"Evading?" Misaka Mikoto said, "Am I evading?"
"Yes, Onee-sama!" Shirai Kuroko looked at her with a serious expression, "Your current reaction is indeed evasion! Facing tomorrow with Lin Wuming Senpai and... well, I won't mention it, but you see, Onee-sama is indeed evading that fact, isn't she?"
"So what do you want me to do?" Misaka Mikoto frustratingly slapped the stuffed bear, "Tomorrow isn't my turn. Lin Wuming Senpai publicly announced that tomorrow... is Shokuhou's time."
"This isn't a game, why would there be turns?" Shirai Kuroko was a bit dumbfounded.
"It's just a metaphor," Misaka Mikoto explained, "It's like... a kind of unspoken agreement."
"Forget those inexplicable unspoken agreements and rules," Shirai Kuroko immediately said, "How can something like feelings be so rigid? If you're unwilling, you must act! Immediately, right now, without hesitation!"
"Eh?" Misaka Mikoto was startled by her junior's powerful aura and involuntarily retreated, moving onto the bed, "Kuroko? Are you... alright?"
"I'm fine, Onee-sama!" Shirai Kuroko continued to speak with imposing momentum, "Please rest assured, Onee-sama! No matter what, I will support Onee-sama and always stand by your side!"
"Uh... thank you?"
"So let's stalk the date tomorrow!" Shirai Kuroko said, "Falling behind a step isn't important. What's important is that we can't let Shokuhou Misaki make any further progress!"
"Uh... Eh?!" Misaka Mikoto was swept along by her junior's whirlwind-like momentum the entire time. When she finally came to her senses, she realized the situation had been pushed to such an extent.
"Kuroko!" Misaka Mikoto said in a panic, "Why are you so proactive...?"
"I said I would always support you, Onee-sama!" Shirai Kuroko revealed a gentle smile.
"Eh... thank you?" Misaka Mikoto still found it a bit unbelievable, but she was moved by Shirai Kuroko's spirit, and her suggestion... seemed quite good.
"But, wouldn't doing that be bad? Stalking someone's date and all..." Misaka Mikoto was still hesitant.
Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you. If their roles were reversed, Misaka Mikoto felt that she definitely wouldn't want to be stalked or spied on.
"This is a war! Of course, we must use every means possible," Shirai Kuroko said, "Being too thin-skinned is a weakness."
"Eh? It's a weakness?"
"Yes," Shirai Kuroko nodded seriously, "You'll suffer a lot. However, this is ultimately Onee-sama's characteristic and charm. If you really feel too guilty about it... how about calling Hu Feng Senior to come along?"
"Eh? Hu Feng?" Misaka Mikoto found it difficult to adapt to the sudden jump in the conversation.
"Yes, Hu Feng Senior." Shirai Kuroko narrowed her eyes, "In this situation, her predicament and Onee-sama's are actually quite similar, aren't they?"
Since that's the case, why not form a temporary alliance and jointly deal with this problem?
Shirai Kuroko once again gave a reasonable explanation.
...
"Hu Feng, may I come in?" Huangquanchuan Aisui knocked on Hu Feng Toumi's door.
Opening the door, Hu Feng Toumi quietly looked at her Guardian standing at the entrance.
"Uh..." Huangquanchuan Aisui scratched her head and said, as if admitting defeat, "Alright, is it more appropriate to have Doctor Sakurai come over?"
After all, compared to herself, this not-so-competent Guardian, Doctor Sakurai was more like Hu Feng Toumi's "mother."
Facing her "daughter's" worries and psychological issues, a "mother" figure would be more appropriate, wouldn't she?
"You're overthinking it," Hu Feng Toumi said, "I'm fine."
"Is that so...?" Huangquanchuan Aisui chuckled dryly, her eyes full of disbelief.
Not long ago at the party, after that kid Lin Wuming announced he was going on a date with Shokuhou Misaki, this girl Hu Feng became a low-pressure center, as if a typhoon could be triggered at any moment.
"That brat Lin Wuming..." Huangquanchuan Aisui glanced at the tightly closed door opposite, "How can he sleep so soundly!"
As a Guardian, Huangquanchuan Aisui certainly wouldn't object to Lin Wuming's relationship; in fact, she could even say she was pleased to see it.
After all, Lin Wuming's current performance was already a bit too "extraordinary," even often giving people a feeling of being "inhuman."
If he could be like a normal boy his age and have a relationship, it might make people feel more at ease.
As for the other half of the relationship, Huangquanchuan Aisui also didn't reject Shokuhou Misaki; as a fellow Level 5, Shokuhou Misaki could be said to be equally outstanding.
However, Huangquanchuan Aisui was also Hu Feng Toumi's Guardian. Although their relationship might not be as close as with Doctor Sakurai, she treated Hu Feng Toumi as her own family.
In this situation, she naturally leaned more towards her own Hu Feng Toumi.
If Hu Feng Toumi herself didn't have that intention, then so be it, but the problem was that Hu Feng Toumi's feelings for Lin Wuming had long been clearly expressed!
Even if that kid Lin Wuming was blind, after spending so much time together, he should have felt it, right?
Yet today, in front of everyone, he publicly chose Shokuhou Misaki...
"I'm really fine," Hu Feng Toumi said calmly, "It's just a date, it won't decide anything."
"Eh?" Huangquanchuan Aisui was momentarily stunned, "You haven't given up? That's good, I'll cheer you on!"
Seeing that Hu Feng Toumi's emotions were indeed stable and she didn't seem like she was about to go berserk, Huangquanchuan Aisui finally relaxed.
Only then did she have the spare energy to pay attention to other details. Huangquanchuan Aisui then noticed that Hu Feng Toumi had changed into clothes suitable for activity and seemed to be preparing to go out.
"You are..."
"I'm going out for training and cultivation, please grant permission, Teacher." Hu Feng Toumi bowed and requested.
"Cultivation? Hu Feng, are you... really alright?" Huangquanchuan Aisui couldn't help but worry again—for no reason, why did she suddenly think of going to cultivate? She must have been stimulated, right?
"You're overthinking it." Hu Feng Toumi shook her head, "It has nothing to do with today's events. The relevant training began several days ago, and I even specifically found an instructor."
Huangquanchuan Aisui then recalled, "There was indeed such a thing..." A few days ago at the Hospital, Hu Feng Toumi had already started going out alone occasionally under the guise of training.
With things having been said to this extent, and considering Hu Feng Toumi's feelings, Huangquanchuan Aisui also found it inconvenient to continue obstructing her.
After giving a few instructions, she watched Hu Feng Toumi leave. Huangquanchuan Aisui looked at Lin Wuming's room again, and finally shook her head helplessly.
"So troublesome... adolescents," she couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "And love triangles too... Eh? Is it just a triangle?"
Besides Hu Feng Toumi and Shokuhou Misaki, Huangquanchuan Aisui suddenly remembered that girl Misaka Mikoto also often showed up here.
"Tsk, I can't manage it anymore, I might as well wash up and go to sleep..." Shaking her head as if resigned to fate, Huangquanchuan Aisui turned and returned to her own room.
