137: Chapter 136 Multiple Choice Questions

Just as she was distracted and complaining internally, two "Soft Babies" seized the opportunity, "popping their heads out" simultaneously from the left and right, extending their "tentacles"!

"Unnie, look out! Left! Right!" Choi Yena shouted urgently.

Kwon Eunbi snapped back to her senses and frantically swung left and right—"Thump!" "Thump!" Two hammer blows successfully repelled the two "moles" (Soft Babies). Her movements were even more comical due to the haste, looking exactly like a flustered novice player in an arcade.

"Pwahahahaha!" The surrounding tourists watching the spectacle had completely lost it with laughter. How was this a "Star Demon battle"? It was clearly a live-action comedy show of "Lion King vs. Jelly Moles"! Many people were happily recording with their phones, and some even shouted, "Go, Lion Sister!" "Hit the green one!" "Another one's coming from the right!"

Amidst the rhythm of "Whac-A-Mole," Kwon Eunbi gradually became numb. Shame? She was used to it. Absurdity? This was just daily life. Her mind was now filled with "Left!" "Back up!" "Here comes another one!" "Behold my Hammer of Justice (Inflatable)!"

She even began subconsciously adding sound effects to every strike: "Hey!" "Ha!" "Take this hammer!"

Choi Yena had completely become the most devoted "audience member" and "sideline coach." While nervously watching the "battle," she didn't forget to flip the sausages, even finding time to hand Kwon Eunbi a freshly grilled sausage in a paper bag: "Unnie! Replenish your energy! You must be tired after fighting for so long, right? Have a sausage!"

In the gap between repelling a wave of attacks, Kwon Eunbi subconsciously took the sausage, took a big bite, chewed a few times, swallowed, and then continued swinging the inflatable hammer: "Mmph! Delicious! ...Hey! Don't you think you can slip away, you pink one over there!"

The scene became exceptionally harmonious (and eerie) for a moment—on one side was an intense "Whac-A-Mole" (Soft Baby version) offensive and defensive battle, while on the other was a fragrant sausage stall in operation. The combatant and the stall owner even managed to find time for sausage replenishment and tactical exchanges (?).

Meanwhile, after enduring over ten minutes of the tragic ordeal of being repeatedly "pummeled" by the inflatable hammer, that group of "Soft Babies" seemed to finally "realize" that this tough nut (and the sausages) was hard to crack. They no longer actively popped their heads out but instead gathered a bit further away, huddled together in a limp pile, making "puji puji" sounds as if complaining to each other. Occasionally, one or two would peek around reluctantly, only to be immediately scared back by Kwon Eunbi's vigilant "hammer."

Leaning on the inflatable hammer (using it as a cane), Kwon Eunbi panted slightly, looking at the temporarily retreated army of "Soft Babies," then at the comical weapon in her hand that had performed "distinguished service." Her emotions were complicated to the extreme.

She, the leader of IZ*ONE, Kwon Eunbi, known for her charisma and leadership, had just worn a lion headgear and a Rubber Duck towel, used a children's inflatable Lion King hammer at an amusement park sausage stall to repel a group of jelly monsters suspected to be Slimes, and was consequently described by her teammate as playing "Whac-A-Mole"...

This experience, if written into a memoir, probably no one would believe it.

"Unnie! Did we win?" Choi Yena asked excitedly, her duck headgear wobbling back and forth.

"...Probably," Kwon Eunbi replied weakly. At least the sausages were saved.

Just then, that elusive production team prompt board appeared again, with the following written on it:

[Phased Victory! 'Soft Babies' have temporarily retreated!]

['Lionheart Sovereign' Kwon Eunbi has successfully protected the 'Sausage Holy Land'!]

['Pisces Sausage Saintess' Choi Yena's stall has been preserved!]

[Reward: 'breath of joy' fragment collection progress +30%! Sausage deliciousness recognition +50%!]

[Hint: 'Soft Babies' may return or new variants may appear. Please remain vigilant and... enjoy your sausages!]

Looking at the words "enjoy your sausages," Kwon Eunbi silently and fiercely took a bite of the half-sausage remaining in her hand.

Fine.

At least this sausage, after such a "defense battle," seemed to taste... even better?

As for what would come next...

Kwon Eunbi glanced at the group of "Soft Babies" still "puji-ing" in the distance, then at the inflatable hammer in her hand, and then at Choi Yena beside her, who had already started humming while brushing sauce onto the sausages...

She suddenly felt, let it be.

Anyway, no matter how ridiculous it gets, it couldn't be more ridiculous than "Lion King inflatable hammer vs. Jelly Moles."

Right?