Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 3 2018 | Page 283

Sun Wukong pulled out a strand of his short baby blonde hair as it became a clone of himself. “He can take
you to Britain with his cloud.” He spoke, as his clone leapt onto a Somersault cloud. “Master, let’s go.” The
real one leapt onto a Somersault as well, pulling onto the cloud Xuanzang as well.
As they traveled in the sky, Sun Wukong noticed a golden light following behind them but was soon
blinded by the clouds. He decided to stay on guard.
When they arrived at Scarborough, it was already dark. They entered the lobster store as they swallowed
chewed light blue gum that Sha Wujing gave them, which was a translation gum. They was only one lobster
left in the shop, and it looked fresh.
What they didn't know was that the Phoenix spirit has gone inside the lobster, awaiting for them to cook
them.
They went back to Vietnam to meet back up with Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing, who has a pot of hot curry
with them. “ Did you get Olive Jam to make the curry?” “We asked if we could make it alongside with him
but we almost set fire to his kitchen so he just made a pot for us.” Sha Wujing explained. “I see.” Sun
Wukong responded.
They “borrowed” a kitchen from one of the citizens inside Vietnam and put the pot of curry onto the stove.
Zhu Bajie was watching the fire for the curry, Sha Wujing and Xuanzang was cooking the rice, mostly
trying to figure out how to use a rice cooker, leaving Sun Wukong to deal with the lobster.
Sun Wukong stared deeply at the lobster’s eyes, since he was suspicious how a lobster that was left in a store
was so fresh. To his surprise, his eyes went smoking. The lobster suddenly grew large in size, breaking the
roof of the kitchen, leaving the building in rumbles. Sha Wujing has safely taken Xuanzang outside, and
Zhu Bajie managed to escape, almost crushed by a debris.
The lobster then turned back into its original size, as a golden light flew out of its mouth, which then
transformed into a young maiden with blorage blonde hair tied up into a messy bun, wearing a Chinese
traditional cloak. She held a spear, pointing it at Sun Wukong. He on the other hand, has his Ruyi Bang
out, pointing at her head. They both swung their weapons at each other, blocking and attacking each other.
They fought for a long time until another god intervened, Guan Yin. She subdued the Phoenix spirit and
took her in but before she left, she turned to face Zhu Bajie. “Bajie, I forbid you to ever cook again.” A
look of horror fell onto his face, as Guan Yin spread the holy water down, causing the amount of debris to
return back to normal.
In the end, Zhu Bajie learnt that he was never going to fulfill his wish of being able to make lobster curry,
no matter how hard he tried.