Tokyo: After years of stagnation, the heiress of the yakuza arrives.

Amamiya Kaoru remained silent.

The night wind blew in from the elementary school gate, her hair was a little messy, and her face still showed traces of the dishevelment from rushing all the way from the barbecue stall. She looked like she had just escaped from the scene of a lie collapse and then been shoved into the face with a death exam.

Shimotsuki Airi, carrying a small schoolbag, stood beside the school gate, looking at her expressionlessly.

"Has Xiao Gao forgotten me?"

The message that Shimotsuki Takari had just sent flashed through Amamiya Kaoru's mind.

Don't say I forgot.

Just say you're too busy with work to get away.

If all else fails, just say you're stuck in traffic.

Amamiya Kaoru took a deep breath.

"no."

Shimotsuki Airi looked at her.

Amamiya Kaoru's expression was serious, and her tone was firm, as if she were reading out some kind of medical certificate.

"How could your teacher forget you? She just had some work to do and couldn't leave, so she asked me to come and pick you up."

Shimotsuki Airi blinked.

"Then why did you arrive so late?"

Amamiya Kaoru paused for a moment.

This problem is even more fatal than the previous one.

Her gaze flickered for a moment, but she quickly remembered the second plan her master had given her and immediately spoke up.

Traffic jam.

Shimotsuki Airi looked down at the shared bicycle next to her.

Amamiya Kaoru: "..."

Shimotsuki Airi looked up.

"Light rain."

"Um?"

"Are you sure riding this will cause traffic jams?"

Amamiya Kaoru remained silent for a second.

She suddenly realized that although Ellie was young, her attacks were very cunning.

However, the greatest advantage of adults is that they can temporarily prop up the structure with another lie before the lie collapses.

Kaoru Amamiya remained unfazed.

"I didn't ride this at first."

Shimotsuki Airi looked at her.

"What is that?"

"car."

As Amamiya Kaoru spoke, she became more and more composed, and even began to think that her explanation was very reasonable. "I drove here at first, but I found that there was a serious traffic jam halfway here, so I immediately switched to a shared bicycle, which is why I was able to get here so quickly."

Shimotsuki Airi watched her quietly.

Kaoru Amamiya watched her quietly.

The two, one big and one small, stared at each other for a few seconds.

The teacher on duty stood to the side, her expression somewhat subtle, but she very considerately refrained from pointing it out.

Shimotsuki Airi finally nodded.

"oh."

Amamiya Kaoru breathed a long sigh of relief.

It's over.

It actually passed.

She suddenly understood why Kuroba Shido liked to talk nonsense with a straight face. This feeling of getting by on the edge of a cliff did have a very dangerous thrill.

The teacher on duty came over, confirmed Amamiya Kaoru's identity, and then looked down at Shimotsuki Airi.

"Little Ellie, then the teacher will head back now. Be careful on your way."

Shimotsuki Airi nodded obediently.

"goodbye teacher."

Kaoru Amamiya nodded in agreement.

"Thank you for your hard work and for causing you trouble."

The teacher on duty smiled and watched the two leave. The lights at the school gate cast long shadows on the ground, one tall and one short.

Amamiya Kaoru pushed the shared bicycle to the side of the road and patted the back seat.

"Come on up."

Shimotsuki Airi glanced at the shared bicycle, then at Amamiya Kaoru.

"Xiaoyu, is this safe?"

Amamiya Kaoru's expression froze.

Not long ago, she had used the same shared bike to give a ride to a dead kid with a cane, a big black rat, and a very complicated pressure of lies.

Judging from the results, at least it didn't backfire.

Kaoru Amamiya nodded earnestly.

"Safety."

Shimotsuki Airi hesitated for a moment, but still obediently sat on the back seat, her two little hands clutching Amamiya Kaoru's clothes.

Amamiya Kaoru boarded the car.

The night wind blew from the street, and the streetlights receded one by one.

Shimotsuki Airi sat behind her, hugging Amamiya Kaoru's waist, her small face close to her back.

Then she suddenly fell silent.

The little girl looked down, then looked up at Amamiya Kaoru's back, a subtle hint of envy appearing on her pretty face.

Xiaoyu seems to be very powerful.

Although he usually seems listless and is often told by Xiao Gao that he is unreliable, he is indeed very mature in some ways.

Shimotsuki Airi puffed out her cheeks.

It's just useless fat.

She'll have it someday too.

Humph.

Moreover, she will definitely be more capable than Xiaoyu in the future, because she will not forget to pick people up, nor will she ride a shared bicycle and complain about being stuck in traffic.

Kaoru Amamiya rode in front, completely unaware that the little girl behind her had already completed a very complex psychological comparison.

She just felt that the silence behind her was a little too much, so she couldn't help but ask.

"Ellie, are you cold?"

"It's not cold."

Are you hungry?

"A little."

Amamiya Kaoru's heart tightened.

This leads to another very serious problem.

There was no food at her home.

Not only was there no food, but the place was also so clean it looked like it had just been cleaned up during a famine raid, leaving even Kuroba Shido and Daikoku speechless.

Amamiya Kaoru coughed.

"I'm not going back to your place today, I'm staying at mine."

Shimotsuki Airi looked up.

"Isn't Xiao Gao coming back?"

"She has work today and can't come back for the time being."

Amamiya Kaoru forced herself to sound natural, "So you'll be staying at my place tonight."

Shimotsuki Airi nodded.

"oh."

Amamiya Kaoru continued, "But we don't have any food at home right now, so let's go to the supermarket to buy some things first."

Shimotsuki Airi paused for a moment.

"Light rain."

"Um?"

Why don't you have any food at home?

Amamiya Kaoru: "..."

How did we end up back at the same point again?

She recalled Kuroba Shido's words not long ago, "Teacher, you're an adult, and you don't even have any food at home," and suddenly felt that everyone tonight was judging her ability to live in different ways.

Amamiya Kaoru stubbornly replied, "Because I'm usually quite busy."

Shimotsuki Airi thought for a moment.

"That's what Xiao Gao said too."

Amamiya Kaoru felt a chill in her heart.

Shimotsuki Airi continued, "And then she forgot to pick me up."

Amamiya Kaoru: "..."

She suddenly didn't dare to reply.

The shared bike turned at the intersection and headed towards the nearby supermarket.

the other side.

Shido Kuroba has completed his mission.

He stood at the entrance of Amamiya Kaoru's apartment, leaning on a cane and carrying a schoolbag, his face showing great exhaustion.

Inside the schoolbag, the Big Black family had successfully reunited.

Big Black poked its head out, still holding the scrap of roasted corn it hadn't finished eating in its mouth. Behind it, you could vaguely see another smaller black shadow, and an even smaller black shadow.

Kuroba Shido looked down at it.

"Big Black, you must remember this from now on."

Big Black looked up.

"squeak?"

"In the world of martial arts, the most important thing is a sense of family responsibility."

Big Black: "Squeak."

"Of course, we must not forget about food reserves."

Big Black: "Squeak squeak".

Kuroba Shido nodded.

"See, you're much more reliable than some adults who have nothing to eat at home."

Just then, the smart lock on the door suddenly lit up.

The blue light swept across Shido Kuroba's face.

[Warning: Historically high-risk individuals detected.]

The Black Feather Warrior said, "..."

[Warning: The target has exhibited unusual behavior multiple times at the entrance of this residence. Threat level is being reassessed.]

Kuroba Shido looked up and stared at the smart lock.

That's enough for you.

Smart locks are devoid of emotion.

[Unauthorized stay detected.]

"I'm waiting for someone."

[Suspected tailgating intrusion detected.]

"Who did I follow? I arrived before them."

Unidentified rodent species detected.

Big Black poked its head out of its backpack.

"squeak?"

The smart lock remains silent for one second.

[Quantity update: Multiple unidentified rodents detected.]

Kuroba Shido immediately pressed the big black head back down.

"Shut up, that's speciesism."

[We are preparing to notify residents.]

"The residents are now taking their children grocery shopping on shared bikes."

[Preparing to call the police.]

The Black Feather Warrior said, "???"

Your mother...

He raised his cane and pointed at the smart lock.

"If I go for a horse walk, will you call the police?"

The smart lock flashed a blue light.

The alarm function is a crucial safety module of this device.

Kuroba Shido sneered.

"You have a door lock with lots of security modules, but why didn't you provide food for the residents?"

The smart lock fell silent for a moment.

This equipment does not provide food purchasing services.

"Then what use are you?"

This device is responsible for protecting your home's safety.

Kuroba Shido looked at himself, then at his schoolbag.

"The most unsafe place in this house right now is the one you won't let me in."

[Logical error.]

"Your logic is flawed."

In the stairwell, a person and a lock were locked in a standoff.

Big Black shifted inside the backpack, seemingly uninterested in this cross-species, cross-device argument, and just wanted to continue munching on its corn.

Kuroba Shido took a deep breath and began to seriously consider whether to wait for Amamiya Kaoru to return and have her remove the smart lock and replace it with a mechanical lock.

Mechanical locks at least don't provoke curses.

They won't hold grudges.

at the same time.

The Miyazaki family.

The lighting in the second-floor corridor was softer than in the lobby. Miyazaki Ritsuko, holding a glass of warm water, stopped in front of Miyazaki Kiyoshi's door.

She stood there for a while.

It was very quiet inside the room.

It was so quiet that you could hardly hear any trace of life.

Ritsuko Miyazaki looked at the door with a complicated expression in her eyes.

She remembered what Shuangyue Gaoli had said earlier.

A highly self-consistent closed system.

Others can't get in.

She didn't come out either.

Ritsuko Miyazaki raised her hand and gently knocked on the door.

dong dong.

The sound was very soft.

"Xiao Qing".

There was no immediate response.

Ritsuko Miyazaki lowered her eyes and softened her tone.

"Can Mom come in and talk to you?"

The room was silent for a few seconds.

Then, Miyazaki's calm voice came from behind the door.

"cannot."

Ritsuko Miyazaki: "..."