Chapter 8: I still want to eat hot pot with only 500 yen!
The God of Death, who can summon meteorites to turn the earth into a Shura field, and arrange killings to steal people's lives, actually only pawned the price of 500 yen?
The price... seems too tacky. Could it be that the Grim Reaper is being sold as a prank and scary toy?
If this is the case, the guy who uses this thing to play pranks will definitely burst into tears! How unlucky must it be! !
Well, no matter what, the Grim Reaper has been sold. Then...how to eat hot pot with only 500 yen?
Well, for most ordinary people, this is indeed a problem that is not easy to solve.
After all, in Japan at the beginning of the 21st century, five hundred yen was enough to buy a slightly higher-end ramen at best.
However, for Doraemon, who has great magical powers, this is not a problem at all.
Because, through the [chronological vending machine], he can use the Japanese yen of this era to buy Japanese products from the Meiji and Taisho eras - of course, based on Japanese prices in the early 20th century or even the late 19th century. It was a beautiful era when you could buy a big bag of candies for just one yen, a hardcover Japanese dictionary for two yen, and an imported bicycle for eighty yen!
Therefore, with the five hundred yen he got from pawning the "God of Death", Doraemon easily bought the best hot pot utensils, hot pot seasonings and smokeless charcoal, as well as beef, mutton, sea fish, prawns, A lot of ingredients including bamboo shoots, mushrooms, potatoes, radishes, green vegetables, and tofu.
Of course, there were no supermarkets, convenience stores, or frozen foods in the Taisho era, so these ingredients were all fresh and unprocessed. However, Nagato Yuki's knife skills are comparable to those of a senior surgical surgeon in a first-class hospital. He can easily cut them neatly than the ingredients in a self-service hot pot restaurant. Well, by the way, the kitchen knives are also bought from [chronic vending machines], and the average price is about 1 yen per knife.
In short, Nagato Yuki cut the beef and mutton into thin slices like shavings at an astonishing speed, then made mutton rolls and beef rolls, and then cut potato slices and radish slices with deft hands and feet. The agility of his movements and the sophistication of his techniques prevented Wang Qiu, Nan Lixiang, Ah Xu and others who originally wanted to help from intervening at all. As for Miss Ma Tong, she was busy teasing a little girl with crooked braids.
Eh? What? A little lolita with crooked braids? In the SOS group, which is a group of high school students, where did the little loli come from?
Well, this lolita was raised by Xu's family - although Xu's parents still refused to enter the teaching building that seemed likely to collapse at any time to take shelter from the rain, they heard that there were good food like hot pot inside. My younger sister, known as Xumei for short, jumped over with a cat in her arms.
Therefore, Ma Tong, the best fanatical lily girl, immediately waved the lolita weapon she didn't know where to use against lolita, and pounced on her with gleaming eyes, "... Such a cute little sister... ...Come on, call me sister~sister~~ As long as you obey me, my sister will treat you to a lollipop!”
Looking at the strawberry lollipop shaking in front of her eyes, the little loli girl tilted her head in confusion and blinked: "...Sister?"
As she spoke, the braid on Xu Mei's head was still swaying from side to side like foxtail grass.
"...Hmm...so cute...Axon's sister is so cute~I can't help it anymore...let her hug me..."
Ma Tong showed an obsessed expression as if he was about to spit out nosebleeds, drooling like a zombie swooping in with open arms.
"...Um...Help...I can't breathe..."
Xu Mei, who was suddenly given the special skill of "killing a girl in her arms", had to struggle hard in the suffocating warm embrace of senior Ma Tong.
"...It doesn't matter, let sister give you artificial respiration!" Ma Tong said seductively with starry eyes.
"...Um...artificial respiration?" The little Lolita, who was still in kindergarten, seemed unable to understand such complicated vocabulary for a while.
"...Let go of my sister! What are you going to do to my sister?"
It wasn't until this moment that Xu, who was belatedly aware of the situation, shouted loudly and rescued Xu's sister from the state of "holding her in his arms and killing her".
And this little loli with pigtails, after taking a few breaths and calming down a little, began to shake her brother's arm again, looking like she had too much energy, "...Axu Axu... Who are these unknown big brothers and sisters? And what happened to the sister who suddenly hugged me just now? Her expression looked so scary, as if she was going to eat her... ”
"...Some of them are...my classmates, and some...oh, stop shaking...probably friends of that sister Kasuga." Kyon introduced intermittently under the shaking attack of his sister, A look of helplessness.
"...Haha, I'm sorry, little sister, Senior Sister Ma Tong is born with this kind of virtue. She goes crazy whenever she sees cute things." Wang Qiu also joined in to give him a laugh and apologized, "...Anyway, you'd better do it Stay away from this weird sister, be careful she eats you!”
"...Huh? Eat it? Wow, ah, ah, I don't want it——"
As a result, Xu Mei, who was already in shock, burst into tears after hearing this. And Ah Xu also glared at Wang Qiu...
All in all, after a lot of fighting, Wang Qiu and Ah Xu finally calmed down Xu Mei.
At this time, this cute little braided girl was humming a tuneless nursery rhyme while carrying a plate of chopped fish meat and feeding it to the colorful cat named "Shamisen".
"...Oh, brother Ash, I have to say, your cat's name is really weird? Does it really mean it's made of piano skin?"
After thinking about the name of this "shamisen" for a while, Wang Qiu couldn't help but said with sincere emotion - as far as Wang Qiu knows, one of the very important materials of "shamisen", a famous Japanese traditional musical instrument, is cat. Leather... So, naming a cat "Shamisen" feels as weird as naming a python Leather Belt, a crocodile Bag, a koi fish Sashimi, or a pet pig luncheon meat. .
——It seems to contain some kind of indescribable, very subtle, terrifying atmosphere that makes people want to complain.
"...Well, maybe that's what it means! Haruhi Suzumiya originally decided to keep this cat. She seemed to have said that she wanted to learn how to play shamisen in college, so she needed to prepare the materials now...Finally But he still left it to me to take care of - raising a cat is such a hassle.”
Axu replied with a wry smile, smoothing the fur of the cat that he didn't know had been reserved for a purpose, "...but my sister quite likes it."
Well, in short, please continue to eat fish and enjoy your few remaining cats before being skinned alive, Comrade Shamisen!
Looking at the colorful tabby cat being patted and fed by the little lolita, with its eyes narrowed and very happy, classmate Wang Qiu sighed and thought with pity.
Then, in his ears, Suzumiya Haruhi's loud and loud voice suddenly sounded, as well as the sound of spoons and kitchen knives hitting each other.
"...Boom, boom! It's time to eat, it's time to eat! The soup base is already boiling! Everyone, come and eat hot pot! The last one to come has to wash the dishes!"
——When it rains, snows, and the environment is wet and cold, eating hot pot is the warmest thing. Moreover, many people gather side by side and enjoy the meal.
Around the small brass stove with glowing red charcoal fire, the SOS members and the guests used chopsticks to pick up the meat slices, rinsed the soup base, and dipped in the seasonings. They were a little cautious at first, but they relaxed a lot as they ate. , first they grabbed the limited amount of beef from each other, and then even competed with each other for wine-at first, the high school students just drank drinks, while Wang Qiu and several other adults drank beer and wine. But as she drank, Suzumiya Haruhi, who was full of curiosity, grabbed Minarika's wine to "have a taste", and then she couldn't stop, and in the spirit of "having fun alone is worse than having fun together", she gave it to Asahina Mikuru After drinking a large glass of dry red wine, she turned her mosquito-repellent eyes on the spot...
Next, even Koizumi drank half-heartedly... Only Kyon and his sister persisted in resisting the temptation of alcohol.
"...the meat is great, and the soup is really good, too delicious." Senior Sister Ma Tong drank a bowl of soup and praised it repeatedly - most of the soup bases of Japanese hot pot are relatively light, and you can drink it directly like noodle soup. , "...Little sister, please have a bowl too! Only by eating more meat can you grow taller!"
She diligently served Xu Mei a bowl of hot pot soup, which was filled with various meat slices and boiled quail eggs. But Xu Mei just smelled it warily and pushed the bowl of broth to Brother Axu - then Ma Tong showed a very hurt expression on his face. And Xu, who was drinking broth, said that the other party was completely self-inflicted, "...Who told you to attack my sister like that just now? It scared her psychologically, okay?"
"... Hehe, I feel dizzy after seeing cute things. I always feel like my body is out of control." Ma Tong stuck out his tongue shamelessly.
"...Is it similar to a temporary physical disorder? The body acts on its own accord with thoughts or something like that?"
"...Maybe that's it. People's thoughts can often determine the actions of their bodies without authorization, even if they don't want to do that."
"...Like the legendary 'uncontrollable' passionate murderer and tram maniac? I can probably understand."
Kyon nodded in a serious manner, but his words were filled with the viciousness of a professional complainer, "... In a situation like this, you should have called the police, but considering that you are a woman, you deserve preferential treatment, so next time If this happens again, I’d better contact a psychiatrist!”
"...Hey, hey! Classmate Axu! What kind of way of thinking do you have!" Ma Tong suddenly clapped his chopsticks in anger.
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At the same time, the heavy rain outside the house gradually subsided, seemingly because the God of Death was eliminated. First, it changed from a heavy downpour to a drizzle, and then rays of bright sunshine penetrated the gloomy clouds and fell on the earth, creating a gorgeous seven-color rainbow... Looking at such a shocking and dreamy scene, I was in school. The people taking refuge on the playground could not help but cheer for rebirth after the disaster.
In the activity room of the SOS group, everyone who was full of wine and food was looking at the rainbow after the rain, and was filled with emotions for a while.
"...Alas, another catastrophe has finally passed... Although compared with the past, this adventure was neither exciting nor thrilling, and even a bit boring, but after everything was over, the sense of relief and accomplishment was still there It’s just as enjoyable! ”
Looking at the rainbow appearing on the horizon, Doraemon raised his glass, squinted his eyes and said sincerely.
"...Oh? According to that, you have participated in many thrilling adventures before, right? Mr. Robot from the future?"
Haruhi Suzumiya, who was already slightly tipsy, swung the red wine in her glass and muttered, "...can you tell me about it?"
"...Uh! Of course! But if I were to tell it from beginning to end, I'm afraid it would take me three days and three nights to finish it! Otherwise, I'll just pick out some key points, those that happened on alien planets and other worlds. Let’s put aside the matter for now and let’s talk about the various stories that happened on our earth...”
Then, Doraemon told Haruhi Suzumiya, who was very interested, about the Great Demon Realm in Africa, the underground dinosaur kingdom and the remnants of ancient civilization...
"...Wow! Listening to what you said, our seemingly ordinary earth is actually full of incredible secrets! In the caves deep underground, there live dinosaurs and the remnants of the Mu continent (Note), in Africa Is there a lost dog kingdom in the Congo forest? ”
Regarding the magical adventures of Doraemon and those elementary school students, Suzumiya Haruhi was so mesmerized that her whole body was about to "burn", "...Oh my god! What a wonderful and exciting experience this is. The world! Doraemon, when will you take me to visit those places? Well... Anyway, there is an old saying that "it's better to choose the day". While all the members of the SOS team are here, we just want to go there now. Let’s go!”
——When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked!
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Note: The continent of Mu corresponds to the continent of Atlantis in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the legendary "sunk continent" in the Pacific Ocean that once had a high degree of civilization.
The legend of Mu continent first came from the hypothesis of modern Western geographers. It was used to explain some incredible and magnificent man-made ruins that navigators accidentally discovered on the South Pacific islands where only ignorant islanders existed, such as the stone statues of Easter Island and Nanma. The megalithic palace on the island of Taal. Scholars believe that this is a masterpiece of the civilization of the ancient Mu continent. In addition, some people also found some suspicious testimonies in the ancient manuscripts of Mayan ruins. However, according to the latest archaeological discoveries in recent years, the popular Mu continent hypothesis has been gradually overturned, but it has not yet been completely bankrupt.