Leaving the coffee shop, Makoto Kyushu went to buy a few large bags of ingredients and returned home to prepare for cooking.

Similar to the Metropolitan Police Department, Yinyang Liao provides its employees with a living allowance covering all aspects, which can be used as a substitute for part of their salary - for example, they can pay between three and eight percent off when they go to designated restaurants and shops.

With these preferential subsidies, even vegetables and fruits that are close to sky-high prices in Wano Country will not cost much to buy them, and it will not make him feel heartache.

Kyushu Cheng had some cooking skills in Yanhuang in his last life, and he worked as a canteen chef in his own martial arts hall during the summer vacation. He even thought that it was an incredible atavistic phenomenon that humans could not cook, and it was not until he stepped into society and met many people who could only boil water that he began to accept the shocking fact that "there are really people in this world who can't cook".

In fact, Makoto Kyushu wanted to cook and eat by himself after crossing over. Unfortunately, the original rental house was too small, and although it was equipped with a simple stove, it was only used to heat instant food. Once you are cooking in a hot pot, you don't want to live in the house anymore.

Thankfully, this apartment has a spacious separate kitchen. In addition, Tokyo's international trade is well developed, and the seasonings and ingredients of Yanhuang's home-cooked dishes can be easily purchased, so Kyushu Makoto does not plan to continue to rely on bento box lunches to survive.

Standing in front of the kitchen table, Kyushu Makoto picked up the meat chopping knife and shook it a few times, and quickly regained the feel of his previous life and began to cut vegetables skillfully.

Cut the green pepper into pieces, cut the green onion into small pieces, crush the ginger and garlic, and the large pieces of pork belly are first scalded with a lighter and then boiled over low heat for half an hour, and finally cut into slices and stir-fried with other ingredients.

Half an hour later, Kyushu Cheng brought out a plate of red and translucent green pepper back to the pot and a bowl of tomato and egg drop soup from the kitchen, and the rice cooker on the table was also "ding!" The ground jumped.

After the meal, Kyushu Makoto made his finger flutter just by asking about this intense aroma.

"Ding-dong ——!"

An untimely doorbell rang from outside the door.

Makoto Kyushu put down his chopsticks unhappily, walked to the door of the entrance and asked, "Hello, who are you?" ”

Through the cat's eye on the door, Makoto Kyushu saw a man in a suit and leather shoes standing outside the door, with a work card hanging from an orange suspender belt on his chest.

"Hello, Mr. Kyushu is at home, right?!" The person at the door rang the doorbell a few more times in a row, looking impatient:

"I'm a salesman at NHK, could you please open the door if it's convenient?"

Hearing this, Kyushu Cheng immediately put on a stinky face: "Sorry, it's inconvenient." ”

There is an unwritten rule among the people of Wano Country, that is, never open the door to NHK salesmen.

NHK was the first national radio and television station in the history of Wano Country, and was involved in news, dramas, music, sports events, and children's programs.

The station does not have any advertisements or sponsors, but is "ordered" to pay fees to all those who can watch the station in accordance with the Broadcasting Law enacted by Wano Province.

The price of the TV station is not cheap, and you need to pay 13 to 1,500 yen a month, which is a lot of money in a year.

In the old era when information was not developed, people gritted their teeth and paid money. But today's Internet is extremely developed, and young people can complete all entertainment as long as they have a mobile phone, and TV sets seem a bit redundant.

But even so, the TV station still had to make money, so NHK TV came up with a bad trick - hiring supernumerary toll collectors to stalk the residents, and forcing the residents to sign contracts and pay through high-intensity matching.

According to the Internet, these supernumerary toll collectors have done many outrageous behaviors, including but not limited to verbal intimidation and threats to residents, investigating residents' personal privacy, repeatedly squatting at the door of residents' homes like thieves, knocking on doors in the early morning to harass residents, and even reaching out to remove the anti-theft chain when residents open the door and forcibly break in.

As these rumors intensified, "how to get rid of NHK toll collectors" gradually became a topic of conversation.

The apartment building was newly built, and most of the residents were financially well-off, so it was only natural that NHK was targeting it with the intention of making a fortune.

Makoto Kyushu did not install a TV at home and did not plan to watch NHK channels. After all, in this day and age, mobile phones and computers can easily replace the work of television.

But he also doesn't plan to open the door to the NHK toll collector outside the door. It's like even if there is no dog food and meat stored at home, most people will not open the door to the wild dogs squatting at the door.

Sensing the obstacle, the NHK toll collector outside the door did not give up, and the doorbell was gradually replaced by a knock:

"Mr. Kyushu, I'm a salesman at NHK. Please don't turn me away, let's talk! ”

"I don't have a TV at home." Makoto Kyushu snorted coldly and replied.

"Then please let me take a look first!" The NHK toll collector insisted:

"According to the Broadcasting Act, you are obliged to pay to our company as long as you have all electronic devices, including mobile phones and computers, that are able to watch NHK channels! Mr. Kyushu, you wouldn't say you don't have a mobile phone, would you? ”

"I do have a cell phone." Makoto Kyushu took a deep breath and retorted:

"But I don't have any software downloaded on my phone or computer, and I won't watch your company's TV channels, please go back!"

"Please don't embarrass me, Mr. Kyushu!" NHK toll collectors are not dead yet:

"It is the duty of every citizen to pay NHK TV! You don't want to break the law, do you? ”

"Please come back." Makoto Kyushu repeated again: "This is the second time I've said it." ”

This time, the other party was stunned. According to Wano Country's law, if someone trespasses into someone's home without permission and does not leave after being warned three times by the owner of the house, he is guilty of "trespassing".

And this trick is exactly what many people use to dissuade NHK toll collectors, and it has been tried and tested repeatedly.

Although the Broadcasting Act allows NHK to charge fees to the public, it is not actually enforceable, that is, it is used to scare ordinary people who do not understand the law. On the contrary, most NHK toll collectors are external temporary staff, and they are not guilty of getting themselves into the bureau for the crime of "trespassing" for the sake of a single business.

Sensing that Makoto Kyushu was a hard stubble, the NHK toll collector had to leave in a huff.

Makoto Kyushu finally breathed a sigh of relief and continued to go back to eat.

These NHK toll collectors have inherited the fine tradition of Wano people bullying the weak and fearing the hard, and as long as they perceive that the residents are a hard stubble, they will not come to entangle them anymore.

On the contrary, as long as the residents show a weak attitude, they will intensify their harassment, talking about it ten times at a time, and harassing it in the early hours of the morning, which will cause you great mental torture. Even Zhuge Liang will agree to go out of the mountain after being looked at the thatched cottage three times, not to mention these ordinary people.

After finishing the meal, when Makoto Kyushu went out to take out the garbage, he saw an NHK toll collector standing at the door of the apartment on the left, apparently pestering the neighbor girl.

"Miss Zuo, please open the door! I know you're at home! The NHK toll collector violently banged on the door and kicked the door with his leather shoes from time to time, with so much force that the whole corridor was rattling:

"Miss Zuo, your parents sent you to study in our country, and they definitely don't want you to be sent back because you didn't pay the audio-visual fee for the TV station, right?"

However, no matter how much he knocked on the door, there was no response.

"Miss Zuo, if you are not free today, we will come back to visit you at another date, I hope you are ready!" The toll collector put down a word that seemed to be threatening, glanced at Makoto Kyushu with a strange gaze, and turned to leave.

After the commotion outside the corridor subsided, Makoto Kyushu was about to continue going downstairs to take out the garbage, but the door of the neighbor's house was slowly opened by a crack.

The girl who called herself "Keiko" poked out of the crack in the door, her long black hair was messy and unkempt, and a faint dark circle appeared on her pale face, which had not been exposed to the sun.

"Are the people from NHK gone?" She was cautious to herself, but she shrunk her neck in fright the moment she saw Makoto Kyushu.

"He's gone, but he should come back." Kyushu Makoto turned his head and admonished Keiko:

"In the future, if you encounter someone from NHK who comes to harass you, you must refuse him sternly, and don't pretend that there is no one in the house. They will investigate your daily routine beforehand, so they know exactly when you are at home and will come to your door to harass you non-stop. ”

Although Makoto Kyushu has a good heart, he is not a good person with a temper comparable to that of the Buddha. If the NHK toll collector had come to his door in the middle of the night to harass his neighbors and make him unable to sleep, he would have rushed out with a knife and slashed people.

"Good me. I know" Jingzi was stunned for a moment, nodded in panic, and prepared to close the door.

"Wait a minute." Makoto Kyushu stretched out his hand to stop her and reminded: "We are neighbors, so if you need help in the future, come to me." ”

"Thank you" Jingzi's eyes flickered, and her voice became smaller and smaller: "Last meeting gift. Thank you too. ”

With that, she quietly closed the door like a ghost.

Kyushu Makoto wanted to communicate more with this neighbor, especially when he heard the NHK toll collector call her "Miss Zuo" and said that she was here to study.

"Could it be that she is also a Yanhuang person?" Makoto Kyushu guessed.

However, this neighbor is obviously not very willing to communicate with outsiders more, and Kyushu Makoto does not intend to force her.

After taking out the garbage and returning home, Makoto Kyushu tidied up his furniture again, then stepped into the bedroom, which was larger than his previous rental house, and picked up the "Encyclopedia of Spirit Species" that Yin Yang Liao had given him from his desk.

Since the two "female seniors" had warned him to learn about the spirit species, he couldn't continue to be lazy.

This encyclopedia contains information on nearly a thousand common spirit species, ranging from appearance conditions to special abilities to how to deal with them. "Know yourself and know your opponent to win all battles" is his credo as a martial artist, and only by knowing these monsters well can he defeat them effectively.

After reading a dozen pages, Makoto Kyushu felt his eyelids tremble. He's been on the move these days, and he has little time to spare, and now he's sleepy when he's a little free.

Makoto Kyushu went to the bathroom to take a shower, then lay down on the bed and fell asleep in a daze.

“.”

"Knock-"

"Knock Knock Knock ——!"

"Miss Zuo, please open the door!"

"It's three o'clock in the morning, who is it?"

"Hello, I'm a salesman at NHK, please let me come in and talk!"

"Ahh Don't move the anti-leeching chain, don't come in! Get out! ”

"Excuse me, I'm in the door! Yo~ Miss Zuo, you happen to have a TV at home, please allow me to take a photo first as evidence - it seems that you are obliged to pay us~"

"My TV is for playing games and it's not turned on. TV features! ”

"That's okay, as long as you have a TV at home, you are obliged to pay us~"

"Why don't you touch me like this, let me go!"

"Please be quiet, Miss Zuo~ It's so late, everyone should be asleep, you are so noisy but it will bother the neighbors~"

"Ahhh——!hhh Help me! ”

"This is a signing contract, please cooperate with me to sign it obediently~"

"Let go of my hands! Don't touch me! ”

"Miss Zuo, please don't resist. As a foreigner who comes to study abroad, you should respect our laws and regulations here, right? ”

"Ahh Help me! Save me!!! ”

“.”

", what's going on?" Makoto Kyushu woke up in the middle of the night and heard a noisy argument coming from next door.

Makoto Kyushu's bedroom is on the left side of the apartment, separated from his neighbor Keiko's house by a wall. If there is a big disturbance in the other party's house, Kyushu Cheng can also hear it.

Although he didn't hear the conversation next door, Kyushu Makoto heard Keiko's screams and a faint cry for help.

Kyushu Cheng jumped up from the bed and ran out without hesitation, taking a kitchen knife and an umbrella on the way.

Running out of the door, Kyushu Makoto really saw the door of the next room open, and the cries for help inside were intermittent, but they were full of the girl's despair.

"Is it a burglary?" Makoto Kyushu took a deep breath: "It sounds like there's only one robber. That's right, after all, it's a girl who lives alone, and she has no ability to resist at all. ”

Makoto Kyushu clenched his kitchen knife and umbrella and rushed forward in great strides.

Entering the living room of Keiko's house, Makoto Kyushu saw a man in a suit with a big back grabbing the girl's wrist and forcing her to put her fingerprint on the contract on the table.

The man in the suit looked ruffian, according to Kyushu Makoto's experience, this is the temperament that only a second slipper who has been on the street will have.

On the other hand, Jingzi's face was red, her hair was more messy than usual, and the other party pinched out red marks on her wrists, as if she was being held hostage to do something.

Seeing Kyushu Cheng break in, the man in the suit was stunned for a moment, while Jingzi seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, revealing an expression of wanting to cry without tears.

"Haha... Ahem... Robbery in the middle of the night makes everyone sleep badly, right? Kyushu Cheng grinned and roared, and with a hideous and terrifying smile on his face, he rushed forward with a knife:

"Wu! I'm going to kill you, there's only one page of the household register! ”

Twenty minutes later, police cars and ambulances flashed red and blue jump lights to the downstairs of the apartment.

The ambulance crews carried the bloodied man in the suit on a stretcher, while the police questioned the two about the situation.

After many explanations, it was not easy for everyone to figure out the ins and outs of the matter.

NHK toll collectors raided Keiko's house in the middle of the night and tried to force her to sign a payment contract by forcibly breaking into a house and forcing her by force. And Kyushu Cheng mistakenly thought that the other party was a burglar, and without saying a word, he rushed in to save people, strangled the "gangster" in "extreme fear", and stabbed the other party five or six times.

The police talked to the two for 20 minutes and then left, without arresting Makoto Kyushu - he was still a minor, and if he really wanted to be investigated, he would be sent to a juvenile detention center for two months. Moreover, his subjective intention was to help his neighbor evict the burglar, and the NHK toll collector's behavior was indeed inappropriate, and Keiko could fully prosecute the other party on a series of charges such as "home trespassing" and "sexual harassment".

Due to the loud commotion, the building administrator also hurried up to check, and scolded angrily after learning what had happened:

"NHK is really getting more and more excessive, I heard that they have recently started hiring street thugs as toll collectors, and these dry food cops don't care!"

The policemen invariably smiled wryly and pretended not to hear. They are just a bunch of low-level people doing dirty work, how can they have the right to find trouble with the largest TV station in Wano Country?

After some commotion, this emergency finally came to an end.

"Then I'll go back first, remember to lock the door at night, and don't open the door again." Makoto Kyushu beckoned to Keiko and prepared to leave.

"Huh... Ha... Okay" Jingzi was obviously frightened, she had been trembling in her coat since just now, her face was so pale that she couldn't see half of the blood, and her pupils were always shrunk to one-third the size of the whites of her eyes:

"Well... Terrible... Terrible..."

Looking at her frightened, startled like the heroine of a ghost movie, I'm afraid it's a question of whether she can sleep peacefully tonight.

Makoto Kyushu thought for a moment and proposed, "Can I sit at your house for a while and talk to you a little bit?" ”

(End of chapter)