After Online Dating with Unlimited Streaming BOSS

Chapter 4: Aversion Therapy for Dark Cuisine. Thanks to all the players for making it happen again…

So, is the skill “Meet the Parents” meant for the boss to treat her like a parent and vent their inner grievances?

Rong Yi began to wonder what role she played in her young boyfriend’s eyes.

Is he Oedipal, or does he dislike her because she’s older than him?!

With a furrowed brow, she absentmindedly listened to the ogre’s tearful account of its recent experiences of being hungry but unable to eat.

Originally, it was just drooling saliva, but now it cried, and the mucus, tears, and saliva merged into a river, flowing so much that Rong Yi couldn’t even understand what it was saying.

…Oh well, let’s take care of this little brat first.

In such a grand and magnificent restaurant, they couldn’t even find a piece of tissue paper. It’s like the game, beautiful on the surface but disappointing inside.

She wasn’t sure if “Meet the Parents” had a limited range, so she didn’t dare go too far from it and decided to take it to a snack bar to find some tissues.

The three outside the restaurant saw a newcomer carrying the instance boss, walking harmoniously towards the snack bar.

“Let’s wipe our tears and sit down to talk, okay?” They heard her gently persuading the horrifying ogre as if it were a lost 5-year-old child.

The girl with twin ponytails was the first to react and immediately followed Rong Yi. T hesitated for a moment, then joined them, not too close to the muscular man.

Rong Yi let the ogre sit down in the snack bar, handed it a roll of tissue, and when it calmed down a bit, she spoke:

“Unhealthy eating habits can also lead to loss of appetite. Are you allergic to other types of meat?”

The ogre shook its head and said in a low voice, “I just like to eat human flesh, but I don’t only eat human flesh.”

“That won’t do, or else your nutrition will be very unbalanced.” As soon as Rong Yi heard that it could eat other meat, she took out a sausage and placed it on the grilling machine, letting it roll along the shiny steel pipe with oil.

 

As the girl with twin ponytails quickly realized the situation, she followed Rong Yi without hesitation. T hesitated for a moment, then positioned himself not too far from the muscular man.

 

Rong Yi made the ogre sit down in the snack bar and handed it a roll of tissue. Seeing it calmed down a bit, she spoke, “Long-term unhealthy eating habits could lead to loss of appetite. Are you allergic to other types of meat?”

The ogre shook its head and said in a low voice, “I just like to eat human flesh, but I don’t only eat human flesh.”

 

“That won’t do, or else your nutrition will be very unbalanced.” When Rong Yi heard that it could eat other meat, she took out a sausage and placed it on the grilling machine, letting it roll along the shiny steel pipe with oil.

 

“That’s true.” The ogre wiped its nose with the tissue, “But you know, there’s only so much food available in the game levels. Besides some good wine, the only thing I can eat is the players who come my way every day.”

Rong Yi agreed, “Could it be that eating the same thing every day made you tired of it?”

“It’s not just getting tired of the food; it’s the cooking skills of these players, sigh…” The ogre looked at Rong Yi’s beautiful and alluring lips, “Such good ingredients are being wasted.”

“But you still have to eat, even if it’s bad.” Rong Yi understood.

“Exactly!” The ogre pulled at its hair in distress, “Big sister, let me ask you this. If the game’s setting is like this, why did they designate me as a gourmet? For gourmet NPCs, the most painful thing is not hunger but eating dark cuisine! The game is simply neglecting our NPC rights! Whimper, whimper, whimper…”

Rong Yi: … Seriously, “Meet the Parents” should be just that, she’s accepted being addressed as sister, aunt, grandmother, so why does the ogre’s role have to be “big sister”?

Could it be that it also has some strange complex?

“You’ve been through a lot too.” Rong Yi suppressed the twitching of her eyebrows and poured him a glass of iced cola, patting his shoulder gently. “You’ve worked hard.”

Outside the snack bar, T looked at the ogre with a strange expression. The ogre took a sip of cola, shook his head silently like a disheartened middle-aged person in the workplace, and declined the cigarette that Rong Yi offered.

The muscular man cautiously approached and asked, “Senior, is this the normal game process now? Should we also offer cigarettes?”

T: …Offer you a cigarette? No way!

The ogre continued lamenting, “In the past, I kept all the body parts of players who failed to clear the game as a punishment. But after eating so much badly burnt and unpalatable human flesh, I feel nauseous every time I see human flesh now. It’s such a waste to store human flesh in the freezer as emergency rations!”

Rong Yi: Ah, the mystery is solved.

She patted its shoulder reassuringly, “Have you heard of aversion therapy?”

The ogre asked, “What’s that?”

Rong Yi explained, “In simple terms, because the players’ poorly cooked human flesh is associated with unpleasantness, it has led to your aversion to eating it, which resulted in your anorexia.”

The ogre asked worriedly, “Ah, is there still hope for me then?”

Rong Yi replied, “… No, you’ve recovered from an illness, you know? You should thank all the players who worked tirelessly to cook you dark cuisine and finally helped you overcome your bad habits and become a proper demon again.”

The ogre scratched its head sheepishly, “Oh, I see… Thank you for the guidance, big sister…”

The surface of the sausage swelled with small bubbles, exuding an enticing aroma.

“To treat your anorexia, let’s see if you can accept other types of food,” Rong Yi said as she skewered a sausage with a bamboo stick. She carefully tore off a piece of tissue and wrapped the oiled bamboo stick in it, then handed it over. “It’s called a meat sausage, but I’m not sure if it actually contains meat. The flour content might be higher. Can you eat this?”

The ogre cautiously took it with two long pointed fingers, saying, “Thank you, big sister. I’ll give it a try.”

As the sausage was placed in front of him, the ingredients appeared automatically on the side, along with a system evaluation:

Ingredients: Edible oil, casing, minced pork, flour, sodium chloride, sodium nitrite, carrageenan (a very fragrant junk food, but unfortunately no human flesh, not suitable for Mr. Ogre’s requirements)

The ingredients and evaluation were visible to Rong Yi as well. She saw the ogre, who was clearly salivating, but due to the system settings, he couldn’t take a single bite of the food.

The ogre’s expression was filled with pain, but he tried to console Rong Yi, “Thank you for your efforts, big sister. There is pork in it, so it must be… very delicious.” He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, “Extremely delicious.”

Rong Yi touched her lips. The ogre didn’t refuse because he didn’t want to eat it; he couldn’t eat food that didn’t contain human flesh. However, in the side dishes, there was clearly wine, and he could drink cola just now, which indicated that the “eating human flesh” rule might not be so strict for solid food.

Is it a requirement that solid food must contain human flesh?

But the ingredients list detected edible oil. This is quite strange because the menu clearly states “Roasted Lips of Women,” and whether it’s butter or edible oil, oil is necessary for roasting.

Is the oil on solid food considered a solid or a liquid?

No, that’s not right. She quickly dismissed her own inference.

If it’s about the distinction between solid and liquid, then why did she find condiments in the cooking area? Solid condiments like basil and black pepper wouldn’t hinder the ogre from eating, right?

Could it be a matter of quantity?

But all the ingredients don’t specify their quantities; they only show up if they are present.

Right, there are no specified quantities! If that’s the case…

Rong Yi touched her slightly dry lips after eating roasted gluten, “I should be able to make you eat the sausage, but don’t find it disgusting.”

With that, she gently peeled off a piece of pale red lip skin from her own lips.

Then she stuck the piece of lip skin onto the sausage.

Immediately behind the long list of ingredients, a new element appeared: “Lips of Women.”

The system’s evaluation also changed: “(Lips of a young woman, accompanied by a very fragrant junk food. Enjoy to your heart’s content, Mr. Ogre! Don’t forget your wine pairing!)”

Indeed! The menu only mentions the requirement for women’s lips without specifying the quantity. Even a single cell would be considered!

Just like that sausage, the meat content might be less than 5%, but as long as there’s a bit of meat, the seller can name it “meat sausage.”

The chat messages chimed in with colorful praises:

X: Rong Rong, you’re amazing! [Star-eyed emoji]

X: You used your cunning merchant mindset to exploit the loopholes of this unscrupulous game. You’re playing them at their own game!

X: Oh my goodness! I admire my girlfriend so much!

Rong Yi chuckled.

The ogre’s eyes lit up, saliva flowing as it was about to put the sausage in its mouth. Suddenly, a delicate and fair hand stopped it.

“Wait.”

Rong Yi was accustomed to strategizing and considering all people and situations in the company. For instance, she suddenly thought, if the ogre eats this sausage in one bite, will the game consider it cleared?

But the sausage is a part of the snack bar. If the next wave of people entering the instance doesn’t come with their own food, what will they do?

The ogre is still tired of human flesh – in fact, regardless of whether he is interested in human flesh or not, this level will inevitably result in casualties!

It’s a dilemma.

Unless… it can stop eating human flesh.

She asked her young boyfriend if the items from the snack bar would disappear when taken out of the instance after the game ended.

X: If you need it, I can try to prevent them from disappearing…

X: Done.

Rong Yi: … Are you a secret agent planted by the game next to me?

X: Yes, but I’m a double agent. [Now I want to be a good person emoji]

This hacking skill made Rong Yi reassess her young boyfriend. He always claimed to work part-time abroad and at an amusement park. Could he be a hidden gem?

Her company is in the high-tech industry, perhaps…

But right now, their lives are not yet secure, and it’s not the time to think about this. Rong Yi waved her hand, “Move!”

Instant noodles, sodas, potato chips, jelly, spicy chicken feet… Although the snack bar is small, it’s fully stocked with junk food.

She did her best to leave enough food reserves for the ogre, also giving the later players a chance to survive.

The girl with twin ponytails immediately followed Rong Yi without hesitation. The muscular man looked at T, hesitating whether to listen to her. But the next moment, he was scared and quickly joined the moving team.

“Big sister, now that we’ve moved the oven, what else do we need to move?” The muscular man noticed that even the ogre was following Rong Yi’s arrangements, moving the snack bar’s grills and sausage boxes outside!

Rong Yi pointed east, and it didn’t dare go west, while she carefully reminded it not to trip over the wires.

The muscular man, sweating profusely, helped the ogre move the freezer and took the opportunity to whisper to T, “Senior, this must be part of the game process, right? Look, even the BOSS is participating!”

T looked at the bustling labor scene, and his facial muscles twitched uncontrollably.

[How unfortunate that I’ve read so few books; one expression to roam the world]

[Just a year into the game, am I already getting old… Is this the current trend, being so unconventional?]

[I don’t understand, but I’m greatly amazed!]

[People say this sister is amazing, but she…]

(Unfortunately, the message got cut off, but it seems the players are in awe of Rong Yi’s actions!)

Indeed, Rong Yi’s outstanding qualities include her agile mind and calm demeanor, making her a force to be reckoned with. Even the ogre would probably agree that she is formidable.

Despite it being his own livestream, the spotlight is no longer on him. Many viewers are asking him to add Rong Yi as a friend and not to kill her.

But he must kill her.

T’s skill, “Share with the Witness,” allows him to take skills from players whose levels are lower than his, but there are conditions:

1. He must personally kill the player.

2. The skill can only be used once a day.

He has been using this skill to collect powerful innate abilities, becoming a unique newbie killer in this game, gaining many followers in this strength-oriented world.

Today, his purpose in entering a lower-level instance is exactly for this reason. The newbie killer will not return empty-handed.

Before this, he had been observing Rong Yi and the girl with twin ponytails.

Once Rong Yi demonstrated her ability to control the BOSS, T firmly chose her.

Her skill is a must-have for him!

*

Having plundered the snack bar, the ogre wiped off the sweat of joy, looking like a hardworking laborer who just earned their wages. Happily, it bit into Rong Yi’s special edition lip skin sausage.

“Ding dong! Mr. Ogre is very satisfied with today’s dinner! Congratulations to all the chefs for successfully completing the mission. Instance rating: 88 (out of 100). Please players, head to the entrance within 1 minute to prepare for teleportation. The Lucky Carnival wishes you a pleasant gaming experience~”

The muscular man cheered, “We cleared it!”

The girl with twin ponytails couldn’t hide her excitement and quickly grabbed Rong Yi’s sleeve, “Big sister! Can we be friends?”

The ogre held her other sleeve and said, “Big sister! You’re a good person to the core. My ice storage of reserves is just game data after all. I’ll send you the code, can you help me change it all to delicious food?”

Rong Yi clapped her hands, this idea could work! Her young boyfriend at home might be able to do it!

“Sure!”

The ogre enthusiastically brought up its yellow NPC floating screen, “Come on, add me as a friend, and I’ll send you the ice storage code!”

Rong Yi: … Can I even be friends with the BOSS?!

Seeing Rong Yi furrow her brows, the ogre thought she was concerned about its identity and hurriedly explained, “Please, please don’t dislike me, big sister. Even though I’m set as an ogre, I’ve never killed anyone!”

Rong Yi: ? Who are you trying to fool?

Ogre: “It’s true! My identity is just for scaring players! Originally, there was a no-damage clearance method for the instance, but a few years ago, the system inexplicably changed the rules, causing players to lose the path for a no-damage clearance. All casualties were forced upon players by the rules!”

“You know, as a part of the game system, I must also abide by the system’s highest law and not disclose

“Beep”

A piercing high-frequency signal erupted from the broadcast, causing Rong Yi’s ears to ache. She could only see the ogre’s mouth moving, but couldn’t hear anything.

“NPCs are strictly prohibited from revealing the system’s underlying rules to players.” The sharp signal ceased, and the cheerful male voice in the broadcast was replaced by a cold mechanical tone: “NPC 599403 has violated the relevant regulations and is about to trigger a random BOSS.”

Rong Yi saw the ogre instinctively covering its mouth, its already fearsome face suddenly becoming even more twisted, it was scared.

The mechanical voice delivered its final message: “Please ensure your survival before leaving the instance.”

Then the entire hall fell into a deathly silence.

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