Chapter 369: Minos' Request for Help!
Over the weekend, Ryohei, Yurine, Jashin-chan, Lucoa, and Pekola continued to enjoy themselves in Jashin Capital.
Although they didn't explore the entire Jashin Capital, they had experienced most of the places worth visiting and things worth trying.
At 6 PM on Sunday, Yurine took the last train back to the human world from the Demon World.
Meanwhile—
In Liberty Capital, on the food street of the "Matsuya Group."
Minos crossed her arms, furrowing her brows, watching the passing tourists with a solemn expression.
Compared to the first day of the festival, the current flow of visitors had clearly dropped significantly. Based on past experience, something must have gone wrong...
"Young Miss!"
A female demon with golden-red long hair tied into a high ponytail, wearing a small black suit, her cheeks adorned with a few golden-red scales, and looking delicate, walked quickly to Minos' side and reported with a grave tone:
"The visitor flow in our block has decreased by 10% compared to yesterday. This is the third consecutive day of decline..."
"Have you found the reason?"
Minos looked at her assistant and asked calmly.
The assistant hesitated for a moment and reported truthfully: "It is said... the neighboring 'Yoshinoya' spent a huge price to ask Lord Beelzebub to help update the recipes of all their specialty snacks..."
"They are tastier than ours at the 'Matsuya Group'... customers have been attracted away."
"What!? Such a thing happened!?"
Minos was shocked, then clenched her fists, squeezing out a sentence through her teeth: "What a humiliating thing! To have customers stolen by 'Yoshinoya'..."
"..." The assistant lowered her head slightly, also feeling humiliated.
Their "Matsuya Group" and "Yoshinoya" had a long-standing grudge. Some time ago, fighting for territory, the two sides almost beat each other's brains out...
"Alright, I got it. I will solve this matter." Minos unclenched her fists, waved her hand, calmly comforted her subordinate, and then took out her phone from her pocket.
If it were other aspects, she might be helpless, but food...
Calculating the time, Ryohei-kun should be arriving soon, right?
Thinking this, Minos found Ryohei's number in her contacts and dialed...
As if I don't know how to find external help!
...
When Ryohei received Minos' call, he was in the car heading to the Jashin family home.
Having played for four consecutive days, he had played enough.
Plus, with Yurine leaving tonight, he suddenly wanted to take a break.
Receiving Minos' call, Ryohei was quite surprised, but didn't hesitate and pressed the answer button casually—
"Moshi moshi—!"
"Ryohei-kun, good evening!"
Minos' energetic voice came from the phone: "How was your time in Jashin Capital?"
"Not bad, quite enjoyable."
Ryohei answered casually and asked with a smile: "Why are you calling me suddenly? Is there something wrong?"
"Mn, it's like this..."
Minos had a straightforward personality and immediately explained the current problem and her request.
"Ask me to help improve the snacks?"
A trace of surprise flashed across Ryohei's face, then he agreed heartily: "No problem, I'll go over tomorrow."
Just right, he had played enough in Jashin Capital; it was time to visit other cities!
"Arigato!"
Minos' cheerful voice came from the phone: "I will thank you properly afterwards!"
"Then I'll remember that." Ryohei didn't stand on ceremony with her, chatted a bit more, and ended the call.
"..."
"Going to Liberty Capital tomorrow?"
Sitting in the passenger seat, Jashin-chan rested her left hand on the car window, supporting her cheek, glancing at Ryohei through the rearview mirror.
"Mn." Ryohei put away his phone and looked up at her: "You arrange it, send us over tomorrow."
"Ang."
Jashin-chan responded lazily.
Don't know why, but she felt a bit out of sorts after Yurine left.
...
In the blink of an eye, the next day arrived.
After having breakfast and lunch, Ryohei, Jashin-chan, Lucoa, and Pekola took a car to Liberty Capital.
Liberty Capital and Jashin Capital were quite far apart; the car ride took nearly three and a half hours—of course, this included non-straight routes and traffic jams.
When the group arrived, it was already 3 PM. They went directly to the food street operated by the "Matsuya Group."
At this time, Minos was already waiting at the entrance of the food street. Seeing Ryohei and the others from afar, her eyes lit up immediately, and she trotted over with her long legs wrapped in heterochromatic stockings.
"Good afternoon, Ryohei-kun, Jashin-chan, Lucoa, Pekola!" She greeted them one by one while wagging her tail happily.
"Good afternoon."
Ryohei and the others responded with smiles.
"Labor fee, travel allowance, accommodation allowance, meal allowance, tea fee, please settle first."
Jashin-chan lifted her face slightly and extended her hand towards Minos.
Minos was stunned for a moment, swatted her hand away, and said speechlessly: "Why should I settle these for you?"
"Because I brought Servant here, staying at my place... and I will definitely be drafted to help." Jashin-chan answered righteously.
Minos was astonished, then put her hands on her waist, looking helplessly at Jashin-chan: "Fine! I'll reduce your debt a bit then!"
That's right, debt! Jashin-chan owed her a large sum of money!
Not just Minos, almost everyone else in the restaurant was Jashin-chan's creditor.
"Eh—!"
Jashin-chan dragged out the tone unhappily.
She didn't want debt reduction; she wanted cash!
( ﹁ ﹁ )
Ryohei saw at a glance that she had no intention of repaying the money she borrowed. Looking at the scummy snake with disdain, he admonished: "Alright, that's it! No objections allowed."
After speaking, he turned his gaze to Minos and got straight to the point: "Minos, let me taste the specialty snacks of both your families first."
Only by knowing oneself and the enemy can one understand to what extent one needs to go!
Besides, the opponent's snacks might bring some inspiration.
"Okay." Minos agreed readily and then began arranging...
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