Chapter 49
"Don't answer?"
Fuji Shusuke was a little confused when he saw that Nakamori Akimi didn't answer the call immediately.
"You said this is Atobe's phone number, or Atobe's family's phone number."
There seemed to be no difference between the two, but Fuji Shusuke understood.
"What do you think?"
"I think..." Nakamori Akimi pressed the answer button, "It's Atobe."
"Nakamori."
It's Atobe.
The background noise over there was very noisy, with noisy voices and the sound of the wind, so Atobe's voice was not that clear.
"Atobe, what's wrong? Are you running?"
Suddenly, there was a loud door slamming, followed by a faint gasp close to her ear. Atobe Keigo didn't answer Nakamori Akimi's question, but just asked her.
"What about Yagyu and Niou?"
"I've confirmed this. In the Rikkai University storyline, Tsukishima Sakuramu must have accidentally attacked two people at the same time. I don't know if the invading virus was intentional or accidental, but it allowed both of them to retain their memories. However, only Yagyu Hiroshi has the Tear of the Ocean. I just gave him the antidote, but I don't know if it worked. As for Nioh, I plan to wait for Yagyu to wake up and see if it works."
"Well done, Nakamori." Suddenly, there was a crashing sound from Atobe's side. He tutted impatiently and lowered his voice slightly, his lazy tone sounding very casual. "How about making a bet with me?"
"What?"
Are the two related? Why did they suddenly jump to this topic? Before Nakamori Akimi could react, he heard Atobe say:
"If you win, I'll be yours."
"…What's the bet?"
Why bother about other things at this time? Nakamori Akimi blurted out without having time to think about anything else.
"Betting on whether you can succeed in stealing the bride."
Nakamori Akimi fell silent. She couldn't put her finger on her current mood, but it was rather complicated. So sports anime could also feature the melodramatic, wealthy-family-stealing-marriage plot? This game was full of surprises.
"What if I fail?"
It wasn't that she was backing down. Based on the current setup, without any cheats, the possibility of her failing was still very high. For example, she might not even be able to enter the engagement ceremony.
Atobe Keigo did not reply to her in time. He seemed to hold the phone farther away, and his voice was a little vague. He must be talking to someone, but Nakamori Akimi could not hear clearly what he said.
After a burst of noise, his voice became clear again, casually but with great certainty, "That's not possible."
He paused, and said with a smile, "I'm looking forward to your arrival."
It’s hard to say why, but at that moment, Nakamori Akimi felt that the world was so quiet that only the sounds in his ears could be heard.
"Atobe..."
She called his last name softly and tenderly.
"Um?"
Although time was tight, the other party waited patiently for her to finish.
"You're suddenly so gentle, I'm still a little unaccustomed to it." Nakamori Akimi bit her lower lip and squirmed, "It doesn't feel like you anymore."
"Troublesome fellow," the voice on the other end rose again, "I want to see you on Saturday, got it?"
That's just right.
Satisfied, Nakamori Akimi was about to reply to him, but the call was suddenly disconnected with a click.
It seemed that he was in trouble. Nakamori Akimi sighed, put away his phone, and raised his eyes to meet Fuji Shusuke's.
"Do you need help?"
Someone who was looking for trouble asked kindly, smiling and looking harmless.
"Do you have any ideas?"
"Hmm..." Fuji Shusuke held his chin and thought seriously, "First, we need to make a plan."
"A wedding robbery plan? Do you have any experience with this?"
"Yes, I have."
"No, then...what?"
Nakamori Akimi suddenly reacted, but saw that Fuji Shusuke looked very serious, and it didn't look fake.
"Have you ever robbed a marriage? When?"
"Didn't I tell you? Tezuka and Tsukishima are engaged."
This was quite shocking news, and Nakamori Akimi was stunned for a moment.
"Aren't you childhood sweethearts? Shouldn't you be following the pure love development route? How come she's engaged to Tezuka Kunimitsu?"
"Because childhood sweethearts are not as good as those who come from heaven." Fuji Shusuke sighed slowly and opened his eyes slightly. "Who says that childhood sweethearts will always be together? Look at Atobe and Sakurada, aren't they the best examples?"
Nakamori Akimi looked at him suspiciously, "Then how did you manage to snatch the bride?"
"I remember..." Fuji Shusuke frowned slightly and began to recall, "At that time, I took a sword and defeated everyone, and finally defeated the Demon King and took back the princess."
This guy is definitely playing tricks on her! Nakamori Akimi immediately realized it.
"Please be serious about this serious topic. This concerns Atobe's life!"
"What are you worried about, Nakamori?" Fuji Shusuke finally became serious. "Didn't Atobe say that there's no chance of you failing?"
“You don’t understand…”
"Is the feeling of being close to home more timid?"
Before Nakamori Akimi could finish her words, someone else finished her words, using the same rhetoric she had used at the beginning.
“…About the same.”
Nakamori Akimi laughed dryly. He didn't feel anything when he said it before, but now that someone was repeating it, he felt inexplicably ashamed.
“There are always some people in this world who seem to have a bright future ahead of them, but their path is actually soft, their steps are empty, and their hearts are empty.”
"No sense of reality?"
Fuji Shusuke transformed Wen Zou Zou's sentences to make them easy to understand.
"Yes, it doesn't feel real." Nakamori Akimi stretched his waist and laughed at himself. "Humans are such strange creatures. Even when victory is within sight, they hesitate and stop moving forward."
Yugi was like that, and so was Atobe. Sometimes she couldn't figure out what she was thinking, and it was always like that in a daze.
But this time, she can't be confused any longer.
***
After discussing the wedding-stealing plan with Fuji Shusuke, Nakamori Akimi rarely enjoyed the treatment of a special car pick-up and chose to walk home.
The evening breeze at the end of May was very refreshing. Nakamori Akimi kicked the pebbles on the ground as he walked.
Bride robbery... let her think about how it was written in the novels she had read before.
Hmm... sneaking in to replace the bride? Snatching her away in public?
No matter how you think about it, you can't succeed, right?
While she was daydreaming, she lost control of the strength of her footsteps. The moment the toe of her shoe touched the stone, Nakamori Akimi knew that something was wrong. If she used too much force, she would kick it over her head.
Sure enough, the next second the stone flew out and accurately hit the person who appeared at the corner.
"What the hell!"
The man was startled and looked over here.
Eh? This voice...
"What? It's a stone."
The man grumbled in dissatisfaction, touched his neck and saw the culprit.
"Hey, it's you who kicked the stone at me."
It really seems like that.
Nakamori Akimi looked at the person whose skin color almost blended into the night, and was so surprised that she almost forgot to apologize, but fortunately she reacted quickly.
"Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to. Are you okay?"
"He's fine." A pink-haired girl appeared from behind him. "Ada, I'm a girl, don't be so mean."
"Tsk, what trouble." The man called "Ada" turned away impatiently, "Let's go, May."
"Then we'll go first, byebye."
The pink-haired girl waved at her and followed the pace of the person in front. "You're walking too fast, Ada. Slow down."
"You're walking too slowly, okay?"
The two people were playing and fighting, and gradually faded out of Nakamori Akimi's sight.
"It really seems like, no, it's exactly the same."
Nakamori Akimi sighed. She thought for a moment, then lowered her head and sent the message.
[Nakamori: I just met someone whose voice is very similar to yours, but I think your voice is better.]
Just like the previous few days, there was no reply from the other party, not even a read mark.
“I don’t know what he’s doing now.”
Nakamori Akimi's eyelids drooped and he put away his phone helplessly. At this moment, a strange phone call came in.
The action of putting the phone away paused in the middle of the conversation. Nakamori Akimi hesitated for a few seconds, then put it to his ear after the call was connected. "Hello, this is Nakamori."
"I'm Higurashi."
Dusk?
"Higurashi-kun? Do you need me for something?"
"Nakamori Akimi, you know, Atobe-sama is getting engaged to Sakurada Juri this Saturday."
The other party's tone sounded domineering, but surprisingly not offensive.
"Of course I know. Aren't all the major financial news reports right now? The powerful alliance between the Atobe and Sakurada families is expected to change the entire economic situation in Japan."
As Nakamori Akimi walked, he talked to her. He didn't know what sensitive nerve her words touched on this young lady. She raised her voice and said angrily:
"Nakamori Akimi, what's with this attitude? Your boyfriend is getting engaged, and you're so indifferent? Lord Atobe must be blind to fall for someone like you!"
After a flurry of outbursts, the other party immediately hung up the phone. How should I put it? It was so inexplicable.
Nakamori Akimi scratched his face, but before he could take the next step, the strange number called again.
What, haven’t you scolded me enough?
Feeling quite helpless, Akimi Nakamori picked up the phone again.
"Nakamori Akimi, I don't care, you must get Master Atobe back!"
I didn't know what to reply for a moment.
"Higurashi Mai-san." Nakamori Akimi called out the name of the person opposite her seriously. "Whether it's me or Sakurada Juri, we should both be considered your rivals in love. No matter how you think about it, it must be you who snatched Atobe away from us two rivals in love. I'm saying, do you really like him?"
There was silence for a moment, and then after a long while, he said, "I don't know."
The air was stagnant for a moment, Nakamori Akimi opened his mouth and closed it again, not knowing what to say.
"I've always looked up to him, and I don't know if that counts as love."
"Looking up..." Nakamori Akimi simply stopped and leaned against the wall. In fact, she had also looked up at the person who stood above the kingdom before.
But she clearly understood that it was longing, which was different from liking.
Admiration is looking up, liking is getting close.
"Really, why should I tell you this? You won't understand anyway."
There was a complaint over there in frustration.
"Higurashi-san."
Nakamori Akimi called her name in a cheerful tone.
"what?"
The other party replied to her unhappily, but Nakamori Akimi still happily extended the invitation.
"I'm going to a wedding robbery on Saturday, do you want to come with me?"
Rather than looking up, she now wanted to get closer.
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