Chapter 330: This Country is Doomed Sooner or Later!
Culinary Sage Returns with a Bang! Bringing an Incredible Dish—"Golden Open-Mouth Laugh"!
A Laughing Bun, Have You Ever Seen One?
The Golden Legend of the Bun World—"Golden Open-Mouth Laugh"!
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That very night, buzz about the "Golden Open-Mouth Laugh" swept across the internet like a whirlwind. Related topics quickly climbed the trending lists of major platforms, exploding within the foodie community!
No! It should be said it broke out of its niche!
Idol stars saw it and were envious to death: "The Culinary Sage is back in Tokyo? It's too easy for him to get on the trending list! He's practically a super food celebrity!"
People living in Tokyo or nearby were tempted: "A laughing bun? How interesting! Price... 1500 yen for one? A bit pricey, but acceptable!"
Those who were already Ryohei's loyal diners and fans, but hadn't known about his return, were incredibly excited. They all declared that starting tomorrow, they would rejoin the "Reservation Battle"!
The internet was surging with activity, lively as hell, but for Ryohei, it didn't have much impact.
His restaurant operated on a reservation-only basis, serving a fixed number of guests daily, so it didn't affect him in the slightest.
And so, a few days passed, and it was Saturday.
That morning, Ryohei, who was playing video games at the villa in Meguro Ward, suddenly received a call from Yusa. He casually pressed the answer button and put it to his ear, saying lazily:
"Moshi moshi—!"
"Ryohei-kun, is my little sister over there with you guys?"
Yusa's slightly worried voice came through the phone.
"No, what's wrong?"
Ryohei sensed that her tone was different from usual and asked with concern.
"Koji-kun and I were shopping in Akihabara earlier. I looked away for a moment, and Koji-kun disappeared."
"I've already looked around the area, but I couldn't find her. I thought maybe she went to your place..."
Yusa explained in a low voice.
As Ryohei listened, the situation felt inexplicably familiar, and he quickly realized why.
There was a scene like this in the original work—
Yusa and Koji were shopping in Akihabara, and Koji was targeted and abducted by that perverted policewoman, Mei Tachibana—this was probably what happened.
Ryohei immediately reassured her: "Koji-kun isn't here, but I think I know where she is. Wait a moment."
"Okay."
Yusa's slightly surprised voice came through the phone.
Ryohei hung up and opened his contacts—he made a call to Jashin-chan to ask for Mei Tachibana's home address.
"Why are you asking for that pervert's address?"
Jashin-chan, who was playing pachinko at "Life Theater," asked very puzzledly.
Ryohei joked, "I plan to find a time to package you up and send you over."
"Are you fucking sick!? @#￥%&*..."
Jashin-chan instantly exploded, cursing and spewing colorful language on the other end of the phone.
The moment she started cursing, Ryohei moved the phone away from his ear. After she finished, he put the phone back and said, "Send me her address on LINE."
Without waiting for Jashin-chan's reply, he hung up directly.
"Was Koji-kun abducted by Miss Mei?"
Persephone II, who was sitting on the sofa playing games with him, asked curiously.
"Hmm... not sure yet. But disappearing in Akihabara, looking for that weirdo policewoman is definitely the right move."
Ryohei put down the game controller and stood up. "I'm going out for a bit."
"Okay."
Persephone II responded obediently, watching Ryohei leave.
She skillfully saved the current game progress and switched to a single-player game.
Ryohei put on his shoes, left the villa, and first called Yusa to ask for her location.
After picking her up, he followed the GPS and drove to the address provided by Jashin-chan.
"My sister is here?"
After the car stopped, Yusa unbuckled her seatbelt, got out, glanced at the two-story apartment in front of her, and turned to look at Ryohei.
"Ten to one she is."
Ryohei closed the car door, locked it casually, and beckoned, "Let's go, let's go up and take a look."
"Okay."
"..."
Mei Tachibana's rented apartment was on the innermost side of the second floor. Ryohei led Yusa there.
She first checked the nameplate next to the door to confirm they had the right place, then pressed the doorbell.
"Who is it?"
A cheerful female voice came from the intercom.
"Community warmth delivery," Ryohei spouted nonsense.
Officer Tachibana had zero anti-fraud awareness and responded cheerfully, "Coming."
Then—
A burst of light footsteps approached from far to near.
Click—!
The apartment door opened from the inside. A cute policewoman wearing a dark blue police uniform skirt suit and a police cap, with a curvaceous figure, appeared inside the door.
She looked at Ryohei and Yusa, blinking her beautiful golden eyes, and instinctively tried to close the door.
But at that moment, Yusa's slender white hand pressed against the door panel.
Crack—!
Bone-chilling cold air emerged!
With a faint crisp sound, the entire door was instantly covered and frozen by a layer of crystal-clear ice!
"Ah... it froze!"
Mei Tachibana behind the door looked at her hand frozen to the door and couldn't help but scream.
"My sister... is in there, right?"
Just based on the other party's instinctive action to close the door, Ryohei understood that Koji was almost certainly abducted by her. Yusa obviously realized this too and glared at Mei Tachibana with an unkind expression.
"...Hai!"
Mei Tachibana looked at her hand frozen on the door and said honestly, "Because your sister looked so cute, I couldn't resist abducting her..."
Hearing this reason, Yusa's anger instantly dissipated by half, but she still said somewhat displeasedly, "Don't just go abducting other people's sisters casually. Do you know how worried I was just now?"
"Hai—! Sumimasen!" Mei Tachibana bowed her head in apology, acting incredibly obedient.
Ryohei put one hand on his hip, looking at the now-obedient Officer Tachibana, and couldn't help but retort, "By the way, I'm a little curious how you became a police officer?"
This person was less of a police officer and more like a kidnapper.
Mei Tachibana turned her gaze to Ryohei, placed her free hand on her chest, and said proudly, "Of course, I relied on hard power!"
She said it with such righteousness and peace of mind!
"..." Ryohei was speechless for a moment, looked up at the sky, and sighed, "Then this country is doomed sooner or later!"
"You're so rude!"
"You have no right to talk!"
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