"The theme of the third round is--" Captain Dragonfly stepped on the bronze jug that could dance on poles, and stretched out his slender dragonfly legs from under the maid's skirt, "Whoever can find out the real name of this treasure will win!"
The gilded incense burner suddenly sprayed out rainbow smoke, and the final treasure appeared in the quantum ripples. This is a mossy stone mortar with "microwave only" engraved on the surface in oracle bone script. The bottom of the mortar is stuck with moldy glutinous rice balls, and each grain of rice has an emoji face.
"Is this an antique?" The cockroach bully's mechanical claw just touched the edge of the stone mortar, and the mortar mouth suddenly split into three petals, revealing two cobra teeth, "Awooo" biting his steel ball launcher. The spider detective hurriedly shot out spider silk, but was corroded into noodles by the old vinegar sprayed out by the stone mortar.
Kabuda's mechanical eyes switched to archaeological mode, and the display screen scrolled "Stone Age Food Guide": "Kabu! According to carbon 14 testing, this thing was produced last Tuesday... Eh?" The stone mortar suddenly played the theme song of "Chinese Cooking Master Boy", and a glowing QR code appeared on the mortar body. Scanning it turned out to be a holographic projection of a cockroach bully in women's clothing dancing to Paradise.
"Let the professionals do it!" Koganei Taro's green eyes suddenly shone brightly. The pawnshop owner rubbed the mortar body with his fat hands wearing five gold rings, and his fingertips suddenly retracted as if they were electrocuted when they touched the moss - those green spots actually revealed the Ophiuchus star map in the moonlight. He suddenly picked up the Turkish barbecue knife, and the moment the tip of the knife pierced into the crack of the stone mortar, the bronze rust retreated like a living thing, revealing the quantum alloy at the bottom with a cold blue glow.
"Sizzle——"
The friction between the blade and the mortar wall burst into sparks, and the air was suddenly filled with the sweet fragrance of old-fashioned shaved ice from the Showa era. Taro Koganei's pupils suddenly contracted - the blade was vibrating at a frequency of 1200 frames per second, a vibration he had only felt on the wreckage of a quantum collider he had seen on the black market. Even more bizarre was the moldy rice grains at the bottom of the mortar, which now projected a holographic recipe of the twelve constellations in the knife light.
"So that's it!" His thick lips trembled with excitement, and his gold teeth flashed in the quantum light. "This is not an ordinary mortar, but..."
"The mysterious kitchenware that failed to be sold at Sotheby's in 1983..." Taro Koganei's breathing became heavy, and his belly kept rising and falling with memory retrieval. "It is said that using a black hole singularity as a grinding wheel can cook ingredients from the past and the future at the same time-"
As if to confirm his judgment, countless star track marks suddenly appeared on the inner wall of the mortar. When his ring accidentally touched the Capricorn mark, the moldy rice at the bottom of the mortar suddenly did emoji radio gymnastics collectively, and the oldest grain of rice showed the classic expression of Einstein sticking out his tongue on his face.
"No mistake!" The pawnshop owner's greasy head was sweating coldly, "These molds are the embodiment of the wrinkles of time and space! Each grain of rice carries the taste memory of different timelines!"
"When the stone mortar begins to grind the moonlight, Pisces and Virgo will guide the gluttons to travel through the corridor of taste time and space..."
"Shut up!" The cockroach bully's mechanical claws sprayed steel ball bullets, but when they touched the quantum alloy, they were assimilated into glutinous rice balls. The purple robot looked at the sticky weapon and was furious: "What the hell is this setting!"
Captain Dragonfly's mechanical compound eyes suddenly shed blood and tears, and the referee's uniform oozed black asphalt-like substances. The tip of his staff burst into unstable arcs, and the sound was mixed with electronic noise: "The final answer... Sizzle... It should be..."
"It's the quantum cooking mortar that grinds time!" Taro Koganei suddenly grabbed the oldest moldy rice at the bottom of the mortar and stuffed it into his mouth, and quantum light gushed out of his seven orifices, "You smell this--" He burped full of black hole radiation, "The scorched earth of Hiroshima in 1945 mixed with the smell of lunar ramen in 3021!"
As if responding to his declaration, the stone mortar suddenly played the music box variation of "Night on the Galactic Railroad". The bronze rust on the mortar body grew back into a rose gold coating, and the cracks exuded the unique rainbow luster of liquid wormholes, and even the rice grains in the emoji package were switched to the pixel version of Van Gogh's "Starry Night".
"When did you learn quantum physics secretly?" The cockroach bully's mechanical eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
The pawn shop owner smiled mysteriously, lifted his belly to reveal the tattoo under the fat layer - the first Ultraman: "Do you think I only accept black goods? I believe in light..." He suddenly shut up, and his gold teeth crushed two grains of time and space moldy rice.
You can't tell that this old man still retains his innocence!
Captain Dragonfly stood in the center of the stage, and his scepter hit the ground heavily, making a dull "dong" sound. There was a cold light flashing in his compound eyes, and his eyes swept across all the contestants present. His voice was low and majestic: "After a fierce competition, I declare - Koganei Taro's team won! The loser is out!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the three members of the Cockroach Bully Team were instantly enveloped by a white light. The eight legs of the Spider Detective waved in panic, and the tail of the Scorpion Lai Lai also drooped weakly. The mechanical eyes of the Cockroach Bully were wide open, and there was a bit of unwillingness in his voice: "What?! I haven't lost yet!" However, the white light flashed, and the figures of the three people disappeared, as if they had never existed.
"The loser is out, this is the rule." Captain Dragonfly's voice was cold and ruthless, and he waved his scepter gently in the air, as if announcing the cruelty of this game.
Taro Koganei stood aside, his beer belly trembling slightly, with a bit of pride and satisfaction on his face. He touched his belly and said with a bit of joking: "Haha, it seems that I won this time! What cockroach bully, I still stepped on it!" His green bean eyes flashed with excitement, as if he had seen the fruits of victory.
"Don't be happy too early." Captain Dragonfly turned his eyes to the Kabuda team, and a hint of coldness flashed in his compound eyes, "Next, it's your turn." His scepter hit the ground again, and the floor in the center of the stage slowly cracked, and a new competition venue gradually rose.
"What?! Still competing? Kabu?" A trace of panic flashed across Kabuda's mechanical eyes, and an angry expression popped up on the display screen, "Kabu! We have already defeated the Cockroach Bully Team, why do we have to continue the game?"
Captain Dragonfly's mouth corners slightly raised, with a bit of sarcasm in his voice: "Rules are rules, you must play overtime with Koganei Taro Team to decide the winner." He waved his scepter lightly in the air, and a flash of lightning flashed, as if foreshadowing that the next game will be more intense.
Sayuri stood beside Kabuda, frowning slightly, with a bit of worry in her voice: "This is troublesome, Koganei Taro doesn't look easy to deal with."