Ministry Action Records

"It...suits you very well, Yukinoshita." With his fingers trembling slightly, Hikigaya sent a message back.

"Yeah." A message came back.

After thinking for a while, Hikigaya typed another sentence.

"Goodnight, Yukinoshita."

"Good night, Hikigaya."

32. A team of four is heading to the desert

On the way to school, Hikigaya went to a bakery to buy a loaf of bread for breakfast.

This is a small shop called "Furukawa Bakery". It can't be said that the business is very prosperous, but there are still many students or office workers who go to school or work nearby who come to patronize it.

And for Hikigaya, this encounter with Him was just a coincidence.

"Hey, Hikigaya, good morning. Do you want that again?" Sanae Furukawa, the owner of the bakery, greeted Hikigaya familiarly while standing at the door of the shop. Sanae is quite familiar with Hikigaya, this high school student who often comes to buy her special bread recently. I, Furukawa, appreciate such people who know what they are doing. My own daughter Nagisa said that her bread would never sell. When I go back, I will loudly tell Nagisa that there are people who like her mom's bread!

"Well, Sister Sanae, I just want the bread you make." The wind chimes rang softly, Hikigaya opened the shop door, walked into the shop and said to Sanae Furukawa.

"Okay, I saved a few for you, Hikigaya. Boys eat more, so how many do you want?" Sanae Furukawa put a tray of rainbow-colored bread on the table and said to Hikigaya with a smile.

"Take them all." Looking at the rainbow-colored bread, Hikigaya said without hesitation.

"Well, thank you for your patronage." Sanae packed the bread in a bag and handed it to Hikigaya.

Carrying his own bread, Hikigaya smiled softly, recalling his encounter with Him.

Pedestrians were hurrying and cars kept passing by like a never-ending background. As he walked on the road, Hikigaya was attracted by the colorful glass cabinet in an ordinary bakery out of the corner of his eye.

As a hunter, his sense of smell and vision were greatly stimulated. Hikigaya couldn't help but swallow his saliva. His appetite was aroused by something indescribable!

The whispers echoed in Hikigaya's ears and filled his heart. Do you want to eat? Do you want to eat, brother? The laughter and childish voices of children rang out. It was that bread! The food was making its own voice! Amid the cheers and roars of the cells in his body, Hikigaya tried his best to stay calm and walked into the bakery, but when he took out the money, he couldn't help but tremble in his hands. There was actually someone in this world with such amazing cooking skills!

This bread can no longer be described with 'it', Hikigaya thought to himself. Only by using 'it' can he express his respect for 'it'.

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"Hey, Hikigaya and Yukinoshita, you actually came to me on your own initiative. Have you settled the matter with Eriri?" Still wearing the white coat, Shizuka Hiratsuka leaned back in her chair and looked at the three people standing in front of her.

"So, what do you want to talk to me about?" Shizuka Hiratsuka subconsciously wanted to light a cigarette, but when she remembered that she was in the office, she had to give up.

Looking at Eriri who turned her head away, Hikigaya gave a helpless smile and said to himself: "Actually... Eriri's problem, most of it has been resolved, but there is still a small part that is a little troublesome, so we want to ask you for leave." His tone was flat, as if he was talking about a trivial matter.

"It's just a small matter and you have three of you coming together? Okay, I'll approve it for you." Hiratsuka Shizuka raised her hand and three leave notes were already placed on her desk.

"Well, how many days do you need?" Shizuka Hiratsuka, who had already written the names of the three people, turned around and asked.

"About a week. If it's not enough, I'll call you." Hikigaya answered casually.

"Oh, one week, right... one week?! If it's not enough, you still have to notify me?! This is the little trouble you were talking about? Hikigaya!" Shizuka Hiratsuka exerted force suddenly, and with a stroke of the pen, the note was torn in two.

"It's not a big trouble, teacher. I just need to go to a place that's quite far away, so it will take a little longer." Hikigaya spoke calmly, giving Hiratsuka Shizuka a very sincere feeling.

"Really...you guys are going there?"

"Egypt."

"Egypt?! You guys are taking seven days off to travel, aren't you?!"

"Teacher, think about it. It will probably take two days to fly back and forth. You can't reach your destination right after you get off the plane. You have to take a car for a while. After you arrive, you probably won't have much time to find a place to stay, eat, and do your work. And if you go, you can't just leave right away. It's normal to prepare clothes and buy some food. Buy a pair of sunglasses. I think they'll be useful. Taking a week off is really not enough."

Hikigaya's rigorous thinking and progressive words gradually dispelled Hiratsuka Shizuka's doubts and broke through her psychological defenses... No way.

"So you just want to travel." After hearing what Hikigaya said, Hiratsuka Shizuka was frowning.

"Let Eriri come to you first. As you know, she needs to go to Egypt to resolve her problem." Hikigaya came up with an idea and said in a helpless but doubtful tone.

"I just hope you can find other ways to let Eriri come to you." Without hesitation, Shizuka Hiratsuka answered naturally. As a martial arts master, the momentary dilation of her pupils was barely noticeable under her subtle control of her body.

When masters fight, it doesn't matter who is pretending. Both sides have achieved their goals and it is a win-win situation.

"I'm a little worried about the three of you going alone. Why don't I go with you?" Putting down the pen she was writing the note, Shizuka Hiratsuka thought more and more that she was right.

"Huh?!" three voices sounded at the same time.

"It's not good to trouble the teacher like this..." Eriri, who had turned her head back a long time ago, couldn't help but speak. When she thought about the teacher coming with her, she always felt weird...

"It's not a problem at all. I can just replace all the Chinese classes with math classes. The exams will take up a few days, and I'm the most senior person in the school besides the principal. It doesn't matter if I give myself a few days off."

"Really...it's okay, as long as you like it." Hikigaya raised his hand, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

"Indeed, it's good to have the teacher follow along. Many things will be more convenient with an adult around." Yukinoshita nodded slightly, agreeing with Hiratsuka Shizuka's idea.

There's an honest person here, isolate her! Hikigaya and Eriri looked at Yukinoshita with disbelief. They thought you had some brilliant ideas, but you said something so childish.

"Look, Yukinoshita also agrees, right? My suggestion is not bad, right? I'll go and prepare for the departure time. As for the leave note, don't write it. I'll go and talk to him." Who wants to stay here to correct test papers? I'm going to travel. Bye-bye Sobu High School, bye-bye midterm exam. The excited Shizuka Hiratsuka is looking forward to this sudden trip.

"...Okay, I'll go back and see what time we can leave and then call you." Taking things as they come is Hikigaya's way of life.

"OK." Shizuka Hiratsuka made a gesture.

"Wait, why do you have my phone number!" Shizuka Hiratsuka looked at Hikigaya with horror.

"You wrote it on the blackboard yourself during class!" Visible blue veins appeared on Hikigaya's forehead.

"Oh...that's right..." Shizuka Hiratsuka turned her head away embarrassedly.

"Ha..." Eriri covered her mouth with both hands, trembling all over, trying not to attract other people's attention.

"That's all. I'll check the time and call your teacher."

"Yeah." Hiratsuka Shizuka nodded.

"Eri, come with me. I'll give you something." Hikigaya raised his head and gestured.

"What is it?" Yukinoshita was also a little curious.

"Come here and find an open place, and you will know."

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"The things are there, Hikigaya." Eriri looked around. It was indeed very empty here. She didn't see anyone else except Yukinoshita and Hikigaya.

"I prepared some equipment."

"For me? Equipment?" Ying Lili looked confused.

"Of course it's for you. Are you going to use your twin tails to attack the enemy?"

"Two hidden blades, try it." Two things suddenly appeared in Hikigaya's hands and he threw them to Eriri.

Raising her hand to take it, Eriri put it on her hand skillfully.

Dark gold metal arm armor was engraved with unique patterns that seemed to be flowing. Below the arm armor was a hidden blade made up of precision parts. Unlike the hidden blade worn by Bayek in the dream, the direction of this hidden blade was moved below the middle finger. There was a thin line on the ring on the middle finger that formed an ingenious mechanism with the hidden blade. Yinglili could activate or retract the blade by moving the ring left and right, and the ring finger would no longer block the blade. In this way, there was no need to deliberately adjust the position of the ring finger when using the hidden blade, which made it much more flexible. As for the sharpness, there was nothing that the hunter's knife could not cut, and the naked eye was enough to feel its sharpness.

"Great hidden blade, thank you, Hikigaya." Looking at the hidden blade on her hand, Eriri looked intoxicated. She didn't expect that she was not the only one to show this expression.

"I added a little something, you can try this." Hikigaya said with a smile, looking very confident.

"By the way, Yukinoshita, stand still."

After hearing what Hikigaya said, Yukinoshita adjusted her posture slightly and looked at Eriri with interest.

Imitating Hikigaya's previous action, Eriri raised her right hand and slammed the arm armor on her right hand into the position of the left arm armor.

Bang!

The golden twin ponytails were floating in the air. No special equipment was needed, and the shock wave could be seen with the naked eye alone, spreading out in a circle with Eriri as the center.

Yukinoshita raised her hands to cover her eyes, and Hikigaya narrowed her eyes to block the wind and sand caused by the impact. The dust slowly fell, and a shallow circle had been formed on the soil under Eriri's feet.

"How do you feel?" Hikigaya asked with a smile.

"I'm so excited." The grinning mouth showed the joy in Eriri's heart.

"There's another set of clothes, take a look." A set of black clothes appeared in Hikigaya's hands.

"Hero?" Yukinoshita leaned over and asked.

"How is it? Is the restoration high?"

Without saying anything, Yukinoshita raised her right thumb and directly expressed her opinion.

"The specially treated leather is stacked and sewn layer by layer, so the defense is also very impressive. Eriri, this assassin costume is yours."

"Is this my assassin's costume..." Eriri murmured, holding the rather heavy clothes in her hands.

Only when you have your own costume can you become a real assassin, Eriri thought.

"That's all we have. Do you want to go buy some food together?" Hikigaya asked.

"Let's go, Eriri, what about you?"

"Let's go, I'll go too."

33. Chatting with the other four people on the plane

"Hey, you're finally here." Leaning against the red Aston Martin sports car behind her, Shizuka Hiratsuka, holding a cigarette in her mouth, looked at Hikigaya, Yukinoshita and Eriri who had come to the agreed place together, and spoke.

"I heard from Yukinoshita that you have a special place to store things, Hikigaya, please help me carry these two things." After pushing the suitcase in front of Hikigaya, Hiratsuka Shizuka took out a huge rectangular box from the trunk of the car and put it in Hikigaya's hands.

"What do you mean by a place specifically for putting things? It's not completely wrong... but it makes me look like a runner... and this thing is quite heavy. What is this?" Hikigaya looked a little helpless as he weighed the box that Hiratsuka Shizuka placed in his hand.

"It's my favorite weapon. I originally didn't want to bring it because it was too troublesome, but I changed my mind after knowing that you have such a convenient storage method." Shizuka Hiratsuka said, waving her hand casually.

"Aren't weapons prohibited in KOF competitions?" Hikigaya asked in confusion.

"Basically, no one brought it. There were still a few who brought it. But when I participated, I also used my fists to hit people. But I never said that I only knew how to use fists, okay."

"Yeah, that's right." With a wave of his hand, the two objects disappeared into thin air. Hikigaya also felt that his thinking was a bit narrow. Why did he associate it with Iron Fist and Shizuka Hiratsuka? Aren't his own weapons more varied?

"Oh, what a great skill. I don't have to carry my own luggage when I travel in the future. I really want to learn it." Looking at Hikigaya with envy, a shining little star seemed to appear in Shizuka Hiratsuka's eyes.

"I'm sorry, I can't teach you. Goodbye." Hikigaya raised his hand to refuse expressionlessly.

"Tsk~ Who cares." With her eyes narrowed and one corner of her mouth raised, a look of disgust appeared on Shizuka Hiratsuka's face.

"Teacher Shizuka Hiratsuka, you look so handsome today." It wasn't just a greeting; Eriri really felt that way.