Zongman: Collecting starts with Shiori

"bass!!!"

There was no fancy moves at all. Tohka just caught the light blade in Origami's hand with her hand, and she waved Origami aside with a casual wave of her hand.

"Why is it you again!"

Tohka looked at Origami who had steadied herself with great displeasure.

Origami glanced at Shikimori Kaede behind Tohka, she opened her mouth slightly, and after thinking for a while, she spoke.

"Elf...Kill..."

I don’t know if it was an illusion, but Shi Shoufeng actually heard a little bit of...jealousy in these murderous words?

After taking a look at Origami who was confronting her, Tohka subconsciously glanced at Shikimorikaze.

"Can I fight her? Or... do you want me to run away again?"

"Uh..."

Shikimori himself didn't expect that Tohka would actually ask for his opinion, but after a moment of surprise, he decided that he didn't want Tohka and Origami to fight.

He asked directly while holding Tohka's hand.

"You can fly, right? Take me with you? I'll run away with you."

Feeling the warmth from Shikimori's palm, Tohka felt her heart beat violently.

Her hands trembled slightly, and the thought of fighting in her mind disappeared completely in an instant.

Tohka casually waved her hand to create a wind blade that directly disrupted Origami's fighting posture, then she pulled Shikimori and flew away from the other side.

"..."

Origami watched the two people walking away and did not chase after them.

At this time, Kusakabe also appeared next to Origami. She looked at the two people who were moving away and sighed.

"Actually, this is already a very good ending. If that guy could really calm the elves down, we wouldn't have so many casualties, right?"

Upon hearing this, Origami couldn't help but tighten the handle of the lightsaber in his hand.

"No one...can stop me, elf, damn it..."

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"Well done! The elf's reaction disappeared. I don't know how you did it."

When Shikimori Kaede was caught by Tohka and flew into the sky, Kotori's voice came from his headphones again.

"What does it mean that the reaction disappears?"

Shiki Shoufeng asked, pretending to talk to himself.

"Oh... In other words, although you are flying in the sky, in fact, the 'Princess' is now just like a normal person and will not attract attention. The spacequake alarm can also be lifted. Even AST and the others cannot track the 'Princess'. Now is the time for you to do whatever you want."

"Okay, I get it..."

"Feng, what have you been mumbling about since just now?"

Tohka lowered her head and looked at Shikimori Kaede with a strange expression, as if she was a little confused about what he had been saying.

"I...can I say I'm afraid of heights? Tohka, how about we find a place and go down?"

"Eh... afraid of heights?"

Tohka looked at Shikimori Kaede with a very subtle expression, as if she felt that it was particularly strange to hear this word coming from him.

"Yeah, I'm afraid of heights!"

Shiki Shoufeng stopped pretending. Since he had already used this excuse, he might as well admit it.

"All right..."

After Tohka agreed, she began to lower the flying altitude, and finally the two of them landed on the roof of a tall building.

After letting go of Shiki-shou Kaede, Tohka walked to the edge and sat on it with some boredom, looking at the scenery in the distance.

"It's a bit strange... Feng."

"strangeness?"

Shikimori Kaede walked over to Tohka and laid on the railing.

"Under normal circumstances, I would have disappeared by now, right?"

"Disappeared? Why did it disappear?"

"Well... it's just moving from this world to another dimension."

"So that's where you live? You only appear here when you want to. Am I wrong in understanding this?"

"Survival... I don't know either."

Tohka emptied her body in confusion.

"Actually, whether I appear here or not has nothing to do with my will. I am in a deep sleep over there. When I wake up, I will be pulled to this world at irregular intervals. I cannot control whether I come here or leave."

hiss...

Hearing Tohka's words, Shikimori Kaede couldn't help but gasp.

If what Tohka said is true, then many things known now will be directly overturned.

It’s not that the spacequake was caused by the appearance of the elves.

Instead, it was the space quake that dragged innocent elves into it.

A person appeared in an unfamiliar environment, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a group of people who wanted to kill him...

No one could have such a good temper, right?

Is it because of such misunderstandings that the misunderstandings between the two sides become deeper and deeper?

"So, you might disappear at any time?"

Shikimori Kaede suppressed his inner thoughts and looked at Tohka and asked in a relaxed tone.

"I don't know..."

Tohka curled up with her hands on her knees, looking lonely and afraid of something.

"it is good!"

Shikimori Feng stretched out his body and shouted.

"What are you doing? You scared me!"

Tohka looked at Shikimori Kaede who started laughing with some reproach.

"In this case, I will fulfill my promise!"

After saying that, Shikimori Feng directly took Tohka's hand and led her down.

“W-what?”

Looking at Shikimori Kaede who was hurriedly pulling her away, Tohka asked with some discomfort and shyness.

"Didn't I promise you?"

Shikimori Kaede turned around and smiled brightly at Tohka.

"I want to show you something you've never seen before. Coincidentally, I received an advance on my salary yesterday, so I'll bleed some money today. Well... I'll start by buying you a set of clothes!"

Tohka was a little dumbfounded.

She couldn't hear what Shi Shoufeng was muttering at all.

All she saw was a friend who wanted to fulfill his promise.

Her...favorite friend.

"idiot..."

Tohka chuckled. She didn't struggle anymore, but obediently followed Shiki Morikaze and left the place.

Chapter 43 What is a girlfriend?

"She...why are they staring at me? Do they have bad intentions and intend to harm me?"

Just as Shoufeng and Tohka stepped into the bustling street, her unique and extraordinary spiritual outfit that exuded an otherworldly aura instantly attracted countless eyes.

These gazes were filled with curiosity, surprise, and even a hint of confusion. They were like invisible tentacles, tightly wrapped around Tohka's body, making her feel unprecedentedly cramped and uneasy.

"Relax..."

Shikimori Feng comforted softly. He could feel Tohka's fingers tightening unconsciously in his palm. It was an instinctive reaction of nervousness and defensiveness.

His words were gentle but powerful, trying to calm Tohka's agitated heart.

"Don't worry, most people are just curious. Very few want to hurt you, they are more curious about your unusualness."

Shikimori Kaede patiently explained, trying to make Tohka understand the complex and changeable human hearts in this world.

"Curious? What's there to be curious about? I think I'm no different from them, so why are they all looking at me?"

Tohka's doubts were mixed with a hint of self-doubt, and her eyes unconsciously fell on the gorgeous outfit called spirit clothing she was wearing.

Shi Shoufeng knew very well that such attire was indeed out of place in the current environment.

In order to alleviate Tohka's discomfort and the attention from the outside world, he made a quick decision.

"Wait for me here."

Shikimori Kaede led Tohka to a deserted alley, temporarily avoiding everyone's sight.

"Where are you going?"

Tohka tightly grasped Shikimori's hand, with a hint of panic and reluctance in her eyes.

"I'll buy you a set of clothes that won't draw too much attention. Consider it my gift to you."

Shiki Shoufeng said softly.

"clothing..."

Tohka repeated in a low voice, her eyes flickering with hesitation and conflict.

Although she had some hesitation in her heart, she ultimately chose to remain silent and did not reveal the secret that she could use spiritual power to change her clothes.

Seeing that Tohka no longer resisted, Shikimori Feng smiled and patted Tohka's head gently, his smile full of doting.

"Be good, I'll be back soon."

"Um..."

Tohka watched Shikimori Kaede leave, the corners of her lips unconsciously raised, but she pouted a little shyly.

"Why do you always treat me like a child? If I really need to change my clothes, can't I just use my spiritual power? But... as a gift, it's something I'm looking forward to."

All this was unknown to Shiki Shoufeng. At this time, he was troubled by the unfamiliar and delicate task of choosing clothes for a girl for the first time. He kept wandering in front of various clothing stores, struggling in his heart.

He looked at the clothes of different styles, worried about being too mature and afraid of appearing frivolous. He even accidentally stepped into an adult lingerie store with a bold style. Shi Shoufeng saw the eyes around him and fled in embarrassment, leaving only the meaningful smiles of the shop assistants.

"Oh... this is torture! If only there was a universal selection button!"

Shiki Shoufeng ruffled his hair helplessly, his inner annoyance almost beyond words.

Just when he was about to give up, he looked up inadvertently and through the window of a shop, his eyes caught the sign of a uniform store.

"uniform...?"

In his memory, Shikimori Feng recalled Tohka's irrepressible excitement when she heard him mention school.

A thought flashed through my mind - perhaps, this is the most appropriate answer.

"That's it!"

After entering the uniform store, Shiki Morifeng quickly saw the same school uniform as himself. Adhering to the principle of quick victory, Shiki Morifeng took it and briefly described Tohka's appearance to the proprietress, and then got the school uniform of the corresponding size.

When it was time to pay the bill, Shi Shoufeng had already taken out the money, but when he handed it over, his hand froze slightly.

The proprietress's originally smiling face became a little subtle because she couldn't move the coins in her hand.

"that..."

When the proprietress heard Shi Shoufeng speak, she forced a smile.