Yoruichi Toyama's face flushed red.
"W-what do you mean by liking... me... your sister and I, we're not in that kind of relationship..."
"Hmm, I guess you won't admit it." Ai nodded coldly. "You don't want to take responsibility for her, right?"
"No, what responsibility... "Toyama Yoruichi was almost going crazy, "Nothing happened between us!"
"I know, because you're a saint!" Ai waved her hand dismissively.
"You men are all the same."
"So now, I'll take responsibility for my sister's life."
"All you need to do is take me to see Gin and exchange me for my sister. You don't need to do anything else."
"You wouldn't just stand by and watch my sister get killed by Gin, would you?"
As Ai spoke, she approached Yoruichi Toyama step by step.
He watched as he stumbled backward step by step until he sat back down on the sofa, exhausted.
Ai's voice still echoed in his ears like a little devil, pounding against his heart.
"You don't need to make a choice, and you have no responsibility."
"Now, I've chosen to save my sister. For my sister, I don't care whether I live or die..."
"Shut up!" Yoruichi Toyama interrupted her, unable to bear it any longer.
When he raised his head, there was no hesitation in his eyes.
"You better think about this carefully. Can someone like Gin really keep his word?"
"He'll do exactly what he did last time, just like he did this time. Don't have any illusions about it!"
"And you, do you think you survived so easily?"
"How many people have taken your drug so far? Aren't only you and Kudo the only ones who are lucky enough to survive?"
"You're so quick to give up your life? Have you thought about the people who protected you?"
Ai, who thought she had the upper hand, was completely caught off guard by Yoruichi Toyama's sudden counterattack and was speechless for a moment.
Then Yoruichi Toyama reached out and pressed down on the top of his head again, giving it a good rub.
The female PhD student's neat short hair instantly turned into a bird's nest.
"you……"
“Alright,” Yoruichi Toyama stood up again, holding the cat, and smiled at her. “I told you, you’d better wait here.”
"I'll bring Mingmei back to you later."
...
A person and a cat sat in a speeding taxi, their eyes fixed on the road stretching into the distance.
[Host, you wouldn't really...]
When confronted with Taro's questioning, Yoruichi Toyama simply interrupted him.
"Find out Mingmei's location for me."
No, even if you go... well, she's still at the location Gin told you about...
Don't worry, she's still alive. I can detect if a target is dead.
Knowing perfectly well what Yoruichi Toyama was thinking, the spirit added a rather unpleasant remark.
"Hmm." Yoru Toyama nodded. "And what about Gin's location?"
【Well……】
Taro paused noticeably, a hint of embarrassment appearing on his cat face.
[Host, you've forgotten, haven't you? I've never met Gin in person, so how can I locate him?]
"Haven't you seen him before?" Yoruichi Toyama asked in surprise, quickly recalling her experience when she first met Gin.
"Wait a minute? Wasn't that the task you gave me at the roller coaster at the amusement park?"
[Um, back then, wasn't it you who accidentally traveled through time, host? I was still at the transit station and hadn't arrived yet, so the mission was issued remotely...]
Yoruichi Toyama sighed and didn't ask any more questions.
They said they'd never seen it before and couldn't pinpoint its location.
It's true what they say, "Even the mountain you rely on crumbles."
I can only console myself by saying that even if I knew Gin's position, it wouldn't make a difference.
Just like at the docks, Gin could easily have snipers on standby in the distance.
He would shoot her in the head whenever he saw that Ai wasn't with him.
Thinking of that scene, Yoruichi Toyama couldn't help but wrap her raincoat tighter around herself.
As dusk approached, the rain clouds in the sky had not yet dispersed, and the sky was rapidly darkening. It was uncertain when it would rain again.
Yuanshan wore a bulletproof vest over his already soaked shirt, and then wrapped himself in a raincoat, which didn't arouse any suspicion.
I can only hope that Gin will chat with me a little more, even if it's just for ten dollars.
The car has already entered the residential area.
Against the increasingly dim backdrop, the row of rental houses in front of me resembled the gaping maw of a giant, dark beast.
Yoruichi Toyama vaguely remembered that the first time he came here, it was to track down Akemi and her two accomplices who robbed a bank.
However, they only found the body of one of their accomplices in the rented room.
So, this time...
Yoruichi Toyama stepped out of the car, took a deep breath of the humid air, and placed Taro on the ground.
[Host, you...]
"Don't go in," Yoruichi Toyama said calmly. "If I don't come out, wait for Akechi and the others to arrive, and then cooperate with them."
Anyway, that guy Mingzhi must have unlocked some skill tree, so communicating with this cat-shaped time-traveling spirit is no problem for him.
【But……】
“Oh right, I’ve been meaning to ask,” Yoruichi Toyama took a step, then stopped and turned back, “What if I die in this world…”
[I was just about to tell you, you can't go back!]
The black cat meowed, sounding somewhat hysterical.
[Dead is dead!]
"No, I was asking about you." Yoruichi Toyama smiled. "Now that there's no host to serve, you should be able to go back, right?"
"Just in case, let's say goodbye now."
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