kingnovel Chapter 464: The Riddle of Bankrupt Coffee
Chapter 464: The Riddle of Bankrupt Coffee
Note: This chapter is two chapters in one
"Honestly, in all my years as a teacher, this is the first time I've had to go to the police station to redeem a student because he ate and didn't eat. What do you think about this?"
In the principal's office, Principal Ye Moth sat on the sofa with his forehead in his hand. He seemed much calmer than the last time he heard that I had blew up two buildings and a playground at once at an exchange meeting.
However, even so, being criticized is absolutely inevitable.
"I heard that you ate and ate all the food in the street, scolded four cooks until they resigned, and even almost fought with ordinary people." Principal Ye Mo closed his eyes and asked with great sorrow, "Youxin, when did you become so greedy?"
I shrank my head back timidly.
He opened his mouth to defend himself, but then he closed it again, hesitant to speak.
I couldn't tell the truth, and I couldn't think of a suitable excuse. I could only bear the blame unwillingly and said aggrievedly, "Sure enough, Principal, I let you run away and embarrass yourself."
Seeing that I was just sitting there obediently and didn't engage in any sophistry like Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru used to do, Principal Yega could only sigh and said helplessly: "I don't feel ashamed... Well, it's true that I am a little embarrassed."
"But I just find it strange." He asked doubtfully, "Youxin, based on your usual personality, you would never do such a thing even if you were beaten to death."
...Because it was definitely not me who did it, but Ryoumen Sukuna.
Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn Ryoumen Sukuna, I really hope that one day I can cut him into pieces.
Xia Yujie, who was sitting on my right and drinking tea, couldn't help laughing. He covered his smirking mouth with his teacup and "defended" me, "Principal, don't blame her too much."
"The child is still growing. Last time, she almost ate up all of Wu's dorm, but Wu didn't say anything."
........When God is growing up.
If I could grow up, would you still be talking nonsense to me every day?
I hit him in the side with my elbow without any hesitation and gave him a sharp look: "I say, are you speaking for me or are you undermining me?"
"Besides, you were the one who handed all those things to me last time. So we are accomplices. Now you are blaming me for Gojo Satoru."
"That's not what I meant." As for the heartless Gojo Satoru, he couldn't even say he was laughing secretly, but was openly mocking me. "If it weren't for Gojo Sensei's mercy in letting you go, the matter of stealing snacks wouldn't have been so easy to get away with."
"Also, if you keep eating, be careful not to gain weight."
"Go away, Gojo Satoru. Even if you gain 20 pounds, I won't gain weight."
By the way, can the ability to make dreams come true make them all fat?
I feel a little excited when I think about Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru becoming as fat and plump as the cotton balls in my house.
"Don't speak too soon. Just what you ate today is enough to make you at least three pounds heavier."
"Alright, alright." Perhaps he anticipated that if he allowed us to stay any longer, the principal's office might become noisy again, so Principal Ye Moth waved his hand, ready to kick us all out.
"Wu and Jie each have to hand in a 4,000-word self-criticism. The rest of you should do what you need to do and get out."
"Hey, let me write a self-criticism."
Gojo Satoru was originally lying on the sofa to my left, but when he heard what he said, he sat up suddenly, looking like he was in high school. He asked with wide eyes, "Why do you have to write? Four thousand words, four thousand words!"
"Principal, do you know how many brain cells it takes to write 4,000 words? My hair will turn white!"
"Your hair is originally white." Principal Night Moth said expressionlessly, "And don't even think about getting away with it. You must write it."
"Is it because we, as teachers, have not disciplined our students well?" Xia Yujie narrowed his eyes and stroked his chin thoughtfully. "If that's the reason, then I can barely accept it."
"Finally, let me emphasize this one more time!" I rolled my eyes speechlessly, "I am not, and I will never be, your student."
"You know what you have done." When asked the reason, Principal Ye Moth seemed to remember something, glanced at me slightly unnaturally, turned his back, and left only this ambiguous answer.
"Okay, let's go."
"Is the principal experiencing early male menopause?" After walking out of the office door and down the corridor, Gojo Satoru said in confusion, "I don't think I've offended him."
"Satoru, stop talking." Xia Youjie looked like he understood everything. "Just write if he asks you to."
"Jie, you make it sound like I'm the only one who needs to write." Gojo Satoru yelled in dissatisfaction, "You have to write too, no one else can escape."
"Have you forgotten about Nitroko's complaint?" Xia Youjie glanced at me helplessly and whispered, "It's a good thing that the principal didn't beat us up."
Gojo Satoru: “….”
Ah, what they are talking about secretly here should be what Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru did a few days ago.
If that's the case, then I feel that 4,000 words are not enough. These two guys would have to at least handwrite 40,000 words each to be considered a sincere apology!
However, because I was thinking about other things, I didn't have time to argue with them, so I asked directly: "Do you know where Meow Gumi and Wild Rose are now?"
"As for them, they have finished Nanami's spell tool training class and should be resting over there now." Xia Yujie pointed in a direction, "Are you looking for them?"
"Well, there are some things I want to find out from them."
"Is it important?"
"Not really. I'm just a little concerned."
Because, logically speaking, before I confessed to Yuji, the only people who knew my real name were Geto Suguru, Gojo Satoru, Fushiguro Shinji, Chosou, Noso and that damn Ryoumen Sukuna.
But in the mental space, Yuji said that he had seen Nobara and Fushiguro somewhere.
I originally wanted to go in and ask him directly, but I found that after trying for a long time, I still couldn't run in easily like last time.
It's possible that Ryoumen Sukuna did something and successfully blocked my way in.
He has successfully added another charge to my grudge book.
But where could Yuji have heard my name? Probably not a big deal, maybe they just blurted it out accidentally in the previous few weeks?
But I decided to ask anyway.
The equipment room is not far from the principal's office. Even if you walk there while chatting, it will take less than ten minutes.
At this moment, Megumi Fushiguro and Nobara were sitting on the bench next to the vending machine.
What is different this time from last week is that even though it is already November and winter has arrived, the weather has not gotten much colder and there is no sign of the coming of ice and snow.
This can be considered good news, at least it proves that God's power has been weakened to the point where he can no longer do the same thing.
The sunlight shone warmly through the treetops, falling on the ground and on their bodies, illuminating spots of light with warm arcs.
It's two o'clock in the afternoon.
The two young men had just finished a training session, their sweaty hair hanging down on their foreheads, their school uniform collars half open, they were leaning on their chairs, each holding a bottle of drink in their hands.
This is how they responded to the questions I asked.
"Suzuki...Suzuki Yuri?" Fushiguro Megumi thought for a moment, frowned slightly, and then shook her head and said, "It does sound familiar, as if I've seen it somewhere before."
"But I can't remember where it is."
"I don't know this person either." Wild Rose also said, "But, similar to Fushiguro, I always feel like I have seen him somewhere by chance."
"...have you seen it?"
I pondered these three words over and over again.
This is an unusual word combination.
Because when most people hear questions about names, their usual reaction will be – “I seem to have heard of/haven’t heard of this person.”
But what they said was that they had seen this name.
"Did you see these words somewhere or on an object?" I changed my mind and asked.
"Something..." Wild Rose chewed on these words carefully, raised her hand to take a sip of her drink, glanced forward, and suddenly shouted as if she had an epiphany, "I remembered it!"
"What do you remember?" I asked quickly.
"I remember where I saw this name." Wild Rose raised the can in her hand and said to Fushiguro Megumi, "Do you remember? It's this one."
Following her movements, I looked towards the bottle and saw familiar packaging and words engraved on the can. The large, round fonts clearly read: "Henghenghaha, Coffee So Good That It'll Make You Go Bankrupt."
Isn’t this the bankrupt coffee that inexplicably hasn’t gone bankrupt until now, whose distribution ability is extremely poor but is still everywhere in technical colleges?
What does this have to do with my name?
"I remember it too." After Ye Qiangwei's reminder, Fushiguro Megumi also raised her hand, picked up the coffee in her hand, looked at it, and then said, "I remember where I saw this name."
"The name Suzuki Yuri."
Gojo Satoru and Geto Xiayou looked at each other. I saw them take a step forward as if nothing had happened. I asked, "So, you really saw it?"
"Really!" Wild Rose nodded and said affirmatively, "I have really seen it."
"Here's the thing." Fushiguro Megumi exhaled slightly, pushed the bankrupt coffee forward twice, and showed a complicated expression, "As you know, this thing is the most popular drink in the school's vending machines, besides water and Coke."
"In addition to the classic milk latte, it only offers some weird flavors like wild peppermint latte."
"But the principal never chose to remove them. As time went on, we drank and drank--"
Wild Rose spread her hands with a look of despair, and continued his words, "I'm actually used to drinking it!"
"Indeed, this brand of coffee has been in the school for more than ten years." Xia Yujie's eyes flickered, and he spoke in a gentle and persuasive tone, "But what does it have to do with the name Suzuki Yuri?"
"Every time we finish our coffee, we throw it into the trash can." Fushiguro Megumi drank the drink in one gulp, turned it over, and showed the QR code at the bottom, saying, "I've never paid attention to this thing."
"But one day, Tiger Stick came running to us excitedly and said that he had just scanned the QR code with his phone and found that it was a prize-winning quiz."
"A prize-winning contest?"
"Yes, it says that as long as you solve the riddle, you can use it to go to the merchant to claim the prize."
"What's the prize?"
"I don't know." Wild Rose pouted, "It was because there was only a riddle in it, without a prize, a prize redemption address, or a number, so we didn't take it seriously at the time and quickly forgot about it."
"Only Yuji studied it for a few more days, but I guess he didn't figure it out, otherwise he wouldn't have kept it from us."
"So...what was the title of the riddle? Could it be Suzuki Yuri?"
"Ah... I really have forgotten everything about this." Wild Rose smiled sheepishly and tapped her forehead in annoyance. "I only remember the previous content: Suzuki Yuri, don't forget--"
Suzuki Yuri, don’t forget... Why are these three words here again, like some kind of spell!
I looked at Fushiguro Megumi in silence, trying to learn something new from him, but he just shook his head.
"Then just scan it and you'll know."
Gojo Satoru shrugged, took out his phone from his pocket, and scanned the QR code. The page jumped on his phone, and the circle spun for a long time, and finally a blank screen appeared - 404.
"Ah, it's no longer effective."
Xia Yujie took the phone and observed it for a while, then said, "It looks like a QR code that has long expired. If you want to find it, you may have to find the person in charge of the brand."
"Well, I happen to be free now, let's go and call them out now."
"Wait." Seeing Gojo Satoru about to leave, Fushiguro Megumi called out to him, "Gojo-sensei, are you going to call people just like that?"
“What else?” Gojo Satoru looked back at him in confusion.
"If we want to find the person in charge, we should first investigate who he is." Wild Rose scratched her hair and threw the empty bottle into the trash can. "Why do you act like you can summon that person just by opening your mouth?"
"........"
"Eh?" Gojo Satoru looked at me and Geto Suguru, then at Nobara and Fushiguro Megumi, and said in a calm tone, as if he was talking about a scarf he had just bought. "Teacher, didn't I tell you that the production company of this brand was acquired by the Gojo family, and it is now under my name."
"Is this a company under your name???" Wild Rose and Megumi Fushiguro asked in unison in surprise, "You never mentioned it before!"