"That guy from Wang Ma did say just now that this was the last delivery, and there will be no more after that."

The store manager sighed

"In that case, I'll close the door next month."

Hearing his voice, Chika Fujiwara suddenly became nervous. Even the ramen that Ishigami brought to her mouth didn't care, and she just jumped to her feet.

Her face was full of disbelief

"Why?"

This ramen restaurant is one of the top three in the ramen shops that Chika Fujiwara has visited over the years.

If she can't open it, she won't open it, 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 the brick-and-mortar business, and there are very few young people in my store."

"Turnover."

He pointed to Chika Fujiwara's ramen

"Besides, I won't be able to make this flavor next month."

"After all, the lack of materials can't be filled by craftsmanship."

The manager's face was full of emotion, and he untied his headscarf and sat down at the bar. In this way, the four of them sat in a row as if they were chattering.

He didn't even have to think about it, the past appeared in front of his eyes like a slideshow.

"It was when I first started my ramen practice, and I didn't know anything, but I didn't bring anything with my passion."

"I plunged headlong into the mountains and forests, looking for everything that would enhance the taste of ramen."

"Although it was indeed found, it paid a terrible price."

"That Day"

"I met a ghost..."

The store manager, who took a deep breath, pulled up his trouser leg, and Ishigami saw that he judged that it was the bite marks of a large Mengbeast, like a whole piece of meat on a calf that was directly bitten off by sharp teeth and then torn off directly.

"The wound was 30 centimeters long, and more than 130 stitches were required."

The dense stitches made the wound look twisted like a centipede, and even after a long time, as long as the owner thought about it, this heart-wrenching feeling would still hit him like a tsunami.

"Ugh."

"This foot was comminuted and fractured, and it was nailed with a steel plate at the time."

The store manager, who showed off the wound, put down his trouser leg again, and seemed to regret the decision he had made.

He groaned and continued

"Actually, there are local legends about ghosts."

"There's a man-eating monster in the deepest part of the mountain."

"They're quite large, some bigger than a buffalo."

"Blue face, blood-red eyes, large, sharp fangs that shimmer."

"The roar of the beast, which cries like a child, is terrifying and mysterious."

Liao Liao's few words have already aroused everyone's emotions.

The store manager sighed

"But I don't believe in evil, and when I hear this legend, I go deep into those mountains."

"But I have to say that there are a lot of high-end and rare ingredients in places that few people have set foot in."

"I was picking some precious mushrooms when my feet slipped in the cold and damp environment and suddenly rolled down the mountain into the dark canyon below.

"By the time I opened my eyes, it was already dark."

"But I was still startled, because in the dim environment, there were countless white bones on the ground."

"It's the breath of the bones of long-dead creatures, and the miasma and all sorts of disgusting smells are mixed together to make it impossible for me to breathe."

"My only thought at the time was 'escape', I had to escape!"

"This must be the predatory ground of some unknown creature."

"When it comes back, something bad will definitely happen."

"Just as I fell

I stumbled and crawled out of the distance of only 300 meters from there, and suddenly I heard a creepy voice that I will never forget for the rest of my life."

The store manager's voice trembled 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 and shrill cry', and the soul of man could freeze."

"That's right, just like the "mountain ghosts" in local legends."

"The problem is that the voice is close to me!"

"Or right behind me.

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"Thank you."

The store manager took the water cup in Ishigami's hand, and after taking a sip of water, he seemed to finally calm down.

He kept his head down and held the glass of water in both hands

chuckled

"It's a shame to say, I don't even have the courage to look at that unknown monster."

"At that time, I just ran away, what did I care about him."

"Just run anyway."

"Because I'm afraid that when I turn around and see something terrible, my legs will go limp, and I won't be able to run."

But the damn thing behind me saw me running away and immediately ran rampant.

"My efforts have been in vain."

"After all, I'm already injured in my leg, how can I run past a monster in full state."

"It only took a few seconds for me to be overtaken."

"An unrivalled force came from my back and knocked me over, knocking me down against a nearby stone wall."

"I thought I was going to die."

"When I regained my half-conscious state, I felt like I was being dragged along."

"That damn monster is dragging me back to its lair."

"It's actually quite particular, I know that I can't dine-in."

"Maybe soon, I'll be like those bones."

"I struggled to open my puffy eyes, trying to see what it was."

"But I just saw that it was a pitch-black back and a pair of brutal pitch-black eyes full of banter scarlet."

"I started struggling, but it wasn't wise."

"Because the noticed that I was awake, and took it in its mouth, which is my calf, and bit it down hard."

The store manager shook his head and seemed helpless, and he made a joke

"It turns out that the sound of human bones breaking is quite pleasant." (Twilight Mitsuyo said it was great)

"It's crunchy."

"With the terrifying bite of that monster, my bones might be a chocolate bar."

"As for what happened after that, I don't remember too much."

"Because the severe pain has overwhelmed me, Ji Xin is so bad that I can't breathe."

"But in the end, the peak turned."

"When I opened my eyes again, I saw an unfamiliar ceiling."

"And the smell of disinfectant in the hospital is really magical."

"The crisis of life and death is just a big dream."

"It's like a world away."

"And the foot that hangs high in the plaster cast is so real."

"I asked the nurses, and they said they were driven by local villagers on the other side of the mountain."

"I was in a daze, and I recovered from my illness and went there again, but this time not to die in the mountains again, but to thank my life-saving benefactors."

"I carried a lot of wine and some new knick-knacks, and it was easy for the locals to mingle."

"When everyone was getting a little drunk, I finally couldn't wait to ask them the question that had been bothering me for a long time."

"How did you rescue me from the mountain ghosts in the depths of the mountains?"

The store manager sighed

"But them

But he said, "That's a deception to a child, you won't believe it." Then he put his arm around my shoulders warmly and said Cheers to celebrate my escape from the wolf's mouth!"

"Wolves?"

"I know very well that the monster is definitely not a wolf, and a wolf can't have that size."

"Then these villagers weren't the ones who saved me from that monster's mouth, but I'm just as grateful that they didn't take me to the hospital. I probably lost too much blood."

"Then there is an unknown mysterious person whose identity is my real target, and this guy is not from the village but an outsider."

"The Lone Wanderer."

"The next day, I found an old man to give him a pack of cigarettes and asked him if there were any outsiders who had moved in later."

"Then the old man took two puffs of his cigarette and threw it back. Ask him questions and never reply."

"It seems to be quite taboo."

"I found someone else, and it was similar to that."

"But this has aroused my curiosity, what is the reason why this guy is so taboo in the whole village."

"But after all, no one is anybody, there is always a breakthrough."

"I got all the information I wanted from a street boy, and it was the 'Son of Shura'." No one knows where he came from, only that it would be unfortunate to be in a relationship with him."

"I followed the guide to a ruined apartment 10 kilometers from the mountain village."

The store manager sighed

"The apartment is quite dilapidated, and the lush vegetation is completely covered."

"And even if I don't have to smell it, I can smell the strange smell of meat inside when I stand in the doorway."

"I plucked up my courage and shouted, 'Is there anyone?'"

The store manager swallowed

"And then I saw something I shouldn't have seen."

"I actually saw in this house the thing that caused me a huge psychological shadow before, the thing that bit my calf that day."

"It was something similar to a wild boar, but it was larger than a normal boar and had sharper fangs around its mouth."

"It's really blue-faced fangs, and they look quite terrifying."

"And now the wide-eyed monster, those scarlet eyes are right at me. But apparently the thing has been dead for a long time, because the thing has fallen to the ground."

"The blood on the ground has long since dried up."

"And there are many cuts on its body, like someone has cut off the flesh of its body with a knife."

The manager smiled

"I even touched the guy's head with my hand, and I have the fangs of that thing, too."

The store manager stood up and went back to the back room

He took out a pitch-black tusk with both hands that was one meter four long, and Shi Shang saw it help him put it on the table.

"Oh..."

Chika Fujiwara looked curiously at the fangs that shimmered in the light, and it was hard for her to imagine what it would be like to be called a monster.

Now she understands

The original owner of this thing was definitely a real monster, with fangs of one meter and four, and this mutated boar was at least three meters long.

The stone stroked the fang, and it was indeed a tooth. Teeth are generally the hardest thing in living things, and this fang, he estimates that the hardness of this fang is about the same as that of a generally hard rock.

The store manager said

"That's when I met Wang Ma, and he heard my voice and walked out."

"But I'm really scared."

"Because the man was covered in blood, and he looked like he was badly injured."

"But it was like a Greek statue, with its bronzed muscles soaked in blood, like a Spartan warrior."

"But when I connected with the bloodied monster I saw on the ground, I understood."

"This guy is the one who saved me."

"But that guy actually said seriously."

"Are you here to fight me?"

The store manager said helplessly

"Then I'm sure I'm not."

"I said I came to you to thank you for saving my life."

The store manager imitated Wang Ma's tone

"Huh?"

"A life-saving grace?"

"Oh, I remember."

"You're the unlucky one."

The number of this mutated wild boar in the vicinity is relatively small, because they are almost eaten by this seaweed head.

Wang Ma smiled

"You're really weak, you can't beat this thing."

The store manager shrugged

"I'm really curious what the hell he thinks."

"I'm just a ramen chef, so I'm good at it."

"Where the master is, he is both a warrior and a cook."

The manager smiled

"There's something even more outrageous."

"That house is actually the same monster lair I talked about earlier, and it's full of the bones of that mutated boar. Layer upon layer, there are many wild boar skulls."

"It can be seen that over the years, a lot of mutant wild boars have been killed."

"I asked him why you killed so many of these mutant boars, did you want to protect the surrounding villagers?"

"The guy replied in a rather nonchalant tone."

A look of disdain

"Who cares about them, if you don't kill them, then what will I eat?"

Wang Ma had a straight face

"You can only live by killing!"

The store manager touched his head

"What I thought at the time was"

"What a concise and clear answer."

"Indeed, man can only live by killing."

"As a chef, I understand this even more."

"No matter how advanced civilization is"

"Human nature does not change!"

"The meat we are enjoying now is the finished product."

"But I didn't realize that behind the meat at my fingertips, there was actually a series of processes."

"The raising of domestic animals, to the slaughter."

"We just kill and eat at the same time. Just like him!"

"That's a very concise answer!"

The store manager nodded and expressed heartfelt emotion

"The Ten Ghost Snake King Horse, what a self-sufficient man!"

"But that's what really made me work with him."

Wang Ma said that

"Do you want to eat?"

"That's it."

"I discovered that the meat of mutant wild boars is actually very delicious, very tender and does not have the fishy smell of ordinary wild boars."

"It's the ultimate delicacy."

The manager smiled

"It also contributed to the current tonkotsu ramen."

"And its soup base is also made from the bones of freshly mutated wild boars, and it takes twelve hours a day to make a soup."

"So this bowl of consommé ramen."

The store manager said meaningfully

"Actually, it's essentially a killing ramen."