee who milked goats, he estimated that a considerable amount of goat milk was "stolen" and kept behind.

He was even captured by Angkor Wat several times.

Yet he remained unrepentant.

"...That's a bit strange."

Yu Shijiu gently released his hand when A Jin subconsciously looked towards the bottom hatch.

The sunlight on the deck was completely blocked, and only the dim lights in the lower deck illuminated the area where Yu Shijiu was.

Yu Shijiu looked down at the dead fish staring at the edge of the stairs, somewhat puzzled by A Jin's actions.

—Ah Jin was beaten up by Angkor this morning for stealing goat's milk, and now he dares to continue stealing? Isn't he afraid that Angkor will suddenly come and check his wine bag?

Even if Angkor is really too busy to come, given most people's fear, Ah Kin would have to continue stealing goat milk for at least a few more days to fit his situation...

Unless... unless something happens that forces Ah Jin to steal goat milk.

Goat milk...

Yu Shijiu muttered something under his breath, and without turning his head, he said as he sensed something approaching behind him:

"Feifei, why did you follow us too?"

He was met with a rather low "meow".

Then, "Fatty" gently rubbed against her waist, as if she were being affectionate.

Yu Shijiu was very happy that Feifei was so close to him, but now was not the time for the master and his pet to be affectionate.

He glanced at the dimly lit stairwell area, and after confirming that the number of dead fish on the ground had not increased, he quickly ran down the stairs to find Xu Han.

"……That's it."

After briefly describing what he had seen, Yu Shijiu felt inexplicably irritated.

"Ah Jin doesn't seem like a fool, does he?"

"...not like."

Xu Han wrinkled his nose. "He seems quite intelligent."

Although Ah Jin seems honest and simple, and his personality seems to be good except for being a bit talkative... according to Xu Han's standards for judging people, all of Ah Jin's outward appearances are a bit unreal.

Just as Yu Shijiu saw, a truly honest and simple crew member would never do something like "stealing" so easily after being scolded or beaten.

"Is it really because they're not getting enough to eat?"

Xu Han boldly speculated, "Even though the food last night was so awful, Brother Wu praised it so highly. Who knows, maybe Ah Jin might steal goat milk just for a bite to eat..."

“…Then we…” Yu Shijiu was clearly thinking a bit more. He looked at the half-full bucket of goat milk he had milked and said:

"Should we 'steal' a little too?"

"..."

Xu Han exclaimed, lifting her face, which still bore traces of milk, and said in disbelief:

"Steal what?! Goat milk?!"

"Ah."

Yu Shijiu nodded without any hesitation and said with a smile, "If you think it's strange, we can just keep some."

Maybe this goat milk has some effects they don't know about?

You can tell by how much effort Ah Jin put into "stealing".

"..."

Xu Han hesitated for a long time before finally gritting his teeth and nodding.

"...Okay, should I keep some too? Or is it fine if only Shiju keeps some?"

"Keep them all."

Yu Shijiu had already squatted down and continued milking the sheep, working up a great deal of energy, and didn't forget to gently stroke the soft wool of the ewe in front of him.

"It's not like we don't have room. Let's keep a little extra; what if we need it later?"

The ewe, its fur being stroked, slowly turned its head. Its deep, vertical pupils gleamed with a cold, icy light in the dim light, as if they were about to pierce the hearts of everyone who gazed into them.

Yu Shijiu is the same.

He suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest, as if he had been stabbed by something.

But when Yu Shijiu looked down to check, he couldn't see anything.

"Ouch!"

Xu Han, who was not far away, was bumped by a little goat and almost fell over along with his bucket.

Fortunately, even as Xu Han was yelling and screaming, she didn't forget to steady the metal bucket. "Oh my god! Please don't bump into me!"

The little goat that almost did something naughty just bleated, and even raised its front hooves as if to kick Xu Han—

"Baaaah!"

The ewe closest to the goat suddenly let out a heavy, sharp bleat, so loud that Yu Shijiu and Lu Chusheng, who was busy searching for fabric in the corner, both looked over.

"...What's wrong with it?"

Yu Shijiu touched her chest, which no longer hurt, and looked at Xu Han to ask.

Xu Han was also a little confused, shaking his head blankly: "I don't know, huh? Are we disciplining this disobedient little goat?"

Thinking about it, Xu Han subconsciously looked at the little goat that had been trying to attack him—the goat had already withdrawn its restless front hooves and was now obediently chewing on the grass on the ground.

Upon seeing this, Xu Han became a little agitated. He coughed and squatted down, then gently praised and stroked the ewe as if it were a breeze.

The ewe glanced at him and actually stopped bleating.

"!!! Oh my god!"

Xu Han was like a milking ram, praising the ewe in front of her incessantly, "You're amazing! You're so understanding, hahaha! So smart, so smart!"

The ewe, seemingly pleased by the praise, raised her head and bleated several more times, earning Xu Han's continuous and unrepeated praise.

At this moment, Xu Han, who was so engrossed in the ewe's "obedient" behavior, had completely forgotten one thing.

—In game instances, if animals exhibit overly intelligent or human-like behavior, their chances of completing the instance become lower.

This illustrates that animals can also transform into a type that attacks monsters.

"..."

Yu Shijiu looked at the "well-behaved" ewe over Xu Han's side, hesitated for a moment, and then looked at the ewe in front of her.

The ewe in front of him had only glanced at him a moment ago. Now it had gone back to burying its head in the hay and eating.

Yu Shijiu was somewhat envious, but continued to "get to work" seriously.

Once he finishes milking both buckets of goat milk, he can go up to the second floor.

In the corner, Lu Chusheng pulled out several more pieces of thin white fabric. He brought them closer to smell them and touched them with his paws. He found the fabric to be soft and comfortable, and it also carried a strange, strong perfume scent.

It's not a single perfume scent, but a perfume scent that blends many different aromas.

This inevitably made Lu Chusheng think more.

Did someone who wore clothes made of these whole pieces of fabric ever attend a party where people came and went, or where countless people gathered together?

It must have been a large gathering of people, otherwise there wouldn't be such a strong smell of various perfumes... Thanks to the keen sense of smell of felines, Lu Chusheng felt a little dizzy from the stench.

Besides... when these fabrics were laid out together, there were also faint traces of bloody smell mixed in, like some kind of twisted, howling resentment.

Lu Chusheng frowned, although the expression looked a bit strange on the cat's face.

He thought for a moment, then gathered all the tattered fabric pieces in front of him into a ball and continued running towards other corners.

On the other side, after Yu Shijiu finished milking his two buckets of goat milk, he stretched and looked at Xu Han.

Xu Han had also filled nearly one and a half buckets, but it would still take some time before the second bucket was full.

Yu Shijiu didn't look much. He bent down, rubbed his slightly numb and swollen calves, and yawned.

"Brother Xu Han," Yu Shijiu said lazily, "Do you want me to help you?"

Xu Han was sweating profusely from his work, and upon hearing this, he quickly shook his head: "No need, no need, you rest for a while, I'll be fine after a rest."

After saying that, he continued to squeeze the goat's milk vigorously.

puff puff!

The sound of milk splashing onto the bucket kept reaching Yu Shijiu's ears. He squinted slightly and turned his head to look for Feifei's whereabouts—

Then I saw "Fatty" in a corner not far away, sticking his butt out and digging at the ground.

"?"

Yu Shijiu was curious about what Feifei was doing.

He looked down at the two buckets of goat milk at his feet, then picked them up and put them away where no goats were around before walking over to "Fatty".

"What are you digging for?"

When the boy's curious voice rang in his ears, Lu Chusheng's heart skipped a beat.

He subconsciously turned around and meowed, revealing a pile of "broken fabric" that could almost form a small mountain around him.

Yu Shijiu: "?"

How could there be so many pieces of fabric? He thought there were only a few...

Yu Shijiu frowned as he looked at the fabrics that "Feifei" had dug out, and the limited clues/plot in his mind quickly connected together.

If only a few pieces of cloth had been unearthed, it would have meant there were probably very few strange creatures in the lower deck... but there are so many now...

Yu Shijiu felt his interest in the lower deck had grown even stronger.

With so much fabric, who knows how many interesting things he might find when he comes here alone at night to try his luck?

"Meow?"

A soft, chubby (not really) voice rang out, waking Yu Shijiu from his "thinking".

Yu Shijiu snapped out of her daze, squatted down, and first patted the chubby head, praising it:

"Feifei is so thoughtful and amazing."

Actually, it's Lu Chusheng's "Fatty": "..."

As an adult, he felt he should think this half-hearted compliment was "childish"... but as an orange cat in disguise, Lu Chusheng felt he should act a bit "arrogant".

Feeling the orange cat rubbing against him, begging for petting, Yu Shijiu's already low level of suspicion dissipated considerably.

Yes.

He suspected "Feifei".

It's not that Yu Shijiu thinks Feifei is a bad thing, but she just feels that sometimes... Feifei's personality is like a completely different person, no, like a completely different cat.

He looks somewhat like Lu Chusheng.

"..."

Yu Shijiu paused in his petting of the cat, glancing at the large orange cat that kept begging for head pats, and dismissed this absurd and somewhat outrageous "imagination" from his mind.

What do you mean by "resembling Lu Chusheng"? His chubby guy isn't as silly as Lu Chusheng—cough, no, he's more like a cold, lecturing, big goofball...

Feeling a little guilty, Yu Shijiu withdrew his hand, coughed several times, and then lowered his head to pick up a piece of fabric that had been gathered together by "Feifei".

Just as Lu Chusheng had guessed, although Yu Shijiu didn't have the same keen sense of smell as a feline, she could still detect a strong scent of perfume and blood from the pile of fabric in front of her.

This made Yu Shijiu even more interested in tonight's "inspection".

Who knows, he might see some interesting plot developments tonight.

Just as Yu Shijiu was considering whether to pack up the fabrics in front of him and take them away in a bag, he suddenly heard the familiar "baa" of a goat behind him.

Yu Shijiu subconsciously turned around and came face to face with a female goat that had walked over at some unknown time. Their eyes met.

Lu Chusheng, standing nearby, caught his breath slightly—he hadn't noticed the mother goat approaching at all; there was definitely something strange about these goats!

"Meow—meow—meow—meow~"

The mother goat bleated with her mouth open, and when she opened her mouth, you could see her neat teeth chewing on the not-so-fresh hay. The hay was being chewed up and then spat out, which was particularly jarring to the eye.

Yu Shijiu narrowed his eyes and reached out to touch the mother goat's head—

The mother goat looked very docile, slowly approaching Yu Shijiu with her brows down and eyes drooping. But when Yu Shijiu reached out, she suddenly lowered her head and opened her mouth to bite the pile of tattered fabric that Lu Chusheng had gathered together!

"!!!"

Both the human and the cat's hearts pounded wildly. Before Yu Shijiu could even figure out how to throw the mother goat over, Lu Chusheng had already rammed into her, causing the goat to scream in pain and stagger to the ground, bleating loudly.