The large restaurant on the first floor of Panxing Palace is filled with the aroma of hot pot.

Nanako and Mimiko's faces were full of anticipation.

They stared at the bubbling pot, but none of the adults around them moved.

In the inexplicably tense atmosphere, the greedy children could only swallow their saliva continuously, praying in their hearts that an adult would come soon to put the ingredients into the pot. However, the adults they were expecting just stared at the table and no one moved.

After a while, Ye Mo Zheng Dao broke the silence and said, "Aren't you going to cook it yet?"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone grabbed the trays at hand and couldn't wait to pour the fresh ingredients into the pot.

Ye Moth Zhengdao: "..."

Is he that scary?

Wasn't it just beating up the three problem children, Al Gojo and Geto, one by one?

Al, who was almost starving to death, urged: "Hurry, hurry, mutton rolls, mutton rolls, mutton rolls!"

His mutton roll tastes smooth, fatty but not greasy!

Slurp!

Xia Yujie couldn't resist his urging and poured the whole plate of mutton rolls in. It was exactly dinner time now, and not only the kids, but the adults were also very hungry.

Tenuchi Riko stamped her feet anxiously: "Where's the tofu egg that Riko and I bought? The super soft one, put it in quickly!"

Kuroi Misato quickly said, "I'm coming, don't worry, Miss."

Yagi Riku asked expectantly, "Sada-sama, can we put the mushrooms in now?"

Manami Suda waved her hand and said, "You can put whatever you want in there. You can eat it when it's cooked!"

I'm so hungry, who cares about the order in which the food is put into the pot?

Gojo Satoru was calm, and even said with a hint of disdain, "Are you that hungry? I'm not hungry at all right now."

Al rolled his eyes and said, "It's because you ate my octopus sausage!"

"Huh? What's wrong with eating a few of your sausages?"

"Wow, Go-chan, is it a question of how many you ate? You ate them all, not a single one was left!"

Today's protagonist, Naoko Ieiri, complained: "You guys are quarreling over a bag of sausages at the dinner table. You really haven't made any progress at all."

Xia Yujie echoed, "They didn't just quarrel over stealing sausages, they also quarreled over whether the sausages should be called octopus sausages or small red sausages."

Ieiri Naoko was stunned for a moment, then thought: "Seriously, isn't it called Vienna sausage?"

Xia Yujie: “…”

They all focus on people.

To him, sausage is just sausage. At most, it can be classified into chicken, beef, or seafood flavors. As for what the sausage is called...it doesn't matter what it is called, right?

He first picked up some boiled lamb rolls for Al, and added some vegetables and meat to Nanako and Mimiko. He then said to the person across from him, "Sister Riko, pick up some meat for Riko. She's small and her arms are too short to reach it."

“Ohhhh.”

Tenuchi Riko quickly took a plate and put a lot of food on it for Rika Kimoto. Since she had no experience in taking care of others, she looked a little clumsy and almost knocked over the juice in front of her.

Higa Makoto promptly helped her take the food away: "That's enough, Riko-chan, if you eat any more it will get cold."

As he said this, he poured juice for Tenuchi Riko and Kimoto Rika.

"Although Coke is more suitable for hot pot, carbonated drinks are not good for teeth. You are still young, so just drink juice."

Qi Ben Li Xiang said obediently: "Yeah, the juice is delicious too."

Tenuchi Riko asked curiously, "Makoto Makoto, what's in your cup? The color is different from ours."

Although she smokes, drinks, and has tattoos, she is always mistaken for an underage girl. Makoto Higa said softly, "It's the alcohol."

Tenten Riko & Norimoto Rika: "!!!"

Ieiri Naoko's eyes lit up, "Wine? Who's drinking?"

Higa Makoto raised her hand, and Ieiri Naoko quickly said, "I want some too. Is it beer? Give me some."

An Geji also said: "I want to drink too!"

Yemo Zhengdao's deathly gaze immediately swept over, and Ieiri Naoko and Iori Utahime froze. Ieiri Naoko flattered, "Teacher, today is my birthday, let's drink beer! Today!"

“…”

All right.

Seeing that Ieiri Shoko hadn't relaxed for a long time, Yega Masamichi thought for a while and nodded reluctantly. Ieiri Shoko and Iori Utahime immediately cheered: "Yeah!"

Manami Suda was interested and said, "Then add me in as well."

Lalu, also an adult, happily joined in the conversation: "White wine, anyone?"

"I, I, I." Kuroi Misato said positively: "I can drink!"

Suddenly, more people wanted to drink, so Suda Manami asked, "Master Geta, Master Gojo, Master Al, do you want to drink?"

Al shook his head.

He had already reached adulthood, but he had never liked the taste of alcohol, so he rarely drank it.

Gojo Satoru said readily, "Okay."

Xia Yujie was a little hesitant, "But Wu, we are not adults yet."

Gojo Satoru laughed and said mockingly, "Jie, you are now the leader of a cult. Is it reasonable for a cult leader to be afraid of drinking when he is underage? "

Xia Yujie: “…”

That made so much sense that he trembled shamefully.

So they made a major seat adjustment, with those who were drinking sitting together to drink, and those who were not drinking sitting together to drink.

In a blink of an eye, only three children, Amanouchi Riko, Yagi Riku and Haibara Yu were left around Al.

——Yes, Nanami went drinking too.

Because Yega Masamichi's expression was not very good, the "drinking group" over there was lining up to toast Yega Masamichi in a very flattering manner.

Al: “…”

Wow, is this the social animal who is good at judging the situation?

Mimiko pulled Al's clothes and asked curiously, "Master Al, is the wine delicious?"

Al shook his head. "It doesn't taste good. It's worse than Yakult. I guess Wu-chan will come back to our table soon."

"That's right." Tenuchi Riko said with a snicker, "How can a sweet guy like him drink alcohol? The alcohol is really terrible."

Nanako exclaimed, "Has Sister Riko drunk it too?"

"I've tried Black Well before, but it's so spicy that I'll never drink it again after trying it once."

Al threw more meat into the pot and whispered, "Riko, go steal the meat they don't want to eat and let the drunkards drink. Peanuts will be enough as snacks."

“Hahahahahahaha, okay!”

Riko Tenuchi happily went to steal ingredients from the "drinking group".

Al inhaled the aroma of the hot pot intoxicatedly, and took time out of his busy schedule to chat with Huihara Yuxian: "Huihara, how is school going recently?"

"Everything is fine at school." Huiyuan Yu was as energetic as ever. "I just hope that the seniors will not send Shirai here again. We can't beat her, and we can only stare at her for an hour every day. It's really tiring! When Nanami bought a lot of eye drops at the supermarket last week when the six-fold points were on sale?"

"well?"

Al knew that Geto Summer Oil had been sending cursed spirits to train Nanami and Haibara's ability to fight off enemies, but he didn't expect that they were able to deal with the cursed spirits by just glaring.

"But Haibara, that Shirai has been almost weakened to a quasi-level one by J-chan."

"Quasi-first-class, wow, it's really amazing!"

Al: “…”

His two masters were so powerful that he had already made it a normal routine to exorcise first-level cursed spirits at will.

Al crossed half of the table, patted Huihara Yu's shoulder vigorously, and said earnestly: "The road to becoming stronger is long and difficult. You should continue to compete with Shirai, otherwise Wu-chan and Jie-chan will be worried."

Huiyuan Xiong: "..."

He seemed to understand Al's hidden line, "You guys are suckers."

Before he could express his embarrassment, the blond-haired, blue-eyed hero said seriously, "By the way, the lady boss of Xianwang Township asked us to say hello to you."

Huiyuan Xiong immediately forgot the embarrassment just now, and he asked happily: "Has Senior Al been back to Xianwang Township?"

"Yes, I went there because there was a case involving evil spirits. Xianwang Township is much cleaner now."

Qi Ben Lixiang said: "Master Al, the meat is ready!"

“Hmmmm!”

Al used his tenacious willpower to share the mutton roll with the children before swallowing his own. While eating, he took out his cell phone from his pocket and showed the photos to Huiyuan Xiong. Huiyuan Xiong was surprised and said, "Wow, the sign has been changed. It's so cute!"

At this moment, the backpack that Huihara Yu had placed on a chair moved. Something tried to escape from the backpack. Nanako noticed this and was startled at first, then nervously reminded: "Master Al, the bag is moving!"

"Um?"

Al followed her gaze.

"Eh? Huiyuan, that's your bag, right?"

Huihara Yu slapped his head and said, "Ahhhhhhhh! I almost forgot about it!"

He quickly opened his backpack, and a black and white panda in shorts crawled out of it. Huiyuan Xiong apologized, "I'm sorry, I almost forgot about you!"

Inorimoto exclaimed, "Giant panda!"

It's on TV, the giant panda!

Al's eyes lit up: "Wow, giant panda, put it in quickly, put it in quickly, let's eat giant panda meat!"

Panda: “…”

Huiyuan Xiong: "..."

Huiyuan Xiong was shocked and said: "Eh? Eh? Senior Al, don't you recognize it? No, you should recognize it..."

Panda said faintly, "Stupid Al, I am covered in cotton and boiled cotton doesn't taste good."

Al lamented, "That's such a pity. There's no giant panda meat. Oh, how could this happen!"

Panda: "...It's great that I don't have any panda meat."

Others stared with wide eyes at this adorable little fellow, a talking panda?!

Tenuchi Riko came back with a variety of plates and was startled: "Huh? What is this!"

Huiyuan Xiong introduced: "This child is called Panda, he is the child of Mr. Ye Moth, and he is a super powerful Cursed Corpse!"

Panda waved his black paws and greeted everyone in a soft voice: "Hello everyone, I am Panda."

Most of the people present didn't know what the Curse Corpse was. They were just shocked and said, "The giant panda is really talking!"

Panda was used to people being surprised by his presence when they met him for the first time. He scratched his head and said calmly, "Can I have hot pot now?"

Al asked, "Are you ready to eat hot pot now?"

Panda said: "Of course!"

The growth rate of Cursed Skeleton Panda is very amazing. It was still such a small ball in the spring, but it has become so big in the winter. Not only can it talk, but it can also eat hot pot.

Huiyuan Xiong said proudly: "It is worthy of being Mr. Ye Moth's masterpiece!"

Al tutted and whispered, "Another mouth... Panda, don't you drink?"

Panda said seriously: "Please don't try to push a giant panda baby who is less than one year old into the drinking group."

Then, everyone watched in amazement as the panda picked up the chopsticks by itself and happily took a piece of mushroom out of the hot pot to eat.

"!!!"

Is it really okay? Can I really swallow it? Will it really not damage the cotton inside my body?

Al gave him a fish cake expressionlessly and said, "If I had known you were coming, I should have bought some bamboo shoots."

Panda said softly: "Finally you said something sensible, Al."

At this time, the "drinking group" next to them finally noticed Panda's existence. Manami Suda screamed and said in surprise: "Is this - the puppeteer's cursed corpse?"

There are neither too many nor too few puppeteers in the world of sorcery, but the best among them is Masamichi Yaga from the Tokyo High School of Sorcery, so she understood the situation at a glance.

Panda nodded and said politely, "Hello. Sorry to bother you, I'm here to have a free meal."

"!!!" Suda Manami was shocked: "How can it - how can it talk to me?!"

Ye Mo Zheng Dao coughed lightly and said modestly: "Let me introduce you. This child is my greatest masterpiece, a mutant cursed skeleton that can move autonomously."

Bang!

With a loud bang, Gojo Satoru fell straight back, and both Kagome Ken and Ieiri Nozomi were stunned.

“Satoru?!”

"Five?!"

Al was also shocked: "Wu-chan?!"

They rushed forward to check and found that Gojo Satoru was breathing evenly and was actually just sleeping.

Al: “…”

Xia Yujie: “…”

Ieiri Naoko: “…”

They stared at each other in bewilderment for a while before Xia Yujie asked uncertainly, "He—isn't he drunk?"

Although it's hard to believe, it seems to be true.

Ieiri Naoko even felt a little sympathetic: "I swear he only took a small sip. With this amount of alcohol, he will basically say goodbye to alcohol for the rest of his life."

Al said: "Well... it's good that you didn't go crazy and shoot cursed beam cannons everywhere."

Xia Youjie & Jiaru Glass: "..."

Al is right.

Because of Gojo Satoru's sudden disconnection and Panda's sudden appearance, the restaurant was in chaos for a while. In the end, Geto Suguru sent Gojo Satoru back to the room. When he came back, everyone turned off the lights, lit the candles on the cake, and sang a birthday song for the birthday girl, Nozomi Iru.

"Happy birthday to you~Happy birthday to you~Happy birthday to you~Happy birthday to you!"

Naoko Ieiri wore a paper crown, made a birthday wish, and blew out the candles.

"Yeah!" Everyone applauded and shouted, "Cut the cake! Cut the cake! Cut-the-cake-!"

The three children jumped on the ground in anticipation. Ieiri Shoko, who was in charge of cutting the cake, distributed the six flowers on the cake to Al, Tenuchi Riko, Nanako, Mimiko, Rika Inori and herself.

An hour later, Ieiri Shoko's birthday party finally ended. The drunkards who were still not satisfied went to the small bar in the Bandei Palace to drink, while some who were tired went straight back to their rooms to sleep. Lalu invited Nanami Kento and Haibara Yu to play billiard in the entertainment room, while Ieiri Shoko went outside to play in the snow with Utahime Iori.

Yega Masamichi, Xia Yujie and Al sat in front of the fireplace in the living room on the third floor.

Al ate fried chicken in silence.

Ye Moth Zhengdao looked at him for a while and said in surprise: "You are still the same as before. The Panxing Cult is really good just to be able to support you."

Al Qianxu said: "No, no, they still have a lot of room for improvement."

If you ask him how many points he would give to the farmers, he would definitely give them 99 points. The one point difference is to encourage the farmers to keep up the good work.

Ye Moth Zhengdao: "..."

After roasting the fire for a long time, Ye Ying Zheng Dao finally sighed and said, "Your Panxing Palace is well organized."

When the students had just defected, he was so anxious that he couldn't sleep for several days and nights. Later, he and the senior leaders watched them grow bigger and bigger. They were even on TV a while ago, and several famous stars came out to speak for them. Even Si Mentong praised the handsome masters of the Panxing Sect in his live broadcast room. By now, the Panxing Sect is already very famous in the ordinary people's society.

Xia Yujie smiled and asked, "Teacher, don't you consider switching jobs to my place? My salary is much higher than that of teachers."

"Humph, I will be the principal by the end of next year, so I won't change jobs at this time."

Being the principal is something he has been dreaming of for many years, and no matter how much salary Panxing Palace offers, they can't poach him.

However……

"But there is one thing I would like to ask of you."

"What?"

"Panda, it's too special and it's easy to be coveted. The higher-ups will assign some new teachers next semester, all of whom are their people. Panda's existence can no longer be kept secret. After much thought, I think it's better for Panda to stay with you."

“…”

Xia Yujie said quietly, "Teacher, do you know what our nickname is here?"

Ye Moth Zheng Dao looked at him in confusion.

Al announced the answer: "Disk Nursery."

…

It was a sunny day on the interview day.

The interview was held on a leisurely afternoon. Yamazaki Tai wore a three-piece suit and a warm coat on the outside, and then nervously stepped into Pansei Palace.

He deliberately took off the glasses used by the auxiliary supervisors, so he could not see the cursed spirits around the Panxing Palace. However, he noticed that there were suspended brooms and shovels on both sides, which were automatically helping to shovel the snow.

Yamazaki retreated: "..."

Is this a cursed spirit? Is this a cursed spirit? This is definitely a cursed spirit! Is it really okay to release a cursed spirit to shovel snow in broad daylight?

Yamazaki walked up the stairs tremblingly and entered the Pansei Palace. He saw that there were suspended brooms, mops and trash cans everywhere inside. He stood there for a while in a daze and decided to find the meeting room for the interview by himself.

The poor undercover agent accidentally passed by the Panxing Shop. He saw a pair of twins watching the shop and were seriously discussing who was the mascot of Panxing Palace, "Al-sama" or "Panda". In the end, the little Loli with lighter hair came to the conclusion: "There is a reason why Al-sama and Panda have a subtle relationship. The positioning of the mascots is completely overlapping!"

“…”

Isn't the mascot of the Pansei Palace the boy in black and gold hunting clothes who spits fire? I think his name is Al? How can he actually collide with a giant panda?

Yamazaki stepped forward and asked, "Little sisters, can I ask you something?"

Nanako and Mimiko looked up at him at the same time, and Yamazaki gave a very friendly smile: "Where is the meeting room for the interview?"

The kind twin sisters personally took him to the door of the conference room at the other end. Yamazaki stepped back to thank them, then carefully opened the door and saw that everyone except himself had already arrived.

A girl with long hair, a handsome boy with white hair, and a man with an ordinary appearance who is comparable to herself.

Yamazaki Tai greeted them, sat down on a chair in the conference room, and was the first to break the silence: "I'm Yamazaki Tai. I heard that there are a total of three people participating in the interview this time, but here... is there one more person? Hahaha, I don't mean any harm, I'm just asking, just asking!"

The white-haired boy said, "Ah, if you are asking who is the extra person, then the extra person must be me."

The boy was tall and thin, with an unhealthy pale complexion, and a sickly weak look. "How could someone like me be invited for an interview by such a promising church? I can only follow Zui Mu to join in the fun."

The girl next to him lowered her head timidly, seeming a little afraid of the boy next to her, but because of her personality, she couldn't refuse the request of others to go with her. She nervously tickled her fingers, with bandages all over her body.

Are you injured?

Aware of Yamazaki's gaze, the girl said, "I... I'm Mikan Shinoki, and I'm here for an interview for a health worker position."

The health worker is no longer his competitor.

Yamazaki Tai turned his gaze towards the man in the corner, "Eh? What's wrong with your forehead?"

"This?" The man smiled politely. "I had surgery because I was seriously ill before, but I'm almost fully recovered now."

Indeed, the stitches on the forehead account for about one-third of the area. If all goes well, it will heal in a few months.

Yamazaki retreated and asked, "What position did you apply for?"

Could she be a housekeeper? If she is, then she is his biggest enemy this time!

Sato Nauka said calmly: "He is the deputy of the founder."

The others were all stunned, and they all exclaimed, "How amazing."

“Amazing!”

“That’s amazing.”

Sato Nauka seemed to see through Yamazaki Tai's thoughts and said in a friendly manner: "Everyone has applied for different positions. If I'm not mistaken, there is hope that we can be admitted together."

Mikan Shinoki heaved a sigh of relief.

"That's great! If I fail the interview, she will be very disappointed in me..."

Her mission is to infiltrate the Panxing Cult, gain the trust of the upper echelons of the Cult within one to two years, find the right opportunity to guide them to become followers of the Despair Cult, and then turn the entire Panxing Cult into followers of the Despair Cult leader.

As long as she completes this mission, her lover, her god, that beautiful and gentle adult, will surely love her even more...

The white-haired boy quietly leaned over to her ear and asked softly, "Who will be disappointed?"

"Ah!" Zui Mu Mikan was startled and quickly denied, "Nothing, nothing!"

Yamazaki Tai and Sato Nauka calmly withdrew their gazes, pretending that they did not notice the subtle atmosphere between the two people.

Five minutes later, a blond-haired, blue-eyed boy pushed the door open.

"Hello everyone, I am the new head of the Personnel Department of the Panxing Sect, and today's interviewer - Al."

He had cute blond hair and beautiful green eyes. There was no special expression on his face and his tone was listless, but he was strangely not offensive.

Huh? Al?

etc!

Yamazaki raised his hand and asked tentatively, "Are you the Al with light green hair on TV?"

"Yes." Al said calmly, "I just changed my hairstyle."

Yamazaki retreated: "..."

No, it's not about the hairstyle! The godlike temperament is gone! Now he is just a listless otaku! Is the hair really that important? !

"Well, it's a bit troublesome to explain in detail, so I'll skip the above and below. Now, does anyone here have any desserts that I can bribe me with?"

Yamazaki retreated: "..."

Sato Nauka: “…”

Zui Mu Mikan: “…”

The white-haired boy raised his hand: "I have chocolate here."

He took out a new chocolate from his pocket and handed it to Al, who took the chocolate, opened it and took a bite on the spot.

Milk chocolate, so sweet, lots of calories.

Al's eyes lit up: "What's your name?"

"Komaeda Nagito."

“Okay, you’re accepted.”

Yamazaki quit: "!!!!!!!!!"

Accepted a bribe! The interviewer accepted the bribe openly in front of all the interviewees!!!

He stood up suddenly. "Is it too late for me to buy it now?"

"It's too late." Al said calmly: "Bribing the examiner also requires timing. Now is not the best time to accept gifts, and it is very likely to be recorded and reported, so I politely refuse all bribes - after all, I am not a greedy devil."

He was very good at talking to himself. Nagito Komaeda, who was inexplicably accepted, was embarrassed and said, "But, Mr. Interviewer, I don't have any special skills at all. Can a lazy waste like me join the Bankei Cult?"

"Of course you can." Al said readily, "Then you can join the Idle and Waste Department. By the way, you are the only one in this department."

Yamazaki retreated: "..."

Are you trying to stir up trouble? Are you trying to stir up trouble?! Wait, that boy named Nagito Komaeda, don't look so relieved! Don't join the "Idle and Waste Club" with a clear conscience!

Al said: "Okay, then let's get straight to the point for the rest of the interviewees. The content of this interview is - Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding! "Owee2" random mode challenge! Those who earn 100 million are the real strong ones! Work is only for the strong!!!"

Sato Nauka: “…”

Who sent this idiot here to be the interviewer?