Ultimate Assassin: Start as the sixth floor in the Continental Hotel

Chapter 198 The Promise of Fireworks

Saito Kyoka looked at the messy kitchen with her hands on her hips angrily.

Brother Jin is really becoming more and more sloppy. Since the SHELLAC bar was rebuilt, the manager is Iwa-san in name. In fact, Brother Jin is basically taking care of the store. But every time Mr. Yagami comes, the two of them will They would argue with each other, then run out cursing and fool around all day.

I am about to prepare to take the college entrance examination! If I really go there, I'm afraid this bar will fall into the hands of Brother Ren!

"Dingling bell~"

The bell at the door rang. It was a simple doorbell, used to alert the shopkeeper that there was a customer coming and going. At this time, SHELLIC Bar was still preparing for business. Maybe Brother Ren forgot to turn over the business sign at the door before leaving?

"Sorry~ We are still preparing, we are temporarily closed~" Jingxiang increased the volume in the kitchen and shouted outside the kitchen.

"I'm just going to stay for a while and I'll be leaving soon." The customer outside said angrily, "Let's have a glass of BowMore whiskey and some handmade ice balls."

"Hey... I'm sorry, guest, our bartender here has gone out..." Jingxiang secretly thought in distress that this customer is really stubborn. He even said that he would not open the business, and he still had to cut his own handmade ice balls...

I'm just a high school girl! Where can I find the strength to cut a hockey puck for you?

"We haven't reached the opening hours yet, guest! Why don't you wait a little later... ah?" Jing Xiangxiang lifted the door curtain of the kitchen and poked his head out, only to find that a man in a black windbreaker had already He walked into the bar, poured a glass of wine skillfully, and still looked at her playfully. And that familiar face made Jingxiang shout happily, "Iwa-san! It's really you! Long time no see!"

It seemed that this was the first time for Chen Yan to be welcomed so warmly by a girl. He felt a little uncomfortable for a while. He touched his nose awkwardly and said nonchalantly: "Only a month or two...is it that long?"

"Hehe..." Jingxiang put her hands behind her back in embarrassment and said with a slight blush on her face, "I just feel like I haven't seen you for a long time."

"That guy Kuwana." Chen Yan looked around, but didn't find Kuwaname. "I also said I brought you some local specialties from Yan Kingdom... Speaking of which, I just went to Yagami's to knock around for a long time. No one opened the door, and Majima Construction also said that Maji Masan was not here, so where did they go?"

"Brother Jin was called away by Mr. Yagami, right? I didn't see him when I came back from school." Kyoka tilted her head and said in confusion, "Mr. Yagami and the others seem to be investigating some strange cases recently. Mr. Majima also came here yesterday. , mysteriously, hiding in the box and locking the door... When I got up in the morning, Brother Ren was already cleaning, and they had all left."

"Did they bring other guests?" Chen Yan frowned slightly and asked.

"Hmm... Two uncles I haven't seen before are also here." Jingxiang thought for a while, "One has an afro, and the other has a hair style like that worn by young people in Goryeo... What's wrong? ?”

"No, it's nothing, I'm just asking." Chen Yan nodded thoughtfully, then drank all the wine in the glass and said with a smile, "Jingxiang, don't worry too much, they are probably helping Iori to investigate. After all, you know that guy Lao Ba, a private detective can take on any job... I guess he has encountered a big case, right?"

"That's right..." Jingxiang smiled naively, "Forget it, they should be back after they finish their work. Iwa-san probably hasn't eaten yet, right? What do you want to eat?"

"I won't eat anymore. I originally wanted to tell you that I'm safe today. I guess you may not be able to contact me in the next month or two." Chen Yan shook his head with a smile and said. "I have to visit Xiao Hei later. I don't know if his work at the Tokyo Continental Hotel is going well."

"Why do you have to leave again just after you came back..." Jingxiang pouted and said sadly, looking like he was hesitating to speak.

"What's wrong? Someone is bullying you in school?" Chen Yan was stunned and asked.

"No, um... I want to say..." Jingxiang grabbed the corner of her clothes a little shyly and said shyly, "In a few months, there will be a fireworks display... I... I want to invite Iwa-san to join us. Watching the fireworks...I...I bought a bath..."

"Oh! That's right! I've only seen Japan's fireworks display in anime!" Chen Yan suddenly realized, "Okay, let's go together after I finish my work this time!"

"Eh?" Jingxiang was stunned. She didn't expect Chen Yan to agree so quickly. When she realized what she was doing, she happily spun around in circles, "Yeah! Let's go together! We've made an appointment~"

"Then, it's time for me to go." Chen Yan said with a smile, and then pointed to a few souvenir bags placed on the bar, "When Kuwana and the others come back, remember to share the souvenirs I brought with them. One point."

"Yeah!" Jingxiang responded happily, as if she thought of something again, she ran into the kitchen at a trot, "Iwa-san, wait for me!"

After a while, Jingxiang walked out of the kitchen with a small sachet-like object: "Iwa-san! This is the peace...talisman I went to the shrine to pray for..."

There was no one in front of the bar, as if... no one had ever been there.

Jingxiang stared blankly at the wine glass that Chen Yan drank from, and said softly: "Iwan-san... is really busy."

Legend has it that there is a bird without feet that flies in the sky all its life. You only hit the ground once in your life, and that's when you die. As a killer, perhaps Chen Yan's fate is like that of a bird without feet. He always comes in a hurry and leaves in a hurry, doing as he pleases, but he looks very free, but always has a trace of sadness on his face, as if he is troubled by something.

Perhaps before becoming a killer, Chen Yan was just a boy who loved watching anime and longed for the gorgeous fireworks and the beautiful midsummer.

No one knew his past. He was like a person who appeared out of thin air, broke into Saito Kyoka's world, saved her life like a hero, but left quietly when she wanted to repay her.

The shrine maiden once told her that a person who was very important to her might leave her world one day. She knew that the most likely person was Chen Yan.

So, she asked for a peace charm at the shrine, hoping to give it to Chen Yan when he came back one day, hoping that he would always be safe.

It's a pity that I still missed it, just like the emotion that a girl can't reach.

After all, a busy killer and a female high school student who is preparing to take the college entrance examination are destined to be people from two different worlds, right?

Gently opening the door of the bar, Jingxiang looked at the afterglow of the setting sun, turned around and rearranged the business sign, gently placed the peace charm in her hand on her chest, folded her hands on the peace charm, and prayed softly With.

"Be safe... Iwa-sang."

"Fireworks, they must be beautiful, right?"