Chapter 179: We meet on a narrow road. Who are you?
The onlookers were screaming in their hearts, but Chaomu naturally couldn't hear them - her attention was basically all on Kenji Hagiwara, who had been lost and found again, whom she had saved with great effort... and the "commitment of body" he had just said.
If Hagiwara-kun were to transform into an animal, what would it be? It definitely felt like a puppy. It was a shame she didn't have a spare pet slot to fulfill his wish of marrying her, and paying with real money was too expensive... No, after she completed her mission of staying at his house for a full week, she was absolutely going to find a way to give Hagiwara-kun an apple and enjoy the animal treats in advance!
As for whether Hagiwara Kenji would agree, Chaomu glanced at the half-long-haired police officer who said he was going back to report on his work but kept holding her hand, and felt that there was no need to worry about him disagreeing: from the moment he hugged her at the scene, she had a vague feeling that the save and load of the past few rounds did not have no effect on the NPC... at least that was the case with Hagiwara Kenji.
If players could see NPC favorability ratings, then Hagiwara Kenji's affection for her would likely be sky-high. Asami felt he'd do anything she asked him to do without hesitation, even when she'd just said "I'll pledge myself to you." His tone didn't sound joking at all.
While Hagiwara-kun's clingy, anxious nature is endearing... But if she keeps clinging to him like that, it's completely impossible to progress through the storyline! She needs to return to the Vongola to brag about her achievements today with her senior and Reborn-sensei, get her senior's help with the aftermath, and even ask about that "Shiran" that Geto Suguru mentioned.
She was held by the clingy guy's hand and whispered to him for a while. She pinched him helplessly and said, "Hagiwara-kun, doesn't he have to go back to report on his work? It's been delayed for a while, right?"
Matsuda looked so anxious that he wanted to eat someone, his eyes fixed on her and his bodies pressed together - if it were any other day, he would have long ago lost control and separated them, but today, perhaps because he was concerned that Hagiwara had just been nearly killed in a bomb attack, he held back and gave Yu Junran some tenderness.
At Chaomu's reminder, Hagiwara Kenji could no longer ignore the resentful gaze that was almost tangible. He turned around and saw his own child, the dark face of a young man.
"Hi, Zhenping," he said casually, his hand raised. His smile was so bright it seemed as if he hadn't been the one clinging to the girl just now (and still clinging to her). "Have you been waiting long? You could have gone home first, right?"
Matsuda Jinpei: “…………”
The curly-haired young man gave a dark, sly grin, his fists clenched until they cracked. "Where should I go first? I'm just going to let you run wild here! Go back to the Metropolitan Police Department and write a report, Officer Hagiwara! How long do you plan to cling around here? Can't you see that little brat is getting tired of you hugging him?"
"Hey...will Xiao Chaomu be impatient?"
Matsuda's words completely failed to hit the point about "serious matters" in Hagiwara Kenji's mind, but instead turned on another wonderful switch.
"Even if Xiao Chaomu gets annoyed because of me, I can't help it... I always feel like if I let go, Xiao Chaomu will suddenly disappear." He turned his head and rubbed his chin on Zhaomu's shoulder, complaining half-seriously, "If that happens, I will be very troubled."
He said this pitifully, and since he looked a little dusty and dirty, he looked like an abandoned, wet large dog.
Chao Mu couldn't stand this the most - she always gave in to soft words and would be unable to move when she saw a broken man other than the little black-faced man, and her patience was several times that of usual... What's more, this broken man was Kenji Hagiwara, whom she had just rescued.
"Don't worry about that at all. How could I suddenly disappear?" She couldn't help but pat his head a couple more times, using the same voice she usually uses when talking to Mimi (cat version) and pinching her throat to comfort him. "Besides, didn't we agree before that Hagiwara-kun would treat me to a midnight snack tonight? Even if it's just for a midnight snack, I won't run away."
Matsuda Jinpei couldn't help but laugh. He'd thought she was going to say something cheesy, but all she was thinking about was late-night snacks. Surely Kenji Hagiwara couldn't miss such obvious leanings? He could hear it.
But in the end, Hagiwara Kenji was actually coaxed well and agreed with a squinting look: "Yeah, it's a deal. Then let's go buy some things and bring them home. To repay Xiao Chaomu, fill up the snack cabinet at home?"
"Great!" Chaomu was quite pleased with his advice. "Then it's a deal."
Matsuda Jinpei: “…………”
He shuddered again at this sticky atmosphere... Damn, how come these two guys can be so cheesy no matter what they talk about?
Seeing the two about to enter their own private world once again, the curly-haired officer finally lost his patience. He darted forward, precisely grasped the back of Hagiwara Kenji's collar, and forcibly dragged him away from Asamura like a large, unruly dog. "You two are really... enough!"
Although this agreement actually gave him a sense of peace and happiness, if he continued to cling to her like this, it would never end. If he didn't pull Hagiwara away, he felt like he was going to go blind.
"It hurts, it hurts—Xiao Zhenping, be gentle!" Hagiwara Kenji staggered as he was pulled by him, but he still turned back and made a V sign to Chaomu. "Well, Xiao Chaomu, see you for supper tonight, okay? I'll send you a message."
The short-haired girl raised the corners of her lips and gave him a V sign: "Okay."
This agreement will definitely be fulfilled.
She watched the two young police officers walk away arm in arm, and suddenly thought of the night of their "first time," when Matsuda walked home alone. The curly-haired officer back then was different from the one he has now. Although he said he was annoyed, his eyes were always smiling.
I have to say the original "Fate" planners were truly wicked. How could they bear to see them end up like that? A young police star fell, and his childhood friend will likely forever be haunted by the shadow of their death. The ending is a happy one, with him avenged successfully. If the writers had been a little more ruthless, they might have killed Matsuda too, or had something unexpected happen on the way to revenge...
But regardless of whether the planners couldn't bear it or not, players preferred happy endings anyway... What? You're saying we have to fight against the evil planners who love to send knives? Wouldn't that be even more exciting? Going against the planners is so much fun. She just loves to fight the planners.
Chaomu put his hands in his pockets, found a trash can to hide in, and slipped back to the Vongola.
Although "today" was a bit too long and she had been busy for most of the day, it did not prevent today from being a perfect day - she got the props to trigger the copy, upgraded and got a special buff that looked very powerful, and also got Hagiwara-kun's verbal promise to marry him. It can be said that she was quite happy.
The only problem now is to clean up the mess afterwards. I have to ask my senior brother for help... It's not really a problem. Senior brother Tsunayoshi is very easy to talk to, and what she did was not a bad thing. He will definitely help.
The little raccoon hummed a song as he poked his head out of the Vongola's carved trash can, swung his tail, and strutted across the soft carpet, feeling his way along the trash can all the way to the leader's office.
The corridors of the Vongola headquarters were long and quiet, their flanks lined with portraits of past leaders, creating a solemn and dignified atmosphere. But to Chaomu, it was no different from her own backyard. She navigated the ornate corridors with familiarity, her tail wagging with delight.
Just as she turned a corner and was about to reach the area where the chief's office was located, a familiar, cold and powerful aura made her stop in her tracks.
To be precise, it wasn't the aura that reminded her, but something more intuitive... the game's background music suddenly turned into piano music!
The last time she encountered this situation was just before, and Chaomu was still deeply impressed by this familiar piano piece. She braked suddenly at the corner, her tail raised: "Oh no! This voice is... Hibari Kyoya!"
As if to verify her suspicions, the system expertly switched her perspective, giving her a close-up shot, looking up from the black leather shoes at the dark-haired man in a black suit.
She had short black hair and narrow, phoenix-like eyes. Yun Que had obviously noticed her sudden approach and pause, and narrowed her eyes slightly, looking towards the corner: "...Hmm?"
The little raccoon in the corner covered his mouth with his paws, his mind racing: I've been discovered... Damn it! It might be too late to escape now. The nearest trash can is a bit far away. At the speed of a lark, it's probably...
Damn it! It was all her fault for being so happy just now. She forgot that she almost ran into Hibari Kyoya when she returned to the Vongola in the first round. He really should have been at headquarters these past two days... Now what? Too much joy turned to sorrow! She had to think of a solution quickly...
The young man's footsteps were as light as a cat's, absorbed by the carpet. But to the sensitive ears of Chaomu, such a subtle sound was unmistakably the footsteps of death.
She quickly rummaged through the props, and then the light bulb next to her head lit up: If she can't escape, can she just prevent Yunque from recognizing who she is?
It's your turn! Cosplay!
She changed her appearance with one click, and the original gray, furry raccoon disappeared, replaced by a "mafia lady" wearing a gorgeous dark dress.
After putting on this kind of armor that would never reveal her true name, her mentality instantly calmed down. She didn't panic when she heard the footsteps, but greeted them with confidence and turned the tables.
"—Who are you?"
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Most of the time, Vongola Castle is always quiet - apart from some family members' traditional fighting in front of the leader's office, most people will deliberately keep quiet when passing through the corridor in front of Leader Tsunayoshi Sawada's office.
Knowing that the Cloud Guardian was returning to headquarters to report, most family members wisely avoided this area, lest they accidentally offend Cloud Guardian, who disliked groups. Given this premise, the corridor was practically silent today.
Hibari Kyoya was reluctantly satisfied with this silence.
He leaned alone against the windowsill, his eyes lowered as he watched the cloud beans hop across the carpet. Autumn and winter were the best times for weight gain, and the already plump little sparrows, fed on a specially tailored diet, had grown even rounder. Their feathers were fluffy and clean, trembling with each leap and flight.
Yundou jumped back and forth at the door of the chief's office, occasionally pecking at the fluff on the carpet.
The chief's office had just had a new door. Like its countless predecessors, this door, carefully crafted from fine wood, was solid and heavy, able to lock all the confidential conversations that would shock Italy and even the whole world inside the office, preventing any "eavesdropping outside the door" - although such a thing would generally not happen in the heavily guarded Vongola.
Tetsuya Kusakabe, who returned to the headquarters with the Cloud Guardian, was reporting on his work in the office, handing over some trivial matters to his superiors and the leader. Hibari Kyoya chose to wait in the corridor, and then go to communicate with the herbivore alone about some special matters after everyone left.
He hated confined spaces, and he hated being in the same room with a bunch of herbivores even more. At least the air in the corridor was still fresh, and it was quiet enough, with no annoying people...who would bother him without thinking.
At least that's how it was supposed to be.
Until he heard the footsteps.
It was an extremely light, almost inaudible sound of footsteps, like some small animal jumping around, but it also seemed as if it was frightened and stopped abruptly at the corner, with a guilty conscience written all over its steps.
Hibari Kyoya's narrow and long phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and his gaze slowly moved from Yundou jumping at his feet to the empty corner of the corridor.
——A herbivore broke into his territory and tried to hide its presence.
This situation was not uncommon for him, but it was quite unusual for it to happen at the Vongola headquarters.
The corners of the young man's lips curled up in an almost imperceptible, cold arc.
He doesn't like groups, and he doesn't like weak herbivores making meaningless noises in his territory. Such animals that sneak around the corner and stop like frightened mice are undoubtedly destined to become his "bite and kill" targets.
As he turned the corner, he expected to see a panicked face, or a foolish intruder kneeling down to beg for mercy—but what he saw was someone who came forward and, in a condescending, interrogating tone, asked him, "Who are you?"
...small animals.
"Who are you?"
It was a woman who looked quite young.
She wore a gorgeous, deep purple dress. The velvet hem shimmered faintly under the dim corridor light, like the flowing night. Tiny, lustrous pearls dotted the hem, extending from the neckline to the waist, outlining her slender figure. Every detail exuded a flamboyant elegance.
The most eye-catching thing is the unique hat on her head. The deep veil hanging from the brim of the hat just covers most of her face, revealing only a part of her fair and delicate jaw. The veil sways gently with her movements, like a drooping wisteria flower.
Hibari Kyoya stopped in his tracks.
His cold phoenix eyes slightly raised, and he calmly looked at the "little animal" that suddenly appeared in front of him and was gorgeous and a little inappropriate.
Although the dress was indeed a bit too gorgeous, she seemed to belong here naturally and fit in perfectly with the Vongola castle... Even her dangerous and proud demeanor almost blended in with the castle in the background.
"Who are you—" She came forward almost menacingly, stopped in front of him like a peacock, and asked, "Why are you sneaking around the door of the chief's office?"
Hibari Kyoya, whose line was taken away: “…………?”
The moment he heard her words, his phoenix eyes narrowed dangerously.
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