"That's just as well." The store manager said kindly that he had never seen such a kind. "There are a lot of powerful people in the mew species, but most of them are high-profile and smart, but most of them are weak, and they need to rely on some strong people to survive, and it is rare to see someone like you who is smart and powerful, and very low-key."

"I'm not smart," Long Hao smiled and shook his head, if drinking coffee with Jin Mu feels calm, then drinking coffee with the store manager feels mild, and it can tolerate all mildness. "I'm just a speculator."

"Speculation? What an interesting word. "The store manager has been in contact with human society for a long time, so he naturally understands the meaning of this word." But who of us is not living in such a world, human beings tremble to avoid our predation, we take risks for food, this is not the life we want, we can only look for that glimmer of life, aren't we also speculators? ”

"Indeed, but you haven't told me yet..."Long Hao's expression remained unchanged. How did you find out who I am? ”

"You're really obsessed with this." The store manager sighed. "I sensed something was wrong when I first met you before, a novice investigator like you has a terrifying aura, although you have been suppressing, but I still noticed it, but I didn't think much of it, at that time I thought you were a secret weapon of the CCG or....'V' organization."

"V?" Long Hao paused when he mentioned the words, only the stronger the person can perceive the truth of the world, this is not an organization that two people can match, even if Long Hao and the store manager join forces, they can't say that they can win. "I know a little bit."

"But I quickly vetoed it, if you were a member of 'V'," the store manager said when Long Hao first met Sanbo, when the two brothers were killed, but Sanbo was unharmed. "You will definitely not let us go, although I have passed so long, most of the members of the organization recognize me, and the V organization has a slight relationship with the meow species, they can feel whether the other party is a meow through their sense of smell, not to mention that if the 'V' organization meets me, they will fight with me endlessly, and I killed a lot of my former colleagues at that time."

"I knew you were a meow." Long Hao replied, Fangcun still didn't get to the point, he was just guessing at that time.

"The appearance of the black dragon did interrupt my investigation of you," the store manager said slowly, but since he was sure, Long Hao would definitely not be such a young age. "I ruled you out at the beginning before, because of your age, and the smell and strength are completely different, but with the appearance of the other party again and again, I noticed something."

"What's the matter?" Although he knew that the store manager was hanging his appetite, Long Hao still couldn't help but ask.

"You like the coffee in Anding District, right?" The store manager suddenly asked an inexplicable question.

"Indeed..."Long Hao frowned, is this going to divert the topic again?" Come for a drink almost every day. ”

"The aroma of coffee is different," the manager leaned back slightly, revealing a serene expression. "This has something to do with the raw materials and personal production methods, everyone can brew different flavors of coffee, and I have been brewing my own coffee for more than ten years, although I noticed this before, but I didn't have time to smell it carefully, but when you appeared in front of me today, I was sure that you were here a few days ago."

"So I'm exposed here?" Long Hao smiled helplessly, he originally expected that the problem would appear in his movements or clothes, and he didn't think that he would be planted on this small coffee. "But I do like it here, and since you know who I am, I'll tell you something about it by the way."

"The Anding District has been leaked." Long Hao looked directly at the other party with a very serious attitude.

"Alas..."The shopkeeper sighed, slowly stood up, and looked at the two cups that he had always treasured, the people in the Anding District would not destroy everything here, but the people outside... It's different." Aite... Do you still hate me..."

"There will be a search officer coming soon," Long Hao took a sip of coffee, although he didn't want to destroy the peace of the Anding District, but the choice was not up to him. "If you leave now and escape from here, there may be a glimmer of life, because even if the other party only notices this place because of suspicion, they will remain vigilant about this place, and then it will not only be the people in the stable area who will suffer, but also those who come to ask for help in the surrounding area may also be targeted by the search officer."

"Do you give me the choice?" Seeing that Long Hao just said this, but did not say anything about it, the store manager understood what Long Hao meant, and listed the conditions in front of him, but the choice of ordinary people would choose the answer that Long Hao wanted, which was far more clever than persecution. "Even if my decision destroys this stable zone?"

"The Anding Zone is yours." Long Hao didn't answer positively, he also wanted to change the so-called fate once. "The choice is yours."

"Alas... What a difficult choice. At this time, the door opened, and Irumi walked in, Long Hao had already put on a mask at this time, but it still scared her a lot.

"Huh? Oh... The store manager..."She turned her head to look at the store manager, and saw that the store manager didn't make any moves on the black dragon, so she reported everything truthfully. “... Here comes the white dove..."

"Hmm." The store manager nodded, he had indeed made his choice, the road from the sofa to the door was obviously so skillful, but now he was walking so heavily.

"Hey! I... Didn't you make it clear..."The black dragon's fingers moved slightly, this is a result that he doesn't intend to accept, the other party obviously has bad intentions, it is obvious that if they escape this time, then CCG will also take them and turn their heads to deal with Bronze Tree, so the situation will still return to the past, but if he chooses to stay here, even if it is a stable area, it will not be CCG's opponent, and he can't think of a reason for the store manager to stay. "You're just leaving, no one will die, and you only need to change a café to survive, but if you are found out by the Investigator, you will not only have to carry the black cauldron for the bronze tree, but also challenge the humans you don't want to face, which... Can you accept it? ”

"You said... You are a speculator. The manager stopped, but his eyes were still firm. Speculators mostly conform to the times and avoid evil, but occasionally... I also want to buck the trend, for the sake of my loved ones, for the sake of paying off the debt I owe, I'm sorry, Irimi. ”

"I hope you can help everyone in Anding, the reason why I ask you is because I know that in fact, you also have feelings for Anding, although you always have a cold attitude, but in fact, you are more gentle than those people." Irimi had been listening, but she hadn't said a word the whole time, and the store manager straightened his collar and strode away. "In the end, I hope to ask you as a father, and my child is handed over to you."

"Do you want to stay too? Insight. "The black dragon looked at Irumi who was standing on the side, she didn't need to go down, the other party was named to see the store manager, she just looked at the black dragon with complicated eyes, this leader who abandoned them when they were at their strongest, but rushed back when they were most dangerous." In this kind of time, staying is tantamount to dying. “

"How long have you been gone? Black Dragon. "Irimi bowed his head slightly, it was something Long Hao had never seen before, although he had a good relationship with the black dog, but the other party never showed respect for himself." It seems like it's been ten years, and we never feel that your departure is a mistake, maybe you just have something, maybe you just want us to join the stable zone, but we still have a stable life for the past ten years. ”

"It's just... Now we can't abandon the store manager who has been with us for ten years, and he has paid a lot for Anding District. Irumi raised his head, and there was a rare firmness and conviction in his eyes. Since he made his choice this time, those of us who follow him should live up to the store manager's expectations, even if... Give with our lives. ”

"I see, I'm not going to interfere with this." The black dragon seemed to want to say something, but he still gave up, and he turned his back to Irimi, leaving only a pitch-black back for the other party. "No matter how stupid this thing is, I will respect your choice."

"Thank you." Irimi bowed again, closed the door and left. "Our former leader."

"Alas... People always have times when their brains are confused, no matter who they are." Long Hao took off his mask, but with the same smile on his face as always. "Although I am a speculator, unlike you, no matter what choice you make, I will win in the end, but it's a little ridiculous that I'm still fooled by this damn fate."

Long Hao pressed one side of his eyes with his hand, he originally thought that he controlled the direction of fate, but only now did he understand that fate controlled him to the end it should have, is this the so-called fate correction force? I obviously got what I wanted, but what is this unpleasant feeling...

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The store manager placed the coffee in front of the two inquisitors, one was a middle-aged man with a gentle face, and the other was a white-haired boy with his hair down, and for some reason, from the time the store manager picked up the coffee to the time he put it in front of the two of them, the middle-aged man was carefully observing the store manager, as if trying to find out what was wrong.

"It's really an elegant and comfortable shop." The other party couldn't see the flaws in the store manager's expression, and the store manager had the same face from beginning to end.

"Thank you for the compliment." The store manager was a little hesitant, and it would be better if the other party didn't notice an abnormality in the stabilization area. "Excuse me. What are you two asking about? ”

"By the way..."Shinohara seemed to remember that he needed a purpose for coming to the store, so he couldn't tell me the truth. Kaneki... Ken Kaneki, I heard that he used to be an employee here. ”

"Yes." The store manager nodded, it seems that CCG also found this clue to Kaneki?

"Do you know what he's doing now?" Shinohara remembered that this shop was the one where Kaneki used to work, so he took this opportunity to ask about Kaneki's situation.

"We couldn't get in touch with him about two months ago." The manager paused slightly, and made a sad expression. "And then..."

"Although I don't know if I can help," the store manager still sensed that something was wrong behind this series of things, Kaneki's appearance seemed to turn the gears of fate, and there was absolutely no Bronze Tree behind it, he needed to rely on the power of CCG to investigate, and by the way, distract CCG's attention. "But I've heard that he seems to have just had an organ transplant and that his health doesn't seem to be very optimistic."

"That—" Shinohara's attention wasn't there, his expression showing a hint of surprise for the first time, he was still staring at the manager's face, and after he noticed the unusual familiarity, he finally realized where the familiarity came from. Where have we met before? ”