Tokyo Heart Thief's Daily Life

Taoxiang: "Yeah, I know... Just let me smell it and satisfy myself, okay?"

The older lover who is in the coquettish mode does not hide it and is super clingy when she is alone with her younger boyfriend.

Luo Zhen just went along with her, and the two of them had breakfast together for a rare occasion.

Until I drink a cup of freshly squeezed soy milk in the morning.

Taoxiang seemed to have replenished sufficient nutrition and gradually became more energetic.

She burped and licked her fingers:

"So we still have to attack the palace today, right? Luo Zhen, have you thought about it? Are you really not going to stop the high school students from killing people?"

"I won't stop you." Luo Zhen lay relaxedly on the sofa.

In this kind of situation, it is really hard to imagine that people can talk about serious matters while doing serious work. The atmosphere is so weird.

This has become the underlying logic of Luo Zhen's daily interactions with his female brothers. Energetic young people are really monkeys.

Luo Zhen held Taoxiang, the female monkey, and continued, looking at the stains on the ceiling:

"Put yourself in his shoes. If I had such a deep hatred for someone, I would kill him as well. At least from my point of view, I would not and do not want to stop Kitagawa Yusuke."

"......Um."

Taoxiang actually had the same three views and ideas, so she just accepted it silently.

Finally, they have to take the step of killing people with their own hands, and the Phantom Thieves must be prepared.

This is not a game, but a fight with violence that will actually determine the life and death of many people...all of them must be mentally prepared for this.

"...By the way, it seems you made an extra bento? Did you trick another cute schoolgirl, my scumbag Mr. Destiny~?"

Luo Zhen: "No, not really. This is for our student council president as compensation for her sister's emotional distress."

Luo Zhen thinks that he is a very serious and good man.

How could I use my cooking skills to win over my junior schoolmate like feeding an animal... Absolutely impossible.

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Luo Zhen had a magical morning after that.

First, after meeting up with the Fangze sisters at the subway station, the two sisters, who were more clever than fairies, moved their noses and said that he "smells like Sister Taoxiang".

Then they shouted about fairness and punishment, and without saying a word, dragged Luo Zhen into the bathroom, causing them to arrive at school two buses later than usual.

As soon as Luo Zhen sat down in a hurry, the equally sensitive Gao Juan An noticed that "the buttons of his shirt were crooked."

She immediately sent a text message and called Zhifan from the next class.

The two pushed Luo Zhen into the bathroom and bullied him, making him late for the first class!

Fortunately, the first period was Chinese class taught by our homeroom teacher, Mr. Kawakami.

Luo Zhen's "accomplice" also had an embarrassed and teasing smile on his face, and he just lectured Luo Zhen and Xingbao a few words and fooled them away.

This time.

The whole class...all the students in the school looked at Luo Zhen, Gao Juan An and the others with more exposed expressions.

Why would a good man like me who wants to maintain the image of an excellent student be harmed like this by public opinion...Mr. Luo Zhen is really innocent.

And then, it was noon.

"Kyou, Shiho, how about we eat somewhere different today?"

Luo Zhen invited his two female brothers to move the battlefield today.

Although he is just a figurehead, Luo Zhen is indeed a member of the student union.

He had already made an appointment with his student council president, and they all went to the student council room to have dinner together.

It wasn't until Luo Zhen took out the extra lunch box that Shinjima was flattered:

"And my share? But I have my own lunch box, huh?"

Luo Zhen: "It's okay, it's okay. Just treat it as a side dish, let's eat together."

Luo Zhen smiled happily:

"Ever since I heard you're such a great cook, I've been wanting to share my experience with you. Please give me some feedback on my cooking skills, and if there's anything I can improve, please let me know."

"Ah... well. I can't really say you're giving me advice, but why don't we just eat together?"

While putting the student union tables and chairs together and having two of them sit together, Shinjima Makoto was still muttering to himself.

"(This playboy junior is really a super nice guy... No wonder he's so popular.)"

The student council president stole a glance at Takamaki Anne and Suzui Shiho who were happily chatting, and noticed that their lunch boxes were also made by Luo Zhen.

Being able to "share" a man so calmly made Shinjima feel like his three views were shattered and reshaped.

I have already passed the stage of disgust and have made a leap to the awe-inspiring feeling of reading a romance girl comic.

...Besides, Shinjima Makoto also has some little thoughts in his mind.

In fact, just in these two days, her sister issued another "new task".

Sae Niijima's mental state has not been very good in the past two days.

Sometimes she would suddenly feel anxious, sweat, and have a rush of blood and her heartbeat would suddenly become very fast.

This scared Niijima and he wanted to take her to the hospital for a check-up.

But this symptom comes and goes quickly.

Saeya Niijima just thought it was caused by too much work pressure and just brushed it off.

But during this process, Niijima Sae became more concerned about Luo Zhen's affairs.

Shinjima has already told his sister everything that happened at Madarame's house.

She could never have expected that Tamako Akechi was actually related to the Special Investigation Department.

Because this involved confidentiality, although Niijima Sae was surprised that Akechi Tamako also went to the art museum and caused such a thing, he couldn't say much to his sister.

Because of this unexpected incident, the original little task of "establishing a relationship with Luo Zhenla" naturally came to nothing.

Shinjima Makoto was relieved about this and hoped that his sister would just forget about it.

But Niijima Sae obviously won't let it go so easily:

"Luo Zhenke is really a good boy. If there's a chance in the future, how about inviting him to our house under the pretext of a cramming exam or something?"

"[You don't have to wait for me to get home, you can treat him to dinner together. ...And if the atmosphere is good, remember to text me. I'll stay in a hotel for the night and let you guys have the venue.]"

When talking about the latter part, Niijima Saena's smile was no longer hidden, and it was full of teasing for her younger sister.

This made Niijima blush, and he started to act coquettishly, calling out "Sister~!"

At the same time, she was shocked to death: her sister actually said it so bluntly, and was joking with her about such an issue between men and women?

This was even the first time in her memory that her tough, iron-willed sister would say such a thing.

This made Shinjima Makoto realize once again that his sister was really giving him advice, intentionally or unintentionally, hoping that he and Luo Zhen would be together.

...But sister, your sister really doesn't have this ability (。í _ ì。)

Shinjima Makoto complained in his heart.

She looked at Takamaki An and Suzui Shiho who were chatting happily across from her.

Compared to these two young, beautiful... and hot girls who must be having a lot of fun in private.

How could a tough senior like me, who had no femininity at all, possibly catch the eye of a guy like Luo Zhen... let alone take the initiative to build a relationship with him?

It’s impossible, it’s impossible. Even if I beat myself back to practice again, it’s impossible... Niijima gave up with a really bad feeling.

Luo Zhen: "Senior, how do I taste?"

“…Huh?!…Ah, you mean the food, right?”

Immersed in rather shameful thoughts, Shinjima Makoto blushed for a moment.

She quickly laughed:

"Yeah, Master Luo, your cooking skills are really amazing! And you cook so many servings every day, right? That's already much better than me."

"I can't say I can teach you anything... How about we exchange our favorite recipes? I'm curious about what kind of dishes boys usually like."

(This is definitely not because I am thinking about inviting him to my house in the future, so I want to know what kind of food he likes)... Shinjima Makoto argued to the ashamed self in his heart.

Luo Zhenke had no idea of ​​her little thoughts and immediately agreed.

Amid the snickers of Takamaki Anne and Suzui Shiho, Luo Zhen smoothly exchanged friends with Niijima Zhen, making up for the awkward ending of their last art museum date.

Taking the opportunity of exchanging dishes, Luo Zhen also deliberately opened up the conversation:

"Speaking of which, Senior. Have you seen Akechi Tamako since our last visit to the art museum?"

"what......"

Shinjima felt guilty at first and glanced at Takamaki An and the others opposite him.

The two school girls were happily chatting among themselves and didn't seem to pay attention to us.

Shinjima muttered to herself with a guilty conscience: (As expected of a hot girl who enjoys playing around. Her boyfriend is eating and chatting with other girls right in front of her, and she doesn't mind at all.)

But it's also possible that they don't see me as a threat at all... The insecure student council president sighed quietly.

But this is just right, Shinjima answered in a low voice:

"I haven't seen her either. My sister was also surprised that she would go to the art museum. She seemed to know nothing about Madarame's actions."

This is consistent with the information Luo Zhen obtained from Niijima Saeakii. She was indeed unaware of Akechi Tamako's actions against Madarame.

"But this feels weird too."

Luo Zhen deliberately acted puzzled:

"That Akechi-san revealed her identity and found evidence of Madarame's guilt. But there have been no other actions in the past few days. Even Madarame's art exhibition is still going on normally."

"I've been curious and investigated the situation, and I've discovered that Madarame hasn't been seen in the past few days. Only Kitagawa Yusuke is managing the exhibition. ...Is this really reliable? Are you worried that Madarame will flee out of fear of punishment?"

"Hmm...I can't figure it out either."

Shinjima Shin was also very confused about these situations.

But she is just a high school student after all.

If it weren't for the prosecutor sister occasionally leaking some minor information, she wouldn't even be able to pay attention to these things themselves.

It was simply because I had a father who was a criminal policeman when I was a child, and my own wish was to go to the police academy.

Shinjima Makoto never gave up thinking and investigating, and under Luo Zhen's inducement, he naturally said:

"Assuming Miss Akechi's identity isn't false, the possibility I can think of is that she wants to use Madarame as a tainted witness. Maybe she'll play the long game and catch a bigger fish?"

"But if that's the case, then exposing Madarame's crimes directly in public seems a bit too extreme... She deliberately caused Madarame to panic in the presence of outsiders like us. This seems simply..."

"It's like deliberately provoking his fear and making him panic and run away. Right?"

Luo Zhen added to what Shinjima Makoto said, causing her to nod in concern.

From a common sense point of view, it is indeed strange that Akechi Tamako provoked and then let it go, as if she was deliberately giving Madarame time to struggle.

But if Akechi Tamako didn't intend to simply bring him to justice from the beginning, that would be easy to explain.

Fear is fresh and will ferment as anxiety deepens.

"...And speaking of which, it seems Kamoshida was like this back then as well?"

Luo Zhen seemingly unintentionally mentioned that harsh name, which made the student council president Shinjima Makoto very sensitive.

This was also the opportunity for her to be involved in the urban legend of the "Heart-Stealing Thief", and for the first time she realized that this outrageous incident was happening around her.

After piquing Shinjima's interest, Luo Zhen continued:

"Komoshida was also abruptly absent from school for several days back then, wasn't he? The teachers couldn't contact him either, it seemed like he was actively avoiding them."

"Later, when he came to school, he was in a very bad state and he even [repented] directly."

Luo Zhen covered his mouth meaningfully:

"We suspect the most likely tactic the Phantom Thief would use is to use various threats and inducements to force someone into a corner. Once they've broken down their psychological defenses, they can do whatever they want to them, right?"

Shinjima: "......! If that's the case, is it true?"