After leaving, the cat nestling on Ryunosuke Akutagawa's shoulder squinted his eyes in relief and squinted down, then walked to a place where no one was around, and a small Rashomon also appeared, nesting on the other cat in Akutagawa shoulder, and rubbed his head against the little master's neck.

"What's wrong? Rashomon?"

Akutagawa walked a little slower, he touched Rashomon who was suddenly restless, and asked worriedly.

Rashomon shook his head ignorantly, it didn't know what happened.

Just before, its self-awareness suddenly disappeared for a short period of time, and then it recovered, so fast that Rashomon almost failed to notice.

During that disappearing time, it didn't have any memory, and only vaguely noticed something when it found that the master's conversation had passed a part in vain.

Although he has a conscious body, when dealing with things other than the little master, the reflex arc is unexpectedly long.

So some disturbed supernatural powers had no choice but to appear coquettishly and beg for comfort.When the head of the transformed beast was gently rubbed by the slender and cold hand of the little master, Rashomon was so happy that he almost melted, and all his troubles were forgotten.

Sanhuamao Jinzhisuke looked at one person and one ability with an inexplicably kind look.

When he reached the bustling street again, Rashomon obediently returned to Akutagawa's coat without reminding him.

According to the agreed time, Akutagawa Ryunosuke found the address of Oda Sakunosuke accurately.

It is a curry shop with a somewhat old appearance and a two-story structure.

There is also a signboard on the side of the road that says "Western Food", but it has already started to fade and turn yellow.

"excuse me."

Akutagawa Ryunosuke pushed open the door of the curry shop without any hesitation, and the bell at the door rang with his movements.He walked in, maybe because it was not meal time, the room was very quiet now, and there were no guests, only a bald, slightly fat and kind-looking boss who was about 40 or so was sitting aside with a newspaper until he heard The voice raised his head and said welcome.

Akutagawa walked over and said politely, "Excuse me, does Sakunosuke Oda live here?"

"Are you looking for Odasaku?" The boss yelled out in a little surprise, and then remembered something, with a bright smile, "Ah, you are the friend who Odasaku said, you will come to visit? You are unexpectedly young, It took me a while to react."

"Yes, this is Akutagawa Ryunosuke." Akutagawa said, then hesitated for a while, and said with some concern: "So, Oda Saku is... the last name?"

He always thought that his friend's name was Oda, and his name was Nosuke, and even the letters were written as "Oda-kun".

Could it be that he has always called it wrong?

Oda Sakunosuke, according to the custom, is of course cut off by Oda, the first two characters are the surname, and the last three characters are the first name.

There is no such surname as Oda in Japan.

Akutagawa was a little dazed.

The owner of the curry shop laughed out loud, and immediately understood what Akutagawa was bothering. He waved his hand, "No, no, Oda is indeed his surname, but we are used to calling him Odasaku."

"……why?"

"It was a nickname given to him by a friend of his who often came to chat. He was called Odasaku, Odasaku all day long, and even I, ah, and the children adopted by Odasaku were taken astray. "The boss explained cheerfully, "In short, let's sit down for a while. Odasaku hasn't come back yet, so I'll call first."

"Excuse me." Akutagawa nodded, and put the cake and gift in his hand on the table.

The boss finished the call quickly and looked over with a smile, "He will be here soon, it seems that he was delayed by something during work, and he is rushing back now, Oda Zuo asked me to say sorry to you, little brother , wait a moment, it's probably only a few minutes away."

"Okay, it doesn't matter next time."

Akutagawa said in a considerate manner, "It's not easy for Oda-kun to work."

"Yeah, it's quite difficult." The boss sighed, "He's a nice guy, Odasaku, there are not many people who are willing to adopt five children these days."

"Speaking of which, these are gifts for the children?"

After sighing, the boss turned his head to look at the bag Akutagawa put aside, and the unique packaging of a certain dessert shop was still on it.

"Yes." Akutagawa nodded, "Children probably like desserts."

"Indeed." The boss laughed. "I'm sorry to bother you. Speaking of which, the children are on the second floor. They're a lively bunch of little ghosts. Do you want to go and see them first?"

"No." Akutagawa shook his head, "I'm just a stranger to those children, let's forget it, but if possible, can you help me give them gifts?"

Akutagawa pointed to the bag of cakes, "It might not be good to leave them at room temperature for too long."

"So that's the case, then I'll help you carry it," the boss picked up the bag in a good manner, "Brother Akutagawa, please help me look at the store."

"it is good."

Akutagawa responded.

The chubby boss cheerfully carried the bag up to the second floor.

The fans in the store are spinning slowly. All the decorations are very old, but they are very clean. The tables are polished and shiny without any stains, so that the old interior also brings a sense of calmness and simplicity of an old store. The windows Open wide, natural light illuminates the entire interior.

Before the boss came down, the sound of footsteps from the gate had already sounded.

Akutagawa hugged the three-flowered cat in his arms, and turned his head away after hearing the sound far away, watching a person running towards him calmly.

"Sorry, Akutagawa-kun."

The bell hanging at the door made a crisp sound as it opened and closed. A man with short red-brown hair and a beard walked in panting, explaining slightly apologetically:

"I had already made arrangements to get off work half an hour early today, but I didn't expect something to happen temporarily, which delayed until now."

The man who trotted all the way for a long distance shouted on his forehead, walked to Akutagawa, pulled out the chair and sat down, "It is me who invited you to be a guest, but I still make the guests wait for so long, I am really rude , sorry."

"Work is more important." Akutagawa said understandingly, "Actually, if you are too busy to get away, just send a text message to notify me."

"Ah, even though I said that, I finally asked you out. I don't really want to miss this opportunity. Moreover, the children in my family already know that you are coming as a guest, and they are all looking forward to it... um ?”

Oda Sakunosuke looked at Akutagawa's arms, the fluffy three-colored cat was lying on its stomach quietly, shaking every now and then.

"This three-colored cat... is it yours? It's the one you wrote about, the cat that can read?"

"Ah, it's called Kinnosuke." Akutagawa patted the Sanhuamao's back, "However, it's not considered to be raised, it's just to provide a place for this child, it often goes out all day alone, and only at night Come back and stay for a while."

"Sounds like an office worker who leaves early and returns late."

"Indeed." Akutagawa couldn't help curling his lips, "But today seems to be its rest day, and it doesn't intend to go out to play, so I'll ask it if it wants to visit you with me."

"Is the result coming?"

Oda Sakunosuke added the words strangely, "As expected of a cat raised by a writer... But, I don't know if it's my illusion, I seem to have seen it somewhere."

Odasaku thought for a while: "Ah, it's Lupine."

"Lupine?"

"It's a bar." Oda Sakunosuke said, "There is often a three-coloured cat lying on its stomach, which looks very similar to this kid."

"Maybe it's the one you saw." Akutagawa said, "As far as I know, Kinnosuke often visits many shops, because it is a Sanhua male cat, and no one will refuse its visit."

"By the way, the prototype of the beckoning cat is Sanhua's male cat." Odasaku nodded suddenly, "I see."

"Anyway, I'll take you to see the kids first, they've wanted to see you for a long time, and then we'll go out and have a drink." Odasaku stood up, and was suddenly taken aback, "...Eh? Where's the boss?"

"As for the owner of this store, I just asked him to give the children the meeting gift I brought over."

"Ah, that's it, it's costing you."

The boss came down not long after, and it wasn't surprising to see Oda Saku arrived. He smiled kindly and urged the two of them to go upstairs.

"The children were very happy to receive the gifts, and they asked Akutagawa-kun when you will come up." The boss said while rushing people, "Okay, okay, it's rare for Odasaku to leave work so early, both of you go up, say Get up, do you want to have dinner here? I have wine and drinks here, among other things, boss, I am very confident in my craft."

"The boss's craftsmanship is very good." Oda Saku said immediately as a testimony.

Akutagawa was not picky, he nodded obediently, "Okay... But, is it curry? If possible, please give me a non-spicy one. Also, can I trouble you to prepare a non-seasoned one for my cat? minced meat?"

"no problem."

……

On the second floor, there are two rooms in total, and the five children adopted by Odasaku live together.

Poor people have a poor way of living. If there are not enough rooms, start with the structure.The children of the Oda family live in one room for five people. The room is in the form of a bed and a table, and there are bookcases that can be put down. Fortunately, the room is quite spacious, and the children are small, so there is still plenty of room for activities.

Knocked on the door a few times.

Oda Sakuno: "It's me, Oda Sakunosuke, I'm coming in."

Akutagawa opened his dark eyes quietly, with a cat nestled on his shoulder, watching with a little curiosity.

The door was opened by Oda Sakunosuke, and he just walked in a few steps, "How are you doing?" Before he could say half of this sentence, he was suddenly interrupted.

"Assault!"

With a childish shout, a figure rushed towards Oda Sakunosuke in an instant.

Then there were three consecutive shouts, two people, three people, four people, all pulled on Odasaku's body, and threw the big man to the ground directly.

"Successful! Hahahaha, you admit defeat, Odasaku!"

Odasaku, who was thrown to the ground by the four children, blinked calmly, and said slowly: "...It's time for you to see the horror of the real mafia."

Holding the cat in his arms, Akutagawa Ryunosuke watched his friend tie up the four children with a sheet at the door, before walking in.

Then he raised his head slightly and looked at the bed above, revealing a pair of eyes in the bulging quilt.

A little guy lifted the quilt directly, and boldly rushed directly towards Akutagawa.

"Everyone, don't worry! I will take hostages and rescue you from Odasaku! Look at the trick—"

Odasaku stretched out his hand, before he could stop it: "...ah."

Akutagawa, who had known for a long time that there was someone there, changed his steps easily, avoiding the direction where the little guy was pounced, and then precisely grabbed the opponent's ankle with one hand, and directly made him spin around in the air with a clever trick. After the child cried out subconsciously, he gently put his arms around the opponent's waist, and put him firmly on the ground.

Xingsuke's eyes widened when he landed, he raised his head in a daze, and looked at Akutagawa's calm face from the bottom up.

... are you scared?

Akutagawa lowered his head and looked at the child, looking at the other's dull expression, this idea came to his mind.

However, before he could think about whether he should apologize, the child immediately came back to his senses, his eyes lit up suddenly, and his whole body exuded a wave of enthusiasm:

"Awesome——!! How did you do it? It's super amazing. I didn't realize it at all. Biu threw people into the air and turned around! Big brother, are you a mafia just like Oda Saku ?"

Xingsuke became excited all over, chattering non-stop.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke was a little at a loss, he was actually not good at dealing with children with this personality - after all, the few in his family were very sensible.He didn't think of what to say for a while.

Odasaku looked at Akutagawa's bewilderment and couldn't help laughing. He stepped forward, pressed Kosuke's head, and interrupted the overly excited questioning of his overly lively child.

"Hey, Kosuke, don't trouble Akutagawa-kun."

As Oda said, he pulled the little guy to the back, stood with the other four children, and then introduced them one by one by pressing their heads:

"The naughtiest kid who dared to sneak attack you is called Xingsuke."

"This kid is Keji, and this one is Yuu, and this one is Shinji... By the way, Shinji likes to read your stories the most, and this one is our only girl, Sakuro."

"Okay, come on, everyone." Oda Saku said gently, "Say hello to Akutagawa-kun."

With bright smiles, the five children said in unison: "Brother Akutagawa-"

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