I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

At the entrance of the Meru Cat Restaurant in Yuhaka, Elma pushed open the door and spoke to the people inside. Upon hearing Elma's words, Ji Lin, dressed in a maid outfit, looked at Elma with a surprised and confused expression and said:

"Eh? Miss Alma?!"

After looking around the Meru Cat Restaurant and not finding Tohru, Elma went to Ji Lin and asked her:

"Miss Human, where did Thor go?"

Upon hearing Elma's question, Ji Lin paused for a moment, then looked at Elma with a puzzled expression and said:

"Eh? Miss Elma doesn't know?"

Ji Lin then told Erma that Tohru wasn't at the Meru Cat Restaurant, and Erma looked very surprised when she heard this.

"Wait a minute! I saw Tohru wearing a maid outfit last time, isn't she working here?!"

Ji Lin blinked at Elma's question and then said to Elma:

"No, Miss Tohru is Miss Kobayashi's maid."

Hearing Ji Lin's answer, Elma was also stunned. Wasn't that human girl named Kobayashi here with Tohru?!

Ji Lin, as if hearing Elma's doubts, told her:

"Well, Miss Tohru and Miss Kobayashi don't live here. This is a restaurant owned by Chef Yuuyu. Last time, Miss Tohru and Miss Kobayashi came here just to visit."

Upon hearing Ji Lin's words, Elma's face immediately showed a look of having come all this way for nothing. Because she had met Tohru at Yuhaka's house last time, Elma thought that Tohru and Kobayashi lived there, but she didn't expect that they were just visiting...

"Coo coo coo..."

As Elma's stomach growled, she immediately collapsed to her knees, looking utterly exhausted. Seeing Elma's state, Ji Lin, standing nearby, wore a slightly subtle expression and said to her:

"Miss Elma, haven't you eaten?"

In response to Ji Lin's confusion, Elma explained to the puzzled Ji Lin:

"Ah... because I can't interfere with this world, I don't hunt or anything like that..."

Upon hearing Elma's words, Ji Lin also showed a somewhat puzzled expression. As far as Ji Lin was concerned, she probably couldn't understand Elma's behavior of not interfering with the world and even going hungry.

After all, hunting and such wouldn't have any impact on the world, right?

Besides, aren't the dragons in the novels all extremely wealthy? Buying food shouldn't be a difficult thing for them, right?

In fact, Erma had considered exchanging gold for a little money, but unfortunately, even gold in this era required some kind of valid document, which Erma unfortunately did not have.

So Elma's attempt to exchange gold for money failed. Of course, it's not that Elma couldn't use magic to conjure up some kind of valid document, but as a dragon of the Order faction, Elma disdained to use such despicable means of deceiving humans.

So Elma went hungry for several days before finally returning to Ewhaka from a very far place...

However, seeing that Elma was hungry, Ji Lin felt a little sorry for her, so he treated Elma to a meal.

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In the kitchen of the Meru Cat Restaurant, Yuhaka looked at Ji Lin standing to the side and said with a puzzled expression:

"Erma? Hungry?"

Ji Lin nodded and said to Yuhaka:

"Hmm, and it looks like it's been starving for a long time..."

Upon hearing Ji Lin's words, Yuhaka immediately agreed to Ji Lin's request. Although Elma had destroyed their balcony and other things a few days ago, fortunately, Elma had sincerely apologized and restored the damaged parts of Yuhaka's house, which earned Yuhaka's forgiveness.

Feeling that he couldn't let the person in front of him (the dragon) go hungry, Yuhaka agreed to cook a meal for Erma that would give her a full meal.

Meanwhile, Elma, who was waiting outside the Mew Cat Restaurant, looked restless. Although it was Yuhaka and the others who were treating her to a meal, she had been too reckless last time and had accidentally made a mess of Yuhaka's balcony and part of the living room. Even though she had apologized and restored the damaged parts of Yuhaka's house, Elma still felt a little guilty.

"Hmm... I'll think of a way to make it up to Youyou and the others next time... By the way, what would be a good way to make it up to them..."

Gold? No, that's a bit too cliché. A holy elixir that grants immortality? Uh... that doesn't seem very useful. (Yohaka and the others were mistaken for dragons, and Ji Lin made Elma feel like she was a half-dragon.)

"Miss Elma, dinner is ready!"

“Ugh!?”

Just as Elma was whispering that she wanted to make it up to Yuu and the others, the sound of food being prepared came from Ji Lin's side, startling Elma, who was thinking about what to make it up to Yuu.

Seeing Elma startled, Ji Lin smiled and looked at the somewhat flustered Elma, saying:

"Alright, Miss Elma, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. This is beef rice made by Chef Yuu. Please have a taste!"

Eruma watched as Ji Lin placed a large bowl, almost the size of her face, in front of her. Eruma couldn't see any rice or anything else in the bowl because it was completely covered by a thick layer of beef.

"Oh oh oh!"

Eruma's eyes lit up when she saw the thick layer of beef rice in front of her. She couldn't stop drooling when she saw the beef rice, and the rumbling of her stomach urged her to hurry up and eat.

So Erma picked up her chopsticks and said, "I'm going to start eating." Erma used her chopsticks to pick up a slice of beef, which was about the size of her palm. Although she had never eaten beef before, this was the first time Erma had seen such a tempting-looking slice of beef.

"Ahhh!"

Eruma stuffed a whole slice of beef into her mouth, and the delicious sauce and the tender, chewy texture of the beef made her feel like she had entered a whole new world.

Chapter 263 [Senju Natsuyo's Surprise]

"Huh...huh..."

Senju Natsuyo leaned against a dilapidated wall, adjusting her breathing and listening intently to the sounds around her.

Where did that cursed child go?

"I'm not sure, but they definitely didn't go far. Quickly search around here."

"What about the other cursed children?"

"Those are running too fast. Let's try to catch that cursed child. Even a wanted cursed child is worth some money."

Hearing this subtle conversation, Chizu Natsuyo breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the others had not been caught. Chizu Natsuyo then took out the pistol from his waist to check his ammunition reserves.

"Are there only three left...?"

Chizu Natsuyo looked at his pistol and saw that he only had three bright yellow bullets left, which meant that he could only fire three shots at most...

It looks a bit bad, after all, the people chasing him are all wearing bulletproof vests and helmets, and there are 21 of them. He can only take down a maximum of 3 people, of course, there is only a 23% chance of that.

The success rate of secretly killing one of them and obtaining their weapons is high, but the probability of killing them one by one without being discovered is very low.

After all, the probability of 21 people slowly killing them by assassination without being discovered by others is extremely low.

Chizuki Natsuyo looked at her palm. Although she really wanted to use her radiance, she knew very well that if she did, those people would immediately notice her presence, since they were carrying devices that detected radiance...

Just as Chizu Natsuyo was pondering how to escape from the encirclement of these pursuers, she suddenly sensed something was wrong and pointed her pistol at the spot behind her.

"Huh?! This is... a door??"

Chizu Natsuyo looked at the door that had appeared on the wall behind her without her noticing, with a puzzled expression. Chizu Natsuyo knew very well that there was nothing on the dilapidated wall behind her just now, and the sudden appearance of a door made her very confused.

Even though she was the cursed child of the dolphin factor with an IQ of 210, she couldn't figure out what was going on with the door behind her.

This was the first time Chizu Natsuyo had ever seen anything like this, and...

"Melcat...restaurant?"

Chizu Natsuyo looked at the sign hanging on the door and said this. To be honest, even Chizu Natsuyo herself was a little confused. What was going on?

However, out of curiosity, Chizu Natsuyo tried to open the door to the restaurant called Merlin Cat Restaurant, and she saw a room furnished with many tables and chairs. Chizu Natsuyo blinked and then showed a somewhat incredulous expression.

What on earth is going on?!

Natsume Senju knew perfectly well that there was nothing behind that dilapidated wall, but what was going on?

"Hmm? I think I've found traces of the cursed child! Over here!"

Upon hearing the pursuers' words, Chizu Natsuyo suddenly realized that she was still being pursued. So, regardless of why there was a room that looked like a restaurant inside the door, Chizu Natsuyo entered the Merlin Cat Restaurant and closed the door behind her.

Hopefully, the pursuit team didn't notice anything unusual about the door.

With this thought in mind, Natsume Chizuki hid in the Meru Cat Restaurant and took out his pistol, which only had three bullets left. He looked at the Meru Cat Restaurant door with a wary expression.

"………………?"

Five minutes later, Chishou Natsume, having heard no movement from the pursuing team, looked puzzled. After waiting for so long without finding any trace of them, hadn't they discovered the door?

Or did they simply overlook the existence of this door?

After thinking about these questions for a while, Chizu Natsuyo thought that maybe the pursuers hadn't noticed the door.

"Phew... I can finally breathe a sigh of relief..."

Completely relieved, Chizu Natsuyo wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and relaxed. However, after relaxing, Chizu Natsuyo felt a little thirsty.

"Looks like we need to find some water to drink first..."

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"Tons, tons, tons..."

Chizu Natsuyo gulped down the water from her cup. After finishing the cup, she let out a satisfied "ha!" and put down the cup. She wiped the water from the corner of her mouth with her sleeve and looked around at the neatly arranged living room with a deeply puzzled expression.

"Where exactly is this place?"

Natsumi looked around at the brand-new furniture and appliances connected to the power source. She had seen those furniture and appliances before, but she knew that when she entered the Merlin Cat Restaurant, it was an unmanaged area. The unmanaged areas outside had been unmanaged for ten years, but this place did not look like an unmanaged area at all.

and………………

Natsume Senju looked at the running refrigerator and thought:

[And it even looks like it's electrified...]

Power lines in uninhabited areas were probably snapped by Gastrea years ago. As for running power lines from existing electrical systems, forget about it. Nobody would risk being eaten by Gastrea to connect any power lines...

Just as Chizu Natsuyo was thinking this, she suddenly noticed the balcony that was covered by curtains. The sunlight shining through the gaps in the curtains made Chizu Natsuyo's eyes widen slightly. Chizu Natsuyo knew very well that it was nighttime when she came in, but the appearance of sunlight made her a little confused.

Chizu Natsuyo rolled up her sleeve to check the time on her digital watch, which showed around 2:30 a.m.

"What's going on? It's only about 2:30 in the morning... Huh?"

Chizu Natsuyo suddenly noticed the clock on the wall, which showed two o'clock in the afternoon. This change in time made Chizu Natsuyo feel that her brain, which had an IQ of 210, was a little short-circuited.

Chizu Natsuyo shook her head and looked in the direction of the curtains. "Well, I'll find out now if I go and investigate," she thought. With that in mind, Chizu Natsuyo quietly pulled back the curtains and looked at the outside world.

When Chishou Natsuyo saw the scene outside, she was so surprised that her eyes widened.

Chapter 264 [Yohaka, who feels like he's lost something]

"This is... the Tokyo area??!"

Natsuyo Senju drew back the curtains and looked out the window with a shocked expression, saying: