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"Excalibur!"
A dazzling golden beam of light descended from the sky, annihilating the tall bird formation along with its tentacles. In the intense light, Hei Zi saw Chen Xiao's back as he stood in front of her, and felt a sense of security.
[Ding! Intimacy +50]
Current intimacy level: 45
When the light faded, the Takatori formation had vanished into thin air, leaving only a wisp of black smoke fleeing towards Tokyo.
"That was... a contract?" Kuroko looked thoughtfully in the direction where the black mist disappeared.
"What contract?"
"It seems that some kind of contract was signed, which caused the energy to flow to the location of the contract after death."
Chen Xiao nodded. "It doesn't matter. These small fry are easy to kill!" Chen Xiao sheathed his holy sword and turned to look at Hei Zi: "Are you alright?"
"What...what could possibly be wrong with me!" Hei Zi turned his face away, but noticed that Chen Xiao's arm wound was still bleeding. "Your injury..."
"It's alright." Chen Xiao casually waved his hand. "Compared to this, Hei Zi, your performance has exceeded my expectations."
"Hmph!" Kuroko put her hands on her hips. "Of course, I'm Tokiwadai's ace! Although... I'm still far inferior to Onee-sama..."
Speaking of Misaka Mikoto, Kuroko suddenly remembered something and stared at Chen Xiao suspiciously: "Wait... Onee-sama has been looking rather uneasy lately, could it be related to you?"
Chen Xiao gave a mysterious smile: "Who knows? Maybe she dreamed about me?"
"Pervert!" Kuroko made a kicking motion, but then held back. "But... thank you for today."
[Ding! Intimacy +25]
Current intimacy level: 70
The last rays of the night shone through the treetops onto the two of them.
Looking at Chen Xiao's handsome face illuminated by the moonlight, Hei Zi's heart suddenly raced.
“Hey, Mr. Pervert…” she muttered under her breath, “Next time… next time if you encounter something like this again, remember to call me.”
Chen Xiao raised an eyebrow: "Oh? You! You want to team up with me?"
"Stop, stop being so presumptuous!" Hei Zi immediately bristled.
Chen Xiao couldn't help but chuckle: "Alright, alright, then as a thank you gift, I'll treat you to dinner?"
"Who wants to be with you... Wait!" Kuroko suddenly remembered something and took a step back warily. "You wouldn't happen to also have feelings for Onee-sama..."
Chen Xiao smiled but didn't answer, only snapping his fingers lightly. "Let's go, Hei Zi, you should go back!"
He turned and walked towards the forest path, saying, "Give my regards to Misaka-san."
Kuroko's people were teleported to the girls' dormitory in Academy City, where Misaka Mikoto was sitting in front of her with a serious expression.
"Kuroko?!"
Misaka Mikoto's gasp echoed through the dormitory. She abruptly stood up from her chair, her short brown hair standing on end slightly due to static electricity, and the hem of her school uniform skirt swaying gently.
Shirai Kuroko felt a blur before her eyes and found herself back in her familiar dormitory.
She staggered, instinctively grabbing the wall with her right hand, while her left hand tightly clutched an unfamiliar coin.
"Onee-sama..." Kuroko blinked, finally seeing Misaka Mikoto's worried face clearly, "I'm back."
Mikoto rushed forward, grabbing Kuroko's shoulders tightly. "You suddenly disappeared and then suddenly reappeared, what happened?!" Her voice trembled uncontrollably. "I sensed the energy fluctuations of that coin. Did you meet with Chen Xiao?"
Kuroko keenly noticed the blush creeping up Mikoto's ears. She tilted her head and held up the coin in her hand: "Does Onee-sama recognize this?"
Mikoto released her grip as if burned, turning her face away: "Looks like you stole my coin. No wonder... you were teleported away?"
"Oh~" Kuroko drawled, then suddenly leaned close to Mikoto's face, "Does Onee-sama know Chen Xiao? You mean that black-haired, smug-looking pervert?"
Mikoto's face flushed red, even her neck turning a light pink: "Who, who would know a guy like that!"
Kuroko's eyes narrowed to slits: "Really? Then why has Onee-sama been so restless lately?" She shook the coin in her hand. "Could this be a token of our love?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" A few streaks of blue lightning crackled through Mikoto's bangs, but her flushed cheeks completely betrayed her. "We just...we just fought a few times before..."
Kuroko suddenly fell silent, staring intently into Mikoto's eyes: "Onee-sama...do you like him?"
The air in the dormitory seemed to freeze. Mikoto opened her mouth, but no sound came out, and in the end she just lowered her head.
This reaction says it all.
Kuroko took a deep breath and suddenly revealed a sly smile: "Actually... that pervert is actually quite reliable."
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"Huh?" Mikoto looked up in surprise.
Hei Zi toyed with the coin in her hand, recounting her experiences from the evening's battle. When she spoke of the two times Chen Xiao saved her, her voice softened unconsciously.
"...In the end, he used that gleaming golden sword to defeat the enemy, and even said something like 'Give my regards to Misaka-san.'" Kuroko curled her lip, "What a pretentious guy."
Mikoto's expression shifted from shock to worry, then tinged with a strange emotion. She gently grasped Kuroko's hand: "I'm so glad you're alright..."
"Is Onee-sama worried about me?" Kuroko's eyes lit up, and she suddenly pounced on Mikoto and hugged her neck. "I love Onee-sama the most!"
Mikoto stumbled back two steps from the impact, then ruffled Kuroko's hair with a sigh: "Idiot, don't touch things of unknown origin in the future..."
Her gaze, however, drifted involuntarily to the window, where the lights of Academy City twinkled in the night.
The image of that person seemed to reappear before her eyes, causing her heart to beat faster involuntarily.
(Next time... I'll go by myself...)
The thought had barely crossed her mind when Mikoto was startled. She shook her head, trying to banish the annoying smile from her mind, only to find herself actually looking forward to their next encounter.
Kuroko secretly observed Mikoto's changing expressions, a knowing smile playing on her lips.
She secretly clenched the coin in her hand, but Misaka Mikoto snatched it away.
"Big sister! That's my trophy!" Kuroko lunged at the coin in Mikoto's hand, her twin tails flying high with the sudden movement.
Mikoto deftly dodged to the side, clutching the coin tightly in her palm, tiny sparks crackling in her short brown hair: "This was stolen from me, and now it's just being returned to its rightful owner."
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Kuroko keenly noticed the change in Mikoto's expression, a sly glint in her eyes: "Just before he brought me back~" she deliberately drawled, "he said something like 'keep it safe for me'~"
"What...!" Mikoto's face instantly turned bright red, and the coin in her hand crackled due to static electricity.
She hurriedly stuffed the coin into her pocket, coughing lightly to try and remain calm: "B-anyway, I'll keep this for now. Kuroko, you must be tired tonight, go take a shower and get some rest!"
Kuroko pouted, but her eyes remained fixed on Mikoto's coin pocket: "Onee-sama is so cunning... She clearly cares about that pervert too..."
"Who cares!" Mikoto's voice suddenly rose eight octaves, causing the dormitory light bulb to flicker a few times due to her emotional outburst. She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself: "I'm just... just worried that this coin might be dangerous..."
Kuroko tilted her head, revealing a mischievous smile: "Really? Then why is Onee-sama's face so red?"
"Kuroko!!!"
As night fell, a sinister mansion stood silently in the darkness on the outskirts of Chiba Prefecture.
Beneath this seemingly ordinary Japanese-style house lies a bloody underground arena.
In the blood-soaked room, a man in a suit slowly exhaled a smoke ring. The glow of his cigar flickered in the darkness, illuminating the blood seeping from the corner of his mouth. "The contract was broken..." He licked the blood from his lips, a sinister glint in his eyes. "That piece of trash, Takatori Jin, was actually killed."
Through the contract, he clearly saw the memories of Takagami Jin before his death. The black-clad youth wielding the golden holy sword was like a grim reaper in the moonlight.
“Chen Xiao…” the man gritted his teeth as he uttered the name, his cigar crumpled in his hand. “This is the man that Lord Yazaki Souichi specifically warned me to be careful of. I didn’t expect to run into him so soon.”
Just then, in a dark corner of the arena, a lithe figure lurked silently. It was Igawa Asagi—an elite female ninja from the Anti-Demon Ninja organization—watching everything intently. Her perfect figure was accentuated by her tight-fitting outfit, and her long purple hair peeked through the darkness.
"Bark..." Asagi silently murmured the name of her target, her right hand already subtly resting on the ninja sword at her waist. Her purpose in infiltrating Chiba Prefecture was to investigate this human politician who colluded with demons.
Black suddenly looked up alertly, his cloudy eyes sweeping across the dark corner: "Who's there?"
Asagi's heart tightened, but years of ninja training kept her absolutely calm. She completely blended into the shadows, her breathing becoming barely audible.
“An illusion…” Black frowned and lit another cigar. He turned and walked toward the altar deep in the room, where a strange black statue stood, emanating a nauseating demonic aura.
"Looks like we need to speed things up..." Black muttered to himself, pulling a list from his pocket. It contained dozens of women's names. "The ceremony must be completed before Chen Xiao comes knocking..."
Asagi, lurking in the shadows, witnessed everything, a resolute glint in her purple eyes. She quietly retreated, her figure vanishing into the darkness like mist. Tonight's discovery must be reported to Organization Four immediately.
Chapter 52 Asagi comes to help Chen Xiao cool down
Meanwhile, at a suburban station in Chiba Prefecture—
Moonlight poured down on the empty platform like water, and Chen Xiao's figure slowly walked out from the forest path.
His black trench coat swayed gently in the night wind, and the wound on his arm had healed so well that it was no longer visible.
"Oh, you've finally decided to come back?"
Yukino Yukinoshita leaned against a pillar on the platform, the moonlight casting a silvery glow on her delicate profile. She crossed her arms, a half-smile playing on her lips: "I thought you'd been kidnapped by some young girl."
The Ghanaian minister stood a short distance away, her long, dark green hair gleaming in the moonlight. Her emerald eyes were fixed on Chen Xiao, filled with an undisguised longing, and her fingers unconsciously clutched the hem of her suit jacket.
Kurotaki Rin strode over, twirling her baton in her hand: "Is the matter resolved? Where's that monster?"
Chen Xiao stretched lazily: "It's over for now." He deliberately skipped over the information about Black and the City of Gods and Demons, and added casually: "There shouldn't be any similar incidents in the short term."
Yang narrowed her eyes, keenly sensing the reservation in Chen Xiao's words, but she did not expose him on the spot. Instead, she stepped forward and gently brushed her slender fingers across Chen Xiao's arm—where there should have been a wound.
"Are you injured?" Her voice was soft, with a rare seriousness.
Chen Xiao smiled and said, "It's just a minor injury, it's healed a long time ago."
Gana suddenly stepped forward, her high heels clicking crisply on the platform: "Master...do you need to rest?" Her voice trembled slightly, as if she was trying her best to restrain herself. "I have prepared a room for you."
Kurotaki Rin frowned as she looked at Kana's unusual behavior, then glanced at Haruno's subtle expression and wisely chose to remain silent.
Yang Nai chuckled softly and naturally took Chen Xiao's arm. "No need for Minister Ghana to worry, I'll take good care of this guy." She lightly pinched Chen Xiao's waist with her fingertips. "Right, darling?"
Chen Xiao shook his head helplessly and nodded to Ghana and Kurotaki Rin: "Thank you for your hard work today. We'll deal with the follow-up matters tomorrow."
A hint of disappointment flashed in Ghana's eyes, but he still bowed his head respectfully: "Yes, Master."
On their way home, Yang Nai suddenly let go of Chen Xiao's arm, her tone turning serious: "What are you hiding?"
Under the moonlight, Chen Xiao's profile appeared exceptionally profound. He remained silent for a moment before slowly speaking, "Knowing too much about some things can be dangerous."
Yang Nai stopped and looked directly into Chen Xiao's eyes: "Including that girl with pigtails who suddenly appeared?"
Chen Xiao's lips curled up slightly: "Are you jealous?"
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