#406 - Being treated as a fat sheep to be slaughtered!

Looking at the camp, which resembled a bustling market, and the rare herbs and exotic animals on the surrounding stalls, Minezaki was like a child seeing a new continent, wandering around and looking at everything, unable to settle down.

"How much is this rabbit meat with fangs? Is this thing really edible?"

Because the rabbit was as big as a calf and had tusks like a wild boar, Minezaki had never seen anything like it.

So, out of curiosity, she put her hand on a slab of Gluttonous Rabbit meat on a stall and asked the owner.

The owner of the stall was a one-eyed man with a scar on his face. His burly figure and beer belly made him look like a barrel. He was drinking when he looked up and saw Minezaki asking for the price, and his eyes lit up.

Minezaki's bent-over posture revealed her impressive body curves, which quickly brought a lewd look to the beer-bellied man's face.

In this remote camp in the wilderness, it was rare for beautiful women to come to this kind of place, let alone such a top-quality one.

And after hearing Minezaki's question, the beer-bellied man immediately realized that she was a newbie who had come to this camp for the first time.

The beer-bellied man glanced behind Minezaki and found that she was only followed by a wet-behind-the-ears kid, and there were no other bodyguards or escorts, his expression became even happier.

After licking his lips, the beer-bellied man quickly put on a smiling face and said, "Miss, Gluttonous Rabbit meat is naturally edible, and it's exceptionally delicious, no worse than high-end beef.

As for the price, seeing how beautiful you are, how about 40,000 yen per 100 grams?"

When they heard the price the beer-bellied man quoted Minezaki, some of the other stallholders smiled knowingly, some gloated, and others closed their eyes and chose to ignore it.

Minezaki was a little surprised by the beer-bellied man's price, but not particularly shocked.

A price of 40,000 yen per 100 grams, which is 200,000 yen per 500 grams, was indeed not cheap, and could even be called expensive.

But considering that this was an ingredient she had never seen before, Minezaki had no idea that she might be getting ripped off.

On the other hand, Seiya, when he saw the expressions of the people around him just now, and the beer-bellied man's malicious smile, realized something, so he reached out and tried to pull Minezaki away.

"Hey, kid, stop right there. What the hell do you think you're doing? Are you deliberately trying to ruin my business?"

Because he was new to the place, Seiya didn't want to cause trouble at first. When he realized that they might be being taken for a ride, Seiya just wanted to pull Minezaki away and didn't intend to argue with the man.

"I'm sorry, the meat on your stall is very good, but we have limited funds, so we can only come back next time," Seiya said calmly, still not making a move as he looked at the beer-bellied man blocking their way.

"Bullshit! You think you can just say you're not buying it? Did you ask me? Do you know the rules of this camp? That woman just touched the meat on my stall, and now the meat is no longer fresh, so she has to buy it!"

Seeing that the beer-bellied man blocking their way was tall and strong, and even had a large machete on his waist, Minezaki, worried that Seiya would suffer, quickly stepped forward and said politely, "We'll buy it, we'll buy it. It was our fault first, so we'll buy 100 grams of Gluttonous Rabbit meat, is that okay?"

Minezaki admitted that Seiya was very good at cooking, but he was just a high school boy after all. The other man was tall, strong, and looked like a thug. This was a lawless area in the wilderness, and Minezaki was worried that provoking him would lead to her and Seiya being buried here, so she thought about paying to avoid trouble.

However, the beer-bellied man did not back down in the face of Minezaki's attempt to appease him, but grinned and sneered, "100 grams? Do you think I'm a beggar you can just send away?

The piece of meat that woman touched just now weighs at least ten kilograms. Either you take out four million yen to buy that piece of meat, or you let that woman sleep with me for one night."

As the beer-bellied man spoke, he reached out towards Minezaki with a lewd smile on his face.

However, just as his lecherous hand was about to touch Minezaki, a hand that was at least two sizes smaller than his suddenly reached out from the side and grabbed the beer-bellied man's wrist.

"What? Are you thinking of making a move, kid?

You have to think clearly. If you listen obediently, you'll only lose money. You let me enjoy your girl, and she'll still be yours afterwards.

But if you want to make a move, I can't guarantee your life."

As the beer-bellied man spoke, he reached out and grabbed the handle of the large machete on his waist, threatening Seiya.

Seeing this scene, Minezaki, who was standing behind Seiya, was really scared at this moment, and quickly said, "Wait, four million yen, right? We'll buy it, we'll buy it, please don't make a move!"

This time, in order to purchase the so-called "dream ingredients", Seiya and the others brought out all the restaurant's working capital.

Because business had been booming recently, and they had also fleeced Azami Nakiri and the others, they could really afford four million yen.

Although they were clearly being ripped off in the current situation, they were at the mercy of others, so what could they do?

Seiya had never shown his strength in front of Minezaki, so in Minezaki's eyes, Seiya had always been just a high school boy who was very good at cooking.

The other man was a burly man, and he looked like a desperate gangster. For the sake of a mere four million yen, Minezaki really didn't want Seiya to risk his life for it.

Paying to avoid disaster was better than facing a life-threatening situation. Not to mention that it was only four million yen now, even if it was forty million yen, even if she didn't have enough money, Minezaki would rather find a way to raise the money than let Seiya take the risk.

As for the beer-bellied man's almost coercive buying and selling behavior, the others present were completely used to it.

After all, it was normal for newcomers and rookies to be given a lesson in this kind of lawless area.

A combination of a beautiful woman and a pretty boy coming to this kind of place without hiring bodyguards or escorts was clearly writing "I'm a fat sheep" on their faces.

And although the beer-bellied man was overbearing, the camp did have its rules. It was common sense that ingredients had to be inquired about before being touched, otherwise, what would happen if some laymen's random touching damaged the original quality of the ingredients?

Of course, Gluttonous Rabbit was the lowest end of the rare ingredients, so it didn't really matter if it was touched or not. The main reason was that the beer-bellied man had taken a fancy to this fat sheep combination.