I’M Really Helpless In Tokyo

"Even the entire cafe is contracted as an exhibition hall. It's really a big deal."

The "Aka City Café", which was originally full of modern art, has been removed from the tables and chairs, and arranged as a place like a painting exhibition, which seems to have no sense of disobedience.

In the acrylic exhibition boxes, there are impressively displayed the batch of documents about the history of Akagi Shrine, Ukiyo-e, and some small accessories that Sosuke Araki "accidentally" found that day.

"Thanks to the blessing of Mr. Araki, the lost history of Akagi Shrine can be reproduced. It is precisely because of these cultural relics that the popularity of Akagi Matsuri is unprecedentedly high this time. Even many shrines with historical connections to Akagi Shrine have expressed that they will send representatives to participate. Woolen cloth."

Following Araki Sosuke, Yu Mayumi Kotori introduced the exhibits in front of him and Higashino Kohei one by one.

"The Genealogy of the Little Bird Tour", "Ancient History of Akagi", ancient sacrificial props, paintings about the ceremonial scene...

After strolling around, Sosuke Araki yawned.

"Eh, what about the three so-called ‘artifacts’?"

He has never caught a cold with these antique documents that he cannot understand and cannot eat.

What's more, the more You Mayumi Torii talked about the value of these things, the greater the "loss" he calculated in his mind.

After all, the inscription of Japan's Lost Property Law stipulates that if the owner cannot be identified within 6 months of publication, the lost property shall belong to the discoverer; however, the buried property found in the possession of others shall be equally distributed to the discoverer and others.

"Tomorrow, those three artifacts will be enshrined in the main hall for everyone to worship."

After going around the main hall with Kopei Higashino, Sosuke Araki was about to leave.

"Wait... the row where Torii came a little bit..."

At the time he was visiting the exhibits, workers had set up tents similar to night market stalls on both sides of the stone road in the torii gate.

"Every year during the Akagi Festival, the locations on both sides of the road are leased to vendors who specialize in various festivals and temple fairs... This year's popularity is quite high, and the business will be very good."

"Wow? Set up a stall?"

Hearing this topic, Sosuke Araki and Kohei Higashino looked at each other excitedly.

"Little Bird You, do you have many stalls to rent to us?"

Sosuke Araki asked with interest.

"Mr. Araki... did you have such a hobby? If you like it, just use it directly..."

Tori Mayumi looked at Sosuke Araki in surprise.

As far as she knows, in addition to being a powerful and indifferent "illegal spirit remover", Mr. Araki has also been involved in Jidao and violent people, studied at university, part-time convenience store clerk, and delivery clerk. Set up a stall?

"Sorry...you said, hobby?"

Araki Sosuke put his hands on his chest, and smiled sullenly: "We are professional! When we were in Yokohama, we would go to a stall to make extra money on weekends, and we were collectively called the night market duo... How is it, Xingping, is your housekeeping unique still alive?"

Sosuke Araki looked provocatively at Kohei Higashino.

"Hey, unlike you, a decadent guy, my hand speed hasn't been slowed down in a single day... For just one day, I can play with you."

Higashino's face showed a cruel chuckle.

Just as the two men looked at each other and laughed at each other, several men in suits with bad complexions walked into the torii gate.

Kotori Yutaro stepped forward and talked to them for a few words, and then there was a slightly louder quarrel.

"Our consortium’s conditions are already very sincere. Why don't the priest Xiaoniaou refuse it? You know, those who do business on this street, even if it’s a shrine, don’t care about humanity and morality..."

"Several people, although that thing is old, it is a family heirloom. It's not that I don't know how to promote it, but I really can't sell it."

Even in the face of a few men with bad attitudes, Yutaro Kotori still gave them a gentle smile and patiently explained to them.

"Under what circumstances, those believers who are very sincere at first glance, do they want to visit in advance?"

Sosuke Araki looked over there curiously.

"Those people are said to be from the Quintessence Society. I don’t know where they got the news. They came over to find their father over and over again, saying that they wanted to pay a big price to buy the Yudao July Rain. Naturally, my father would not agree...but most of the shops in Kagurazaka, It’s all the properties of the Quintessence of the National Society, and it’s not easy to turn face with them."

"Does the national quintessence meet? I heard that there is an unclear relationship with the three-member group."

Listening to the quarrel of several people, Higashino Yukhei frowned slightly.

The Quintessence of the Nations is a veteran Jidao organization established in the early 1990s in Tokyo. Because it cannot keep up with the development of the times, it has been in decline for many years, and it is now a third-rate violent group.

"I heard that the antiques of Akagi Shrine were lost in the fire back then... The weather has been dry recently, so be careful about fire prevention."

Seeing Yutaro Kotori welcoming people with a smile on his face, but still staying out of the way, one of the middle-aged men said strangely.

"You have something in your remarks, but there is a suspicion of threats, which violates the provisions of the Violent Group Countermeasures Act."

Kotori Yutaro still responded without changing his face.

When this group of people came a few days ago, he already felt that the other party was not at ease, so he was naturally unwilling to cooperate.

"You guy, we've been here for a few days, somehow...shameless..."

The other man took out his cell phone with a calm expression on his face.

Kotori Yutaro's words are correct, and their lives have become more and more sad since the introduction of the "Brothers' Countermeasures Act."

Last week, a member even asked politely "whether it could be cheaper" when buying food, and they were all taken directly by the police on threats.

After a while, more than a dozen men with fierce appearances, shirtless, and tattoos, and only those men who did not write "Brother" and "Ruozhong" on their faces, walked outside the Chicheng God's Gate, or squatted. Or standing blocked around the torii gate.

Several invited guests who were about to enter the torii gate, as well as passers-by who came to the shrine to pray for blessings, were all frightened and quickly left the scene.

Even the workers who were decorating the venue hid.

"Funamura-san, you can do it like this..."

Seeing that the shrine torii was blocked, even though it was as gentle and moist as Yutaro Kotori, his face turned cold.

"Little bird Yusang, my little brothers are all god-hearted people, you can't keep others away... Besides, this commercial street is a public place and everyone can come. In order to show the sincerity of the Quintessence of the country to this festival, let them join in the fun here these two days and add some popularity to your Akagi Festival. Isn't it happy?"

The middle-aged man called "Funamura Sang" said yin and yang strangely.

"These guys deceive people too much..."

Standing on the top of the stone steps and seeing this scene, Yu Mayumi Kotori was ready to go down and argue with them with a pale face.

But... Araki Sosuke had already appeared under the torii at some unknown time.

"Little bird Yusang, the first stall in the door, can you arrange it for me?"

He pointed his finger at the first booth behind the torii gate, and asked without anyone else.

"Huh? No problem...but for now..."

Yutaro Kotori was stunned by his sudden question.

"Since there is no problem...Xingping, come here to clean up the garbage and set up the booth."

Araki Sosuke grabbed a knot from under the stall and tied it to his head like an uncle selling fried noodles at a night market.

Then he waved his back at the dozen or so men in front of Torii with a ferocious expression: "Hey, you guys, you are blocking the light from my booth, uncle, hurry up and go a little further..."

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