Chapter 127: Monkey Qi Is So Angry He Falls Backwards

After what happened earlier, Monkey Qi and Jason had completely fallen out with each other.

Relying on the fact that he was in Earth Village, Monkey Qi started openly butting heads with Jason, even taking every opportunity to badmouth him in front of Zack.

Jason, afraid their secret would be exposed, could only glare at him with venomous eyes, gritting his teeth and holding back his anger. He was so furious he almost wanted to drag Monkey Qi off and give him a good beating, but just then, his three-day labor sentence finally came to an end.

The dark cloud on Jason’s face finally lifted, all his pent-up frustration swept away. As he left, he even swaggered over and shot Monkey Qi a smug look.

Hmph, I’m a tourist now—way better than a slave.

Monkey Qi was so mad his teeth itched. He pointed straight at Jason and complained to Zack, “Boss, look at his face! He’s looking down on us!”

Jason quickly wiped the expression from his eyes, plastered on an honest smile, and explained to Zack, “No way, how could I ever look down on you, Boss?”

At the same time, he shot Monkey Qi a glare and joked, “Monkey Qi, stop talking nonsense! What if you make Boss misunderstand me? I’m just happy to be free again, so I can go out, fight monsters, and open treasure chests. When I get some meat, I’ll bring it back for Boss to try something different. Danmu fruit is nice and all, but you need some meat for a real meal.”

Hearing this, Zack was indeed very pleased. He immediately forgot Monkey Qi’s complaint, slapped Jason heartily on the shoulder, and laughed, calling him a good brother.

The other star pirates, who had been tormented by the smell of meat from the restaurant kitchen for two days, couldn’t take it anymore. They quickly crowded around Jason and his two companions, saying all sorts of nice things and urging them to hurry up and go hunt some monsters to bring back good meat. They were all about to go crazy from craving it.

Jason and his two friends grinned and promised, “Definitely, definitely!”

The group looked so happy together that Monkey Qi was so angry he fell backwards in frustration.

Haru glanced at him, then at the star pirates who were overjoyed at the prospect of meat, and quietly edged away.

Monkey Qi spotted him right away. His crafty eyes were full of resentment as he muttered, “Tell me, why are some people so dumb? Anyone can see Jason and those two have already betrayed Boss. Just wait—they’ll definitely keep the good stuff for themselves, hmph.”

Haru was stunned—he hadn’t expected Monkey Qi to complain to him. Honestly, out of all the star pirates, he got along the worst with Monkey Qi. When they first arrived at Earth Village, they’d even exposed each other’s secrets just to survive.

Seeing Haru’s dazed look, Monkey Qi’s bloodshot eyes grew even fiercer. He snorted coldly, unable to contain his anger, then turned away, grabbed a broken stick, and went back to work.

Haru: …

He scratched his head, then thoughtfully glanced at Jason and the two star pirates who had regained their freedom.

Over the next two days, things happened that made Monkey Qi even angrier.

Jason and his two buddies only brought back a few scraps of meat, but after Zack tasted the delicious roast, he was completely won over to their side.

When he heard that Jason was trying to scrape together spirit coins to buy medicine for Mu Tong’s injuries, Zack didn’t hesitate. He cheerfully called on the brothers to pool the meager labor wages the system had given them over the past few days and handed it all to Jason to help buy the medicine.

As a tourist, Jason had to pay double for potions, and even after pooling all their spirit coins, they couldn’t afford the cheapest red potion.

In the end, Jason and his two companions also handed over all the spirit coins they’d earned in the past two days, but they were still two coins short of the forty needed for the big red potion.

Jason looked at Monkey Qi, whose face was dark with displeasure, and walked over with a mocking grin. “Monkey Qi, you’re the only one left. If you hand over your spirit coins, we’ll have enough. Or do you not want the Second Boss to recover?”

Zack immediately frowned, his face stern as he looked at Monkey Qi. Seeing Monkey Qi’s gloomy, uncooperative expression, Zack’s own face darkened.

Zack said seriously, “Monkey, I know you and Jason have issues, but right now, healing Second Brother is the top priority. Only when he’s better do we have hope. Jason and the others don’t have much time left—just hand over your spirit coins for now. If you want, I’ll pay you back when I earn more later.”

Looking at Jason’s smug face, Monkey Qi was so angry his teeth ached. He twisted his face and said, “Boss, it’s not that I don’t want to help you. You’re the boss—of course I’ll give you my spirit coins. But Jason is different. He’s a scoundrel and a traitor. I don’t believe he couldn’t earn forty spirit coins in two days.”

“And I asked the Qiong Whale Tribe this morning—they said Jason and his crew went up the mountains these past two days. The rewards for fighting monsters there are great, but all Jason brought back for us was a few scraps of meat. He must be hiding the good stuff and doesn’t want to share.”

Zack hesitated, a little suspicious. “Uh…”

Behind Jason, Link and the other companion’s faces twitched, their eyes darting away guiltily.

But Jason, used to lying after two days of sparring, didn’t even blink as he said, “Monkey Qi, how can you think that of us? We’re all good brothers of the Black Skull Star Pirates! And who says going up the mountains means you’ll get lots of loot? Everyone has bad luck sometimes.”

Link, startled by Jason’s glance, immediately chimed in, “Yeah, yeah! Even if you open treasure chests, it’s all luck. You know that guy Wu Xingyu in Earth Village? The one who’s prettier than a noblewoman, even though he’s a man? His luck is terrible—he’ll kill ten monsters and only get seven chests, and each chest only has one or two spirit coins.”

That example was too perfect, and Zack’s simple-minded crew were instantly convinced.

“Yeah, yeah, I’ve heard of that! That guy Pei Yu is always joking about it. I overheard it once.”

“I heard that Wu Xingyu killed hundreds of monsters up the mountain these past two days and only made about a hundred spirit coins. He only got a bite of meat after teaming up with Village Chief Yun.”

The star pirates all sighed, thinking that guy’s luck was really something else.

Seeing this, Monkey Qi almost coughed up blood from anger.

Idiots, idiots, idiots! Who do they think Wu Xingyu is? He’s not someone who needs their pity. He’s not a slave, and he’d never be tricked by so-called “good brothers.” He can eat a table full of good food at the restaurant every day.

Why pity him? Pity yourselves, you fools.

But with the topic derailed, Zack didn’t question Jason and his crew any further. In the end, Monkey Qi didn’t want to fall out with the boss, so he reluctantly handed over the two spirit coins he’d worked so hard to earn, finally making up the forty coins needed for the big red potion."