Zombie Bodyguard
Chapter 360 - 359: Locking in Victory

Chapter 360: Chapter 359: Locking in Victory

The youth with a buzz cut collapsed on the ground, his face flushed red, continuously expelling an unknown liquid from his mouth.

"Oh my god, this is terrifying," Liu Wenxing shrieked, retracting his neck in fear and even stepping a few steps back away from the Naga Viper pepper.

"Lu Jia, have someone give him some lemon juice; this guy is in for it, the spiciness will last for an hour," Lin Tian shook his head and said, adding that the lemon juice could only alleviate his pain.

"Brother Tian, how spicy exactly is the Naga Viper? It’s freaking terrifying! He collapsed after just one bite," Li Wenxuan, with sweat on his forehead, exclaimed in horror.

The other spectators didn’t even dare to breathe as they watched the boy with the buzz cut being helped away by waiters.

"As I said earlier, the Devil Pepper can reach one million Scoville units, while the Naga Viper’s peak can hit one million five hundred thousand. Why is this pepper called Naga Viper? Because the moment you take the first bite, it’s like being bitten by a venomous snake. Your mouth goes numb instantly, and it takes a few seconds before you feel the spiciness. That young man experienced just that," Lin Tian explained.

"That’s sick," Li Wenxuan and Liu Wenxing exclaimed in unison.

"You can’t handle this? Wait until you try the pepper with Hell Tequila; you can’t even imagine that feeling," Lin Tian said nonchalantly.

"Lin Tian, as you’ve seen the demo just now, let’s get started. If you can’t handle it, admitting defeat is no big deal," Futian Shenyi said with a smug smile, then signaled for Nomura Tarou to step up.

Nomura Tarou sat down directly opposite Lin Tian, fearlessly picked up a pepper, and began to chew it carefully. Yes, he chewed it finely instead of swallowing it whole.

The surrounding people could already smell the super strong spiciness, and their noses began to itch, but Nomura Tarou just kept on eating, finally picking up the bartender-prepared drink, gulping it down, and then gesturing to Lin Tian to proceed.

Nomura Tarou drank the Naga Viper mixed with Hell Tequila without changing his expression! The surrounding spectators were astonished; just now, someone had collapsed after one bite, and now this chubby guy seemed unaffected. Could being fat have its advantages?

They couldn’t help but look towards Lin Tian, wondering what the situation would be with him, who wasn’t fat.

Yet, Lin Tian picked up two Naga Viper peppers, threw them into his mouth, and chewed carefully before lifting his glass to drink. The burning sensation of the drink combined with the spiciness of the Naga Viper made Lin Tian feel as if his mouth was being pricked by countless poison needles.

After a dozen seconds, only pain remained in his mouth. It seemed to burn along his nerves towards his brain, threatening to knock him out, but Lin Tian merely resisted slightly, and the stabbing pain vanished.

The strength of a zombie’s body is not to be shaken by a mere Naga Viper pepper, not to mention chili peppers; even a real king cobra bite couldn’t bother the zombie’s body.

Lin Tian smacked his lips and deliberately said, "The taste is good, but it’s a pity that the Naga Viper is only the second hottest in the world and still slightly lacking."

"What? It tastes good? Brother Tian, are you kidding? If this is the second hottest and is already this fierce, what would the hottest be like?" Liu Wenxing’s eyes widened, and he exclaimed in disbelief. Someone had already been overwhelmed by the heat, yet Lin Tian spoke of it casually, truly baffling everyone.

The people around were also stunned. To think he still found it not spicy enough—was he even human?

"The spiciest? It would scare you to death." Lin Tian glanced at him and said, "The spiciest one is called the Carolina Reaper, with a peak pungency over two million units. You could compare it to the guy who just went down, then imagine how formidable it is. No need to eat it; it can cause damage just by touching your skin!"

Liu Wenxing was left speechless at this point, while the bartender looked at Lin Tian, first shocked and then filled with admiration. As their boss was impressive, they stood a bit taller and naturally felt proud.

"Sister Lu, the boss is so amazing. Our bar staff have to dress up well to handle that pepper, and the boss is just unfazed," a female bartender excitedly said to Lu Jia, who also smiled and nodded.

"Do you think if the boss kissed a girl now, would she also feel spicy?" a daring female bartender asked her colleagues around her.

"Hehe, why don’t you go and kiss the boss to find out?" the girls teased her together.

"Hmph, I’m not as infatuated as you are; I’m just curious."

"Is that so? I remember you were dreaming about the boss last night, calling out his name."

...

While Lin Tian was engaged in a tense contest, the female bartenders let their imaginations run wild, as their topics drifted off to the Jawa Kingdom. As the bar manager, Lu Jia felt helpless about this, knowing that a young girl’s heart is always enthusiastic, and even outright prohibitions wouldn’t deter them. A boss like Lin Tian had a huge impact on the girls.

With his keen hearing, Lin Tian could hear the staff’s discussions, and he couldn’t help but shamelessly think, I’m already keeping such a low profile, yet I still can’t escape from people’s gaze.

He shook his head and said casually, "That Nomura fellow, eating one by one is too troublesome. Let’s just grab them instead; otherwise, it’s a waste of time."

"With such a generous spirit as Mr. Lin Tian, I’m certainly happy to comply," Nomura Tarou said with a squeezed smile on his fat face, then really grabbed a handful of Naga Viper peppers and stuffed them into his mouth, eating them like before.

Lin Tian frowned as he watched. While it was manageable for Nomura Tarou to eat one, which could be explained by his high spice tolerance, stuffing a handful into his mouth at once, at least seven peppers, with his expression unchanged, was truly bizarre.

Any normal person would not be able to withstand so many Naga Viper peppers; even Ancient Martial Artists couldn’t outlast this. Lin Tian suspected that Nomura Tarou might have no sense of taste, but since the sensation of spiciness isn’t related to taste at all, he ruled out that idea.

Since one doesn’t even need to eat the pepper, as the skin contact would be enough to feel spicy, spiciness isn’t related to taste. Humans feel the spiciness because the peppers stimulate the sympathetic nerve and the trigeminal nerve, so even the skin can sense the spicy sensation.

It’s not a matter of taste? Then what could make him withstand such extreme levels of spiciness? Lin Tian’s brain started racing; if he couldn’t figure out the reason, continuing to eat like this was not a solution.

"Mr. Lin Tian, what are you dazed about? Nomura Tarou has already eaten his share; are you scared? Intentionally delaying the time?" Futian Shenyi said with a laugh, but that smile was more scornful than cheerful.

This time he came prepared for the contest, so his tone was filled with arrogance, and in his mind, he had already affirmed that victory would ultimately be on his side, because no one could withstand such extreme levels of spiciness combined with Hell Tequila, not even Ancient Martial Artists.

Unless it was an extremely high-level Ancient Martial Artist, but Futian Shenyi believed that Lin Tian couldn’t possibly be such a high-level Ancient Martial Artist due to his young age, so he had already secured the victory.

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