Seeing the address Kamishiro Rize had sent him right on time.
Hayashi searched for the location.
He found it was quite a luxurious single-family house.
Not only did it have a front yard and courtyard, but the entrance also had a large parking area and gateway.
This house.
Would cost 70 to 100 million yen, roughly around 5 million yuan.
"Wealthy indeed."
Hayashi looked at the additional gold coin that had appeared in his system.
Today's automatic income: 300,000 yen.
Mm, a promising future!
Hayashi replied to Rize: "Coming."
After confirming the location, he used teleportation magic.
His entire body instantly teleported into the room.
He appeared right in the living room.
Kamishiro Rize was currently in the kitchen, preparing the cooking utensils and ingredients Hayashi would need.
"Hmm hmm hmm~~~"
She was humming while wiping expensive kitchen knives with a towel. These were all prepared for Hayashi, even if he would only come occasionally in the future.
When her phone buzzed with a message.
She had just picked up her phone to look when she heard movement in the living room.
"Hayashi-kun?"
Kamishiro Rize, still holding the knife and forgetting to put it back, walked out from the kitchen to look.
"It's me, uh..."
Hayashi saw the knife in Kamishiro Rize's hand and almost froze.
What did this mean?
Was she going to stab him?
Was he about to follow in Makoto's footsteps?
"Ah~!"
Seeing Hayashi's expression, Kamishiro Rize looked down at the knife in her hand and immediately threw it back into the kitchen.
"It's not what you think! I was just cleaning the kitchen utensils. They had some dust from being stored..."
"It's fine." Hayashi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He went to pick up the thrown knife and looked at it, saying: "My body is tough enough that knife damage wouldn't be enough. Don't worry about that."
Kamishiro Rize patted her chest and sighed in relief.
"Good thing you didn't misunderstand."
If this scene happened when an ordinary human was dating a ghoul.
No matter how much they loved each other.
The human side would surely have bad thoughts.
What did that knife mean?
Was he about to become people fragments?
Only Hayashi could understand clearly and feel at ease, without a single worry.
Transcendent!!!
But Hayashi didn't really care what Kamishiro Rize was thinking.
As a chef.
He first rescued the kitchen knife.
What he cared about most was also the knife.
"Are you okay?"
Hayashi held the knife, gently stroking the blade to check for any nicks or damage.
"Huh~? I'm not..."
Kamishiro Rize thought he was asking about her.
But halfway through saying she was fine, she saw Hayashi caring about a knife.
"..."
Kamishiro Rize was torn between laughter and tears, her expression showing intriguing confusion for the first time.
Should she be glad Hayashi didn't mind?
Or should she be troubled that Hayashi was caring about a knife?
At this moment, Hayashi had already sighed in relief.
"Phew~, good thing. This knife is quite good. A little fall didn't damage it at all."
Hayashi picked up the knife and lightly sliced a thin piece from some vegetables.
After confirming there were no problems, he put it back in the knife rack.
He turned to look at Kamishiro Rize, whose expression was strange.
"What's wrong? That expression."
"Nothing..." Kamishiro Rize stepped forward and opened the refrigerator storing food: "The vegetables I bought during the day are all here. They might not be so fresh anymore, sorry."
"That's nothing, leave it to me."
Hayashi waved his hand, indicating it wasn't a big problem: "You just need to eat later. Oh, and wash the dishes yourself afterward."
Kamishiro Rize immediately nodded: "Of course, that's a yamato nadeshiko's responsibility!"
So Hayashi began cooking.
Kamishiro Rize had just eaten.
So Hayashi didn't plan to make a full meal.
Just planned to make some late-night snacks.
Late-night snacks should naturally focus on seafood.
Seafood was fresh-tasting, wouldn't make you gain weight, and wasn't too heavy.
Hayashi began making teppanyaki squid, pan-fried scallops, boiled clams, foil-wrapped enoki mushrooms and eggplant, steamed mantis shrimp, salt and pepper swimming crab...
Initially, Kamishiro Rize.
While Hayashi was cooking, she came up behind him, gently hugged him, and buried her head against Hayashi's back.
At first, she was greedily breathing in Hayashi's scent.
Cherishing this hard-won alone time.
But as she held him.
The waves of delicious aromas reaching her nose made Rize couldn't help but peek her head out from the side to watch.
Even though her hands were still around Hayashi's waist.
Rize still asked curiously: "Did the house have so much seafood prepared?"
"Cough cough, don't worry about that. Magically air-shipped."
"Alright, you're amazing as always."
Hayashi quickly made the seafood late-night snacks.
Kamishiro Rize hugged him, nuzzling around and saying she was hungry.
"Didn't you just finish eating?"
"I'm smelling the delicious aromas again. It's all Hayashi-kun's fault."
"Almost ready."
"Really? Then I'll go change clothes~"
Hearing it would be ready soon, Kamishiro Rize went to change clothes.
Hayashi paid no attention and focused on finishing up.
He brought all the prepared dishes to the table.
He also prepared fruit wine, poured it into a decanter, and poured glasses for both himself and Rize.
After everything was ready.
Kamishiro Rize still hadn't come out.
"Rize, uh..." Hayashi had just started speaking.
When he saw Kamishiro Rize come out wearing a cool, sheer dress.
The dress had very transparent gauze.
As Kamishiro Rize walked over, with light coming from behind, Hayashi could even clearly see her figure.
Her body's silhouette was completely imprinted in the light and shadow!
And she was wearing underwear under the sheer fabric.
But this underwear...
Seemed to be called a "victory outfit."
The kind that was one-piece, with straps, thin strings, and ties.
"Hiss~~~" Hayashi sucked in a breath.
Kamishiro Rize brushed back her long hair, looking a bit shy: "This weather is really too hot."
It was summer after all, so being hot was normal.
"Hot is good." Hayashi nodded satisfactorily: "Good that it's hot."
"Let's eat quickly."
Obviously the dining table was very large.
But the two ended up squeezing together on one sofa.
And they had both eaten not long ago.
So this bit of seafood.
With the two taking turns, bite by bite, was quickly finished.
The wine was also drunk clean.
Gradually.
There were no more eating sounds in the house.
Instead, muffled collision sounds could be heard - not loud, but steady, as if each impact hit the heart.
After a while.
The sounds gradually added layers of sobbing.
"Uh..."
That seemed like suffocating sounds of desperation.
Before long.
There came a sound of deflated collapse and the splash of water.
The next day, noon.
Hayashi woke up in his own home.
He woke up and looked toward the window - it was still raining outside.
But just a drizzling rain, without the pattering sounds, only a shallow layer of rain mist sounds.
After changing clothes and taking a shower.
Hayashi curled up in bed again, scrolling through TikTok for a while.
After enjoying himself with Kamishiro Rize last night, he was the same as usual - just cleaned himself up and left.
The remaining dishes and soy milk...
She could clean them herself when she woke up.
This was kind of a twisted pleasure, wasn't it?
But it really wasn't intentional on Hayashi's part - he had offered to help clean up.
But Kamishiro Rize refused.
Even though her consciousness was blurry at the time, she was still reluctant, covering her head with a blanket and holding her lower abdomen, saying she wanted to keep it and feel the warmth of the afterglow.
Yes, anyway humans and ghouls had reproductive isolation.
So naturally Hayashi filled her completely every time.
Not a drop leaked out.
So he could only clean himself up and return.
After Hayashi left.
Kamishiro Rize immediately fell asleep, a happy smile on her lips, not letting any leak out.
Now Hayashi was awake, continuing to scroll through his phone.
And the video content was really...
After last night's incident fermented.
After Aogiri Tree successfully attacked the CCG branch in District 13 again, Aogiri Tree became completely famous.
Once was one thing.
This was already the second time!
Citizens were very angry - was there going to be a third time?!
Comment sections of various videos were full of harsh criticism.
Like: "Baga yaro! A bunch of useless people, they've been eliminated again and again, is CCG useful at all!"
Like: "Is CCG really fighting ghouls? Why did they force us to buy ghoul detection machines earlier, but not only did they not find ghouls, CCG can't even beat ghouls!"
Like: "As a human, I'm really fed up. Can't control demons, can't control ghouls either. President, step down and let someone else do it! Otherwise I'll assassinate you!"
Seeing these comments, Hayashi laughed.
"There really might be a third time, and more than just 3 times."
And what was three times anyway?
"These people now don't even know the ghoul prison has been raided."
"If this matter gets exposed too..."
Hayashi didn't dare imagine what the online public opinion would become.
"It would probably completely explode."
After scrolling through videos.
No pretty girls, so he stopped scrolling and prepared to get up and make breakfast.
At this time.
A message popped up on his phone.
Kamishiro Rize: "Monster."
Hayashi: "?"
Kamishiro Rize: "Slept until now before waking up, can't get up."
Hayashi: "Should I come over for another round?"
Kamishiro Rize: "No! Don't!"
Hayashi: "I saw you quite liked that near-death feeling, looking like you were about to expire."
Kamishiro Rize: "That was being immersed in the state! I was addicted! Now I've come back to my senses!"
Hayashi: "Then rest well. The online reaction to yesterday's events is quite exciting, I suggest you take a look. There's still some useful information to strike at CCG's weak points."
Kamishiro Rize: "I'll go look."
After ending the chat with Kamishiro Rize.
Hayashi got up and went downstairs.
At this time, Tohru was lying on the balcony railing, looking at the drizzling rain in the sky, hesitating.
"Hayashi-san said if the rain isn't heavy, we'll go to the market."
"So does this rain count as heavy or light?"
"Hayashi-san might not be awake yet. To be safe, it's better to use magic to move them all away, but what if I get discovered?"
"Ahh, so annoying~"
While Tohru was troubled.
Hayashi's puzzled voice came from behind.
"Tohru, what are you doing?"
"Ah~!" Tohru was startled: "I was thinking whether to use magic to move the rainy weather away!"
"...No, this rain isn't even heavy."
Hayashi looked at the rain, then at Tohru's expression, and immediately understood.
"Alright, this little rain doesn't matter. We can just take three umbrellas."
For Tohru.
Whether to use an umbrella or not didn't matter.
When she heard they could go out, she immediately nodded happily.
"Good!"
"Then I'll go make breakfast. Wake Kanna up later."
"Good!"
Hayashi went downstairs, first petted Pochita and the cat.
Then went to the backyard and collected all the sunflower seeds from the sunflowers.
Using vibration ability to shake down all the seeds.
Hayashi looked at the sunflowers' height.
"Seems like they've grown again, and have more of a jade-like quality."
Hearing his words.
The sunflowers swayed their bodies, showing happiness and affirmation.
"Grow well."
Hayashi went back to start roasting sunflower seeds.
And also made: Pickled Vegetable Beef Sausage Golden Fried Rice.
After finishing.
Tohru brought Kanna down together.
The three began eating at the dining table.
After finishing eating.
A figure with an umbrella came to the alley entrance.
Hayashi saw it was Kirishima Touka.
Touka came in with her umbrella, indicating she wasn't here to mooch food, but to tell Hayashi some news.
"Go ahead." Hayashi indicated she should speak.
Kirishima Touka put down her umbrella and said seriously.
"Yesterday's incident made CCG's high-ranking officials declare they must produce some results."
"So we learned from inside sources that CCG is going to start arranging personnel cooperation to investigate all commercial and residential fixed populations. They'll start today, going house by house."
"Whether it's dangerous districts or stable districts, one CCG member will work with police to conduct searches together."
"But this matter doesn't have much to do with Hayashi-kun."
"We'll be responsible for reminding Miss Rize."
As for Takatsuki Sen, where would they need to remind her?
Unless they invented a portable ghoul detection device.
Otherwise, with Takatsuki Sen's level of fame, it would be impossible to investigate her, and they wouldn't find anything anyway.
"Alright." Hayashi nodded: "Then you all be careful."
"We will. I'll go now." Kirishima Touka said seriously, preparing to leave.
But Hayashi suddenly called out to her again: "Wait, Touka. I still have some fried rice left over. Take it back to share."
"!?" Hearing about fried rice.
Kirishima Touka immediately lost her serious demeanor, her eyes widening as she looked at Hayashi.
"Really?!"
"Really. Kanna didn't have much appetite today."
"Thank you so much!"
Kirishima Touka quickly bowed in gratitude.
"Don't be so dramatic."
Hayashi waved his hand, taking out the remaining half-bucket of fried rice he had just put in his system space, packing it up and handing it to Kirishima Touka.
Kirishima Touka received it with both hands, as if receiving a precious treasure.
She bowed again in thanks: "Arigatou!"
"Go back and eat quickly." Hayashi waved his hand.
"Yes!" Only then did Kirishima Touka beam with a happy smile, turn around with her umbrella, and leave.
Compared to her serious expression earlier.
Touka's current expression was like someone who had successfully hunted and brought back food.
It was quite funny, but also quite endearing.
Tohru finished cleaning up the plates and pots in the kitchen.
Then came out and pulled Hayashi's hand: "Market!"
Kanna also nodded: "Market!"
"Let's go, let's go." Hayashi took out the car keys and agreed: "Let's go, remember to bring umbrellas."
When Hayashi said to bring umbrellas, Tohru went to the storage room to get them.
When she came out, Hayashi helplessly reminded her again.
"That's only two umbrellas. Get three, okay?"
Tohru protested dissatisfiedly: "Hayashi-san and I can squeeze under one umbrella."
"No, if we can have three, why squeeze together?"
"Fine."
Tohru had to go back and get three umbrellas.
Then the three got in the car and drove to the market.
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