It wasn't quite what Liu Zheng had imagined.

The Bloody Restaurant's kitchen wasn't bloody at all - instead, it was clean and spacious.

It was even a bit too clean, like it had just been renovated.

More than a dozen chefs of various shapes were each busy with their work, none of them speaking, communicating only through gestures and eye contact.

This felt more like a factory assembly line than a kitchen.

"Napoleon, we're here."

Bullhorse called out.

The white feather chicken that had been cooking soup looked up, then handed the long-handled soup spoon to the horse-faced person beside it.

The white feather chicken, wearing a black chef's uniform and chef's hat, jumped down from the high stool and strode toward the two with its head held high and chest puffed out.

"So this is the new guy?"

It looked at Liu Zheng.

Its voice was deep, rich and powerful.

"Pretty good, right? Better than those guys under you?"

Bullhorse said proudly.

"Plenty of meat, but unfortunately it's all fat."

The white feather chicken examined Liu Zheng with a critical eye.

"Can't be helped, he's just a human after all."

Bullhorse shrugged.

"He won't be for much longer."

The white feather chicken's gaze seemed capable of seeing through Liu Zheng's soul.

"Perform well, human. If you satisfy me, I might consider letting you work in the kitchen."

It said arrogantly.

"Thanks, but I'm doing pretty well with food delivery."

Liu Zheng politely declined.

He'd finally obtained two pieces of legendary deliveryman gear - unless he'd truly lost his mind, he wouldn't give up delivery for kitchen work.

"Didn't Bullhorse tell you? Black goat offspring don't have citizen status."

The white feather chicken said coldly.

"Huh?"

Liu Zheng looked at Bullhorse.

"There's such a thing?"

Bullhorse looked even more surprised than him.

"After transformation, citizens like you will directly become floating population."

"The Municipal Government naturally won't send people to capture you, but others attacking you won't violate regulations either, and your restaurant employee status will become invalid."

The white feather chicken explained.

"But in the kitchen, what you are doesn't matter - I am the rules."

It spread its wings, surveying the kitchen like a fighting cock.

All the kitchen helpers its gaze touched lowered their heads.

"Look how impressive others are."

Liu Zheng poked Bullhorse.

"If I had this many subordinates, I'd be even more impressive than it."

Bullhorse grumbled.

"Shh~"

He rolled his eyes.

The kitchen's status was clearly higher than delivery - otherwise why would they be helping in the kitchen?

"You just wait, I'll deal with you when we get back."

In front of the white feather chicken, Bullhorse didn't continue arguing with Liu Zheng, but the threat in his eyes was overflowing.

"Enough, stop performing brotherly affection in front of me. Get to work quickly. The service department has been blowing up my phone."

The white feather chicken said disdainfully.

"Who's showing brotherly affection with him? We're clearly displaying fatherly kindness and filial piety."

Bullhorse jumped up and said.

"That's right, I'm just..."

Under Bullhorse's death glare, Liu Zheng swallowed those three words.

"Old rules, you go make pastries. As for you, what can you do?"

The white feather chicken asked Liu Zheng.

"I can make home-style dishes."

"Then go wash vegetables."

The white feather chicken said disdainfully.

Their Bloody Restaurant didn't have home-style dishes.

"Sure thing."

Liu Zheng was actually quite happy.

He came here to slack off anyway - did they really expect him to learn skills?

Following where the white feather chicken's wingtip pointed, he came to a sink.

A calico cat wearing an apron was washing a bucket of vegetables that looked like cauliflower.

Watching its slightly twitching ears, Liu Zheng swallowed.

Looked very pet-able.

As if sensing his gaze, the calico cat turned around.

Pink nose, blue-green heterochromatic eyes, round face shape.

Whether in human or cat standards, it could be called handsome with delicate features.

"Are you here to help?"

It spoke.

"Yeah."

Liu Zheng nodded.

"What's your name?"

The calico cat asked. Find the newest release on NoveI(F)ire.net

"My name is Liu Zheng. What about you?"

He was somewhat surprised.

Since entering the dungeon, this was the first time someone had asked his name.

"My name is Salmon."

The calico cat replied.

"Nice name."

"Thank you. My owner gave it to me."

The calico cat twitched its whiskers, looking very happy.

"Your owner must really like you."

Liu Zheng said with a smile.

"Of course."

A voice suddenly spoke.

The calico cat turned around, the fur on its back twisting into a man's face.

He looked expressionlessly at Liu Zheng and spoke again.

"Don't get any ideas about my cat, or I'll kill you."

"Uh, don't worry, I'm a dog person."

Liu Zheng replied.

"Tasteless guy."

The man gave him a disdainful look, then returned to being fur.

"Hey, say that again if you dare."

Liu Zheng was extremely displeased.

He'd actually been looked down upon by a tuft of fur.

"Don't be angry with my owner."

"He's very nice, he just got a little bad-tempered after I ate him."

It said seriously.

Looking at the calico cat's innocent and adorable appearance, Liu Zheng felt chills rising from the soles of his feet.

"Why did you eat him?"

"Because that's how I can be with my owner forever."

The calico cat said as if it were obvious.

"Otherwise he would have rotted, and I don't like licking stinky fur. Is that wrong?"

It asked somewhat aggrieved.

"You did the right thing."

What could Liu Zheng say? He could only nod.

"Are you two done with your work?"

A voice full of pressure came.

The man and cat turned around to see the white feather chicken staring at them.

"The head chef is angry, we should get back to work."

The calico cat guiltily licked its paw and continued washing vegetables.

"Oh."

Liu Zheng prepared to take vegetables from the basket.

"You won't wash these well, go wash that basket."

The calico cat stopped him.

"Okay."

He looked at the basket the cat paw pointed to - it contained a pile of mushrooms with pink caps.

"Be careful, if you rub them too hard they can't be used."

The calico cat reminded.

"Understood."

Liu Zheng used a tentacle to pick up a mushroom and placed it under the faucet to rinse.

This was when tentacles showed their advantage - more flexible than fingers.

The water washed away the surface dirt while he carefully wiped with another tentacle.

Then he saw his tentacle gradually turning blue.

"What the hell???"

He quickly put down the mushroom.

"Perfectly normal, these are 'meet-blue-hand' mushrooms."

The calico cat glanced over and said.

What damn 'meet-blue-hand' mushrooms - meet the mushroom and your hand turns blue, right?

"These aren't poisonous, are they?"

Liu Zheng asked nervously.

The toxin in meet-blue-hand mushrooms seemed to be a neurotoxin - it was hard to say whether "Flesh Rebirth" would work against it.

"Of course they are, and you die very miserably."

The calico cat said, blinking its big eyes.

"......"

If you weren't so cute-looking, I'd shave all the fur off your head right now.

"Don't worry, it's easy to treat."

The calico cat took an eraser from its apron pocket and gave it to him.

"Just use this to erase it."

With a feeling of "are you fucking kidding me," Liu Zheng rubbed the blue part of his tentacle.

What happened was expected yet still unbelievable.

The blue really was erased.

"Heh."

Although he knew this world was absurd, he didn't expect it to be this absurd.

He shook his head and focused on his work.

Soon, the entire basket of "meet-blue-hand" mushrooms was washed.

"Finished. Any other work?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"Wow, you're amazing."

The calico cat looked at him with admiring eyes.

"Just average, I just have the advantage of more tentacles."

Liu Zheng said inwardly pleased.

"Then go get the frozen meat out to thaw. Take the package on the very top."

The calico cat pointed at the freezer.

"No problem."

He walked to the freezer and opened the door.

Then raised his tentacles to reach the bag on the top layer.

When he saw clearly what was in the bag, Liu Zheng's expression gradually froze.