"Damn you! You're getting more and more disobedient as you grow older."
Mika looked at Jinmu Chitsu with hatred, snorted, then took out an iPhone from under the counter and handed it to Luo Shu, saying:
"I wanted to give it to you during the firearms tutorial, but now I can only give it to you now. Here, a special contact phone. I have already stored the contact information of everyone in the department."
Hearing this, Luo Shu walked over and picked up his phone, then looked up at Mika and said:
"Thanks, manager."
Mika sighed at this time, looking as if he couldn't bear to look back on the past:
"Just don't call me a fag when I wake you up in the middle of the night."
"..." Luo Shu blinked and looked at the burly Mika in front of him, his head a little confused.
This strong man? A gay? Wait, why would I call you a gay? At this time, Mika casually said, "Although Qian Shu doesn't admit it, she is indeed my adopted daughter. So, why do you think I don't give birth to a daughter myself and adopt one?"
Luo Shu bowed and said, "Excuse me, can I choose to work somewhere else?"
"No. I told you directly about my orientation so that I could clarify the situation with you in advance and build mutual trust among the members, not so that you could attack me."
"Really? I like blonde hair, okay?"
As Mika said this, he casually took out a letter from under the cabinet and said:
"Write your bank account number here, and your first month's salary will be advanced to you later."
At this point, Mika instructed Luo Shu:
"I'll give you a day tomorrow to clean up the chores. And if you don't have a safe place to stay, I can provide a professional safe house. Also, you'll be working in the coffee shop the day after tomorrow, and I'll let Ruixi take care of you then.
Of course, this is just the daily coffee shop business. More in-depth teaching has to be arranged by the head of the department. After all, we don’t have the ability to train warlocks here.”
"Oh, by the way, please tell me the name of the school as well. I will have someone notify the school later to avoid any conflict with the school when you go to school."
"Surprisingly thoughtful..." Upon hearing this, Luo Shu took the paper and pen, and handed it over after writing.
At this moment, Mika glanced at the school name written by Luo Shu and said in surprise:
"Oh, you're from Toyosaki? I heard it's a famous private school nearby. By the way, is the tuition there high?"
"well enough?"
Luo Shu's expression was a little unnatural, because he entered Fengzhiqi based on his grades, and the tuition fee was not much, so he didn't know how much others paid.
"I see. It just so happens that Chief Tachibana used his connections in the garrison to get your permission to go to school. Hehe." Mika said this, looked at Nishiki Chitsuka and said, "Just wait for me. I'll find a chance to throw you into school in a few days."
“Hey!!” Nishiki Chitsugu, who was originally watching the show, was immediately shocked: “How could this happen!!”
Mika was immediately angry when he heard this: "What's with that expression on your face? Didn't you say you wanted to go to school? It's just right that Luo Shujun has joined us. Isn't it great that we can go to the same school in the future?"
"No, it's still a long way to go to learn something... Besides, the store can't hire ordinary people... If I leave, I'm afraid Mizuki and Takina won't be able to handle it..."
Before Nishiki Chitsuka could finish, Mika blasted Nishiki Chitsuka in the head with a newspaper:
"Objection rejected. You are a fellow who only loves dragons but does not understand what Ye Gong loves dragons?"
"Also, Takina will be going to school with us, so that guy Mizuki and I are enough in the store, so don't try to make excuses, understand?"
"I don't understand what idiom you are saying!" Jinmu Qianshu covered his head with his hands, his face full of pain and a very aggrieved expression.
"Stupid, this is the result of not studying." Mika said this, and at the same time said to Luo Shu: "Maybe I'll have to ask you to take care of this child in a few days."
"It doesn't matter to me here."
Luo Shu ignored Jinmu Qianshu's look of pleading for help. Although he felt that this was not good for him, he still pretended to be indifferent and shrugged at Mika.
"But if you want extra lessons, I will charge you."
"I'll give you a satisfactory price." Mika agreed readily.
Seeing this, Jinmu Qianshu immediately looked up to the sky and sighed:
“How can this be possible!!”
Ignoring Nishiki Chitsuka's protest, Luo Shu left the 'Likelis' cafe under Mika's encouraging pat on the shoulder and Nishiki Chitsuka's resentful gaze.
After walking out of the alley and onto the main road, Luo Shu looked at the starless night sky, picked up his phone, glanced at the time displayed on it, and shook his head:
"I'm bound to be late for work... I'm likely to be scolded by the store manager... Tsk, an apology is inevitable!"
(Activity time: January 1 to February 21)
Chapter 23: The Evening of Two
Tohoku, Toshima-ku, Sawamura House.
This is a western-style building standing at the top of the slope, which looks like it belongs to a wealthy family.
"It's different."
Eriri Sawamura stood in front of the floor-length mirror, still wearing the Toyogasaki Academy uniform. She looked no different from usual, but only Eriri knew that she had changed.
In front of the mirror, Eriri raised her right hand and looked at the two oval contact lenses on the tip of her index finger.
Because she had been drawing at night under the help of desk lamps for a long time since elementary school, Eriri started wearing glasses at a very early age, and her degree of vision has long exceeded 400.
But now, looking at the cute girl with blond twin pigtails in the floor-length mirror, she felt the clear world of her elementary school days again.
"Has the degree completely disappeared?"
As Eriri spoke, she turned her head and looked out the window. There was a cherry tree ten meters away from the room.
Because it is still spring, there are still a few petals of cherry blossoms left on the tree.
Eriri looked at the cherry tree outside the window. She could even clearly see the colors on the petals and could even easily count the exact number of petals.
"It was the same when I was riding my bike home just now. Even if I rode 40 miles per hour, I didn't feel much fatigue."
"It's really different now." Eriri said from the bottom of her heart while looking at the mirror.
It was just a normal school day when she unexpectedly received a love letter. When she went to refuse it, she found out that it was a 'prank' by two seniors from the same school. Then, she was forcibly recruited as an initial member of a mysterious organization.
In just one short day, the world changed so fast that even a veteran of the 2D world like Eriri couldn't help feeling a little dazed.
And only now did Eriri feel that she was "really different from before."
"But the most important thing is...ability..."
Ying Lili looked at the mirror, took a deep breath, and the figure in the mirror began to change little by little.
A woman with dark purple to black hair, enchanting purple eyes that exuded a sense of mystery, a figure taller than Eriri and with better curves, a woman with perfect noble and elegant features, suddenly appeared in front of the mirror.
——Sayuri Sawamura.
Sawamura? The process? The antelope? The convenience? The road? /p>
"According to the ability analysis that Senior Luo Shu sent to the group on the forum, my ability called 'Transfiguration' is best started with people I'm familiar with, and then try more difficult ones little by little... to adapt my mind to the ability..."
Ying Lili looked at herself in the mirror, then covered her face with her hands and said angrily:
"You damn thirty-year-old old lady, it's ok that you're taller than me, your figure is better than mine, and even your skin needs to be 'transformed' to match mine, you're almost forty!!"
Just when Eriri was very dissatisfied with this, there was a knock on the door suddenly.
Then, before Eriri could react, the door opened and Ms. Sayuri Zejun came in with a CD in her hand and smiled:
"Eri, I bought the latest BD version of Azur Lane. Do you want to watch it together after dinner?"
"Oh?" Sayuri Sawamura stared blankly at the other 'self' in the room, her expression slightly dull for a moment.
Then, before Eriri could scream, Sayuri said in a teasing tone:
"Eri, you are not a good kid. You actually pretended to be your mother. It will be bad if your father recognizes you as your mother."
"?!!!" At this moment, Eriri's head seemed to explode. She covered her head and screamed, "Why didn't you knock and come in!!"
"I knocked on the door!"
Sayuri Sawamura looked at the frantic Eriri with a smile, her eyes stayed on the silver bracelet on Eriri's hand for two seconds, and then she said:
"By the way, if only one person goes to the parent-teacher conference, the school won't approve it."
"Who turned into you for the parent-teacher conference?!"
Eriri stamped her feet in anger, then rushed over and pushed Sayuri out of the room:
"Get out, get out quickly."
Sayuri Sawamura was pushed out of the room by her daughter helplessly, and looked at the door that was slammed shut and said:
"Oh my, the rebellious phase should be over by now."
"But then again, when did that kid get so good at makeup? And that bracelet... could it be... a gift from a 'friend'? Hmm, a friend gave a bracelet to a kid shortly after entering high school? That's incredible."
"Is Eriri finally growing up? Oh, I'm so looking forward to it..."
Just as the mother of the Sawamura family was smiling and sighing about her daughter's 'growth', inside the room, Eriri, whose heart was almost frightened out of her chest, leaned against the door and breathed heavily:
"I was so scared, so scared. Luckily it was my mother who turned into someone else this time, otherwise..."
When she thought about being discovered by Sayuri Sawamura when she turned into Kasumigaoka Utaha or someone else, Eriri felt that all her secrets would be "forced" out by her mother.
This is really scary.
"I'll just do this in the 'Astronomy Club' in the future."
Now, Yinglili admires Luo Shu's foresight very much. People like them really need a very safe space.
"I will never use my ability at home again..." Ying Lili thought with fear on her face.
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In Nerima Ward, the apartment where Kasumigaoka Utaha rents.
Lying on the sofa, Kasumigaoka Utaha was resting her head on the armrest, her eyes fixed on her mobile phone.
On the phone screen was the Line chat interface, with the name 'Luo Shu' written at the top, and a heart symbol after the name.
The last sentence on the chat interface is a reminder when the class is about to end.
'Luo Shu: Let's go to the club room after class. It's about time that Eriri knows something. Smile. (Read)'
"Xia Shizi: Are you going to intimidate the newcomers? You are such a bad Lord God! (Read)"
'Xia Shizi: I'll lock the door when the time comes. (read)'
'Luo Shu: I'll say this on behalf of Eriri-san: I heard that I thank you! (Read)'
Flipping through the messages, thinking about the inexplicable panic she felt when passing the alley on her way home, Kasumigaoka Utaha sighed deeply, put her phone aside, and sighed:
"Sure enough, wooden gods cannot understand a girl's need for security."
"Next time, let that wooden god see if he can put a door of the 'society's safe house' here..."
“I don’t know if this can be done…”
Kasumigaoka Utaha murmured to herself, and soon her eyelids became heavier and heavier. Then she held the phone and her breathing gradually became even.
The girl lying on the sofa gradually fell asleep.
(Activity time: January 1 to February 21)
Chapter 24 Luo Shu's Life Trivia
Inside a newly renovated bookstore near Ikebukuro Station in Nerima Ward.
"Thank you very much for your care."
After apologizing and bowing at a 30-degree angle as per local customs, Luo Shu said goodbye to the store manager and successfully resigned from the bookstore.
After leaving the bookstore, Luo Shu walked on the street, pulled his collar, and exhaled a breath of foul air.
"Phew, luckily the store manager has a good temper, otherwise, for someone like me who quits early, I'm afraid I'll definitely get some criticism."
In the island country, you need to report your resignation from your job. After all, work arrangements are decided in the previous week. If you resign and run away, other employees will definitely have to take your place.
Obviously, it was impossible for Luo Shu, who was going to work at Licorice the day after tomorrow, to report it in advance, so he was so grateful to the manager. After all, the manager would be responsible for his next job.
Fortunately, the store manager understood him and didn't cause him any trouble or even say anything harsh to him, which made Luo Shu feel a little guilty now.
"There have been so many accidents in the past two days. There is really nothing we can do... Forget it, let's not think about it for now. Let's go have dinner. It's almost 8:."
Walking on the street, Luo Shu shook his head, then looked around and walked into a ramen restaurant he often went to.
