What Yotsuya Miko didn't expect was that the second best-selling product was not her, nor was it Futaba Rio or Sakurajima Mai.
Instead, it was a figurine made by a mysterious person she had never seen before, wearing a gorgeous outfit that looked like a white dress.
Of course Yotsuya Miko felt a little ashamed about her image in action being made into a figurine, but it was okay.
After all, from the appearance, all members, including "Mask", look like men.
When making the figures, their disguised images are naturally used as reference.
"But the popularity of 'Mask' is really high."
Yotsuya Miko looked at Ye Xing beside her and chuckled with her hands covering her lips.
"You've become a hero in Kyoto. You're popular enough to debut as an idol, right?"
Ye Xing waved his hand and said nonchalantly.
"It doesn't matter. I have no interest in it."
Just when the two wanted to turn around and leave, a petite figure wearing roller shoes and sliding on the ground suddenly bumped into Ye Xing's arms.
"Ouch, it hurts... I'm sorry."
The girl, wearing a black eye mask with only her left eye exposed, had tears in her eyes. She whispered an apology to Ye Xing, and then immediately looked at the boss standing at the door of the store with an anxious look.
"That... 'Masked' action figure! I want to buy it!"
176 Yotsuya Miko with tears in her eyes, the "Death God" on the Shinkansen
After hearing the girl's words and looking at her cute little face with an expectant look on her face, the boss scratched his head and apologized.
"Sorry, it's sold out."
"Eh...why is this..."
Rikka Takanashi held her wallet in both hands, her eyes filled with loss.
Although there are shops selling "Mask" figures in other places, the quality is not as good.
On the other hand, those people who sell figures do so out of their own selfish desires, purely to make money.
Like the owner of this store, he donated all the proceeds from the sale of figures to the families of the victims of the Sunny Doll Killer incident. This is the behavior that gives the figures and the "Mask" a true soul.
“It’s sold out so quickly...”
"Cough cough."
Seeing Rikka Takanashi's lost look, Yotsuya Kenko coughed twice, then casually pointed at the figure on the shelf, which was made based on her image when she was in action. The figure was wearing a pure white coat with light gold patterns, and had light gold patterns on the mask that looked like eyes. Then he smiled at Rikka.
"Actually... this one is pretty nice too."
"this?"
Rikka Takanashi pursed her lips, not hiding her disappointment.
"Forget it, I just want the 'mask'."
Yotsuya Miko sighed slightly, thinking that among the members of the Chao Quan Society team, Yohoshi's popularity was really high.
"this."
Just when Rikka Takanashi was looking lonely and wanted to turn around and leave, she saw Ye Xing handing the box in his hand to her.
"Here's the 'Masked' figurine."
"Eh?"
Rikka Takanashi was stunned for a moment, waved her hands hurriedly, and stammered.
"This...this...can't..."
"Don't worry about it, the boss gave it to me for free."
Ye Xing looked at the owner of the shop and smiled.
"Seeing how flustered she is, coming to buy a figure, she must be a loyal supporter of 'Mask'. I'll give it to her, is that okay?"
"it's okay no problem."
The boss waved his hand carelessly and laughed heartily.
"Rather, helping others solve their problems is the meaning of 'Mask'."
Seeing the boss like this, Yotsuya Miko couldn't help but feel curious.
"But why do you like 'Masquerade' so much? To be rude, at your age, you should have passed the stage of idol worship, right?"
"You don't know this."
The boss restrained his smile and said with emotion.
"I wonder if you've seen anything about the terrorist attack on the amusement park online?"
Yotsuya Miko nodded.
"Yeah, I've seen it."
"My wife and daughter were inside the Ferris wheel at the time."
"Eh!?"
Seeing Yotsuya Miko's surprised look, the boss scratched his head and smiled.
"So to be honest, 'Mask' is the benefactor who saved my wife and daughter. This is the only way I can repay him."
"So this is ah..."
Hearing what the boss said, Yotsuya Miko felt that something in her heart was deeply touched.
She glanced at Ye Xing beside her, wanting to see how the person concerned would react when he heard these words and heard about his heroic deeds from other people.
The result was as expected.
Ye Xing still had that relaxed expression, not even his eyes fluctuated in the slightest.
Yotsuya Miko recalled what the other party had said in McDonald's.
"Acting to save others or to live up to their expectations is certainly a form of motivation."
“However, while enjoying the sense of accomplishment of saving others’ fate, you may also doubt your own actions due to being misunderstood, questioned, or even attacked by others.”
“So my choice is to just do what I want to do and not be constrained by other people’s opinions and ideas.”
Not influenced by anyone, act freely according to your heart.
It sounds simple, but it is difficult to do.
Be it praise, disgust, or criticism.
Completely ignoring all of this, perhaps this mentality is also one of the unique skills that Ye Xing possesses as a professional exorcist.
"Is this... okay?"
Seeing that the boss said so, Rikka Takanashi carefully handed over Yexing and took the box containing the figure, with surprise in her eyes beyond words.
It was only at this time that she raised her head and looked at Ye Xing, as if she wanted to say something of thanks, but after seeing the other person's face clearly, she couldn't help but be stunned.
"Um...you are...Yehsing-san?"
Yexing smiled.
"You only recognized me now, Kotori-san?"
Yotsuya Kenko was surprised when he heard this.
"Hey, do you know each other?"
"It's not like they know each other."
Yohoshi pointed at Rikka Takanashi.
"This is our classmate Takanashi Rikka from the class next to ours. Our classrooms are right next to each other, so we must have run into each other in the corridor, right? I'm so sorry that you can't even remember her name, Miko."
Yotsuya Kenko curled his lips and muttered softly.
"Rather, isn't it more suspicious that you can even remember the names of girls you don't know in other classes?"
Ye Xing, as always, gave a sincere answer.
"Because Kotori is so cute, I remembered her."
Yotsuya Miko: "...As expected of you."
She didn't find it strange that Rikka Takanashi knew Yohoshi.
From the third grade to the first grade in the entire Sobu High School, who would not know this evil person of Sobu High School, the famous figure who defeated all the first-year students of Shuchiin in the joint examination?
"Kinoshita-san, nice to meet you."
Yotsuya Miko smiled and nodded at Rikka Takanashi as a greeting, then a hint of jealousy appeared on her face. She grabbed Ye Xing's arm as if to declare her sovereignty and said unhappily.
"Let's go, go home."
"walk slowly."
After the two of them walked farther and farther away and disappeared from sight, Rikka Takanashi held the box containing the "Mask" figurine tightly and muttered to herself.
"Yahoshi-san... is he also a fan of 'Mask'..."
.......
On the other side, after arriving at Yohoshi's house, Yotsuya Miko took off her coat, looking eager to try.
"Please sit down. I'll go cook. It will be ready soon."
"I'll do it."
"Eh? Can you cook?"
"What you said, of course I can do it, I'm just too lazy to do it normally."
"Hey~~~then you do it."
Yotsuya Miko supported her chin with one hand, watching Yexing take out the ingredients from the refrigerator, then tied on an apron with extremely skillful movements and began to process the ingredients. A smile appeared at the corner of her lips.
She lay on the sofa, her white feet dangling in the air, and said with a smile in her voice.
"Since you cooked for me, I won't mind the fact that you never gave me a gift, but gave a gift to Kotori-san."
Ye Xing, who was busy in the kitchen, heard this and replied with a chuckle.
"Didn't I prepare a gift for you?"
"Eh?"
Yotsuya Jianzi was puzzled.
"What gift have you prepared for me?"
"Mikazuki Munechika."
"Eh?"
Yotsuya Kenko was stunned for a moment and said in surprise.
"No... Mikazuki Munechika... is it for me?"
"Why not?"
Yexing asked back.
"Do you think I should hold two swords? I don't practice dual swords. Besides, you know Onimaru Kunitsuna's personality. He will be upset with me."
When hearing the second half, Yotsuya Miko sighed slightly.
As expected of you.
As a knife, Onimaru Kunitsuna is also starting to get jealous?
......
After half an hour.
"Hmm~ delicious~"
