"The cafeteria…" Amamiya Natsuki hesitated for a few seconds and said, "Let's go over and take a look."
The three of them walked along the road and soon saw a cafeteria appear in front of them.
"Speaking of which, our school also has a cafeteria. I went there with my friends, and the food was delicious." Fujiwara Chika put her hands behind her back and looked around. "Has Kaguya-chan ever eaten in the cafeteria?"
"No." Shinomiya Kaguya answered calmly.
"Where's Amamiya-san?"
Amamiya Natsuki said, "I've been there."
"Hey, what does Amamiya like to eat? I like the teriyaki chicken steak in the cafeteria the most. It tastes great."
Amamiya Natsuki sighed silently and finally confirmed that the Fujiwara-san in front of him… was indeed a very smart person.
This is a school of evil spirits full of dangers, so you should show some respect.
The journey was safe and sound. They encountered neither other players nor evil spirit students.
The three quickly arrived at the cafeteria entrance, looked at each other, and walked inside.
The next moment, the scene in front of him suddenly changed.
The light was dim, and the yellowish glow flickered, as if it might go out at any moment.
The air was filled with a faint smell of blood and an indescribable strange scent.
Boom boom boom.
The dull sound of knives chopping bones came from the back of the cafeteria.
Apart from this, no other sounds could be heard, and the entire cafeteria felt extremely depressing.
There weren't many customers, all of them resentful students. When Amamiya Natsuki and the other two living people walked in, all the vengeful spirits looked up at them.
All had pale faces and lifeless eyes. Some didn't even have eyes at all.
The sudden movement of raising their heads scared Fujiwara Chika, who couldn't help but let out a low cry.
"Why is there a vengeful spirit in the cafeteria?!"
Nonsense—it's normal for students to eat in the cafeteria, right?
Shinomiya Kaguya remained cold and expressionless, as if nothing mattered to her. However, the words above her head were completely different from her calm expression.
[So scary, so scary, so scary.]
At the same time,
A cold and hoarse voice sounded in the minds of the three.
[You have entered the scene: Ghost Canteen]
[Game rules: Good students must eat on time; please finish the last dinner and give a five-star rating.]
[Canteen dining rules: Each meal should not be less than 200 grams.]
"You can pass the level by eating food. It feels much easier than being a wooden man."
Fujiwara Chika's eyes lit up.
"Simple?" A cold laugh sounded. "I hope you won't cry later."
Amamiya Natsuki looked toward the voice and saw a player wearing a hood. No one knew what he had been through. His face was pale, his forehead covered with cold sweat. In front of him was a bowl of soup—and in it… mist condensed into a black skull that floated up quietly.
"What kind of food is that?"
The smile on Fujiwara Chika's face gradually froze.
"It feels like a deadly dish." Amamiya Natsuki's eyes twitched slightly. He took a deep breath and said, "Anyway, let's go to the cafeteria window and take a look first."
The three walked up to the cafeteria window.
The dull sound of chopping meat stopped, and a figure walked out from the darkness.
It turned out to be a pig-headed man, nearly two meters tall with a burly physique. He held a kitchen knife dripping with blood. His apron was splattered with blood, the original color unrecognizable.
With the Pig-Headed Butcher's appearance, the resentful students in the cafeteria lowered their heads one after another, and the deterrent power increased fully.
"Good evening. What would you three like to eat?"
A deep, hoarse voice came from the butcher, who pointed to a sign: "This is today's menu. Please choose your own."
Amamiya Natsuki looked at the sign and saw there was only one dish listed.
[Today's limited dish: Borscht with unknown ingredients. Please don't be surprised no matter what comes out of it.]
[Today's limited dish: Steak rice bowl with unknown ingredients. Please do not ask where the meat comes from.]
Amamiya Natsuki looked down and saw they were all food from the underworld—no normal human food at all.
"Is it really okay to eat this kind of food?"
Fujiwara Chika couldn't help but complain quietly.
The three soon discovered that whether or not they would get an upset stomach was one thing, but whether they could eat it was another.
"There are thirty minutes left before the cafeteria break. Please eat within the allotted time." The pig-headed butcher said in a low voice. "If you don't finish your food or don't eat during mealtime, you will be left in the cafeteria."
"Well, thank you for your reminder…" Fujiwara Chika blinked and tried to run away, but soon cried out, "Hey, the door is gone?"
Hearing this, Amamiya Natsuki looked behind him and saw the cafeteria door had disappeared, leaving only a black and red mist.
It was impossible to leave easily.
He retracted his gaze, looked at the pig-headed butcher, and a line of words slowly appeared.
[Real name: Oink]
[The most annoying thing about wasting food.]
"In this case, the only option is to eat."
Miss Kaguya folded her right hand across her chest, expression calm and composed as ever.
Then the problem arose.
"The three guests, please pay the bill first." The pig-headed butcher said in a low voice.
"Hey, you still need to pay?"
Fujiwara Chika's eyes opened wide when she heard that.
The butcher silently held his bloody kitchen knife and said, "You want to eat a free meal?"
"Please don't misunderstand me." Shinomiya Kaguya pulled Fujiwara behind her with a serious expression. "We hate people who eat and drink for free the most."
"Let me try."
Amamiya Natsuki suddenly thought of a possibility, quickly took out his wallet, pulled out a note from Hideyo Noguchi, and then the worst situation occurred.
"The cafeteria only accepts currency circulating within the school. Money from the human world cannot be used." The pig-headed butcher said quietly.
Totally understandable.
This is a school for evil spirits, so it's normal we can't use money from the human world.
"I can't even use the money…" Fujiwara Chika said pitifully. "Then how can I buy food?"
"You can choose to exchange goods for goods." The pig-headed butcher began wiping the table. "For two hundred grams of food, you only need to pay two hundred grams of body tissue. It's an equal exchange. No one is cheated."
"Will clothes be okay?"
"No. You must have body tissue that has the potential to become food."
Your canteen is actually a she-devil's bun shop! You serve buns to customers in front, and after they faint from eating, you drag them back to the kitchen to make more buns. It's endless!
Amamiya Natsuki finally understood why the hooded player was gloating when he first came in.
"Two hundred grams of body tissue is not fatal to you humans." The pig-headed butcher said quietly. "Blood, muscles, bones, and useless fat tissue can all be used for equivalent exchange."
"Useless fat tissue…"
Amamiya Natsuki's heart stirred, and he couldn't help but look at Fujiwara Chika.
Shinomiya Kaguya also looked over with pursed lips.
The useless fat is right there, and it's more than enough to satisfy three people.
"What are you two looking at?" Fujiwara Chika quickly covered her chest and shouted, "No breasts!"