There is an unwritten custom in Benzi country for dinner parties, that is, the first time you toast, you must drink beer.
When Gu Xing first came into contact with this kind of wine culture, he was extremely unaccustomed to it.
He always feels that beer is filled with a strong smell of horse urine. But there is no clue. People who dare not drink beer will eventually be considered to be incapable of reading air (meaning that they have no eyesight). Their bosses will be alienated, colleagues will talk about it, and the workplace will be troubled again.
Finished.
Fortunately, after a long trial, Gu Xing gradually got used to the taste of beer.
Later, I could even drink a hint of sweetness from it, and I was able to overcome the difficulty of the horse urine tribulation.
After drinking the first glass of wine, everyone can order what they wanted to drink. Gu Xing continued to drink beer.
The Holy Son took the initiative to stand up and use tongs to distribute the vegetable salad to everyone. The dishes in Benzi Country are basically served according to the number of people, so it is in good order for each person to take a little of the new dishes.
Everyone toasted frequently, poured wine for each other, talked and drank freely, and the dark clouds caused by Fujino's weirdness were gradually coaxed away by the warm atmosphere.
During the dinner, Anda frequently expressed his goodwill to Tomoko, kept toasting and chatting, and took good care of her.
When the dinner was almost half over, Tomoko was probably a little tipsy, with a blush on his face and said with a smile: "Anda-kun, just say what you want, don't let me be flattered."
"Oh," Anda scratched his head: "Am I so obvious?"
"If you want to gain Lord Crow's favor," Tomoko leaned close to Anda's ear and raised a finger: "In my opinion, there is only one way."
Adachi quickly filled up the wine for Tomoko and said, "Please don't hesitate to teach me."
"The way is - you have to help Mr. Crow solve the biggest problem in life," Tomoko patted Anda on the shoulder, "Only in this way can she treat her differently."
"The biggest... trouble in life?"
"This is not what you can do now," Tomoko sneered: "Wait... wait when you become a weird investigator, I..." Tomoko burped, "I will tell you the details.
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"Odd Investigator?"
"Yes, ah... I forgot, you are not an assistant, and you have not received training, how can you be a weird investigator? Forget it, forget it, drink."
"Oh, why don't you explain it to me in detail now, so as not to offend people's appetites."
But after Tomoko said what she just said, she went to clink glasses with the Shiratori Police Department again. Adachi was filled with questions and had no choice but to do anything.
When Adachi asked Tomoko again the next day, she denied it with a panic look on her face, "Adachi-kun, I never remember this kind of thing, let alone said these nonsense words to you. If you continue to pester me, I will go
The Jing’an Police Station Supervision Section filed a complaint.”
The Inspection Section was so powerful that Anda was completely defeated.
Halfway through the evening party, the wooden door of the cubicle was suddenly opened.
"Sorry, sorry, everyone, we are late because of the review of the Fujino case!"
Behind the wooden door, Red Shirt and the frogman walked in together.
The frogman was also carrying a black leather suitcase.
Everyone in the Criminal Division did not expect that these two people would come to attend. The seats in the seats have been taken by the two most senior colleagues. Now it is time to give up your seat, and it is time to prepare new tableware, and it is time to chat.
They came up to exchange greetings, and there was a lot of confusion.
Of course, no one expected that when it came to the wine table, Hong Shi would be such a... warm and easy-going person.
The venomous remarks he kept spouting in the basement of the Nara apartment were much less frequent. Sequoia seemed to have social psoriasis, clinking glasses with everyone enthusiastically and completely informal.
"Hey, brave men of the Criminal Division, why do you have to be so reserved? Since you drink, you have to drink until you are drunk before you feel satisfied!"
"Here, everyone, give me another shot of dark beer! We're going to fight until dawn!"
Red Shirt also became a complete disruptor of the order of this dinner party.
She didn't care about the banquet culture that had long been established in Benzi's country. She deliberately sat in the lower seat at the door of the cubicle and pushed a newcomer from the criminal class to the front, causing the newcomer to spend the second half of the party in complete panic.
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When she raised her glass to drink, she deliberately placed it lower than the policemen in the Criminal Division.
So, the two people who were toasting each other, one clinging to the other, lowered the wine glasses little by little, and finally the flat rims of the glasses touched the ground. The two people who were clinking glasses also knelt down and worshiped each other. It was very funny.
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Sequoia deliberately kept pouring wine only for himself.
The frogman advised: "How can you pour wine for yourself? Don't you know that in our country, if you only pour wine for yourself, you can't get ahead?"
"Do people like us still need to stand out?" Hong Shi laughed loudly: "Just living is already very difficult."
"That's true..."
The frogman was convinced by her and immediately poured himself a glass and drank it in one gulp.
After Hong Shi made such a fuss, the atmosphere at the wine table became completely lively. Everyone drank, sang and danced, almost completely forgetting about Fujino's weird things.
The ones who play the best are the red shirts and frogmen.
The black box brought by the frogman contained a set of audio equipment with a microphone, and a black technology device that was said to be able to completely isolate the noise from the box.
"Should it be so exaggerated..."
Colleagues in the Criminal Division all stared wide-eyed, feeling that if they kept getting high like this, the second or third party after the party would be unnecessary.
"Now,"
Sequoia tapped the red button that was a bit like an alarm, and the isolation device opened instantly, and a transparent wave passed through, "Even if this compartment is broken into 180 pieces, the people outside will not
I heard you!"
As she spoke, she and the frogman each held a microphone and sang the Slam Dunk theme song "Until the End of the World."
"The metropolis is a servant of one person"
Wandering alone in the big city
Tou no house て ら れ た emptiness カン の よ う だ
Such as discarded empty beer cans
Mutual love and love
If you explore everything, it can be called love
The world will end forever
It is better to sleep until the end of the world..."
Not to mention, matching the lyrics and the exaggerated expressions of the two people, it really gives off a sense of absurdity and despair of a passionate man and woman struggling in a weird city.
The two of them danced wildly, making funny faces and cool poses, over and over again.
Everyone was so amused that they kept laughing.
"Oh my god, Gu Xingjun," Sheng Zijiu drank a lot and moved closer to Gu Xing, "Are these weird investigators so crazy to play?"
"I don't know... This is also my first time drinking with a weird investigator. Otherwise, why don't I ask Tomoko?"
Shengzi pulled Tomoko over, and Tomoko's face turned red: "Hey...hehe, guess..."
After all, the order of the dinner party has been completely overturned, and Shiratiao also put down his airs and wandered around the table to clink glasses.
He found Hong Shi, who had just finished singing "The End of the World" and was sitting down to eat barbecue. He raised his glasses and touched them, "Master Hong Shi..."
"NO!" Hong Shi shook his hand and waved, "There are no adults here, call me Hong Shi!"
"Do you still remember that time in the basement of the Nara apartment?"
Amid the noisy noise, White Bird raised his voice and said:
"At that time, you said, sweep away the haze, make the sky clear, protect the citizens from harm, and seek justice for the victims - these oaths we once took while wearing [Asahi Shadow] were just high-sounding words.
It's just a kind of idealism.
You said that when it is really necessary to sacrifice oneself to protect the safety of citizens and maintain fairness and justice, especially when such sacrifices may not bring about a good result, few people can do this.
You also pointed at my nose and said - can any of your colleagues in the Criminal Division of Jing'an Police Station do it?"
When the white bird said this, its neck turned red with excitement, and it almost turned into a red bird.
"Please look at this policeman,"
Bai Niao pointed at Gu Xing, who was stuffing meat into his mouth, "Is he from our criminal department? Did he do it?"
"Crack!"
Hong Shi slammed the table and stood up.
This sound was really loud, and the room immediately became quiet, and everyone looked at Bainiao and Hongshan.
Shiratori was also photographed and sobered up. He realized that he had made a mistake while drunk and quickly stood up to apologize.
"right,"
The red shirt shook his body and suddenly bowed to the white bird, "You are right, I was wrong."
After saying that, he looked at everyone and said, "What are you looking at me for? Keep getting high!"
She pointed at Gu Xing, "You, yes, it's you, Gu Xing, bring me the microphone... はやく! はやく! (Hurry up!)"
Gu Xing was still in a daze, and Anda handed over the microphone.
"The metropolis is a servant of one person"
Wandering alone in the metropolis..."
Hong Shi stood on the sofa and sang again, but this time when she got to the line "like a discarded empty beer can," she suddenly put down the microphone and ran out of the cubicle.
The frogman quickly followed.
Bai Niao motioned for Gu Xing to follow him and take a look, while the others continued to drink and sing.
Gu Xing went out, and the red shirt and frogman were gone.
He thought for a while and guessed that Hong Shi had drunk too much and it was time to drink, so he walked towards the toilet. When he was about to turn around a passage, he heard someone crying faintly.
Gu Xing leaned over and heard Hong Shi's drunken voice:
"Toad... they are right, shabby investigators like us will only show off their power to the police and citizens, and turn into trembling weaklings when they see weird things, even worse than a mouse..."
Sometimes, when I see those cold monsters and think about the curse-like killing rules in their bodies, I feel that we are weaker than ants... I can't stand it anymore, I really can't stand it anymore..."
"Okay, okay," the frogman patted her back gently, "you're just drunk."
"I can't take it anymore,"
Hong Shi suddenly cried loudly, "Every time I see those ordinary people living and dying in front of me, I have to pretend that I don't care at all, and I have to explain to those stupid police officers over and over again that I am more important than those citizens.
I don’t even believe the logic, and I don’t want to explain it anymore! I’m afraid that one day, I won’t be able to help it, and rush up to fight Weird in front of them..."
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