Knight Asylum

Xiao Xing smiled, not seeming surprised at all, nodded happily, walked to Red's side, raised her still wet hand and gently touched Red's hair, "Did you not sleep well last night?"

Xiao Xing, you are still reliable——

Seeing that Xiao Xing actually took on the attack of the entire French fries, Baluba covered her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Something happened—"

After thinking for a while, Red told Xiao Xing about the flower of the Heavenly Dao Tree, and Xiao Xing listened attentively with her hands behind her back, looking very harmonious. However, Baluba, who was following them from a distance, was so upset that she wanted to bang her head against the wall.

She felt that she had suffered a major strategic failure. She had always felt that the most difficult person to deal with was Xiaoxing. If Xiaoxing didn't have that idea, no matter how hard she tried, it would be useless. But on the other hand, if Xiaoxing had that idea and intended to act, then everything that followed would be a natural outcome.

But now it seems... Red has a bigger problem! Putting aside the explosive start of the whole French fry, how can a man say in such a cheerful voice on a date that he spent a night hanging out outside another girl's house?

Xiao Xing, you have to hold on!

Baluba silently cheered Xiao Xing on in her heart, but of course she was not the kind of person who thought that cheering in her heart would be helpful.

Facing a powerful enemy like Red, not only spiritual support is needed, but also someone in reality who can give advice and suggestions.

Baluba took out her cell phone and opened the chat app, and an account with the username "The coffee I make is super delicious" came into view.

In fact, Baluba was overthinking it. Xiao Xing was not angry because Red had hung around outside another girl's house all night last night. She was even a little happy because that was Red. Red hung around there all night to protect that girl, and Red was willing to tell her about it, which showed that in Red's mind, she was a reliable companion.

The culture of the Gurongi clan is straightforward and violent. In their eyes, there is no such thing as mutual reliance. Everyone is a competitor that they will kill sooner or later. Therefore, the Gurongis that evolved in that bloody ceremony have different forms and do not look like the same race at all. And she is the strongest among the charms.

Being the strongest means being aloof and alone.

The Buddhist life of more than ten years has worn away her tyranny and created a desire in her heart, a desire to rely on others, a desire to be relied on by others. Of course, before Reid opened the door to her heart, she had no such thoughts at all. Thinking of this...

The so-called Buddhist life of more than ten years has worn away the brutality and created desire in her heart, but it is just an excuse to cover up her inner feelings.

Xiao Xing shook her head and tilted her head to look at Red's profile.

She is Mei Garima Ba, she can travel through the wind and hit the vital point with one blow, so she immediately found the vital point she had covered.

She desired Rhett and wanted Rhett to desire her, and that was all.

"Huh? What—sorry, sorry, I'm on a date right now."

Noticing that Xiao Xing had been staring at him without saying anything, Red reacted and apologized repeatedly.

Talking about work all the time during a date seems to reduce your favorability.

"No - I'm very happy -" Xiao Xing stretched out her voice, leaning forward and smiling happily, "Actually, this is my first date. Where should we go to investigate next?"

"Ahem - well -" Red coughed awkwardly, his eyes flickering.

He is not really a wooden man with zero emotional intelligence. He saw Xiaoxing's reaction yesterday. Xiaoxing is looking forward to this date.

He is a very greedy person. He wants to investigate the current problem, but also wants Xiao Xing to have a happy memory.

"Hey - Red -"

Xiao Xing smiled softly, tilted her head back, and raised her hand to gently lift the hair behind her ears.

"Dating and the like... is to leave happy memories for each other, right?"

"I like you very much. I like the way you work hard for others. If I could work hard with you for someone, to save someone's life or something..."

Xiao Xing paused, turned her head, looked into Red's eyes, and smiled brightly and contentedly.

"I'll probably be so happy that I won't be able to sleep at night, so can you give me such a memory?"

Chapter 323 Kusakabe Xu

"Kentaro Sato is an office worker. He came here alone three years ago and has no relatives. He lives a very self-disciplined life. He was interviewed by his superiors many times because he refused to work overtime. The evaluation of his superiors in his file was... Sato, who was not sociable."

People who were eroded and died by the mirror world disappeared like phantoms in the mirror, and no one remembered them. However, only the people disappeared; the traces of their lives remained.

Kentaro Sato disappeared, but the job he used to work at is still there, and the documents he processed before his disappearance are still there, even with his signature on them, but all his colleagues ignored these traces that proved Kentaro Sato existed and said they didn't remember him.

"why is it like this……"

Xiao Xing was very surprised when she saw this situation for the first time. She couldn't accept such a cruel reality. As someone who had experienced it before, Red could only pat Xiao Xing on the shoulder.

"Jacob Cole, the owner of a bakery, mortgaged his house to get a loan to open the bakery. His reputation is excellent, and he was ranked seventh on the list of must-eat breads. Five of the top six were fake."

Jacob's bread is still on the list, but no one remembers the missing chef.

In one morning, Red and Xiaoxing walked to many places and observed many people.

Among them were good people praised by neighbors, while others were scumbags scolded by neighbors. There were family pillars, while others were family parasites. Their disappearance did not cause the slightest [impact].

Whether it was a good person praised by neighbors or a scumbag scolded by neighbors, he was replaced by another person.

Even though the family's pillar was missing and their life was about to fall into a quagmire, the family continued to live their life as usual as if nothing had happened, as if it had been like that from the beginning.

Even if the family parasite disappeared in the most thorough and worry-free way, the influence he once caused still drags down the entire family.

Some of these people have purchased and used the Gaia Memory on sale, while some have not. Considering that the pre-orders for Gaia Memory have been scheduled for several months later, most of those who have not purchased and used Gaia Memory are probably just unlucky and did not buy it.

At noon, Red followed the navigation and brought Xiao Xing to Tiandao Souji's hotel.

Because of the aura that Tendao Souji exuded, Red subconsciously imagined Tendao Souji's hotel as a magnificent place. Although it was not as exaggerated as a palace, it should be a high-end one no matter how you thought about it.

But when he arrived at Red, he realized that this was just a small restaurant not much bigger than Xiaoxing's flower shop, with only one waitress. If it wasn't for Tendou Souji's sister Tendou Juuka waving at him with a bright smile, he would have thought he had come to the wrong place.

"Hello, are you two?" The waitress, who seemed reluctant to meet people's eyes, stepped forward and took out a small notebook from her pocket and asked politely.

Reid and Xiao Xing narrowed their eyes at the same time and stared at the waitress in front of them.

"Um...is there any problem?" The waitress subconsciously took a step back.

"you--"

Reid slightly opened his fingers and subconsciously raised his hand towards the waitress. The waitress subconsciously wanted to dodge, but the increasingly strong pressure emanating from Reid prevented her from making any movement.

Before Red touched the waitress, a hearty voice squeezed in.

"Red, are you here?"

Wearing an apron, Tendo Souji came out with a plate of tofu dishes. His eyes stayed on Xiao Xing for a moment, then he smiled at Red who had stopped moving, "Sorry, sorry - my Xu is not very good at communicating with people."

"Really? I think this is fine. If you don't like something, then you don't like it. There's no need to force yourself to communicate with someone you don't like or can't handle."

Red smiled and gently patted the shoulder of the waitress called Xu by Tiandao Souji, and sat in the middle seat at Tiandao Souji's gesture.

Kusakabe Xu let out a light breath, subconsciously glanced at Reid who was playing with the knife and fork, raised his hand to pinch the hair on his forehead and complained sullenly.

"Who is your Xu? You are such a sociable guy. Tell me why you are using my shop to entertain guests without permission."

"Huh? Isn't this your shop?" Reid was stunned.

"of course."

Tendo Souji leaned against the wall with his arms folded across his chest, looking relaxed and calm as if he was at home.

"You guy, you wouldn't be..." Reid glanced at Kusakabe Xu again.

"That's your illusion, don't take it too seriously."

As if he knew what Red was thinking, Tendou Souji simply shook his head, turned and walked into the kitchen. He stretched out his right hand from the window and knocked on the table where the dishes were placed.

"Xu, I'll trouble you to serve the dishes next."

Reid glanced at Kusakabe Xu. He didn't know if it was because Tendō Souji's aura was too strong or he was not good at refusing. Kusakabe Xu looked reluctant, but still walked over honestly. Tendō Shuhua immediately clasped his hands together and apologized to Kusakabe Xu awkwardly. Only then did Kusakabe Xu's expression improve a little.

While Tiandao Shuhua and Kusakabe Xu were not paying attention, Xiao Xing leaned forward and stretched out her finger to gently tap the back of Reid's hand.

Knowing what Xiao Xing was hinting at, Red pursed his lips and shook his head slightly.

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ORE Newspaper.

Shinji Shirodo pushed the door open with a yawn, took a few steps towards his workstation and then froze in place. Mai Takashi, who was sitting next to Momoi Reiko, immediately stood up and bowed towards Shinji Shirodo.

"Hello--"

"Ah, hello, hello," Shiroto Shinji reacted and scratched the back of his head, then bent down towards Takashi Mai, and cautiously asked Momoi Reiko, "Ms. Reiko, what is this?"

He still remembered the time in the previous timeline, and there was no such female high school student in the previous timeline.

"Shinji, this is Mai Takashi. She has something she wants us to investigate."

Momoi Reiko stretched and looked at Takashi Mai. After the latter nodded, Momoi Reiko continued.

"She wanted to find someone to apologize and thank that person."

"Eh..." Shinji Shirodo was a little surprised.

"But the identity of that person is a little tricky. He is Selvi Turia's man," Tao Jing Lingzi flipped through the documents at hand, took out a photo and handed it to Shiroto Shinji, "This is a photo captured from the nearby surveillance."

Shinji Shirodo took the photo, glanced at it, and then stood there in a daze, staring at Red in the photo.

"Shinji, what's wrong? Have you seen him somewhere?" Momoko Reiko raised her eyebrows slightly.

"Ah--no, he is--"

"Boom boom boom——"

There was a crisp knock on the door. Shirodo Shinji and Momoi Reiko looked over at the same time. Tezuka Umiyuki was knocking on the door with a smile on his face, and the door was not closed yet.

Chapter 324: Data That Has Already Been Completed

ORE Newspaper.

"Um... who are you looking for?" Because the editor-in-chief Okubo Daisuke had not arrived yet, Momoi Reiko, as a senior, immediately stood up and walked towards Tezuka Umiyuki.

"Ah, hello, this is my business card."

Tezuka Umiyuki withdrew his gaze, took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Momoi Reiko.

Momoi Reiko took the business card and looked at it, then looked up and down at Tezuka Umiyuki with some surprise.

"Soothsayer?"

"Yes, but for some reasons, I can't do divination for the time being," Tezuka Umiyuki smiled slightly.

"Really?" Tao Jing Lingzi looked suspicious, "Excuse me, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Actually... I want to ask ORE Newspaper to investigate and report a lawsuit," Tezuka Umiyuki opened his backpack and put a file bag on the table and pushed it in the direction of Momoi Reiko, "It's related to Seimeiin University."

"Seimeiin University?"

Momoi Reiko was a little surprised. She opened the file bag, took out the documents and started to read them. Shirodo Shinji pricked up his ears and leaned towards Momoi Reiko. Noticing Shirodo Shinji's little movement, Tezuka Umiyuki let out a breath.

"In fact, a few years ago, Qingmingyuan University had an experimental accident. A dozen students fell into a coma due to the accident and are still lying in the intensive care unit. In the past few days, because no one has paid for the treatment, the dozen students may be moved out of the intensive care unit. Qingmingyuan University, as the responsible party, does not seem to intend to pay for the treatment."

"I have contacted a great lawyer who is willing to fight this case, but having a lawyer willing to fight the case is not enough."

As an experienced journalist, Momoi Reiko immediately understood what Tezuka Umiyuki meant.

"You hope that our newspaper will report this incident and use public opinion to get Qingmingyuan University to accept mediation and continue to pay for the treatment."

Tao Jing Lingzi frowned, "Then why don't you go find a bigger newspaper instead of choosing us? To be honest, there are only four people in our newspaper, and even rent is a problem. It wouldn't be surprising if we closed down tomorrow."

If Okubo Daisuke were here, he would probably have broken down in tears by now.

"Regarding this matter……"

Tezuka Umiyuki didn't finish his words and could only smile helplessly.

After thinking for a while, Momoi Reiko suddenly realized that Seimeiin University was not just a simple university. There were many unclear interest chains behind it. If it was just a minor incident like food hygiene, there would not even be a need for Tezuka Kaiu to come, as those large newspapers would have already found out.

Since those large-scale newspapers have not made any move, it means that this matter is much more complicated and dangerous than expected, and it is very likely to affect the interest chains behind Qingmingyuan University.

ORE could not afford to take on the responsibility of reporting something that even the major newspapers dared not report. However, when she thought of the students who were still in a coma, Momoi Reiko felt that she could not just sit there and do nothing. With her qualifications, she could get a high position in any major newspaper. Every once in a while, a newspaper would extend an olive branch to her, but she rejected them all.

Because only at ORE newspaper can she stick to her bottom line.

Shinji Shirodo's face changed and he stood up suddenly. Just as he was about to speak, Tezuka Umiyuki tilted his body and hit the corner of the table. The knight card box in his pocket was unfortunately picked out by the corner of the table and fell to the ground.

The moment he saw the Knight Card Box, Shinji Shirodo's breathing stopped and he stopped moving.

"Oh, sorry." Tezuka Umi bent down to pick up the Knight Card Box and put it back in his pocket. He looked up at Momoi Reiko and said, "Ms. Momoi, is ORE Newspaper willing to take on this commission?"

"Mr. Tezuka, leave this matter to us," Momoi Reiko took another look at the documents in her hand and frowned slightly.

This should be the first time she has seen these documents, but she has a strong sense of déjà vu, as if it is not the first time she has seen these students' information.

"Then I'm relieved," Tezuka Umiyuki breathed a sigh of relief, "My contact information is on the business card. We can discuss the remuneration in detail later. I have another newspaper to go to next, so I'll leave first."

"Mr. Tezuka, please leave this matter to us," Momoi Reiko believed in her intuition as a reporter. There must be a truth behind this matter that no one can see.

Even if it's just for the dozen or so students who are still in a coma, she has to get to the bottom of this matter.

Tezuka Umiyuki smiled and nodded, then turned and left. Shiroto Shinji's eyes flickered for a moment before he grabbed his backpack and said, "Ms. Lingzi, I'm going to go out and investigate the matter at Seimeiin University first!"