Chapter 39: Is There Such A Friend?

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  "Hey! What's wrong with you?!"

  Mikoto Misaka couldn't understand the nonsensical words that Spring Mountain had just said, and she wanted to chase after him to ask for clarification. However, her body suddenly felt a chill approaching, and as she turned around to look in the direction of the chill, Kuroko Shirai, who had arrived at the scene by car, was already screaming and hugging Mikoto's body, starting to grope all over Mikoto's body while speaking incoherently.

  Although it's rare to see lilies in reality, Shirai Kurotarou, who claims to be from the 177th branch of the security squad, is thinking of making a run for it, pretending that he came here on official business. What a joke - the real person whose identity he's impersonating has already arrived, and he still doesn't leave? Does he want to be taken away for questioning with the crime of "impersonating a discipline committee member with ulterior motives"?

  While everyone's attention was focused on the lily couple, he quietly slipped away from the scene. Along the original route, he returned to the bus stop where he had previously gotten off and was about to step over the police line to walk home when a woman's voice called out to him.

  "Shirai Kurotarō, wait a minute!"

  That natural airhead! At first, I thought the fake morality committee thing had been exposed and my instincts told me to run for it; but then I remembered that security guards are always armed, and considering my current state, I didn't have a chance of getting away, so I could only reluctantly turn around and prepare to face reality.

  "I'm extremely grateful for the lifesaving favor earlier, if it's convenient for you, please allow me to treat you as a small token of gratitude." Tie Xuan bowed her head and curtsied, her long hair fluttering down and scattering across her chest with the gentle motion.

  "Let's do it another day, wearing this outfit is inconvenient to go anywhere." Jie Lü Chu Xiang saw that there was no one behind Tie Zuan Li, and he suddenly felt a sigh of relief. As long as it wasn't someone coming to take him away for questioning, anything was fine. Now the top priority was to go back and change out of this outfit, wearing something sticky and dirty on his body was too uncomfortable.

  "Oh, okay, let's exchange email addresses first." Tetsuya rummaged through his tactical waist pack and pulled out his phone to exchange contact information with Keiichi; however, as a member of the security team, wasn't it unmanly for him to be carrying a personal phone on a mission?

  "My actual name is Kaito Hatsuyuki, I only said that earlier because the situation was urgent." Kaito Hatsuyuki honestly told Tetsurou Murasame his real name when they exchanged email addresses. Generally, it's hard for people to deceive someone as innocent and naive as her, except when he wants to flirt with her.

  "No matter what, cheating is not good. From now on, never get involved in such a dangerous event again, okay? Leave this kind of thing to us, the security team, to handle." As if to emphasize her judgment, Tie Xuan let him off easily and patted her own ample chest, indicating that from now on, leave things like this to them to handle.

  "Oh." Kei Travolta nodded slightly, his 2D experience having already told him how unreliable a natural airhead's promises were, and in the previous battle, he had seen clearly how this natural airhead performed in combat, at critical moments still relying on himself a bit more.

  "My wavering thoughts are like marshmallows... fluffy and airy..."

  "Oh no, I've got a call, sorry about this, I'll go first, talk to you later!"

  Kaito Minami had just exchanged contact information with Tetsurou Okazaki, when his phone suddenly rang. After waving goodbye to the somewhat spaced-out and weak-looking bespectacled girl, he finally had time to check who was calling him.

  It's expired loli Sora Aoi, how did you wake up so quickly? Kaito Hayato walked on the highway overpass with a look of surprise while answering her call.

  "What's going on? Are you awake now?"

  "Hey, senior!"

  Satoru Akebono woke up as usual, full of energy, and greeted Tsurugi no Kuni like nothing was wrong.

  "What's wrong with your head?! After sleeping, aren't you much clearer?!" Ji Luochu felt that Soten no Kizu's nerves must be incredibly thick! How could she still face him so calmly after going through something like that? Wouldn't a normal person wake up feeling confused for a while? Is this abnormal behavior a side effect of using 'Fantasy Control'?"

  "Yeah, after sleeping and waking up, I feel a lot better. Although it's only temporary, I know what my abilities are, but when I wake up, all my abilities disappear... But thanks to 'Fantasy Hand', now I can slightly see the way forward, it has swept away all my confusion! " Sora Aoi thought of the ability she once possessed and smiled as she looked at the palm of her left hand, where a gentle breeze seemed to be blowing back and forth.

  "The way of literature and martial arts is to relax and then stretch, proper rest is for going further in the future. In the journey ahead, if you're still confused about the direction, feel free to cry to your seniors. By the way, during my gaming or anime watching time, phone calls are absolutely prohibited! And I'd like to add that while friendship is important, it shouldn't affect my daily life as a homebody!"

  "Ge! Senpai, it's because you always say things like that, that you can't get a girlfriend. Can't you be more considerate of the girls' feelings when you speak?! Sora Amamiya rolled her eyes on the other end of the phone. With his otaku-like and unfiltered way of speaking, this senpai will probably never find a girlfriend in his life."

  "Cut, 3D women are not my thing, the bosom of 2D beauties is where I belong! How could I give up the forest of 2D for a 3D woman?!"

  Ji Lü Chu Yì Kòu Bí, in his previous life, he was lucky enough to hook up with an elementary school girl after work, but the reality turned out to be completely different from his imagined wonderful life. He ended up doing all the household chores himself, and on top of that, he was constantly belittled by the girl for being useless. In the end, they decided to break up peacefully.

  After that, he completely despaired of 3D women. Although it's not entirely fair to generalize, Kitayama Hajime thought that with his conditions, he would never win the favor of a good girl, so forget about 3D women; the beautiful girls in 2D who would never dislike him were more practical anyway.

  "...Satenashi thought she was completely defeated by this chuuni-byo and hikikimori senior, who could say such a thing in front of such a cute junior without batting an eyelid. She could be certain that for the rest of her life, unless something unexpected happened, no girl would ever fall for him. But if that's the case..."

  "Ah, your girlfriend's name is Chūshun, right? I saw her getting hurt all over for your sake today. You're really lucky to have a friend like that." Kaito no longer looked at the highway bridge exit and instead turned to Sotenashi and mentioned what he saw after the incident ended - Chūshun's battered state; what a lucky kid, having such friends... if I were the one who fainted, would anyone notice my existence?

  "What's wrong with early spring?"

  Satenashi Riko's tone suddenly rose several degrees when she heard the news from Kaito Hatsuyuki. Just as Kaito was about to respond, he heard a girl's voice on the other end of the phone frantically calling out Satenashi Riko's name. It seemed that person was Haruhi Dekori. Kaito remembered that after the incident ended, she quickly got into her car and drove away. Calculating the time, she should be by Satenashi Riko's side around now.

  Kaito Hayato silently hung up the phone, took off his shirt which was stained with blood and slung it over his shoulder. He walked along the highway overpass like a carefree delinquent on his way home. As for going to the hospital to remove the stitches, that was no longer necessary now. Kaito Hayato randomly tore off the bandage on his head and threw it away, the wound on his head had already healed completely.

  Unlike other wounds that healed without leaving scars, the wound on his forehead still left a faint scar after recovery; perhaps this was the last memory of the previous life's first arrow remaining in this world.

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  Everyone, I don't know why, but the author is really unlucky! Today, two clients complained again. The reason is: YunDa and HuiHui two trash express companies took 4 days and 5 days respectively to deliver packages from Guangzhou to Shenzhen! What's the concept? If I were a client, I wouldn't be happy either! Before, I always heard that these two express companies are very poor quality, but I didn't experience it myself. Now I finally understand...