It is a restaurant that is only open late at night, and the menu is only stewed meat and sake, but customers can order any food they want as long as they have the ingredients. As a result, all kinds of people, after a long day of work, unload their tiredness, here to talk about interesting stories or troubles, and the ups and downs of life begin.

In the alley of the deserted village, Shiratori Saki and Su Cheng came to the door of a traditional Japanese-style canteen, took a deep breath, and nervously opened the wooden door of the canteen.

"Welcome, I'm sorry there are a lot of guests today, there is only one place here." A middle-aged woman who looked like a housewife with an apologetic smile on her face came out of the kitchen and beckoned Su Cheng and Shiratori Saki to sit down.

"Ahh It seems to be normal here, not like there was a murder and dismemberment. Could it be that the phone call was a prank? There was a strange look in Shiratori's eyes, she originally thought that she would encounter a terrible murder and dismemberment case in this cafeteria, and she was nervous. I didn't expect nothing to happen here, it's just a very ordinary village canteen.

At this time, this small canteen is full of customers, who are basically the original inhabitants of the village, and everyone has a few bottles of sake and a large bowl of steaming stew on the table, chatting about their parents' shortcomings and savoring life.

"Auntie, we are police officers from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, and we just received a report that there was a murder, have you noticed any unusual situations or strange people here?"

Shiratori Saki's nervousness eased slightly, and she habitually took out a small notebook to record the case.

But as if she hadn't heard her, the middle-aged woman who ran the cafeteria warmly wiped the greasy tables and beckoned them to take a seat.

"You must be hungry all the way from Tokyo, come and try the stew I made. Although it is the craft of the countrymen, the taste is still very good. ”

As she spoke, the aunt twisted her waist and walked into the kitchen and served them two large bowls of stew.

"Ito-kun, what now?" Shiratori Saki was so enthusiastic that she couldn't help but feel a little hungry when she smelled the aroma of the stew.

"Let's sit down and watch it later, that phone call just now should be more than just a prank, someone should have deliberately directed us to this cafeteria."

"And what exactly is her purpose?"

"I don't know yet." Su Cheng didn't touch the drinks in the cafeteria, this cafeteria gave him a very strange feeling, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

Time passed minute by minute, the guests in the cafeteria seemed to be in high spirits, and they had no intention of leaving, and the noisy sound filled the cafeteria late at night, and Shiratori Saki frowned slightly and noticed that something was wrong.

At this time, Su Cheng calmly pricked up his ears and listened carefully to the conversation between the young people who were drinking at the table next to him.

"Kazuya, I heard that you have found a good job in Tokyo, tell us what kind of job it is, and the pay is high?" A fair-skinned young man with a thin figure on the table next to him asked with envy and curiosity.

The boy named Kazuya thought for a moment and said seriously, "The salary is not bad, my job should be regarded as a service industry, as long as the customers who patronize it mention more achievements, it is very lucrative." ”

"Do you have access to beautiful girls for your job?"

"Well, there are a lot of women I meet at work, but most of them are older than me." Kazuya said honestly.

Hearing this, a few friends who drank with Kazuya were even more envious.

"I prefer older girls, mature and sexy and know how to take care of people, Sister Saigao!" A yellow-haired young man beside him said excitedly.

At this time, Shiratori Saki suddenly approached Su Cheng and asked curiously, "Ito-kun, what kind of girl do you like?" ”

In the battle just now, Su Cheng's strong combat effectiveness and ruthless side impressed Shiratori Saki, and he couldn't help but be curious about him.

Su Cheng rolled his eyes speechlessly, is this the time to ask such a boring question?

Shiratori Saki saw that Su Cheng didn't pay attention to herself, she seemed to have thought of something unspeakable, her watery eyes widened in surprise, and she covered her lips lightly and said, "Do you like cute boys?" ”

Click.

Su Cheng flicked his wrist, and out of control, his fingers inserted five black holes into the teacup.

I didn't expect Shiratori Saki, who was like a white lotus, to be a rotten girl.

Hmph, rotten eyes look at the human base!

Noticing Su Cheng's murderous appearance, Shiratori Saki obediently closed his mouth, and his eyes showed a narrow look, like a mischievous little fox.

"You don't understand, the women I work with are not just a little older than me, but a ......generation older," Kazuya said with a wry smile on his face as he took a sip of sake.

The yellow-haired young man and the white-haired boy saw the wry smile on Kazuya's face and didn't understand what was happening, and they all looked confused.

"Kazuya, what exactly is your job?"

"I'll tell you the truth, I work as a male publicist at a nightclub in Tokyo."

Male PR?

The atmosphere at this table was awkward.

"Hey, my job is just to pay some rich big sisters to drink and chat, and I won't do anything out of the ordinary." Kazuya saw the expressions on their faces and hurriedly explained.

It turned out that this was the case, and several young men at the same table showed regret on their faces.

"Kazuya, are you still recruiting people in your store? The young man with dyed yellow hair of the kind of ...... who can provide shame services cast a "you know" look, as if he was very interested in this line of work.

Shiratori Saki blushed and sipped water in her teacup with her head down like an ostrich.

It looks like the baby is still young and the baby can't hear anything.

At this moment, Su Cheng put down the teacup in his hand and walked over.

"Ito-kun is also interested in that shameful profession? Heh, men don't have a good thing. Shiratori Saki complained secretly in her heart.

When these people saw Su Cheng, a stranger, coming over, their faces showed vigilance.

"I'm a police officer from Tokyo, investigating a case, and I want to ask you a few questions." As he spoke, Su Cheng took out a document from his pocket and shook it in front of these people's eyes, identifying himself.

"Ito, Makoto, officer?"

“……”

"Actually, a few of us have just returned from Tokyo, so we don't know much about the things in the village." Kazuya was afraid of saying something wrong, so he said nervously.

"It's okay, it's just a little thing." Su Cheng sorted out his thoughts for a moment and asked, "Do you know the old man Yamada who lives alone in the old house in the south of the village?" ”

Kazuya thought for a while and nodded, "I know, but Grandpa Yamada has a strange temper, and people in the village rarely have contact with him." Grandpa Yamada would come to this cafeteria every night to eat a bowl of stew and drink a few glasses. I saw him in the cafeteria last night, and he didn't seem to be here today. ”

Shiratori Saki was cold, the old man Yamada had obviously been dead for more than half a year, but he said that he had only seen it last night, what was going on?

Could he be lying!

However, Saki Shiratori can't think of a reason for Kazuya to lie and deceive them.

The expression on Su Cheng's face did not change, and he said seriously, "We received a call from the old man, saying that his cat was lost, have you ever seen that cat?" ”

"Cats?"

Several people looked at each other and shook their heads blankly.

"According to the old man's description, it should be a black cat with blue eyes and a scar on his forehead."

Shiratori Saki looked at Su Cheng inexplicably, not knowing why he was still entangled in the case of losing the cat. Reasoning, whether it's a corpse mutation or that terrifying call, is much more important than finding a cat.

Strangely, hearing Su Cheng's description and a flash of panic and fear flashed in his eyes, he shook his head a little unnaturally and ignored him anymore.

"It's all this time, what are you still struggling with that cat for?" Saki Shiratori came up like a curious baby, and she felt that she couldn't understand this Officer Ito more and more.

"When there are no clues in the case, you might as well return everything to the original point and start from the source, maybe there will be unexpected gains. The origin of all the cases we encounter is the missing cat. Su Cheng explained his thoughts to Shiratori Saki, but she didn't seem to understand her appearance.

As she spoke, the proprietress of the late-night cafeteria brought up two bowls of fragrant stew, which included a plate of edamame, a saury, and a thick omelette on the table. The handiwork of the proprietress is very good, and the color and flavor of a few simple meals are complete, which makes people appetize.

It's just that Su Cheng has no appetite at all, and this canteen feels more and more wrong for him.

"I'm really a little hungry when I say it, this bowl of stew is so fragrant, it should taste good." The gluttonous worm in Shiratori's stomach is hooked, and a piece of stew is put in his mouth.

At this moment, Su Cheng suddenly saw a black shadow flash outside the cafeteria door.

I saw a black cat with a black body and a crescent-shaped scar on its forehead appear outside the cafeteria.

The blue eyes bloomed with a ghostly light in the dark night, and Su Cheng was terrified, as if he saw a dead and silent river Styx in the eyes of this black cat.

Meow~

A sharp meow sounded, and the picture in front of Su Cheng and Shiratori Saki shattered like glass.

A thick smell of blood rushed to his nose, and the food on the table suddenly turned into a disgusting plate of snakes, insects, rats and ants, and a bloody piece of flesh with white hair floated in the bowl of stew that Shiratori Saki was holding.