If I don't capture the girl, I will die

"No, you are overthinking."

"..."

go to hell.

I believe that you have come to your senses, so I might as well die.

Ying Lili, who finally mustered up the courage to take it easy, gritted her teeth hard. Ji Qi, who noticed the subtle changes in her facial features, was worried that her cute little canine teeth would be broken if she bit them so hard.

He opened his mouth with a smile, but before he could speak, Miss Saint, who had been acting as a background, suddenly asked, "Speaking of the After-Night Festival, I remember there seems to be this scene in our game, right?"

After hearing this, the two of them recalled and found that it was indeed the case.

He used this as an excuse before...

But what does Kato Megumi mean?

"Ah, it's nothing serious. I just feel like our club has been very lazy recently. It seems like we haven't had any group activities at all. Even though the Winter Comic Con is almost here~~"

The girl explained it very calmly, and the subtext seemed to be asking if they could really make a good game if they were not doing their job properly. As for whether she used this as a superficial excuse to cover up her true thoughts, it was unknown.

After saying this, Ji Qi, feeling inexplicably guilty, smiled awkwardly.

After coughing, he said seriously: "I think so too, so the after-night festival is a very suitable one-"

At the same time, Ji Qi's cell phone rang.

"Sorry, pick up the phone."

The momentum that had been brewing disappeared in an instant. He had no choice but to take out his cell phone. The moment the call was connected, he felt as if all the calmness he had felt before was just for the moment to explode.

Chapter 417: Something happened to Mashiro?

It was Mashiro who chose this perfect time to call.

This is also the source of Ji Qi's bad premonition. In life, Mashiro is more like a precious pet cat. Although he needs human company, it will not disturb his life too much. And because they almost live together and rarely separate, the two of them rarely call each other.

Why is this gentle girl calling me now?

No matter what, Ji Qi pressed the answer button under the subtle gazes of the two girls.

"Hello? Is that Mashiro?"

"seven……"

The voice was soft and tender, which made people feel soft-hearted. However, there was also some unnecessary noise coming from the microphone. It seemed that there were many people around her.

"What's wrong, Mashiro? Did you have fun at the school festival today?"

Ji Qi asked with concern. He already felt guilty for not being able to accompany Mabai on this memorable day, and now he was even more worried that something had happened to her and that's why she came to him.

For example, if you don’t have enough money to buy something, it will be detained somewhere…

"Well, Nanami just told me that the school festival is a time to spend with important people, so I decided...will it cause you trouble..."

After a pause, this pure girl spoke boldly without any beating around the bush or being shy. She added a cautious tone to the latter part of her speech, like a puppy who was afraid of being rejected by his owner.

Mashiro doesn't know about Ji Qi's situation yet, and she herself doesn't understand those twists and turns, so she just does whatever she thinks of.

Listening to the noisy voice on the other end of the phone, Ji Qi was both moved and helpless. To be honest, he was very happy to have such a high status in Mashiro's heart. If possible, he would definitely choose to live a happy world of two with Mashiro, but the current situation...

The phone was silent for a moment. What was incredible was that under such circumstances, he could vaguely hear the breathing sound coming from the other end.

Although it was as calm as usual, people felt a sense of uneasiness.

The connection emerged in his mind, and Ji Qi smiled freely. He hesitated for just a moment before he was about to tell his plan. However, at this moment, a burst of cheering and crowding sounds suddenly came from the microphone, mixed with a cry of surprise that someone had squeezed me.

"what……"

Then, Mashiro's voice suddenly stopped.

The call was automatically disconnected.

"…Wait a minute, what's going on? What's happening over there, Mashiro?"

After a moment of hesitation, Ji Qi asked anxiously.

This must have been an accident, otherwise Mashiro wouldn't have hung up on him so calmly. Besides, there were so many people at the school festival, and Mashiro didn't know how to take care of herself. What if she was accidentally entangled by others or trampled...

Thinking of this, his heart sank suddenly, as if it had fallen to the bottom of a valley, and he could no longer sit still.

Sure enough, I shouldn't have let Mashiro go to the school festival alone. I should have brought him here with me. What kind of Shura Field is more important than Mashiro's safety!

Forcing himself to calm down, he tried dialing Mashiro's number again.

The prompt is that it is turned off.

Tsk.

He automatically ignored the two unread text messages displayed on the phone screen.

"Senior, what happened?" Miss Saint, who had been silently watching Ji Qi in the darkness, saw his terrible expression and asked with understanding.

"Well, there might have been an accident at Mashiro's place, I need to go check out the situation as soon as possible."

Ji Qiyan explained concisely that he had forgotten about the agreement with Kasumigaoka Utaha, the importance of the school festival to Yukinoshita Yukino, and the after-night festival that might very well trigger the hatchet incident. All of these combined were not as important as Mashiro's safety.

I'll explain it to them later, the girls should be able to understand.

Hearing this, Kato Megumi asked in surprise: "Eh? Did something happen to Mashiro?"

"It's very likely, so I'm going to go check out Suimei High School. You guys should continue to enjoy the school festival."

"Oh, is that so? Then, senior, please leave us alone and go quickly. And remember to be careful on the road."

"Thank you, Hui."

Realizing what the situation was, they nodded. Ying Lili opened her mouth to ask something, but seeing Ji Qi's anxious look, she closed her mouth.

Watching Ji Qi's back disappearing in the gymnasium in the blink of an eye, the blonde lady smacked her lips, a hint of envy flashing through her heart.

In her opinion, although Shiina Mashiro has no common sense and looks silly, she is not stupid at all. Rather, she has a very clear mind. She is definitely not the kind of person who can be easily deceived.

With her being like this, there would be no chance of any accidents happening at the school festival, unless the school didn't want to do it anymore. You have to know that this is a very important festival for the school and there are patrols everywhere.

Ji Qi is confused because of his concern.

Because of this, she felt a little envious. It was really touching to be able to drop everything on hand and rush over to deal with a possible accident that might happen to a girl.

But if you think about it in a more sinister way, maybe Mashiro, who has a natural black attribute, is taking advantage of her own strengths and doing this on purpose!

Of course, based on her understanding of Mashiro, Mashiro would never do such a thing.

With her hand on her chin, Eriri, with a confused mind, focused her gaze straight ahead. Although the play being performed was quite interesting, someone was not there. For some reason, she suddenly felt that everything had become boring.

She was doing nothing and noticed Miss Saint next to her out of the corner of her eye. Her eyes were still calm and clear, as if nothing mattered to her. As for her true feelings when she was interrupted by Mashiro just after making a similar misunderstanding invitation, only she herself knew.

"Should I say this guy is really amorous or loyal... He actually just left so many girls behind like this."

Ying Lili muttered in her heart, she knew how many mistresses Ji Qi had in school!

And, most importantly... She was actually looking forward to the evening's after-party...

Regardless of the girl's arrogance, after Ji Qi ran out of the school gate, he directly stopped a taxi and asked the driver to take him to Shuiming Art High School.

Fortunately, there were no unexpected factors such as inability to get a taxi, traffic jams, etc. that are seen in TV dramas.

Sitting in the car, Ji Qi took out his cell phone and made another call. However, this time he didn't call Mashiro, but another person in Suimei School, Aoyama Nanami.

Just now Mashiro said that she listened to Nanami talking. I guess they were together before, so Nanami should know what happened.

To his surprise, Nanami Aoyama’s phone was also turned off!

Hey, this is not good.

Ji Qi widened his eyes and calmed down in the car to think about it. He felt that the situation might not be as bad as he imagined, but the fact that Qingshan Nanami's phone was turned off made him feel more gloomy.

Chapter 418 The feeling of falling in love

Under his repeated urging and the use of money, the driver finally arrived at Shuiming High School at the maximum speed. Ji Qi readily took out two Fukuzawa Yukichi notes and handed them to the driver.

Since online payment by credit card is not so widely used in Japan, he is used to carrying a lot of cash with him when he goes out in case of emergency.

It was at this time that he began to wonder whether he should buy a car. Although minors in Japan could not buy cars, there was always a way if he had money.

Ji Qi suppressed the unnecessary thoughts in his mind, took his cell phone, and quickly walked into the art high school in front of him.

No one called him along the way.

If it were an ordinary girl, even if she accidentally lost her phone, she would borrow someone else's phone or directly ask the teacher. However, this is Mashiro who has no common sense and needs others to take care of her. If she had a wild and imaginative thinking, it would be very normal for her to do something that makes people laugh and cry.

Once, Mashiro, who had just got off the plane, went to the lost and found office with the service staff to wait for him. If he hadn't believed Mashiro on a whim, she might have been kept there for a long time.

One time, Mashiro tried to learn how to take a bath by herself, and not only did the whole room get flooded, but she also caught a cold the next day and stayed there for a week.

Another time, Mashiro accidentally got lost in a shopping mall, and was finally found through the radio.

All these things are just like yesterday.

That's why he didn't hesitate to abandon so many girls he had already booked and came here without even saying hello.

Who made him helpless?

In this emergency situation, who can achieve the best of both worlds?

At least not him.

So he has to protect Mashiro, only he can protect Mashiro.

If no one takes care of this guy, it would really make people worry all the time.

After taking a deep breath, Ji Qi casually grabbed a student from the school in the brightly lit campus and asked calmly, "Student, do you know where Miss Shiina is now?"

With Mashiro's appearance and temperament, even if she was standing still, she would definitely be the focus of everyone, and she was the kind that people would never forget after seeing her. This had been proven countless times, and he believed that some students in this school must have had a chance to meet Mashiro.

"Eh? I think it was at the gym, right? But that was almost an hour ago."

The boy in Shuiming school uniform was stopped by Ji Qi to ask a question. He was stunned for a moment before replying shyly and awkwardly.

There was no way. Although Ji Qi didn't look very old and was wearing ordinary casual clothes, he had the temperament of a mature man and a hint of the confidence of a financial tycoon who controlled huge sums of money.

He was just standing there casually, but it could make ordinary people in society feel pressured, not to mention students who were still in the ivory tower.

"Thank you, classmate."

Ji Qi, who had no intention of understanding what this ordinary high school student was thinking, just smiled and spoke to him kindly, then walked straight to the school gymnasium.

With this sentence, combined with the noisy environment before the call, he was very confident that Mashiro was in the gym.

It should be fine in a place with such dense flow of people.

However, before he had taken two steps, Ji Qi actually saw Mashiro walking towards him - no, to be precise, she was walking towards the school gate.

During this noisy school festival, the girl was still like a still picture, not affected by her surroundings at all. She just walked with the steps of a kitten, looking ahead without saying a word. Her eyes, which were otherworldly, were clear and determined, as if she was going to accomplish some goal.

This was a look he had only seen before when the other person was facing a comic book.

Ji Qi finally breathed a sigh of relief. It was great that nothing happened to Mashiro. As for her cell phone, it was probably lost.

No matter what, he felt fortunate and walked straight past the crowd, smiling towards the girl who was not tainted by the dust of the world.

The flow of people that should have been blocked by the crowd seemed to be non-existent in front of them, and there was only each other in the eyes of the two.

Then, his reflection also appeared in Mashiro's pupils, which were as clear and transparent as if through glass.

Perhaps the appearance of the boy really caught her off guard. The girl, who had always been calm and rarely had drastic emotional fluctuations, suddenly showed extremely strong emotions.

But unfortunately, in less than two seconds, the girl turned into the familiar "three-no" girl again.

"Qi... why are you here?" When Ji Qi came to the girl's side, Mashiro rarely took the initiative to pull his big hand and spoke softly like a cat.

"It's because you hung up the phone so suddenly."

Ji Qi smiled, gently pinched her delicate face, and explained lightly.

"I didn't hang up...it's just that the phone was accidentally broken by someone."

As if knowing what 'hanging up' means in a relationship between a man and a woman, Mashiro touched the pocket of his uniform jacket and pulled out a red cell phone with cracks and many footprints on the screen.

Ji Qi casually glanced at his phone, then looked the girl up and down, and asked with concern, "I'll buy you another one right away. Did you get squeezed by others?"

"Well, no."