Touko felt that her sense of time might be a little off.
She remembered that two days ago, she and Ryougi Shiki went to investigate a series of arson incidents, and in the middle of the investigation, she was ambushed to death by a very powerful Dead Apostle.
So far, so good.
After that, her other self, which she had prepared in advance, automatically awakened, and after understanding the situation, she immediately rushed towards Misaki Town.
However, in the two days she was gone—no, more accurately, in the one day yesterday—first, Kitaguchi Station experienced a massive fire and a strange attack incident, causing many casualties. Then, the fire triggered a small earthquake, and the collapsing ground directly buried the station. Even a headless giant as tall as a building and a giant black serpent hundreds of meters long appeared!
Just one day, or at most one night! So many things happened in one night! Was Misaki Town cursed by an Evil God? Was this place really still habitable?!
And the main culprits, or rather, the resolvers of several of the above incidents, were now lying scattered on the sofa, all showing an attitude of extreme exhaustion and laziness.
"Ah~ so tired... Don't want to move... Gray, feed me an orange."
"Okay, here, Big Brother, open your mouth."
"Me too, want to lie like this all day. Gray-chan, Big Sister wants one too."
Looking at Naoki and Aoko, who had begun to laze around, and Gray, who was taking care of the two of them like a maid, Touko unconsciously sighed: "Wasn't it just fighting several times in a row last night? Why did it end up like this? A whole night's sleep should have been enough to recover. Gray, don't keep spoiling these two, they're getting spoiled because of you."
"Master, it's easy for you to talk while standing."
"Don't just stand there making cold remarks, Touko. If you dare, experience what happened last night yourself." Aoko glared sharply at her older sister, "First, that bastard Vlov lost control, burning Kitaguchi Station to the ground. We finally managed to defeat him, and then Roa suddenly attacked Kouhai-kun, causing the big demon inside Kouhai-kun's body to break free, and no matter how many times we hit it, it wouldn't die."
"And when I got back, I also had to restrain Arcueid from being devoured by her blood-sucking urge. In the end, Ciel even called me on the phone to discuss with the Church how to explain things to the world... it gave me a headache times three."
Regarding the Kitaguchi Station incident, it finally seemed to be covered up with the reasons of an underground fire + poor building quality + small earthquake + mirage, and the cause of the fire was also blamed on a versatile gas explosion.
The news on television said so, only it was unknown how many people believed it.
"Well, all the cleanup work was handed over to the Church. They hardly did anything last night, so they have to bear all this troublesome cleanup work with great effort." Aoko shrugged, "By the way, Kouhai-kun, what about the thing inside your body? Has it been sealed again?"
"Only a little bit of power leaked out at first. The seal itself wasn't damaged. After dealing with it, it's fine. And... I don't think she should cause any more trouble for a very long time after this."
"Eh? Why?"
"Well... you could say she's doubting herself, or maybe she's depressed and locked herself away?"
Although Manaka had mistakenly identified Naoki in his Heroic Spirit Armament form as Arthur at that time, she quickly realized her mistake afterward.
Then she started crying profusely.
Continuously saying things like [Forgive me, Saber, it wasn't intentional, it was all that vixen's fault] and so on... it seemed misidentifying someone made her strange, and even so, she still blamed everything on Naoki.
Even now, if Naoki focused on sensing her presence, he could still hear her incessant sobbing.
"By the way, where's Shiki?" Touko suddenly asked, "Out wandering again?"
"No, Shiki should still be dealing with Arcueid's problem. Suppressing an 800-year-old blood-sucking urge isn't something that can be easily resolved."
Even so, in Naoki's estimation, Arcueid's blood-sucking urge should have been able to be killed with just one slash from Shiki, but it had already been a day, why hadn't it been resolved yet?
Could it be that the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception were rarely useless?
"That... what about Kitaguchi Station after this?" Gray asked with a bit of curiosity, "If such a big disaster happened, will it be rebuilt?"
"Well, at least we have to see what the mayor intends first, but that old man is still lying in the hospital, apparently due to acute heart disease and stomach pain. Old people's physical condition really deteriorates."
That probably wasn't due to poor physical condition.
*RING!* *RING!*
Suddenly, Naoki's phone rang. It was an email.
After seeing who the sender was, Naoki stood up from the sofa: "Then Master, Gray, and Aoko, you guys chat here first. I'll be out for a bit. Someone's looking for me."
"Eh? Looking for you? Who?"
"Arcueid. She said she wants to meet me in the park."
"Then go ahead. Remember to buy me dinner when you come back."
"I can make dinner, Miss Aoko. I'll go now!"
Glancing at Gray, who ran to the kitchen, and Naoki, who went out the entrance, Touko turned her gaze to her younger sister: "Aoko, didn't that boy just call you by your first name?"
"Yeah, why?"
"What happened in the two days I was gone? No, more accurately, what did you do to my innocent little boy?"
Touko's gaze instantly sharpened: "It might sound a bit boastful if I say so myself, but that boy is basically a very polite man to women. He would use honorifics when addressing the opposite sex he wasn't very familiar with. He even called you 'Miss' before."
"But why did he suddenly start calling you by your first name?! Tell me the truth quickly, what exactly did you do to my boy!"
"Didn't do anything." Aoko, who was completely unmotivated today, was too lazy to argue with her older sister, "It's just that last night, in a rather emergency situation, he directly called my name. I didn't think it was bad, so I let him call me that."
"It's good if that's the case. Even I really don't want to consider my own student as my brother-in-law. But that boy probably wouldn't be interested in an old hag like you either."
Aoko, who had been languid, was instantly ignited by those words!
"How dare you say that, Touko! What do you mean he wouldn't be interested in an old hag like me? I'm not even 30 years old yet, you know! You, who are already over 30, are the old hag! Oh yeah, it seems you've never even had a boyfriend? It's impossible for anyone to be interested in you. How pitiful, being this old and no one wants you."
"You yourself have never had a boyfriend either! The pot calling the kettle black, what are you so proud of? If you dare to talk like that, try finding a boyfriend!"
"Find one, find one! It's not like I can't get one. Over the years, many people have confessed their love to me!"
"The sun hasn't even set and you're already daydreaming? Can't you be a little more mature, my foolish little sister?"
"Who said I'm daydreaming!"
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In the kitchen.
[Are the relationship between those two sisters actually good or bad? It feels like both of them are hopelessly foolish. But there's some truth to it, this kind of effect is quite cute. Please, someone, marry these two sisters.]
"Add, don't say nonsense."
Gray believed that if Add's words just now were heard, then what was lying inside the cage now would definitely just be scrap metal.