"How are you feeling?" Lu Yi asked with a smile, looking at Song who was still panting in his arms.
"Yes, it's a wonderful feeling. I never thought kissing could be so captivating." Song had almost regained some strength by now, and upon hearing Lu Yi's question, she said excitedly.
"Alright, we should head out now. We've been here for so long, it'll be bad if the landlord comes if we don't leave soon!" Lu Yi said with a smile, seeing Song's excited expression.
Lu Yi's words only made things worse. Song, who was still excited, seemed to remember something terrible. A look of fear appeared in her eyes, and she suddenly stood up from the bath and ran out of the bathroom.
"This... Is Asama Miya really that scary?" Lu Yi shook his head with a wry smile as he saw Matsuna running out of the bathroom in a panic. At this moment, Lu Yi was no longer in the mood to take a bath. He walked out of the bath, quickly dried himself off, and then left the bathroom to go back to his room to rest.
. . . .
The next morning, Lu Yi got up early, prepared breakfast for everyone, and made himself lunch before leaving home and heading to the construction site where he was to work that day. Everyone else was already there, but Lu Yi was the last to arrive. When he arrived, he saw a girl with a pure and lovely appearance standing outside the door, anxiously looking around as if searching for someone. When she saw Lu Yi, she quickly walked up to him and said, "Lu Yi, why are you so late? Come on, come with me. I'll take you to the place you're supposed to supervise and show you around. Work is about to start." Without waiting for Lu Yi's reaction, she grabbed his hand and led him into the construction site.
When Lu Yi was led by the girl to the construction site where he was currently located, he saw that all the employees were already standing there in neat rows. Then the girl pulled Lu Yi to the front of everyone and said, "Listen up, everyone. This is Lu Yi. He will be the director of your area from now on. You can report any problems to him. Do you all understand?"
"Understood!" Everyone was stunned for a moment when they saw how young Lu Yi was and how strikingly handsome he looked. Fortunately, they were all men, so they quickly recovered and said in unison.
"Alright, everyone disperse and get back to work!" After the girl finished speaking, all the men who were still standing there dispersed and went to do their own work. After seeing that the employees had all gone to work, the girl turned to Lu Yi and said, "You should know what to do next, right? I have something to do, so I'll be leaving now."
"Okay, I understand. You can go ahead and get busy," Lu Yi replied. As soon as he finished speaking, the girl hurriedly left.
(Plans can't keep up with changes.)
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Chapter Thirteen: First Encounter with the Original Protagonist
After the girl left, Lu Yi wandered around the construction site, watching the busy figures around him. He seemed to be reminded of his former self, the one who was struggling to make a living. Lu Yi couldn't help but sigh and think to himself, "Wasn't I the same way before?"
Recalling the vast difference between the past and the present, Lu Yi felt as if he were in a dream. He shook his head to clear his mind and continued his supervisory work. Along the way, Lu Yi noticed that most of the workers here were middle-aged, and he rarely saw any young people. So far, Lu Yi had only found two. One had an ordinary appearance, but he exuded a gentle, scholarly air and was about 18 or 19 years old. The other was a bit older than the first, about 22 years old. He also had an ordinary appearance, but he was much stronger than the first one and exuded a roguish aura. Anyone with eyes could tell that he was a thug who had been involved in the underworld.
These two people caught Lu Yi's attention. The reason was simple: he sensed a familiar aura from these two young people. It was the same aura as that of Hei, Kusano, and Tsunami. Although this aura was very faint and difficult for ordinary people to detect, it was impossible for Lu Yi to hide from his abnormal intuition. He recognized it at a glance.
"These two are also from the Reed Fang!" Lu Yi thought to himself as he looked at the two people working there.
However, Lu Yi didn't pay attention to them at this time. After glancing at them, he continued his work of supervising. Time passed slowly, and soon it was lunchtime. At this time, all the employees who were still working put down their work, gathered in twos or threes, took out the lunch that had been prepared in advance and ate. They chatted with their acquaintances from time to time, and laughter could be heard from them from time to time.
At this moment, Lu Yi, carrying the lunch he had prepared, came to a shady spot. There was a bench there specifically for employees to rest and eat on. Lu Yi went directly to the bench, sat down, and opened the bento he had made. Immediately, a rich aroma wafted out, attracting the attention of many people. From their eyes, Lu Yi could see a kind of envy. Lu Yi didn't care what their looks were and picked up his chopsticks. Just as he was about to start eating, a voice interrupted his next action.
"Um... can I sit here?" A slightly childish voice came from in front of Lu Yi. Lu Yi looked up and saw a frail young man with a scholarly air. He was looking at Lu Yi with uneasy eyes and asked in a low voice.
"It's alright, this isn't my place, feel free to sit here!" Lu Yi said with a smile as he looked at the young man.
"Really? Thank you so much." Upon hearing Lu Yi's agreement, the young man thanked him repeatedly. After thanking him, he sat down not far from Lu Yi, which made Lu Yi shake his head, but he didn't say anything. He then turned his gaze back to his bento box, picked up his chopsticks, and started eating.
"Hey, Jieren, so you're here! I've been looking for you for so long. Didn't we agree to come and eat with me?" Lu Yi had just finished his first bite when a sleazy voice came from not far away. Lu Yi frowned. He hated being disturbed while he was eating. If it was someone he knew, he would just laugh it off. But this person was a stranger, and he was speaking in a thuggish tone, which disgusted Lu Yi. However, when Lu Yi heard the name the voice mentioned, his expression froze for a moment, but he quickly recovered and turned to look at the ordinary, youthful face beside him.
"Jieren? Isn't that the original protagonist of this world? I thought that because of my appearance and the fact that I took two of the original female protagonists, the original protagonist would never appear again. I didn't expect to meet him here and find my own sekirei. It seems that this time, there's more fun to be had! I wonder who his sekirei is?" Lu Yi thought to himself with a smirk.
"Seo Kaori." At this moment, Minato also heard someone calling him, so he looked up and looked at Seo Kaori with a wry smile on his face, and said.
Seeing Sahashi Minato's wry smile, Lu Yi smiled slightly. Lu Yi knew Seo Kaori's personality well. This person looked like a hooligan, but that was just his appearance. In fact, he was a very nice person, a very warm-hearted and righteous person, as could be seen from the fact that he helped Sahashi Minato many times in the original story.
"Are you the director from today?" At this moment, Seo Kaori also noticed Lu Yi standing next to Sahashi Minato. Seeing Lu Yi's devilishly handsome appearance, she immediately categorized him as a gigolo. If Lu Yi knew that Seo Kaori was treating him like a gigolo, he might go berserk. Unfortunately, Lu Yi had no idea what she was thinking.
“That’s right, my name is Lu Yi, nice to meet you!” Lu Yi smiled slightly at Seo Kaori and said.
However, as soon as Lu Yi finished speaking, he saw Seo Kaori staring at him with drool in her eyes. Following Seo Kaori's gaze, Lu Yi understood that Seo Kaori was looking at the bento box in Lu Yi's hand.
"What? Didn't you bring a lunchbox? Come and eat with us!" Lu Yi said with a smile when he saw Seo Kaori's appearance.
"Is it okay? I'm sorry!" Upon hearing Lu Yi's words, Seo Kaori first made a polite gesture, and then, quite unceremoniously, sat down between Lu Yi and Sahashi Minato, her eyes never leaving the bento box in Lu Yi's hand.
"Here you go." Lu Yi handed half of his bento box to Seo Kaori and said.
"Then I won't be polite." Seo Kaori took the bento from Lu Yi and said, then picked up her chopsticks and started eating heartily. She quickly finished the bento and leaned back comfortably in her chair, exclaiming, "Wow, this is so delicious!"
Seeing Sō Kaori's current state, Minato Sahashi, who was watching from the side, couldn't help but smile wryly again.
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Chapter Fourteen: The Fierce Twin Sisters
"Phew... I didn't expect your bento to be so delicious. It's a hundred times better than those high-end five-star hotels. How did you do that?" Seo Kaori leaned back in her chair, savoring the delicious food she had just eaten. Then she suddenly stood up, came to Lu Yi, grabbed his shoulder, and asked.
However, what Seo Kaori didn't notice was that not far from him, two identical twins were walking towards them. Lu Yi was very familiar with these two people; they were the twin sisters, Hikari and Hibiki, who had chased after him and Yui that day.
When they saw Seo Kaori in this state, they stopped in their tracks. One of them even rushed over and delivered a flying kick that struck Seo Kaori squarely in the cheek. With a loud "thud," the powerful force sent Seo Kaori flying backward, performing a difficult 360-degree spin in the air before landing on the ground. Lu Yi was stunned for a moment, but quickly came to his senses. Meanwhile, Sahashi Minato stared in disbelief, not even noticing the bento box slipping from his hand. He just stood there dumbfounded, and what happened next left him completely dumbfounded.
"Ah, so it's Hikaru." Despite being punched, Seo Kaori wasn't angry. Instead, she looked at the woman with a fawning expression and said with a smile.
"So that's what you call 'sister'? You're eating other people's food again, isn't that going too far?" Hikaru grabbed Seo Kaori by the collar, glared at him angrily, then casually tossed her aside, ignoring her completely. He then walked up to Riku and kept apologizing, "I'm so sorry, my guy..."
"Oh, it's nothing. I can't finish a bento by myself, and it would be a waste to throw it away, so there's nothing to apologize for." Lu Yi had just finished his meal, looked up at the light in front of him, and said with a smile.
"It's you..." Guang exclaimed, staring at Lu Yi with shock as he saw Lu Yi raise his head.
"Is...it's you?" At this moment, Hibiki also heard Hikari's voice and immediately turned around. When she saw Lu Yi's face, a trace of fear flashed in Hibiki's eyes. She remembered the change in Lu Yi when she chased him and Jie that day. Looking at Lu Yi, she said in a trembling voice.
"It's me, isn't it? I never expected to meet you here, and I never expected that you'd both found your Ashigaru." Lu Yi smiled slightly at the two sisters' shocked expressions, then pointed at Seo Kaori and said, "I think he's your Ashigaru, isn't he?"
"I... my bento..." When Minato Sahashi finally came to his senses, he noticed the bento that had fallen to the ground and was no longer edible. His expression went blank again, and he knelt down on the ground, his expression vacant, muttering to himself.
"I'm...I'm sorry." Looking at the bento box that had fallen to the ground and then at Minato Sahashi's sad expression, she didn't know how to comfort him, so she just kept apologizing.
"Oh dear, what a pity!" At this moment, Kaori Seo also stood up from the ground and said heartlessly when she saw the bento that Minato Sahashi had dropped on the ground.
"Wasn't it you who started doing bad things in the first place?" Hikaru roared angrily when he saw Seo Kaori's gloating expression.
"Um, we have some bread, let's eat together!" Seeing Hikaru lecturing Seo Kaori, Hibiki shook his head and came to Sahashi Minato, took out some bread from his pocket, handed it to him and said, "I'm sorry, our master meant no harm."
“Master?” Minato Sahashi looked at Hikaru with a puzzled expression upon hearing this word.
"What a small world! To find other Ashigaru in a place like this!" Seto Kaori said to Sahashi Minato and Rikuichi as she hugged Hikaru and Hibiki. As she spoke, one of her hands was kneading Hikaru's chest, and she looked very pleased. Rikuichi wanted to slap her and see if she was still so smug.
"Idiot, what are you touching?!" Guang couldn't take it anymore and said angrily.
"Let me introduce myself again. I am Kaori Seo, the Ashigaru of these two guys." Kaori Seo said, looking at Riku and Minato Sahashi.
When Seo Kaori finished speaking, Lu Yi didn't feel anything, since he already knew. As for Sahashi Minato? Judging from his dumbfounded look, it was clear that he didn't know that Seo Kaori was Ashiga before. When he heard Seo Kaori say this, he immediately widened his eyes, staring at Seo Kaori in disbelief, speechless for a long time, just standing there in a daze.
"Ugh, this is so annoying!" Hikaru, finally losing her temper with Seo Kaori's actions, said angrily. A bolt of lightning struck Seo Kaori, causing her to scream. Crackling electricity shot through her body, leaving the previously conscious Minato Sahashi stunned once more.
"Alright everyone, this is a workplace. You'll expose yourselves if you keep acting like this. Besides, work has already started. You two, get to work, or you're fired." At this moment, Lu Yi, who had been standing there watching the show without saying a word, immediately pointed at Seo Kaori and Sahashi Minato and said seriously.
"Ah, yes." At this moment, Minato Sahashi also noticed the time. After hearing what Lu Yi said, he immediately replied and went to work. Kaori Seo also left very tactfully.
"Wait..." Seeing that Seo Kaori had gone to work, Hikaru and Hibiki turned to leave so as not to disturb him, but they were stopped by Riku before they had gone far.
"Is there anything else?" Guang turned around and looked at Lu Yi with a puzzled expression when he heard Lu Yi's voice.
"Oh, it's nothing. I just wanted to say that I'm inviting Seo Kaori and Sahashi Minato to my house for dinner tonight, so I was just wondering if you'd like to come?" Lu Yi said with a smile.
"Well... alright, as long as Kaori Seo agrees, we'll go," Hikaru said after a moment's hesitation.
"Okay! I'll have Seo Kaori inform you then. Alright, I have to go to work now!" Lu Yi said, then ignored them and turned to leave.
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Chapter Fifteen: The Kusano Crisis – All Forces Mobilized
The day passed quickly, and dusk gradually descended.
"Alright, it's time to get off work. Let's go to my house for dinner! And bring your Sekirei too, okay?" Lu Yi said to Seo Kaori and Sahashi Minato.
"Really? I'll inform them right away." Seo Kaori's reaction was the most intense. After tasting Lu Yi's bento, no one knew how delicious it was better than him. He had originally been shameless enough to ask Lu Yi for a meal, but Lu Yi was the first to suggest it, and he agreed without even thinking. Judging from his excited look, you could tell how happy he was.
However, Sahashi Minato was still hesitating, unsure whether to go. Lu Yi, seeing his hesitation, asked with puzzlement, "What's wrong? Don't you want to go?"
"No, no, it's just..." Minato Sahashi said, looking troubled and somewhat at a loss.
"But what?" Lu Yi asked, puzzled, seeing Sahashi Minato's hesitant expression.
"Alright, enough with the 'buts'. I've already notified your family, they'll be here soon." At this moment, Seo Kaori finished her call, came to Sahashi Minato's side, patted him on the shoulder, and said.
"Well... alright!" Hearing that Seo Kaori had already informed his family, he didn't say anything more and agreed.
. . . .
In the heart of New Eastern Empire lies the most bustling area of the city, where the highest power in New Eastern Empire—MBI—is located. Backed by the Imperial Tower, it stands as an imposing building. The three golden characters "MBI" are engraved on the gate of the building's entrance, making the entire building look magnificent.
Meanwhile, at the top of the MBI building stood a bespectacled man dressed in strange attire. If Lu Yi were there, he would recognize this man as the one who had told him about the 'Sekirei Project'—Minaka Hiroto, the mastermind behind the establishment and control of the entire MBI empire.
"That's about enough, time to make a move, hehe..." At this moment, Hiroto Mikazuki stood there gazing into the distance, muttering to himself. As he spoke, he took out his phone and started typing rapidly, his movements so fast that only a blur could be seen flashing across the screen.
"Almost? Time to act? Could it be..." Upon hearing his words, the woman behind Hiroto Minaka seemed to realize something and angrily roared at him, "What do you want to do? You bastard!" With that, she rushed towards Hiroto Minaka, trying to interrupt his plan.
With a "thud," the woman who rushed over kicked Yu Zhongguangren, almost knocking him off the ground. You have to know that this place is a hundred meters above the ground. If he fell from here, you can imagine what the consequences would be. Fortunately, he reacted quickly after being kicked and grabbed the edge with both hands, so he didn't fall.
"It's no use, the message has already been sent." Hiroto Mikazuki said smugly, looking at the angry woman.
"you..."
. . . .
"Ring ring..." At the same time, on their way home, Lu Yi, Seo Kaori, and Sahashi Minato's phones rang simultaneously. Puzzled, the three took out their phones and saw a message that read: "Unmolted Sekirei in the Botanical Garden, the first to act wins. The green maiden who will emerge might be you." It wasn't just Lu Yi and his two companions who received this message; all the Ashigaru in Shin-Tou-Tei received the same message. The entire Shin-Tou-Tei was now in an uproar over this message, and all the Ashigaru were heading towards the Botanical Garden with their Sekirei.
"Botanical garden? Green girl? Isn't that Kusano? But isn't she at home? How could she be there?" Lu Yi frowned and thought to himself after reading the message.
"Ring ring..." At this moment, Lu Yi's phone rang again. This time it wasn't a message, but a missed call. As soon as Lu Yi answered the phone, Jie Na's anxious voice came from the other end: "Yi, something bad has happened, Kusano, Kusano, she..."
"Kusano? What happened to Kusano?" Lu Yi heard Keina's anxious voice and a bad feeling flashed through his heart.
"Kusano... Kusano is missing!" Yuina's anxious voice came again.
"What?" Lu Yi froze after hearing Jie's words, then remembered the contents of the message and immediately said into the phone, "Xiao Jie, don't panic, is Song there?"
"He's right beside me."
"Let her answer the phone."
"Okay, Song, Yi will let you answer the phone."
"Yi, what should we do now?" Song's voice came shortly after.
"Song, go and find out the exact location of the grass, then tell me," Lu Yi said.
"Okay, just a moment." After saying that, Song immediately went to find Kusano's location.
"What happened?" At this moment, Seo Kaori also knew that something had happened. Seeing Lu Yi's ugly face, she asked.
"Did you see the green-clad girl mentioned in the message? That girl should be Kusano. She should be at home, but I don't know why she appeared in the botanical garden. In any case, I think it was MBI's doing." Lu Yi took a deep breath and said slowly.
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