I have bound two systems.

[Sister Xingge, I'm already at the store. There are no customers yet. I'll take care of the cleanup and preparations. You can rest for a while before coming down.]

This is also a little trick.

Suzumiya Chisato intentionally wanted Ijichi Seika to appear as late as possible, so that as more and more customers came, Touma and Sa would not be so conspicuous if they mixed in. When she was busy, Ijichi Seika would definitely not have the time to distract herself and pay attention to other things.

After sending the message, Suzumiya Chisato put her phone aside, washed her hands, and made a strawberry milkshake for Touma Kazusa, asking her to sit at the empty table and eat it. He took the broom and cleaned up the bottles and jars on the table and the ground while chatting with her casually.

To be honest, Chisato Suzumiya thinks her job is quite boring, but it seems that Touma and Kazusa don't think so.

It is said that men who work hard are the most handsome. She seems to have understood this point now.

When Chisato Suzumiya was working seriously, the confidence and steady temperament she exuded made her feel safe and assured.

In addition, Kazusa has lacked family affection since childhood, and there is no trace of fatherly love at all. This lack has obviously turned into other desires after they are officially dating.

Although she wouldn't ask for kisses or hugs regardless of the occasion, but whenever she had some free time, the look she gave her lover was so obvious that anyone could see it, a look of admiration and deep happiness.

The cell phone on the bar rang, and Chisato Suzumiya put down her broom and trotted over.

It was a call from Ichichi Hoshika, and Suzumiya Chisato answered it directly.

"Store manager."

He deliberately used the polite title he had used when he first started working here, instead of calling her "Sister Xingge" in a familiar manner as in the message.

The reason, of course, was that he was worried that Touma and Sa, who were not far away, would feel uneasy when they heard him address them in that way.

Don't be fooled by the cold beauty with long hair who usually ignores everyone and seems indifferent to everything, but in fact she is extremely narrow-minded. When it comes to relationships, this trait turns into another kind of behavior that makes people both funny and helpless.

Simply called jealousy.

She is particularly prone to jealousy. Just take this morning, when the cultural committee member was handing out school festival expectation forms during the break, she stayed at Chisato Suzumiya's desk for a few seconds longer and said a few insignificant words to him.

This made the jealous lady look unhappy until lunch time, during which time she would glare at me with vicious expressions from time to time.

Suzumiya Chisato was quite confused at the time, until later when the two of them were alone in the first music room during lunch break, this little episode was revealed without a trace.

All in all, every failure is a learning experience.

It is estimated that the jealous lady's personality cannot be changed in a short period of time, so Chisato Suzumiya can only restrain herself and not make mistakes on such issues again.

"Ah, Suzumiya, I'm outside now. I'll probably be late today. Is that okay with you?"

There was a bit of noise on the other end of the phone. One could hear the sound of people ordering food and the noise of uncles. Suzumiya Chisato guessed that Ijichi Hoshika should be in a place like an izakaya at this moment.

It's only six o'clock in the afternoon and they're already drinking. It's a bit outrageous.

But for a store manager like me, this is normal.

"No problem, I can handle it."

Chisato Suzumiya was not panicked. After all, he was not the only employee in the store. The PA lady who was responsible for the stage sound would arrive later and she could act as the order maintainer in the front of the scene at that time. In addition, today was Monday, so it was foreseeable that business would not be very busy tonight.

"Thank you for your hard work. I will bring you a midnight snack later. How about pork chop rice with tempura fried shrimp?"

"That kind of thing doesn't matter. Manager, you should drink less."

He's a bit tongue-tied now, and it's hard to predict how drunk he'll be later.

"You underestimate my alcohol tolerance. Okay, that's it."

In the moment before the other party hung up the phone, Suzumiya Chisato clearly heard the laughter of other women, and they asked her to clink glasses quickly.

It seems like he went to have dinner with friends. No wonder he was so excited today.

He hung up the phone, walked out of the bar, picked up the broom again, and greeted Touma and Sa in advance.

"I'm going to be busy later this evening, so I might not be able to take care of you."

Touma Kazusa nodded to show that she understood. She took out her headphones and gestured.

"When the time comes, you can do your own thing. I will kill time here by myself and won't disturb you."

"If you're really bored, it's okay if you don't wait for me."

"No, I'll wait for you."

"Okay, I'll try to finish early tonight."

I failed to persuade Kazusa to leave on her own initiative, but I did achieve my goal and got her assurance that she would not disturb me easily. In addition, the only person I had to worry about, Ijichi Hoshika, would arrive very late, so there would be no problem at all.

Chisato Suzumiya's mentality became more and more peaceful and relaxed.

When the preparations in the store were almost done, customers gradually began to come in. Suzumiya Chisato turned on the music and also invited the band that would be performing on stage tonight to go backstage to rest.

The atmosphere in the store gradually became lively. Touma Kazusa was sitting in the shadow of the corner and was inconspicuous. She followed what she had said before and did not choose to disturb Chisato Suzumiya's work, but her eyes were silently following the other person.

During this time, there were two people who were attracted to her and were quite interested in her, but when they approached her actively and had not yet opened their mouths, they were frightened back by her cold and stern eyes.

The time came to half past six.

When everything was going well, Chisato Suzumiya's phone rang again.

It was a call from Eriri Sawamura.

Chisato Suzumiya looked at the incoming caller displayed on the phone screen and felt panicked for a moment, but quickly regained her composure.

He secretly glanced at where Touma Kazusa was sitting. There was still some distance from the bar counter, and because of the loud music playing in the store, she definitely couldn't hear what he was saying on the phone.

He answered the phone confidently.

"Yinglili."

"I'm sorry Qianli is calling you at this time. You must be busy now."

"It's okay. What's going on?"

Chisato Suzumiya put the phone to his ear and held it with his shoulder. In front of him was a customer waiting for his change.

"Actually, Kasumigaoka and I were shopping on the street after school, and we happened to come across the area where you work part-time, so we thought of going over to comfort you. We bought you milk tea and your favorite egg waffle cake."

Eriri's voice sounded quite excited, as if she was happy about the next meeting.

But when these words reached Chisato Suzumiya's ears, it sounded like thunder in his heart.

After giving the change to the customer, he held the phone in his hand, took a deep breath and asked,

"Where are you now? Do you want me to pick you up?"

"No need. We just got off the train and have bought our things. We are already on our way to your place. We can just go in directly then, right?"

"Well, just come in."

Suzumiya Chisato turned around and looked at the time, silently estimating their walking speed and the time it would take them to get here.

He has about ten to fifteen minutes to operate.

"Qianli... your tone is not right. Are we disturbing you all of a sudden? If that's the case... we can just go back first without disturbing your work."

Ying Lili's cautious voice came over, and there was a hint of panic in that voice.

The more caringly and gently she said these words, the more difficult it was for Suzumiya Chisato to say no and ask them not to come.

Sooner or later there will be a day in the future when they will meet, but no matter how you think about it, now is not the best time.

If Touma Kazusa, who is not prepared at all, suddenly knows the existence of Kasumigaoka Utaha and Sawamura Eriri, and understands the relationship between them, her reaction will definitely not be as cute as it is now.

In the direction that Suzumiya Chisato was looking at, Touma Kazusa clenched her left fist with the back of her hand facing him, slowly raised it and then quickly put it down, with the serious expression on her face, it was obvious that she was cheering for her boyfriend who was on his way to work.

However, this seemed to be the first time she did such an action, so she seemed a little awkward and embarrassed. After the action, she turned her head away extremely embarrassedly. Even from a distance, Suzumiya Chisato seemed to be able to see the blush spreading on her face.

If she were to meet Shiyu and Eriri head-on later, the consequences would be...

Chisato Suzumiya thought of a piece of information that his good friend, Riku Fukube, who was sitting in the row in front of him, had once given him.

Classmate Touma Kazusa once kicked a disliked pursuer in the crotch. The boy couldn't even walk normally afterwards and was carried to the health room by a teacher who rushed over after hearing the news.

I don’t know if there will be any sequelae afterwards.

"Gulu..."

Chisato Suzumiya began to sweat uncontrollably on her forehead.

Gotta find a way.

He couldn't let Eriri feel aggrieved, as she had already compromised too much on his side.

But Kazusa must not be allowed to know about the existence of Eriri and Shiwa, absolutely not.

absolute!

We need to think of a way to take both sides into account at the same time, a way to have the best of both worlds.

However, the incident happened suddenly, and even if Chisato Suzumiya's brain was working at full speed, he could not think of a solution to the current crisis.

At this moment, the Dark Wings, which had been hiding on the beam at the top of the ceiling, poked its head out.

It quickly glanced around at the crowd below, with its eyes fixed in particular on Touma and Sa.

After she finished her encouraging gesture, she turned her head away out of embarrassment and no longer focused her gaze on Suzumiya Chisato.

It spread its wings straight up, and under the cover of the noise and ever-changing lights in the store, it landed silently on the bar counter and appeared in front of Chisato Suzumiya.

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Chapter 239: One wave has not yet subsided, another wave has risen

The Dark Wings stood on the table inside the bar, its dark eyes staring at Chisato Suzumiya motionlessly, as if they could speak and express something.

The anxious feeling that was originally in Chisato Suzumiya's chest suddenly subsided and calmed down miraculously.

Something suddenly occurred to him.

When one person is facing many people, it is inevitable that he will be unable to take care of the whole thing and will not be able to take care of the whole thing. This is inevitable.

However, if our side, which is at a numerical disadvantage, could get a helper, the situation would definitely improve.

Suzumiya Chisato secretly sighed that she was too careless. How could she forget the existence of the Black Wings at such an important moment?

From the beginning until now, he has never fought alone, but has come step by step to today's perfect situation where all aspects are balanced with the help of his important partner, Dark Wings, isn't it?

After realizing this fact, the subsequent method to break the impasse gradually took shape in Chisato Suzumiya's mind.

In his mind, he began to sort out the plan he had just come up with in an orderly manner. His intelligent brain repeatedly made calculations three times in a very short time.

After confirming the implementation process of each detail and the response measures in case of various accidents, he no longer panicked.

As long as he doesn't get into any accidents or reveal any flaws, he will undoubtedly be able to get through today's crisis safely.

"I'm sorry, Eriri, I didn't mean that."

In response to Eriri's cautious inquiry, Suzumiya Chisato deliberately sighed softly, and conveyed the atmosphere of worry and disappointment through the phone without any scruples.

After Eriri became a little worried because she was a little confused, he continued,

"Actually, I have an emergency right now, but I can't leave because I'm short-staffed at work. I was worried about this when you called me and came over to me. To be honest, you really helped me a lot."

His ambiguous words successfully made Ying Lili's mind diverge and she thought of many bad things.

She suppressed her uneasy thoughts and ignored the suspicious look from Kasumigaoka Utaha, and asked hurriedly,

"What happened Chisato?"

"It's not very clear over the phone, anyway, let's talk about it when you get there. Be careful on the road."

"Yeah, I understand."

Ying Lili nodded resolutely.

She detected the anxiety in Suzumiya Chisato's tone, so after hanging up the phone, she grabbed Kasumigaoka Utaha's wrist and jogged along the street without saying a word.

"Hey, what are you doing all of a sudden?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha was confused by her sudden action. Although she broke free from the other party's hand, seeing Eriri's serious expression, she still trotted to her side.

"Something seems to have happened over there Qianli, and they need our help."

"Hoo-hoo-something happened? What happened?"

Kasumigaoka opened her eyes wide.

"It's hard to explain over the phone, so he asked us to go over and talk."

"Huh—you didn't even ask for this?"

"Is this the time to talk about this? Save your energy and run faster. How can you be so out of breath after just a few steps? You are useless."

Ying Lili turned her head away with disdain and showed a look of contempt.