Chapter 211: Just Eating Dinner

Chapter 211: Just Eating Dinner

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Chapter 211: Just Eating Dinner

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Only a second passed before they seem to realize what just happened, what they just did as one of them walked to the front with a hint of apology on his face in contrast to the weird look they all had before.

"I'm sorry for our strange welcome, we're just not used to having guests around here. So our caution should be understandable right?"

'Well, this is strange, too strange. What's with their behavior?' Thought Yasuo, kind of confused regarding their quick behavior change.

At one point, they seemed extremely fake and mechanical, and at another, they became extremely human, 'A bit of research and examination is needed.'

Thinking of that, Yasuo started his experimentation directly as a bright smile surfaced on his face.

"You needn't apologize, I understand... I'm lost and I found myself in other people's homes so I understand and am sorry for the inconvenience."

Yasuo's voice and tone were strangely different than his usual tone, It was as if he was trying to mimic their way of talking and accent; as if he was trying to fit in.

There was a strange second of the silence of the city of netizens looked directly at Yasuo's eyes, each and every one of them.

Yasuo did the same as he looked at the middle-aged man's inky eyes. Not just that, his expression was the same as him and just like everyone in the city, his expression takes a second or so to change.

"No worries, no worries," Responded the middle-aged man, nodding with a similar bright smile on his face:

"But where did you come from? And excuse our cautiousness please, but It should be understandable, right?"

Yasuo slightly narrowed his eyes hearing the peculiar response and responded accordingly.

"Of course, it's understandable so no worries. I come from far away land but I'm very friendly."

Yasuo gave them half a second to comprehend what he said before he continued, "Thank you for allowing me to stay here temporarily, I really needed that else I wouldn't have known what to do."

Yasuo seemed to have skipped a few lines there? The situation was quite peculiar, it was too strange.

Yet, the strangeness of the situation only continued to escalate as the middle-aged man smiled even brighter.

"No worries, you seem very friendly so you're welcome here whenever you want, in fact, you can stay in my place until you find your way."

His tone was filled with enthusiasm as if he truly believes what he's saying, seeing nothing unusual about the situation.

Yasuo gently looked around noticing the town's people heading back to their own business.

In the end, only a few people were left in the place, the people that were already there and the middle-aged man who seems to be the governor of the town.

No one of the people previously gathered there saw anything wrong with the situation as the moment the governor responded to Yasuo, they just directly turned around and left, going about their business.

He was at first suspecting that the black energy within the people here should in theory also exist in every part of the city.

He even used his amplification domain discreetly to check to the atomic level and even beyond, yet he found nothing, it only exists within them.

After investigating the city a bit more, Yasuo opened his bright eyes thinking to himself.

'The black energy is definitely somewhat related to the dark snakes I found buried in the crimson land, they're just way too similar.

The only difference is that the dark snakes seemed to be much more dangerous and extremely meticulous while the one within them feels a bit too simple.'

A smile painted on Yasuo's face, 'And that tells me a lot. No matter who Don's enemy or target was, he was most likely from this town, and perhaps, the town wasn't an underground city but existed on the surface.

Somehow, either by him or something else, the town was destroyed and that left a shadow in his heart if he had any, or he simply did it himself for some unknown reason.'

Yasuo then frowned feeling a bit uncomfortable that he can't use his memory reading ability to see the town's past.

Well, he can but he's inclined not to take the risk. The creature that made this strange town work as it is now is definitely not simple.

And with all the trouble he probably went through to create it, he probably had a close emotional connection to it.

So looking through time at him will definitely be disastrous and force Yasuo to use his last means when it's not fully ready, akin to eating fruits when they aren't fully ripened.

The fruit will be eaten but it will be nowhere near as delicious as it will be when fully mature.

No matter how much trouble and weirdness Yasuo went and will go through for his research, he will always remember this month as the strangest and creepiest of all.

He was truly dedicated to his research and experimentation so he was barely fazed by the disturbing town.

He wholeheartedly focused on a process of trial and error to solve the convoluted ways the black energy work.

He observed their behavior and mimicked it trying to fit in as well as test his mind and fight against the unknown because that's humanity's greatest enemy and biggest fear.

Fear is part of our human DNA and so it is not unusual for you to feel fear when you are stepping out into the unknown.

Our brain is hardwired to prefer negative consequences to uncertain outcomes. Our brain does not like us stepping out into the unknown or living in a world of change.

However, if the unknown become known then that'll be a problem no more.

And so, we have the scene of Yasuo sitting on a chair next to the dining table just like everyone else.

The other three people in the room are the governor and his wife as well as their child.

They are all sitting around the table which has few clean bowls and wooden spoons, cups, and plates.

The peculiar thing about this is the fact that they're all empty and what the people in the room doing is simply looking in front of them.

This is a ritual Yasuo is used to by this point because he has gone through it many times... They are eating dinner.