Dominating the Pugilistic World With My Detective Skills
Chapter 43 - 43 43 The Youth Ah Zhong

43: Chapter 43: The Youth Ah Zhong 43: Chapter 43: The Youth Ah Zhong Editor: Henyee Translations “How should I address you, little brother?”

The boy shook his head: “I’m not called little brother.”

Ye Weiming kept asking: “Then, what’s your name?”

“Mutt.”

Indeed, only bears would appear in the wilderness, so how could there be a kid?

Even if there was one, it would be a mischievous kid!

A disloyal and ungrateful one, who eats meat all day and swears!

Ye Weiming angrily questioned: “You, as a mischievous kid, why insult people?”

The boy seemed very wronged: “I’m not a mischievous kid, I’m Mutt, and it’s you who asked me.

I didn’t swear at anyone.”

Ye Weiming calmed down, giving the boy a thumbs-up: “Your name is really unique.

However, I, being an educated man, feel it inappropriate to call you by it.

How about this, I’ll call you Ah Zhong, and you call me Big Bro, okay?”

Although the kid’s name was indeed that, as a civilized person, Ye Weiming felt that he could not utter it, sensing a threat that if he did, something might go wrong.

“Okay.” Ah Zhong’s answer was brief and clear.

“Ah Zhong, uh…” After deciding on the names, Ye Weimng immediately took out the dozen pieces of wolf meat he had previously collected from his backpack, dumped them onto a piece of paper on the ground, and proposed, “Judging by your tone, anything you cook must taste better than something I cook.

How about this, I provide the ingredients, and you cook, we split the cooked food in half, alright?”

“No need to split in half, I can’t eat that much.” Despite what Ah Zhong said, he already picked up a portion of the wolf meat and skewered it with a dry branch, “Such a huge volume of meat needs more firewood.

I’ll have to gather more dry twigs.”

“I will go.” Ye Weiming cheerfully said, “It was agreed before, I’m in charge of bringing the ingredients.”

Gather dry branches is somewhat troublesome.

Unlike wet branches that you could simply chop from trees, you needed patience to slowly find them.

But thinking of the meals to come, Ye Weiming spent an hour to gather a bunch of dry branches.

At first, he wanted to gather more, but as an irresistible aroma came in, finally couldn’t resist the protest from his stomach and hurried back to the bonfire.

At this moment, the wolf meat was cooked perfectly, golden brown.

Like they agreed before, the boy handed a portion to Ye Weiming and smiled, “It’s done, you can eat it.”

After receiving the meat, Ye Weiming almost dropped it in shock.

Grilled wolf meat: Quality 65, upon consumption can reduce 50 points of hunger, strength increases by 97 points within an hour.

Is this food?

No!

It’s like a buff!

Moreover, it’s the kind which can almost double his combat strength momentarily!

The allure smell of the grilled meat entered his nostrils, stimulating his olfactory nerve, saliva almost uncontrollably flowing from the corner of his mouth.

If there was anything else to eat, Ye Weming would definitely like to save this piece of wolf meat for boosting his combat power before a fight.

However, now that he felt hungry, he couldn’t resist biting into the grilled meat.

The moment the meat entered his mouth, Ye Weiming instantly felt the fatty oils in the meat melting, the rich flavor stimulating his taste buds, causing him, a destitute constable who hadn’t had any meat since he entered the game, to almost shed tears of joy.

Too delicious, too lovely!

Truly delectable!

Despite the lack of seasoning, Ah Zhong had managed to bring out the natural flavor of the meat to an extraordinary degree.

It was so delicious that, with just one bite, you’d feel like eating your own tongue.

As promised before, Ah Zhong painstakingly grilled each piece of the remaining wolf meat and then handed all of it to Ye Weiming: “I’m not a player, I don’t have a system backpack to keep the food fresh.

If I carry it around, the grilled meat will go bad within a day.

You seem to like it, so you take all of it.

I’m tired, I’ll go to sleep first.”

Welled up with tears, Ye Weiming was moved, what a good kid!

“Ah Zhong, what are your plans next?”

“Zzz…”

Just as Ah Zhong had said, he was already asleep…

According to the system description he had seen before logging into the game, Ye Weiming knew that the smarter the NPC, the higher its level.

The fact that the little boy before him can distinguish between a player and an NPC, even knowing that the player’s backpack has an unending food preservation function, suggests that his intelligence level might be close to the highest.

Having said that, the boy is able to augment Ye Weiming’s culinary skills by simply imparting a few pointers.

It wouldn’t be wrong to say that he is indeed a high-level NPC.

However…

Since when did high-level NPCs carry such unbecoming names?

Certain aspects of this game are clearly not meticulously designed…

With a moment’s hesitation, Ye Weiming decided not to gobble down the second piece of grilled meat.

With the current situation, he could make it to Luoyang.

Good steel should be used for the blade after all!

They spent the night in silence.

When the young boy woke up next morning, he found Ye Weiming still sitting on the side, nonchalantly tossing sticks of dry wood onto the bonfire.

Ah Zhong widened his eyes, “Have you stayed here all night?”.

He didn’t ask why Ye Weiming hadn’t slept.

Players, after all, enter the game in a semi-dormant state and don’t need to sleep in the game – they’re fine even if they play non-stop for 24 hours.

“You’re awake,” Ye Weiming smiled, “With us being in the wilderness, I didn’t want you to be carried off by a wild animal while you were sleeping.

Having a bonfire nearby will at least keep you from catching cold, right?”.

Ah Zhong did not say thank you, but from his gaze, Ye Weiming discerned a slight increase in favorability.

Remaining silent for a few seconds, the little boy suddenly said, “You don’t really need to protect me, because those wild animals wouldn’t attack me.

Even if the players killed me, I would just respawn, retaining all of my memories except the details of who killed me.”.

This child seems to understand the game rules better than Ye Weiming.

How could an NPC understand more about the game settings than a player himself?

Dusting off himself, Ah Zhong stood up, “Big brother, I need to continue searching for my mom and Ah Huang.

Goodbye.”

“Wait a second.”

Ye Weiming stopped Ah Zhong, took out the fire starter he used to ignite the bonfire and offered, “I’m giving you this fire starter.

With your skills, you shouldn’t starve wherever you go if you have it.”

Ah Zhong took the fire starter.

Instead of expressing gratitude, he handed Ye Weiming a book.

“Beggar’s Chicken Recipe” – the recipe containing the method of making Beggar’s Chicken.

The Beggar’s Chicken recipe dissolves into white light with a pat.

Ding!

Congratulations on learning the method of making Beggar’s Chicken.

“Big brother, using a skill book directly like you just did is a waste.

If you can have the patience to read every word carefully, not only can you learn to make Beggar’s Chicken, but you can also gain some extra cooking proficiency,” Ah Zhong added.

“There’s more to it?” Ye Weiming was slightly surprised, but still said, “I don’t know who your mom and Ah Huang are, but I’ll certainly help you look as much as I can.”

Upon hearing this, Ah Zhong excitedly looked at Ye Weiming.

Acknowledging with a serious nod, he ran off into the distance.

Ding!

You’ve received a hidden task to find mom.

Find Mom

Task Level: Unknown

Help Ah Zhong find his mom.

Task reward: Unknown

…

Ding!

You’ve received a hidden task to find Ah Huang.

Task Level: Unknown

Help Ah Zhong find Ah Huang.

Task reward: Unknown

…

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