Crossover Anime: Miss, please don't do this, I still have a silly cat to raise.

"Yes, isn't it a good thing that the experiment is about to start?"

Lu Nan sighed, knowing things wouldn't be that simple; it seemed these credits weren't so easy to earn after all.

"It's a good thing, but..." Senior Ashou said in a deep voice, "However, that experiment needs to be carried out continuously."

"Specifically?" Lu Nan asked.

"Specifically, the operation needs to be repeated 300 times at 50-minute intervals."

“…Wow~” Iori and Kohei exclaimed.

The two then suddenly stopped.

"300 times in a row with a 50-minute interval?"

The seniors nodded.

"No distinction between day and night, no weekends off?"

The seniors nodded.

Iori glanced at Lu Nan and asked, "Lu Nan, what do you think?"

Lu Nan leaned back on the sofa: "My opinion is that you should take a good rest now, otherwise you might not be able to hold on and you might really die."

"..."

Iori and Kohei exchanged a glance and took off running, but were quickly held down by their seniors and dragged into the laboratory.

Many inhuman voices could be heard from it, for example:

"Didn't you say you'd be happy to help for as long as it takes?!"

"You should help me to the very end if it's for the sake of credits!"

"No!!!"

……

Grand Blue, the door was pushed open roughly, and Sakurako Busujima rushed in, startling Nanaka.

Hello, may I ask for your help?

"Where's Lu Nan?! Where is Lu Nan?" Sakurako Busujima asked anxiously, "I've had enough of that blue-haired gluttonous sea otter!"

Nanaka raised her hand somewhat confusedly: "Eh, wait a minute? Um..."

"What are you saying, you pink-haired bitch?! I'm the one who can't stand it!" Banami walked in, puffing out her cheeks. "You think I want to work with you?!"

Nanaka asked hesitantly, "Excuse me..."

"Huh?!" Sakurako Busujima crossed her arms and looked down at Hanami: "Someone with the body of an elementary school student has the nerve to talk about me like that?"

"Huh?!" Yanagi pressed hard against Sakurako Busujima: "You think your cow-like figure is good enough?"

Nanaka reached out and separated the two, saying with a hint of helplessness, "Um, let's talk this out, there's no need to argue. Lu Nan... Lu Nan is busy lately and might not be able to come back?"

Sakurako Busujima scratched her head in annoyance: "It's nothing, Miss Nanaka, just tell me where I can find him and I'll go take a look."

"Um... Lu Nan was helping with experiments at school..."

"You go? Who are you! I'll go!" Banami pushed aside Busujima Sakurako.

"I'm his friend! And who are you?" Sakurako Busujima looked annoyed.

"...What's it to you! I'm the godmother of the silly cat, is that so wrong?!" Banami stormed out of the store.

Sakurako Busujima thanked Nanaka and then left.

Nanaka sighed in confusion as she watched the two figures disappear into the distance. What was going on...?

However, the door was pushed open again after a short silence.

Sesame Rin walked in, holding her phone with a worried expression, and went straight to Nanaka.

"Hello, has something happened to Lu Nan lately?" Sesame Rin asked anxiously, "He hasn't replied to my messages for three days. Have you seen him?"

Nanaka reached out in a reassuring gesture: "Um, Rin-san, don't worry..."

Shima Rin suddenly looked up: "Could it be that some woman...! I haven't even done it yet! How can you be so selfish!"

"Um, Ms. Rin, actually..."

"No way, how could she not reply to my messages for three days in a row..."

"Miss Rin?" Nanaka said helplessly after interrupting Shisa Rin's rambling, "Lunan is fine. He just went to help his seniors in the club in the lab."

Shima Rin was taken aback: "Is that so?"

"Yes, that's right. It's probably just because I've been too busy lately..." Before Nanaka could finish speaking, Shima Rin rushed out in a flurry.

Hmm...it seems like they're really in a hurry.

Nanaka breathed a sigh of relief and sat down in the chair.

What kind of mess is this? Does Lu Nan have that many friends?

"Hello?"

A slightly urgent voice came from behind her. Nanaka was startled and quickly turned around, meeting a pair of eager golden eyes.

"Huh? You're Ms. Miko?" Nanaka remembered this person who had come to the gathering a few months ago, but how did she get in? Why was there no sound at all?

Yotsuya Miko nodded: "Yes, is Mr. Lu Nan here? He said he would cheer me on before the exam, but I haven't seen any reply from him recently, so I'm a little worried... Is something wrong?"

Nanaka was taken aback: "Good luck on your exam... Are you a high school senior taking the college entrance exam?"

Yotsuya Miko nodded.

Nana quickly replied, "Ah, well, good luck on your exam. Lu Nan is... so he's probably just busy and that's why he hasn't replied."

"I see, then I'm relieved." After saying that, Yotsuya Miko waved and walked out of the shop. After turning a corner, she said something to her shoulder and then disappeared in an instant.

Nanaka didn't see it and assumed that Yotsuya Miko had already left.

She picked up her teacup with a touch of wistfulness. Even high school seniors are involved? Is Lu Nan...? Should she give him a little nudge...?

After a knock on the door, a pink-haired girl popped in amidst Nanaka's bewildered gaze, greeting her with a bright smile: "Hello, Nanaka-neechan! Sorry to bother you! I've come to see Lu Nan!"

Nanaka jumped, almost dropping the cup in her hand: "Ah, it's Fujiwara-san, hello, hello, Lu Nan... so if you want to find him, you might have to go to the school."

A look of understanding flashed across Fujiwara Chika's eyes; it seemed the information she had gathered was correct.

"Then I'll go find Lu Nan to talk to her about something. Thank you, Nana-chan~" Fujiwara Chika waved her hand and skipped to her seat in an unnamed luxury car parked by the roadside.

Nanaka fell silent; she felt like she wanted to clear her mind.

...Since things have come to this, let's have a cup of tea first.

"Hey! Nana, why are there so few people today? Where's Lu Nan?"

"puff!"

Nanaka choked on her tea, then looked up at the purple figure entering through teary eyes.

"Zi..."

What exactly is Chapter 322?

"What's wrong? What happened? You look like that," Hamaoka Azusa said, somewhat surprised.

Nanaka wiped her mouth and then began to tell Hamaoka Azusa everything that had just happened.

Hamaoka Azusa stroked her chin: "Hmm, is that so..."

So, there's a lot of fun to see over there now?

How could I be absent from such an occasion!

Hamaoka Azusa suddenly burst out laughing. "Great! I just got off work and there's already a show like this? That's fantastic!"

What if those girls start fighting? Who should I side with then? Ugh, it's all because of that little Lu Nan, I can't decide... So conflicted... Maybe I should just defeat them all!

"I'll be going now! I'm going to join in the fun... to keep things under control!" Hamaoka Azusa waved with a smile, and without waiting for Nanaka's reply, she went out, got on her motorcycle, put on her helmet, and sped off.

Target—Yiqing University Laboratory Building!

……

(The following plot is purely fictional. The author has not conducted any experiments. If you feel anything is amiss, please attribute it to the realm of quantum mechanics.)

"Lu Nan... these parts are having problems again. Go and help forge them." Senior Ashou said weakly, "Just forge them into a thin piece."

Lu Nan silently stood up, picked up the small hammer, grunted, and carried the box of parts into the small area designated in the machine workshop.

Some parts malfunctioned, and in order to save resources by keeping up with the (prospective) professor's talk of open source and cost-saving, we could only try to straighten the parts physically.

Lu Nan was the only person chosen by everyone to take on this responsibility.

Lu Nan now only regrets not learning more skills from Uncle Daowen, the blacksmith in the village, which has led to him having to rely on brute force now. Fortunately, he has plenty of brute force.

After two or three days here, Lu Nan even felt like he had forgotten how to speak. He wondered how Dai Miao was doing lately. By the way, did Banai ruin the job for me?

Lu Nan shook his head to clear his mind of the jumbled thoughts, picked up the hammer, and prepared to start working.

……

Shima Rin walked quickly down the corridor. Although she had never been to the laboratory building before, a senior member of her club had done experiments here and quickly pointed her in the right direction on her phone.

Following the message sent by her senior, Shima Rin headed to the location of Lu Nan's laboratory. She was eager to see her lover.

Although they hadn't spoken for only two or three days, the longing was like a poison that rotted her bones, keeping her tossing and turning all night.

After turning the corner, Shima Rin froze on the spot. Why were there two girls peering out the window?

This is...Yanami-kun? And who's the other one?

Shima Rin hesitated for a moment before poking Hanami's shoulder. Hanami almost jumped up in fright and was about to scream when Busujima Sakura quickly covered Hanami's mouth.

Sakurako Busujima looked relieved and immediately made a shushing gesture. Only after the two women nodded did she release her grip.

While Shima Rin was still wondering what had happened, she saw Banami shift her position to make room for her to watch.

What exactly made them...?

"what……"