Chapter 6: One Eats, the Whole Team Starves

After a while, the scenery outside became boring. After all, it was just a vast desert with nothing but scattered rocks and the occasional vegetation—nothing particularly worth admiring.

Feeling bored, Kanna instinctively touched her stomach. As a "young dragon," she technically didn't need to eat very often. However, she had discovered that the food she consumed not only replenished her physical energy but also converted into "electricity" within her body.

Despite her feasting over the past ten days, her internal "battery" had only charged to about ten percent. As someone with both obsessive tendencies and a fear of lacking firepower, this empty reserve made her anxious. So, each time she ate, she converted most of the energy into electricity, leaving only a small portion to sustain her bodily functions.

That was why she felt hungry and had to eat in large quantities every single day.

Noticing Kanna's actions, Outcast spoke up, prompting the squad to find a concealed yet relatively safe spot to park. Several squad members skillfully set up a boiler and began preparing food for the entire day.

Since they had been delayed last night due to Kanna, they needed to make up for lost time. Their plan was to cook all the meals for the day in the morning, then take turns driving without unnecessary stops, ensuring they reached their destination as scheduled.

However, their plans were quickly derailed—by none other than Kanna.

As the squad began cooking, Kanna crouched beside the large pot, staring at it with eager, sparkling eyes.

The moment the food was ready, she turned her tear-filled, pleading gaze toward the cook.

Unable to resist, the cook handed her a portion. But as soon as they turned around, they saw an empty, spotless plate extended toward them again—along with those same pitiful, begging eyes.

After this happened several times in a row, the squad finally realized something was off. That was when Misery stepped in, taking over the cook's position.

He was genuinely curious—just how much could this little one eat?

Then, before the other operators, who went from shock to numbness to utter existential crisis, Kanna finally let out a satisfied burp and happily collapsed into Outcast's arms.

"Phew! Kanna is full! Kanna is gonna sleep now."

Looking down at the little one in her arms, Outcast couldn't help but smile bitterly. Kanna's belly was just as flat as before, and her weight hadn't changed in the slightest.

This child… there was no way an ordinary family could afford to raise her. Honestly, unless they owned several mines, even the cheapest, plainest black bread would be enough to bankrupt them.

After all, the squad had just prepared enough food for fifteen people—meant to last an entire day—and yet not a single one of them had even had a sip of soup before all of it vanished into Kanna's mouth.

Even more terrifying was the fact that, despite consuming that absurd amount, her stomach remained perfectly flat, making everyone wonder whether her throat led to an entirely different dimension.

"Screw it, I'll take two people to go hunting nearby," Misery finally said, staring at the now nearly empty pot with resignation. "The rest of you stay here and rest, but keep up the necessary vigilance."

If he could do it all over again, he would never have let curiosity get the better of him.

This wasn't just a big eater—this was a stomach connected to some unknown abyss.

Frankly, he had to admire whatever family managed to raise a glutton of this magnitude. But considering how things turned out, they probably couldn't afford to feed her anymore and just left her in the wild