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As Shirou Emiya began practicing the high jump on the track...
Port City...
Compared to a few years ago, public security in Port City had improved immensely.
The days when armed militants could casually barge in with heavy weapons had been completely eliminated.
Even the gangsters had suddenly become polite.
Especially with the rise of the God of Cookery Group, which had cut off the roots that had nurtured much of the crime.
After so many criminal factions had reinvented themselves as ingredient merchants, even the occasional petty smuggling of premium ingredients no longer posed a threat to public security.
Still, with so many people around, there would always be a Dark Side.
A big forest had all kinds of birds, so the occasional twisted pervert seemed only natural.
Usually, such cases were isolated incidents that affected only a few people.
Yet among them, there were always some particularly dangerous ones...
"What an animal! It's a serial murder case, and he's targeting young girls."
Several Brave Detectives from the Miscellaneous Affairs Department were having their regular gathering at a dai pai dong under the God of Cookery Group.
Although Xu Yue had given them black cards that let them eat free at any of the group's establishments, as officers, they still preferred pooling their money and eating at dai pai dongs.
Back when they ate Tang Niu's cooking, it had been gatherings among friends, so it was only natural for him to cook personally. Now that the God of Cookery Group had grown so large, Tang Niu often flew all over the world and also had to study his culinary magecraft.
Xu Yue was also racing to keep upgrading his Evolution Machine. He was often away from Port City and spent more time at the Clock Tower.
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