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Beidou was slightly stunned. If he remembered correctly, he had met this person at the Oshima family before. He was Lingye’s personal chef. His name was... Shinomiya?
This had nothing to do with him, and at Shanzhong's urging, Beidou hurried back to the car.
In the car, Yamanaka, who was sitting in the passenger seat, had already started eating his portion.
“Perfect, it really is the best taste.”
"Yamano likes desserts?"
"Hmm? Not bad. Why don't you buy one for yourself?"
"I'll let it go." It felt like it wasn't a dessert, it felt like Prince Shotoku was biting into it. "But Yamanaka, I feel like you were quite proactive today."
"Is that so?" Yamanaka thought about it and it seemed to be true.
"After all, Miss Oshima has helped us a lot. It was thanks to her that we found the Noise Monster last time. We even wrongly accused her when we first met."
"I have to express my gratitude."
Is that right?
It seemed to make sense, but Beidou still felt it was a bit strange. As if he was not the one who had to return the gift, Yamanaka was more active.
Chapter 235 Super Beast Attacks
"Manager, what's the price of the new Sakura Cheese Thousand Layer Puff?"
Xia Hua, a clerk who was tidying up the shelves, asked that the prices of the new products needed to be labeled accordingly and the price list needed to be remade, but she waited for a long time without any response.
"Store manager?"
Xia Hua looked back and saw that the manager of their Ristorante F, Mizuhara, was looking at a card with his head down, and he had been looking at it for quite a long time.
By the way, she was squatting on the stool, like a kitten. Of course, Xia Hua only dared to complain about this in her heart and never said it out loud.
She is the store manager and has great cooking skills, but she always looks so awful when there are no customers.
The busy lunch hour was over, and now it was time to rest. Sitting in that squatting position was her most common move when she was thinking seriously about something.
What's so serious? Xia Hua looked over curiously.
In front of her was a gift certificate, the usual colorful ones. But the words on it were handwritten, each stroke was very neat, making people feel that the person who wrote it was probably serious and boring.
Before Xia Hua could get closer to see it clearly, the gift certificate was taken back by the store manager.
"What are you looking at? Too idle at work?"
To be honest, the appearance of the Mizuwon store manager is quite intimidating. His fierce face and dead fish eyes are particularly intimidating.
When Xia Hua first started working there, she was a little frightened by the sight of a store manager like that. For a while, the store manager's image was the source of her nightmares.
But now I'm used to it and have become immune to it.
In fact, Manager Mizuhara is a pretty nice person, and if you look closely, ignoring her 'ferocious' expression, you'll find that her face is very delicate and pretty.
She is a symbol of beauty.
"Manager, what is that? A return gift for Valentine's Day?"
Today is White Valentine's Day, so it's natural to think so.
"You're the only one who talks too much!" Mizuhara Fuyumi said unhappily.
That was indeed a return gift from Shinomiya Kojiro. Thinking back, I wondered how I could have been so bold to give out chocolates on that day last month.
This is indeed what she wanted to do for many years, and she has no regrets. But now she still admires her courage at that time.
I admire you! I admire you! You are such a brave man!
Although at that time, she put the chocolate among a bunch of desserts in the name of "tasting new products", saying that she wanted Shigong to "taste it and give some suggestions."
Later, she was still worried that Shinomiya's wooden head might really think that she was just asking him to taste the food and not realize her feelings. Shinomiya Kojiro, who was crazy about cooking, might not even know what Valentine's Day was.
Then, today she received a return gift.
It turns out that there are two kinds of stupid people in this world: those who are really stupid and those who are pretending to be stupid. The vast majority of people are actually the second kind.
You laugh at boys for being stupid and not understanding women's hearts. In fact, it's not that they don't understand women, it's just a way of deliberately rejecting them, so that both parties can be more decent.
They are also sensitive to emotions when they really want to respond.
(Beidou fainted in the toilet crying)
Shinomiya's return gift was a gift certificate for SHINO'S restaurant, Shinomiya's own restaurant.
There are many such coupons, which can be used to try food for free and are often used to advertise new store openings. Sometimes shopping malls also use such coupons as prizes for raffles.
But this gift certificate was written by Shigong himself, and there is only one of its kind. It is for a dinner for one person.
Shinomiya said it was a "tasting" because the restaurant changed its olive oil brand and had to change many of the menu items, requiring a professional tongue to taste the food for him.
As for why French food was tasted by an Italian restaurant manager, it is a tacit understanding.
He still had his usual sour face when he spoke, just like the dead fish eyes when she said "try the dessert".
So they are actually the same. Realizing this, Dongmei felt a special feeling in her heart, and she smiled unconsciously.
"Oh my god, the manager can actually laugh!" Xia Hua's surprised voice had a funny Kansai accent.
"Xia Hua, I know I am smiling. But I also know that you will cry as you walk out of the store after get off work today."
Between continuing to gossip and accepting the manager's threats, Xia Hua wisely chose to shut up and go back to sorting the shelves.
At dusk——
Ling was a little surprised to receive Beidou's return gift.
Because the chocolates were really just homework for home economics class, she was quite satisfied with her craftsmanship, so she decided to share them with her friends. As a gift of charity chocolate, she didn't even think about getting a return gift.
And looking at the label of Ristorante F on the gift bag Beidou gave her. If I remember correctly, it was an Italian restaurant designed as a private club, with very high standards.
When it comes to Italian food, pizza, mushroom soup, rice with milk sauce, baked snails, etc. Ling is not picky about food, but relatively speaking, she is not very interested in Italian and Spanish food, so she has never been to that restaurant, but at least she knows that the desserts there are not cheap.
"I don't know if you'd like it, your family's chefs are so great." Beidou spoke a little uncomfortably.
Although it was a matter of obligation and did not contain any ambiguous elements, and as an adult, there was no possibility of ambiguity with a ten-year-old girl. But this was after all his first time giving a gift on White Valentine's Day.
"I like it. My chef Shinomiya is a French chef. I remember this restaurant is an Italian restaurant. They serve Italian desserts, right? I don't usually eat there."
This is the truth. Although I am not a fan of Italian food, desserts are another matter. Girls have a different stomach for desserts, and even their taste buds are different.
Is that so? Beidou was glad that he had made the right choice. No, it should be said that Shanzhong had made the right choice. He really understood it clearly.
This is the school gate. Reiya and Tomoyo have finished their club activities and are preparing to go home.
"Brother Beidou, you are not waiting for me here specially, right?"
"That's not the case. I was patrolling here."
Although I did wait for a while, it was definitely not a special trip. Because of the unusually frequent appearance of super beasts recently, the TAC team has increased the intensity of daily patrols, and Beidou has been on the road all day.
“That’s really hard work.”
Because it was a normal patrol, Beidou was driving the Black Panther with the TAC team logo.
You can't tell from the outside that this car is the pinnacle of human automotive technology. Lingya saw that Chiyo seemed curious, so he took her closer.
For Tokyo residents, this car is often seen passing by on the road, but there is no chance to get close to it. Some children even reported a false alarm about the appearance of the super beast just to touch the Black Panther. People like Ling who have personally ridden in it are the envy of all children.
"I heard from Brother Beidou that this car can accelerate to 500 kilometers per hour."
"Can it go 500 kilometers per hour? That would be amazing." Tomoyo couldn't quite understand how fast 500 kilometers per hour was, but it was definitely much faster than her car.
Beidou just smiled after hearing that.
"It's not necessarily the pinnacle of humanity. Although it does contain cutting-edge technology obtained by the TAC team. But Lingye, don't underestimate humans. With their current technology, humans may be able to build faster cars."
"Your own technology?"
That is to say, apart from the black technology obtained from aliens over the years, the technology developed based on human beings’ original technology tree?
Is this possible? Even Ling knows that fifty years later, as a four-wheeled vehicle driven by an engine, 500 kilometers per hour is the limit, right? Only a few top sports cars such as Koenigsegg and Bugatti can reach this speed.
The only faster ones are special concept cars powered by jet engines, which can even reach speeds of over 1,000 kilometers per hour. But those are not cars, but rockets with wheels, and can only be tested in desert uninhabited areas. They don't even have brakes, and can only be stopped by a rear parachute.
"I have a friend named Kashima who is working on Mach cars."
"Kashima? Is he from Earth?" Lingye asked subconsciously.
"Of course it's an Earthling."
"Oh." Mach, that is, the speed of sound. A car that can reach the speed of sound is simply a joke. Ling also thought that Beidou was talking about friends from the Kingdom of Light.
But it is true that with the technology of the Country of Light's technical department, it is too cheap to research Mach cars. They have already been able to fly faster than the speed of light and travel through folded space wormholes. From the Country of Light to the Earth, three million light years away, they can reach it in an instant. Mach is primitive technology to them.
"Kashima's research institute is over in Gotemba. If you're interested, I can take you there."
"Forget it."
Ling was not interested either. Although the previous racing experience was a little new to her, it was just new. After the newness wore off, it was nothing more than that. Speed could stimulate the adrenaline and make people nervous and excited, but that was all. If she wanted to experience high speed, she could transform into Gaia and fly at dozens of times the speed of sound.
Beidou was just saying it casually, and since Ling wasn't interested, he didn't care.
At this moment, the Black Panther's communicator began to sound, beeping like a police siren.
It was not the regular reporting time yet, so something must have happened. Beidou did not shy away from answering the question and directly connected the communicator.
"This is Beidou."
"Hokuto, there was a super beast alert in Otawara City just now. The captain and Yamanaka have already set off. I want you to return to the headquarters and drive the Gaara to accompany them on the attack."
Another super beast appeared? And it attacked Otawara, a city in the northern part of Tochigi Prefecture, more than 100 kilometers away from Tokyo.
Although Ultra Beasts often attack Tokyo, causing the TAC team to focus on Tokyo during patrols, it does not mean that they will not attack other places.
"What kind of super beast is it? Are there any casualties?"
"It's still unclear, and there are no reports from the scene. But I heard from the police that the bullet train was attacked, and the outcome may not be good."
An attack on a Shinkansen train? That would be the worst news.
"Lingye, I'll go first..." Beidou was about to talk to Lingye after ending the call, but he saw no trace of her.
Only Tomoyo remained there, holding the gift that Lingya asked her to keep for safekeeping.
So this girl knows Reiya's identity? Beidou thought, but this has nothing to do with him.
Have you been there yet? I hope I can make it in time.