Years of composure had done its work. Even though Soichiro was genuinely happy inside, he did not show any loss of control on his face.
Right now, he needed to think about how to handle his wife's situation. In the official records, his wife had been dead for many years. If she suddenly reappeared, it would definitely attract a lot of attention.
For that, they needed a suitable explanation.
If he wanted nobody to be able to pick holes in it, the simplest answer was that she had been rescued by some unknown powerhouse. After all, when Hollow Zero erupted, nobody would have been paying attention to details like that.
"My cooking is pretty average," Miyabi's mom said as she personally went into the kitchen and made a full table of hearty home-style dishes.
Hoshimi Soichiro and Hoshimi Miyabi were already practically vibrating with impatience. It had been so many years. Just smelling that familiar scent from their memories was enough to make their appetites surge.
"Looks really appetizing."
Koji was not just saying it to be polite. Miyabi's mom really was a gentle, virtuous woman. He could not help wondering how much of that Hoshimi Miyabi had inherited.
The flavors were on the lighter side, without anything overly rich or greasy. Koji was not picky.
But compared to his slow, careful tasting, Hoshimi Miyabi and Hoshimi Soichiro were flat-out sweeping the table clean at top speed.
Koji's mouth twitched. He could understand it, sure, but with your identities, do you really need to be this dramatic? You look like starving ghosts reincarnated.
"Sorry you had to see that," Miyabi's mom said helplessly.
She did not even know what to say. She was this close to bursting out laughing.
There was still a guest here, you two. Could you pay at least a little attention to your image?
One was the family head, and the other was a Void Hunter. If anyone else saw them like this, they probably would not believe their own eyes.
"It's fine. They haven't eaten your cooking for years, Auntie. It's understandable," Koji said with a smile.
If it were him, he would probably be the same.
…
Koji and Hoshimi Miyabi went to Sixth Street together. On the way, Koji had already told her that he had several romantic confidantes, and she did not care.
"Koji, you should be really strong, right? Want to do some sparring practice with me?" Hoshimi Miyabi asked eagerly.
"If there's a chance, sure. But I'm not planning to fight in the middle of the street right now," Koji said, shaking his head.
Hoshimi Miyabi was a pure martial fanatic. For her to become a Void Hunter at this age, she had probably already broken the record for the youngest Void Hunter.
"Alright."
In a crowded downtown street, it really was not suitable to fight.
…
"Are you Master Yixuan?"
The moment Hoshimi Miyabi saw Yijiang, she froze and blurted it out.
"You've got the wrong person, don't you? I'm Yijiang, Yixuan's older sister," Yijiang said, also stunned.
She and Yixuan really did resemble each other a little. After all, they were sisters.
So this was the Void Hunter, Hoshimi Miyabi. So young, yet already so accomplished.
But why was she calling her younger sister "Master"?
"Sorry, I mistook you for someone else. I once sparred with Master Yixuan and learned a lot from it," Hoshimi Miyabi said, studying her carefully. There really were differences.
Hearing the explanation, Yijiang did not know whether to laugh or cry. She immediately understood. Her younger sister had actually sparred with this fox-eared woman.
If you learned something from someone, calling them "Master" really was appropriate.
"Section Chief Hoshimi Miyabi, since you've fought my younger sister before, can you tell me what her strength is like now?"
Hoshimi Miyabi thought for a moment. "Master Yixuan is very strong. When we sparred back then, we were evenly matched. But if we fought with our lives on the line, there's a high chance we'd both end up badly hurt."
Even though Yixuan did not have the title of Void Hunter, she possessed the strength of one.
Too bad it was not convenient to go to Wei Feidi. Otherwise, she could have gone there often to exchange blows and train.
"I see…"
Yijiang nodded. Yixuan really had already surpassed her older sister.
"Not yet. None of us have any Dennies on us, so we can only walk around the streets," Eula said with a shrug.
Mora was not usable as currency in this world.
Koji smacked his forehead. He had forgotten about that. Even Yijiang, a local, had not had any Dennies on her after all these years.
When you were fighting, you did not exactly carry something like Dennies on you.
It was not that she did not have money. She just did not spend much. She had a lot of money on her card, so much that even she did not know the exact amount.
Between her Section 6 salary and the money Soichiro transferred to her, she was actually a very low-key little rich girl.
Soupfall Valley was a very famous ramen shop.
"Huh? This ramen has a special effect?"
Eula took one bite and immediately felt a surge of power rising inside her. The power of her elemental attribute had been strengthened to a certain degree.
This really was some magical ramen.
"Teyvat has dishes like that too. It's just that there aren't many people who can make them," Koji said.
In the Zenless Zone Zero world, there were ramen masters and coffee masters. In Teyvat, Lumine could cook dishes with special effects, but food made by most other people was just ordinary food.
If it were made by an adeptus, then with adeptal energy enhancing it, it would probably also have special effects.
"Really? I've never had that before," Eula said with a smile, shaking her head.
"Dishes like this are not common. The owner of this shop is no ordinary person," Hoshimi Miyabi said.
She knew Sixth Street fairly well. Even though it looked like a perfectly ordinary neighborhood, the people living here were not simple at all.
W-Engines were supposed to be kept under military control, yet they were sold here, and the key point was that nobody came to cause trouble over it. That alone showed just how deep the waters of Sixth Street really were.
Drive Discs, Bangboo, W-Engines, and food with special effects…
Even she could not help sighing. "All the talent ends up in Sixth Street."
Fortunately, the people of Sixth Street were very steady. They had no desire to break this peaceful way of life.
"What's so exaggerated about it? We're just ordinary video store owners."
The Oatmeal siblings, Wise and Belle, came over to eat ramen. They were fairly familiar with Hoshimi Miyabi and had worked with her before.
"Is that so?" Hoshimi Miyabi gave them a meaningful smile.
Ordinary store owners? You two really know how to talk. A famous Proxy, and disciples of someone connected to the fall of the Old Capital. If you count as ordinary, then what does that make everyone else?
"Of course we are," Belle said shamelessly.
"Do you have… adult videotapes at your store?"
Koji asked with a curious look. Since they were the Oatmeal siblings, they definitely had some 18+ tapes, right?
"Cough, cough…"
The Oatmeal siblings choked. It was their first time meeting someone this direct.
Saying they did not have any was impossible. The amount they had watched was definitely not small. But in public, could you not ask that kind of question? It was socially fatal.
In private, it was not like they could not chat with him about it.
Now everyone's eyes had turned toward them. The two of them were so embarrassed they practically wanted to claw a hole in the ground, especially under those knowing looks from the people around them.
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