Chapter 111: A Girl Capable of Dual-Wielding at This Time is Truly Ruthless
At the entrance of the mall, a young couple who looked like students walked out from inside. The way they held hands yet still appeared incredibly shy made everyone who saw them sigh about the beauty of youth.
The young girl, her cheeks slightly red, felt too embarrassed to look at the boy beside her, but their tightly clasped hands seemed to represent what she was thinking in her heart at that moment.
Kazumi was a bit dazed at the moment, or rather, ever since Nakamura Yū had placed their hands together, Kazumi had been unsure of how to handle the situation. Everything she had been thinking in her mind seemed to melt away the moment her hand touched the boy’s palm, leaving only silly pink bubbles!!
This was also something Kazumi had been avoiding. After all, a pure-hearted young boy like Sato Shinichi would never be like an experienced flirt who would take liberties to close the distance between them whenever he had the chance.
In fact, if she didn’t take the initiative, this simpleton wouldn’t even have the thought of holding her hand.
But the result was encountering such a helpful teammate, which put Kazumi in a rather awkward situation. After all, they were now boyfriend and girlfriend, and if she was unwilling to even hold hands, wouldn’t that be a great hurt to him?
Moreover, the boy’s warm, large hand tightly gripping her palm made Kazumi have no desire to let go.
[Sigh, forget it. Since it’s come to this, I haven’t lost anything. Let’s consider it a small benefit for him.]
She sighed silently in her heart. Things had reached this point, and it seemed she had no room to change anything. After some thought, she decided to treat it as an upfront investment for her ultimate goal.
Besides, she didn’t seem to dislike this sort of thing. It was probably due to her past experiences with relationships, as a hint of sweetness welled up from the bottom of her heart.
The end result was that she was strolling through the mall as if holding a dog, with her looking at clothes while Sato Shinichi looked at her.
Later, when she was about to go inside to change, he looked like a silly Golden Retriever who couldn’t see anything, looking as if he wanted to follow her into the fitting room, which made the surrounding saleswomen laugh.
However, selling out one’s integrity was like cross-dressing; there were only zero times and countless times. After initiating the hand-holding, Kazumi decided to go all out, letting the boy tentatively reach out and grasp her hand.
After all, holding hands didn’t seem like a big deal. Once the initial psychological barrier was overcome, Kazumi realized that if he wanted to hold hands, let him. She wasn’t losing anything substantial, and it could increase his favorability. Why not?
Compared to the attention she received for holding hands, buying clothes was a rather effortless matter. Kazumi wasn’t the type to be picky, and her male soul meant she didn’t have such high requirements in that regard.
The reason she came here to buy clothes was simply that she didn’t have any casual wear that she could wear out. She couldn’t possibly go around wearing a school uniform for everything, as that would be too strange.
Initially, Kazumi had tried to get Sato Shinichi’s opinion. After all, she had to put on a show for her nominal boyfriend.
But the result was that no matter which outfit she chose, the answer she received was “It’s nice,” or “It looks good as long as it’s you wearing it,” and other similar words.
While those words were pleasant to hear, they were of no help in choosing clothes!!!
In the end, Kazumi chose two dark-colored short-sleeved shirts and a pair of basic loose-fitting jeans according to her own preferences, thus ending the shopping trip for the day.
The rest of the day went much more smoothly. The somewhat famous dango shop was located near the mall. With her shopping done, the satisfied young girl happily brought her boyfriend to the shop for some late-night dessert.
It could only be said that it lived up to its online fame. Apart from having to wait in line for a bit because it was the weekend, the taste, the shop’s decor, and the packaging of the food all gave off a comfortable and warm feeling. Even Kazumi, who wasn’t particularly fond of sweets, couldn’t help but eat two more skewers.
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“Shinichi-kun, I’m really happy today.”
Holding the girl’s soft, cold little hand, the boy felt as if he had grasped the entire world. They were very close to each other now, and with a slight turn of his head, he could smell the unique orchid scent emanating from the girl.
Sato Shinichi felt as if the day was like a dream, a dream he didn’t want to wake up from. Everything he had imagined was gradually coming true, and the girl he liked the most was still by his side.
“Shinichi-kun, I’m very happy too.”
The girl was being led by the boy along a small path. Perhaps because it was nighttime, there weren’t many pedestrians on the road, only the dim, ambiguous light from the roadside, casting their shadows long and stretchingly.
Although the girl’s face was also flushed, what she was thinking in her heart was completely different from what the boy was thinking. While Sato Shinichi was still immersed in the budding ambiguous atmosphere between them, Kazumi secretly took out her phone to check it, then matched it with the name of the street in front of them.
[This is it!! At the end of this road is the limit of my ability’s range, but I haven’t tried to control it for how long yet. Also, I can’t use my ability beyond my limit, or it’ll be too easy for him to find out.]
Her mind was quickly racing through the plan that had already been set up, but Kazumi’s expression carried a hint of shy blush. She tugged at the boy, who was half a step ahead of her, making the boy, who was walking forward, turn his head.
“Shinichi-kun, by the time we reach the end of this road, it will be close to the subway station. But, I still want to walk with you a bit longer.”
Kazumi gently leaned her head on the boy’s shoulder, her soft little hand gently tightening its grip on his, and softly whispered into his ear. The normal pace of the two of them thus slowed down.
At the same time, from a blind spot of a public restroom in the distance, a dark coffin slowly emerged from the ground. Its black exterior seemed to blend in with the entire night.
The heavy coffin lid slowly moved aside, and two terrifying humanoid creatures jumped out from the strange coffin. Carrying a strange and disgusting aura, they sniffed the ground for a while and finally crawled into the ground in a certain direction.
