Kuki Shinobu carefully observed the ran shop owner.
His techniques were extrely skilled; every move flowed smoothly without the slightest hesitation.
It was clear he had been in this line of work for many years.
Moreover, Shinobu was also watching closely to see if the owner had added any bean products or any strange ingredients to the ran.
But after so ti of observation, she found nothing unusual.
Within a few minutes, a steaming hot bowl of ran was served.
Arataki Itto eagerly grabbed the ran, slurped a bite of noodles, then took a sip of the broth—and then froze completely, motionless.
"What did you do to my boss? What did you add to the noodles that shouldn’t be there?"
Kuki Shinobu imdiately drew the short sword she always carried, glaring at the ran shop owner with great caution.
"Ah, Shinobu! You’ve misunderstood!"
Arataki Itto suddenly returned to normal, his eyes brimming with tears as he said excitedly:
"This ran is just too delicious! After everything’s settled and I’ve earned so money working part-ti, I’m definitely coming to this shop to eat ran every day!!!"
Kuki Shinobu still looked a bit puzzled at the ran in front of her.
Could the owner have added so addictive ingredient to it?
"Don’t worry, Shinobu. Based on all the delicious food I’ve eaten, this ran has absolutely no problems—it’s just purely tasty!"
"Well then, Shinobu, if you don’t mind, why don’t you try a bite too?"
"No thanks, I’ll pass," Kuki Shinobu shook her head, politely declining.
"Since the ran is fine, Boss, you better hurry up and finish eating. After that, we’ll go et up with everyone."
After finishing the ran, on the way to the Kamisato Residence, Kuki Shinobu kept a close eye on Arataki Itto...
Arataki Itto looked completely normal, and Kuki Shinobu felt that her worries might have been a bit unnecessary...
Although the safest approach would still be to avoid eating at this suddenly appeared, mysterious new shop...
But knowing Arataki Itto’s personality, she really couldn’t resist his insistence...
As long as nothing went wrong, then all was well...
However, what neither Kuki Shinobu nor Arataki Itto noticed was that after they left, the ran shop owner revealed a aningful smile.
"It seems the seasoning I developed, which can attract the Oni Clan, is quite successful after all..."
"Arataki Itto simply can’t resist this temptation, while Kuki Shinobu is completely unaffected..."
"Looks like I can continue research in this direction and create a seasoning that the Oni Clan absolutely cannot resist..."
"Now then, it’s ti to proceed with another experint..."
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When Kuki Shinobu and Arataki Itto arrived at the Kamisato Estate, only Su Yuan, Kamisato Ayaka, Thoma, Aether, and Paimon were still there discussing sothing.
Ioroi had returned to guard the Chinju Forest, and Sayu along with Raiden Ei, who was controlling Kazuha’s body, had gone to Narukami Shrine...
"Hahaha, I’m fully healed and back to full strength! Have any of you friends missed ?"
However, Arataki Itto quickly noticed sothing was off — why were there so few people, and why did everyone have such gloomy expressions?
"Hey, cowherd, Kuki Shinobu, you’re back," Paimon said.
"A lot happened while you were gone. Let give you a quick rundown..."
After the brief explanation, Arataki Itto and Kuki Shinobu finally understood what had happened, and why everyone looked the way they did...
"If my hand hadn’t been injured back then, and if I hadn’t left everyone, maybe I could have helped a lot..."
"If that were the case, Lyney, Lynette, Freminet, and the others might not have died... and everyone wouldn’t have paid such a heavy price..."
"Arataki Itto, brother, things are unpredictable. Who could have expected all this to happen? It’s not your fault," Thoma said as he stepped forward and gently patted Arataki Itto on the shoulder.
But in the next mont, sothing no one expected happened...
Arataki Itto’s right hand suddenly pierced through Thoma’s abdon in an instant!
At the sa ti, Arataki Itto’s expression twisted, and a strange, eerie power began to emanate from his body...
"You’re not one of us Oni, nor part of the Arataki gang. Who gave you the courage and the right to touch ???"
"Thoma!!!"
Kamisato Ayaka exclaid and tried to rush forward, but was stopped by Aether.
"Ayaka! Calm down!!! Arataki Itto is already under the control of the eerie force. He’s extrely dangerous—don’t go near him!!!"
Kuki Shinobu was also very surprised by the scene.
She couldn’t understand how the boss could suddenly be controlled by the eerie.
Could it have been the ran that was the problem?
Did it contain so kind of bean product?
But if it was the ran, shouldn’t he have been corrupted the mont he ate it?
Shinobu recalled the mont when Itto suddenly froze while eating the ran.
Could it be that he was already controlled by the eerie at that mont?
And since then, had he been pretending not to be under the corruption all along?
However, Kuki Shinobu knew Arataki Itto very well—he was soone who couldn’t hide his feelings.
Once he was controlled by the eerie force, there was no way he could act exactly the sa as before and fool everyone completely...
But after eating that bowl of ran, Itto hadn’t eaten or co into contact with anything made from beans.
So why did he suddenly fall into eerie state?
Shinobu had a bad feeling about sothing, especially that ran shop, but she couldn’t quite pinpoint what it was...
Still, the urgent priority now was to prevent any more casualties!
"Boss, that Tohma doesn’t respect you or the Arataki Gang. He deserves to die!"
Shinobu quickly spoke up:
"But the others are all people who want to join the Arataki Gang. Boss, you must be careful not to accidentally hurt them!"
As Kuki Shinobu spoke, her mind was racing to figure out exactly why Arataki Itto had fallen into eerie state...
Could it be, as Su Yuan said, that the conditions for eerie aren’t just one single factor?
If the boss didn’t fall into corruption because of eating bean products, then what other factors could have caused it?
"Oh? Shinobu, you say all of them want to join the Arataki Gang?"
Arataki Itto wore a thoughtful expression as he looked around at everyone and said:
"In the past, I never refused anyone who wanted to join the Arataki Gang..."
"But now, I’ve changed my mind..."
"If joining the Arataki Gang was as easy as just showing up, wouldn’t that be really la? Like so kind of trash can?"
"Joining the Arataki Gang isn’t as simple as you think!!!"
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