Chapter 325: The Strange Book House
It's been nearly a month since Project Prometheus and the Monera erased the planets, and humanity has once again shown their ability to adapt.
The daily lives of the citizens are gradually returning to normal, and the construction of the severely damaged K3 area is proceeding in an orderly manner, and everything seems to have officially become a thing of the past.
But there are times when there are exceptions, such as the 'domestic violence' incident that is currently being staged in full swing...
"Say, what the hell is going on?" Zhu Xingzhen, one of the protagonists of the incident, is now clasping his hands on his chest, staring condescendingly at the snack in front of him, while the little Gomora, who played the "victim" of the "domestic violence" incident, lowered his little head very cooperatively, squeaked and said nothing.
On the sofa not far from the 'crime scene', Camilla, who is the hostess of the Star House, is comfortably pillowing her face between her arms, watching the 'good show' that is about to break out with a playful smile.
And Hanajiro, who is the brain of the little Gomora, is lying on the top of the refrigerator, ignoring the constant distress signals sent by the little Gomora, showing a posture of not wanting to wade into troubled waters regardless of whether he asks, and sits and watches the little Gomora suffer.
The reason for this scene is that the little Gomorrah, a foodie, took advantage of the fact that the stars were really not paying attention, and secretly swept away the dinner materials and tomorrow's breakfast materials in the refrigerator, and by the time the stars really found out, the refrigerator was already in a mess...
In the entire Zhuxing Mansion, the only guy who can scourge the refrigerator into this hurricane-like appearance is the little Gomorra, so the little Gomorrah who is speechless and does not need to argue is blocked by the stars in front of the 'crime scene', and there is a conclusive interrogation.
It's a pity that the ingredients in the refrigerator are seriously insufficient, and I can't repeat the case once, cough cough, but even if the ingredients are sufficient, Zhu Xingzhen will not let the little Gomora, a foodie, stage a drama that repeats the case...
"Huh?" Little Gomorra's eyes for help were seen by the torch-eyed Zhuxingzhen, who immediately sneered, and made a lightning shot, taking down Hanaijiro, who felt that the situation was not good and was about to slip away, and put it on the head of little Gomorra, with a malicious meaning in his eyes, and pressed towards Hanaijiro, "This incident, shouldn't it be instigated by you, this little guy?" Ah~"
Feeling the 'evil intention' hidden in Zhuxingzhen's eyes, Hanajiro immediately calmed down, turned his head to look at Camilla, who was watching leisurely not far away, and cast a pitiful gaze to ask for help.
"Uh-huh, you have a share too?" Following Hanajiro's gaze for help again, Zhu Xingzhen finally discovered that the initiator of this case was actually Camilla, who had been sitting comfortably on the sofa and watching the play, which suddenly made Zhu Xingzhen cry and laugh.
According to the temperament of the little Gomora, if there is no big backer to support him, even if he gives it ten more Hanajiro to be guts, he will not dare to embezzle the ingredients 'public funds' without authorization, and the biggest backer in the entire Zhuxing Mansion is Zhuxing Zhen himself, followed by Camilla, the hostess.
Since this incident can't be directed and acted by Zhu Xing Zhen, the answer can actually be determined a long time ago, but Zhu Xing really needs a definite reason to make Camilla 'Fu Fa', which is why there is such a farce, which involves little Gomora and Hanajiro...
But unexpectedly, Camilla, who was really stared at by the stars, did not panic at all, and directly made a charming look that was at the disposal of the king, so that the momentum that the stars had really accumulated was stagnant, and finally had no choice but to continue to force the target on the two little guys.
As Zhu Xingzhen criticized one sentence after another, little Gomora's head drooped lower and lower, and he seemed to be trapped in deep shame and self-blame.
Only Hanajiro, who was lying on its head, could clearly hear the slight snoring, confirming the reality of the well-fed snack being in a drowsy state...
Seeing the shameful behavior of little Gomora taking advantage of the gap to make up for sleep, Hanajiro suddenly felt dissatisfied in his heart.
Obviously, the guy who ate all the ingredients stored in the refrigerator was the little brother Mora, and he just listened to the hostess's teachings on a whim, and instigated it a little, why could the perpetrator sleep with swagger, but he had to listen to the master's criticism?
Feeling indignant in his heart, Hanajiro blinked his big sapphire-like eyes, and almost in a moment he thought of a way out of the predicament, and continued to focus his poor eyes on the mistress Camilla, hoping that she, the initiator, would speak out to help him get out of the predicament.
The pitiful gaze cast by Hanajiro made Camilla smile lightly, she loved this cute little guy the most on weekdays, and today's farce was just her idle time to play tricks on the stars.
Seeing that Zhu Xingzhen seemed to have almost spilled his anger, Camilla said with a smile: "Our dear family master~ It seems that it is not early now, if you don't replenish the ingredients in the refrigerator, I'm afraid we can only order takeout for dinner~"
Takeaway?!
The drowsy little Gomora keenly caught these two key words, which made the little Gomorra, who originally seemed to be in poor spirits, immediately shocked, and suddenly looked up at Zhu Xingzhen, with a burst of longing starlight flashing in his eyes, but he almost flipped Hanajiro, who was lying on its head by surprise...
"Don't even think about it!" After glaring at Camilla in a smile to no avail, Zhu Xingzhen directly glared at the little Gomora who shone with starlight in his eyes, ruthlessly crushing its desire completely.
According to the bottomless belly of the little Gomora, a foodie, if you want to order takeout, I'm afraid you have to use a truck to deliver it, although money is not a problem, but the problem is that Zhuxing really doesn't want his family to be treated as a monster by others...
Seeing that it was close to six o'clock in the afternoon, it was indeed not early, and after estimating the situation of the vegetable market, Zhu Xingzhen was no longer lazy, and after glaring at the two little guys again, he drifted away in the eyes of the little Gomora and Hanajiro's 'reluctance'...
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In an apartment on the outskirts of Tokyo, a good-looking boy is staring intently at the TV screen, surrounded by empty snack bags, which look extremely messy, but the boy in the middle of a fierce battle does not care about it, but struggles hard through the handle in his hand.
"That's it, Finish! Yay~ I'm really a genius! The boy who was immersed in the video game suddenly showed a smug smile, shook his hand and tossed the handle aside, and stood up and hugged the toy bear next to him for a burst of cheer, causing the cheerful laughter to echo through the empty hall, but there was no response.
"I almost forgot, I'm the only one at home now...", the boy seemed to think of something after a while, and looked around the empty hall blankly, finally stopping his gaze on the clock on the wall.
The hour and minute hands stayed close to six o'clock, reminding the boy of the time he was now in, and making him pout again.
"It's almost 6 o'clock, it looks like they won't be back for dinner tonight, two big liars..."After seeing the time period he was in, the boy complained in a low voice, as if his joy for clearing the video game had diminished a lot, and he said to himself listlessly, "Straight men, they should be having dinner with their families at this time, right?" It's really boring~~"
Scratching his head in anguish, and tossing his well-combed hair, the boy yelled like a vent, and then, after glancing at the empty hall, he tidied up his clothes and walked straight out of the house, towards the neighborhood.
Neatly closing the door, the boy first went to his friends' house, made sure that they were all having dinner with their families, and then left helplessly, wandering alone in the neighborhood.
"It's just that when I get through the customs at this time, I'm not generally unlucky~" kicked a piece of gravel on the side of the road with his feet, and the boy complained while walking aimlessly on the road, he knew almost everyone near the community, and he was not afraid of any accidents, but he was a little bored alone.
"That's right! And go there! As if thinking of something good, the boy was shaken, and his face showed a burst of joy, and he ran towards a certain part of the community.
Turning around the streets of the community, the boy stopped panting, it was a small storefront, and a plaque was placed outside the door, which read the four big characters of the Ten Thousand Books House, which was the destination of the boy's trip.
Don't look at this dilapidated bookstore covers an area that is not large, but there are many types of books inside, whether it is philosophy, politics, economics and other aspects of the books, almost all of them can be found in it, the word "ten thousand volumes" in this bookstore is well deserved, but the boy is not interested in these books, he is targeting those popular anime books.
"Uncle Ishida, good evening!" The boy who rushed to the bookstore greeted the middle-aged man who was sorting out the books inside, and curiously glanced at the brand-new floor-to-ceiling mirrors on both sides of the bookstore's door, but he only glanced away from it in a hurry, and couldn't wait to walk into the bookstore, take down a few new hot-selling comics from the shelves, and start to read quietly.
"Haha, it turned out to be a big river, I said how could there be children coming to me to read books at this hour~" The shopkeeper Ishida, who was standing on the escalator to sort out the bookshelves, looked back at the boy who was reading the comics below, and said with a smile, seeing that the boy was fascinated by the book, he didn't care much after ignoring him, shook his head and smiled, and continued to turn around and sort out the various books returned by the guests.
Originally, there were no anime books in the bookstore.,But after the children in this community gradually increased,The owner Ishida added some more popular anime books.,Usually let the children in the community watch it for free.,As long as it's not malicious damage to the books.,Basically, the owner Ishida is happy to let these children come to add a bit of excitement to his bookstore.。
Just as the boy was quietly reading the books and the shopkeeper Ishida was carefully arranging the bookshelves, time was passing bit by bit, and at this time, there seemed to be a trace of movement on the mirror surface of the floor-to-ceiling mirror on both sides of the door of the bookstore, and a wave of ripples rippled slightly on the calm mirror.
The boy who was reading a book and was fascinated by it didn't notice it at all, but the shopkeeper Ishida shook his body, and then the look in his eyes quickly faded, and he slowly walked down the escalator and came to the boy who was reading the book quietly, and said expressionlessly: "It's not early, I'm closing, you can come back tomorrow..."
"Huh?" Awakened, the boy looked up at the shopkeeper Ishida strangely, usually the bookstore usually closes at eight or nine o'clock, why is it only closing at six o'clock today?
"Oh...", but the boy didn't dare to ask more questions after seeing the stiff look on the shopkeeper Ishida's face, and put the manga that he had only seen in his hand back on the shelf, and then walked out of the bookstore under the eyes of the shopkeeper Ishida.
Before leaving the bookstore, the boy inadvertently glanced at the floor-to-ceiling mirror on the side of the door, and felt that the mirror seemed to be a little wrong, but due to the urgency of the shopkeeper behind him, the boy was pushed out of the bookstore by the shopkeeper without thinking too much, and then he heard a dull sound of the door closing behind him.
"Hey, what's that~" The boy looked back at the closed bookstore, and after complaining, he had to walk helplessly back and forth, worrying about where to go next to spend time.
When the boy reached the intersection and was about to disappear into the street, he heard a familiar sound of the door opening behind him, and the boy who often came to the book house knew that the door of the book house was opened.
The boy didn't care when he heard this, and looked back in the direction of the book, but was surprised to find a man he had never seen staggering out of the book, as if he had been drunk, and the boy wondered for a while.
The area of the Manjuan Book House is not large, and the shopkeeper Ishida does not live in the book house, so the layout of the book house is clear at a glance, but the boy can be sure that he didn't notice that there is another man in the book house in addition to the shopkeeper Ishida just now!
Thinking of this suspicion, the boy suddenly became puzzled, and hid around the corner of the street and secretly looked at the strange man who came out of the bookstore, trying to see something suspicious in him.
The man who had just walked out of the study seemed to be a little out of spirit, and did not notice the boy's existence in time, but leaned weakly against the wall of the street, took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat stains on his face, and after a slight gasp for a while, he gradually regained a trace of strength, and began to walk towards the distance, disappearing from the boy's sight.
The boy, who was thinking that he had encountered something interesting to pass the time, immediately wanted to follow, but when his eyes inadvertently shifted to the direction of the bookstore, it was a pause, and then a deep sense of horror immediately occupied the boy's heart!
From the crack in the door that was not closed due to the appearance of the strange man, the boy could clearly see that a face and a humanoid figure gradually emerged from the new floor-to-ceiling mirror, which was constantly twisting and changing, and finally the strange humanoid shape that appeared from the mirror gradually became a familiar face for the boy...
Shopkeeper Ishida!
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(Today's update is sent ~ officially entering the Gaiden - Dream City in the Mirror.) )