Chapter 83: Picking a Fight
After that, daily life seemed to return to its usual peace. Noyoru Yokota still had that sour face, showing no desire to thank anyone, busy with his own tasks at his post.
As for Kazumi, if it came to who had a fouler face, she probably wasn’t afraid of anyone. Her cold, distant expression made it difficult for people to speak.
But surprisingly, apart from some regular customers, unfamiliar customers were more willing to check out with Kazumi. Perhaps it was because Noyoru Yokota’s unpleasant face was too intimidating.
However, some regulars, especially some of the older ladies, favored Noyoru Yokota more. As soon as they arrived, they greeted him familiarly, and Kazumi even heard them offering to introduce their daughters to him as a dating partner.
【I didn’t expect this guy to be unexpectedly popular…】
Sitting on a high chair, Kazumi turned another page of her class notes. Looking at Noyoru Yokota, who was clumsily dealing with the nagging of the older ladies, she couldn’t help but sigh.
Tomorrow was Sato Shinichi’s discharge day. This meant she wouldn’t have to rush to the hospital every day after class to tutor this unlucky guy, although today’s chicken leg was also super delicious.
With a faint smile on her lips, Kazumi didn’t know if she was happy because her boyfriend was successfully discharged and she could see him at school, or if her mood had simply improved due to the delicious dinner.
Seeing that there were no customers, Kazumi secretly took out her phone to check if anyone had messaged her. However, the large schedule reminder on her phone made Kazumi’s originally good expression fall flat, making her feel as uncomfortable as if she had eaten a fly.
【How did I so carelessly agree to something like this!!】
Yes, yesterday, when Kazumi was foolishly multitasking, her main consciousness was focused on the mind map. Her conversation with Sato Shinichi was also casual.
But when she looked back at the chat history, Kazumi discovered a shocking fact.
She had agreed to go on a date with him this weekend!!!
What kind of pervert are you! You’re rushing to find a girlfriend for a date as soon as you’re discharged. You’ve been lying in the hospital for a week and are desperate to vent!!
She couldn’t help but complain about this damn guy in her heart, but the most important thing was that she had happily agreed, even considering between an amusement park and a cinema before finally choosing the cinema as the location for their first date.
【Why the cinema! It’s dark and easy to do strange things!】
Frantically scratching her head, Kazumi, as a seasoned pervert, knew the real purpose of a boy asking a girl out to watch a movie!
You know, it’s dark, they sit close together, and then they watch a touching romance movie or a scary horror movie.
Girls are generally more sensitive individuals and are easily drawn into the plot depicted in the story. Whether it’s due to being moved or scared, they tend to want someone to confide in.
Eating popcorn together, their hands would naturally grab each other as they ate. It’s inconvenient to speak loudly in the cinema, so if they want to communicate, they have to lean close to each other’s ears. With this back and forth, if the boy makes a move, wouldn’t they end up kissing?!
Don’t ask Kazumi how she knew so much. Although her previous romantic experiences were not smooth, she had been in a few relationships properly. She knew most of the tricks boys used.
【But this guy probably doesn’t know these things, right?】
Thinking of Sato Shinichi’s honest and naive appearance, Kazumi felt a little more at ease. Her boyfriend looked like a straight man, how could he know these tricks! He must just genuinely want to hang out with her, it’s fine, it’s fine.
【Just hanging out is not allowed!!】
She suppressed the self-comforting words in her mind again, propped her elbows on the table, and stared blankly at the shelf in front of her.
It seems that she didn’t really have any good reasons to refuse Sato Shinichi’s invitation. She might still be under surveillance, so she couldn’t act on her own as before. Moreover, the efficiency of doing those things with her current capabilities was too low.
The reason she went to dig soil at the graveyard before was to test her system’s cheat, and she also triggered an achievement. What she could do now was probably just wait for Fukada Akihiko to bring her what she wanted.
Not only the construction of the Graveyard Hill and the expansion of the territory, but also the achievement rewards for putting in a human corpse for the first time, and the rewards for building a building for the first time, would definitely allow her to soar. At least she wouldn’t have to pretend to play along with those brats in some love game just to disguise her identity, like she was doing now.
But now, Kazumi, who usually had ample time for future planning, seemed to have nothing important to do on the weekend. In her usual style, she would probably stay at home and read a book all day.
Thinking about it this way, going to a movie with her “meal ticket” didn’t seem like an unacceptable thing. It could kill time and also allow her to better understand this world, and perhaps she could find some new ideas?
After racking her brains to write a thousand-word essay, Kazumi finally felt guilt-free in convincing herself that going on a date on the weekend was a very politically correct thing to do.
Anyway, for various reasons and by chance, she had reluctantly agreed to go on a date with that shame of a person. Moreover, since she had agreed, it would be difficult to refuse and ruin her persona, so she would just consider it an early investment in her future meal ticket. She had to give them some sweetness to make them willingly work for her, right!!
With that thought, Kazumi angrily turned off her phone screen, as if there was someone hateful on the other end. She angrily turned her head back and focused on reading the notes in her hand, no longer thinking about Sato Shinichi.
On the other side, Noyoru Yokota had finally finished dealing with the kind aunties. Now that he was free, he turned to look at the girl seriously reading by the side, his throat moved. He wanted to say something, but didn’t know how to start. In the end, he lowered his head and looked down at the book in his hand.
An eerie silence spread through the supermarket, along with the occasional passing vehicles outside, giving it quite a nighttime feel.
“Bang ——”
But the next moment, a loud noise broke the brief silence. As the supermarket’s main entrance was arrogantly kicked open, a group of strangely shaped people walked in from the entrance.
