Chapter 83 This is not a meal, it is a battlefield

After sharing a pancake, Hayana Kotori looked at Shinpachi Shimura and explained, "We didn't eat breakfast."

"I can see that." Shimura Shinpachi said that the fact that he ate a pancake so deliciously was indeed a sign of being hungry.

When he entered the store in the morning, he heard Mr. Dazai say that the loser, Mr. Nakahara, would be responsible for washing dishes and cooking.

But what puzzled him was that when facing Hayato Hayato, he always had a feeling of familiarity with her.

But when he thought about it carefully, it seemed ridiculous, as he had never seen her before.

Shinpachi Shimura looked towards the house, where only a few strands of cat hair remained. He squatted down to pick up the kitten's toy ball, looking at the traces of the hemp rope wrapped around it, which had been traced by the cat's claws. He was quite disappointed and asked, "Can't find it?"

That’s right, after all, detectives are responsible for solving cases.

Gin and Kagura were better than him at finding cats, not to mention they had a lot of experience finding runaway animals.

Today, he only commissioned them with the [Missing Cat Case] ​​because he was provoked.

Dazai Osamu said calmly: "I already know where it is."

"How could that be?" Shimura Shinpachi looked up and looked into the young man's warm and deep iris-colored eyes, which were so deep that one could hardly see the bottom.

It also means that this person is an existence that cannot be seen through by others.

Following Dazai Osamu, he came to a small forest west of Granny Mura Hui's house, and sure enough, he found Granny Mura Hui's cat there.

That is a cute calico cat.

When they found it, it was playing with its friends.

Holding the cat, Shimura Shinpachi felt very magical: "How did you know the cat was here?"

He followed the three of them all the time. After entering Grandma Murakami's house, they just went to the cat's activity area. Then Mr. Dazai picked up a cat hair and put it in front of Mr. Nakahara's nose, and then the three of them shared a pancake.

The only thing worth noting here is...

Shimura Shinpachi looked at Nakahara Chuuya with a look of surprise. Could it be that he really...

Noticing the boy's gaze, Nakahara Chuuya looked over and said unhappily, "What are you looking at? I definitely don't have that kind of ability."

Hayana Kotori patted Dazai Osamu on the shoulder and said, "It's Dazai, because he has an extremely smart brain. As for how he found the cat, to be honest, I don't see it either."

Dazai, who was being watched by the three, explained, "There are a few leaves of deciduous broadleaf plants in Granny Mura Hui's yard. On my first day here, I checked the terrain distribution here. These leaves are only found in the west. Granny Mura Hui runs a pancake stall, and her land is in the north, so she doesn't usually go west. The only explanation is that the cat brought them back."

Shimura Shinpachi's eyes widened several degrees, and he couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, "How impressive! He was able to think of so much based on just one small detail."

"Thank you for the compliment." Dazai Osamu smiled softly at him and then extended his hand in front of him: "Then it's time to pay the bill."

Shimura Shinpachi: “…”

His previous terrifying premonition was indeed correct.

The man named Dazai Osamu not only found the cat, but also accurately stated the amount of pocket money in his pocket.

An hour ago, he was still a rich man.

Now he was penniless and couldn't even afford the most ordinary and cheapest candy.

And those three people are still together——

After counting the money, Hayana Takanashi said, "I told you that Glasses is poor."

Dazai Osamu smiled and said, "After all, it's open now, right?"

Being looked at by his partner with a mischievous look, Nakahara Chuuya angrily kept his promise: "Got it! I'll be responsible for cooking and washing dishes today."

“It was supposed to be a slug.”

"What...are you asking for a beating, you bastard?"

Hayana Kotori handed all the commission fees to Chuuya Nakahara. Seeing the latter's calm expression, she said seriously, "Then I'll leave it to Chuuya."

Shinpachi Shimura holding a cat: "..."

He was completely ignored. After giving the money, the three people treated him as a client as transparent.

I returned to the Yorozuya Shop in a daze.

Shinpachi Shimura opened the door dejectedly and almost cried when he saw Gintoki Sakata and Kagura.

He didn't know why he was crying - maybe besides his sister, Gin and Kagura were the only ones who cared about him.

"Hey, Shinpachi, where have you been?" Sakata Gintoki, who was lying on the sofa reading Jump, took his eyes off the manga and looked at Shimura Shinpachi who was standing at the door. "It's your turn to cook today. It's almost lunchtime."

Kagura, who was sitting cross-legged on the sofa watching TV, also looked at Shimura Shinpachi at the door and said, "You said yesterday that you would spend all your pocket money on me after you received it. Now hand over your pocket money."

"Who has!" Shimura Shinpachi threw out all the bitter emotions in his heart, clenched his fist and complained: "That's your imagination, Kagura, right?! Don't impose the conversation in your mind on the real me!"

As he said that, he went to cook.

I opened the refrigerator and found that there were no eggs.

"Gin, there are no eggs left." Shinpachi Shimura reminded the boss Gintoki Sakata.

Staring at Jump with lazy, sleepy eyes, Sakata Gintoki turned a page and said calmly, "If you don't have it, go buy it. It just so happens that you got your pocket money. We've been very poor recently, and as a member of the Yorozuya, we should be aware of being in this together."

"I think we're out of strawberry milk too. Could you please help me get some more?"

Kagura, who was watching TV, raised her hand: "I want some more vinegared kelp!"

Closing the refrigerator, Shimura Shinpachi said calmly, "No more."

The air in the Yorozuya was dead silent for a moment, and then an earth-shattering sound erupted—

"Gone? What do you mean by gone?! Did it just fly away into thin air? Or did you, Xinbaji, eat it all by yourself!"

"What should I do? I was thinking I could live off your pocket money for a while, but now I'm afraid I'll have to go out and find a job right away..."

Sakata Gintoki shook the calm Shimura Shinpachi and said, "Shinbaji, say something, Shinbaji!"

Kagura leaped in front of Shimura Shinpachi and grabbed his stomach with both hands: "Gin, he must have eaten it all by himself. If you cut it open now, you might even see some leftovers!"

Shimura Shinpachi exclaimed in horror: "If I had spent all that money on food and eaten it all by myself, my stomach would have burst by now! I didn't just eat it all by myself, I spent it on doing good things!"

Sakata Gintoki rubbed his chin with his fingers: "Did you donate it to the poor homeless?"

Kagura was skeptical: "Maybe he ate it while eating expensive wagyu sushi."

"Forget Wagyu, I haven't even eaten regular beef in a long time," Shimura Shinpachi said, reminiscing about the taste of beef hotpot. "Hey, Gin, I want to eat beef hotpot."

"I want to eat beef too, Gin." Kagura looked at Sakata Gintoki longingly.

Being stared at by the two people with eyes full of longing and expectation, Sakata Gintoki picked his nose and said, "Don't even think about it. Now that we've lost Shinbaji's pocket money, we still don't have any lunch."

"If you don't have money to buy eggs, you can only eat dry rice."

Shimura Shinpachi said to Sakata Gintoki: "Speaking of which, Gin, have you been too depressed lately?"

Kagura was also very dissatisfied: "He hasn't gone out to work for a long time. He just lies at home watching JUMP and buying alcohol to get hungover. He's a decadent uncle."

Just as Sakata Gintoki was about to retort, the doorbell rang.

Three presses and one pause is a very polite way to ring the bell.

"Who is this?" Sakata Gintoki, who was handling the housework in the Yorozuya, held down two people who were about to jump up, scratched his silver curly hair and opened the door.

When he saw the strange and beautiful woman standing at the door, he paused and said, "Are you... here for a commission?"

Is money coming?!

"No." Hayana Kotori shook her head and handed over the box in her hand. "I'm Hayana Kotori, the owner of the newly opened detective agency next door. This is my first visit. Please take care of me in the future."

"Ah, well, I'm the owner of this Yorozuya, Sakata Gintoki."

"Please give me more advice in the future."

After taking the visiting box, Sakata Gintoki looked at the woman's back as she walked down the stairs, feeling very strange.

It feels a little familiar, but I can't remember where I've seen it.

"What are you daydreaming about, Gin?" Kagura walked to the door, looked at the box in Sakata Gintoki's hand, then looked at the graceful back of the black-haired woman, and tilted her head: "Is she a salesman?"

Sakata Gintoki explained: "The boss of the detective agency next door."

Shinpachi Shimura, who had just walked to the door, became nervous when he heard what Gintoki Sakata said.

It would be terrible if Gin and Kagura knew that he had commissioned the detective agency!

The three of them opened the box.

The glittering snacks inside made them exclaim “Wow” in surprise.

"It's cookies!" Kagura was surprised, "We haven't eaten cookies for a long time, Gin!"

Sakata Gintoki clenched his fist: "It's decided, today's lunch is biscuit rice!"

"Just do it, are we qualified to do it?" Shimura Shinpachi sighed.

At the same time he felt confused.

Didn't those three people say they were poor? How could they have extra money to send visiting gifts?

Sakata Gintoki said: "It's better to have something to eat than nothing to eat."

Kagura suddenly remembered, "Since they're visiting the shop next door, does that mean that besides us, there's also Granny Touse and the other porcelain shop next to the detective agency?"

The three of them looked at each other and acted at the same time!

Kagura jumped off the railing and stood in front of the door of Granny Touse's tavern. She saw the back of the woman walking towards the porcelain shop. She displayed her fighting skills, took a detour from the back of the shop, raising dust all the way, and ran to the front of the porcelain shop in a flash. She didn't have time to catch her breath before she confronted the black-haired woman who came to the door.

"Do you want to buy something?" Kagura looked at the visitor like a shop owner.

Hiding by the wall and watching, Sakata Gintoki and Shimura Shinpachi clenched their fists: Good job, Kagura!

"I'm here to visit." Everything was going according to the plan set by Dazai. Hayana Kotogi handed the box in her hand to Kagura, "I'm Hayana Kotogi, the owner of the new detective agency next door. I hope you can give me your guidance in the future."

Such calm and gentle words.

I feel like she shouldn't be such a gentle person.

Taking the box, Kagura stared blankly at the beautiful woman with delicate eyes and eyebrows who was bending down to look at her at eye level.

Looking at the box in her hand, she raised her eyes, and her beautiful blue eyes looked at her, and she said seriously: "I have a familiar and intimate feeling about you."

"What a coincidence, I have one too." Hayana Kotori smiled at her: "Maybe we really know each other in another world."

"You're not the owner of this store, are you?"

Kagura's expression tightened.

Kotori Hayato said calmly, "I visited this shop this morning. This is for you."

“As a gift for making friends.”

Kagura returned to the Yorozuya with a calm expression, and opened the box under the watchful eyes of Sakata Gintoki and Shimura Shinpachi. Inside was neatly arranged Wagyu beef with beautiful grain.

"Has it been sent out?"

When Hayana Kotori returned home, she heard Dazai Osamu ask this.

"Yeah." She was in a good mood. "I didn't expect the shop next door is my high school teacher's shop. I finally feel a sense of familiarity in this world."

Even though they didn't know her.

There was a knock on the door. Hayato Takanashi opened the door and saw Shinpachi Shimura standing outside.

"Gin asked me to invite you to eat Wagyu hot pot." Shimura Shinpachi said, "Consider it as a return gift."

On the way, he whispered to Hayana Kotori: "Don't you have no money? Why did you send such high-end ingredients?"

Hayana Kotori looked back at her strangely: "Who told you we have no money?"

"As for money, as long as Dazai goes to the casino, we will be rich."

Shimura Shinpachi: “…”

He has been struggling on the poverty line for many years. A Yin, who thinks that he will lose everything except his underwear after going to the casino, is attacked.

"Please take Gin with you if you have time." He asked sincerely and opened the shoji door of the Yorozuya.

Inside the door, the tempting aroma emanated from the steaming beef hotpot.

Meeting the eyes of Sakata Gintoki and Kagura who were sitting at the table, Hayana Takanashi, Dazai Osamu and Nakahara Chuuya walked in.

An hour later they came out covered in dust.

"This is not a meal at all, it's a battlefield," concluded Chuuya Nakahara.

How could a meal turn into a war? This was the first time he had seen this.

Wiping the sauce off his face, Dazai Osamu regained his composure and said, "No one has gained any advantage."

The little girl named Kagura sneezed into the pot of Wagyu hotpot and ended up eating it all.

Kotori Hayato glanced back and said, "It was a mistake for us to have dinner with them. We didn't expect them to be so insidious at the dinner table."

Inside the Yorozuya, Sakata Gintoki and Shimura Shinpachi were lying on the ground with dejected faces, their stomachs rumbling loudly, while the only winner, Kagura, had a bloated stomach and burped.