Chapter 87: Kappa (3k)
“Did a demon also get on the ship?”
Su Jiu, who was in the adjacent room, heard the sounds from next door and immediately rushed out without thinking.
“There are two War General level auras inside. Has someone come to deal with it already?”
When he arrived in the corridor, many people had already gathered, surrounding the door of the adjacent room. It was clear that everyone had rushed out as soon as they heard the commotion.
On the outer edge of the crowd, a middle-aged uncle in a regular sailor’s uniform rubbed his chin, looking intently ahead, and murmured:
“Kappa…”
He seemed to be a staff member or sailor on the cruise ship.
“Kappa? How is that possible?”
Hearing this, Su Jiu’s face showed surprise. He had learned Japanese for the Gaokao in his previous life, so he naturally understood what the uncle meant, but there was no such mention in the demon encyclopedia.
There shouldn’t be a water-attribute demon called “Kappa.”
“Kappa?” Several people who had followed out looked surprised. Could it be that the so-called demon referred to a Kappa?
As soon as she finished speaking, the uncle noticed Su Jiu. He turned around in surprise, but this time he spoke in Dragon Country language with a slight southern accent: “Miss, do you understand Japanese?”
“I understand a little…”
Su Jiu smiled and didn’t want to argue about this trivial matter. He then raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the crowd, asking curiously, “Did a Kappa appear ahead? I remember that this kind of demon only exists in Cherry Blossom Country legends.”
“Not exactly. This species disappeared during the Edo period. The last place it was located was in the rivers within the territory of the Daimyo of Lichuan… After all, there must be a prototype for legends to be legends.”
The middle-aged uncle explained a little, but then paused and pointed at the situation inside the room. His thick eyebrows twitched slightly, and he said somewhat uncertainly:
“But appearing here, it should only be similar to a Kappa.”
“Similar to a Kappa?”
Su Jiu’s confusion deepened. Xiao Yezi obediently hugged his arm and whispered, “The red clouds have disappeared.”
“Xiao Yezi, is the red paint you drew related to this [Kappa]?”
Su Jiu looked down at Xiao Yezi, his heart starting to guess the meaning of the “red,” which was definitely not brought about by emotions of danger or anger.
“I don’t know, I want milk.” Xiao Yezi tilted her head and looked at Su Jiu, her emerald eyes full of innocence.
“Make way! A demon broke into this lady’s room just now, and we killed it on the spot.”
Just as Su Jiu was about to ask about the meaning of “red,” the crowd was pushed aside by an external aura quite forcefully. A young man in a police uniform emerged, holding a yellowish-brown corpse and passing through the crowd.
Glancing at the corpse, its skin was yellowish-brown. Su Jiu estimated it to be about 1.5 meters tall. Its face was protruding like a platypus, and the most noticeable features were its duck-webbed hands and the protruding “hump” behind it.
It seemed that apart from the color, it was not much different from the legendary Kappa.
“Black, he’s also mushy.”
As the young policeman walked past Su Jiu, Xiao Yezi whispered, burying her face in Su Jiu’s chest, not daring to move.
Su Jiu gently patted her back, signaling her not to be afraid.
The young policeman seemed to hear the sound, his gaze swept over Su Jiu, and he frowned, saying in a low voice, “Control her, or you won’t know when you die.”
Hearing this, a cold glint flashed in Su Jiu’s eyes. He looked at the young man calmly and chuckled, retorting, “Misfortune comes from the mouth. Don’t you know when you’ll die? You’re just a mere security guard.”
“Little girl, do you know that we are already at sea? Even if you die at sea someday, no one else will know.”
Upon hearing Su Jiu’s words, the young policeman’s face instantly sank. He asked with a cold smile, “I am a War General. I am almost absolute among these test subjects.”
During this confrontation, rings of air waves emerged from his hand, as if he were about to attack Su Jiu. The onlookers quickly scattered, fearing they would be affected.
Liu Pang Zi and the other two behind Su Jiu’s expression changed drastically. He glanced at Xiao Guang, who remained unmoved, and quickly waved his hand to stop them, then tried to smooth things over with the young policeman, saying:
“Sir, my friend is hot-tempered. She was just joking.”
This was a strong War General, a rare existence even in the entire Huayang City. Liu Pang Zi and the others didn’t think highly of Su Jiu’s strength, after all, they were all here to test the medicine, so how could they have high strength?
“Consider yourself sensible, kid.”
The young policeman seemed quite pleased with Liu Pang Zi’s subservient expression. He nodded, glared fiercely at Su Jiu and the other two, and then continued to drag the “Kappa” corpse forward.
“Mr. Murakami, don’t cause trouble. The one from the Kamishiro Family wants us to go over. It seems we need to discuss the one-day stop at the High Seas Black Market to trade some items.”
A figure in a black suit not far away called out to the young policeman. He looked like the man in the suit who had brought Su Jiu and the others onto the ship earlier.
“My uncle is probably preparing the medicinal liquid for breaking through to High-Rank Battle King. If his strength reaches the Demigod Level, he might be able to establish a branch of the Kamishiro Family on his own.”
The young policeman smiled confidently. Even facing the man in the suit, whose strength was slightly greater than his own, he showed a hint of disdain.
The man in the suit silently watched the other person leave. His gaze swept over the people looking at him, and his face returned to its previous smile. He clapped his hands and said with a smile:
“Tonight, if anyone experiences motion sickness or other special conditions, please come to Room 101 on the first floor of the cabin. The ship is equipped with special medication for dizziness treatment.”
Soon, after the monster was dealt with, everyone returned to their respective rooms. Su Jiu took Xiao Yezi back to their dormitory. In the corridor, A Ying followed behind him, saying worriedly:
“You shouldn’t have offended that security guard. With his strength, if he did something to you, there would be no way to resist.”
“It’s fine, just a War General. Ask Xiao Guang, I’m very strong.”
Su Jiu smiled. She ignored A Ying’s worried expression and thought in her mind about what that [Kappa] was. She felt a very strong fire element external qi from it.
However, this fire element external qi dissipated very quickly, and its skin and flesh seemed unable to contain this attribute external qi. What was most bizarre was that they were supposed to be in Dragon Country’s territorial waters, yet a Cherry Blossom country demon had appeared.
It was hard not to suspect that this [Kappa] was brought onto the ship in the first place. Whether it was an isolated case or a premeditated act, they would have to…
Thinking this, Su Jiu lowered her head to the bedside and looked at Xiao Yezi, who was holding a pen and drawing on her white dress. She pinched her smooth cheek and asked with a twitch of her mouth, “Xiao Yezi, can you tell Daddy what the red aura represents?”
“Ah…”
Startled by the sudden interruption, Xiao Yezi dropped her pen. But finding that Su Jiu’s mood didn’t seem bad, she breathed a small sigh of relief. She stole a glance and then said softly:
“It’s a tornado. The red aura keeps spinning ‘whoosh whoosh,’ spinning up and down, spinning left and right. The yellow aura can’t compare to the red one; it only spins up and down.”
“What does a tornado mean?” Su Jiu was stunned by these rather abstract words.
“Silly Daddy, a tornado is just wind that keeps spinning.”
Xiao Yezi raised her hand and secretly pinched her Daddy’s bear. Seeing that he didn’t react, she opened her mouth with her small tiger teeth and took a bite.
“Damn it! What are you doing? When the water boils, there will be milk…”
Startled by Xiao Yezi’s sneak attack, Su Jiu shuddered, quickly patted her bottom, and pointed to the hot water kettle on the bedside.
“It’s tasteless.”
Xiao Yezi smacked her lips and commented quite seriously.
“You two, sorry to interrupt your conversation, but I think what this child is trying to describe is [chaos].”
At this moment, A Ying came over with the hot water kettle, smiling, and poured hot water into Xiao Yezi’s milk bottle. “I have a younger sister at home who also likes to say strange things, so I’m quite sensitive to these matters.”
“Chaos?”
Su Jiu was slightly stunned. It was indeed possible, because she hadn’t figured out if the Kappa just now could communicate.
If this deduction holds true, then the yellow aura and the red aura are related. The red is a change from the yellow, indicating that there might still be [Kappas] hidden on this ship.
However, the other party might still have their sanity, so they haven’t attacked humans yet?
Su Jiu patted Xiao Yezi’s bottom again and asked with lingering doubt, “Xiao Yezi, then… can you tell Daddy where the yellow aura is recently?”
“Hungry~”
Xiao Yezi tilted her head, her emerald eyes revealing a look that said, “How would I know such a thing? I’m just a child.”
Helplessly patting her head, Su Jiu then realized that she was just a child, and she had already done well to reach this point.
Listening to their conversation, Xiao Guang looked at the dark water outside the cabin and asked nervously, “Sister Su Jiu, are there still monsters like that around?”
” I can’t be sure. I can only take Xiao Yezi to find the so-called [yellow tornado], that is, the [Kappa] that can still communicate, tomorrow morning.”
After tasting the milk, which was at a suitable temperature, Su Jiu shook her head, added a little Floating Life Blossom water, and handed it to Xiao Yezi to drink.
“Given that policeman’s vindictive personality, I don’t know if he will make a move…”
She looked at the moon hanging in the distance outside, deciding to stay awake all night to prevent any unexpected situations.
Time passed little by little. Since they had agreed to take turns keeping watch, Xiao Guang and the other two had already fallen asleep; they were responsible for the latter half of the night.
Su Jiu sat on the bed cultivating. She tied Xiao Yezi to her body. The latter was behind her, watching downloaded anime on her phone.
“Was it that young man?”
Just as the moonlight was being obscured by dark clouds, Su Jiu slowly opened her eyes, her gaze fell on the main entrance, then she got up to open the door, and the next moment, she met a ferocious face with a platypus-like mouth.
Xiao Yezi’s voice also rang out. She turned around and pointed at the [Kappa], shouting, “Daddy, it’s a red tornado!”
“Roar!”
With a roar, the Kappa’s body was bare under its ferocious face, with only a few strips of cloth around its crotch. However, Su Jiu noticed something odd.
Was the brand logo of some brand on that strip of cloth?
