At this moment, in an old alley in the northern district.

"Seriously... Chika said the same thing before, Hayasaka said it too, and now even Danji Rei is saying it. I think I should just register a Line account when I get home."

Kaguya Shinomiya walked alone in the dark alley. Since her driver was delayed today, she didn't want to wait on the roadside, so she decided to take a shortcut through this alley to the nearby Shinomiya family branch office.

She was still brooding over the awkward conversation she had with the cattery earlier.

"But Duan Zilian ran away so fast at the end... what exactly did he misunderstand me to mean?"

Thinking of that guy's retreating figure as if fleeing for his life, Kaguya couldn't help but bite her lip, a strange sense of annoyance rising in her heart.

As she walked, she suddenly heard very light footsteps behind her.

Kaguya didn't pay much attention at first, thinking they were just passersby going the same way.

But gradually, the footsteps became faster and closer, even coinciding with her own pace. A sense of crisis cultivated since childhood made her back tense instantly.

"What is that..."

Kaguya turned around abruptly, only to find stacks of wooden crates and a few startled crows taking flight behind her; there was no one else there.

"Is it an illusion? No, there must be something..." Kaguya Shinomiya thought to herself, a cold sweat trickling down her cheek.

As soon as she turned around, a pale face suddenly pressed tightly against hers, two red eyes the size of goose eggs staring intently at her.

"Ahhh!" Kaguya Shinomiya was instantly terrified, letting out a scream. She suddenly raised her left hand and delivered a powerful chop to the large face in front of her.

boom!

"Ouch! That hurts!" Kaguya felt as if her hand had struck a steel plate, and she gasped in pain.

The monster seemed stunned, staggering back a few steps after being struck by the hand chop. Only then did Kaguya see its true form.

The guy's face looked like a big monkey, covered with countless round holes like freckles. His body was covered with black and white stripes. Although his body was humanoid, the proportions of his limbs were extremely distorted.

"What...it looks disgusting," Kaguya thought to herself with disgust.

The next second, the monster steadied itself, let out a strange cry, and pounced forward with its arms outstretched.

"Really, don't underestimate me!"

Kaguya seized the opportunity and delivered a precise high kick to the monster's chest, sending it flying once again.

She immediately turned around and tried to run towards the alley's exit, but as soon as she turned around, she stopped in her tracks.

At the entrance of the alley, another identical black and white striped monster appeared! The only difference was that this monster had yellow eyes.

"You're kidding..."

Kaguya felt a chill run down her spine. Before she could react, a creaking sound came from the fire escape above her, and a third blue-eyed monster was perched above her, staring at her eerily.

The next second, the blue-eyed monster jumped down from above, and with a quick movement from behind, three strangely shaped silver short guns simultaneously locked onto her location.

The three monsters surrounded them, closing in step by step.

"..."

Kaguya's heart sank to the bottom. Her mind raced as she looked around for anything that could be used to find a glimmer of hope.

Just as the monster was getting closer, a violent creaking sound of chains grinding and a boy's panting suddenly came from the alley entrance.

"Get out of the way—!!!" The boy's voice instantly rang out in the alley.

Kaguya Shinomiya had just turned around.

"boom!!!"

Suddenly, Duan Zilian sped out of the alleyway on his brand-new bicycle, like a general galloping on horseback.

He was like a cannonball, crashing into the face of the red-eyed monster, car and all.

"Gah—!" The red-eyed monster screamed as it was slammed to the ground.

Duan Zilian dismounted with a cool drift, threw the bicycle aside, and pulled Shinomiya Kaguya behind her, protecting her tightly.

"Damn, you bunch of zebra-faced guys, daring to come out and arrest people in broad daylight, you three are pretty cocky!"

Looking at the pathetic faces of the three aliens in front of her, Duan Zilian blurted out a vulgar curse.

Kaguya stared at that broad back, her heart skipping a beat: "Duan-kun? What are you doing here..."

"I found you by following the scent of a young lady on you."

Duan Zilian replied without turning her head, her eyes fixed on the two aliens in front of her.

The red-eyed and blue-eyed men exchanged a glance, seemingly angry at this unexpected troublemaker.

They simultaneously raised their weapons, pointing the guns at Duan Zilian.

"Oh no! Get out of the way!" Duan Zilian grabbed Huiye and tumbled into a pile of old newspapers.

White particles grazed past his scalp and struck Duan Zilian's new bicycle, which he had just parked there.

Duan Zilian had just rolled up from the ground and hadn't even had time to feel relieved when she froze instantly.

"What?! Where's my car?!"

The bicycle, which was originally parked there and was worth 10,000 yen, has mysteriously disappeared.

"No, that's not right, it didn't disappear."

Duan Zilian looked down and saw a toy car, about the size of a palm, lying quietly on the ground.

"What?! No way! This gun can shrink things?!"

Duan Zilian's heart shattered into pieces instantly. That was his secret stash of money that he had worked hard to save for two weeks!

"How dare you touch my new car! You bunch of bastards, pay me 10,000 yen!" Duanzilian pushed Kaguya towards the safe area behind her.

The next second, heartache instantly turned into anger. Duan Zilian suddenly kicked the approaching red-eyed and yellow-eyed people with a whirlwind sweeping leg, then bent down and dodged the punch thrown by the blue-eyed person, and then slammed an elbow into the other person's ribs.

He fought against three opponents single-handedly, holding his own against them, and made his way in and out of the narrow alley seven times.

Thanks to Hong Kai's special training, his combat power has improved by more than one level. These three aliens are not strong in human skills. Every time they try to raise their guns, Duan Zilian kicks the gun barrel away.

Hidden behind a trash can, Kaguya Shinomiya watched the scene unfold before her, seeing Rei Danji kick away every alien who tried to approach her.

Duan Zilian dodged the red-eyed man's desperate flying kick, then instantly grabbed his body and slammed him into the yellow-eyed man's arms. The two zebras instantly rolled to the ground.

"Seriously, are you guys ever going to stop?!"

Seeing that he couldn't gain the upper hand in hand-to-hand combat, the blue-eyed man who had been pushed back suddenly turned around and pointed the gun at Kaguya Shinomiya, who was hiding behind the trash can!

"Really! This is bad!" Duan Zilian's pupils suddenly contracted.

In a moment of crisis, he grabbed a plank from the ground and smashed it at the gun in the blue-eyed man's hand.

Bang! The wooden plank knocked Blue Eyes' arm off balance, but the light particles still shot out the instant they deviated.

"Bastard!!" Duan Zilian roared, throwing a punch that slammed the blue-eyed man in front of her against the corner of the wall.

Just then, the yellow-eyed man who had just gotten up suddenly pulled out a pitch-black bottle and smashed it on the ground!

Bang!! Thick gray smoke instantly filled the alley.

"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!" Duan Zilian was choked by the fog and couldn't open his eyes. He coughed and waved his hands in the thick fog, searching for Kaguya's figure.

"Shinomiya-kun! Shinomiya-kun! Are you alright?!"

A few seconds later, the smoke dissipated, and the alley was empty. Duan Zilian looked ahead, but the three aliens had long since disappeared.

"They let those zebras get away." Duan Zilian slammed her fist against the wall.

Suddenly, the next second, a timid and delicate voice rang out from behind him. The voice was clear and crisp, with a childlike quality that could only be heard in kindergarten.

"Duan...Duan student?"

Duan Zilian's shoulders trembled suddenly.

"No...no way..."

He slowly turned his head, his eyes wide, and his neck made a cracking sound, like a rusty old part.

Beside the pile of shrunken old newspapers sat a tiny figure.

The figure looked to be only eight or nine years old, with fair skin and a pure and lovely appearance, but those ruby-like pupils sent a chill down Duan Zilian's spine.

"Shinomiya-san?!?" Duan Zilian stared at this mini version of Kaguya-sama and let out a scream that shook the entire alley.

Chapter 53 The Rogue's Great Devastation

"Wait, wait, wait!! We're doomed, we're really doomed!"

Duan Zilian covered her head with her hands, as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

He scrambled to his feet and ran to Kaguya, who had shrunk to a tiny size, his eyes practically bulging out of their sockets.

The long dress that had once fit her perfectly was now hanging loosely on her body. Kaguya Shinomiya rubbed her eyes and let out a soft moan.

"I... what is this?" Kaguya looked down at her much shorter fingers, then at the cuffs of her sleeves dragging on the ground. After a three-second pause, her brain finally came to its senses.

"I...I've shrunk?! How could this be! Oh no!! The sleeves are too long!"

She tried to stand up, but tripped over her overly long skirt and fell back into the pile of clothes with a loud scream.

"Calm down, Vice President Shinomiya! There are monsters in this world that are fifty meters tall, so it's not surprising that they've shrunk a little!"

Duan Zilian crouched down, forcing his wildly beating heart to calm down. He stared into Kaguya's red, questioning eyes and suddenly said seriously:

"Um... Vice President Shinomiya? You... you still have your memories, right? You haven't really turned into an elementary school student, have you?"

"Of course I remember! You just said I smelled like a rich young lady. I'll never forget that rude remark!" Kaguya's voice was so childish after shrinking that it sounded like she was being spoiled, but her tone still carried an air of authority.

Kaguya sullenly clutched her drooping sleeve, her eyes gleaming with the scent of mosquito coils, seemingly still unwilling to accept the fact that she had shrunk.

"Phew, at least the memory's still there... Calm down, Duan Zilian, calm down." Duan Zilian took a deep breath. "Anyway, we need to contact reinforcements first... Should I call Secretary Fujiwara or Shirogane...?"

"Absolutely not!" Kaguya almost instantly gave a veto, her face flushed red. "Absolutely... absolutely cannot let them see me like this! Especially Fujiwara Chika, if she sees me, I'll be played with like a doll for a whole year!"

Ah... is that so...? It seems pretty good.

Duan Zilian looked at Kaguya's slightly puffed-up cheeks from her impatience and couldn't help but mutter to herself, "Damn it, even though her personality is still troublesome, is she... actually that cute?!"

"Hey, Duan Zilian, were you thinking about something rude just now?" Kaguya's sharp eyes swept over.

"Ah! No! Absolutely not! I was thinking about how to turn you back!" Duan Zilian was startled, thinking to herself, "Is a woman's intuition bound to her soul? Even when she's shrunk, it's still so sharp."

"Seriously, what a hassle! It's the first day of the long-awaited Golden Week holiday, why does this have to happen!"

Duan Zilian sighed: "Anyway, don't worry, let me take you somewhere first, the shop where I work, there are two... um, experts there, they should have a solution, probably."

Kaguya sat among the pile of clothes, pondered for a moment, and finally nodded heavily.

In her current state, the only person she can trust is this rude guy in front of her.

"I'm so grateful that you can believe me."

Duan Zilian gave an awkward laugh, then suddenly remembered something, his eyes filled with grief.

He groped around on the ground and finally picked up the bicycle that had been reduced to the size of a palm. Looking at the exquisitely crafted "model," his heart bled.

Ten thousand yen! And it became a decoration in less than half an hour!

He sighed again at this messed-up world, then took off his coat and wrapped little Kaguya up tightly like a swaddled baby, leaving only her wary little face showing. He then held her in his arms and quickly left the unfortunate alley.

"Seriously, if I go out like this, won't I be seen as a child abductor? I guess I'll have to take the back roads."

……

Twenty minutes later, CREW GUYS Coffee.

"La la la~"

Hibino Mirai was humming a cheerful tune as she wiped a white porcelain plate in front of the bar, the plate gleaming in the sunlight.

Despite it being Golden Week, the store was surprisingly empty of customers, which gave him a rare moment of comfort.

Although this comfort came at the cost of dismal sales.

"Ugh, this month's bills..."

Looking at the empty cash register, Wei Lai had just sighed when the door was slammed open with a loud bang.

"Future-san! Kai-san! Help me!!!"

Duan Zilian rushed in carrying a wriggling bundle of clothes, and through the gaps in the fabric, a little girl was glaring at him with displeasure, her cheeks puffed up like steamed buns, making a protesting "Ugh—" sound.

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