Chapter 477: The Hunter and the Dog
In the bedroom of Kazumi’s house in the Chindou Hall residential area.
The black-haired girl sat at her desk, propping up her cheek with one hand to make a cute, chubby face. She held her mobile phone in her right hand, idly scrolling through today’s trending news.
Kazumi’s mood was remarkably stable. Although the girl’s emotions often fluctuated wildly due to her cheap boyfriend’s actions, this kind of minor incident today was manageable for Kazumi, who possessed a maturity beyond her appearance. At least, minor problems within her grasp wouldn’t cause significant emotional fluctuations.
“I’ll make time to go over tomorrow. It seems too late today.”
Looking at the boring push notifications on her phone screen, Kazumi looked up at the darkened sky outside the window. She then thought about what Kurokawa Iori had told her today. After a moment’s contemplation, she dismissed the tempting thought of going to Kurokawa Iori’s to “collect her wages” today.
The development of her territory was also progressing steadily. The support materials provided by Kurokawa Iori had indeed contributed to her territory. However, Kazumi’s preparations for unforeseen circumstances and things that might be useful later did not significantly help the current territory.
Currently, there were two major problems. One was the possibility of a special sacrifice of a Hero unit that had not yet received any response to the current divination. The other was the problem of the true form of the “[Shell],” which was still at large.
For the former, all one could do was wait with time and luck. Perhaps a regular intermediate or advanced unit could be obtained, purely depending on luck.
But the latter was a big problem.
“Do I really have no choice but to go to [Shell]?”
Kazumi rubbed her forehead with a hint of a headache as she thought this. The news on her phone screen was the latest update on the evacuation drills in the coastal city.
Kazumi understood the hidden content behind this seemingly ordinary news all too well. Whether it was for the audiences in the cities around Lingyuan City, the recent news of heroes appearing, or the news she received from Shinomiyai Mama about spiritual energy users supporting Lingyuan City, all pointed to one goal.
That was the true form of the “[Ghoul Gate],” which was pitifully placed in the suburbs of Lingyuan City!
If you asked Kazumi, she was very willing to chat. If it weren’t for that damned “[Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi]” stubbornly pushing her to that extent, why would the girl have released such a super-large killing weapon as the “[Ghoul Gate]”?
Kazumi wasn’t stupid. Releasing such a large-scale treasure tool targeted at civilians, let alone exposing her trump card to the Heroes Association, she was already on the Heroes Association’s blacklist. This was a foregone conclusion.
If a direct conflict with the Association were to occur, she was afraid that…
The sole target of hatred would be herself.
This completely went against the girl’s tactical concept of developing by staying low-key.
Furthermore, with that group of spiritual energy users rushing over, Kazumi was truly afraid that those who had the ability to restrain energy would actually develop a sealing method.
At that time, she would really be in deep trouble.
Although the skill’s cooldown was already more than halfway complete, Kazumi couldn’t think of any appropriate situation to use this skill other than to cause trouble.
With such a long cooldown time, she would have to be at the scene to recall it. This was like a sheep walking into a tiger’s mouth, while others fortified their castles, she would be the one charging in to die, right?
It could only be said that after experiencing so many events, before her territory’s energy was sufficient to freely deploy and retrieve the true form of the “[Ghoul Gate],” the girl had no intention of using this highly restrictive ability again.
As for now…
It seemed the only one she could rely on was her old leader, Kurokawa Iori.
But the problem was that debts of gratitude were not so easy to incur.
Even though she could communicate well with Kurokawa Iori now and even obtained some much-needed resources, it was all based on the talent and usefulness she had displayed.
If she were to incur such a debt of gratitude, she would have no excuse to refuse when it came time to shield him from danger.
So, in the end, Kazumi decided not to seek Kurokawa Iori’s help. She could only watch and wait for a couple of days to see if there were any other turns of events.
“Hiss—Shinomiyai Mama’s contact information. Hmm, I’ll ask Shin’ichi for it next time.”
Thinking she could inquire about information from Shinomiyai Mama, but realizing she didn’t have her contact details, Kazumi felt somewhat inconvenienced and decided to ask for them. As soon as she thought of Sato Shin’ichi, a trace of displeasure appeared on her previously pensive face.
“Still not sending a message? Is he really angry with me?”
She skillfully switched to the top contact in her chat list but found no messages from that “sun” icon. Kazumi raised an eyebrow and mused playfully to herself.
How should she put it? This matter wasn’t a big deal. It was just a good opportunity to further discipline her “dog.”
After all, in a romantic relationship, the woman held the right to be unreasonable. If it were a special sacrifice without regard for the circumstances, and the boy was angry, then he should be.
If the boy was angry, then wait for him to calm down, and then let him appease her.
And by using the mistake he made, she could further negotiate some more unreasonable terms to forgive and accept his apology. This was also a common tactic used by many girls.
Therefore, Kazumi’s level of anger now depended on Sato Shin’ichi’s current speed.
She could afford to be a little angry.
Thinking about how she would deal with this increasingly disobedient “dog” later, a slight smile of pleasure appeared on the girl’s face.
This time, Sato Shin’ichi’s mistake left no room for argument. Although such a small action could easily be interpreted as him suddenly having something important to handle and leaving without notice, Sato Shin’ichi’s lying skills were too poor to deceive her. Or rather, if he were to lie about this, he would be completely unable to hide things with his face. If he were to pretend, she could stir up trouble to such an extent.
“Hnhnhnhn, even threatening to break up to make that guy obediently get into line wouldn’t be impossible.”
Men were all like that. The easier things were to get, the less they cherished them. And when the sense of crisis disappears, they tend to become picky about their partners.
Overall, it was not conducive to the girl’s plan to further utilize her cheap boyfriend more conveniently. Kazumi wanted to firmly tie the high-quality “boyfriend” to herself and reap the benefits without getting involved.
“Knock knock knock—”
“Oh? He actually came to my door?”
Just as the girl was imagining a dramatic scene, a not-too-loud knock on the door interrupted her thoughts.
Kazumi’s cold eyes flickered for a moment, and the smile on her face quickly subsided.
She stood up and walked towards the door.
“The prey has arrived.”
