Comet Dragon, breaking into the gravity field

"Aren't you getting off work yet?"

"Nothing to do with you."

Seeing Ritsu Narose coming over, she instinctively turned her head away, deliberately avoiding eye contact.

"Sir, I am still working. Please don't disturb me. Thank you."

Seeing that Toyokawa Shoko was still curled up like a little hedgehog, Naruse Ritsu had to first explain how he met Yutenji Wakami. Of course, some of the content related to Gu Long was omitted.

"This has nothing to do with me."

"Well, I felt like you misunderstood something, so I came over to explain."

For some reason, even though Toyokawa Shoko still had a sullen look on her face, Naruse Ritsu felt that her attitude was much better than before.

74. Emergency button

——"Is that your girlfriend?"

--"no."

What I overheard before... No, that wasn't eavesdropping, I just accidentally heard the conversation between those two people.

Then again, although what he said was clearly the truth, it still made people feel inexplicably annoyed.

Why would I be angry about something like this?

Having never had such an experience before, Toyokawa Shoko felt for the first time helpless about the anxiety in her heart.

"Do you usually have to work so late?" Walking on the lonely and empty street, Ritsu Narose looked at Shoko Toyokawa.

"Today is an exception," she replied calmly after a long silence. "The manager had some urgent personal matters to attend to, and there were still customers in the store, so I watched the shop for her all night. Besides, she paid me the compensation I was due."

"Is that so?" Recalling the old woman he had just seen hurriedly rushing back from outside the store, Ritsu Narose nodded.

"What about you? Why aren't you going home so late?"

"It's not even ten o'clock yet, and the nightlife has just begun."

In response to these words that sounded like they came from a playboy's mouth, Toyokawa Shoko just glanced at Narose Ritsu indifferently.

"By the way, are you free this weekend?"

"what happened?"

"I'm interested in attending the weekend sales event..."

"Do not have time."

After giving a crisp reply, Toyokawa Shoko continued walking down the street in the dim light. Noticing that her pace didn't quicken due to the refusal, Naruse Ritsu knew there was still room for maneuver.

"Are you really not going? We'll be playing the songs you made yourself, right?"

"Sorry, I need to work that day."

"Part-time job..." After repeating Toyokawa Shoko's excuse in a low voice, Ritsu Narose looked back at the girl beside him with a wandering gaze.

"In my opinion, work is a way for humans to exchange their lives for money." After a brief pause, he stated his purpose. "Does that mean I can pay for Miss Toyokawa's time for that day?"

Stopping in her tracks, Toyokawa Shoko wanted to remind him not to say those corny words that only appear in girls' comics so nonchalantly, but her own sense of shame wouldn't allow her to even repeat what she had just done.

Unable to think of any other reason to refuse, she could only put on a cold attitude: "How I plan my weekend is my personal matter. Your excessive interference will only backfire. Besides, I don't need your sympathy."

As she spoke, she gave a mocking smile that she herself didn't even notice. "Why use such sweet talk on me? I suggest you tell it to Nagasaki Suyo."

"…Sorry, it seems I'm meddling too much." Ritsu Naruse didn't expect that Shoko Toyokawa would suddenly focus the topic on Nagasaki Suyo, who was not here.

After saying this, Toyokawa Shoko also realized her unwise behavior: "No, I should be the one to apologize. I shouldn't vent my frustration on someone who is willing to help me."

"You might think I'm sympathizing with you, but I don't have any sympathy for you."

He recalled the scene he had seen outside the store before - the girl standing alone behind the cash register, like a forgotten sculpture.

Facing Toyokawa Shoko's surprised gaze, Naruse Ritsu said calmly, "Because you are different from Sushi. My sympathy for her would satisfy her, but my sympathy for you would only make you think I'm condescending and showing you pity."

"I don't intend to be disliked by you for something like this."

Holding the strap of her shoulder bag tightly, a feeling of being burned by flames suddenly burst out from a corner of Toyokawa Shoko's heart.

She should have understood it long ago - compared to the troublesome Nagasaki Suyo, the person she should be most wary of is the guy in front of her!

Not only did he possess an overly sharp perception, he had also unknowingly assumed the identity of her companion... Only now did she realize that there was nothing she could do.

No... She still has a trick up her sleeve that she hasn't used yet.

"If I agree to go, will you tell me your true purpose?"

Although Toyokawa Shoko's expression didn't change much, Naruse Ritsu had a very bad illusion.

The real purpose?

Does this mean he won't lie?

Not understanding why she was making such a fuss, Naruse Ritsu confessed, "Because I don't think being constantly busy with work is good for your physical and mental health, and I always feel like you're a little too tense."

Shoko Toyokawa didn't react - she thought about the commercial band plan she had been thinking about recently, and the series of trivial matters that arose from it.

It was not until this moment that she realized that she was like a diver who forgot to surface for breath, and her thinking was almost suppressed by the pressure from all directions underwater.

"I don't know what's made you so tired, and I wouldn't be so tactless as to ask you something you don't want to talk about, but I think it's not a good idea to keep it to yourself. How long has it been since you had a good rest?"

Although Toyokawa Shoko didn't say anything, Naruse Ritsu could see that her attitude was softening.

Therefore, he continued to explain, "Also, that weekend, the band that Deng and the others are in will have a live performance. I hope you can have a good chat with them then, at least not like now."

The night wind blew across Toyokawa Shoko's snow-white neck, making her shiver involuntarily.

So that's it...

After hearing Naruse Ritsu's answer, a feeling of both relief and heaviness suddenly filled her chest. As if sneering at herself for just expecting something, Toyokawa Shoko's lips curled up slightly, forming a slight arc.

The cold and numb look on her face quickly faded away, and she pretended to be relaxed and showed the smile she should have shown.

She and Ritsu Naruse were friends and collaborators on songs, but the former had been mixed with some selfish motives that she couldn't express directly, while the latter became a natural protective color.

Not only did she hide it from others, she also hid it from herself.

No, maybe her affection for me wasn't that high yet, but she felt that she was about to lose something, so she was acting like a weak child who had lost his toy and making a fuss.

No one knows what they excel in until their talent is revealed. Similarly, Toyokawa Shoko never knew she was so good at hiding her emotions from others.

Ritsu Naruse didn't notice Toyokawa Shoko's hesitation at the moment, or perhaps she just regarded it as her normal reaction after the truth was revealed.

Seeing that she accepted his invitation, he did not continue to pester her. They parted at a crossroads and walked towards the distant station.

Behind him, Shoko Toyokawa stood quietly, watching him disappear around the corner in the distance.

75. On the correct use of GPS

"How about the hairpins for everyone?"

At the counter of the cafe, people sitting in a row watched Ritsu Narose, who was in the middle, take out a bunch of wooden hairpins from her bag.

From the outside, these hairpins are very delicate - flowers with different patterns are carved on the surface of the wooden hairpins, revealing their small and exquisite beauty.

Picking one up and examining it carefully, Chihaya Aine asked curiously, "Of course I like it, but why did you suddenly give it to me?"

"Didn't we buy any souvenirs on our previous trip to the hot springs? So I went back again and brought everyone some small items that might be useful as souvenirs."

"Anyway, hurry up and put on VII Lingbawu 4〔翏岜齐尼靈梦〕!"

Light purple eyes met deep blue eyes, and after confirming each other's reactions, Shiina Riki and Nagasaki Motoyo completed a tacit exchange of information.

Ritsu Narose was not aware that his behavior today seemed strange in the eyes of these two people. He was still feeling happy that his plan had successfully taken the first step.

After making an excuse to temporarily leave the cafe, he stood in a deserted corner and opened the software. Seeing the cluster of light dots on the screen, he couldn't help but smile - the smile was like a poker player who was making the biggest move.

Yes, he installed a GPS locator in the hairpin.

He did this not because he had awakened some strange hobby, but because Tian Huilong's previous words made him alert and decided to take necessary precautions.

Although he could fly very fast, he couldn't stay with everyone and take care of them at the same time.

Therefore, Ritsu Naruse decided to use modern technology.

First, make a hairpin of the right size, then embed the GPS locator you bought into the interlayer, and finally use the tip of a pen to outline the junction of the upper and lower layers of the hairpin to look like wooden grain.

In this way, no one can tell that these hairpins also contain a GPS locator that sends signals all the time.

Although they could contact each other through their phones, they might not have that opportunity in a critical moment. And if he simply gave them a GPS wristband, they might not accept such an expensive gift.

As for deploying monitoring and positioning programs on their mobile phones, sticking locators on their clothes when they were not paying attention, setting up fixed cameras... many other plans emerged in Ritsu Narose's mind, but he rejected them one by one.

After all, it would be too abnormal to do that.

Not realizing that he was the pot calling the kettle black, Ritsu Narose began to think about what would happen next.

He didn't intend to tell them about the Tianhui Dragon, nor did he intend to let them join his plan to ambush the ancient dragon.

This was for their safety and also stemmed from his confidence.

Take that hairpin for example.

Although Ritsu Narose does not have the high technical capabilities to achieve modernization, he has another way to achieve his goals.

According to his observations, dragon energy exhibits a more active reaction when it comes into contact with the scales of the Tianhui Dragon. If the properties of dragon energy are closer to flames, then the scales are like a combustion accelerant.

Based on this research result, he quickly designed a device to detect the activities of Tianhuilong.

That is to say, utilize the characteristics of dragon energy.

However, the corrosive gas could not be contained in a suitable carrier, so he turned his attention to known alternatives.

Hexing Stone - it is a specialty mineral formed in Yiqunling due to the accumulation of dragon energy over the years.

Just like the Flame King Dragon and the Ice Curse Dragon, almost all ancient dragons will influence the environment in which they live, and the Sky Comet Dragon is no exception in this respect.

The dragon energy released by the Sky Comet Dragon gradually transformed ordinary rocks into something with similar properties. And in the Yiqun Ridge, where the Sky Comet Dragon frequently roamed, Hexing Stone could be found everywhere.

This red, shiny stone is said to have been given the symbolic meaning of a comet by ancient civilizations. Today, it is ground into powder by Ritsu Naruse and used as a "fuse" in another sense.

As long as the concentration of the surrounding Tianhui Dragon Scale Powder increases, the Hexing Stone Powder will begin to heat up, thereby directly destroying the GPS locator.

To put it simply, what he did was not to "keep track of their whereabouts at all times", but to "know when he could no longer detect their traces".

All he had to do was find his spot before the signal faded and disappeared.

Considering that the GPS locator itself will continue to consume power, Ritsu Naruse also set a deadline for himself - in order to avoid exposing his perverted behavior, he must get rid of the troublesome guy before the battery runs out.

And that's another story.

Putting aside the plan that was still waiting for people to be seated, Ritsu Narose put away his phone and returned to the cafe.

However, what he didn't expect was that another uninvited guest appeared in front of the counter.

Chihaya Aine was whispering something with Nagasaki Motoyo, Shiina Tatsuki was standing motionless behind the counter, and only Takamatsu Touma was talking to the old woman.

Feeling that something was wrong, Ritsu Narose was about to go over and ask Su Shi what happened when a claw suddenly hooked the corner of his clothes from behind.

Looking back, he saw that it was Lenai who was holding the glass of parfait in one hand and restraining him with the other.

"found it."

There was still some matcha parfait on her mouth, and Kaname's behavior at this moment reminded Ritsu Narose of a primary school student who was telling tales.

Ignoring the cat, Ritsu Narose turned around and saw that the old man who had just been talking to Deng also turned and looked at him.

Inexplicably, a feeling of guilt entangled his limbs.

Could it be that something happened to me?

Impossible! How could it be exposed so quickly?

"I'm Lenai's grandmother."

The old lady's voice sounded a little deep, making people involuntarily straighten their backs and correct their posture in front of her. But her words still made Naruse Ritsu feel relieved.

I thought you were someone else, but it turns out you just wanted Lenai—

Want Lenai's grandmother! ?

Looking up at the tough old lady with highlighted hair, and then at the squinting cat holding a spoon beside her, Narose Ritsu could only give an awkward but polite smile again.

"The cake that Lenai brought home before was made by you and this little girl, right?" Looking at Takamatsu Deng next to her, Lenai's grandmother actually showed a kind expression that was contrary to her temperament.