Nagoya, Atsuta-ku.

Evening.

A restaurant located in a residential area called "Horai Ken".

The four of them sat in a private room, waiting for food.

"It's said to have been around for 146 years, and it's very popular on review apps."

Fujiwara Ayano looked at her phone with a look of anticipation.

Ariko Asano sat beside her, looking curiously at the store.

"Haven't Asano shrine maidens been here before?"

Qiao Qiao felt that the appearance of the Asano shrine maiden looking around was a little unexpected, and he thought that the Asano shrine maiden, the trainee shrine maiden of the Atsuta Shrine, should have been to the famous store in Nagoya a long time ago.

"No, I'm here for the first time."

Ariko Asano turned her gaze and smiled, then looked at the menu seriously.

"It's just eel rice, no matter how delicious it is, it's eel and rice."

Masato Kotokui was quite disdainful, flipping the menu at will, slightly disgusted.

Jobashi also looked at the menu, as Masato Kotokui said, this is a restaurant famous for its eel dishes, and its signature is eel rice, as well as eel dishes such as eel liver and egg eel rolls.

The food in Nagoya is different from that in Tokyo, but in short, it is a little more flavorful.

Whether it's miso pork cutlet rice, miso oden, or red bean paste coffee, it means that you can't eat it without adding some ingredients.

It's like Mexicans can tacos everything, just roll it up in a burrito, whether it's bugs or beeps — you can eat it.

I guess the same is true of Nagoya people's love for miso.

The four of them quickly ordered the food.

Eel liver for four, a sashimi platter, an egg eel roll, a peony and of course, the signature eel rice for three and finally dessert.

The eel liver, which is a characteristic of Nagoya, is cooked with miso grill, and the rich sauce penetrates into the eel liver, giving it a hint of the fishy smell of the sea, and it is crispy and delicious, which is completely different from what it looks like from the outside.

There is not much to say about sashimi, Nagoya is close to the sea and has a port, so the taste of seafood is naturally not bad.

Qiao Qiao originally thought that the egg eel roll would be the kind of production method of eel wrapped in egg liquid and fried until golden brown to make the child next door cry.

But I didn't expect that the eggs in this dish were processed with eel, with a bit of sweetness, which was not very accustomed to from Qiao Qiao's point of view.

Sitting across from her, Asako Asano and Fujiwara Ayano were eating quite happily.

As for Masato Kotokui, he moved his chopsticks casually at first, but after eating the eel liver, his whole expression changed.

"It's delicious."

Yutokui Masato couldn't stop picking up vegetables.

"Speaking of which, what is a peony?"

Halfway through her meal, Asako Asano looked at the menu hanging on the wall and wondered.

"It's a kind of eel, too."

Masato Kotokui replied casually.

"It is also a kind of moray eel, which is a famous item in the Kansai region, especially near Kyoto, and it is eaten in summer, and it is also written in the "Manyoshu" that the eel can relieve the boredom of summer."

Qiao Qiao thought for a moment and spoke.

"There is also a saying that the eel is the messenger of the Void Bodhisattva and can bring good luck to people."

"Hey, Qiao San knows so much."

Fujiwara Ayano sighed with emotion, and glanced at Masato Kotokui again.

"It's not like someone, who only lets out his mouth, and in the end it's not really fragrant."

“！”

Masato Kotokui was poked in the sore spot, and he didn't dare to continue to play chopsticks for a while.

Qiao Qiao smiled.

He didn't tell the three about the snakehead that he had actually seen it in a book about the weirdness of the Kansai region.

Legend has it that in the Seto Inland Sea, there used to be a huge moray eel, which lived for a long time and possessed great power, causing waves in the Seto Inland Sea, and fishermen had to offer a woman every year to calm the storm.

Later, the three goddesses in charge of the sea learned of this and came to fight the moray eel monster.

Their youngest sister, disguised as a victim, was taken to her lair by a moray eel, and the two sisters, who learned the location of the lair, worked together to defeat the monster.

The moray eel had countless offspring, and the goddesses of the sea, in punishment, deprived the moray eel of its powers, made it smaller, and told the fishermen that they would catch these moray eels for food in the future.

As a result, the tsuru became a famous property in the Seto Inland Sea, and in honor of the great achievements of the goddess of the sea, fishermen built a shrine on Itsukushima Island, which is called Itsukushima Shrine.

The most special thing about Itsukushima Shrine is its torii gate located in the sea, after all, it is dedicated to the goddess of the sea, and the residence of the gods is naturally in the sea.

If these three soul slayers knew that the snakehead they were going to eat later was actually the offspring of the youkai, I don't know how they would feel.

Speaking of which, Qiao Qiao has never eaten the meat of monsters, and I don't know if the meat of these monsters will have any special taste after being infiltrated by spiritual power?

And the country has a legend of eating mermaid meat to gain immortality, but that's actually just a legend, right?

In the midst of the chat, the peony snakehead was also brought to the table.

The so-called peony snakehead does not refer to the species of snakehead, but is a traditional cooking technique of the country.

Cut the fish into small pieces, blanch them in the broth until they are raw, and then serve them to the table.

Because the bone crushing method ensures that the skin of the fish continues, at high temperatures, the skin shrinks, and the whole fish meat rolls up, like a peony in full bloom.

This shop's peony snakehead is exactly what it does.

Plum vinegar, vinegar miso, and wasabi soy sauce are also included.

This dish made Qiao Qiao quite nostalgic, there is a similar practice of shabu-shabu in Huaxia, he sandwiched a piece, dipped it in soy sauce slightly, and sent it to his mouth.

The skin of the fish is crispy, and the meat is strong and springy, which has a unique flavor.

As for the final eel rice, it is divided into three ways to eat it: plain, seaweed and onion bibimbap, and chazuke.

Even Masato Kotokui couldn't help but add three bowls of rice, which was enough to see its deliciousness.

As well as the essence of human beings is true fragrance.

After eating and drinking, the four of them discussed tomorrow's arrangements for a while.

Tomorrow they will go to two sites to investigate.

In the morning, it was a high school near Mizuho District, where there had been a strange incident of a skeleton running in the corridor of a biological laboratory a week ago.

In the afternoon, it was the TV station in Showa Ward, where a resentful spirit had appeared ten days ago and had been retired.

It's all simple aftercare.

From most of the news heard there, there is still no trace of the Tiancong Cloud Sword today.

It was as if the Excalibur had disappeared from this world, leaving not even a trace.

Night.

Qiao Qiao soaked in the hot springs, put on a Japanese-style yukata, and walked out of the bath with his clothes.

The hot springs at this hot spring inn are not natural hot springs, they are all artificial, and the public baths are more like Chinese bathhouses in terms of structure.

Even in early summer, a soak in the hot springs can still wash away a lot of fatigue.

Outside the baths, there is a hall for rest, chatting, and entertaining.

Some of the Soul Killers can be seen sitting together and chatting.

Some people simply drank a little wine and said some meat jokes.

I have to work the next day, is it okay to drink like this?

Qiao Qiao thought to himself, but he didn't bother them.

At the end of June, Nagoya can already be called summer, the room is a little stuffy, and Qiao Qiao doesn't like the wind of air conditioning.

This hall with open windows is cool and breezy and the temperature is just right.

After thinking about it, Qiao Qiao decided to take the textbook to study here later.

Those chats and blowing water should be regarded as an exercise of one's own mind.

He walked past a few tables and was about to leave the hall when he saw a man sitting by the window.

It is a Asano Riko wearing a yukata embellished with a pear blossom pattern.