"That Ouma guy did say just now that this is the last delivery, and there won't be any more from now on."
The store manager sighed
"In that case, I'll close the business next month."
Hearing his voice, Fujiwara Chika suddenly became nervous. Even the ramen Ishigami brought to her mouth was ignored, and she jumped straight away.
Her face was full of disbelief
"Why?"
This ramen restaurant ranks among the top three ramen restaurants Chika Fujiwara has visited over the years.
If you can't say it, it won't be opened. Where can she go to eat such delicious ramen?
"Thank you very much though."
"My little sister can like my ramen."
The store manager shook his head helplessly
"But in recent years, it has been difficult to do business in the physical industry, and my store is rarely visited by young people."
"The turnover is miserable."
He pointed at Fujiwara Chika’s ramen
"Besides, I won't be able to make this flavor next month."
"After all, the lack of materials cannot be made up by relying on craftsmanship."
The store manager's face was full of emotion. He took off his turban and sat on the bar. In this way, the four of them sat in a row as if they were chatting.
He didn't have to think about it, the past events were playing before his eyes like a slideshow.
"That was when I first started training in ramen. I didn't know anything. I was just a person with nothing but passion."
"I plunged into the deep mountains and forests, looking for everything that can improve the deliciousness of ramen."
"Although I did find it, I paid a heavy price."
"That day"
"I met a ghost..."
The store manager took a deep breath and pulled up his trouser legs. Ishigami saw the bite marks that he judged to be the bite marks of a large beast. It looked like a whole piece of meat on the calf was directly bitten off by sharp teeth and then directly
Tear off.
"The wound was 30 centimeters long and required more than 130 stitches."
The densely packed stitches made the wound look as twisted as a centipede. Even if a long time had passed, as long as the owner thought about it, this heart-wrenching feeling would still hit him like a tsunami.
"well."
"This foot suffered a comminuted fracture, and a steel plate was nailed to it at the time."
The store manager showed the wound and lowered his trousers again, seeming to regret the decision he made back then.
He pondered for a moment and continued to speak.
"Actually, there are local legends about ghosts."
"There are man-eating monsters in the deepest part of the mountain."
"They are quite large, some are even bigger than buffalo."
"The beast's roar is as shrill as a child's cry. It is a terrifying and mysterious existence."
Liao Liao's numerals have already aroused everyone's emotions.
The store manager sighed
"But I don't believe in evil, so I went deep into those mountains after hearing this legend."
"But I have to say that there are many high-end and rare ingredients in places that few people have visited."
"While I was picking some precious fungi, my foot slipped in the cold and humid environment and I suddenly rolled down the mountain into the dark canyon below.
"When I opened my eyes after falling to pieces, it was already dark."
"But I was still shocked because there were countless pale bones on the ground surrounding me in the dim environment."
"This is the smell of the remains of long-dead creatures. The miasma and various disgusting smells intertwined together to make it hard for me to breathe."
"My only thought at that time was to "escape", I had to escape!"
"This must be a feeding ground for some unknown creature."
"When it comes back, something bad will definitely happen."
"Just when I fell
I stumbled and climbed out, only 300 meters away, when I suddenly heard a creepy sound that I will never forget in my life."
The store manager's voice was trembling, as if he was about to cry, and he hugged himself with both hands.
Only in this way can he bring himself a sense of warmth and security
"It was a beast's roar like "the most miserable high-pitched cry", which could freeze a person's soul."
"That's right, it's just like the "mountain ghost" in local legend."
"The problem is that the voice is very close to me!"
"Or right behind me.
"
"Thanks."
The store manager took the water glass from Ishigami's hand, and after taking a sip of water, he seemed to finally calm down a little.
He lowered his head and held the water glass in both hands
chuckled lightly
"It's really embarrassing to say that I don't even have the courage to take a look at that unknown monster."
"At that time, I just ran away, no matter what."
"Just run anyway."
"Because I'm afraid that if I turn around and see something scary, my legs will become weak and I won't be able to run."
But when the damn thing behind him saw me running away, he immediately ran over in a rampage.
"My efforts are ultimately in vain."
"After all, I already have an injured leg, so how can I outrun a monster that's still full of energy?"
"In just a few seconds, I was caught up."
"An unmatched force hit me from my back and knocked me over. I was thrown hard and hit the nearby stone wall."
"At that time I thought I was dead."
"When I returned to my half-conscious state, I felt like I was being dragged along."
"That damn monster actually dragged me back to its lair."
"I'm actually very particular about it. I know I can't dine in."
"Maybe soon, I will become like those bones."
"I tried to open my swollen eyes to see what it was."
"But I just saw a pitch-black back and a pair of cruel, pitch-black eyes full of playful scarlet red eyes."
"I started to struggle, but it was unwise."
"Because that ghost thing noticed that I was awake, so it held my calf in its mouth and bit down hard."
The store manager shook his head and seemed helpless. He even made a joke.
"It turns out that the sound of human bones breaking is quite pleasant and moving." (Mitsuyo Musetishi expressed his praise)
"Really crunchy."
"Under the monster's terrifying bite force, my bones might just be like a chocolate bar."
"As for what happened after that, I don't remember much about it."
"Because the severe pain has overwhelmed me, I am so heartbroken that I can't breathe."
"But in the end it took a turn for the worse."
"When I opened my eyes again, I saw an unfamiliar ceiling."
"And the smell of disinfectant in the hospital is in my nose. It's really magical."
"A life-and-death crisis is nothing more than an empty dream."
"It feels like a lifetime ago."
"And the foot is wrapped in plaster and hung up high, and the pain coming from it is so real."
"I asked the nurse and they said that local villagers on the other side of the mountain drove me here."
"I was so confused at the time that I recovered from my illness and went there again, but this time I didn't go into the mountains to die but to thank my saviors."
"I brought a lot of wine and some novel gadgets, so it was easy to mingle with the locals."
"When everyone was a little drunk, I finally couldn't wait to ask them the question that had been bothering me for a long time."
"How on earth did you rescue me from the "mountain ghost" deep in the mountains?"
The store manager sighed
"But they
But he said: That's a lie to children, you won't believe it. Then he enthusiastically hugged my shoulders and said to celebrate my escape from the wolf's mouth, cheers!"
"Wolf?"
"I know very well that the monster is definitely not a wolf. A wolf cannot have that size."
"Then these villagers weren't the ones who saved me from that monster's mouth, but I'm equally grateful that they didn't take me to the hospital. I might have lost too much blood."
"Then there is an unknown mysterious person who is my real target, and this guy is not a villager but an outsider."
"Loners."
"The next day I found an old man and gave him a pack of cigarettes, and asked him if there were any immigrants who had moved in nearby."
"In the end, the old man took two puffs of his cigarette and threw it back. I asked him questions and never replied."
"It seems quite taboo."
"I found other people, and they had similar reactions."
"But this aroused my curiosity. What is the origin of this guy that makes the whole village so taboo."
"But after all, everyone is different, there is always a breakthrough."
"I got all the information I wanted from a street gangster. He was the "Son of Shura." "No one knows where he comes from. They only know that it will be unfortunate to have a relationship with him."
"I followed the directions and came to a ruined apartment 10 kilometers away from the mountain village."
The store manager sighed
"This apartment is quite dilapidated and is completely covered with lush vegetation."
"And even without smelling it, I can smell the strange meaty aroma inside when I stand at the door."
"I mustered up the courage and shouted, "Is there anyone there?"
The store manager swallowed
"Then I saw something I shouldn't have seen."
"I actually saw something in this house that had caused a huge psychological shadow on me before. It was the thing that bit my calf into pieces that day."
"That thing turned out to be something similar to a wild boar, but it was larger than an ordinary wild boar and the fangs on its mouth were sharper."
"The green face and fangs really look quite scary."
"And now the monster with wide eyes, its scarlet eyes are facing me. But it's obvious that the thing has been dead for a long time, because it fell to the ground."
"The blood on the ground has long dried up."
"And there are many cutting marks on its body, as if someone had cut off its flesh one by one with a knife."
The store manager smiled
"I even touched that guy's head with my hand. It sounds like I also have fangs on that thing."
The store manager stood up and went back to the back room
He took out a jet-black fang one meter long with both hands. Ishigami saw it and helped him put it on the table.
"Oh..."
Fujiwara Chika curiously looked at the fangs that shone with a deep light under the light. It was difficult for her to imagine what kind of thing could be called a monster before.
now she understands
The original owner of this thing was definitely a real monster. His tusks were 1.4 meters long. This mutated wild boar was at least three meters long.
Ishigami stroked the fang, and said that it was indeed a tooth. Teeth are generally the hardest things in living things, and he estimated that the hardness of this fang was about the same as that of an ordinary hard rock.
The store manager said
"That's when I met Ouma. He heard my voice and came out."
"But I was really shocked."
"Because the man was covered in blood and looked like he was seriously injured."
"But the bronzed muscles of the Greek statue looked like a Spartan warrior when soaked with blood."
"But when I contacted the monster that I saw lying on the ground bleeding, I understood."
"This guy is the one who saved me."
"But that guy actually said it seriously"
"Are you here to fight me?"
The store manager said helplessly
"Then I must say I'm not."
"I said I came to you because I was grateful for your help in saving my life."
The store manager imitated Ouma's tone
"ha?"
"A life-saving grace?"
"Oh, I remembered."
"You are the unlucky one."
The number of mutated wild boars around here is already relatively small, because they are almost eaten by the seaweed heads.
Ouma smiled
"You are really weak, you can't beat this thing."
The store manager shrugged
"I'm really curious about what he thinks."
"I'm just a ramen chef, as strong as I can be."
"The master there is both a warrior and a cook."
The store manager smiled
"There are even more outrageous things."
"That house is actually the same as the monster lair I talked about before. It is full of mutated wild boar bones. There are many wild boar skulls layer upon layer."
"It can be seen that many mutated wild boars have been killed over the years."
"I asked him why you killed so many of these mutated wild boars. Was it to protect the surrounding villagers?"
"The guy answered in a rather nonchalant tone."
A look of disdain
"Who cares about them? If I don't kill them, what will I eat?"
Ouma looked serious
"The only way to survive is to kill!"
The store manager touched his head
"What I was thinking at that time was"
"What a concise and clear answer."
"It is true that people can only survive by killing."
"As a chef, I understand this truth even more."
"No matter how advanced civilization is"
"Human nature never changes!"
"The meat we enjoy now is a finished product."
"But I didn't realize that there is actually a series of processes behind the meat that is readily available."
"The raising of livestock and then its slaughtering."
"We just kill and eat at the same time. Just like him!"
"This answer is really concise and clear!"
The store manager nodded and expressed heartfelt emotion.
"Juuki Snake Ouma is truly a self-sufficient man!"
"But it was that sentence that really led to my cooperation with him."
What Ouma said
"do you want to eat?"
"That's it."
"I discovered that the meat of mutated wild boars is actually very delicious, very tender and doesn't have the fishy smell of ordinary wild boars."
"It is the ultimate delicious food."
The store manager smiled
"It also contributed to the current tonkotsu ramen."
"And the soup base is made from fresh mutated wild boar bones, which are boiled for twelve hours every day."
"So this is a bowl of clear soup ramen."
The store manager said meaningfully
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