The Daily Life Of A Cyberpunk Magician

Chapter 566 - 295 Birth of the Stone Monkey_2
But when it came to the chest area, perhaps because the bucket’s mouth was somewhat narrow, the fish maiden’s body experienced a snag while coming out.

She wriggled her body and finally squeezed out.

And as those two patches of white left the bucket, Jiang Shu’s mind even automatically paired them with a crisp sound.

”Pop—”

Yi: No ripples stirred.

Jiang Shu glanced at Xiao Yi, feeling that this guy was implying something with his words.

The slender waist obviously wasn’t an issue either; it slipped out of the bucket in an instant, followed by the somewhat withered octopus tentacles.

The dense mass of small tentacles wriggled unconsciously, and upon encountering water, they quickly absorbed it and swelled up, turning into thick, powerful tentacles. When these tentacles all transformed into their full state, the water level in the entire bath actually dropped by a third.

At this moment, Jiang Shu also realized that the fish maiden would take off her swimsuit when she crawled into the bucket to sleep.

But that made sense, since no octopus wore clothes to sleep.

So now, the scene in the bath with the ripples wasn’t something a vigorous young man like him should be seeing. He turned his face away, ready to quietly leave.

Her upper body was pale and delicate, and her lower half was all purple tentacles.

How strange, let’s take another look.

Jiang Shu’s peripheral vision caught Xiao Yi laying at the edge of the bath, eyes shining, so he hooked it with his foot, signaling that they could leave together.

Perhaps still a bit dazed from waking up, the fish maiden only then noticed Jiang Shu in the room. Her tentacles immediately bunched up from their spread-out state, pushing her body continually upward.

”Splash—” The fish maiden’s upper body surfaced, and her lower tentacles stretched straight to support the bottom of the bath, stabilizing her upper body.

She shook her hair, long strands falling forward to drape over her chest, drops of water forming a chain that flowed over her cheeks, filled her collarbones, and finally dripped down from two pointed ends.

”Hmm?” The fish maiden tilted her head, gazing at Jiang Shu with a pair of animated, pure eyes.

She lacked any human world sense of shame, and in her current state, she did not show any intention of avoiding suspicion. She stood openly in front of Jiang Shu and even straightened her body.

Jiang Shu swallowed hard and found himself suddenly frozen.

It was undeniable that the fish maiden at this moment embodied both youth and seduction, delivering quite the shock to him.

The fish maiden, however, looked puzzled because the Jiang Shu she was seeing now was somewhat different from the Jiang Shu she had seen before. So, she gently swayed her body, moving forward like a snake, face-to-face, and scrutinized Jiang Shu.

Why did the comedy suddenly turn into an adult film?

Jiang Shu remained silent as he turned away, needing to leave quickly. It wasn’t that he worried about doing something inappropriate; it was more a matter of ”look not upon what is unsuitable to gaze at.”

”Next time, no matter who it is, remember to put on clothes before opening the door,” Jiang Shu said as he opened the door and quickly exited.

He left behind the still puzzled fish maiden who couldn’t quite understand why Jiang Shu came here so early in the morning and why he left just after looking at her near the bath.

Then, her eyes full of question marks turned to Xiao Yi, who squat by the bath. Through sign language, she asked: What’s wrong with him?

The fish maiden pondered and then used hand gestures to ask: His body temperature rose earlier, why?

Yi: Brain overheating, if it happens again, splash him with water to help him cool down, he will thank you for it.

The fish maiden nodded in understanding. She deeply trusted Xiao Yi, who often brought her premium dried fish snacks.

Then she remembered Jiang Shu’s instructions and began to look around for her swimsuit.

Xiao Yi just quietly watched her without avoiding her gaze.

After all, what is there to be shy about between a robot and an octopus maiden?

Plus, it hadn’t done anything to the fish maiden; it was just documenting the beauties of life.

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”Phew—” Jiang Shu let out a sigh as he walked into the kitchen to find Xiao Bing and Xiao Ding obediently washing vegetables on the side, while Xiao Jia was taking apart its round hand and stuffing something inside.

Hmm?

Jiang Shu paused, walking over to take a closer look at Xiao Jia, which was placing a silvery metal powder into its round hand.

The metal powder was extremely fine and looked particularly soft when piled up.

”What are you doing?” Jiang Shu pointed to its round hand and asked.

He had wondered long before how the Doraemon-like round hands of Jia, Yi, Bing, and Ding could grasp anything?

They didn’t look like they would be able to grab items normally.

Jia: I’m replacing parts. DH metal powder leaked into the body. I’m cleaning it up.

”DH metal powder? What’s that?” Jiang Shu asked, puzzled.

Person A: This is why we can grip things with our round hands.

He pointed to the powder inside the round hand and continued to communicate with Jiang Shu via the message board.

Person A: My hand is actually made of a sealed, high-strength pouch and these finely milled metal powders.

Person A: When it’s time to grip something, all we need to do is pump air into the pouch. The round hand becomes soft and malleable, conforming to the shape of the object that needs to be gripped. Then, we suck out the air to make the round hand harden and grip.

Jiang Shu blinked his eyes, trying to think through the feasibility of this.

Grip by softening or hardening the round hand with the intake and outtake of air?

It seemed possible.

Was it not because the round hand had countless small hands to assist in gripping?

Indeed, Doraemon’s anti-slip hand truly was a high-tech gadget of the future.

However, even hard objects were one thing, but to pick up something like a leaf with such a method...

It really was Lonely City’s black technology.

No wonder, without this, Jiang Shu could not imagine how Tablet Spirit managed to retract its limbs into the tablet body.

This unscientific thing was actually explained scientifically, and suddenly he felt quite amazed.

At this time, the Tablet Spirits also finished washing the vegetables and uniformly directed their gaze toward Jiang Shu.

They could wash vegetables, but they had no way of cooking things like stir-frying; even if they were Jiang Shu’s alien bodies.

Jiang Shu decided to cook a few pancakes. Whether for breakfast or lunch, there would be no problem.

”Go, open Sister Ruo’s door.” He thought of an interesting thing and ordered the small one equipped with round hands to open Liu Tingruo’s door.

The small one blinked its eyes and quickly figured out what Jiang Shu intended to do, then drifted away.

Having prepared the filling and the pancake dough, Jiang Shu began to combine the two.

He planned to fry these pancakes in oil; he didn’t even want to use a readymade oven, because only an open frying pan could maximally release the fragrance to lure out a certain glutton.

Moments later, with the sound of ”sizzle and pop” from the oil, the marvelous reaction between the oil and the flour burst forth with a rich aroma that wafted through the air, gradually spreading afar.

The scent carried up the stairs and gradually permeated the second floor.

And in the bedroom there was an Immortal Stone; from the stone came an egg, which, when touched by wind, became a stone monkey...

Jiang Shu was amusing himself with thoughts of the first Chapter where the stone monkey is born when suddenly he realized Liu Tingruo was already standing behind him.

Her eyes were barely open, still groggy from waking, yet she eagerly watched the frying pan, sniffing the air for the tempting aroma.

”Go wash your face and brush your teeth; it will be ready soon,” Jiang Shu said with a smile.

”Mhm,” Liu Tingruo nodded, then half-closed her eyes and slowly left the place.

Jiang Shu watched her and couldn’t help but laugh silently.

Who wouldn’t be puzzled by such a sight of Sister Ruo?

*Ding*—at that moment, Jiang Shu’s wristwatch suddenly rang.

He opened the Simulated Light Screen, keeping one eye on the frying pan and the other on the message.

It was a message from Wolf.

Wolf: Old Tang has been dismissed.

Wolf: I’ve been appointed by the higher-ups as the Temporary Police Director for Thirteen District.

Wolf: What about you?

After reading the message, Jiang Shu turned his head back to the frying pan.

He had already known this news yesterday, and the only difference now was the ”temporary” Wolf had mentioned.

Temporary Police Director.

The preconceived notion in Jiang Shu’s mind felt that this ”temporary” was fraught with an implication of sheer authority.

During this period, if something went wrong, Wolf would be held responsible; if the social environment of Thirteen District stabilized, it was possible for a pre-designated Police Chief to come in and steal the fruits of Wolf’s labor.

But he replied anyway: I’ll join you entering Thirteen District for the job.