Mr. Gong is not only good at cooking

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Seriously, officer? Are you kidding me?

If we go to the A Certain Magical Index universe, then we'll be stuck in the restaurant forever and never come out.

There might be a bunch of demons eyeing the people in the restaurant, after all, it's common knowledge that demons who can destroy countless universes at will can't escape the universe of A Certain Magical Index.

Even if the demons aren't interested, opening a restaurant in Academy City is practically suicide.

Are you kidding me, Ya Niang?

No, at this stage, A Certain Magical Index is not an option.

Emiya Shirou flatly refused: "Academy City is no fun."

"Ah, Shirou, you can buy a super-smart phone in Academy City now?"

"Emmm, although the offer is tempting, I refuse." Emiya Shirou shook his head again, determined not to go to Academy City until he could compete with Aya.

I'll just stay in the restaurant and eat for three thousand years, and then I'll debut at the peak of my career, hahahahaha!

"Well, actually I'm quite looking forward to it, since I haven't hosted any guests from Academy City in a long time."

Emiya Shirou snapped his fingers and asked, "Speaking of Academy City, I'd like to ask, how are things going between you and Shokuhou Misaki?"

"Shokuhou Misaki? Who is she?" Kamijou Touma asked, quite puzzled.

Emiya Shirou immediately clutched his chest.

Absolutely.

Damn it.

My heart aches so much.

It felt like being pierced by a thousand arrows.

However, Touma rubbed the back of his head vigorously and said in a very confused tone, "Ah... I remember now, wasn't it that blonde girl from my first day working at our restaurant?"

I remember, that's her name, Misaki Shokuhou? Right?

Emiya Shirou frowned.

Generally speaking, when Touma Kamijou encounters Misaki Shokuhou, the following situation will occur.

Queen Shokuhou: "Hello, my name is Shokuhou Misaki."

Touma Kamijou: "Hello, my name is Touma Kamijou."

Touma Kamijou: "Hello, my name is Touma Kamijou. May I ask who you are?"

Queen Shokuhou: "My name is Shokuhou Misaki."

Touma Kamijou: "Hello, my name is Touma Kamijou. May I ask who you are?"

Queen Mikoto: My heart is bleeding.

But things are different now.

It seems that Touma Kamijou is reacting to the name Misaki Shokuhou?!

This, oh this, it's all thanks to the restaurant's food!!!

Logically speaking, Touma Kamijou's brain should have completely lost its memory of Misaki Shokuhou; he should forget her instantly whenever her name is mentioned.

However, judging from the current situation, Touma Kamijou may not remember any of the interactions and sweet moments he had with Misaki Shokuhou.

However! At least for now, the fact that he can remember the name Shokuhou Misaki is a historic step forward!

Emiya Shirou patted Kamijou Touma on the shoulder with satisfaction: "How could you forget about her? She invited you to help her exercise a month ago."

After hearing what Shirou Emiya said, Touma Kamijou was a little confused.

"Huh? Is that so? I don't remember."

"Absolutely! You stood a girl up for a whole month! Touma, that's really wrong of you! So, you're canceling today's meeting. You're on holiday right now. You need to apologize to her immediately and take her to the swimming pool!"

"Huh? I actually care a lot about the meeting! Sigh, since I promised someone, I have to keep my word. But why can't I remember it?"

In Touma Kamijou's mind, the blurry back view of a blonde girl wearing a one-piece swimsuit reappeared. In her hand, there seemed to be a small metal chain, and at the other end of the chain, there seemed to be a silver whistle.

Ugh, my head is starting to hurt again!

Touma Kamijou said with a wry smile, "But I don't have her contact information."

Riko smiled and said, "I have one!"

Emiya Shirou was puzzled, "Why do you have her contact information, Riko?"

"Oh, it was a month ago, when she left the restaurant, that she gave me her contact information."

Riko also found it strange that Misaki Shokuhou wanted to add her.

Finally, Touma Kamijou left work early, holding a note written to him by Riko containing Misaki Shokuhou's contact information.

After returning to his apartment, he glanced at Index, who was watching anime, and then went to the balcony to make a phone call.

"Touma, I'm hungry."

"Oh? Okay, let's go out to eat together later."

Touma Kamijou nodded, then followed the instructions on the note Riko had written and started dialing. The call was answered instantly the moment he pressed the last number key.

"Hello, I am Misaki Shokuhou. Who are you?"

"Um, hello, Misaki Shokuhou, I'm Touma Kamijou. I remember about a month ago, I said I would take you to learn to swim."

Inside the Tokiwadai dormitory, Misaki Shokuhou was almost overjoyed: He finally remembered my name!

"Yes, yes, yes! Are you free right now? I'll be there on time!"

"Okay, then let's meet at the swimming pool in District 7?"

"Okay, how about 3 PM?" Misaki Shokuhou couldn't wait to get to the scene right now.

"No problem, three points it is."

After hanging up the phone, Touma Kamijou said to Index, "Index, shall I take you swimming?"

"Is there anything to eat?"

"Have."

"Then I'll go."

Inside the restaurant at that moment, after seeing Touma Kamijou off, Shirou Emiya continued the topic of travel that had been mentioned earlier.

"We won't consider Academy City; it's not very fun, since it's all modern in style."

Once Yu Meiren returned to normal, she asked, "Then should we drive it to my era?"

"Do you find the Qin Dynasty interesting?" Emiya Shirou asked rhetorically.

"Fine, I was just saying it offhand. Even if you call me back now, I won't go back," Yu Meiren snorted.

Shirou Emiya continued, "My suggestion now is that we go to a world or universe that is not quite the same as the modern one."

For example, a world filled with swords and magic, or with strange and unusual things, like the world where that guest who kept eating sandwiches lived—I think that's pretty good.

Riko asked curiously, "So, Shirou, that's why you didn't take his money? What's so interesting about his world?"

"Fun? Probably not. Most of them are disgusting people. The system is corrupt, the nobles are greedy, the emperor is a puppet, it's all darkness, and the people dare not speak out against their anger."

Yu Meiren complained, "What's the point of that? If we do that, we won't even have any business!"

Riko added, "Exactly, are we supposed to go and do some chivalrous deeds?"

"It sounds like it would be fun to be a chivalrous hero." Meruet envied people who could travel around freely. She used to be her older sister, but after learning about Zha Li Zha's deeds, she was no longer so envious.

Especially after learning today that Xie Lixie was also arrested, besides feeling sad and heartbroken, I also feel that my sister is too outrageous.

"No, quite the opposite. I think business might actually boom. After all, the nobles have embezzled a lot of money and are tired of eating out. They might just come and spend a lot of money with us. Besides, chivalry and the like are quite common in this country. It's just that if you get caught, the consequences are dire."

"Fine, I can't be bothered with you anymore. Since you've made up your mind, that's good." Yu Meiren took her game console upstairs, and the other two girls returned to their rooms.

Emiya Shirou said to Yui, "It's decided, Yui, let's choose the capital of the empire where Tatsumi is."

"Is the store manager confirmed? Once confirmed, it can't be changed until it's finalized, okay?"

"It's decided, we should also experience the charm of other worlds."

"Okay, manager, you can rest now. We should be able to arrive before the afternoon. The restaurant's style will be different then."

"What change? Has it become the style of the capital?"

"Yes."

"Okay, I have no objection. Let's get it done as soon as possible."

After turning off the power on the first floor, Shirou Emiya returned to the second floor.

I happened to see Yu Meiren sitting on the sofa in the living room playing Warriors Orochi 3.

The person who manipulated it was Nuwa.

"Why are you playing this again? Weren't you playing Mortal Kombat this morning?"

Emiya Shirou picked up another controller and sat down a few centimeters away from Yu Meiren.

"That's boring, this is interesting." Yu Meiren was completely focused on manipulating Nuwa, killing swarms of soldiers.

Hmm, isn't this minion's health a bit too low?

Is Yu Meiren playing on easy mode?

The reason I don't play Mortal Kombat is probably because it's much harder to control than Dynasty Warriors, right?

Want to play a horror game?

After successfully defeating the level boss Daji with her Musou attack, Yu Meiren asked, "What kind of horror game? Do you think I'd be scared?"

"Okay, it's not that scary, it's almost turned into a shooting action game." Shirou Emiya walked to the shelf next to the TV cabinet and pulled out a copy of Resident Evil 6.

"Want to play this? It has a two-player mode."

Yu Meiren considered it for a moment, then nodded.

Emiya Shirou was immediately overjoyed; wasn't this the perfect opportunity to raise his affection level?

We need to get at least a little closer to the poppies!

Both chose the Leon arc; Yu Meiren chose Helena, while Emiya Shirou chose Leon.

"Why did you choose a man?" Yu Meiren asked, seeing Leon wielding two guns, she felt that he must be a very powerful character.

After all, her own weapons were two swords.

"Uh, of course it's because I'm a guy... Okay, I'll play Helena, and you play Leon." Shirou Emiya was about to refuse, but then a thought suddenly struck him, and he decided to switch roles with Yu Meiren.

"Hmph, don't you men just like to control women's roles? I just chose the right one for you." Yu Meiren picked up the controller and hesitated for a long time over the three difficulty levels.

With a final grit of my teeth, I selected the hard mode and quickly skipped the opening animation.

Then he was bitten to death by the zombie that crawled out of the military jeep.

Yu Meiren paused for a moment, then began to reload the save file.

The scene returns to the beginning, with Shirou Emiya giving his opinions.

"Shoot! Shoot!"

"I've opened it!"

"Infrared targeting!!"

"Shoot them in the head!!"

"Ouch, my dear mother, why are you hitting my leg?!"

Yu Meiren kicked Emiya Shirou away: "Isn't that obvious? What if he crawled over and bit me if I didn't kick him!"

After saying that, she fired a few more shots at the zombie's other leg and finally hit it. However, as she passed by the zombie, it grabbed her. After much trouble, she finally managed to kill it, but then she ran out of bullets.

"Ugh, so annoying, they've fired so many shots and they still haven't died!"

While complaining, Yu Meiren followed the game's instructions, walked out of the abandoned house, and came to the street.

There are more zombies on the streets now.