Chihaya Aine has nine wings

"Don't ask a lady her age, even if you're being round about it."

"Okay, then, Yutenji-san, where are we going next?" Aine looked around. They had strolled to the center of a square, surrounded by shopping malls. There were colorful fluorescent screens hanging on the outer walls, constantly playing various advertisements, making the night as bright as day.

"Hmm... There's an art district two blocks away with all kinds of graffiti, including a very interesting jellyfish graffiti."

"Can you really see clearly if you go there at night?"

"Well, let's go over there and listen to their street performance? They're shouting something like 'Please raise your middle finger with me', it sounds very interesting."

"It seems like Meow Mengqin has no plans to go anywhere."

"Hehe, after all, this date was a sudden idea. If it doesn't work out, I'll make it up to you again." Ruomai said, "Besides, where are we going to play... There's nothing wrong with the word 'play', but 'where are we going to date' is more appropriate, right?"

"It doesn't make any difference, does it?"

"Of course there is a difference." Ruomai smiled and pointed out, "There are many things that can be done on a date but not on a date."

"For example?" Aiyin tilted her head and looked at Ruomai's funny face.

"for example……"

Ruomai chuckled evilly and clapped his hands.

Snapped.

The sky turned pink.

No, it wasn't the sky that changed color, it was the lights around me that changed. The streetlights were shining with hearts, the signboards were soaked in pink, and even the fluorescent screen that was playing an advertisement a second ago switched to playing an animation of a blooming rose.

Ruomai half-knelt in front of Aine and held the girl's hand: "For example, proposing."

The crowd around was in an uproar, wondering who had arranged the proposal scene so lavishly.

Soon someone noticed Aiyin and Ruomai, and more and more people looked over there with low sighs.

“Hey! What are you doing!” Aiyin’s cheeks turned red as she was being watched by so many people, and she quickly covered her face with her arms while hurriedly whispering to Ruomai, “A lot of people are watching!”

"Wouldn't it be boring if no one watched this kind of thing?" Ruomai grinned.

“You bastard!” Aiyin gritted her teeth and tried to pull the other person up, “Let’s go.”

"Did it succeed?" people on the side whispered.

"Are these two girls?"

"Wai Ri, Bai, Wai Ri, knock."

"First of all, I'm not a pufferfish, and secondly, I think it's better for them to kiss each other now..."

"So, what's the response?" Ruomai grinned.

"Respond? If you're serious, I'll blow your head off! I'm not even an adult yet!" Aiyin bared her teeth.

"Okay, I won't fight with you anymore." Ruomai stood up, "It's time to run."

“It’s a shame you spent so much money.” Aine muttered.

"What money?" Ruomai blinked, expressing confusion.

“…Didn’t you spend money to decorate these?” Aiyin pointed around suspiciously.

Ruomai grinned: "Why else do you think I said it was time to run?"

Aine glanced over and saw a group of heroes who were maintaining law and order running over from a distance.

"I did this using my superpowers." Ruomai made a scissors gesture.

“I can’t stand it anymore!” Aiyin pulled Ruomai up and ran away, “I’ll settle the score with you later!”

Chapter 28 The Ultimate Secret

“This was converted from an abandoned underground parking lot.”

Ruomai took Aiyin into a shabby iron door and turned on the switch. With a loud sound of electricity, all the lights in the hall were turned on.

Actually, there weren't many lights, and it was still very dim. But at least Aine could see what was here.

——Rows and rows of claw machines.

These claw machines are all old models, with dirty glass and not many dolls inside. Some have three or four dolls in them, and some are even empty.

Many of the machines were broken, some had holes in the glass windows, and some had only a rod left of their mechanical claws.

But there are really a lot of claw machines. Even if they are placed back to back in rows, there can be seven or eight rows, completely occupying most of the area of this underground parking lot.

"Game hall?" Aiyin asked, lying in front of a claw machine.

"It has been abandoned." Ruomai spread his hands.

That’s right, why would anyone come to an arcade that only has claw machines?

After escaping from the square just now, Aine followed Ruomai's instructions and ran all the way here. It is said that this is her secret base.

“It’s quite secret indeed,” Aine commented.

After many twists and turns in the alley, I finally found the door to enter. It seemed that the passage used for cars to enter had been built up with a wall, and there was only a small path full of debris for people to enter.

But to be honest, the street wasn't far from here. There were narrow windows on the top of one wall of the game room, and the street was outside. From inside the room, you could even see the feet of passers-by.

“Where is the original owner of this place?” Aiyin asked as she strolled around and noticed that there was a bar-like place on one side of the game room.

“I sold it to my friend.”

"So this is actually your friend's secret base?"

"It's ours."

It is very vague and does not explain specifically what "we" means.

Aiyin nodded thoughtfully and sat down at the bar. She turned her head and was startled to find someone else sitting there.

It was a doll-like girl with long light green hair, wearing the same school uniform as Nagasaki Suyo, and she was drinking something from a steaming mug.

“Ah, uh… hello.” Aine greeted stupidly.

The girl glanced at Aine and nodded slightly: "Hello."

So cold.

But she is so cute.

Aine looked at the other person.

Judging from her school uniform, is she also a student of Tsuki no Mori? Aren't all the students of that school from wealthy or noble families? Why would she come to a place like this?

"Ah, this is Wakaba Mutsu. A friend of mine." Yutenji Wakamu stepped forward and introduced, "This is Chihaya Aine, my date tonight."

“?” The girl raised her head and glanced at Aine again.

Although her expression did not change, Aine felt that the girl in front of her named Wakaba Mutsu seemed to pay a little more attention to her.

"Is Hai Ling here?" Ruomai asked Xiang Mu.

Mu looked up at the small room behind the bar, where the lights were on.

"Oh~ Hailing! Can you make two cups of coffee for me and my date?" Ruomai shouted towards the small room.

At this time, Ruoye Mu, who had been silent all the time, spoke up: "She is busy."

"Busy?" Ruomai thought for a moment, then shrugged, "Okay then."

Then he pulled Aine up and said, "Come on, play the claw machine with me."

“Are those really still working?” Aine complained as she followed.

The dolls in each claw machine were different, and some were obviously second-hand dolls. Aiyin had no desire to grab any of them. After spinning around for a few times, she finally found a target that she liked.

"Game coins?" Aine asked Ruomai.

"Just give it a kick." Ruomai said with a smile.

Aiyin rolled her eyes after hearing that, then she grabbed the joystick and the claw machine started working immediately.

"How do you know I'm lying?" Ruomai was surprised.

"I'm not stupid." Aine said angrily.

Fortunately, the claws of the machine were not loose, and after two attempts, Aine successfully caught the doll. Unfortunately, the doll got stuck in the delivery port, and Aine had to bend over with great effort to take it out.

It was a little devil doll with long pink hair, small wings and a tail behind it, a fork in its hand, fangs at the corners of its mouth, and an arrogant smile.

so cute.

"Little devil." Ruomai walked over, "I thought you were going to catch that angel."

There is also a blue-haired angel doll in the claw machine.

Aine shook her head: "I still like this better."

"Because of her pink hair?"

"It's partly because of her hair, after all, pink is really cute, but the main reason is because she's a demon."

“Oh~ Aine has reached the age where she likes naughty things too.”

“What is that?” Aiyin was amused. “It’s not because she’s bad at all. Why do you all think she’s bad?”

“Hey—” Wakamai tilted her head with interest, “Didn’t Aine want to be a hero?”

"Yes, but what does it matter?"

"Being a hero means fighting a lot of criminals, right?" Ruomai slowly stretched out his finger and poked the little devil doll. "Maybe those criminals are also little devils. They are not really bad, but they are defined as bad by others."

"Um...like?"

"Like... AveMujica?"

At the bar, Mu glanced towards Aine.

When the two of them didn't speak, the game room was eerily silent.

“Eh… doesn’t that mean a lone hero fights the world for justice?” Aine tapped her lips, “It feels kind of cool.”

"It's really handsome." Ruomai and Aine walked back to the bar together, "Then the next question is, if this is true, what would you choose?"

"Are there any options?" Aiyin also took a seat at the bar, leaned on the bar, and looked sideways at Ruomai.

“What else can we do? We can either become their enemy, or turn a blind eye, or…” Ruomai and Aine were getting closer and closer, with a deep light in their eyes, “Join them?”

“We are enemies now.” Aine said without hesitation.

"Eh? AveMujica is obviously right?"

“Why do you always use AveMujica as an example… But no matter what, my parents and my friends all live in a positive world, and all I want to do is be their hero.” Aine said, “Fighting for justice, I don’t have such a noble goal.”

"Oh... fighting for someone close to you?" Ruomai raised an eyebrow and smiled as if he had succeeded. "Well, Aine, I have something to tell you."

"Huh? What?"

"Actually, I, Ruoye Mu, Sanjiao Chuhua, and Toyokawa Xiangzi..." Ruo Mai's mouth curves wider and wider, "It's just..."

thump.

It was the sound of a mug being placed forcefully on the bar that drew Aine and Wakamai’s attention.

The blue-haired girl was standing behind the bar, looking at Ruomai with cold eyes.

"I'm sorry, Hailing isn't here." Toyokawa Shoko said slowly, "I made the coffee."

Chapter 29: Miao Meng, is there something wrong with your play this time?

"——We are friends." After seeing Xiangzi, Ruomai changed his tone and became relaxed, "We are actually very good friends."

Shoko glanced at Ruomai and then looked at the surprised Aine.

"I guessed she would bring you here." Xiangzi explained, "I have nothing to do in the apartment anyway, so I just came to see you."

Only then did Aiyin recover from her surprise at seeing Xiangzi: "Well, good evening?"

"Yeah." Xiangzi smiled and tilted his head slightly, "Good evening."

On the side, Ruomai was secretly questioning Ruoye Mu with her eyes, blaming her for hiding the information that Xiangzi was here.

Ruoye Mu looked back with a bland expression: "I won't be your camera."