The exterior was a little different, but it had design elements from old Tōseiren architecture, and the sign was almost identical to the old one, having used the same eastern calligraphy font for the name of the shop.
It wasn't that strange for a shop to be renovated overnight these days, but for some reason, Dante didn't expect that to happen in this case. He thought he would come back to find an empty box with charred walls, but instead…
'Hold on…' Looking around once more, Dante noticed one more thing. 'Is that a line?'
That was true. A line of people was gathered at the entrance, and it stretched alongside the building all the way to the opposite corner. Anyone who doesn't know the place would think it was the grand opening of the new branch of some popular chain.
[It seems this is the reason Kurosaki Suzuka set this as the meeting place.]
Volcan's comment snapped Dante back to reality, and a frown quickly took over his face.
[Is this not good news?]
'Yeah, it is…'
