Chapter 339: Minos: "How Is It Possible to Fight Every Time!"
"Hey—! What are you teaching the newcomer?!"
Poporon, holding half a piece of shrimp tempura with her chopsticks, looked at Jashin-chan in shock.
"Teaching her common sense about life here!" Jashin-chan gave a thumbs up, winked playfully with her right eye, and stuck out her little pink tongue.
"What kind of twisted common sense is that?!"
Pekola couldn't help but widen her eyes—as an upright and kind angel, she simply couldn't stand it.
"As far as I know, there is no such common sense here," Tohru turned her head and said to Ilulu.
"Is that so?"
Ilulu blinked her dot eyes.
Seeing the reactions of the others, she understood that what Jashin-chan said just now was definitely wrong—she hated being deceived by others the most, and immediately glared at her with displeasure:
"As expected of a demon, so cunning!"
She kind of wanted to hit her.
But thinking of Kobayashi and Tohru's repeated warnings—she couldn't just fight casually here, so Ilulu had to let it go.
"I am indeed cunning, thanks for the compliment!"
Jashin-chan didn't feel ashamed at all; instead, she puffed out her chest proudly and grinned.
But in the next second, she clicked her tongue secretly, feeling a wave of regret.
Miscalculation! She should have found a chance to tell her alone...
"...What a pity!"
The scummy snake shoveled a mouthful of curry rice, chewed a few times, swallowed, and sighed regretfully.
"You're terrified that Ryohei-kun might have it too good!"
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At this moment, Poporon also realized what was going on and gave Jashin-chan a meaningful look.
"Who told him to always prank me! Shouldn't I prank him back?"
Jashin-chan picked up her spoon, sipped her miso soup unhurriedly, and spoke with perfect righteousness.
"Is this what they call a love-hate relationship?"
Tohru wolfed down a mouthful of curry rice and suddenly interjected.
"..." Jashin-chan was stunned for a moment, then looked at her and waved her hand: "No, no! We don't love each other, and we don't kill each other... we just prank each other."
But thinking about it, she seemed to be the one always getting pranked, while she rarely managed to prank Ryohei.
Jashin-chan was so angry!
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She wanted to flip the table!
Having obtained the pass to the Demon World, Ryohei began planning the trip.
That afternoon, inside the restaurant—
"When are you all going back?"
Ryohei stood in the kitchen, doing prep work with Jashin-chan, who had a big bump on her head, while glancing at the demons and zombie girls sitting in a row at the counter.
"I'm leaving Saturday morning. I need to go back early to arrange some things," Minos spoke first, holding a small cup of fruit tea.
The festival was on the 18th, which was next Thursday—but as the young miss of the "Matsuya Group," she had to go back early to arrange things.
In previous festivals, she would be responsible for some related work.
"Koji-kun and I plan to go back this Sunday. We need to visit our family home first," Yusa said gently.
"My sister (Kyon-Kyon) and I are planning to go back on Monday. We need to visit the Chinese region first," Kyon-Kyon and Ran-Ran said in unison.
The centennial festival was like the Olympics in the human world; it was held in a different place each time. This time, it happened to be in the Demon World's Japan, which was where Jashin-chan and the others were from.
Jashin-chan, who had been backstabbed by Poporon and sanctioned by Yurine, stood by the sink washing ingredients and interjected, "I plan to go back on the day itself."
When she went back a while ago, she suspected she was being "spawn camped."
But on the day of the festival, surely the debt collectors wouldn't still be squatting there waiting for her, right?
If they really were, then she... she had no choice but to run back to the human world!
"..."
Ryohei kept his hands busy while listening to everyone's varied answers—he had originally thought about going with someone, but it seemed none of the timings were suitable.
Ryohei turned to look at Yurine and smiled, "Yurine, I'll go scout the way for you first."
On the day the festival started, Yurine still had school.
"Hmm... when do you plan to go, Ryohei-kun?" Yurine paused, thinking—Do I have to go alone?—then asked back.
"The 17th, probably."
Ryohei pondered for a moment before answering.
"Speaking of which, have you solved your accommodation problem? It might be hard to book a hotel at this time," Minos looked at Ryohei, then at Yurine, and asked.
"You can stay at my place."
To everyone's surprise, Jashin-chan dropped this line.
She didn't mean anything else by it; she just felt that since her servant was going to the Demon World, she, as the summoner, should help solve his food and lodging problems—anyway, her house was big, a manor actually, with plenty of guest rooms, so one more person wouldn't make a difference.
She could also take in Lucoa and Pekola while she was at it...
As for Yurine—
Although the two "fought often," during her time in the human world, she had stayed at Yurine's place for a while too, so she could reluctantly take her in...
"You can stay at my place too," Minos followed up.
"..."
Yusa wanted to take Ryohei in, but unfortunately, she herself would be staying at a relative's house, so it wasn't appropriate to host Ryohei.
Kyon-Kyon and Ran-Ran were in a similar situation.
"Ah, right! I have to remind you!" Jashin-chan handed the cleaned ingredients to Ryohei and said solemnly, "Staying at Minos's place makes it easy to get caught in the crossfire."
"I remember during the last festival, or maybe the one before that, their Matsuya Group fought with another group of demons. It was a pretty big scene."
"Others started it first," Minos spread her hands, then continued, "But it probably won't happen this time. How is it possible to fight every time..."
Before her voice could fade—
Ding-a-ling, the glass door of the restaurant was pulled open from the outside.
Yurine and the others sitting at the counter looked over in unison.
They saw a fishman with a cyan-blue fish head stumbling in—his head was bleeding, his suit was tattered, and one arm hung limply at his side. He looked extremely wretched.
"Eh? Uozumi?" Minos stood up in surprise.
Yurine also looked at the "person" in surprise—it was Uozumi, the captain of the Matsuya Group's construction team, whom she had met in Hokkaido before.
"Young Miss!"
As soon as Uozumi saw Minos, he shouted hoarsely: "Bad news! The boss has been shot!"
"Nani—!!"
Minos's eyes widened instantly. She rushed forward in a flash and asked urgently, "What happened? Who did it? How is the old man now?"
"It was the 'Yoshinoya Group'! We were fighting over territory... The boss only suffered minor injuries, you don't need to worry," Uozumi answered first, then added a reassuring sentence.
"Pfft—!"
Yurine turned her face away, covering her mouth tightly with her hand.
Matsuya and Yoshinoya...
She really wanted to laugh, but the current situation was obviously not suitable for laughing.
"That's good!"
Hearing it was only a minor injury, Minos breathed a sigh of relief. Then looking at the wretched Uozumi, she frowned slightly and asked in a low voice, "You're hurt so badly, were you attacked too?"
"No, no..."
Uozumi lowered his head somewhat awkwardly: "I wanted to notify you as soon as possible, and I was panicking on the way, so I accidentally got hit by a car..."
Ryohei and the others were instantly speechless—
So you were hit by a car; we thought you were injured in a gang fight!
Jashin-chan inside the kitchen couldn't help but retort: "Couldn't you just make a phone call for something like this? Why make a special trip!"
"I'm tech-illiterate, I don't know how to use a phone..."
Uozumi looked at Jashin-chan embarrassedly and scratched his head.
"Then ask someone who knows how to call!"
"That won't do!"
Uozumi waved his hands repeatedly: "I have to do this kind of thing personally. Only then will the Young Miss remember my loyalty!"
"Otherwise, how can I progress? How can I get promoted and get a raise?"
"..." Minos narrowed her eyes halfway, stared at the "scheming fish" for a few seconds, speechless, then turned to look at Ryohei apologetically:
"Sorry, Ryohei-kun, I have to go back to the Demon World early..."
"Yeah, go ahead."
Ryohei nodded understandingly.
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