I’m Really Unnerved In Tokyo

The cardboard box contained the frog juice drink, which he bought at the convenience store at the price of "jumping off the building", known as "Peruvian Viagra"...

Yes, convenience stores occasionally try to sell some weird things.

This freshly squeezed frog juice is said to be made by directly squeezing the flesh and bones while the frog is still alive. It is purely natural and has no additives. It is very effective in that regard and is very popular in Peru.

It's obviously such a good product, I don't know if it's because of the taste or the raw materials, but even a bottle can't be sold! ! !

In the end, Sousuke Araki was cheap.

Holding the cardboard box, Sousuke Araki walked out of the room humming a little song.

Just as he opened the door, a note slipped from the crack of the door.

Sousuke Araki bent down and picked up the note, only to see the words "It's your turn" written in some kind of solidified red liquid on it.

"What's this... a child's prank?"

Without noticing, he crumpled the note into a ball and threw it away, and he started knocking on the door one by one.

Since the Edo period, there has been a custom of "moving house".

Newly moved residents will greet their neighbors one by one and send small gifts such as soba noodles, azuki porridge, and rice cakes for good omens.

Especially soba noodles, because the pronunciation is the same as the Japanese "beside", it has a good meaning of "always be by your side".

In modern times, there is less emphasis on the types of gifts.

The reason why Sosuke Araki bought this terrifyingly expensive drink at the cheapest price was to use it as a gift for his neighbors.

The Zangqian apartment has a total of five floors, and each floor has four suites of different sizes.

Sosuke Araki planned to visit from the first floor. If no one was at home, he would stick the bottle with a note saying "102 New resident Sosuke Araki visited and made a modest contribution to your family's happiness" of giant frog juice on the door.

He first tried to ring the doorbell of 101 opposite him.

According to his observations over the past two days, there should be no one living on the opposite side.

Sure enough, 101 did not respond at all.

Then he went straight to Apartment 103, where he peeked at his strange uncle from the crack of the door last time.

After gently ringing the doorbell a few times, Sousuke Araki waited for about a minute, but no one responded.

Just as he turned to leave, 103's door opened.

It was still those pale eyeballs, looking at him coldly through the door chain.

A strong stench came from the room, reminding Sousuke Araki of the boys' dormitory that had not been cleaned for a semester.

"Ah, so someone is at home..." Sousuke Araki quickly took out the bottle of frog juice and explained his purpose.

The man reached out and took the frog juice without disdain, nodded at him, and closed the door.

"What a strange uncle..." Just as he muttered to leave, the uncle's cold voice came from behind him: "Everyone upstairs, it's best not to send them...their return gifts may be excessive. Enthusiasm...and, next, it seems, it's your turn."

"It's okay, it's okay, I was also known for being hospitable when I was in Yokohama..."

Not paying attention to the other party's inexplicable words, Sousuke Araki let out a haha, and rang the doorbell of 104 a few times. Seeing that no one opened the door, he put down the frog juice and walked to the elevator.

It is daytime now. According to the rule that Miss Sawada goes to work at night, maybe she is at home now.

In case of encounter, I just took the opportunity to clarify to her the fact that I am a "promising youth".

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Holding the box of drinks and walking down the aisle on the second floor of the apartment, Sousuke Araki rang the doorbells of several houses in succession, but no one responded.

"These families were arguing to death at night, but no one is home now?"

Sousuke Araki, who originally planned to take the opportunity to hint that the other party "be quiet at night", had to retreat without success.

The corridors with white walls and grey floors are very clean and the facilities are well maintained.

Even in the daytime, due to design flaws, there are only two small windows in the front and back of the corridor, making it difficult for sunlight to come in, making it look a bit gloomy and cold.

When he came to the third floor, Sousuke Araki smelled a stench, but he didn't see any suspected source of the stench in the corridor.

"I remember, 304 seems to be the one."

He thought of the tall woman he had seen at the window.

So he first rang the doorbell of 304.

In the pager, a female voice answered him.

Sousuke Araki quickly explained his purpose.

"Sorry... The way I am now... It's not very convenient to receive guests. You can put the gift at the door, can I take it later?"

The woman spoke very politely in a low tone.

Probably without makeup, Sousuke Araki thought, put the drink at the door and prepared to leave.

Japanese women pay great attention to their appearance, and it is very rude to greet guests without makeup, which is indeed understandable.

"That...the other residents of the apartment mostly come out at night, so you may have to go there for nothing...and, if possible...it's better to move out as soon as possible before it's your turn..."

Through the pager, the woman said a word out of nowhere, and then she lost her voice.

"Hahaha, it doesn't matter, I have to go to work at night..."

The other party may be dissatisfied with the stingy property, so he complains like this.

Sousuke Araki, who had signed a two-year lease, naturally wouldn't take the other party's incitement to move out.

All the way to the fifth floor, as the woman said, no one was at home.

Sousuke Araki had to put the frog juice one by one at the door of the house.

Just as he was about to go back, a curious thought popped up.

What does the rooftop of the apartment look like?

"It should be here..."

Walking to the fire stair at the deepest part of the corridor, Sousuke Araki looked up.

By convention, up the fire stairs is the roof of the apartment.

At the end of the stairs, a quaint dark black iron gate stood quietly there.

This iron door has no keyhole or crack, as if a whole steel plate was welded to the wall.

Even in the afternoon sun, the iron folding fan door seems to be able to swallow the light, without reflecting a trace of sparkle~www.NovelMTL.com~ Is it completely welded to death? Could it be that there has been a safety accident on the rooftop? "

Sousuke Araki looked at him boredly, then turned back.

In order to prevent safety accidents and people jumping off the building without permission, the rooftops of many buildings in Japan are equipped with barbed wire, and they are locked most of the time.

After walking around the apartment, Sousuke Araki took his wallet and went out.

In the past two days, he accumulated some funds through "selling talisman paper", which made his schedule of "purchasing second-hand home appliances" earlier.

Speaking of second-hand home appliances... There are a few good shops a few stations away from the subway.

After half an hour.

"Ah... even the air is filled with the smell of decay..."

Araki Sousuke, who had parked his car, took a deep breath and looked at the street in front of him with his hips on his shoulders.

On the streets full of people and high-rise buildings, there are huge billboards with dazzling array of bright colors.

Maid coffee, comic tea house, old-fashioned figure shop, game hall, animation center, AKSB48 event...

The queen, goddess, childhood sweetheart, first love, sick child, black belly, arrogant... The second-dimensional young lady with various styles on the billboard, with a delicate body and a soft body, blinded him.

"Hey, there's a new special issue of 'Ghost Girl's Melancholy'? SEGA's claw machine has been updated with such a foul scene... Damn it, Sousuke Araki, you have to calm down... You are here to buy electricity ."

Passing by the entrance of the game hall, Sousuke Araki was almost "sucked" in.

Feeling that the money in his wallet was about to move, Sousuke Araki quickly retracted his gaze.

That's right, he is currently in Akihabara Electric Town, known as the "Otaku Paradise".

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