Shinji Ikari, the pilot of Unit-01 during the Spirit Awakening Era

"Perhaps it'll be a surprise, Ran Mouri's, or perhaps nothing at all." Shinji Ikari shrugged. As for Detective Conan, don't ask, it's just Detective Conan. Shinji was more looking forward to the arrival of another little girl—yes, Ai Haibara. Shinji was determined to abduct her. Such a top-tier researcher, why pretend to be an elementary school student? He should just go straight for 007 and have her work as a child laborer! Moreover, she's a top-tier scientific talent in the Detective Conan world; just imagining it makes him eager to see what kind of sparks she'll create in this era.

"Help me lure Ran away in a bit." Shinji Ikari sighed. Sonoko Suzuki was definitely not just the silly girl from the anime; she quickly realized something was wrong. He didn't need to lie to her; she probably understood what Conan meant to Ran. "Please."

"Leave it to me, but I'll have to take care of the carnival afterwards~ I haven't been out in a long time." Sonoko Suzuki said with a grin.

“No problem.” Shinji Ikari nodded. He had already promised Sonoko Suzuki, and this was just fulfilling his promise.

"Let's go, Ran! Let's go see what the underground world is like~" Sonoko Suzuki winked at Shinji Ikari, then dragged Ran Mouri by the arm and walked outside, choosing to trust Shinji Ikari.

“But Conan…” Ran Mouri was very tempted, but she was also very hesitant. She was not sure if there was anything wrong with doing this.

"Conan went to play chess with Professor Akagi. That little rascal is so clever for his age, he won't run off! Come on, come on! Besides, the professor's lab is much more fun than this place, isn't it? Hurry up, or we'll miss the city tram! NERV's underground base! That's rare! And even our family's wealth couldn't afford that!" Sonoko Suzuki grabbed Ran Mouri's arm and started to pull her away. "Shinji, Conan's in your hands now. Don't let him be missing an arm or a leg!"

With Sonoko Suzuki pushing and pulling, Ran smiled wryly at Shinji Ikari and bowed slightly, "Then... this is troublesome?"

"It's alright. My relationship with Conan has improved a lot since last time. Don't worry, I won't feed him to evil spirits," Shinji Ikari said with a smile. What he said made Ran Mouri smile bitterly. After all, the relationship between Shinji Ikari and Conan was really not just "good" before.

"You're here?" Shinji Ikari walked into the laboratory and saw Conan lying on the bed, having his blood drawn.

"Oh, no need for anesthesia this time?" Looking at Conan lying on the bed, he shook his head. "I don't know how much you know, but the latest information is that there might be a lot going on in New Tokyo lately. If possible, I hope you can try to stay in groups for tonight's amusement park and not bring your henchmen." Shinji Ikari said seriously. He really hadn't expected that the event, which was supposed to be a casual trip, would turn into a nightmare with demons causing trouble in New Tokyo. When he learned about this, Shinji didn't know whether to say he was incredibly lucky or that Conan was just performing normally.

"Sending them back shouldn't be a problem, as long as we exhaust them a bit and then send them back by car," Conan said with great experience. "But you don't want to leave me behind, do you?"

"Should we send someone from NERV to protect them?" Ritsuko Akagi suddenly asked. "These guys haven't had a day off in a long time. Just leave some of them on standby in the vehicle. That way, everyone can treat it as a day off for overtime pay."

"What's the reason?" Shinji Ikari was taken aback, blinked, and thought, well, it seems that since he joined NERV, no matter what department he was in, he had always been working overtime. Taking a break like this doesn't seem like a big problem. Besides, he could just ask the Suzuki Group how much a package deal would cost.

Thinking about this, Shinji Ikari suddenly felt that he should urgently contact Sadao Maou? At this kind of fair, McDonald's selling cheap food would be tantamount to causing trouble, right? It's just that time is a bit tight, and he doesn't know if Sadao Maou can handle it.

"If you go, you'll probably take Rei with you, right? If both of you go, you'll definitely take Asuka, right? So it's all about protecting the important EVA pilots."

"That's great..."

Chapter 200: Many Guests at the Garden Party

For reasons unknown, Fuyutsuki Kozo agreed to Akagi Ritsuko's "security" plan, but they split into three groups, one group per day, to go to the garden party hosted by the Suzuki family. Thus, the NERV employees were pleasantly surprised to find that their trip to New Tokyo for the garden party was essentially "overtime"! The large crowd then boarded the train and headed to New Tokyo.

"Wow! There are so many people!" Sonoko Suzuki exclaimed with delight. So when their group finally gathered and arrived at the amusement park, they were already greeted by a huge crowd enjoying themselves. What might have initially seemed like just an amusement park organized by the Suzuki family patriarch to comfort his granddaughter suddenly felt very real.

Amidst the bustling crowd, Shinji Ikari spotted a figure, or rather, a vehicle, that surprised him somewhat: a yellow food truck with a casually painted red "M" emblem. In a way, this casual style was surprisingly aesthetically pleasing, at least giving Shinji a sense of "trendy" style, which was quite astonishing.

"You actually have a food truck?" Sadao Maou asked, quite surprised and even shocked, as he looked at Maou Sadao, who was busy with his elite troops.

“With so many potential customers on the Kishinwan Expressway, how could I possibly miss out? This food truck has been in the planning stages for months! To be honest, I’ve been so busy with your NERV orders that I haven’t had time to come over. This is the first time I’ve made an appearance!” Sadao Maou placed an order with the kitchen to make a few ice cream cones for Sonoko Suzuki and the others, and gave Shinji Ikari a large, iced soda. Then he waved his hand, indicating to Sonoko Suzuki, who was taking out her wallet, that she didn’t need to bother and that it was on him. Then he got out of the truck.

"How's business?" Shinji Ikari glanced at the queue behind him. It was pretty much as he had guessed. McDonald's had a uniform price and taste all over the world. Apart from the fancy tricks that Sadao Maou played in Tokyo-3 (having a graduate chef from Totsuki Culinary Academy meant you could do whatever you wanted), you could tell what they sold just by looking at the McDonald's sign.

"It's pretty good. Although the menu has been cut down from twenty-odd dishes to fifteen, we're still incredibly busy." Maou Sadao smiled as he looked at the group of girls happily getting their food. "However... there seems to be something here that shouldn't be here." Maou Sadao was no longer acting like an outsider; this was all his farmland, and yet pests had managed to sneak in.

"If they're just here for a normal stroll, we can ignore them. But if someone tries to cause trouble, you might have to put in some effort," Shinji Ikari said with a smile. So far, Sadao Maou doesn't seem to be an unreasonable person, and he seems to be living quite comfortably in the human world, somewhat like someone who's "enjoying life to the fullest and forgetting everything else!"

"..." Sadao Maou glanced at Shinji Ikari, "I will, don't worry. After all, I still have a pretty good impression of this place."

"Oh, this is truly the best news I've heard today," Shinji Ikari said with a grin. The girls from the Onmyōryō and the Jujutsu Association practically kept a close watch on him, and Gojo Satoru would occasionally come to see Shinji and even go to McDonald's to bring lunch to his students. Based on all these observations, the Demon King was actually quite humane.

"Manager! Don't slack off! We're running out of fries!" The sweet, soft voice of the girl from the Yin-Yang Bureau came from inside the car.

"Got it!" Sadao Mao smiled and shook his head, gesturing to the location in the carriage. "When Raiko is at the cashier, our daily sales can be 20% higher." Then someone threw a shovel at his head.

"I'm so sorry I scared the customers away!" The girl, though her face was gloomy, was still a top-tier beauty and said with dissatisfaction, "But how come the store manager's performance bonus wasn't completely deducted when he used chatting as an excuse to slack off?" That's right, this was the one who wrote on Isayama Mei's ice cream sundae.

"Hey~ hey!" Sadao Maou waved helplessly to Shinji Ikari, returned to the car, stood in his previous spot, and started unpacking the fries.

Shinji Ikari stared in horror at the jutsu-wielding girl who was glaring at him. He vaguely remembered that her name was Ae or something, but you command the Demon King?! Does your Jutsu-wielding Association even know how powerful you are, little brat?! You've become so audacious as to do this? Aren't you afraid the Demon King will unleash his fury and kill you? Oh, maybe not necessarily kill him (a masterpiece by Hiroshi Ichigo here).

However, this was clearly not the first or the last time the little girl yelled at the Demon King, and the Demon King obediently returned to his post. However, Shinji Ikari saw that Yoriko from the Onmyōryō took the opportunity to feed Sadao Maou under the pretext of trying out the new fried cheese sticks. Well, including the three from the original work, this stomach medicine development is definitely more exciting than the original work.

Well, after all... a certain leek saintess has already moved into the apartment across from mine. These past few days, while that unreliable shopkeeper Mei Isayama has been away, she's been managing everything. She sees Shinji Ikari almost every day. Shinji even told the NERV intelligence agents downstairs that if anything happens, they should just go over and beg for help.

Moreover, although Mei Isayama's black market shop may seem casual, the items he collects are all in good condition. For example, he recently acquired a dozen second-hand exorcism cameras, as well as various films and spirit batteries (which he fully charged himself). These can be considered his flagship products.

Since they're generally cheaper than new ones, many low- to mid-level exorcists stop by when they come to or pass through Tokyo-3. Especially since Mei Isayama is quite wealthy now and has set up a shop to buy back or consign items, this black market shop is surprisingly busy, with people coming and going every day, managing to close several deals. The turnover and profit are actually quite good (the key is that a large portion of the stock comes from "picking up" items, and NERV hasn't asked Mei Isayama for rent).

Sipping his ice-cold soda, Shinji Ikari entered the amusement park. It has to be said that there is a big difference between the amusement parks of the rich and the poor. The temporary amusement park that the Suzuki family put up on their own land (a piece of land next to the Suzuki Hotel that was originally planned to be used to build office buildings) was quite impressive.

All the usual activities, like shooting and fishing, were prepared, and even a roller coaster and a miniature Ferris wheel were included. Shinji Ikari, standing at the entrance, was directly overwhelmed by the Suzuki family's extravagance.

"What are you standing at the door daydreaming about?" Ryoko Sakaki's voice came from behind. Shinji Ikari turned around and saw his girlfriend walking in arm in arm with Rei Kurosawa. Yuu Aso, who was somewhat socially awkward, was sighing as he followed behind. Judging from the cotton candy and ice cream in his hand, they had obviously arrived earlier than Shinji.

"We're waiting for you! And for those young ladies who are buying snacks over there. These are... tickets that Sonoko gave us." Shinji Ikari, as they held super VVVIP tickets, had the right to enter without queuing. After all, it was an amusement park built by the grandfather for his granddaughter, so the privileges were naturally beyond question. Moreover, there were two ticket tiers: 8000 yen and 20000 yen. The 20000 yen VIP tickets were sold out after only 500 were sold.

"Oh~ Rei-nee! Ryoko!" Sonoko waved excitedly to Rei Kurosawa and Ryoko Sakaki. "You're here? Let's go! Let's start having fun now~ Come on! Let's go ride the roller coaster!"

"Uh..." Conan's expression obviously stiffened. Speaking of roller coasters, he had to swear. He just joined in the fun and then went from a high school detective to the body he is now.

"Let's go!" Shinji Ikari glanced at Conan, a smile playing on his lips. Did he not understand why Conan was acting so cowardly? "I heard you guys encountered some strange things before. I don't think it's possible that you'd run into something like that every time." Shinji's eyes met Conan's, and Conan rolled his eyes at him.

"You idiot, if you can't speak properly, then shut up." Ryoko Sakaki pinched Shinji Ikari. She knew why Shinji said that. She had already heard Shinji explain Conan's special situation. Anyone would feel apprehensive about such a seemingly identical opening.

"Forget about Conan and Shinji, those old nemesis~ Let's go! Let's go!" Sonoko Suzuki excitedly grabbed her friend and rushed towards the nearest roller coaster. Shinji Ikari and the other guys could only helplessly follow behind Sonoko and the others, who were in high spirits because they had been locked up for too long, and quickly walked towards the roller coaster.

While Shinji Ikari and his group were queuing, a young man led two beautiful women, one older and one younger, leisurely into the amusement park.

"Oh! Umaru's luck is really good! She actually won three times in a row in the lottery at the entrance! She won three VIP tickets worth 60000 yen in one go!" the young man said happily. Although the park ticket includes all the rides inside, the VIP ticket allows you to get a simple snack and a drink, and you don't have to queue, which is really great.

"Hmph!" Doma Umaru had a happy expression on her face, her face almost radiating pride. "We agreed earlier that if that's the case, the entire route for the park tour will be my choice!"

"I have no problem with it, but I wonder what Yuzaki thinks?" Doma Taihei nodded indifferently. As a salaryman, he would absolutely refuse to go to any kind of amusement park, but he had no choice but to bring along his sister Doma Umaru, who was visiting them temporarily.

"I have no objection either, let Umaru decide." Misaki looked at the Ferris wheel. "I can't fly, but I can jump higher than this no matter what. I've seen roller coasters, isn't jumping up and falling more exciting than this?" She looked at the haunted house. "Hahaha, so funny, who's scaring whom?"

"Hmph... The first step is of course! Oh, the McDonald's food truck! Buying a Happy Meal gives you a chance to win a prize, and the grand prize is a rare, limited-edition PF Eternal Emperor! That's it!"

You can only buy three.

"Ok!"

Chapter 201 This roller coaster isn't scary at all (seriously)

"..." Maou Sadao squinted and handed a plate of fries to a girl in front of him. The girl kept her head down and didn't dare to look up at the Demon Lord. "Have fun, this place is quite fun, but be careful, don't get separated from your family."

“Yes… sir.” Misaki didn’t dare to look up. To others, Maou Sadao was a smiling young shopkeeper, but to someone like Misaki, he was a terrifying boss whose body was emanating terrifying magical power, like a black hole devouring the surrounding magical power. Despair was his armor, fear was his blade, and his mere aura was enough to make her legs go weak!

This powerful figure was serving a group of humans who were utterly defenseless, his smile genuine and undisguised... He even took a few balloons tied to the rearview mirror of the food cart and gave them to the noisy human cubs...

The vanguard elite under Huang Quan, the near-S-rank demon Youqi, was completely dumbfounded—no, her entire demon form. She couldn't comprehend what was happening before her eyes. Shouldn't the strong be high and mighty? How could they be providing services to ordinary humans? This was too absurd! She had easily hypnotized the human, intending to lie in wait here, but only three days had passed, and she had already been hit with a mental shock! She seemed to hear the sound of her worldview shattering.

Yuzaki picked up her things and didn't dare to turn around before leaving, afraid that if she walked too slowly, this terrifying big shot would just reach out and crush her to death. But after taking a few steps, she suddenly remembered something. She had forgotten something: her "family." The big shot had given her a direct order: "Don't get separated from your family." She quickly turned around and looked at the crowd behind her, trying to find her "family."

"Thud..." The fries in her hand fell to the ground. Right now, she didn't care that the bag of fries was handed to her by that unknown "master" himself, because what she saw in front of her was too despairing! In that instant, she even had the urge to run back to the Demon Realm before this master could react.

However, with a smile on his face, Sadao Maou glanced at Misaki and narrowed his eyes slightly. "You wasteful trash, don't be alone!"

Then Maou Sadao put aside this "minor role," smiled, and made a peace sign with Raiko. Although Ae is usually quite serious, she also had a smile on her face at this time, holding the PE Eternal Emperor figure in her hands, surrounding Doma Umaru in the middle, and then having Doma Taihei take a picture with his Polaroid camera. In the photo, all three of them are smiling very happily.

"Thank you!" Doma Taihei took two photos, one for Maou Sadao and the others, and the other for the little girl in front of him, which Maou Sadao indicated he would give to. Doma Umaru smiled and waved goodbye to the two people behind him.

"Yuzaki! Look! There are only two grand prizes! I won one!" Umaru held up her prize and looked at Yuzaki, who looked a little flustered, with a big smile.

Misaki looked at Umaru in front of her as if she had just come back to life, forcing a smile. "This is great!" A thought subconsciously crossed her mind. "Is this thing a doll sealed by this big shot? How come I can't sense any residual magic?! Ah! It must be that the other party used a very high-level sealing technique, I can't sense it now! This must be sent by this master to monitor me! Could he have some connection with this couple?! I'm so unlucky, I've drawn the worst possible outcome."

With such a rich inner world, Yuzaki didn't dare look at Maou Sadao at all. Instead, she grabbed Umaru's hand and said, "Didn't you say you wanted to ride the roller coaster? Let's go right now! We're going to have a blast today!"

"Manager, should we give that guy a warning? After all, he took the grand prize from our store." As she waved goodbye to the three, A-Hui watched them leave, her eyes narrowing slightly. The air suddenly turned cold; her magic was related to ice, so it was inevitable that she would seem like a cold-faced woman.

"No, as long as we don't cause trouble. Besides, you wouldn't want to see me dealing with a little kid, would you?" Maou Sadao shook his head. "Come on, today's battle has only just begun. There are still four hours until the fair closes! Let's roll up our sleeves and get to work!"

"Then, store manager, please give me a little extra pay for today's overtime!" Lai Zi said with a smile.

"It depends on your performance. If it's good enough, we can give you a few extra hours of time off in lieu of overtime pay!" McDonald's only gives this much overtime pay, and they want me to pay more? What are you thinking!

"What?! A day off? You stingy manager! I'll treat you to barbecue for supper tonight!" Lai Zi kept pestering Maou Sadao.

"That's acceptable." Maou Sadao thought that a few girls couldn't possibly eat that much, and the chef sent by the Totsuki Culinary Group didn't look like a glutton. However, four hours later, Maou Sadao was almost brought to tears by the three girls and the short man who ate him. The meal cost him nearly 80,000 yen, a huge loss.

"Wow...what a spectacular line!" Reaching the roller coaster, Umaru Doma was completely stunned. This was the kind of line you'd see at an amusement park? Were you kidding me?! "Just this one line alone will take at least an hour or two!"

Then, as a train roared past, a scream rang out that made you instinctively want to cover your ears! After all, spinning and tumbling from a height of more than 30 meters, experiencing the thrill of the wind whistling in your ears at a speed of over 160 kilometers per hour, is truly a great way to release adrenaline and relieve the stress of a day's work!

Due to space limitations and to prevent noise from disturbing the neighboring hotel, the roller coaster here wasn't built very high, and only had two or four loops. After a brief two-minute high-speed ride, it returned to the starting point. But that didn't stop it from being the place with the loudest screams...

"What's that?" Yuzaki looked around suspiciously. On the other side, on the roller coaster tower, even though the roller coaster hadn't finished running yet, huge screams were still coming.

"Oh... um, it looks like a falling tower! What a genius design!" After looking up and observing carefully for a few moments, Doma Taihei stroked his chin and said in surprise, "The designer here has really made the most of the small space in the amusement park."

"Come on! Now it's our VIP lane! Hurry up and get in!" Doma Umaru was now completely engrossed in the roller coaster. She rushed into the lane, proudly pulled out her VIP ticket, went through the ticket check, and prepared to jump onto the roller coaster that had just finished its inspection. "Yuzaki! What are you standing there for! Come on in! Are you scared?"

"..." Yuzaki's eyes widened, her expression one of being on the verge of tears. A group of people who had just gotten off the bus, several women and three men, passed by her. More accurately, it was a child who passed by her. In that instant, a dense aura of death swept over her body, as if the Grim Reaper's scythe had gently scraped across her flesh.

As a former near-S-rank, Yuzaki possessed powerful perception, yet she absorbed almost all of this deathly aura without question. Now, a chill ran from her heels straight to the top of her head, and a feeling of certain death was almost overwhelming her. At this moment, she was truly terrified. How could there be such a deadly thing here?!

I don't know if my mother is dead or alive, or where she is... This world is so scary! I want to go home!

"Don't be afraid! Come on! Get on the bus! Sit next to me! It's a good seat in the front row! If you feel scared, just shout it out!" Doma Umaru said with a smile, like a warm sun dispelling the fear in her heart. Yuzaki walked up blankly and sat down in the seat that Doma Umaru had just been sitting in.

"Conan! You shouldn't have sat in the front row with Shinji Ikari!" Ran Mouri, having just gotten off the roller coaster, started trying to burrow into Conan's head.

"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!" Conan cried out in pain, while mentally complaining, "If it weren't for Shinji Ikari holding him down, I would never have wanted to sit in the front row! But Shinji Ikari said that sitting in the front row is exciting, and that nothing will happen to Conan if he sits in the front row, so he forced him into the front row. Why don't you go and argue with him then!"

"Ugh..." The safety harness dropped, and Conan's body heat might not have completely dissipated yet... Misaki froze completely. She seemed to hear Death laughing maniacally in her ear. As the train's starting bell rang, tears began to stream down Misaki's face. I was wrong! I was wrong! This roller coaster was terrifying! Let me off!

"Ah!!!" The roller coaster, which had reached the top, paused briefly before plummeting at an almost vertical angle. Yuzaki, who was already terrified, let out a super loud scream.

"Hmm..." Shinji Ikari turned around. "Isn't this youkai a bit too weak? A 30-meter roller coaster, why is it screaming like a pig being slaughtered?" But since the other party is here to have fun, it seems that he doesn't need to pay too much attention. However, it would be best to find an opportunity to remind him.

"What's wrong? Why are you spacing out?" Ryoko Sakaki moved closer to Shinji Ikari. They were on their way to ride the Drop Tower, so they were passing by the roller coaster track they were on, and just then the roller coaster roared past overhead.

"Wow, that's really loud." Conan heard Misaki's drawn-out voice whistling over their heads and subconsciously looked up, but all he could see was the tail of the roller coaster.

"Ugh..." Feeling as if he was being watched by the Grim Reaper, Yuzaki was completely spitting out his soul the moment the roller coaster stopped. His unfocused eyes were filled with only a hazy light.

"What's wrong? Is this fun? Yuzaki! Let's do it again!"

"No! I don't want to play anymore! Let me off the bus!"

"Yuzaki! Play with me!"

"No! Let me out of the car! Waaah..."

Yuzaki, a near-S-rank powerhouse from the Demon Realm and one of the vanguard commanders under Huang Quan, jumped out of the car and squatted beside it, weeping bitterly...

Chapter 202 The Spirit Orb Fireworks at Closing Time

"Hmm?" Maou Sadao suddenly frowned, his gaze sweeping towards a corner of the park. "This is the third one..."

Maou Sadao himself had never imagined that the humans of this world were so unique... Their amusement parks could contribute so much to him; they seemed very happy to build their pleasure on intense stimulation, simply put, they found their pleasure in the process of courting death...

Putting everything else aside, that thing that throws him down from 28 meters high... I think it's called something like the Falling Tower. Even the people around him are a bit eager to try it out. They just took turns playing it once. As the designated food supplier, they naturally have a few VIP tickets. He plans to give one to each of the employees who couldn't come, and then let Elsil take the rest to sell. However, he has recently heard about Isayama Mei's black market, so perhaps Elsil could get some items to consign.

But the fear he had just felt was very different. Unlike the excited fear he felt here, the fear there carried a sense of despair. This amusement park wasn't big, so the food stalls only occupied a small street. As the McDonald's truck with the best business, Sadao Maou assumed everyone there was his customer. Now, someone actually wanted to mess with his customer?

"Ae." He expertly tossed the frying net a couple of times, then called out to Ae Nomura, who was making hamburgers, as he hung it up. He gestured with his chin and said, "Go check in that direction. It seems one of our customers is in trouble."

"Hi!" Ahui paused slightly, put the hamburger box in her hand into the insulated area, wiped her hands briefly, pretended to go to the restroom, pulled a small bag from under the table, ran off the bus, and quickly ran in the direction that Sadao Masao had indicated. "You take over here, Katayama."

"Alright!" Nomura Katayama scooped the beef patty off the griddle, walked to the workbench, grabbed some mayonnaise and tossed it around, spreading the sauce evenly over all the hamburger buns. Then, with one hand holding a box of vegetables and the other holding tongs, he swiftly added slices of meat and cheese, closed the box, and in the blink of an eye, hamburgers were ready. His efficiency far surpassed that of Ae, who had just left.

"As expected of Totsuki's top student! Impressive! Manager! How many chicken nuggets do you have left?" Lai Zi, who was taking orders nearby, turned around and saw Katayama assembling nearly 20 hamburgers in one go. The pressure to deliver goods instantly dropped. After praising him, he asked about Maou Sadao's inventory.

"Only five servings left, sold out and no longer available." Sadao Maou simply said as he tossed the chicken nuggets into the box. "I didn't bring enough ingredients."

"Last ten McChicken and Spicy Chicken Burgers!" Nomura Katayama quickly added.

"There's still over an hour left... Today's decision was a huge mistake!" Maou Sadao felt his performance was rapidly slipping away.

"Cola sold out." Lai Zi banged on the machine, but after two beeps, no more drinks came out. Lai Zi scratched his face. "They're all sold out?"

"...Damn it! I'll open a portal!" Maou Sadao was about to turn into a madman. What the hell! Wasn't it said that the preparations were 130% complete...? How did it turn out like this?

"No way! No way! Manager, no way!" Lai Zi grabbed Masao Sadao, who was about to draw a magic circle in the food cart. "If you do this in public, we'll be killed by the big shots up above!"

"What should we do then..." Maou Sadao looked at Raiko, who was clinging to him tightly, with dissatisfaction. The pressure on his chest was too strong, and he couldn't free his hands.

“I remember you were transferred from Shin-Tokyo, could you get some stock from the store here?” Nomura Katayama, who was drinking water nearby, was probably the only person in the room who was thinking like a true chef.

"That's right!" Maou Sadao immediately took out his phone and started making a call.

"Hmm..." Shinji Ikari looked at the group of thugs who were grinning maliciously at him and had surrounded him. "It seems these guys haven't even done the most basic identification of important figures. Why would there be these things in your Suzuki family's territory?"

"It's settled, it's time for me to stretch my legs!" Isayama Mei had been trying to control her inexplicably irritable emotions for a while, and now her pretty face was full of excitement, her little tiger teeth could no longer be hidden.

"Remember to watch your hands." Shinji Ikari sighed, took out his phone, and started looking through his contact list... Inspector Megure, unless there's a death in the case, he probably won't contact him, right? Oh well, I wonder if the Special Affairs Division will even bother with this. Shinji Ikari sent a final message to Ryoko Yakushiji.

"You actually got to New Tokyo?" Yakushiji Ryoko replied quickly. She had just finished comparing the statements. Although "Rin's" guess wasn't entirely correct, it was mostly right. The demons had sent a large group of 40 people to open the passage to the human world, but while crossing the spirit world barrier in batches, they were intercepted, weakened, or killed by the barrier. In short, about two-thirds of them were killed in one go, and only a dozen or so people arrived in the human world. Some of them went missing due to errors during teleportation. In the end, only these twelve people were gathered together. Now, three of them have been captured, leaving nine.

However, whether their arrest operation seemed to have alerted the suspects or these guys were given a heads-up, the remaining nine people suddenly disappeared without a trace, as if all rivers had flowed into the sea overnight. So now that the Metropolitan Police Department knows the matter is serious, it has begun to thoroughly investigate all kinds of missing persons and murder cases, and has started to visit the community to see if anyone has suddenly changed their personality recently. In short, it has begun a large-scale screening to see if there are any clues that can be caught.

Ryoko Yakushiji immediately realized that the amusement park event hosted by the Suzuki Group might be the perfect opportunity for these adventurous guys. Anyone who tried to steal something here would be considered lost, and there would likely be a one- or two-day gap before they reported back to them, which would be enough time for them to make their escape.