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She lowered her eyes sadly, thinking of her brother. What was he doing now?
At this moment, Erii felt a chill in her body.
She noticed an incongruous ramen shop sandwiched in the middle of her surroundings.
The street she came from was full of tall buildings, but across this street were low wooden buildings, as if they were two different worlds.
That ramen shop, sandwiched between two worlds, was quite conspicuous.
So, without realizing it, Erii walked toward the ramen shop in front of her.
It's neither near nor far.
It wouldn't be so close that Erii would feel like she was still living in her old little room, nor so far that she would be too scared to go any further.
It was sandwiched in the middle of the road.
It's as if Erii has just stood at a crossroads, making a bewildered choice.
When walking to the door.
Erii Uesugi saw an old man wearing the white linen uniform typical of ramen chefs, with a black towel tied around his forehead, intently watching the large screen in the center of the shop.
As soon as Erii walked toward him, she saw the old man hurriedly turn off the large screen and give her a very nervous look.
What is he nervous about?
Out of curiosity, she had barely entered her "hearing range" when she saw the old man hurriedly turn off the big screen.
Now the screen is completely black.
However, Erii didn't think too much about it and just walked in step by step.
"Are you here for ramen? I'm already closing up shop..."
Just as the ramen chef was about to speak, he saw the girl in front of him, her clothes soaked by the rain and her long, dark red hair. The girl came into his view, and the ramen chef's lips twitched.
"Mother……"
He quickly stopped talking and just stared blankly at the girl in front of him who looked a lot like his mother.
Was this a blessing from God before his death?
The ramen chef squeezed the series of reports he received from his medical check-up at the hospital yesterday, feeling a sense of bewilderment.
Erii Uesugi, upon hearing the ramen chef's words, shook her head curiously, then quickly scribbled something in her notebook and placed it in front of the chef:
"You called me Mom?"
Chapter 211 We are all little monsters
"You called me Mom?"
The ramen chef stared at the small note in front of him, his lips twitching repeatedly, unsure of what to say.
Should I say this girl is innocent and naive? Or should I slap myself hard and warn him not to talk nonsense?
But he just smiled helplessly, "No, was my vision just blurry?"
"Am I seeing things? Mom?" Erii Uesugi started counting in her little notebook again. "Am I the kind of person who can be your mother?"
Erii shook her head, remembering an anime she had just watched, and became curious.
The ramen chef almost spat out blood.
Where did you find this naive girl?
Nearly seventy years after his mother's death, if someone were to make fun of him like this, Uesugi Kotsu would definitely show them the power of the Shadow Emperor.
But when he saw the little girl's long, dark red hair, which resembled his mother's, Uesugi Kotsuki's heart softened instantly.
He shook his head. "Young lady, don't say things like that next time. Such words are not kind to a girl like you."
Uesugi Koshi earnestly instructed, saying that heaven knows why he had such leisure time today to teach such an innocent, pitiful girl who couldn't even speak.
Perhaps it was because of his face, which resembled that of his mother, Granny Charlotte Chan!
Erii nodded blankly, but she could sense the kindness in the old man's heart.
Looking at Erii's face, Uesugi Kotsugu recalled his mother, and his heart sank. He took a bottle of cheap liquor from the table, poured himself a glass, and drank it quietly.
Erii watched curiously as the ramen chef swirled sake in a bottle, then began writing in her notebook.
"what is this?"
Uesugi Kotsushi found it strange that there were still Japanese girls who couldn't recognize alcohol, but when he saw Erii's shrine maiden outfit, he suddenly realized what it was.
This must be some young, naive girl who was fostered at the shrine and ran away.
This is not an uncommon occurrence in Japan.
As if understanding something, Uesugi Kotetsu raised his wine glass and said with a smile, "This is wine, but..."
Uesugi looked at Erii's youthful face and shook his head. "However, a girl your age shouldn't drink it."
Erii nodded. "I know, minors under the age of eighteen are not allowed to drink alcohol."
"You've even read Japanese law?" Uesugi asked curiously.
Generally speaking, a shrine maiden who is devoted to serving "god" would not deliberately study law, let alone a girl like Erii who looks so naive.
Erii nodded, her eyes expressionless, yet she wrote words that were deeply heartbreaking.
“An uncle of mine taught me this way. He kept repeating these terms in my ears, telling me that none of them were allowed to be done…”
Erii hadn't finished writing when she heard the sound of the case shattering.
She looked up and saw the cup in the hand of the ramen chef opposite her suddenly shatter, and there was a trace of blood on his hand, but it disappeared quickly.
Seeing Erii's gaze, Uesugi Kotsugu's originally cold expression softened. "Sorry, I accidentally broke the cup in my hand."
"You're injured." Erii noticed Uesugi Kotsu's wound.
Her eyes were sharp; she could see right through him at such a distance. Even if a movie star tried to hide it, he couldn't conceal it from her, his "daughter" who was closest to him in blood.
Uesugi's tone softened further, "Sorry, how about I show you a magic trick?"
Erii opened her eyes wide and stared at the ramen chef in front of her.
Uesugi smiled, clenched his fist, then released it; the original bloodstains had completely disappeared.
With his lineage, even near the end of his life, he is still far superior to ordinary people. Wounds like this will heal on their own if not treated promptly.
"How amazing!" Erii clapped her hands as she wrote.
Then, quite discouraged, she wrote again: "But I can't do it."
Erii is indeed unable to do this. When she has a wound, her consciousness will involuntarily lose control. At that time, she can still perceive the movement of the outside world, but she can't do anything.
At that time, she seemed to be omnipotent, but Erii hated that state because she felt like she wasn't herself anymore.
Erii believed that a large fox named "Kurama" originally lived inside her, just like Naruto, but whenever she closed her eyes, she could never see the large fox that belonged to her...
Erii then realized that there was no giant fox inside her, only an "evil" personality like "Hollow White" inside Ichigo.
She has been both "protecting" herself and "eroding" herself...
Erii was afraid and didn't want to use this power, but she was always forced to use it.
Seeing the girl's increasingly dim eyes, Uesugi Kotetsu felt a pang of panic, somewhat bewildered as to why this had happened.
As he felt a panic he hadn't felt in a long time, he wondered if his actions had frightened the other person.
But that's not right. Shouldn't a normal person treat this as a "method"?
Just like those "magicians" that Uesugi saw on TV, their techniques were so subtle that even Uesugi, the king of actors, couldn't make a sound for a moment.
Just as Uesugi was panicking, he suddenly straightened up and saw a man outside the door, dressed in a meticulously tailored suit with his hair neatly combed, looking like a decadent middle-class elite.
To be honest, this kind of outfit is not uncommon in Japan, but what really made Uesugi Koshi frown was the bluish-black tattoo on the back of the man's hand.
"The Diagram of the Ability to Fight Yama".
Only the heads of the Snake Clan, who are second only to the patriarch, are granted this tattoo.
These are members of the Snake-Headed Eight Family.
As for the seemingly polite and handsome young man following behind him, Uesugi Kotsugi naturally ignored him, considering him nothing more than the lackey of this so-called family head.
At the same time, Erii looked at the two men at the door, and her eyes immediately dimmed.
She recognized the middle-aged man walking in front of her; he was the head of the Ryoma family, who was theoretically her equal but actually a grade below her.
Genichiro Ryoma.
Head of the Japanese branch, colonel of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, and patriarch of the Ryoma family of the Hebi-Hachi family.
Chapter 212 We are all ordinary people
“Young Miss, you’ve been out playing for so long, you should be able to go home now.”
Genichiro Ryoma looked gently at Erii Uesugi, who had her hands in front of her and looked resistant, and gently tried to dissuade her.
Erii Uesugi's eyes dimmed further, but she did not refuse.
At this moment, the young man behind Ryoma Genichiro took a step forward and sat down next to Erii. He was Wang Anzhi.
He looked around, smiled with interest, and said to him:
“Head of the Ryoma family, it’s not easy for the Uesugi family head to come out. He should at least have time to eat a bowl of ramen, right?”
Wang Anzhi pointed to the plaque with the Yue Master Ramen sign at the entrance and felt that the world was really small.
Erii looked at the overly familiar young man sitting next to her, blinked, and, sensing no malice from him, didn't resist him at all.
Ryoma Genichiro was somewhat bewildered, not understanding why this "Commissioner Smith" or "Commissioner Geng" from the west had such leisure time to waste in a ramen shop.
If you're looking to experience Japanese style, this ramen shop is rather underwhelming.
However, Ryoma Genichiro did not refuse. He knew the identity of the man in front of him: the male favorite of the legitimate leader Nuwa. In Wu Zetian's time, he would have been a figure like Zhang Changzong...
It can be said that "women's beauty ruined the country".
But what does all this have to do with him, a Japanese man?