Chapter 78 Do you want to play hide and seek?

Crouching against the wall, waiting to intercept the stalking Okita Sougo, Hayato Kotori turned on the earring-like communicator she wore on her ear: "Xiaowen, Plum, are you ready?"

"No problem at all!" Koda Fumi whispered, squatting in the green belt. "Bula-chan has seen the photos too. As long as they pass through here, we'll definitely succeed!"

"Right, Bra-chan?"

Plum remained calm: "Yeah."

…

Takanashi's mother and Mitsuha Okita suffer from the same lung disease, but one is more serious and the other is not as serious.

The day she went to visit and meet Okita Mitsuha when she and her younger brother Okita Sougo just moved here...the two of them truly felt what it meant to sympathize with each other.

The two of them always make appointments to go to the hospital for checkups, discuss their medical conditions, comfort each other, and eat spicy chili ramen together when their mouths are tasteless.

On this day every month, they would go to the hospital together without telling their families, get checked and get medicine, and eat spicy food together regardless of whether their condition had worsened.

But today, on the way to the hospital.

Kotori's mother and Mitsuha Okita stood in the middle of the road, looking at the strong man wearing a hood opposite them.

Pulling out a fruit knife, the robber said ferociously: "Robbery!"

Xiao Niaoyou's mother looked at the knife tip in the robber's hand, which gleamed sharply in the sunlight: "We don't have much money on us."

"Oh, yes." Okita Mitsuha coughed as she spoke, and smiled, "We are going to the hospital for a checkup. If it's okay, please accept this bottle of spicy chili sauce."

Looking at the chili sauce handed to him, the robber waved his hands angrily: "Who wants it? Are you kidding me?!"

Snap——

With a sound, bright red exploded as the glass bottle shattered, leaving a mess on the ground.

This reflects Okita Mitsuha's shocked look.

“……!”

"Asshole! Don't you know that this bottle of chili sauce is the angel that will make our meal today more palatable?!"

"I can't eat spicy food at home, but today is my day to indulge! You bastard with a brain full of shit, you dared to destroy an angel? Go to hell!"

Crouching in the green belt, they witnessed the entire incident. They stared at the two women, each of them kicking the robber hard in the stomach, and Koda Fumi and Plum looked at each other.

Amid the robber's wailing and begging for mercy, Koda Fumi wondered, "Is this part in the script?"

"No." Looking at the two women who were still kicking the robber, Plum calmly confirmed, "They are very brutal. Going up to them now would only bring trouble upon themselves."

"What should we do then?"

"We'll think of a solution after their anger subsides."

"Oh my, you're exercising so early in the morning?" Ginpachi, who was passing by, held Sadaharu's hand and sighed lazily, "You're really energetic."

"It's you, Teacher Ginpachi." After another kick, she regained her composure in seconds. Kotori's mother had a gentle face and was not at all surprised by the giant white dog that Ginpachi was holding, which was taller than a human.

Okita Mitsuha was as gentle as a Yamato Nadeshiko and greeted, "Come out and walk the dog, Ginpachi-sensei."

"Ah," Ginpachi scratched his fluffy natural curls, "That's the bad thing about having a furry kid at home. He has to go for a walk morning and night, otherwise the house will be flooded with poop and urine."

Walking up to Dingchun and scratching his soft chin, Xiao Niaoyou's mother smiled and said, "This can also help him develop a good habit of going to bed and getting up early."

Ginpachi sighed, "What's the point if I'm the only one who has developed this habit? Kagura has never gotten up early."

Squinting his eyes in enjoyment, Dingchun suddenly smelled something.

It twitched its nose and sniffed carefully for the source of the strange smell in the air, and finally stopped in front of the green belt.

Ginpachi, who thought Sadaharu was going to the bathroom, ignored him and stood there chatting with Kotori's mother and Okita Mitsuha, who had already called the police and were waiting for them to arrive.

The three of them had a very happy chat.

Dingchun was sniffing with pleasure in front of the green belt.

Koda Fumi and Bram squatted in the green belt, letting the dog's head sniff around two or three centimeters above their heads, with their hands on their knees, looking extremely well-behaved.

Suddenly, the dog above opened its mouth...

"Bula-chan!"

Chasing after Plum, who had been pulled out of the green belt by Sadaharu with his head bitten, Koda Fumi looked at Plum in horror, his entire head bitten by the giant dog, leaving only his body exposed.

Ginpachi, who was chatting, was startled by the sound.

He scolded Dingchun as usual: "What are you doing, Dingchun! That's not your toy, put him down immediately."

Dingchun whimpered twice and then opened his mouth.

Completely unharmed by Sadaharu's sharp teeth, Plum sat on the ground, his entire face covered in sticky saliva.

Running to a stop in front of Plum, Koda Fumi put his hands on his knees and asked worriedly, "Plum-chan, are you okay?"

"It stinks." Plum looked at Sadaharu, who was sticking out his tongue, and then at Ginpachi. "The dog food he ate this morning is still stuck between his teeth. You should brush his teeth."

"Ah, thanks for the reminder."

Ginpachi looked at the silver-gray-haired man dressed as a count, and the little girl standing beside him. "But why are you in the green belt?"

His face froze, and Koda Fumi's mind raced: "We are playing hide-and-seek."

Ginpachi: "With whom?"

Plum looked at Kotori's mother and Mitsuha Okita and said, "Follow them."

Koda Fumi: "!"

Ginpachi: “…”

Kotori's mother was surprised: "With us?"

Plum said calmly, "We agreed on this three days ago."

Looking at the man's serious expression, Okita Mitsuha smiled apologetically: "I'm so sorry, maybe we forgot and made you hide in the green belt for so long."

I actually believed it!

Sakata Gintoki was shocked by Okita Mitsuha's intelligence!

"Well, let's get started now," said Plum.

Okita Mitsuha was a little embarrassed: "But we don't have enough time. We can only play one game, otherwise we will miss the appointment time."

Without showing any disappointment, Bram remained as graceful as ever: "One round is enough."

Okita Mitsuha and Kotori's mother looked at each other, and then said, "Okay, just one game."

"It's been a while since anyone asked me to play. I'm really excited and happy."

Faced with this situation, he felt that he couldn't walk away, so Sakata Gintoki said helplessly: "Then let me be the referee."

"Who of you is hiding and who is looking?"

"I……"

As soon as Plum started to make a sound, Sadaharu excitedly bit his head, and after shaking it back and forth, the last time Plum turned into a shooting star in the sky.

"Bula-chan!" Koda Fumi anxiously touched her earring while talking on the phone.

"Don't worry." Bram let gravity carry him down, his voice still calm: "Everything is under control."

"Sadaharu!" Ginpachi held Sadaharu's head and nearly collapsed: "What have you done?!"

"We will lose money until we are bankrupt!!!"

Just when Ginpachi collapsed and Koda Fumi was anxious about what to do next, Okita Mitsuha, who had just been looking forward to the game, covered her lips and started coughing violently.

"Sorry, we have to go to the hospital!" Holding Okita Mitsuha, Kotori's mother asked Ginpachi, "I'll leave this to Ginpachi-sensei and Sadaharu."

"Ah, leave it to me." Ginpachi looked at the trembling robber lying against the wall, "I'll also be here waiting for the man Sadaharu threw away."

…

Hayana Kotobuki, who had intercepted Sougo Okita and was sitting on his back, choking him with one hand, saw Plum passing overhead.

She was surprised: "What's going on?"

Is my mother's fighting ability so strong?!

"Is there a circus performing a trapeze show up ahead?" Okita Sougo had obviously noticed it, and said to Hayato Hayato on his back, "Let's go watch the fun too."

"You're the real deal right now! A perverted sister-con who's stalking me!" Not giving her any chance to escape, Kotori Hayana touched her earrings with one hand and asked Plum—

"What's going on?"

"I met a very powerful dog."

Plum's elegant voice came from the headphones.

Hayana Takanashi: "..."

Hayana Kotori: "Failed?"

Plum: "Come to the hospital."

Suddenly jumping off Sougo Okita's back, Hayato Takanashi disappeared in a few jumps without any hesitation.

When she picked up Koda Fumio whom she met on the way and rushed to the hospital, she quickly rushed to the doctor's office where her mother had an appointment. What she saw was the doctor sleeping soundly on the desk, and her mother and Okita Mitsuha lying on their backs in the chairs with rosy faces.

"It's done," said Bram, who was wearing a white doctor's coat and glasses.

Looking at the refreshed Plum, Koda Fumi was surprised: "You even have time to wash up! That's amazing, Plum-chan!"

Standing straight, Plum explained calmly, "After all, it's airborne, so it's faster than all of you."

Following Plum's explanation, after Kotori Hayana learned that he was airdropped here by Sadaharu, she first found the doctor's office where Kotori's mother had an appointment. After knocking him out, she took his white coat and went to the changing room to take a shower. Pretending to be an intern, she knocked out Kotori's mother and Okita Mitsuha who knocked on the door.

"Luckily, Mom's appointment was early, and she was the doctor's first patient, so my plan to impersonate a doctor was successful." Hayana Kotori sincerely thanked Plum and Koda Fumi: "Plum, Fumi, thank you so much. You can always come to me if you need anything in the future."

"I'll give you another one," Plum said suddenly.

Kotori Hayana looked at him and said, "Send one?"

Plum: "I smelled an old smell when I got close to your mother. She must be feeling unwell in her legs, feet, and stomach."

Unable to express the touching feeling at this moment, Hayana Kotori could only say: "Thank you so much."

…

Two hours later.

Outside the hospital, Hayana Takanashi received a call from her mother.

"Saana, I met Mr. Thief today." Having just finished an inspection and figured out all the tricks, Kotori's mother's voice was very happy.

"Mr. Thief?"

"Yes, he stole my existence and made me feel so painful and sad. I really want to meet him and thank him."

"Hayasana, thank your friends for me."

"Thank you too, Hayana... Actually, you've already noticed it, right? You've really worked hard these past few years."

The hand holding the phone tightened, and Kotori Hayato's eyes softened: "Although my mother's words are so cheesy that it makes people wonder if she has been possessed, but at this moment... I really want to immerse myself in it."

"Mom, you've been working hard too. You're clearly sick, but you pretend nothing's wrong so you don't want to worry your family."

The sun was very hot near noon.

But standing in the sun, Hayana Takanashi didn't feel the heat at all, she just felt warm all over.

…

The doorbell rang.

Grandpa Xiao Niaoyou opened the door and met the eyes of the little girl and the tall man standing outside.

"Excuse me, who are you..."

Before she could even finish her question, she instantly confirmed that he was the person in the photo. Koda Fumi pointed at him and shouted, "Bula-chan! That's him!"

This voice reminded Xiao Niaoyou's grandfather of the tone a child uses when they have an adult's support.

Before he could ask what happened, he opened his eyes wide in horror and saw the tall man with his mouth wide open, his sharp fangs flashing a cold light, grabbing his shoulders and biting towards his neck!

Reimi, Hayana, Ranpo, Tetsuji...

If I am transformed into a vampire and attack you, please be sure to use methods other than garlic to attack me.

Because I hate garlic the most.

This was Grandpa Kotori's last thought.