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Inside a quaint, old-fashioned bar with an antique vibe.
"Boss, please give me two servings of dorayaki." Jujo Megumi sat down at the counter and ordered from the owner who was waiting for customers at the front.
She also ordered a serving for Eiko by the way.
It was clear that she was quite familiar with this dimly lit, old-style bar, obviously a long-time customer.
Eiko, naturally, didn't refuse Megumi's order for him, as he didn't know what the specialty of the place was anyway.
"Wouldn't you like to order some drinks as well?"
Eiko turned to Megumi and asked.
He remembered an elder saying that alcohol is a good way to...ah, forget it, a good way to promote bonding.
Of course, Eiko stated the main reason was because Megumi herself liked the atmosphere of this nostalgic bar, where she could listen to some quiet classical music and have a few sips of low-alcohol drinks.
"I'm still on duty, not on vacation, it would be bad if I had a drink and delayed important matters." Megumi shook her head, gave him a beautiful white look and said.
Clearly, she was a bit suspicious that someone might have some "malicious" intentions.
Especially as the leader of Victory Team, she needed to set an example and didn't want to make any mistakes at work.
This was also why she was sometimes jokingly called the "Demon Captain" by her teammates.
She was very strict when she needed to be.
"Cough, cough." Eiko coughed awkwardly, he had been seen through so quickly.
Luckily, at that moment, the boss happened to bring over the dorayaki he had prepared.
Because they had discussed quite a few things and had been sitting idle for a long time, it was already quite dark now, and both of them had a good appetite.
In the quiet atmosphere, after a while, they had finished most of it.
"Recently, because of the monster resurgence, I might be busy for a while, I may come home less often, I'm sorry..." As they walked back to the small villa together after leaving the old-style bar, Megumi looked at Eiko with a little apology in her voice.
Compared to the traditional Yamato Fuzoku, she suddenly felt that she had not fulfilled her wife's duties a little.
"I actually think you might come home more often." Eiko shook his head and said when he heard Megumi's words.
After all, if there was news about monsters that needed to be inquired about, Megumi, as Victory Team captain, would most likely go back to the small villa.
And according to the frequency of one or two monsters or space beings every day for Tiga, Megumi would probably run home every day.
Even more than the number of times she took vacations before the monsters resurfaced, by dozens of times!
Megumi also thought of this point all at once, she smiled wryly, "It seems...it really might be like that."
After all, this could not be considered entirely good news, the more inquiries there were, it meant that there would be quite a few monsters or space beings appearing.
As they walked to the side of the small villa, Megumi seemed to have suddenly remembered something.
"This is a special TPC communicator that Director Zewei prepared for you, because you didn't join TPC, for privacy considerations, so it doesn't have a satellite positioning device installed."
Megumi took out a white Victory Team communicator that was exactly the same as hers, about the size of a palm, and handed it to Eiko with a serious expression, "If anything happens, you can contact me and the Victory Team."
In her opinion, since Eiko was a researcher... Daoist, and he was also related to the occult, it was very possible that he might encounter some monster or space being danger.
Just like the image that the female witch Kirieloid transmitted to TPC, the so-called "God" of the Kirieloid, was originally planning to possess her husband, to carry out their conspiracy.
In order to ensure his safety as much as possible, this specially made emergency communicator was very necessary.
This was also something that Director Zewei of TPC had specially instructed.
"Since it's a heartfelt gesture, then I'll take it." Eiko nodded and took it, although he didn't really need it, but one more communicator wouldn't hurt.
He could also contact people in the Victory Team, especially his 御姐 wife, and use it as a video call.
At the same time that Eiko took the communicator, he "accidentally" grabbed Megumi's hand.
"That...I still have things to do, so I'll leave first." Megumi was startled, her face flushed, and she found an excuse to take her hand back.
Then she turned around and quickly walked towards her car, meaning to escape.
"It seems like a good start." Seeing Megumi's TPC special car leave, Eiko couldn't help but smile slightly.
Although they just went to the izakaya and had some food, the sense of strangeness between the two seemed to have dissipated a little.
However, what Eiko didn't expect was that the first person to contact him after he got this TPC communicator was not Megumi, nor Director Zewei of TPC.
But the certain Daigo who had already become soup.
"Daoist Eiko...senior, I'm so sorry to disturb you so late." Daigo's figure appeared on the video of the communicator, his face full of sincerity and seriousness.
Hearing the opponent's address of "senior," Eiko immediately guessed why this kid was looking for him.
Obviously, it was because of Tiga, and because he guessed his identity based on his voice during the previous pyramid incident.
Otherwise, the opponent's address for him would definitely be like everyone else's, Daoist Eiko, the identity that the system helped create.
"Come to the coffee shop." Eiko didn't say much, and directly gave the address of a coffee shop near the small villa.
Although he had just finished dinner, he felt that he could prepare some late-night snacks in advance, and 蹭一顿 from Daigo队员.