Charlie raised her hand and shouted loudly to the owner of the ramen shop. After she finished, she sat down and touched her belly. She glanced at the four empty bowls on the table and sighed:
“The udon noodles in New Tokyo are so delicious! Much better than the ones in my hometown.”
After hearing this, the boss who was busy in the kitchen couldn't help but poke his head out and said, "Little girl, it's not that the udon noodles in Shin Tokyo are delicious, but that the noodles at Kamimaru's are delicious. I was so delicious before I opened this store.
I honed my skills at Kagawa’s famous udon shop, Yamakoshi Udon.”
Charlie was stunned for a moment, then nodded immediately, "Yeah, that's right! It's the boss's delicious food... Then can you give me a bunch of side dishes?"
The owner of the noodle shop may not have seen rice bowls on weekdays, but it is rare to see a girl with short silver hair like Xia Li, who is full of energy, delicate and cute. He heard this and responded happily, "Okay! I'll give you two.
I want to see how much you can eat today."
Someone from the side quickly brought the side dishes, which were actually pickled radish and pickled beans. However, Charlie couldn't wait for the noodles to come, so she took a sip of the noodle soup, picked up a radish and chewed it in her mouth.
...
"Boss, are you feeling unwell?"
After wiping her mouth and putting down the soup, Charlie noticed Aragaki Satoru across the table, who was covering his forehead. She was stunned for a moment and said with embarrassment, "Did I... eat too much?"
"No...no! Charlie-chan, please feel free to eat. I can still afford the ramen boss, haha...hahaha..." Aragaki Satoru waved his hand quickly, wanting to slap himself in the face.
I'm such a mean-mouthed person!
Why should you tell this big eater to eat freely?
Mr. Tono, please advise Xia Li.
I'm on my fifth bowl now and still look like a starving ghost reincarnated.
Are the celestial beings of the Tmall tribe that edible?
Cats don’t have that big appetite, right?
At this time, Higashinohara, who had eaten a bowl of special thick fish soup noodles, was sitting there, looking at his nose and heart, as if he didn't hear what was going on outside the window.
Needless to say, he must have taken advantage of his free time after dinner to "practice swordsmanship inside his skull" again.
Aragaki Satoru had no choice but to accept his fate. He touched his wallet and felt distressed, but he couldn't help but feel lucky that the ramen he had today was not a luxurious meal.
Otherwise, he might have to keep his people in the shop after the meal, but then he thought about having to provide food and lodging for this big eater in the future, and he felt heartbroken again.
Do you think this little cotton-padded jacket of yours will have too much dowry in the future?
Why are you trying to trick me!
After a while,
Another bowl of udon noodles was served.
Under the table, Charlie's little feet were tapping happily, she clapped her chopsticks with both hands and said, "I'm going to do it, haha." She lowered her head and ate the ramen with a slurp.
Aragaki Satoru slumped down on the chair in despair.
Fortunately, Charlie was not too exaggerated. After finishing the eighth bowl of noodles, she put the bowl down without saying a cheerful "One more bowl". She licked the soup from the corner of her mouth with her pink and numb little tongue and said,
Comfortable sound.
"Ahaha... I haven't eaten so much for a long time. The boss is really a good person in New Tokyo. From now on, I will go through fire and water for you without hesitation!"
Aragaki Satoru, who was paying at the checkout counter, felt a twinge of pain, but he finally felt a little comforted by Xia Li's "loyalty", but he felt that the "go through fire and water" exchanged for these eight bowls of noodles might not be that reliable.
Higashinohara also came back from "entering trance" and was stunned when he looked at the ten bowls on the table including him and Aragaki Satoru. In fact, everyone around him saw the eight bowls piled high in front of Charlie.
daze.
The owner of the ramen shop was quite cheerful. No new diners came in at the moment. He walked out of the back kitchen and looked at Charlie with his hands on his hips. Charlie eating so many noodles was an affirmation of his ramen skills, and he could eat them so cutely.
A young girl can give him a greater sense of accomplishment than those useless uncles.
"Give the guests at this table a 50% discount, real diners who love ramen!" the boss shouted to the cashier.
Aragaki Satoru, who was taking out money, suddenly smiled from ear to ear. He quickly took out two pieces of change from the eight thousand yen he took out, and said, "How can you be so embarrassed? Thank you, boss."
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Charlie, who had finished cleaning up and got up from the table, said, "Next time, how about we go to eat barbecue? Eating too much ramen is too filling, I can eat more barbecue!"
The owner of the ramen shop was stunned, and the feeling of meeting a close friend by chance in a sea of people disappeared.
However, Aragaki Satoru had already paid the bill and said hello to the boss and left quickly. Higashinohara was too lazy to pay attention to this idiot and followed him out of the ramen shop and asked:
"Is there anything else you can do this afternoon?"
Although they have a clue now, it's a pity that this clue is from many years ago, and the suspicious organization called "Funeral Society" has been destroyed long ago.
Although the organizer known as "Doctor" and the father of Saori Snake Ghoul whom we just heard about have not been arrested, it is hard to say whether it is related to their resurgence.
After hearing Higashinohara's words, Aragaki Satoru originally wanted to ask for a meal and help me put up small advertisements in the afternoon.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, the phone in his coat pocket vibrated again.
Just a blink of an eye after the call was connected, Aragaki Satoru's face became a little solemn, and finally hung up the phone and sighed.
"It seems that there is a really big problem at that crossroads of death."
"What's wrong?" Higashinohara asked.
"Atuo just called and said that at noon today, another suicide case occurred at the tram intersection in Kubetsu Town."
Aragaki Satoru's eyes narrowed slightly, "Two strange suicide cases happened in the same place in just a few days. If the third investigation team doesn't take over... I'm afraid it can't be justified, right?"
After hearing this, Higashinohara felt slightly relaxed.
If there is a third investigation team that officially launches an investigation, it will definitely be much more reliable than their private investigators. But I don't know if the case of Shikame Ryoka's mother, which has been closed, will be overturned directly.
"Let's go! It seems we have something to do in the afternoon."
Aragaki Satoru walked toward the parking lot and said with a smile, "Since the client hired us, we can't let her money go in vain. Let's go to the scene to see if we can find any overlooked clues. What do you think?"
"It doesn't matter to me."
Higashinohara nodded. He had already finished his daily exercise in the morning, and now he was mainly busy with "Intracranial Sword Training" to improve his proficiency in the swordsmanship of Kodachi, the Second Sword Style.
It doesn't make much difference anywhere.
"Boss, where should we go for team building tonight?" Xia Li asked with big eyes flashing.
She is already on the third floor.
Aragaki Satoru stiffened his lips and said with a dry smile, "I'm going home for team building tonight. Boss, my craftsmanship is also very good, not much worse than the chefs outside..."
"Great!"
Charlie doesn't care about location.
Just eat some.
...
But just as Higashinohara and his three-person team were driving to the crime scene in Mubetsu Town, someone in an encrypted private communication channel made a comment in a cold and blunt tone.
"What a bunch of... idiots."
After a brief silence...
A middle-aged man's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Are you talking about... today's actions?"
"I said, don't attract the attention of the authorities at the moment. I have tried my best to help you close the case with the actions in the past few days. Why do you want to act without permission today?" The voice on the other end of the phone was still cold, but it didn't sound too angry.
Such mood swings.
This middle-aged man has followed him for such a long time, and his loyalty is unquestionable. He believes that the other party will give a reasonable explanation.
as expected.
A middle-aged man's voice came from the other end of the phone, "This morning... I felt... the call of the Holy Lord... the desire for blood food, so I made a 'response' in time."
"Calling so often?"
"That's right, the Holy Lord...may be about to wake up."
The voice fell,
There was silence on both ends of the phone.
After a moment, the cold voice on the phone suddenly became softer, "You are right. This is the purpose of our funeral society - everything is for the coming of the Holy Lord."
"In this case, then... let's speed up the progress."
"Follow your orders."
"..."
In the dimly lit basement, Snake Ghoul hung up the phone and looked calmly at the seven funeral directors in the room who were wearing white rabbit masks with long ears.
"The Holy Master still needs one more sacrifice."
"Tonight...when I'm alone and faced with demons."
In an instant, the bodies of the seven people behind the white rabbit masks began to tremble, and their unparalleled enthusiasm could be felt even through a layer of masks on their faces.
