Heavy girl? I feel worse than Black Hole Trigger!

"?"

Why does it feel like this kitten's eyes are full of admiration?

Although he didn't understand what the silent little cat demon (tentative name) was thinking, Zheli had already accepted that it possessed human intelligence and naturally wouldn't pick it up without permission. He nodded to the kitten, then stood up, looked back at Su Shi and Lenai, and said, "I'm going to go out and take a look. You two stay in the store for now, just in case."

"I want to go too." Su Shi took a step forward, stared into his eyes seriously, and said.

Zhe Li shook his head. "It could be dangerous. Besides, what if I can't come back?"

Even though he knew that the little cat demon could trigger this thing, let's call it a "portal" for now, he couldn't guarantee that it would work the same way in reverse.

We can’t let Su Shi and the others run away to some unknown place and be unable to return home.

However, Su Shi just pouted after hearing this: "I'm going to give you the same lines back - what if I can't get them back?"

"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Zhe Li knocked his chest.

Even without a full bottle, the physical prowess of a Blood Starman alone would make him invincible on Earth. Even if they encountered a monster or something, even if they couldn't defeat it, they could just run away. Besides, he was just going to go over and test the waters: at least he had to make sure no dangerous people were getting through this door to the cafe.

Su Shi put his hands on his hips and asked, "Will I be in trouble then?"

“…Hmm.” That seems to be the case.

With him around, he could definitely protect Su Shi from most dangers. On the other hand, if there truly was something on the other side of the door he couldn't defeat, and it broke into the cafe through this door one day, it would still end up being a head-on confrontation. It would be better to meet him first and discuss countermeasures; that would be safer in the long run.

The only doubt is the reliability of this door.

"Okay, give me a minute. I'm going to do an experiment."

Zhe Li turned his little finger back into a small ball of slime, quietly slipped out the door, and returned to the store and closed the door.

After a few seconds, the door was pushed open. It was still the unfamiliar, dark alley—the small slime, following the instructions given by Zheli the moment he separated it, pushed the door open from the opposite side. Then, quietly, in the blind spot of Su Shi and Lenai, it returned to Zheli's body through his trouser leg.

Only Qi Liangliang saw the red clay moving at high speed, his eyes gleaming as if he had been convinced of something...

"Hmm." Zhe Li pondered for a moment facing the door.

In other words, if you come back from the opposite side, even a group of unconscious slimes can trigger the "door"?

"One last experiment."

He closed the door again, and this time he thought to himself: what a world this little guest has come to.

Push open the door - there is an alley behind it.

"...So that's what it is?"

He thought instead: the world of Sushi and Lenai.

Close it. Open it—behind the door is the street.

"I have fully understood."

This door is obviously not a portal, but more like a teleportation portal: it can only travel between "the world when the guests come" and "this cafe".

Since this was the kitten's second visit, it meant that she could come and go easily without any rituals: the slime experiment just now also proved that if you want to enter the cafe, you just need to push open the door, and the same is true when leaving, you just need to use her cat paws to push the door open and return to her world.

If she were walking back and forth alone, this cafe would seem to be right in her world.

As the store manager, he can only open the door freely after he realizes that the kitten is his "guest".

Of course, this is only a hypothesis at this point, but at least one thing has been proven: no matter who you are, even if you go to another guest's world, you can still return to the cafe by opening the door.

In other words, it will be a safe trip.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile excitedly.

I once thought that I could only wait for death, which would come at an unknown time, until death would allow them to meet again.

But, if there is such a door, if one day, his family and friends, once familiar with him, open a magical door of a shop by chance...

"--good."

He smiled and held out his hand to Su Shi.

"It's a rare summer vacation, why don't we go for a little drive?"

So, even if I want to take this girl with me, it doesn't seem to be impossible?

Chapter 7 of the Box: Autumn Frost and Falling Maple Leaves, Snow Clears and the Plum Blossoms Appear: Chapter : The Belated Guiding Event

“It’s such an amazing place.”

Baodeng Zheli leaned against a tree trunk, looking at the ships in the harbor.

Nagasaki Suyo seemed to be tired from walking. She was squatting beside Zheli and staring at Yao Lenai who was playing with a cat not far away.

After hearing Zhe Li's sigh, she added, "It's like traveling through time and space to ancient Japan."

Across the harbor, traditional Japanese buildings, barely one or two stories high, surround a plaza. Roof tiles, onigiri tiles, pavilions, shelters, lattice windows—traditional designs, still largely preserved in modern Japan, are uniquely preserved here.

Even near the beach, far away from the market, you can faintly hear the sounds coming from the city.

"It looks like a very peaceful port city." Zhe Li said.

Zheli could tentatively confirm that this place wasn't ancient Japan: first, the currency they used was a gold coin called "mura," which had never appeared in Japanese history. Second, their reaction to Zheli and the others was completely indifferent—they were still wearing modern clothes, but these people in kimonos simply said, "Ah, foreigners!"

Perhaps part of the reason is that this port, called "outlying island", is the first stop for receiving foreign tourists, in other words, customs. Residents who are accustomed to dealing with foreigners can easily accept even the most unusual clothing items.

For example, Zhe Li saw a man wearing ancient Chinese clothing and a white foreigner wearing medieval European dress, each of them opened his own shop in the square.

Foreigners could not only travel, but even settle down and do business. At least that wouldn't be Japan before the Black Ships arrived.

If I had to describe it, would it be "a fictional country inspired by ancient Japan"?

"I heard that this country is called 'Inazuma'. How interesting."

"Lightning (Inazuma), huh?"

Su Shi looked up at the sky: it was cloudless and clear, and it didn't look like there would be thunder at all.

"Perhaps the main god worshipped by this country is not the sun god but the thunder god."

The country called Inazuma could also be called the country of thunder and lightning.

"...Um, Zheli."

At this time, Su Shi stood up against the tree trunk and spoke awkwardly:

"I'm really sorry about what happened just now."

Nagasaki Suyo is undoubtedly an indoor artist.

Even if she has to go out on a date, she would rather choose a museum or aquarium than a zoo or amusement park - but that is only if the attractions can be visited online.

Even as an internet-addicted child, Sushi couldn't help but feel a bit excited when she found herself in a scene reminiscent of a period drama: the streets were filled with men, women, and children in kimonos, street vendors hawked their wares with a hint of local dialect, and then there were the scattered ancient buildings and the castle maru standing alone on the edge of the city...

Although there are tourist attractions in modern Japan that preserve traditional architecture, the presence of "tourists" itself destroys the quaint atmosphere.

In the world "behind the door", apart from them, the few who did not wear Japanese-style clothing were also wearing medieval Western European or ancient Chinese-style clothing, making this strong sense of the times even stronger.

"It's okay." Zhe Li reached out and pinched Su Shi's cheek. "You also reminded me that we don't have the currency of this place."

Just now, Su Shi followed the trend and asked the vendor for a string of dumplings - but she couldn't pay for it.

If the boss hadn't been kind and generous enough to treat them, they might have been detained as soon as they arrived in the other world.

As long as that door remains functional, perhaps Nascita will also receive some customers from this place? Is it time to prepare a menu to cater to them?

While thinking about these distant things, Zhe Li squinted his eyes and sniffed the wind, which was much fresher and more pleasant than the wind in modern cities. He let out a long sigh and then lowered his head to ask Su Shi:

"Would you like to go somewhere farther away? We can go back to Nascita in the evening."

"Yeah!" Su Shi nodded, "Little Lenai, it's time to go." He shouted to the girl who was scratching the kitten's belly.

Lenai quickly put the cat down, took small steps to Su Shi and held her hand.

It seems that even Lenai, who has always been free, knows that she shouldn't run around in unfamiliar places.

●

Before leaving the city, the three people and the cat went back to Nascita to confirm that the "door" was still functioning properly, and then they came to the shallows connecting the outlying island and "Murakami Island" with peace of mind.

If the outlying island is Inazuma's customs, then this shoal can be called the entry point.

This group of undocumented aliens were simply wandering the island, so they might not have attracted the attention of the soldiers. However, they would need to go through some formalities to enter the country. However, Zhe Li didn't want to go through so much trouble. He casually threw a few balls of slime at the guards guarding the "gateway." As if they were blind and unresponsive, he led the two girls safely off the island.

"Da da……"

Su Shi stepped on the moist mud and sand on the shallows, and there was a clear sound of water waves.

She looked down at her slightly dirty shoes and frowned.

Lenai was jumping around, making loud noises, and in the distance, the sound of waves hitting the beach could be heard one after another.

"This 'primitive' feeling is not bad!" Zhe Lizheng looked around and sighed again.

The sea breeze blew the girl's hair. She raised her hand to smooth it, and suddenly felt that it was not a big deal to get her shoes dirty.

She looked at the back of the man leading the way, smiled, and imitated Lenai, jumping briskly to Zheli and hugging his arm.

"That's true. The scenery is beautiful and the atmosphere is even more special. It would be a great place to spend your honeymoon."

"When did we get married?"

"Hmph. Think about the future first."

"Well, that requires your mother's consent."

"I believe Zheli will be able to convince mother."

"Do you think too highly of me..."

Zhe Li felt the soft touch on his arm and wanted to break free, but after thinking it over, he decided not to move.

No matter how calm or resolute Su Shi appeared, the mere act of stepping through a magical portal was a shock to her established common sense. As the person Su Shi knew best in this strange world, Zhe Li couldn't afford to show resistance at this moment.

and……

After crossing the shallows, there is an endless grassland, with only a barely maintained official road leading to the distance.

"I remember the man just now told me that if we follow the road, we will first come to a small village—"

Zhe Li's loud soliloquy came to an abrupt halt.

Several men in tattered armor and armed with long swords blocked their way.

...Perhaps this should have been expected.

Ancient Japan is not only about distinctive buildings, kimonos and snacks, but also has an indispensable element: "Ronin".

The leader raised his head, and beneath his bamboo hat, his ferocious face revealed a smile that looked almost hungry.

“It’s a business that comes to your door.”

"...Oh my." Zhe Li couldn't help but sigh.

The inefficiency and incompetence of the Japanese government seem to be passed down from generation to generation regardless of the era.

Seriously, this is an official road. What are those officers and soldiers doing?

Chapter 8 of the Box: Autumn Frost Falls, Snow Clears, and the Plum Tree Reappears: Chapter : The Secret Revealed So Far

"Oh, my foreign friend is really in a good mood, bringing a woman for a walk."

"Ka-la, ka-la." The leading ronin warrior twisted his neck and rolled his shoulders as if he hadn't exercised for a long time, making a loud noise. Then he grinned, revealing a mouthful of crooked yellow teeth.

"How about playing with us for a while?"

Su Shi subconsciously hugged the arm of the person next to her, "Zhe Li...?"

The men blocking their way wore ferocious expressions, and their shabby armor and clothing looked incredibly new compared to their well-maintained long swords, which exuded a chilling coldness. To anyone who looked at them, they bore malicious intent.

But after the initial sigh, Baodeng Zheli showed a strange smile.

Like excitement.

"Don't worry. You two stand back a little."

Zhe Li glanced back and saw that the kitten following them seemed to be on guard as well.

Even though he had guessed that this kitten was a cat demon with human intelligence, he was still very curious whether this kitten could transform into a human form, or show some magic... But now was not the time to worry about that.

He asked Su Shi to step back next to Lenai and took two steps forward.