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"—Sister?!" Shiina Tatsuki woke up with a start upon hearing that familiar voice.
"I'm sorry, Lixi—I know you're all grown up now and should have your own privacy. From now on, I'll knock before I enter your room..." Shiina Maki spoke very quickly, her eyes darting around, and her cheeks inexplicably flushed.
No, I've told you so many times not to come into my room without permission, how come you remember this so clearly this time?!
Shiina Tatsuki was almost going crazy.
"Wait, I told you it's not what you think!" She hurriedly took off her eye mask, stood up, and grabbed her sister's hand. "This is—a gift from a friend, saying it can improve sleep quality..."
Shiina Maki glanced down at the suggestive eye patch she was clutching in her hand, a patch that could only be seen in certain special films.
What kind of friend would give this kind of gift...?
Wait, I heard that in that special circle, people sometimes look for their masters and then complete the tasks they assign. Could it be that Li Xi is also...?
Shiina Maki quickly shook her head, banishing these dangerous thoughts from her mind, and forced herself to remain calm as she said:
"I see... Lixi, you do often stay up late... It seems your friend cares about you a lot."
Do you care...?
Shiina Riki was stunned for a moment.
Something seemed to touch a soft corner of my heart, but I immediately suppressed it with reason.
This time, it's a victory for Big Head.
No, this is definitely just that guy trying to trick me again, to make me look bad!
Shiina Tatsuki, Shiina Tatsuki, how could you be so easily fooled by such petty gains?
Shiina Maki looked at her younger sister's unpredictable expression, which shifted between a silly grin and a sudden serious look, and became even more puzzled.
How has this been adjusted?
She then remembered why she had come and quickly interrupted Shiina Tatsuki, who was still having her own internal monologue: "By the way, Tatsuki, is it confirmed that you wanted to withdraw from the competition as you told me last time? If it is, I'll help you submit the application."
She sighed inwardly.
Actually, Maki Shiina can understand that too.
It's normal to temporarily lose fighting spirit after the blow of the adventure party disbanding.
"I want to participate." Shiina Tatsuki suddenly raised her head and said with unusual determination.
"Huh?" Shiina Maki was stunned.
“I said I’m going to participate in the National High School Professional Competition and I’m not withdrawing,” Shiina Tatsuki repeated earnestly.
......
"Huh? Ah—okay, okay!" Shiina Maki immediately realized what she meant and nodded quickly, a surprised smile on her face. "Then I won't submit the application for you. Just remember to fill in your personal information on the official website yourself."
"And..." Shiina Riki turned her face away, her voice lowering as she stammered, "Could I take a look at your previous sheet music?"
"Didn't you say before that you absolutely wouldn't, that it would give you a headache?"
"It's just for reference! If it doesn't work, then forget it!" Shiina Riki's face turned even redder.
"Okay, okay! Of course! I'll go get it for you right now!" Shiina Maki was so happy she almost jumped for joy. She turned around and quickly left the room, clenching her little fists excitedly.
Master, no matter how you tricked Riki into your hands and made her so obedient to you... please give us more missions like this!
Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Feast at Hongmen
"My plan failed; it is fate..."
As Koshimura Sawa walked out of RiNG's gate, he looked up at the gray sky, sighed deeply, and a sense of desolation, like a hero at the end of his road, welled up within him.
There's nothing we can do about it; he's just so unlucky that he was matched with Lady Donut, the armored dragon turtle that completely counters him.
"It's alright, it's just a game after all. If you lose, you lose. There's no need to take it to heart..." He shook his head and continued walking forward.
He had only taken a few steps when he suddenly stopped, grabbed his hair tightly, and his expression gradually became distorted.
"Damn it, why didn't I test the waters with magic first?!"
Someone's going to have trouble sleeping tonight!
Wrong. There are a few other unlucky people who couldn't sleep like me, and I don't know if they offended the system, but they were unfortunately matched with me.
Thinking of the warm greetings in those friend requests, Yuecunze felt much better and took his hand off his hair.
A deep, powerful engine roar suddenly came from behind, and a sudden gust of wind brushed past his ears, ruffling the slightly messy strands of hair on his forehead.
When his vision cleared again, a sleek, all-black luxury sedan had silently overtaken him and come to a smooth stop beside him.
The one-way car window was slowly rolled down.
Hatsune Miku, go back here!
...Who is speaking?
Koshimura felt like he had developed a condition called PTSD, which caused him to experience PTSD whenever he saw a black luxury car.
He fixed his eyes.
Thankfully, it wasn't a Maybach...
But what brand is that little winged figure on the front of the car? I've never seen it before.
"...Yeemura-kun?" Yoshiki Onami leaned out of the car window, looking at the absent-minded Yoshimura Sawa, and blinked in confusion.
"Ah, it's Wen Shui-mei." Yue Cunze snapped out of his reverie and turned to look at her. "Is there something you need?"
"I don't need anything from you..." Yoshiki Nukumizu smiled awkwardly, "but this person... seems to need something from you."
She leaned back, revealing Takamatsu Yuji sitting beside her, staring intently at Koshimura Sawa with a ruthless expression.
"Um..." Koshimura hesitated, then raised his hand and waved weakly, "Hello, Uncle—"
"Call him the bureau chief."
"Yes, sir!" Yuecun Ze jumped to attention instantly. "Good morning, Chief!"
[The Bureau of Investigation's Fermented Bean Curd, Koshimura Sawa, step forward!]
Yuji Takamatsu looked at him, his eye twitching slightly: "I remember, I seemed to have asked someone to pass on a message to you to come to the Bureau of Investigation as soon as you were discharged from the hospital, right?"
"Haha..." Koshimura forced a smile that looked more like a grimace. "Well... I've been quite busy lately..."
"I am quite busy." Yuji Takamatsu snorted coldly. "You can cause a big mess with your simulated void. In the past few days, several people in the engineering department have been hospitalized because they worked day and night to overhaul the system. One of them was still complaining when he was being carried onto the stretcher that his sign-in was about to stop and that he had bought a monthly card for nothing."
That is indeed tragic.
Koshimura Sawa observed a moment of silence for the fallen engineering department colleague.
"Never mind." Yuji Takamatsu seemed too lazy to argue with him anymore, and sighed. "Let's get in the car first. I have something to talk to you about."
"Oh, okay." Koshimura Sawa quickly stepped forward and reached for the doorknob.
Wait, why are there no handles on this car door?
"Put your hand on the other side," Yoshiki Numizu reminded him.
Following the sound, Koshimura looked and indeed found the handle on the other side of the door.
This door is a double-opening design, it's quite high-end.
He opened the door and plopped down in the soft leather seat in the back.
"Don't close it so hard, it's an electric suction door—" Before Yuji Takamatsu could finish speaking, there was a loud "bang" as the car door was slammed shut by Sawa Koshimura.
......
This is a child we must raise.
Yuji Takamatsu felt a vein throb on his forehead.
Koshimura fastened his seatbelt, looked around at the interior, and silently compared it to the Maybach he had seen before.
Wow, this interior design, this little starry sky roof.
Why does it seem even more luxurious than that Maybach from last time?
At least if Dengbao saw it, he would definitely love it and be unable to leave.
He glanced discreetly at Takamatsu Yuji, who was sitting on the right side of the front row.
Director, are you still a doting father to your daughter?
Wait a minute, why isn't there a steering wheel in front of your seat?
Koshimura Sawa was taken aback.
Oh right, after living in Tokyo for so long, I subconsciously assumed that the driver's seat was always on the right.
This car doesn't look like a neon car at all... Wait, where's the driver?
He suddenly looked up and, through the rearview mirror, met the gaze of Yoshiki Onamizu, who was smiling at him from the driver's seat.
"Welcome to Jiashu Chauffeur Service~ If you're satisfied, remember to give us a five-star review!" Wen Shui Jiashu winked at him.
Koshimura gave a stiff smile and silently began to unbuckle his seatbelt.
"Wait? What are you doing—" Wen Shuijia said in surprise.
"Get out of the car, lady! I'm scared to death!" Koshimura Sawa stood up without changing his expression and reached for the door handle. "Isn't it 18 for you to get a driver's license in Japan? You're only in the second year of junior high school, right?!"
"Oh, don't worry! Actually, my dad taught me to drive in Hawaii before..." Yoshiki Nukumizu quickly explained.
"Don't treat Hawaii like some kind of magic wonder!" Koshimura Sawa was on the verge of a breakdown. "Are you some kind of elementary school student who's about to become a death god?"
"Ignore him, just leave," Yuji Takamatsu ordered impatiently.
"Yes!" Seeing that Yuecunze had already touched the door handle, Wenshui Yoshiki quickly locked the car door and stepped on the gas at the same time.
"Hmph, I want to escape!"
The powerful acceleration instantly pressed Koshimura Sawa firmly into the seat.
"Help! Murder! Unlicensed driver kidnapping a married man!"
The piercing screams echoed through the streets of Tokyo.
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"Cough cough... So where am I... Ugh—" Koshimura slumped on the soft leather sofa, bent over and dry-heaved, feeling his stomach churning.
"The Bureau of Investigation and Reconstruction of Uncontrolled and Abnormal Affairs of Professionals." Yuji Takamatsu walked to the opposite side of him expressionlessly and sat down.
The Bureau of Investigation?
Koshimura straightened up and glanced at the luxuriously decorated office, which was almost as big as his bedroom.
Isn't the Bureau of Investigation just a light novel bookstore hidden in some nook and cranny?
Byd Takamatsu Yuji, how much did you embezzle? You even built yourself a luxurious office?
It is said that when Yuji Takamatsu saw the Forbes list, he almost thought it was a poverty alleviation list.
[Not that poor]
“...Because this is headquarters.” Yuji Takamatsu seemed to see through the doubt in his eyes and explained helplessly, “You don’t really think that a few high school students can handle all the out-of-control professional incidents in Tokyo, do you?”
Isn’t it?
A Japanese high school student, a Tokyo University time traveler, and a Meituan homeless person are the world's three strongest fighting forces!
And Koshimura Sawa alone occupied two of them, which is truly terrifying.
At the pinnacle of immortality, I reign supreme over the world; with me, Zesheng, there is heaven!
As for the homeless man from Meituan... although he has never been to Meituan, he watches videos of top lecturers every day. Even though he has never eaten pork, he has learned how to run a pig. Even if he gets there, he can switch forms in an instant, which can be considered as making up for the missing piece.
The Trinity is now invincible!
What are the Three Powers?
"Would you like something to drink?" Yuji Takamatsu reached out and pulled open an exquisite wooden cabinet next to the sofa.
“Just like you is fine,” said Koshimura Sawa after thinking for a moment.
The main concern is that I'm afraid you might secretly give yourself some good drinks.
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