{ "dataList": [ { "id": 0, "model": "료슈", "teller": "Ryōshū", "title": "District 23 Backstreets", "content": "Oh, you’re up." }, { "id": 1, "content": "The child speaks plainly." }, { "id": 2, "content": "If it weren’t for the visceral scenery, it could easily be mistaken for a cordial greeting to someone who just woke up from sweet slumber." }, { "id": 3, "model": "료슈", "teller": "Ryōshū", "title": "District 23 Backstreets", "content": "Good thing you got up in time. If the work’s done while the heartbeat’s too slow, it impacts the taste." }, { "id": 4, "content": "The child watches someone laid on the floor with a light cackle." }, { "id": 5, "content": "The pitiful fellow writhes and struggles on the floor, unable to accept the situation." }, { "id": 6, "model": "료슈", "teller": "Ryōshū", "title": "District 23 Backstreets", "content": "Hey, don’t move too much. Tsk, I told that sous-chef to sap enough wind out of the meat." }, { "id": 7, "content": "Slap." }, { "id": 8, "content": "The child slapped the poor fellow’s cheek, her words heartless." }, { "id": 9, "model": "료슈", "teller": "Ryōshū", "title": "District 23 Backstreets", "content": "Can’t stand when the subject material tries to take the center of the art on its own. Keep still if you don’t want your L.B." }, { "id": 10, "content": "Even though there was no way for the victim to know that it stood for “limbs broken”…" }, { "id": 11, "content": "They noticed quickly enough that remaining still was the only way to prolong their life." }, { "id": 12, "model": "료슈", "teller": "Ryōshū", "title": "District 23 Backstreets", "content": "Here’s your reward for being such an O.P." }, { "id": 13, "content": "Jab." }, { "id": 14, "content": "The child inserted a syringe she’d been fiddling with into the victim." }, { "id": 15, "model": "료슈", "teller": "Ryōshū", "title": "District 23 Backstreets", "content": "It’s an injection of anesthetics mixed with a variety of flavoring agents. A pricey concoction that will make you the greatest work in the Backstreets, a delicacy… and art." }, { "id": 16, "content": "The child’s constant rambling about art and such can be a bit confusing…" }, { "id": 17, "content": "One thing to note is that the Backstreets of District 23 are known as the streets of flavor." }, { "id": 18, "content": "That’s right, the Backstreets located around the Nest where W Corp. is." }, { "id": 19, "content": "Its culture revolves around gastronomy; the people seek good eating and derive beauty from it." }, { "id": 20, "content": "Those closely related to culinary art—such as the Eight Chefs and the Dochelin Guides—also originate from this place." }, { "id": 21, "content": "This child wants to join the ranks of the prestigious Eight. She uses humans, often called one of the flowering pinnacles of artistic cuisine, as her main ingredient." }, { "id": 22, "content": "To that end, the child set up an establishment here and named it R.B. …Such acronyms must be the child’s adamant preference." }, { "id": 23, "content": "As one could guess, the child makes meat pies. They have been earning a certain kind of reputation among gourmets." }, { "id": 24, "model": "료슈", "teller": "Ryōshū", "title": "District 23 Backstreets", "content": "Now… You can feel your senses numbing, yes?" }, { "id": 25, "content": "The child delightfully watched her victim as she examined her blade." }, { "id": 26, "model": "료슈", "teller": "Ryōshū", "title": "District 23 Backstreets", "content": "You’d better be good material. I’m starting to run out of patience with that dull, bungling, inexperienced assistant Gregor." }, { "id": 27, "content": "Clicking her tongue, the child began to grumble." }, { "id": 28, "content": "Going on about how she dislikes her assistant’s sluggish pace, his tendency to bring her bad ingredients, his dull cleaver damaging the goods, and so on…" }, { "id": 29, "model": "료슈", "teller": "Ryōshū", "title": "District 23 Backstreets", "content": "Well, whatever. I’ll fire him the moment I rise as one of the Eight Chefs." }, { "id": 30, "content": "While the child complains, the victim’s eyelids begin to drift shut." }, { "id": 31, "content": "Why is she so annoyed, what will become of them… Their thoughts blur away, and their consciousness dims." }, { "id": 32, "model": "료슈", "teller": "Ryōshū", "title": "District 23 Backstreets", "content": "Hmph, back to work for now." }, { "id": 33, "model": "료슈", "teller": "Ryōshū", "title": "District 23 Backstreets", "content": "Now… Smile. You’re about to be at the center of an art piece." }, { "id": 34, "content": "Looking into the victim, the child raises her knife." }, { "id": 35, "content": "Was it a coincidence that the stains of blood on her knife resembled a grin?" }, { "id": 36, "content": "…Seeing her face, it looks like there is no need to wonder after all." } ] }