Lin An believed others who said it was a coincidence.
For example, Kasumigaoka Utaha, Kirishima Touka, etc.
But he really didn't believe Takatsuki Izumi's coincidence.
Because Lin An knew this guy's true identity very well, there would be no such problem.
"It's a coincidence." Lin An took it as a coincidence: "We are here to purchase goods for the store. Is Takatsuki Izumi… buying new books?"
"Yes." Takatsuki Izumi nodded: "I scanned an interesting book."
The two chatted normally.
Takatsuki Izumi seemed to suddenly remember something and asked, "What time does Manager Lin An's store open?"
"6pm, the sun starts to set."
"Will it not open earlier?"
"It's already fixed."
"Ah…, but I'm a little hungry now."
"Then… eat something else to fill my stomach?"
"What kind of meat do you think I can eat, Lin An-kun?"
"...."
The two chatted.
There is no doubt that Takatsuki Izumi was just trying to make sure whether Lin An knew about her ghoul, and whether it was Lin An who told Rize about it that day.
After this chat, Takatsuki Izumi was sure.
"You're here for a free meal, right?" Lin An sighed, "Then come back with us, I still have food to fill my stomach."
"Thank you." Takatsuki Izumi saluted.
Now four people got on the car.
Before getting on the car, Takatsuki Izumi showed great kindness to Thor, saying that he was a decent person.
Thor nodded, saying that he understood.
After getting on the car.
While driving back home.
Takatsuki Izumi chatted in the car: "Do you know that Lin Anjun has been very active in District 20 recently, and it's a bit uneasy."
"Yes." Thor wiped his mouth and agreed: "It's been like this for the last few times, but it hasn't disturbed us yet."
Takatsuki Izumi pretended to think about it: "I heard it's an organization called Bronze Tree, does Lin Anjun know it?"
Lin An: ….
He really wanted to say that he didn't know "107".
But he was young after all, only in his early 20s, and he didn't know how to act.
Especially when I saw Takatsuki Izumi's mysterious expression, as if she was talking to me secretly.
Plus I knew her identity.
After all this.
Just like Thor and Kanna when they first came.
Performing crosstalk in front of me.
Causing Lin An to purse his lips, with a helpless expression of trying not to laugh.
"...."
When Takatsuki Izumi saw this, she immediately realized that she was a bit of a clown.
The store manager in front of her probably knew a lot.
It was a bit embarrassing for a while.
But after all, he was the one-eyed king, and Takatsuki Izumi recovered quickly.
Her purpose was to reveal more information and express her position and opinions.
So he continued to say seriously: "The initial target of the Bronze Tree was the dragon, but the leader seemed to have given up this target and retreated, except for a few cadres."
Hearing the dragon.
Thor and Kanna turned back together and looked at Takatsuki Izumi.
In a moment.
Takatsuki Izumi immediately waved his hand, and the one-eyed king could also smile.
"It's just to understand more. How can a ghoul compare with a dragon? We just don't want to be enemies."
"The management of the Bronze Tree is very scattered. The actions of individual cadres do not represent the Bronze Tree. Only when the whole group is mobilized can it be counted."
Hearing Takatsuki Izumi's words.
Lin An suddenly remembered who it was.
"Are the individual cadres you mentioned the ghouls who like to wear suits and ties, snap their fingers, and hold a pair of pliers?"
"!?" This time, Takatsuki Izumi was really surprised: "Lin Anjun actually knew?"
"Then I must know him." Lin An never pretended not to know anything.
Even if Takatsuki Izumi asked her who she was now.
Lin An could also frankly say that you are the One-Eyed Owl.
It's just that people don't ask, so he won't meddle in other people's business.
"The nickname is "Gecko", right? CCG's most wanted ghoul, a real bad guy." This is what Lin An said.
This person is too famous.
In CCG, even among ghouls, he is hated by everyone.
Because he is so troublesome, he always makes things that anger the heaven and the people, causing a huge impact on society, causing the CCG to angrily mobilize the investigators to take action, affecting some innocent ghouls.
Of course, there is another characteristic.
That is, Gekko is also the creator of "Breaking fingers" and "Oh, wash the kelp~".
This guy is really disgusting.
He likes cruelty and abuse, and normal people can't accept it.
When Takatsuki Izumi heard that Lin An knew who it was, she guessed it right away.
At this moment.
She knew very well that Lin An definitely knew more people in the bronze tree.
Even more things…
"What does Lin An think?" Takatsuki Izumi couldn't help but be a little curious: "Everyone hates Gekko, the ghoul."
"What do you think?"
Lin An shook his head.
"Don't be clever on me. No matter how bad the gecko is, I'm too lazy to run around to kill him. Even if I know the exact location, I'm too lazy to go there because it has nothing to do with me."
Thor thought about it and raised his hand: "If the gecko really wants to do something bad to Lin An-san and the Midnight Diner, I can go."
Kanna also raised her hand: "Kanna is the same."
Lin An shook his head: "There's no need to think so much. Just ask him if he dares to come. I'm too lazy to look for him. Don't let others affect your life plan. Got it, Thor."
Thor nodded: "Okay."
After Lin An finished speaking, he looked at TakatsukiIzumi glanced at him.
"The Bronze Tree is a mess. The legendary leader wants to create a world that only exists in fantasy. This is not a problem."
"The problem is that the leader himself does not want to do it and feels that he can't do it."
"So he wants to find someone to do it, even if he has to train someone from scratch."
"This is actually an irresponsible and evasive behavior."
"I advise the leader to give up this idea. Even if it can succeed, it will sacrifice countless lives. It will take the right time, right place and right people to succeed."
After Lin An finished speaking.
Ignoring Takatsuki Izumi's stunned expression, he stepped on the accelerator and rushed home.
He said it before.
Takatsuki Izumi and Arima Kisho both feel that they can't do it and have bad childhoods.
So they feel that they are not worthy.
So he wanted to cultivate a "king" or "dragon" to use the ultimate force to create a world where humans and ghouls coexist.
This is so funny.
The two strongest beings in the ghoul field actually felt that they were unworthy and could not do it?
Is it all because of their dark childhood?
If they felt unworthy just because of these.
Then Lin An really felt unworthy.
Too cowardly.
So he said it to the leader on the surface.
In fact, he said it to Takatsuki Izumi.
The minivan started rumbling.
After listening, Thor asked curiously.
"Why do the leaders of the Bronze Tree want to realize such a world, but don't do it themselves? In that case, even if they are lucky enough to realize it, it is not their own."
Thor couldn't understand it. If he didn't pursue such a life, it would have nothing to do with him even if he had it.
Kanna sat in Thor's arms and nodded.
"Kanna wanted to find Thor-sama, so Kanna came here, and that's why she has the life she has now."
After Kanna finished speaking, she thought for a while and added another sentence.
"There are also delicious foods!"
Thor touched Kanna's head and smiled with relief.
"Kanna is so nice, unlike my Odou-san, who always thinks about how to destroy humans every day and always teaches me to destroy humans. I don't want such a life."
Kanna thought for a while, looked at Lin An, and then agreed.
"Yeah!"
Thor's father is the leader of the dragon chaos force: the Emperor of the End.
It seems that he is going to destroy all the worlds.
In fact, he is a very reasonable old dragon.
What he is fighting against is only the humans in the other world, the hostile humans, not the slaughter of all humans.
Lin An knows this.
And he actually wanted Thor to live the life he liked.
It's just that the old father didn't know how to express it.
Along the way.
One man and two dragons were happy and chatted everywhere.
And Takatsuki Izumi was silent.
Because Lin An's words and Long's words hit her.
So in the eyes of these strong men.
Is her behavior so ridiculous?
"Irresponsible, evasive, delusional."
Every adjective can be applied to her.
In fact.
Takatsuki Izumi created the bronze tree herself.
As a result, with her identity in the ghoul world, she dared not appear in the bronze tree as the leader.
This can be seen.
It's like a company created by herself, with ambitious goals and lofty ideals.
As a result, the founder does not want to be the head.
Instead, he only wants to be a shareholder.
And the management is loose.
If this is not irresponsible and evasive, what is it?
In short, Takatsuki Izumi was hit hard.
Waiting for the car to return to the end of the alley.
Everyone got off the car and started moving things home.
Lin An saw that Takatsuki Izumi was still in a daze, so he reminded her.
"Either try your best or lie down and let it go. Don't have both. Do you understand, Ai… Takatsuki Izumi."
"!?" Hearing the word Ai, Takatsuki Izumi looked up suddenly.
Her real full name is: Fangcun Aite.
She is actually the daughter of the store manager.
The two looked at each other.
Lin An gave a look of "you know" and "look at yourself", raised his eyebrows, and then went to move things with Thor.
He can only give advice.
It's not good to let him do things.
It's okay to give advice.
That's right, he is the one who lies down in his own words.
It's impossible to work hard.
"Alas." Lin An can only give suggestions, he doesn't help make decisions.
So he patted Takatsuki Izumi on the shoulder and sighed.
"I won't say anything, Takatsuki Izumi, I just have one word for you."
Takatsuki Izumi pursed his lips, hesitated, and listened carefully.
Lin An pointed to the antique coffee shop at the entrance of the alley.
"When you came back, you visited that shop several times."
"You and the store manager are actually the same kind of people, both of you hope for the integration between humans and ghouls, but the store manager is more like me, lying down and living alone, while you are more extreme."
"So my words are: the past cannot be reversed, but the future can be changed."
Either fight or start swinging…
Don't fight and you can't fight, and you don't want to swing.
That means you get beaten on both sides and end up in despair.
In fact.
This is the original plot of Takatsuki Izumi.
Get beaten on both sides.
The world in her mind was indeed realized.
But it didn't have much to do with her, it was just that the protagonist was great.
After saying this.
Lin An left Takatsuki Izumi in a daze.
He and Thor took Kanna back to the store.
Thor went in and put his things away, and came back.I saw Takatsuki Izumi standing outside.
"Lin An-san, is she okay like this?"
"Don't worry, the CPU is just overheated." Lin An waved his hand: "It's normal for a self-entangled person to be a little confused and dizzy. Can you come and see her yourself?"
Thor pointed his index finger at the corner of his mouth and thought for a while, then nodded.
"I think she can figure it out."
"Why?" Lin An was curious about her basis.
"Because she has eaten Lin An-san's food and heard Lin An-san's guidance!"
"?" Lin An was puzzled: "What's the reason?"
He became a life mentor? !
Is there a subsidy?
Seeing that Lin An himself didn't know.
Thor showed a sunny smile instead.
She opened her hands, indicating the entire late-night canteen and Lin An's existence, and said.
"After eating Lin An-san's food, who would want to go back to their original life, who would want to die!"
"If I have a choice, I just want to be with Lin An-san for the rest of my life!"
"I don't care about the original other world!"
Lin An was stunned, a little honored: "It's too exaggerated…"
"Everything I said is true!"
Thor said that what he said was true.
"Kanna, come here."
"Hmm?" Kanna came over.
Thor looked at Kanna and asked: "Kanna, if there is no Lin An-san's food in the future, and you are thrown back to the other world, are you happy?"
"?!"
Thor just finished speaking.
Kanna was stunned, the whole dragon seemed to be petrified, almost cracked, unbelievable, just like a crash.
Lin An quickly rubbed her head.
"Thor is joking, get well soon."
"!" Kanna recovered again.
"Look." Thor indicated Kanna's condition just now: "Kanna has only been here for a few days and she is like this."
Thor concluded: "So the more you eat Lin Ansang's food, the more you like this kind of life!"
"Lin Ansang is a great man! A super great man!"
"Lin Ansang uses delicious food, and everyone becomes like Lin Ansang!"
It sounds okay at the beginning.
I heard the slightly ambiguous words at the end.
Lin An knew that she was mixed with private matters.
But…it seems to be true.
"Okay, that depends on whether what you said is true or not. I'm going to prepare the seafood. We'll have a seafood dinner tonight."
"Oh~" Kanna cheered and asked, "Kanna go help first."
Thor rolled up his sleeves and said, "Then I want some too!"
"Okay, come on."
Who would complain about too many people helping?
On the other side.
Takatsuki Izumi looked at the coffee shop at the entrance of the alley.
She walked over involuntarily.
She came to the door of the coffee shop.
It was 4 p.m.,It was the time when people were coming and going on the street.
So the cafe was quite busy.
Furuma En and Irimi Xuan were sitting there drinking cups of coffee.
Kirishima Touka delivered the coffee to the customers and cleaned up the table after the customers left.
They were also ghouls.
But they had already lived the life they had always dreamed of.
Although it seemed that there was no change, the difference was actually huge, it could be said to be earth-shaking!
And the price to pay was that they had to protect everything in that late-night restaurant!
Especially the manager!
Clean up all possible troubles!
Takatsuki Izumi was across the street, watching in silence for a long time.
Just when she was about to leave.
She saw the back kitchen door of the cafe open.
Manager Yoshimura and Kamishiro Rize were talking about something, then they smiled and saluted each other and sent Kamishiro Rize out.
The employees in the store saw this.
They all looked at each other, raised their hands, and high-fived in celebration.
Then they went back to work.
Takatsuki Izumi suddenly felt that she had missed something?
Kamishiro Rize, this big glutton, actually walked with the Antique Cafe?
Why?
There might even be hostility between the two sides, right?
And that Manager Yoshimura....
For a moment, Takatsuki Izumi's breathing became heavy.
In fact, she hated Manager Yoshimura. She hated her background and experience so much!
She was even more miserable than the left-behind children. She had to survive from an early age.
If you don't want to be killed, you have to kill; if you want to survive, you have to eat.
That's why she hated her father.
But Lin An's words also appeared in her mind at this time.
The past has already happened and cannot be changed. Looking back is meaningless.
But the future can be fought for.
Either fight or make a move. Don't get beaten on both ends!
After deep thought, Takatsuki Izumi opened his eyes and said to himself with certainty.
"The bronze tree is still useful to me. I want to completely change the world of ghouls in my own way.".