RPAGF Chapter 700 Gumantong
Chapter 700 Gumantong
"Don't worry, I will take care of this matter."
Seeing Ah Zhen suddenly collapse, Chen Yile hurriedly tried to comfort her.
Ah Zhen wiped away her tears and nodded: "This kind of thing is really unbearable. If you can't solve it, my restaurant will not be able to continue operating."
Chen Yile stood up and planned to go to the kitchen to see if there was anything wrong.
The restaurant's kitchen is no different from an ordinary kitchen, but Chen Yile discovered one special thing.
"What is this jar used for?"
Chen Yile asked, pointing to a large jar in the corner of the kitchen.
Ah Zhen took a look and quickly said, "This is my marinade jar. The marinated food made with it tastes very good."
Chen Yile walked up to the jar, looked inside, and found that it was filled with black marinade.
"How long have you been using this jar of marinade?"
"This jar of marinade was passed down to me by my father. It's probably over 20 years old."
"Has this jar been touched recently? Has anything new been added?"
Chen Yile asked again.
Ah Zhen shook her head. "The marinade is only replenished once a year. If you add anything else, the taste will change and the whole jar of marinade will be ruined."
Chen Yile dipped some marinade on his hands and found that the marinade actually emitted a faint black smell.
He put his hand into his mouth and licked it, and found that the marinade had a strange taste. He couldn't describe the feeling, but it was very strange.
Chen Yile was very suspicious that there was something wrong with the marinade.
However, Azhen seems to attach great importance to it. If she wants to investigate it thoroughly, she has to find an opportunity.
"I have a rough idea, but now is not the right time. You can close the store first and I will help you check it tomorrow."
Chen Yile suggested that it was inconvenient for him to go back, so he stayed here at night.
There happened to be an empty room upstairs, so Azhen let him live there.
At night, Chen Yile quietly got up and went to the kitchen while Azhen was asleep.
The jar of marinade was still there, looking normal.
Chen Yile opened the lid and looked inside. The black marinade was calmly stored in the jar.
However, Chen Yile didn't believe that there was no ghost in this jar of marinade, so he cast a spell into it.
Sure enough, a faint red light was seen emanating from the dark marinade.
The marinade suddenly began to boil and bubbles began to appear.
Chen Yile saw that something seemed to be about to crawl out of the surface of the marinade.
It turned out to be a hand, a tiny human hand sticking out from the jar, only one-third the size of a normal human hand.
It clung tightly to the edge of the jar, trying to climb out, but it didn't have enough strength and eventually fell back in.
The hand was very thin, with bones clearly visible, and it was covered with black mud.
Chen Yile thought to himself, as expected, he immediately waved his hand and cast another spell into the altar.
A shrill roar came from the altar, and a black object, injured by Chen Yile's spell, jumped out suddenly.
Chen Yile looked closely and found that the black object was actually a skinny baby.
Its entire body was pitch black, and its face was covered in mud, but judging from its facial features, it was still clear that it was a human-shaped creature.
It suddenly jumped several meters away, trying to escape outside.
Chen Yile immediately chased after it, grabbed it, and put an empty plate on its head.
The baby was trapped under the plate, screaming and struggling desperately, but could not escape.
Chen Yile is very familiar with this thing.
When Nanyang was fighting against the chief sorcerer Aru, there were quite a few of these things in his courtyard.
This is the Kumantong from Southeast Asia, a symbol of evil magic.
It seems that all the strange things happening in Azhen Restaurant were caused by this guy.
Chen Yile cast a sealing spell to subdue the Kumantong, making it unable to move.
He came to Ah Zhen's door and knocked to wake her up.
Azhen, who was still half asleep, didn't know what had happened. Chen Yile told him that the culprit of the strange things happening in the hotel had been caught.
Chen Yile brought Azhen to the kitchen. When Azhen saw the black thing, she screamed in fright.
"This, what is this?"
"This is a Kumantong, an evil creature that harms your luck. I suspect someone has cast a spell on you."
Chen Yile explained it to Azhen.
After hearing this, Ah Zhen collapsed to the ground.
She said blankly, "Actually, I also think the strange things happening in the store are not accidental. Could it be because of this thing?"
"Has anyone been into the kitchen recently?"
Chen Yile asked.
"No one usually comes into the kitchen except me and the waiters. Oh, by the way, I think my sister came here once."
Ah Zhen said that about three months ago, his sister said she had sent him a batch of high-quality ingredients and came to the kitchen through the oil head where the ingredients were stored.
If there is any trickery going on, I'm afraid that's the only time.
"Does your sister have a grudge against you?"
"Not really, it's just that she also runs a restaurant, and she's always been upset that my dad passed this jar of marinade to me."
"I understand. I'll help you deal with this matter. Don't be sad for now."
Chen Yile nodded, and had a rough idea in his mind.
It seems that this matter may be related to Azhen's sister, otherwise she would not have come to the kitchen specially.
Chen Yile asked Azhen to go and rest first and talk about it tomorrow.
The next day, Chen Yile and Azhen came to her sister's shop.
Sister Aqin was still wondering why her younger sister suddenly came to see her.
Aqin's shop is about the same size as her sister's shop, and the decoration is also very similar. She asked the two of them to sit down.
Ah Zhen got straight to the point: "Sister, I'm here for something at my shop. Have you been to my kitchen recently?"
Aqin was stunned for a moment, a hint of panic appeared in her eyes, but she quickly regained her composure.
"Let me think about it. Oh, I think I went there once when I brought you food. What happened?"
Ah Zhen said, "What happened in my store may have something to do with you."
Aqin's face changed: "What do you mean by that? Are you doubting me? We are sisters. I have never hurt you."
Aqin was very excited, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
Chen Yile stood by and threw out a black object, which was the Kumantong.
"Take a good look at what this is!"
Aqin looked at the thing and finally realized that she could not deny it, so she knelt in front of Azhen.
"Sister, I'm sorry. I was confused for a moment."
It turned out that since Aqin opened the restaurant, business has been lukewarm.
Seeing her sister making the restaurant bigger and stronger, Aqin was very jealous.
She heard that an evil creature called Kumantong could help people improve their luck, so she had evil thoughts.
She found an opportunity to put the Kumantong in Azhen's marinade.
As a result, the Kumantong would put strange things in the dishes every day to disgust the customers.
The gurgling sound that Azhen heard in the kitchen in the middle of the night was it eating.
Aqin's goal is to make her sister's restaurant go bankrupt.
She thought no one would discover the existence of the Kumantong, but unexpectedly Chen Yile found out.