[Short Short] Half of the mysterious letter is made of vegetables
"We are being --ed. Hamburg steak, pork cutlet, grilled meat, meat, meat, meat. Farmers are --less... what is this?"
"It's a mysterious letter that arrived at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Along with this guy."
My senior tapped the large cardboard box placed on the desk. Peering inside, it was packed with colorful vegetables like eggplants, tomatoes, and mushrooms.
"It seems to be a threatening letter, but I have no idea what it means. You were in the Mystery Research Club, right?"
"I was in the Mystery Research Club, but... let's see. Maybe... putting the names of vegetables into these blank spaces?"
I looked at the vegetables in the box and picked up an eggplant.
"We are being eggplanted... no, that's not it. Oh, shiitake! We are being shiitake-d (oppressed)!"
"Good! Keep it up!"
After struggling with the vegetables for several minutes, the threatening letter was completed.
[We are being (shiitake-d). Hamburg steak, pork cutlet, grilled meat, meat, meat, meat... Farmers are (eggplant-less) and only (tomato-ing). If you (okra) the countermeasures as they are, we are prepared to (potato) no measures. I pray you choose a (watermelon) path after thinking carefully.]
"Well done! That's a fine threatening letter. Let's go interview the farmers!"
A few days later, a man was arrested.
During the interrogation, when asked about his motive, the man repeatedly muttered incomprehensible words.
"I received orders from a king crab..."
End
This week's prompt was too difficult, so I committed the folly of shifting the punchline onto Taraha-sama. Please forgive me by eating vegetables.
I participated in Tarahakani-sama's weekly short short [Half of the mysterious letter is made of vegetables].
[Half of Setsubun is made of kindness] is here
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