My daily life of exorcising demons and falling in love with a witch.

In short, Yixing knew he had to avoid this macaron.

Even the young lady finds something too sweet to handle; if he took a bite of it, he'd probably die on the spot!

Because the dessert was too strong, Yoshiyuki immediately ordered an unsweetened iced coffee for the young lady to neutralize the sweetness and make it easier for her to drink.

That's why, after they were seated, they discovered Wu Lili, whom they hadn't noticed at all before.

Contrary to her usual lively self, she was dressed casually, listlessly slumped over a table, holding a cup containing brown liquid in her hand.

Upon seeing them, he merely raised his head and weakly greeted them before collapsing back down, looking utterly dejected.

Even the animal ears drooped listlessly, looking very pitiful and not so delicious anymore.

It looks like they ordered whiskey or some other foreign liquor to drown their sorrows.

"Wu Nini, what's wrong with her?" Yi Xing was quite surprised to see this scene: "Why is she so dejected... By the way, is that a bottle of wine in her hand?"

"No, it's just oolong tea."

Wu Nini approached with a broom, looking at her younger sister with a sympathetic expression, and sighed.

"She actually took the day off today. She left home early this morning full of enthusiasm, saying she wanted to have a match with Shinshou Shimamura... but when she came back at noon, she was like this. Even when I pressed her to tell me what happened, she wouldn't say."

"Anyway, he probably got so badly beaten that he became withdrawn." Erina pinched a donut and turned to look at Yoshiyuki.

"It should be." Yixing glanced at the cup in Wu Lili's hand again, and couldn't help but wonder if this oolong tea was actually flammable.

However, Wu Nini said no, and since this shop doesn't sell alcohol, it must indeed just be tea.

"I'm wondering, what exactly can we compete in... target shooting? If it's just a shooting contest, it's normal to lose, right? It was very obvious when we fought inside Shuten-dōji's barrier... cough cough."

Erina's throat was still sore from the sweetness, so she coughed every now and then.

Yi Xing had just specifically reminded her to be careful not to cough up her brain. Her brain wasn't very sharp to begin with; if it were any less, it would be terrible.

"Shimamura always manages to hit something every time he fires, while Wu Lili just misses a ton. Cough, cough... her accuracy isn't high enough at all." Erina cleared her throat and suggested in a serious tone, "I suggest you farm more money and get a revolver with higher stats, then you might be able to crush him next time."

"As expected of the young lady." Yoshiyuki expressed his deep admiration: "She can solve any problem using the methodology of games. But I don't think the problem lies with the weapon. It's simply that Wu Lili's fighting style is different."

"How so?" Erina's interest was piqued.

"What I mean is that Wu Lili's combat style doesn't pursue a high hit rate, and she rarely needs to aim accurately. She just fires a few shots in the general direction. Many shots that seem to miss are actually for intimidating the enemy and blocking their escape space. She didn't expect to kill the enemy with them in the first place. But that doesn't mean she can't aim when she's serious."

Yixing took a sip of coffee and continued his explanation.

"So, I feel that even if they are going to have a shooting competition, they have to hit a moving target at close range, otherwise it is definitely not a fair competition."

Erina nodded approvingly, finding it to be very reasonable.

Then, she made other guesses about why Wu Lili was so listless, each one more outrageous than the last.

After hearing Erina's belief that she was suffering from food poisoning from scavenging food from the trash can, which explained why she was so listless, Wu Lili finally seemed unable to bear it any longer and forced herself to speak, explaining the real reason for her depression.

Yi Xing guessed correctly; they did indeed compete against dynamic targets at close to medium range.

Wu Lili is very confident in this project. She has competed against many people and has never lost.

As a result, they not only lost to Shinshoujima Village, but their performance was also completely crushed.

This was a huge blow to her.

That's why she's drowning her sorrows in alcohol here.

"But this is oolong tea," Yixing said, pointing to the cup.

"Young man... have you ever heard of 'it's not wine that makes you drunk, it's people who get drunk'?" Wu Lili rolled over on the table, propped up her other arm, and said in a tone that sounded really like she was drunk: "Even oolong tea can be used as a substitute for wine to have an intoxicating effect."

"This guy is so dramatic," Yixing couldn't help but turn to his master and complain.

"You must have been drinking straight to get this drunk," Erina suggested seriously. "I suggest cutting off the animal ears to go with the drinks."

"Sister~ Give me the animal ears." Wu Lili whispered her request.

However, she coldly refused: "Eat your own."

Hearing that her younger sister was just upset and nothing serious happened, Wu Nini was visibly relieved.

Immediately afterwards, she asked curiously how much of a reward the Metropolitan Police Department had given.

Wu Lili resumed playing the role of a corpse, showing no reaction whatsoever.

So Yixing explained the specific number, which immediately disappointed her.

"I'd heard the Metropolitan Police Department was stingy, but I didn't expect it to be this bad," Wu Nini sighed.

"Actually, it's not a small amount." Wu Lili didn't look up, and said in a muffled tone, "Our hourly wage is 1,000 yen... 500,000 yen is equivalent to us working 50,000... no, 5,000 hours."

"It's fifty." Erina laughed smugly. "You're terrible at math."

"Young Miss, you and she are evenly matched," Yixing muttered, rubbing his forehead. "It's clearly five hundred, okay?!"

"If you calculate it by the hour, the money seems to add up quite a bit," Wu Nini said with a wry smile, then asked curiously, "By the way, all three of you have received your bonuses, how are you planning to spend them?"

"I want to buy the cosmetics I've wanted for so long! And then we'll go eat some fancy sushi!" Wu Lili chuckled, resting her arms on her arms and looking at her sister. "Of course, my dear sister has to come too!"

"Me? I don't know! I've never thought about it." Erina said nonchalantly, "Because I have so much money, a mere million doesn't matter to me."

"Wow! As expected of a rich heiress, what she says is infuriating, yet there's no way to refute it." Wu Lili slightly turned her head, glancing enviously at Erina, before asking, "And what about Yoshiyuki?"

"I plan to save this for the young lady; she might need it someday."

"So this is the bride price?" Wu Lili's eyes lit up immediately.

"No!" Yixing blushed and immediately clarified, "How could that be?!"