Villain Retirement Chapter 1115: Monkeh

Chapter 1115: Monkeh

"Monkeh! Monkeh!"

Somewhere through the dark alleys of the first island that Riley docked to, the man who let escape was running across the darkness until he reached some sort of empty lot where the colorful veil of the Grand Triangle did not reach — the lot was filled with all sorts of treasure, a mountain of them that almost created entire walls.

And yet, even though it was in the center of the bleak city, no one dared to pick up anything from the pile.

"Monkeh!"

"What is it?" And from the mountain of treasures, a shadow spoke — only revealing an arm that was slightly hair, with fingernails that were sharp enough to seemingly cut the air itself.

"A… a visitor killed Alexus and the others! We… we killed Garboza's men since they got to the visitor's s.h.i.+p first, but then he… he just suddenly started killing all of us. He… he sawed Alexus's head right in front of us, Monkeh!"

"Oh…?" The shadow hiding within the treasures twirled its fingers, "Someone as domineering as that came to visit the Grand Triangle? Very interesting…

…Nine."

The shadow then snapped its fingers, and as it did so, another shadow emerged from the pile of treasures.

"Yes, Monkeh?" The shadow kneeled.

"Why don't you go and welcome our new friends?"

"Hm… gladly."

***

"Oh, this is an interesting taste. I thought it would be bland since everything here looks so old and archaic, but not at all."

After creating chaos in the dock, Aurora just watched as Riley and Miss Pepondosovich were now just casually dining in a tavern without a care in the world at all. She ordered her own food too, but she hadn't even touched it since the memory of Riley sawing someone's head right in front of her was still quite fresh in her mind.

The only thing she could really think of while looking at the meat on her plate was the man's neck. If she wasn't trained not to panic in even the most extreme of situations, she would probably be hurling and vomiting without pause right about now.

"This is interesting, Riri! I knew when I first looked at it that it would taste like carrots, taste it!"

And so, Aurora just decided to watch Riley and Miss Pepondosovich for now in hopes that she could recover her appet.i.te soon from seeing them eat.

"Riri, taste it!" Miss Pepondosovich gently leaped from her chair and stood on Riley's lap, feeding him a spoonful of the pie she was eating — and Riley did not hesitate to eat it at all, "So…? Carrots, right?"

"It is slightly bitter, Miss Pepondosovich," Riley lightly moved his mouth and tongue, "But I suppose it does."

"Right!?" Miss Pepondosovich then casually wiped Riley's mouth with a napkin before hopping back to her chair, "I wonder what sort of ingredients you could find in this place — are you planning to cook anytime soon?"

"Perhaps I should," Riley nodded, "The Grand Triangle seems to hold a new set of ingredients for me to try, Miss Pepondosovich."

"Nice… nice," Miss Pepondosovich almost pulled her bunny ears in excitement, "Let me know if you want one of those things flying around, I'll go hunt it myself."

"Hm," Riley nodded. And while the two were just casually talking to each other, Aurora could not help but squint her eyes the entire time.

"Miss Pepondosovich…" Aurora almost leaned over the table as she looked Miss Pepondosovich in the eyes, "...I know Riley Ross can shrink himself, and I also know this isn't my business at all but I just suddenly thought of it and it just came to me, but…

…aren't you the mother of Riley's children? I mean, it makes sense… you call them."

"...Pft," Miss Pepondosovich really only waved her hand and chuckled, "No. Riri and I are just extremely close friends, isn't that right, Riri?"

"Yes."

"Riri's children have different mothers. It's… complicated," Miss Pepondosovich sighed while once again waving her hand, "Trust me, you don't want to get involved with all of that unless you also want to be pregnant."

"R… right," Aurora cleared her throat and looked away from Riley, "We… certainly don't want that happening."

"Anyway, where's this map of yours?" Miss Pepondosovich then started looking around the tavern.

"...Usually someone should be approaching us by now to sell it," Aurora sighed and shook her head.

"Huh…" Miss Pepondosovich continued to look around, "...All that's approaching us are sleazy and sinister stares — I'd have to say, you're quite popular to these ruffians. Hm, I guess you're not that bad-looking, huh?"

"That's… thanks?"

"Also, this food is—"

"!!!"

And before Miss Pepondosovich could comment on the food again, she quickly lifted up her plate as an unusually long staff suddenly lunged through their table — completely splitting it in half.

Aurora quickly pointed her gun to where the staff came from, only to see it actually extending right from outside the door. Very slowly, however, the staff started to retract, right at the same time that a high-pitched cackle started to whisper from the outside.

And very soon, the owner of the staff revealed herself and stepped inside the tavern.

"Now, who's this fine-looking lady?" Miss Pepondosovich raised an eyebrow as she carefully placed her plate to another table and she looked at the man who owned the staff from head to toe.

She looked human, except for the fact that her nose was somewhat flat and her face was covered with red fur which seamlessly flowed through her spiky long red hair — but perhaps the most important and most noticeable thing was the long tail wagging behind her waist.

"It's… It's Nine!"

"Does… does that mean Monkeh's here!?"

"S…s.h.i.+t! We ate at the wrong place today!"

And almost as if to answer Miss Pepondosovich's questions, the other diners in the tavern started screaming as they all got up from their seats and started running away.

"Did I tell any of you to leave!?" Unfortunately for those who stood up, Nine swung her staff, which extended across the entire tavern in less than a blink of an eye — and very slowly, everyone who stood up just started dropping to the floor; whether their lower bodies or their upper bodies touched the floor first, no one really paid attention.

As for Aurora, the only thing she could really do was gasp as she was pulled down by Miss Pepondosovich — if she did not do so, then she would probably also be one of the people currently split in half and scattered on the floor right now.

"Hoho…" Nine's staff returned to its normal length as she placed it over her shoulder, "...I guess there was a reason why I was sent here, and it is the three of you."

Nine then just casually walked toward Riley's table, which was already broken in half. Riley, however, did not heed her any mind at all as he just started picking up the broken shards of plates and carefully collecting them over a napkin.

"I was told the one who killed and played with our subordinates was white of hair and skin," Nine then stood right beside Riley, "And that could really be only you, isn't it?"

"Perhaps," Riley did not even look at Nine as he continued to collect the broken plates, "Please move your feet, it will be dangerous if someone steps over the—"

"So nonchalant," Nine released a high-pitched chuckle as she took a step back so Riley could get that shard she was stepping on, "But I wonder for how long!?"

And with her voice getting louder as her only warning, she swung her staff and slammed it right on the back of Riley's head — causing a blast of wind to just blow everything away, even the wooden floor rippled from the shockwave.

If it wasn't for Miss Pepondosovich holding Aurora, she would have also probably planted herself on the wall by now.

"Hm?"

"What…?" Nine almost let go of her staff as she watched as Riley just casually sat up and looked at her like she did not just hit him on the head at all. Nine then turned to look at her staff, only to see it completely bent and carrying the shape of Riley's head, "You…"

"That was quite rude of you to do, Nine," Riley then just casually stood up while shaking his head, "We were in the midst of eating and enjoying our food, you could have waited until we were done. You could have even joined us."

"Huh…" A small smile crawled on Nine's face as she grabbed the other end of her staff and then just casually straightened the entire thing, "...So, I am guessing that you're quite strong?"

"Not really, Nine," Riley let out a small sigh as he placed the napkin filled with shards to the side, "But perhaps in relative to the rest of you, then I suppose so."

"Heh…" Nine once again let out a high-pitched chuckle, "...Then let's see what you have, White Face."