Rebirth vs. Rebirth: Tragedy to Triumph

Chapter 256 Good Cop, Bad Cop

“What are we going to do for lunch, then?”

“Why have so many of the town’s restaurants closed up?”

“Are they no longer open for business? It’s all rather peculiar!”

The inn staff were taken aback to find them all still in town.

“Didn’t you lot go out rowing together?”

“No.”

“Well, that’s a shame!”

The inn staff looked genuinely sorry. “Your school had organised the rowing activity to finish up at Lake Skyward, famous for its crabs. Many of the town’s restaurant owners were called in to help cook there, but you missed out.”

Half of the restaurant owners were busy preparing meals, while the rest didn’t want to miss the crab feast and set off early in the morning.

That was why the town was now so quiet.

On hearing this, everyone was dumbfounded.

Silence grasped them.

Then, shock grabbed their hearts.

What? Today’s rowing is meant to end with a crab feast at Lake Skyward!?

Good Lord, we’ve missed out, big time!

hadn’t they mentioned

us yesterday? I

to pass by and chuckled at the comment. “Lake Skyward is near our town, and it’s really renowned. Didn’t you

“No.”

meals today, we’ve got plenty of instant noodles in the pantry to tide you over.” Instant

could instant noodles compare to a

They were speechless.

Words failed them.

had assumed rowing would be a fruitless task, but now

out quick. I’m famished. Haven’t eaten a thing

for a staff member to fetch the instant noodles, but cautioned, “Mind you, the

the school, hence there were

for everyone, these students opting for

and her companions had already assembled at the lakeside mansion for the

custom dictated first-come, first-served, it was more of a motivational ploy for the

bountiful spread of fresh food awaited, buffet-style,

crab banquet was

they could feast

from wood. They were made

souvenirs. Every crab had little differences between one another, but all looked like they could spring to life at any moment. Post-feast, they were treated to crab-catching and a tour

proved a hearty affair, eclipsing lunch in both warmth and

have to row back; transport was arranged, and they were all ferried back to

that couldn’t

Violeta’s group couldn’t

trip, they had expected little

know they were headed

and shared them,

with instant noodles. They crumbled

meal with a