Chapter 387: Poison Oil Frog and Yurine's Call!
Ryohei took out his phone from his pocket and curiously searched online. He actually found information related to the "Jieba Bird."
Its scientific name is Crustacean-Scaled Bird (Jieba Bird)—
As a juvenile, it is a fish living in the deep sea. During the growth process, it slowly transforms into a fish-bird, becoming a creature of sea, land, and air. Quite magical!
Although extremely ugly, the taste is delicious, especially after transforming into a fish-bird, it becomes a rare delicacy.
"A delicacy, huh..."
Ryohei moved his gaze from the phone screen and looked up at the Crustacean-Scaled Bird still being auctioned.
"280,000, anyone higher?"
The red-skinned demon scanned the demons in front of him, expecting a new bid.
But after waiting for a while without seeing any demons bidding, he had to open his mouth: "Then..."
"290,000."
Ryohei interrupted him.
"Oh oh—! Very good, this gentleman bids 290,000, anyone higher?"
The red-skinned demon perked up, turned his gaze to Ryohei, his tone becoming impassioned and provocative.
At the same time—
Several gazes in the warehouse turned to Ryohei, including the demon who bid 280,000 earlier.
He looked at Ryohei, frowned slightly, hesitated for a moment, and didn't bid again.
In his opinion, 280,000 Yen was already on the expensive side. Continuing to follow and winning at a higher price wasn't cost-effective, so he simply gave up, saving funds for later ingredients...
"Then... this 18 kg Crustacean-Scaled Bird is sold for 290,000 Yen!"
"The successful bidder, please go to the side to handle relevant procedures!"
The red-skinned demon announced loudly and made a gesture of invitation to Ryohei.
As his voice fell, two staff members immediately stepped forward, carrying the box containing the Crustacean-Scaled Bird to the side.
Seeing this, Ryohei led Lucoa and Pekola over.
"Lucoa, store it for me first."
Ryohei paid the money and turned to look at Lucoa—his storage space couldn't accommodate living things.
"Okay." Lucoa responded, waved her hand casually, and stored the Crustacean-Scaled Bird.
At the same time—
"Next up for auction is this Poison Oil Frog, weighing 12 kg, starting price also 100,000 Yen!"
A new round of bidding began!
This time it was a very shabby-looking brownish-green big toad, its back covered with sticky pustules, three thick and thin light-colored longitudinal ridges twisting and winding.
It had four bright yellow eyes, and layers of serrated sharp teeth in its mouth flashed with cold light, making people shudder.
"..." Ryohei also realized that the goods brought out by this shop didn't look great, quite shabby, considered an anomaly in this market.
However, what they brought out seemed to be good stuff; this Poison Oil Frog was also bid on by multiple demons.
Curious, Ryohei checked online with his phone—
Poison Oil Frog, its secreted saliva and oil contain highly toxic poison; one gram can poison a giant elephant. However, its meat is non-toxic and exceptionally delicious.
After detoxifying the oil, it transforms into a high-grade edible oil with a unique flavor. This oil also has the effects of beauty, skincare, and nourishing the body.
Hmm... beauty, skincare, nourishing the body...
Ryohei's eyes moved slightly, and he joined the bidding team with great interest. After several rounds of bidding, he finally won the Poison Oil Frog at a price of 350,000 Yen.
"Why suddenly interested in such an ugly thing?"
Pekola put her slender hands behind her back, looking at Ryohei with beautiful eyes full of confusion.
"Because it's good stuff."
Ryohei paid the money cleanly and signaled Lucoa to store it first.
He turned his head to Pekola and said: "Don't look at them being ugly; they are solid high-grade ingredients, delicious delicacies. Anyway, you can look forward to the taste first."
"Hmm..." Pekola looked at Ryohei with clear eyes and suddenly said: "You're making me crave."
"...I didn't, did I?"
Ryohei was stunned by her words.
"I was made to crave too."
Lucoa bumped Ryohei lightly with her body and said with a smile.
"I feel so wronged!"
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Ryohei looked innocent.
"Feeling wronged is right." Lucoa hugged her ample bosom, a smile on the corner of her mouth, taking over the conversation nonchalantly.
"Mn?"
Is this right?
Ryohei couldn't help looking at her in surprise.
A few seconds later, he understood—Lucoa was teasing him, wanting to be punished.
Ryohei immediately put on a straight face, pretending to be serious:
"Actually ganging up to wrong me! Come to my room tonight; I need to educate you properly and let you know the consequences of blindly wronging people!"
"Too scary."
Pekola was expressionless, her tone devoid of ripples.
"..." Several demons nearby glanced at them with weird eyes.
No, what are you playing at?
An older demon sighed secretly—Morals are decaying; young people these days!
Then his thoughts turned, starting to ponder which custom shop to go to tonight, which race of custom girl to find... Succubus? Harpy? Arachne? Lamia? Vampire? Catgirl?
So hard to choose!
"..."
Ryohei observed a few more rounds of bidding—since there were no ingredients of interest, he didn't participate in the bidding again.
After a few times like this, he left the shop with Lucoa and Pekola.
"How about Crustacean-Scaled Bird hot pot tonight?"
Pondering how to eat the Crustacean-Scaled Bird, Ryohei asked for Lucoa and Pekola's opinions.
"Hot pot?"
The two sisters looked at him, both a bit surprised.
Then, Lucoa raised her hand with a smile: "You're the chef; you have the final say."
"Then hot pot it is; let's buy some other ingredients."
Ryohei decided with a smile.
As his voice fell, the phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated.
He took it out and saw it was a call from Yurine, answering it casually.
After listening to what Yurine said, Ryohei was instantly speechless...
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