Chapter 14 Little Moronobushi—He discovered Little Moronobushi! ...
"I'm willing! Did you hurt yourself, Touya?" Takanashi Chinatsu asked him deliberately.
Touya answered loudly, "No!"
"Are you alright, Touya?" Yukito stopped beside them and asked with concern.
Touya's expression softened slightly. He shook his head at Yukito, his dark eyes fixed on the unexpected "Cheng Yaojin" who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
"Are you alright, young master?" Scotland gently placed the little Takanashi Chinatsu on the ground, smiled apologetically at Touya, and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect Chinatsu-chan to pounce on me like that."
"Who are you?" Touya dusted himself off and stood up, coldly observing Scotland.
“Midori Hikaru, Chinatsu’s friend.” Scotland’s smile was gentle, like shards of light falling into his blue eyes in the spring breeze.
"Chika!" Touya asked.
Takanashi Chinatsu deliberately grabbed Scotland's hand and showed off to him, saying, "You didn't expect this, did you? I've made a new friend!"
Scotland's smile deepened.
Touya picked up the bicycle, walked over, grabbed Takanashi Chika's hand, and forcefully pulled her away from Scotland.
Scotland didn't chase after them, but simply waited quietly in place, standing remarkably steady even while wearing roller skates.
"Come here." Touya pulled the person to a distance before lowering his voice to question, "Did he make the bento?"
"what?"
"Was the bento box sent by him?"
Touya's attitude was too serious, and Takanashi Chinatsu felt a little guilty and nodded in acknowledgment.
"As expected, he doesn't look like a good person." Touya felt a strange hostility towards Scotland and warned China, "You can't judge a book by its cover. Although his bento boxes are good, he probably doesn't live nearby, right?"
Chinatsu didn't respond, after all, she didn't know where the safe house in Scotland was.
Touya continued, "He doesn't live nearby, but he happened to be here when you got out of school, wearing roller skates. He clearly found out about you and was waiting here to pretend to bump into you."
Chinatsu couldn't help but glance back at Scotland, which was very much in line with the organization's style.
"He has ill intentions towards you, so you should avoid contact with him in the future," Touya warned protectively.
Chinatsuka Takanashi immediately smiled and patted his shoulder to reassure him, "Don't worry, Midorikawa is my good friend, he won't hurt me."
"Are you going to listen to me or not? Wait a minute!" Seeing that Takanashi Chika was about to leave, Touya reached out to grab her, but grabbed nothing.
Touya gritted his teeth, barely managing to hold back his outburst, and walked over to stare intently at Scotland.
Scottish felt a chill run down his spine. How could someone who was just an ordinary student suddenly have such a sharp gaze?
Takanashi Chika barely suppressed a laugh. She hadn't expected to receive the same treatment as Sakura. Touya used to look at Syaoran with the same displeasure.
“I made too much dinner, do you want some… um…” Scotland stopped, because Touya’s gaze became even fiercer.
Takanashi Chinatsu, however, spoke in a relaxed tone: "Wouldn't it be inappropriate to go to your house tonight?"
Touya looked relaxed, and his eyebrows and eyes unfurled.
But then he got angry because Takanashi Chinatsu invited him without any warning: "Why don't you come to my house and bring all the dishes you make?"
That night, Takanashi Chinatsu was forcibly taken home by Touya.
Watching the little bird swim away from afar, Scotland stood still, motionless.
Although Takanashi Chinatsu verbally expressed her dislike, she did not actually resist it, and her body even leaned more towards Touya.
They should be very good friends.
No, that's not all. Perhaps they've been living together for a long time, otherwise Takanashi Chinatsu wouldn't be behaving this way.
As an undercover police officer, Scotland keenly sensed that Touya's feelings for Chika were less about possessiveness and more about protectiveness. Their relationship was more like that of siblings than lovers, which reassured him somewhat.
Once Chizuru Takanashi's figure had completely disappeared, Scotland's upturned lips flattened.
He couldn't find any information about Takanashi Chinatsu in the organization, and directly investigating her interpersonal relationships would easily arouse suspicion from the organization, so he had to put his mind to it for the time being.
At 19, if the law hadn't been amended just two years ago, he could even be considered a minor.
Even after she became an adult, things didn't get any better. A 19-year-old girl not only joined the organization but also received the code name Black Cherry. She had no other thoughts than growing up in the organization.
Although Black Cherry seems innocent and even once defended Gin, she is still a codename member. Scotland constantly reminds herself to be careful and even arranged this chance encounter to get closer to her and get more information. Unexpectedly, it was so easily resolved.
Is he a Touya siscon?
Or did Black Cherry see through his plan and do it on purpose?
Scotland never hesitates to use the most despicable motives to speculate about the people in the organization.
Skating along, Scotland turned into the public restroom, changed his shoes, and soon drove to Black Cherry's apartment building.
Gin gave him this address so he could take care of Black Cherry, but when he received it, he felt a little dazed.
This is the building where Kenji Hagiwara died in the line of duty.
His contemporary and close friend had died in the explosion at this very building.
According to the information Gin gave him, the entire floor where Kenji Hagiwara died in the line of duty was bought by Black Cherry. In addition, Scotland also tried to investigate the other residents in the house and found that in the two years since Black Cherry moved in, the residents here have been completely replaced.
This means Scotland is well aware that the organization is sending people to monitor Black Cherry.
Hidden documents, surveillance throughout the building, and a possible upbringing within an organization...
If Black Cherry is a second-generation Black woman who grew up carefree, her parents must be extraordinary.
Scotland glanced at the spot where Kenji Hagiwara died in the line of duty, then lowered her head and hurried away, completely unaware of Kenji Hagiwara's longing gaze from upstairs.
"It's Morofushi!" Kenji Hagiwara leaned out of Chika Takanashi's window and waved his arms wildly at the Scottish below: "Morofushi! Morofushi! Hiro-danna!"
Unfortunately, humans and ghosts are destined to be apart, and Kenji Hagiwara's cries went completely unanswered in Scotland.
"I knew he couldn't hear me." Watching the Scottish car drive away, Kenji Hagiwara slowly retreated back into the room, his voice somewhat frustrated: "I was about to be forcibly exorcised, but I didn't even have a chance to say goodbye one last time."
He drifted back to the sofa, where a horror movie about priests battling ghosts was playing on the TV channel.
It's fake, completely fake.
What's so scary about him? Ordinary people can't even see him.
What do you mean by using singing to confuse people? Forget singing, even if he shouted, no one could hear him.
Not to mention that the ghosts in the movie can move things to hit people and punch them. The screenwriter and director are just making things up. Ghosts don't have that kind of power.
Chinatsu-chan... I miss... I miss Chinatsu-chan...
Kenji Hagiwara bent his legs on the sofa and hugged them with his arms in a sullen manner.
It would be great if everyone except Chinatsu could see him.
Touya can see ghosts.
But unlike when he was a child, he had learned to keep his emotions hidden, especially when he saw his mother, he would not show the slightest hint of it.
The same goes for Chika Takanashi; with her long hair flowing and her skirt swaying, she gently wrapped her arms around Sakura's neck.
She has become very good at controlling her expressions, not only so that others don't notice, but even her sister Nadeshiko can't tell that she can see them.
"China-chan has grown up too." Nadeshiko's voice was as gentle as a warm breeze, tickling one's ears.
Chika lowered her head and focused on eating, pretending not to see or hear anything.
Kinomoto Fujitaka inquired about Takanashi Chinatsu's life and studies, and Takanashi Chinatsu replied half-heartedly, when suddenly a cold laugh came from the side.
"What's wrong, Touya?" Fujitaka looked at Touya.
Touya said lazily, "She's not only doing well lately, she's also started dating, but the guy is a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties... um—"
Touya clenched his fist tightly, enduring the sharp pain in his foot.
"What nonsense are you talking about with your uncle, Touya?" Takanashi Chinatsu stomped on Touya's foot, gritting her teeth but forcing a bright smile: "Uncle Fujitaka, don't listen to his nonsense, he loves to talk nonsense."
"Forty or fifty years old, that's true..."
"He should be only a few years older than Chika, but Touya doesn't like him," Yukito corrected with a smile.
Kinomoto Fujitaka breathed a sigh of relief. It's normal to be in a relationship at 19. Nadeshiko had already given birth to Touya when she was 19.
"I'm full!" Sakura suddenly stood up, greeted everyone, and then secretly took a piece of cake with her sleeve and went upstairs.
Once Sakura went upstairs, Chinatsu Takanashi immediately changed the subject: "Do you guys think Sakura eats too much? She only dares to eat secretly in her room."
Fujitaka Kinomoto scratched his head in confusion and said with a smile, "No, it's probably for a late-night snack."
"Heh." Touya sneered, looking shrewd as if he had seen through everything.
That night, Chinatsu Takanashi did not sleep well.
It's so strange. She doesn't have trouble sleeping in different beds, and she used to sleep at the Kinomoto house all the time, but today her eyes are wide open, she's restless, and she's not sleepy at all.
It seems like some kind of crisis is about to strike.
Feeling increasingly uneasy, Takanashi Chika got out of bed and, instead of going through the door to avoid disturbing others, climbed out of the second-floor window.
She moved nimbly, like a graceful cat in the moonlight, only her blonde hair stood out.
At the same moment she flipped down, Takanashi Chinatsu saw a boy standing under the moonlight, about the same age as Sakura. He was holding a magic wand, and his gray eyes met Takanashi Chinatsu's emerald eyes.
A note from the author:
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Eriol: ?
To match Chinatsu's age, Touya and Yukito are slightly older than in the original work, and Sakura is currently in the latter half of the story where she converts the Clow Cards into Sakura Cards.
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