Moreover, staying up late at night made this situation even more dangerous.
Just when Arato Hisako was halfway through her preparation process, Hayashi, who had been chatting with the other three girls, suddenly became serious and turned to look toward the kitchen wall.
There was clearly just a wall there - no windows, no doors - but Hayashi's gaze was fixed intently on it, his brow furrowing tighter and tighter.
Hayashi's abnormal behavior naturally made Tohru, Takanashi Touka, and Nakiri Erina feel puzzled as they looked in the same direction with confusion.
Hayashi never acted without reason - if he was suddenly like this, there must be a cause.
For a moment, as humans, Takanashi Touka and Nakiri Erina couldn't help but have scary thoughts pop into their minds, their bodies involuntarily beginning to tremble.
Takanashi Touka stammered:
"Ha-Hayashi-kun, what's wrong? Is there something there?"
Nakiri Erina was directly scared into screaming by this sentence:
"Touka, stop talking! I'm scared - there aren't really ghosts, are there?!"
Nakiri Erina saying this made things worse.
With her words, she directly scared Takanashi Touka, who was already terrified, nearly jumping up and hugging Nakiri Erina.
Then the two girls hugged each other and started wailing loudly.
Only Tohru looked confused and puzzled:
"What ghosts? There are no ghosts in this world."
Tohru said dismissively, while finding the two girls' fearful appearance quite amusing.
Having been in the human world for so long, she naturally knew what ghosts represented.
But that was just something used to scare people - something that didn't exist. She wouldn't pay any attention to it.
Moreover, if there really were ghosts, she could just breathe dragon fire and burn them to nothing.
Besides, she was a powerful dragon. Nothing could escape her perception - she believed her dragon eyes could see everything.
She carefully looked toward that wall direction but found nothing there at all.
Yet Hayashi's expression was so serious, and Tohru even saw shock and disbelief in his eyes.
For a moment, Tohru's originally completely unconcerned heart became panicked.
Her voice trembling, she asked quietly:
"Hayashi-kun, don't scare me. There really are no ghosts in this world, right?"
This made things even worse, directly scaring the two already terrified girls stiff on the spot. They didn't dare move and tears streamed down their faces.
Arato Hisako, who had been in an extremely focused state, was also completely awakened by them.
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She looked at the three with shock and confusion, then looked at Hayashi, puzzled:
"Hayashi-kun, what happened?"
Arato Hisako walked curiously to Hayashi's side and looked up following his gaze, but saw nothing.
But just then, Hayashi spoke:
"Sir, barging into someone else's restaurant in the middle of the night is very impolite."
"Moreover, it's illegal."
The moment Hayashi's words fell.
Arato Hisako, who had been somewhat confused and completely unaware of the situation, felt her hair stand on end. Like a startled kitten, she jumped back several steps.
Her hands gripped Hayashi's arm like giant pincers, her teeth chattering as she said in terror:
"Hayashi-kun, who are you talking to?"
"Ah~! Help, help!"
Tohru, Takanashi Touka, and Nakiri Erina completely collapsed at this moment, screaming in fear, reaching the ultimate state of terror.
Seeing Hayashi actually talking to thin air, the four girls had no choice but to believe that there really were ghosts in this world.
Even Tohru was filled with fear - after all, anyone would fear the unknown, especially things that couldn't be seen or touched.
Moreover, Tohru was fundamentally a girl.
Even though she had previously been confident in her powerful abilities.
At this moment, a young girl's natural fear of the unknown was fully revealed.
But she still bravely stood in front of Takanashi Touka and Nakiri Erina, though she herself was also trembling continuously.
Seeing the girls' frightened appearance, Hayashi waved his hand and smiled:
"Don't be afraid, it's fine. It's just an uninvited guest who barged into someone else's house. He's a good person."
Hearing this, the four girls' hearts calmed slightly, but they were still inevitably fearful.
However, they were already curiously looking in Hayashi's direction, very puzzled about what exactly Hayashi had seen.
At this time, Hayashi, who was 1.8 meters tall, had to look up at the silver-haired man who was about 2.2-2.3 meters tall.
That man looked very young, probably in his twenties.
His skin was snow-white, even smoother and more tender than a girl's skin.
However, his muscular body, including his eight-pack abs, was exceptionally prominent.
He wore a completely red trench coat, had sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes with a sharp gaze, and two swords were strapped to his back, like two crescents overlapping, with an intimidating presence.
However, he was currently in an invisible state that others couldn't see.
But Hayashi could see him crystal clear.
This person was precisely Archer, the heroic spirit summoned by Tohsaka Rin in the Holy Grail War - also known as the future Emiya Shirou.
Just a few minutes ago, when Arato Hisako was preparing the basic cooking procedures.
Suddenly, Hayashi felt a hidden but extremely powerful force approaching, as if it had appeared out of nowhere.
Even Hayashi's ability to detect it only occurred when the other party had already walked near the restaurant.
If the other party hadn't been completely free of malicious intent, Hayashi would have already erupted with all his power and attacked directly in that instant.
After all, several girls were behind him - he had to prevent danger from occurring.
When that power penetrated through the wall direction and walked in, the moment he saw that person's figure clearly, how could Hayashi not be shocked and surprised?
What kind of international joke was this? Characters from the Holy Grail War anime could also integrate into this world?
And looking at Emiya Shirou's state, he was clearly summoned.
This meant the Holy Grail War had already begun, and this war was taking place in this very city.
Hayashi was secretly shocked.
At the same time, this also meant that once the Holy Grail War began.
The battles between these mages and heroic spirits wouldn't consider ordinary people's lives at all.
Hayashi wouldn't forget why young Emiya Shirou was rescued by his adoptive father in the Holy Grail War plot, and why he encountered that fire.
It was because of that Holy Grail War - everyone fought without any regard, no different from madmen, directly involving the entire city in a sea of fire.
The consequences were extremely severe, with countless deaths and injuries.