mtl008 Chapter 953 The Last Routine 132
Chapter 953 The Last Routine 132
Chapter 953 The Last Routine 132
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the lively and wonderful Autumn Festival has arrived again this year.
"Halloween is great!" Huihui said excitedly, "This is completely dark-attribute, the blood of the Crimson Demon Clan is boiling!"
Halloween themes are usually dark, and the Crimson Demon Clan loves red and black colors, so it's understandable that Megumin is so excited.
Aqua, unusually, said, "Although as a goddess I can't help but want to purify them... I'll close my eyes! Because I can get candy!"
This silly goddess ignores this dark style just because she can get candy. I don't know what to say about her.
“But this time the decorations are gorgeous too,” Darkness said, looking at the uniquely styled streetscape of Axel. “I can almost feel everyone’s genuine happiness.”
The pedestrians on the street were all happy, as it was a rare festival celebration in Axel, and smiles were on everyone's faces. But—
Darkness looked at her companion beside her and asked with some surprise, "You seem a little unhappy. What's wrong?"
"You guys, it's amazing how excited you are." Kobayashi sighed with a headache, shrugging helplessly, "Speaking of Halloween, there's that guy who's there every year...?"
“That… ah, Pumpkin.” Aqua nodded in realization and said, “Indeed, I think she said she would come again last year…”
Kobayashi sighed deeply again, helplessly covering his cheeks as he squatted on the ground, complaining, "Ugh... just thinking about this makes my head spin..."
"But I feel like it's a bit late today," Huihui said, tapping her chin with a puzzled look. "Will he really come?"
"Could it be that they've forgotten?" Aqua said optimistically. "Why don't we forget about that guy too, and just enjoy ourselves to the fullest!"
"Yes, yes! Let's forget about the unpleasant things for now—"
Kobayashi echoed this sentiment, after all, he really didn't want that guy to come. However, things didn't go as planned; the more you don't want something, the more likely it is to happen.
"I have arrived in the city of Axel!"
"It's...it's appeared! Ahh ...
The sudden voice startled Aqua, Megumin, and Darkness, and even Kobayashi couldn't help but scream. However, upon seeing who it was, they instinctively breathed a sigh of relief and then couldn't help but loudly complain to the person.
"What?! You're really good at that. Don't talk in such a confusing way!"
"Hehe, sorry, sorry."
You'd say it with an apologetic smile, perhaps thinking it was just a harmless joke from the Crimson Demon Clan, but to Kobayashi and the others, it was something that made their hearts want to explode.
Darkness, somewhat surprised, asked when he saw her, "Wow, you're here for the Halloween party too?"
"I'm having a bit of a lack of inspiration for my novel." He shrugged, looking quite troubled and distressed, then explained with a smile, "I'm actually here to relax and find material for my novel."
She was, after all, a famous novelist of the Crimson Demon Clan.
Although she falls into the category of a shut-in, she's still much better than some of those NEETs who eat at home but don't work at all. Plus, she often helps take care of Huihui's younger sister, Mimi, so Kobayashi and the others really welcome her arrival.
"I said you're really good at it, you—"
"Hey everyone, have you felt the gazes?" Before Kobayashi could even ask, she heard Yougou say, "Lonely, sad, and incredibly envious gazes—"
"That's not true at all!!!"
Before she could finish speaking, a figure jumped out from behind her and loudly retorted, "You're really something!" Then, she greeted him rather distantly and somewhat awkwardly, saying, "Oh, what a coincidence to meet you in a place like this!"
It's Youyou.
"Sigh..." Huihui sighed deeply and said, "Anyway, you've been hiding and watching from the sidelines the whole time. If you want to speak frankly, why don't you just say it out loud?"
"Um... well... well, I'll do it too—"
Yoyo made up her mind to join the team and enjoy the hard-won festival with them, but just as she was about to speak, Axel's alarm suddenly went off.
"Emergency alert! Emergency alert! Adventurers, please assemble at the main entrance immediately! I repeat! Emergency alert! Emergency alert! Adventurers, please assemble at the main entrance immediately!...!"
"That's what Luna, the guild counter clerk, said in a very nervous tone. And when Kobayashi heard her say that, he subconsciously gritted his teeth and clapped his hands.
"Tch! ...Damn pumpkins, they're here again this year!"
however--
"Repeated! Adventurers, please assemble at the main gate immediately! Roasted sweet potatoes are approaching the city!"
"...What, roasted sweet potatoes?"
Xiaolin was dumbfounded.
However, as the townspeople began to gather at the gates of Axel, Kobayashi and the others followed the crowd there. While waiting for the monster attack, he finally couldn't help but ask the question that had been bothering him.
"I mean Darkness, roasted sweet potato, you know, the sweet, warm, soft one?"
"Sweet?! That can't be right."
Darkness flatly denied it, seemingly not the roasted sweet potato Kobayashi had imagined. But before Kobayashi could ask why, she pointed into the distance and said, "Look, the other adventurers!"
On the plain, all the adventurers looked tense and timid, and some were even praying with their hands clasped together.
"Help me... help me..."
"What terrible thing have we done...? Even the Autumn Assassins have come!"
"No! I don't want to die!"
They even said some rather unbelievable things, and their pleading was quite amusing.
Kobayashi twitched the corner of his mouth and said with great doubt, "They all seem so desperate... Are they really that scary?"
"Ah, that's...!" Huihui suddenly shouted, pointing to the end of the plain and yelling, "They're here! The roasted sweet potatoes are coming!"
"Roasted sweet potatoes...delicious...!"
A gigantic roasted sweet potato appeared before them. It looked almost exactly like any other roasted sweet potato they remembered, except for its enormous size.
"So this is a roasted sweet potato..." Kobayashi stroked his chin, examining the terrifying roasted sweet potato, and said strangely, "It's so hot, but it doesn't look that scary."
"No, this is the incredible vegetable known as the Autumn Assassin! We completely forgot about it...!"
Aqua said this with a serious expression.
Although she is naturally a goofy person and her expression is somewhat amusing, it surprised Kobayashi. Honestly, was it really necessary to be so scared?
Darkness, equally serious and earnest, explained, "He utterly ravages and destroys everything he dislikes; he's a tyrant who's anything but sweet!"
Ok? ? ?
Tyrant? That's getting scarier and scarier.
Yougou looked at it with equal surprise, and said with great interest, "I've heard of it, but I never thought I'd actually see it in person. Now I have new material for my novel. Great, hurry up and write it down!"
As she spoke, she began to write furiously.
Huihui, biting her lip in fear, hid behind Xiaolin and muttered, "What an ominous murderous aura...!"
Are you sure it's not just steam?
In short, this roasted sweet potato tyrant seemed to be roasted to perfection, constantly emitting terrifying heat, which was quite troublesome.
"What should we do..." Youyou looked equally worried. She whispered, "If this continues, Axel will be in danger!"
If this giant roasted sweet potato were to wander into a town, it would surely cause a huge commotion.
however--
Looking at the Roasted Sweet Potato Tyrant, Kobayashi sighed and said, "It seems I've gotten used to the vegetables in this world. I don't know whether to be happy or sad..."
While everyone was chatting, the roasted sweet potato tyrant suddenly emitted a plume of black smoke, and the heat burst out instantly.
"Roasted sweet potatoes—! Delicious—!"
"Hey, hey! It seems angry!?"
Xiao Lin pointed at it in a panic. It was emitting black smoke and had a vivid expression. It didn't look like vegetables or grains at all; it looked more like a person.
"Because the roasted sweet potato is a monster that finds the greatest pleasure in fighting, it is easy to get excited and make noise."
Kobayashi is quite adept at explaining things to reincarnated people.
"That's so dangerous...!"
"It occurs every few years, raging across the land in fury. Its intensity is far beyond the reach of a mere adventurer!"
Huihui was also trembling with fear.
Darkness stepped forward, opened her arms, and shouted, "Roasted sweet potato, can you calm down a bit?!"
"I will never forgive! This place, destroy it!"
The roasted sweet potato uttered those unpleasant words in a shrill voice.
"What!?" Kobayashi was equally surprised and asked in confusion, "Did we do something to upset you?"
"It's done!" Roasted Sweet Potato, looking down at Kobayashi and radiating steaming mist, shouted angrily, "Not acknowledging Halloween! Lacking depth, utterly disrespectful...!"
"I never imagined that Halloween would be the cause of my anger...!?"
"That is to say..."
"It's his fault, isn't it?"
The adventurers in Axel Town all turned to look at Kobayashi in the crowd, who was startled and quickly waved his hands, shouting, "Don't look at me! It's true that I promoted Halloween, but everyone had a great time, it's not all my fault, is it?!"
Kobayashi would never agree to something like this: everyone should share the happy moments, but blame everything on oneself for the unpleasant ones!
Youyou nodded and said, "No matter what, if it's because of Halloween, then we'll have to give it up... Sigh, I was really looking forward to it...!"
She said this with great regret.
Kobayashi also had a headache, and sighed, saying, "It's a pity, but it's the only way..."
After thinking for a moment, he looked up at the giant monster in front of him, which was still radiating heat, and said, "Um, Mr. Roasted Sweet Potato... Halloween is over, so stop fooling around—"
"No! Not enough! No good!"
The roasted sweet potato suddenly went berserk, shouting, "More tears! More excitement and tension, let me see it now!"
This guy actually said something that sounds almost like "Where did this pumpkin come from?"
"You want to see a fight...?" Kobayashi frowned slightly and said, "Does this mean the residents of Axel are going to fight each other!?"
"Of course, sure!"
This roasted sweet potato dares to say such a shameless thing.
Darkness gasped in shock, her eyes widening as she exclaimed, "How...how could it be so cruel...!"
"We'll be back tomorrow. Be prepared, understand?"
"Hey, hey! Wait a minute...!"
Before Xiaolin and the others could even call out to it, the roasted sweet potato tyrant turned and flew away.
"...They've left."
Youyou was also somewhat speechless.
At this moment, the adventurers gathered around Kobayashi, pleading with him:
"...Please, the founder of Halloween!"
"I know it's pitiful, but there's nothing I can do, person in charge!"
"It's all up to you now, manager!"
"—It still turned out like this!"
Xiao Lin shouted with a headache.
Afterwards, everyone returned to town with a dejected look on their faces, and Kobayashi followed the others to the Adventurers' Guild, hoping to find a solution.
“…That’s it, the roasted sweet potato seems to be seeking conflict.” Kobayashi said with a headache-ridden expression, “But of course we can’t kill each other.”
Is there a good way to persuade him?
Darkness said this with a similar headache.
“Wait a minute,” Aqua disagreed, saying, “I remember that the roasted sweet potato was talking about sweat and tears, not blood.”
“Yes.” Yougou nodded in agreement, saying, “So, even without bloodshed, just seeing a real fight will be enough for it…?”
"Ah, the question is, what is this struggle? A half-baked approach will only anger it, won't it?"
Darkness nodded in deep agreement.
"I see...!" Kobayashi crossed his arms, pondered for a moment, and then said, "A large-scale, serious contest, hmm, sweat and tears... oh?"
"Have you thought of anything?"
Aqua said this with some surprise.
Kobayashi smiled smugly and said, "I guess so. Listen up, autumn activities aren't just about Halloween. Speaking of autumn—"
"Speaking of autumn?" xN
"—It's the sports meet!!!"
Kobayashi slammed his fist on the table and shouted, ignoring the puzzled looks on everyone's faces, "A city-wide spectacle, a serious contest of sweat and tears! No one will hurt each other... so hurry up and get ready!"
"Oh, oh...!" xN
Although they were still completely confused, they got to work under Xiaolin's urging and started preparing for the sports meet with drums and gongs.
(End of this chapter)