Three months later, Tokyo was in a nameless alley.

It seems that because of the high ground and the distance from Tokyo, the disaster that destroyed half of Tokyo did not affect the area, so the old buildings of the entire town were preserved, but many of them were destroyed by the earthquake. It was only after a night that was as quiet as the rest of the nights that the old houses were restored to their original state. It's a pity that almost no one walks into this long street, and naturally no one notices this miracle.

The TV in the corner is broadcasting a popular Japanese variety show, but this pompous style is not to Li Su's appetite. He simply sat on the tatami mat and wandered into the world, and the sound of kitchen knives on the cutting board echoed in his ears. The rest of the room was doing their own thing, and the scene of everyone going their own way was another kind of harmony.

"Is it here? Master Yue's shop doesn't seem to be here. A pleasant female voice sounded from outside the old house, attracting everyone's attention.

"It's here, it seems to be Master Yue's home, he told me the address when I talked on the phone before." A boy's voice. Then came the jingling of the doorbell.

"I'll open the door." Yabuki Sakura, who was kneeling beside Gen Zhisheng, got up and opened the wooden door. It was not the familiar old man who opened the door, but the beautiful girl, which obviously surprised the boy, but he still bowed politely: "Hello, you should be Master Yue's family, I made an appointment with him to meet today." ”

Sakura looked out into the kitchen. Seeing Uesugi Yue's nod, she leaned sideways to make a way. "Please come in."

"Master Yue, this is a small gift...... Turns out you already have guests? That...... We'll visit us later. Bypassing the screen, the boy could clearly see that the living room was full of people, men, women, old and young, and the already small Japanese-style house was already more than half full. Fortunately, these people are not hostile, and they should not be here to collect debts. Then these should be Master Yue's guests, right? Including the girl from before.

"It's okay, it's okay, these are my friends, we should meet each other. Sit! Find a place to sit first! What to eat? Master Yue lifted the curtain of the kitchen, and the familiar black scarf was still tied to his head as usual.

"Since Master Yue said so..... It's the same as usual, right? The boy scratched his head and led the girl to sit down on the empty side of the long table.

"Is it tonkotsu ramen again? How about a change of flavor this time? Master Yue said with a smile. It's a good day for you to fulfill your promise, so I'm going to show my hand and make abalone and sea urchin ramen! ”

"Huh? Abalone sea urchin ramen? But I've never seen it on Master Yue's menu. ”

"Well, this ramen requires grinding a whole abalone into it, which is very manual, so it didn't hang out."

"Well, I'm looking forward to it." The boy asked the girl next to him. "Asukina, what about you?"

"I'm going to have the same. Master Yue, what is the agreement of Kiritani-kun that you just mentioned? "The girl was obviously more curious about this.

"Well..... It's up to Kiritani-kun to tell you himself. Master Yue smiled heartily, put down the curtain and went back to work.

"Kiritani-kun...... Do you have anything else to hide from me? The girl smiled at Kiritani-kun, but this smile was not right.

"It's nothing..... "Kiritani looked a little embarrassed." It was before, one night I came here to eat noodles, and Master Yue asked about you. At that time, I actually decided not to confess to you, for fear that you would refuse. It was Master Yue who persuaded me, and made an agreement with me to bring you to eat noodles after the confession was successful. The people around him obviously made Kiritani a little restrained and didn't say much, but these people were still doing their own thing, and they didn't seem to be paying attention to this side, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

In fact, everybody's ears pricked up to pay attention to this side of the situation.

"I'm not wrong, am I? You will succeed. Li Su next to him patted him on the shoulder and was happy for him.

"Are you..... Oh sir! I'm sorry you didn't wear that stab, I didn't recognize it..... I'm sorry! Kiritani obviously felt that it was rude not to recognize someone, and folded his hands with a somewhat guilty expression.

"It's okay, one side, I'm very touched that you can remember me." Li Su waved his hand to show that he didn't mind.

"How could you forget?" Kiritani turned around and introduced Li Su to Asukina: "This gentleman was also present at the time, and he also gave me a lot of encouragement. ”

"I'm just a pusher, and I can't help it if you don't have the courage yourself." Li Su smiled. "What's more, I encourage you not only because of speculation, but for some reason."

"Oh? What's with? Kiritani asked curiously.

"Put yourself in their shoes." Li Su nodded on the table. "You are a girl who is beautiful, popular, and wealthy, for what purpose would you agree to the invitation of a boy with no background and no money, and can only be regarded as a Peugeot-looking boy, let alone go to a place like the backstreet in the middle of the night where there are no people? There is an old Chinese saying. Li Su changed to Chinese: "Spectator Qing." ”

He looked at Asukina, who was sitting on the other side. "Am I right? Miss Asuka? ”

"This gentleman is very smart, but I guess only a wood like Kiritani can't guess it, right?" Asukina covered her mouth and chuckled.

"Tomorrow, Na, you're making fun of me again......" Kiritani rubbed his hands in embarrassment.

"Ahem, I heard it all." Uesugi walked out of the kitchen with a bowl of noodles and unceremoniously slapped the bowl in front of Li Su: "It's not a good thing to gossip behind other people's backs!" ”

"Just tell the truth." Li Su shrugged his shoulders and leaned over to take out a pair of chopsticks from the chopsticks, but he didn't rush to eat, but put them on the edge of the bowl. "Aren't you a little shop?"

"I've been a celebrity in this little shop! It's at the level of Ishikawa and Koan! Chef Yue brought out two more bowls of noodles and put them in front of Asukina and Kiritani, followed by the others, and soon everyone was in front of a bowl of abalone and sea urchin ramen. After the neat "I'm moving", the sound of sucking noodles echoes in the Japanese house, and the sunlight shines in through the window and sprinkles on the translucent noodle soup.

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"Thank you for your hospitality." After eating a bowl of noodles, Kiritani and Assuna folded their hands and bowed their heads in thanks. "Very tasty. Master Yue seems to have something to do, so we won't bother. ”

"Hmm. Walking. The others had almost finished eating, and Master Yue happily folded the bowls into a stack and put them into the kitchen, watching the two disappear behind the door.

Unrelated personnel left, and the room temperature in the room dropped by a few degrees. Everyone looked at Li Su, waiting for him to speak. The fact that they were able to sit here instead of a corpse was a blessing to this inconspicuous fellow along the way, and he could now decide whether they lived or died. Of course, there are still people who are not nervous, the one who is sitting in the corner and rolling his eyes at him.

"Then let's get started." Li Su cleared his throat, took out a pair of glasses, put them on, and took out a stack of documents from his briefcase and spread them out. "Let's start with the master plan. It's not appropriate to let all of you stay in the Golden Gallon. It's hard for me to provide so many resources, and living in isolation for a long time is not good for my physical and mental health. So for now, I've decided to send you back to the real world, in the houses around Montalivi Beach. Of course, there are some rules, such as not being able to leave a certain distance and not harming ordinary people. One of the most important things to note is that if you try to voluntarily reveal information about me, about Gallen, and about who you really are, I will sentence you to death. Li Su pushed his glasses, and the reflection of the lenses covered his eyes.

"Don't question if I can do it, or if I'm going to give you a soft shoulder. Of course, if you want to try, I can reluctantly agree and make a move. At this point he paused, looking around.

There was silence, and apparently no one was ready to try.

"Good." Li Su nodded with satisfaction. "Then please ask Mr. Miyamoto Shio, Mr. Inuyama, Mr. Wind Demon Kotaro and Yasha to come first, your process is relatively simple, this is the specific details of the rules. You don't need to sign, just nod your head and agree. ”

Several people took the document, which was half like a contract and half like a contract, and read it through, obviously there was no problem. Li Su will definitely not make a fuss about this to trap them, there is no need to be so troublesome at all.

"I have a problem! I'm here to stay! Shio Miyamoto had already raised his hand, obviously a little dissatisfied with this arrangement: "I haven't finished my experiment yet!" ”

In the past few months, Miyamoto has annoyed him countless times, pestering him every time to ask him to help create the experimental environment. Then the experimentatic locked himself in his room and tinkered with it. Now to ask him to abandon such a treasure, he is obviously unwilling.

"I'm sorry to inform you about this, but all of your experimental data may be invalidated." Li Su looked regretful. "I finished reading Natural Philosophy and Principles of Mathematics before. I found that the rules in the Golden Gallen are all in line with my worldview, which means that many of them are wrong and different from the real world, but these rules will change according to my will after I complete this part of the knowledge. Your experiment is clearly unreliable. ”

"How..... How so? Miyamoto's eyes widened in disbelief, and suddenly he began to bang his head on the table vigorously, and the sound was so loud that it was unbearable to look at directly, and it was obvious that the whole person was on the verge of collapse.

Li Subi gestured to Wind Demon Kotaro to stop him from harming himself, and comforted him: "But you don't have to be too frustrated. The substance that I change shape in the real world seems to correspond exactly to reality. In other words, you can repeat some of the experiments, but don't think about string theory or anything like that. ”

This sentence clearly gave him a glimmer of hope. After thinking for a long time, he nodded and agreed to settle in France.

"Okay, then you can leave first." Li Su sent a few people back to Jin Gallon and turned to face the rest of the people.

"As for you, it's mainly Minamoto and Sakurai Twilight. In view of the numerous inhumane acts you have committed in the past, I have decided to punish you. ”

"I knew it." Gen Zhinu, or rather, Ruri Kazama, smiled. He laughed sarcastically and applauded. "What do you want to do? Bring us back and kill us after being judged in public? He is truly a friend of justice. Awesome! ”

"You're partly right, I support the death penalty for malicious offenses." Li Su was not moved by his provocation. "Because I don't believe they'll be able to restrain themselves for the rest of their lives, after opening Pandora's box. The recidivism rate of various countries is the best example, the so-called 'give the offender a chance' and 'the offender also has parents' is nonsense, who will pity the victim? It's better to use their deaths to deter those who are about to move, and let them use a little residual heat. ”

Li Su slid the contract along the table. "But you are different, and I can guarantee that you will not commit atrocities again, by force. But the sins still have to be repaid, so let's pay them in the future. This is your contract, special edition. ”

The five of them took the contract, and soon the disdain on Ruri Kazama's face turned to surprise. The treaty basically said that Norma would monitor and synchronize the data with intent to attack humans and half-breeds throughout Paris in real time, and that they would be able to prevent possible atrocities. They can choose to warn in advance or stop the incident when it happens, but they ask that the victim cannot be injured and the perpetrator cannot die, and the others are not too demanding, and the most funny thing for him is that there is one of them: "Work five days a week, eight hours a day, zero salary, room and board included." ”

"It's ...... Is the French version of Batman formulated by the Chinese? Ruri Kazama patted the contract in her hand.

"No, no, no, you can decide how you dress, I recommend Assasin." Li Su spread his hands. "And you're more comfortable than Batman, and there's no evil organization that's as powerful as you and that's responsible for making things happen."

"It's funny....... I agreed. Ruri Kazama smiled.

"What about you? Childish? You can also choose a previous contract. Li Su asked.

"I said that...... I want to be a friend of justice. Yuan Zhisheng lit a soft seven star and took a deep breath, his eyes were far away.

"Good. I've dealt with your bloodline, and it's around A+ now. It's weaker than before but it's also more stable than before, and it's enough to deal with small thieves. As for Miss Yabuki Sakura, I'll help you, and Miss Sakurai Twilight must also participate in this project. As for Mr. Uesugi, you only have the first choice, and the reason why you want to stay is that I feel that as a father, you have the right to know. Do you still have questions? ”

"Nope."

"Okay, you guys leave first, I'll say a few words to Xia Mi." Li Su sent them to the gold gallon as well.

"You go with them, too." Li Su was not ready to go around the bend and had a direct showdown.

"Why?" Natsumi didn't seem to care which side she was staying on.

"Let's have more contact with the outside world, so as not to stay alone for a long time and become extreme. I'm worried that you will be a firewood knife Chu Zihang by then. ”

"What the hell is this...... Okay okay, I'm not going to ask you for a real reason, I agree. ”

"It's for the best." Li Su nodded. "Then let's go, I still have some business."

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"Hopefully I'm not late." Li Su patted Caesar on the shoulder.

"Nope." Caesar glanced back at him. "Some small gifts left by the patriarch are not respectful." Raven gave away glass bottles of sunscreen to Caesar, Ange, Luming, Zero, and Fingal, "all of which were in his collection, and he really thought about selling them." ”

Caesar accepted the gift: "I will put it on the back of a beautiful girl instead of him." ”

"That's the best, that's what he's looking forward to the most." The crow said and turned to Chu Zihang, "There is a separate gift for you." “

He opened the long box of white wood, and inside it was an unpretentious but graceful ancient knife, the spider cut and the boy cut used by Yuan Zhisheng.

"To be honest, I am a little reluctant to give such a precious antiquity to someone outside the family." The raven said, "But that's what the patriarch means." The recording left by the patriarch before leaving the shrine said that if the pair of knives was not destroyed in the end, it would be reassembled and given to Mr. Chu. I'm sorry he couldn't find out the results of the incident you asked for, he did send someone to check the fragments of the knife, but there were no results, the only thing that is certain is that the knife is not a real Japanese sword, it is likely to have been forged outside of Japan. ”

Chu Zihang gently stroked the scabbards of the pair of knives, and his hand was cold.

Helicopters take them to the skies, and the city has been restored to its full glory, with commercials on large screens, bright Tokyo Sky Trees standing in the middle of the city, and cars flowing like water on elevated roads.

Caesar's cell phone rang, and in the text message was a photo of Caesar and the girl with sandalwood hair, they turned their heads towards each other, and the tips of the girl's hair fell on Caesar's shoulder, which really looked like a couple's headshot.

Caesar: "Senior sister, spare my life, did I do something wrong again?"

Eva: "As you asked before, this photo is about to be deleted, and I can delete its backups in every corner of the Internet." Once you've confirmed, the action will be executed. ”

Caesar was silent for a long time: "Senior sister help me send an email to Nono's mailbox, let's just say that this girl saved me in the rain of bullets in Tokyo." ”

"Got it." EVA completely disconnected from this phone.

The phone rang, and it was the ringtone he had set himself. The phone number from the family is displayed on the screen. Caesar raised his eyebrows and answered the phone: "My beloved uncle, is there something wrong?" ”

His words were polite, but the disdain and mockery in his voice were undisguised.

"Mr. Kaikai Kai Kai...... It's me. On the other end of the line was a female voice speaking Japanese, apparently intimidated by Caesar's dismount.

"It's ?!!!!! you" Caesar was obviously more frightened, and the boy who used to be light and breezy couldn't even grasp his mobile phone. "Aso?! Is Aso really?! ”

"It's me." Aso's voice was a little shy.

"How are you in my family? You're not ...... at the Mambo Internet Café."

"Huh? Didn't Mr. Li Su tell you? Aso was obviously a little surprised, too. He rescued me, and sent me and my grandmother out of Japan in a human snake boat, and then a gentleman named Patsy brought me here, and he was very nice and spoke very gently, and he slowed down the speed of my speech because he was worried that I couldn't understand English. ”

Caesar stared at Li Su with a ghostly expression, and Li Su spread his hands with an innocent expression: "I also arrived at the Mambo Internet Café at that time, but I didn't have time to meet you." I was on the second floor at the beginning, and I saved Miss Aso in a dust-free place. ”

"Then why didn't you tell me?" Caesar asked excitedly.

"I wanted to say that, but you said at the time, 'The Eight Snakes have done something wrong, and they have to pay.'" Got me back. Li Su deliberately lowered his voice when he said that sentence, imitating it vividly.

Caesar covered his face with his elbows on his knees in thought, suddenly not knowing what expression to make.

"Holy!" Caesar pulled out his phone and swiped his finger wildly across the screen. He just made a mistake! He sent the photo to Nono!

The phone rang at the right time, it was a text message ringtone, from Nono, there was no text, only a smiling face of unknown meaning.

Caesar resumed his face-covering posture and continued to ponder.

Seeming to be very happy, Chu Zihang glanced at a few people with rich expressions, folded the newspaper and stuffed it into his backpack. It's obviously not a good thing to bother people, and he didn't say the dead tortoise, "Lonely George." ”

Lu Mingfei silently looked below, the iron dragon-like Shinkansen train was running in the night, who was taking such a night train, and what kind of distance was going?

Someone seemed to be talking in his ear, yes, on that rainy night, in the red love hotel, the girl who was supposed to be mute leaned into his ear and whispered, "We are all little monsters, and one day we will be killed by the righteous Ultraman." ”

Yes, you are a little monster, but the little monster also has a good friend of the little monster, and the lonely little monsters are afraid to lean together, but if the righteous Ultraman wants to kill you, I will help you kill the righteous Ultraman.

But I agreed, but I didn't.

"04.24, and Sakura went to the Tokyo Sky Tree, the warmest place in the world on the neck of the Sky Tree.

"04.26, and Sakura went to Meiji Jingu, where someone held a wedding.

"04.25, and Sakura went to Disney, the haunted house was scary, but there was Sakura, so it wasn't scary.

"Sakura is the best."

Lu Mingfei leaned weakly on the porthole of the helicopter, his face squeezed and deformed, illuminated by neon lights, and he couldn't see his original expression.

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