Gentleman's Night Canteen

All of this is not necessarily a coincidence, perhaps this is the reason why he is here.

If awakening the opponent's memory is the first stage similar to fighting a boss, then awakening the opponent from this berserk is the second stage.

So what is the way to pass the customs?

The answer was already in front of him—soba noodles!

"Master, do you have soba noodles in your temple?"

"This...Sorry, no...Because I am used to the soba noodles made by Master Ayan and I can't eat other soba noodles anymore."

Although I don't know why Lan Meng suddenly asked about this matter, the other party apologized instinctively because he couldn't meet Lan Meng's request, but Lan Meng didn't blame the other party, after all, there is no such American time right now.

"What about buckwheat flour and flour?"

"In this temple, there are..."

"Then can I trouble you to get some? After all, as far as I know, if you want to communicate with the gods, you can't do without 'tribute'..."

Although Zong Fang and the others were confused by Lan Meng's endless talking to himself before, they understood what he said just now.

Lan Meng intends to make a 'tribute' when communicating with the gods.

"Host! The two of us are going to get buckwheat flour and flour, dig a well, Lina, you two are here to protect Mr. Lan Meng!"

"Yes! Command!" X2

After getting the order, Lina and Digging chose to carry it out without hesitation, and Zongfang stopped talking nonsense and put the host behind his back and was ready to go.

Although the group of people cleared all the way from the main entrance of the temple to the shrine before, those strange 'shadow mages' were basically cleared away, but just in case, Zongfang was going to accompany the raccoon host to pick it up.

In an instant, everyone began to perform their duties and do their own things...

Did Chapter 57 fail?

Perhaps it was because Lanmeng and the others cleaned up too cleanly before, and the process of searching for soba noodles was smoother than expected. When Zongfang returned to the shrine with two cloth bags on his back, Lanmeng on the other side had already put most of the The preparation procedure is completed.

Including but not limited to stacking stoves, lighting fires, boiling water, etc.

I just don't know if it's Zongfang's illusion, but I always feel that the pot looks familiar?

'It must be because I was too nervous. After all, pots and pans are all similar in appearance. I haven't seen the other party carry the pot with me before. Where did they find it? '

After complaining a little to himself in his heart, Zong Fang put the cloth bag on his shoulder in front of Lan Meng.

"Would you like to make soba noodles next? Is there time?"

Although the previous cooperation has established initial trust between Lan Meng and everyone in GUTS, Zong Fang still looks a little worried. After all, he hopes from the bottom of his heart to wake up Obike to complete his task, and at the same time hopes to be able to Add some combat power to TPC.

Although Obik began to go berserk and started to attack indiscriminately, but luckily among the misfortunes, thanks to the efforts of Daiko and Shinjo and the sacrifice of Sherlock, the crazy Obik was attacking all around, but was attracted away. There were no casualties in the no man's land.

But who knows when the other party will start attacking the town?

For Zongfang, every minute and every second is very important right now.

He very much agrees with Lan Meng's statement that "communicating with the gods requires the preparation of tributes", but he has no concept of cooking, but he is more sensitive to time.

Is this enough time?

Facing the other party's worries, Lan Meng showed a confident smile.

"Normal noodles are definitely not enough. After all, normal noodles need the step of 'waking up', but buckwheat noodles don't. So for me------time is enough!"

There was no nonsense at all. While explaining to the other party, Lan Meng directly took the bag from the other party and poured soba noodles and flour on a lotus leaf according to the ratio of 7:3.

Because of the lack of kitchen utensils, it's not that Lan Meng didn't think about using 'magic utensils' to temporarily replace the cooking pot for kneading noodles, but considering the need for hot water to cook noodles, he simply used it to heat the fire, and the other party escaped. .

But at this time, it probably wouldn't be grateful to Lan Meng even if it was roasted on the fire.

Knead the flour and buckwheat noodles with water.

Because the buckwheat noodles are used and the dough will crack like cracks when it is hardened, it is naturally impossible to treat it like ordinary noodles. Here, the same kitchen utensil 'rolling pin' must be used.

Buckwheat noodles can’t save their poor gluten even if edible alkali is added, so they can’t be pulled directly like ordinary noodles, so after the noodles are finished, they can be directly cut with a rolling pin after rolling them into dough cakes. up.

Sprinkle flour and buckwheat flour to prevent the buckwheat noodles from sticking together when cutting, and then I saw Lan Meng holding a kitchen knife in his hand and cutting it into two pieces, then stacking them together and making another knife.

The noodle cakes stacked after three consecutive cuts are close to a finger high, and if they continue to be stacked, even Lan Meng can't guarantee that the cut noodles will be consistent.

Under the watchful eyes of Zongfang and others, Lan Meng was only watching as Lan Meng waved a kitchen knife up and down on the shield, and clusters of buckwheat noodles fell aside.

After cutting a piece of bread, Lan Meng nodded in satisfaction.

Freshly made noodles are often more chewy than noodles that have been placed for a while. Even relatively rough soba noodles, when Lan Meng holds one end and pulls it up, you can still see it shaking off countless flour in the air like a rope. .

With time running out, Lan Meng didn't bother to chat with the few people on the side and directly put it into the 'pot' on the side.

Ordinary people will add cold water from time to time when cooking noodles, so timely cooling can ensure that the noodles will not be boiled, but for professional chefs, it is basically instinct to understand the characteristics of the ingredients and control the heat. Looking at the air bubbles on the water surface from the corner of the eye, at the same time, the movement of the other hand is not slow at all, holding a kitchen knife in each hand to make 'taro paste dipping sauce' and 'lotus root paste'.

Time was running out and Lan Meng didn't have time to make bone broth, so he cleverly planned to use the 'dipping sauce' made by Obick to add the flavor of lotus root.

The lotus root soaked in white vinegar is not easy to oxidize and brown even if it is exposed to air.

The slightly translucent lotus root puree and the white jade-like yam puree were completed almost at the same time. After adding honey and stirring gently to mix, Lan Meng decisively stretched out the long chopsticks to pinch the buckwheat noodles out of the 'pot'.

The freshly made soba noodles are slightly curly and white mist after cooking.

It's a pity that the explosion sound from time to time in the distance makes people unconsciously tense.

Before she had time to think about it, Lan Meng walked towards the torii with the wooden bowl she carved out of wood.

But at this moment—————

"Mr. Blue Dream!!"

The sudden call made Lan Meng couldn't help but look back, and then saw the raccoon who had been standing silently by the side since Lan Meng started cooking, kneeling directly on the ground, holding a Wan's Lan Meng couldn't step forward to hold the other party.

But the other party didn't seem to know anything about it, just looked at Lan Meng with burning eyes.

"Master Ayan... I'll leave it to you!"

"I'll do my best!"

After speaking, Lan Meng stepped into the torii without hesitation.

The chaotic negative emotions mixed with the terrifying pressure in the darkness swept towards Lanmeng.

But in the face of this negative emotion that is enough to make ordinary people collapse, Lan Meng just frowned slightly but still walked firmly towards the shrine in the distance.

But even with such a short distance of tens of meters, Lanmeng still walked for more than a minute to reach the destination.

Because 'Master Ayan' is only a local belief, the other party's shrine can't be as exaggerated as the Inari Shrine. Lan Meng saw an altar with some fruits on it. The demon was enshrined before the mutation occurred here.

From the freshness of the fruit, it can be seen that the other party really values ​​this place.

But these are not important to Lan Meng right now.

With a serious expression, he removed the fruits on the altar and put the soba noodles he made on the altar.

It's just that the changes that Lan Meng expected didn't appear, it was just as dead silent as before, and the 'god statue' belonging to Obik in front of him seemed to be just an ordinary wood carving.

Lan Meng's first reaction was that he guessed wrong?

But soon he shook his head. After all, if this place really has nothing to do with Obic, then why there are so many 'Shadow Mage' guards outside must be due to his wrong method.

"Master Ayan!! This is your favorite soba!! Please try it too!!"

Lan Meng tried hard to call the other party, the voice even made Zong Fang and the others outside the torii feel a little deafening, but there was still no movement.

Even Lan Meng couldn't help becoming a little nervous, but at this moment, an unexpected change happened.

A cloth bag around Lan Meng's waist suddenly began to shake, and then only a flash of white light was seen, and a shadow fell beside Lan Meng.

"Snowball Beast?!"

Lan Meng looked at him in disbelief, and then instinctively tried to hold him in his arms.

Perhaps Lan Meng could resist this horrible negative emotion and darkness relying on his strong spirit, but the resistance of the young Snowball Beast would never be higher than that of Zongfang and the others as adults, but what happened next was To the surprise of everyone present...

Eight together --- come and play! ! (two in one)

As expected by Lan Meng, when the Snowball Beast appeared, he showed a painful expression.

But perhaps it was precisely because it couldn't resist the attack of negative emotions that it heard some voices belonging to Obic.

"The village is gone, everyone is gone, and I am the only one left..."

'Why is everyone gone? '

'don't want!Don't leave me alone! ! '

If in the eyes of everyone in GUTS, Obic is a powerful monster, in the eyes of Lan Meng, the other party is a special guest, and in the eyes of the raccoon demon, the other party is his longed-for protector.

So what is the other party in the eyes of the pure snowball beast?

An adult who is afraid of being alone.

The other party's murmurs and the constant attack of negative emotions also awakened some of Snowball Beast's memories.

When he just woke up, there were Lanmeng and Ogamon by his side. Later, when Ogamon left, it was very sad, but it persisted because of Lanmeng by its side.

Fortunately, although Lanmeng's store has a lot of customers, the relationship between several regular customers and Snowball Beast is very good.

In particular, Connor has been mixing with Snowball Beasts every time he comes here recently.

The longest scene that Lan Meng sees on weekdays is Connor who is full of food and drink, lazily basking in the sun on the sofa by the window, while the snowball beast is resting on the opponent's head, and when Connor After waking up, he ran around directly against the snowball beast.

There may not be much communication between the two sides, but it does feel great to have someone by your side.

It’s just that occasionally Lan Meng has to leave due to work reasons. At this time, Snowball Beast’s favorite thing to do is to lie on the cushion near the cash register near the door and silently stare in the direction of the door, waiting for Lan Meng to come back. After the door was pushed open, he jumped into Lan Meng's strong and warm arms.

Not only did Snowball Beast not collapse under the impact of strong negative emotions, but the memory belonging to it and Lanmeng was awakened, and the "emotional energy" accumulated in the body for nearly half a month was also activated.

A burst of warm white light enveloped the Snowball Beast.

Lan Meng, who was hugging each other, could only feel that the body of the Snowball Beast in her arms was constantly expanding, until the white light completely disappeared and completely changed.

The originally snow-white body turned into wheat yellow, and at the same time, the fluff on the body also grew longer, and a small tail grew out behind it.

But what attracted Lan Meng's attention the most were the two flexible cat ears on the opponent's head.

But without waiting for Lan Meng to sigh, the 'furball' in his arms uttered a clear and clear cry in the direction of the shrine.

"Come and play!!! Obic!!!"

Lan Meng didn't know why the other party would suddenly yell like that, but what Lan Meng didn't expect was that the originally quiet surroundings began to change following the other party's call.

The stone sculptures placed near the shrine also began to glow, and then small animals with white light began to emerge one after another, and they gathered around Lan Meng and made the same sound.

"Come and play!!! Obic!!!"

And with their calls, the shrine in front of them finally began to change.

The invisible negative emotions and darkness gradually gathered in the shrine, and then a dark human figure slowly took shape.

"Everyone...everyone...are you there?"

The other party seemed to have not seen Lan Meng and just kept murmuring, but at this moment an old voice suddenly sounded behind Lan Meng.

"Everyone is here, everyone is here!! We are just worried that, Master Ayan, you are unwilling to tell you because of our death, but...but..."

When it came to the end, the other party's voice choked up a little. After all, their initial wish was only to hope that the other party would not be sad because of them, but they didn't expect it to become like this in the end.

But the black shadow spoke again after a brief silence.

"I'm sorry, I didn't trust everyone, thank you for everything you have done for me... Also, Mr. Lan Meng, thank you and the children around you for waking me up, it is you who let me know that I am not alone. "

Facing the black shadow in front of him, or Obike's thanks, Lan Meng shook his head helplessly.

"No, I didn't do anything at all..."

The 'buckwheat noodles' that Lanmeng thought would be the key didn't seem to work. Instead, the sudden evolution of Snowball Beast solved everything in front of him.

But what he didn't expect was that the other party also shook his head.

"It was indeed that child who woke me up, but the reason why that child was able to wake me up was because of you, Mr. Lan Meng, because you used your gentleness to give that child the power to wake me up, so... thank you, and more What's more, I didn't have the opportunity to say just now that the food you cooked was delicious, thanks to it, I recalled everything I experienced with everyone in this mountain stream..."

Obviously the body was pitch black, but the other party's voice was extremely gentle.

Both Lan Meng and Zongfang and others who rushed into the shrine with the raccoon realized that the "Master Ayan" in front of them was fundamentally different from the previous "Obik" who was destroying everywhere.

But Lan Meng's words contained a vague uneasiness. Although the other party's tone was calm at this time, there was a kind of freedom and ease that seemed to see through.

In fact, it wasn't just Lan Meng, the raccoon who was familiar with the other party seemed to realize something, and big tears kept dripping down the corners of his eyes.

It's just that no one knows what to do.

But at this moment, the 'Snowball Beast' or 'Maomao Beast' who was held in Lan Meng's arms suddenly broke free from Lan Meng's embrace again and jumped towards him.