Chapter 25: Love Game at the Winery——……
"...Oh, you're here."
Seeing them from afar, Amuro Toru waved to Fushimi Kyoki and Akai Shuichi beside him. The blond man walked closer and waved his phone at them: "I was just wondering if I should contact you by text message."
Before disbanding, Gin left Bourbon and Scotland alone to talk.
The player follows Shuichi Akai who leaves alone, and the team of four naturally splits up into twos.
The touching companionship group has never been established in the organization, and there is no option to wait for the two of them to finish and then leave together.
Seeing Amuro Toru, Fushimi Kyoji didn't take it seriously at first, but then something occurred to him, and his emerald green eyes unconsciously widened a little. He let out an "Oh!" as if he suddenly realized something, and quickly dodged and hid behind Akai Shuichi.
Holding a tube of wasabi in his hand, he was eagerly preparing to add some topping to the other rice balls in the bag. When he noticed Akai Shuichi coming over, he glared back at him with what he thought was a fierce look, his hands moving constantly as he whispered a warning: "Don't tell him."
"...Okay." Although Shuichi Akai didn't think so, with Bourbon's personality, it was basically impossible for him to eat food given by others without any precautions.
Player: Watch...
The round eyes were lowered to a half-open state, staring at him with suspicion.
"..." I subtly felt a sense of pressure from his eyes.
He stretched out his hand, clenched his left hand into a fist, faced the girl, and gestured for a fist bump as a promise - when he thought of 'promise', the first thing that came to his mind was the image of two people hooking their little fingers and touching their thumbs together.
However, it only existed for a second before Shuichi Akai denied it from the bottom of his heart.
"Ai?"
She looked at the hand stretched out in front of her with confusion, then looked at him, and finally hesitantly... shook it.
The loosely curled fist was grasped by two hands and shaken up and down solemnly like kindergarten children shaking hands.
"Well, it's a date."
Without giving him time to react, she turned and threw herself towards the other person walking towards them, as light as a petal blown by the wind: "-Bourbon!"
Akai Shuichi paused for a moment and retracted his still raised left hand.
The emotionless green eyes glanced at the two people not far away. Anyone could see the eagerness that the girl tried hard to hide on her face. Amuro Toru, who was treated "warmly", smiled faintly and distanced himself from the other person without leaving any trace.
She doesn't seem to have much talent for faking her emotions, Akai Shuichi thought silently.
"What's wrong?" Seeing Fushimi Kyo approaching, Amuro Toru's eyes became more vigilant under the smile on his face.
The purple-gray pupils trembled slightly, and his gaze captured any suspicious features of the person in front of him.
expression?
The corners of his lips were deliberately pressed down, trying to control his emotions.
Her eyes were fixed on his face... or rather, on his reaction?
She doesn't avoid eye contact and has a certain degree of confidence in herself - this cannot be used as a basis for analysis. She doesn't seem to have the concept that staring at people will be offensive. Once her attention is drawn away from the original object, she will receive curious gazes.
There was no trace of malice in his eyes, as if he was looking at the merchandise on the shelves through the window glass, just simply gazing and appreciating.
But for those who are used to hiding in the dark, do not want to be noticed and are extremely sensitive to other people's sight, even ordinary gazes are enough to make people feel uncomfortable.
Amuro Toru's smile remained unchanged, his eyes moved slightly, ignoring
The triangular rice ball fell into the player's hand, obviously intended to be handed to him. His voice slowed down slightly, pausing at the right place: "This is..."
"Tuna rice ball!" Fushimi Kyoji answered immediately while holding the rice ball.
...He didn't mean to ask what the filling of the rice ball in her hand was.
Fushimi Kyoji handed the rice ball with added ingredients (this time he squeezed the mustard very deep to ensure that the mistake from last time would not happen again) towards Amuro Toru, trying to suppress the corners of his mouth that were about to turn up, so as not to reveal his true intentions from his expression.
It doesn't seem to have any effect.
The player simply rolled his eyes, no longer suppressing the smile on his face, and raised his chin modestly: "I'll treat you to a meal."
The scene before him was extremely familiar, and it instantly reminded Toru Amuro of the first time he met the other person not long ago.
At that time, he didn't know that members of the organization had already met with him without his knowledge.
To anyone who looked at her, she was just a high school girl full of energy. When she received the gift, Amuro Toru had a moment of doubt, but he dispelled it when she showed no flaws.
Then, he got a bottle of whiskey with his code name.
—even earlier than he knew the name of his wine.
Even though he later repeatedly confirmed that he had not revealed a side of Amuro Toru that was not that of the former intelligence dealer and current member of the organization, the recollection still made Amuro Toru feel a chill down his spine.
“…”
Toru Amuro stared at the player, his eyes filled with murky emotions. Different images flashed through his mind quickly, searching for other possible meanings hidden in this action.
There was no response for a long time. The expected reaction of Amuro Toru after being tricked and eating the mustard rice ball did not happen. The non-existent tail behind the player slapped the ground twice anxiously.
"Don't you want to eat?" She tilted her head and urged him to take it.
Amuro Toru looked puzzled, not understanding why he was so insistent on letting him accept it. He smiled politely and thanked him in a distant yet polite manner: "...Thank you?"
The other party didn't seem to notice his deliberately raised tone, and just looked at him eagerly, as if expecting his next move.
Toru Amuro could only take the rice ball from the other person's hand and watch the girl's gaze move. He had the subtle illusion that he was holding a cat toy.
Putting aside his strange thoughts, Amuro Toru tilted his head, causing his golden hair to tilt slightly. The shadow cast by his hair covered his pupils, making his eyes look dangerous and deep. "Is this also... a gift?"
I deliberately emphasized the pronunciation of "gift" to help the other person recall their previous memories.
Fushimi Kyoji blinked.
ah!
This seems to be the second time she has given a gift to a playable character.
Follow the instructions in the novice guide to interact, giving gifts = improving favorability
Amuro Toru is probably the character with the highest player favorability among all the playable characters we know so far.
"Uh-huh!"
So Fushimi Kyoji nodded without hesitation, and asked curiously, "Do you have any feelings for me?"
“…”
Um?
Fushimi Kyoji peeked out.
Why are you suddenly silent?
After a while, the blond young man's eyelashes trembled, breaking free from the frozen state.
The arc of Amuro Toru's smile, which didn't reach his eyes, narrowed a little, and in the next moment, it unfolded into an overly brilliant smile that reminded people of a gorgeous flower.
"Hey...what does this sentence mean?" Amuro Toru asked pretending to be confused.
The deliberate confusion that appeared on his face was quickly covered by a fake smile that anyone could see.
"Do you want to see me make a fool of myself? Or..."
He closed one eye, put his index finger to his lips, and said playfully, "You want to play a love game with me?"
Speaking frivolous and even ambiguous words, Amuro Toru's eyes were heavy, without a trace of seriousness in them, and he looked down at the girl in front of him almost as if examining her.
Eh…?
Fushimi Kyoki tactically retreats.
Is this a little easter egg where she encounters some NPC that breaks the fourth wall?
Yay!
Get the achievements by playing love games in the love game!
Akai Shuichi, who was watching the whole thing, said: ...
No, she just wants you to eat the wasabi rice ball in your hand.
The author has something to say:
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Back in the safe house, Touzi took the instrument and scanned the rice ball for a long time. Suddenly, she sat up from the bed in the middle of the night: No, what on earth is she going to do!?
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