Vol 6 Chapter 5 (1/2)
Kamisama no Memochou:Volume 6 Chapter 5
Chapter 5
After the culture festival ended, our usual daily lives did not return immediately
The shutters of 'Hananboard with the words 'Te winds of November
The only thing that continued on like usual was the scene at the back door of the kitchen I parked my bicycle by the shop like usual, and casually poked s Tetsu-senpai earing a half-sleeved shi+rt with no regard for the season, while Major's face was coes Both of the news column laid out as they excitedly talked about their predictions for the GI race in Autumn
“Oh? You caive us our pay for this case now, right?”
Major and Tetsu-senpai reached their hands out to me at the same time, and I could only avert my eyes
“Well, actually, I haven’t received the payment from Min-san either…”
“What? We worked so hard there! I should have shown you that blazing solo escape operation I did, Vice Admiral Fujishi+ma!”
In the end, Major ed to escape by himself from the electrical roo e aas in his escape Major’s the one who usually does the preparation work, so I orried if he would be in any danger if there was any direct confrontation However, this military nut wasn’t just for show
“Seriously, good work there I’ll try to haggle for more when I meet Min-san”
“What has Master been doing recently anyway? She’s been going around riding on Hiro’s car…”
Tetsu-senpai shrugged,
“Is it possible that since that crazy plan worked, those two are going out together for real?”
“No, how’s that possible?” I shook ether to apologize”
Huang Hong Lei was no longer intiize to these suppliers that got involved before ‘Hanaain However, this probably would take quite a long time, since they’ll have to convince thefor the business with ‘Hanamaru’ without any worries In such situations, Hiro, ever the smooth talk, was very important
In other words, the relationshi+p of those tas just employer and employer Up till noay
“Huh? You don’t think they can hook up for real, Narumi?”
“Who knows? Hiro still gets involved with so irls he has to break off with…”
“I’ll bet that they won’t get together then, five thousand yen!” Major put in a wager
“In that case, I’ll bet that they won’t get together for ten thousand yen” Tetsu-senpai joined in
“In that case, I bet that they won’t get together for one thousand yen”
“This isn’t a proper bet now, right?” Senpai chuckled
Hiro’s car ca Min-san
“We’re mostly done with our trip, and we should be able to open our shop again next week” Min-san said, and everyone heaved a sigh of relief Thank goodness, I had no intention of pushi+ng her to pay the detective fees and tell her, Just pay when the business stabilizes
Min-san began dealing with the ingredients along with Hiro in the dihed as she said,
“All that’s left is the issue of the dried stuff The reserves here won’t last us for 2 s’ still the most convenient one…the quality and prices of the other shops aren’t that good”
Hiro and I exchanged glances Matsugahara Tradings Due to my careless slip of the news, the boss was beaten up and interrogated for Hanada Masaru’s whereabouts Ever since then, he wouldn’t do business with ‘Hanaain
“Erize as well”
Imanner Hiro placed his hand on my shoulder as he looked up at Min-san, and the latter could only nod with a reluctant look on her face
Before we s “Eh? Ah, I see…yes” It seemed she heard some unexpected response
“I’ll be waiting That’s what he said”
Min-san said as we got onto the car Both Hiro and I exchanged shocked looks
The car raced down the Tomei Expressway for more than an hour, and finally reached the reclusive street located in the suburbs of Yokoha house that looked like a garage
“Oh? Hanada-san It’s been a while Looks like you’ve been busy recently”
The boss of Matsugahara went out of the shop to welcome us There was no doubt that he was the one who shooed Hiro andmust have happened
“A few days ago, that, soain, and even brought a large box of sweets and apologized toto feel sorry…”
“…Hong Lei?” Min-san widened her eyes
“Ah, yes, those kids seem to call him that too I heard about it”
“About what?”
”Actually, I forgot which day last ave , and it really shockedto request me, and sounded really serious”
I gasped
It was on the night of the incident Right, when he made his escape to the doctor, he -san, and the other one was to this Matsugahara Tradings
”Dad, did he say anything?” Min-san sounded slightly agitated as she pressed on, and the Matsugahara Tradings boss handed the parcel over to her”
The parcel was delivered fro
”He said that in a week's ti over to you, and haveAlso”
According to him, Hanada Masaru said this as well,
”If Ming Li is to co her, if she intends to continue running the ramen shop—can you please hand this parcel over to her?”
While ere on the way back, Min-san opened the parcel with shaking hands It rapped in layers of oil paper She took out the contents, and gasped I, seated beside her, was at a loss of words
”What'sthiswhy”
Min-santeary as the tears landed on the parcel, the thick stacks
How many were there? All the notes were 10,000 Yen each These 1cm bundles rapped in white tape, and there were 16 of them in all
16 million Yen
That was the exact amount—as the debt 'Hanamaru' owed
”What's with this?”
Min-san continued to mutter
”What was dad thinking in the first placehe actually hid such a large sum of money But why? Why now?”
I had the exact sahts at Min-san at this point Why did he only send the money over at this point? Was that thein the Underworld? But whywhy didn't he return it to the Huang Coalition soon? Min-san didn't have to go through so much!
Hanada Masaru, where are you right now? What are you doing?
What is your objective?
Min-san again wrapped the stacks of bills, and eat the clouds
Hiro did not say anything as he stepped on the accelerator The acceleration forced our unspoken words to the distant past
The next Monday, 'Ra
Though Iinside and the e It wasthe e habit, and Ayaka returned to work
The number of customers that showed up on that day was a lot more than the two days when it was rumored 'Hanamaru'would close down, and it was said to have easily surpassed the most number of customer visits
It was great that everyone could live happily ever afterif the endings to all stories were like that, how easy would it be for us?
However, I remained a detective's assistant, so the story I composed was fated to have a detective show up
On a certain chilly Sunday night in November, Alice summoned me over I rode my bicycle to 'Hana
I nodded to Min-san, as busy going around in the kitchen, and darted up the eency, and found Alice getting off the bed Unlike the usual, she was not wearing pajaure
Alice's face was hidden under a black veil, and I could not decipher her appearance
”You don't look surprised” The detective said
”I think I have an idea as to what it's about”
”Being rown a little bit, huh?”
This ti sad behind the veil
The detective earing
Thatup the words of the dead buried deep within the ground, and was to speak for the case, this incident that had not progressed
”But are you serious about riding my bicycle there?”
line ”If you aren't happy about it, go get a driver's license when you're 18 Get this clear now, I' on that bicycle than you are!”
Then don't ride on it
””S-shut up! Alright, let's go!”
We walked down the eency staircase, and the back door opened
”Hey Alice, it's about tio—”
Min-san poked her face out, and upon seeing Alice's , looked confused
”Aren't you tired of wearing such clothing? And you're going to wear that while riding on a single-seat bicycle with Narumi? Don't you feel embarrassed?”
”What are you saying! This is the ht to criticize my attire when your shoulders are always exposed, Master!”
”Shut up and let me be! This is the battle attire of a raht?”
Alice nodded as she curled her lips in annoyance
”Have you ift, Master?”
Wait a mo again with a little box in hand
”It's a special It probably won't melt in this cold weather, but it's best if you send it over quickly”
Physically or irl wearing a long skirt down the Meiji Highway I guess those without the experience wouldn't understand, huh? The pedestrians were looking at us, and we had to cycle into a side alley e encountered the traffic police Further e, and yet cling onto me firmly when I accelerated I really started to doubt if there were scars for on my chest
”I-I don't want to ride on such a barbaric transport again!”
I think you said these words before
Frolanced at the vehicles and the headlights ht have changed slightly over this one year; this ht be true for Alice too
At the very least, she had been going out recently When we first met, she was a complete shut in
Also, whenever she went out, it seeleeful for this? I didn't kno ly truth Alice would reveal, and I couldn't really understand the e onto h for me
All the floors on the building located near the shi+njuku garden were lit, and the logo of the Zodiac Coht sky
It seee for an appointment beforehand, and after the receptionist reet us Seeing the ain speechless, but this time, I didn't mind
”Ah, well, please don't mind This is just a little ceremony”
”Seriously, you, since you're going out with her, at least give her so already, okay?”
Again, XIao Ling-san said such unnecessary words, and it infuriated Alice sowho? Be clear on this!” I could only pro us into the elevator quickly If any other visitor was to see so in front of the reception counter, it would be hard to explain
XIao Ling-san's rooency, and was tidy, but there was a presence similar to Alice's room The completely practical metal rack were stacked with all kinds of electronics, and it certain felt like a rooht there would be no decorations in the room, but I found a little doll placed at the side of the rack Before ere prompted to sit, Alice had already taken a corner of the sofa and heaved a sigh of rlief
”This roo It feels kind of familiar”
”Then try cleaning up your room until it's like this”
”You should say this to Narumi”
”Do some cleanup yourself!”
”You can just argue all you want, but I still have lots of things to do If you have so, make it snappy”
XIao Ling-san said as she sat opposite us, and I could only pull my neck back in as I sat beside Alice
After peering into the coffee cup, Xiao Ling-san staan
”Xiang Yu calledLi and yu twoher life right now probably isn't easy, but she never complained at all They were practically penniless when they eloped, but Xiang Yu was pa they can last”
It sounded harsh, but Xiao Ling-san's tone was really gentle
”Since this is Xiang Yu's own choice, she can't blame others for this Even if her life won't be as pleasant down the road, that will be their responsibility”
Xiao Ling-san suddenly glanced up to look at me
”You're pretty good there”
”Eh? Ah, well, it's nothing”
”After that, the entire fa Lei's reactions were so agitated, and grandfather fainted fro whether I should tell you that, but whatever It's our shas”
No, you saying itis basically reporting it to us now, right?
”Oh yes, has that unrestrained gigolo been du Li?”
”That appears to be the case, more or less”
”Then, that's good”
Hong Lei probably wouldn't just give up like this, and would go for a direct proposal, right? Xiao Ling-san chuckled as she said To be honest, I was one ofMin-san break away from Hiro The best outcoive up on being the triad boss and proether But this probably won't happen
After chatting a while about the Huangs', XIao Ling-san said
”Now then, is that anything from you two?”
Her eyes went fro at me, to Alice
”Narumi, the present from before”
Ah, I forgot about it I handed the box of ice crea-san
“Heh? Fro Li? Do I open it?'
Xiao Ling-san opened the box, and so the ice cream cake beneath it There was a layer of vanilla ice cream, with lots of purple, red fruits and nuts all over it, and same brown sauce doused over
“Doici dei Moriti”
Alice peeked at the contents in the box,
“Oh? An Italian dessert? Sounds delicious I'll try it later And then?”
Xiao Ling-san closed the box, and gave Alice and me a cold look
“Are you just intending to send ice crea Lei and I caused her much trouble, so if there are still any issues”