Bamboo Charcoal Bag

A gaze fell onto Naoki's back.

"Ogata?" Naoki asked in a low voice.

"I see it."

Ogata was expressionless as usual, unsure if it was an illusion, and there seemed to be a touch of unhappiness in his tone.

"What do you see?"

"You touched that girl's thigh..."

A drop of cold sweat fell on Naoki's head, and he hastily interrupted: "I can explain."

"Yes." Ogata calmly said, "Explain."

Wait, why do I have to explain it to you! Nanako herself doesn't care, and ordinary friends don't need to explain!

"Do you know Chiba?" Naoki asked.

"I know, my first year classmate." Ogata paused, "I've never spoken to her."

Classmates haven't spoken to each other for a whole year. Is it because you are too popular or Nanako is too popular.

"I was just threatened," said Naoki.

"Uh?"

"Due to some reason at school, Chiba and I had some feuds. I just met her and she insisted on playing with me. If I don't play, she will bully me."

Ogata tilted his head and thought for a moment, then suddenly said, "…Loving and killing each other?"

There is no such relationship, just ordinary classmates who don't like each other, don't use adjectives carelessly!

Naoki said speechlessly: "How do you know that you love and kill each other?"

"In twitter." Ogata replied, "Some people say that Sasuke and Naruto are true love who love and kill each other..."

"Read more books and use less Twitter in the future."

Naoki reached out his hand to hold the top of Ogata's head.

"Don't touch my head." Ogata slightly puffed his cheeks, "My hair is a mess."

...

After leaving the arcade hall, the four of them walked to the third floor.

The third floor is mostly a variety of photo stickers. While cell phone selfies have become the mainstream of photography, photo stickers, like game consoles, are becoming increasingly desolate in many countries and are becoming the dust of history, but they are still popular in Japan. Girls on good terms went shopping, basically took some pictures.

"Nii-chan, come closer." Sakura Rin said, "Let's take a family photo together."

"Family photo?" Furuhashi said hesitantly, "Is it just an ordinary photo sticker?"

"A few small things, don't worry about it."

There's nothing to say about the shoot, except for the 'family photo' of the four of them together, and the photos everyone else took separately.

But trouble soon came.

When Naoki, Furuhashi and Ogata stood together, Ogata was obviously a bit shorter than the two of them. When taking pictures, only half of his face can be shown, which makes Naoki inexplicably a child's image.

"That…" Furuhashi suggested, "Does Ricchan want to step on something?"

In the small booth for taking photo stickers, in addition to some photo props, such as bunny girl hair accessories, etc., there is indeed a small stool for guests who are not tall enough.

"Don't want to."

Ogata shook his head and refused.

Rin said, "Ricchan, do you want Nii-chan to hug you and help you?"

"No one wants to."

"Don't want this, don't want that…" Rin clenched her small fist and suddenly hit it in the palm of her hand, "Ah, there's a way, let Nii-chan kneel, and you can step on Nii-chan's back."

Ogata turned his head and looked up.

"What do you see?" Black lines fell from above Naoki's head.

At this time, if you do not refuse, but look up, do not say that you are moved! I will not kneel on the ground and be your royal bench!

"That..." The staff next to him couldn't take it anymore, and reminded politely, "Wouldn't it be better if the two of you crouched down?"

After rushing the photo shoot, everyone left quickly, otherwise the staff would always feel like they were looking at a fool.

"I am hungry." Rin suggested, "Nii-chan, can we go have lunch?"

Naoki glanced at the time, before he knew it was 10:30, "Let's go."

"Onee-san, hurry and hurry."

The four of them got off to leave the Game Center, walked to the nearest shopping mall, and then came to the restaurant on the third floor.

Naoki asked for a set meal with pork, and a bottle of Cola. He found an empty table in the corner and sat down. After a while, the three girls finally came.

Naoki looked up and found that Rin was carrying black bread, walking down the street, which was quite interesting.

"What's this?" Naoki asked casually.

"It's a very spicy bread." Rin averted her gaze and sat down next to Ogata, leaving the last empty spot for Furuhashi, and then chirped, "My classmate told me that the freshly launched very spicy bun is really good. She highly recommended trying them, I only saw that this restaurant was selling them, so I bought four, only one for each person."

In Japan, only rice is the staple food, which can be eaten three times a day. Steamed buns and other fried dumplings are side dishes. Some restaurants even have fried rice with rice.

Naoki asked curiously, "Why is it black?"

"I heard it's bamboo charcoal." Furuhashi sat next to Naoki, and his movements were a bit stifled due to the lack of space.

"Can you eat bamboo charcoal too?"

"Yes." Ogata said calmly, "Bamboo is omnipotent, you can eat bamboo shoots, bamboo worms, and bamboo mice, and bamboo charcoal can also be made into some special taste foods, such as bamboo charcoal moon cake."

Of course, bamboo charcoal here doesn't mean you burn bamboo into carbon and grind it into a powder to eat right away, but bamboo charcoal powder that can be eaten after processing.

"Wow, Ricchan knows a lot." Rin widened her eyes.

Ogata said, "Call Onee-san."

"No." Rin shook her head "It's better to call Ricchan."

...

"Ittadakimasu."

Naoki took a very spicy bun, which looked like carbonated bread baked in a steamer. Looks strange. After sniffing a bit, there was no smell of burning, only the smell of flour.

Naoki took a small bite, and the taste of the pork and peppers quickly exploded in his mouth.

"Ugh."

"It's even spicier than ramen."

Naoki firmly put down his chopsticks, took the cola and drank it. The ice cola quickly suppressed the searing pain, and the next moment, a miserable cry rang out in his ears.

"Ugh-"

Furuhashi took a bite of the bread, and a hazy mist appeared in his clear and bright eyes. She quickly turned his head to look at Naoki. To be precise, she looked at the cola in Naoki's hand, his eyes like those in the desert. Those who were near death of thirst saw a life-saving glass of water.

The next moment, Cola changed hands.

*gulp gulp*