Knight Asylum

Sonoda Mari widened her eyes in disbelief.

She didn't know what she was shocked about. Was she fired before she even started working, or was Red hinting that he would definitely ask for something improper, or was it both?

“Everyone has things they are good at and things they are not good at.”

Red's gentle persuasion was extremely harsh to Mari Sonoda, and Mari Sonoda even felt that Red was laughing at her.

How can this be tolerated?

"What? Are you looking down on me?!"

"what--"

"Why are you sighing? How do you know I can't do it if you don't try?"

Hey, hey, hey, do you know what these nasty words you are saying?

Reid stared speechlessly at Mari Sonoda, who was standing in front of him with her hands on her hips, chest puffed out and an expression that said "I'm great at this."

Obviously, Sonoda Mari was too drunk to realize it.

"Okay, okay—"

"Hehehe——" Sonoda Mari put her hands on her hips and laughed complacently.

She won.

"By the way, did you know that your secretary at the Zhinao Group has a special uniform?"

"That's all small stuff."

"It looks like this."

"I've said it all..."

Just a casual glance at Mari Sonoda made her eyes widen and she snatched the phone away. On the phone screen was a very beautiful woman with a Zhinao Group nameplate on her chest.

"This, this is... a short skirt?"

"Apparently, yes."

"This skirt... is even shorter than safety pants!" Sonoda Mari raised her voice, "Aren't you the president? Can't you do something?"

Mari Sonoda felt like her face was so hot she could fry an egg on it just by imagining herself wearing such clothes.

"I respect tradition," Reid pulled back the phone, held down Mari Sonoda's shoulders and turned her around.

Before they knew it they were back at the barber shop.

"Woo woo woo—you bastard…"

Mari Sonoda kicked Red's calf unwillingly, then stomped her feet and rushed back to the barber shop angrily.

Reid scratched his face, shook his head helplessly, and turned away.

His intuition told him that Sonoda Mari would not give up so easily, but as long as she had this secretary outfit as a cover, Sonoda Mari would not be able to make any waves. Could it be possible that Sonoda Mari would agree to wear it?

After all, Mari Sonoda never thought of becoming a secretary from the beginning.

"The person is gone? Can I work in peace now?"

Mari Sonoda, who was leaning against the window looking out, froze, smiled awkwardly and turned her head away. The store manager not far away was looking at her with a half-smile.

The store manager showed no signs of being angry, but this made Mari Sonoda feel embarrassed.

"Do you like the new president of Zhinao Group?"

"Like? I don't like you! It's just that... yes! Because of some accidents in the past, I almost caused him to have a concussion, so I feel guilty! I have to take responsibility for this!"

Mari Sonoda's face turned red in an instant. After frantically gesticulating for a while, she finally thought of a reasonable reason, folded her hands over her chest and nodded vigorously.

"But... this is love," As a person who has been through it, the store manager saw at a glance that Mari Sonoda was making excuses to cover up, but this time the store manager did not smile knowingly and pretend not to know, but instead exposed the part that Mari Sonoda was unwilling to face.

"Even if it's not love, it will soon become love. You care about him now, don't you? What does it mean when a girl starts to care about a guy?"

After hearing the manager's analysis, Sonoda Mari calmed down. An uncomfortable feeling spread in her chest. She... didn't actually hate the manager, but the manager seemed to be hinting at something.

She didn't like the implication, and the store manager had no plans for the Riddler.

"His world is different from yours. If you want to go to his world, you have to give up your own world. Or...your world is too fragile in his world."

The store manager could see that Sonoda Mari's feelings for Reid were not at the level of love between a man and a woman, but more of a concern, so now was the best time to intervene.

Should I just give up or make a decision?

The store manager felt that as someone who had experienced this, it was necessary to remind Mari Sonoda.

Mari Sonoda raised her hand, hesitated for a long time, then lowered her head, dragged her chair to the corner and stopped talking.

……

There was a light and leisurely knock on the door. Kitaoka Hideichi, who was looking through the previous trial materials, raised his eyebrows and said, "Kiroto, go open the door."

Shinji Shirodo, who was mopping the floor, put down the mop in his hand, nodded vigorously, ran quickly to the door, pushed it open a crack, and tried cautiously.

"Excuse me, who is it?"

"takeout--"

The cheerful and confident tone made Shiroto Shinji open the door without any doubt and turned around to shout, "Whose takeout has arrived?"

Okubo Daisuke and Shimada Nanako looked up at each other at the same time. Kitaoka Shuichi immediately frowned, while Tezuka Umiyuki, who was sitting on the sofa staring at the tarot cards, raised his eyebrows.

Where had he heard this voice before?

"Eh? Is there no one here? Excuse me, are you sending—wait a minute! Why did you come in without permission?!"

Shinji Shirodo was just about to close the door with an embarrassed smile, but the other party pushed the door open with great confidence and walked into the living room as if he had returned to his own home.

"excuse me--"

Tezuka Kai stood up in surprise.

"Tian Dao Zongsi?"

Chapter 388: Professional Interpreter of the Riddler

Not everyone would be influenced by Tendo Souji's self-confidence that he was the center of everything, so they were shocked when Tendo Souji, who didn't even have any takeout food on hand, broke in, opened the refrigerator without permission, and started cooking.

The people from ORE newspaper refused until Tendou Souji's first dish came out of the pot.

“It’s delicious—”

"Wu-wu-wu"

"Damn it - Shinji, I'm your senior!"

Okubo Daisuke, Shimada Nanako, and Kido Shinji were frantically grabbing food like refugees who had been hungry for days.

It is no exaggeration to say that if Tendo Souji cooked ordinary meals, what they had eaten before was pig food, or maybe even not pig food.

Tao Jinglingzi's face was a little dark.

Because she was responsible for cooking during this period.

But as the most mature and reliable person in the ORE newspaper, she would not get angry over such a small matter. After all, she would still be the one cooking tomorrow.

Moreover, compared to this, the most important thing is indeed Tendo Souji.

She is not an ordinary little girl who will be infatuated with Tendo Souji because of his handsome looks and confident demeanor.

"Tian Dao, right, we didn't order such service," Tao Jing Lingzi put down the bowl and asked.

"why?"

"To be precise, I want to repay Shinji and Umi for helping my sister. I was planning to go and thank them, but -"

Tendou Souji smiled and placed a new plate of food on the table.

“You changed your office location.”

"Is that the case?" Momoi Reiko looked at Shirodo Shinji.

With rice still on the corner of his mouth, Shiroto Shinji raised his head and stared at Tendo Souji for a while before he suddenly realized, "Ah...Ah-ah!"

"Okay, Shinji, continue eating."

"Oh--"

Tezuka Umiyuki coughed and explained, "That happened a few days ago. Tendou's sister... was targeted by some bad guys. I, Red, Shinji, and another person helped to deal with those bad guys."

"Hey - Shinji, you guy...why didn't you tell me what happened?" Okubo Daisuke raised his voice.

"Ahaha - well, actually this isn't that troublesome," Shinji Shirodo scratched the back of his head with a twinkling look in his eyes.

"Even so, I am still very grateful to you, after all, you are my family," Tendo Souji wiped his hands and his eyes fell on the tarot cards arranged by Tezuka Umiyuki.

Noticing Tendo Souji's gaze, Tezuka Umi's face changed and he immediately stood up. He smiled embarrassedly and put away the tarot cards. "Don't mind it. It's a professional habit."

"Come to think of it, Tezuka is a very good fortune teller and has even been on TV," Kitaoka Hideichi wiped his mouth with a tissue and nodded with satisfaction.

"Really? If you don't mind, could you tell fortune for me?" Tendō Souji nodded thoughtfully.

"Well...Okay, Lawyer Kitaoka, can I borrow the room here?" Tezuka Umiyuki hesitated for a moment and nodded, looking at Kitaoka Hideichi.

"Please feel free to—" Kitaoka Hideichi nodded with a smile.

"Thank you."

Tezuka Umiyuki put the tarot cards into his pocket and took Tendo Souji to the storage room on the second floor. Of course, this is not accurate because Tendo Souji walked in front and he followed behind.

"Tendo, draw three cards from there," Tezuka Umi handed the shuffled and cut tarot cards to Tendou Souji, "those three tarot cards will point to your future."

"Umi, I want to confirm something with you," Tendo Souji raised his hand and took out all the tarot cards from Tezuka Umi's hand, turned them over, and began to select tarot cards.

Tezuka Umi's mouth twitched slightly, but it was not surprising that Tendou Souji did this...

sense of violation.

"Shirou Kanzaki, you are resetting time, right?" Tendo Souji pulled out the tarot card of the world from the deck and handed it to Umi Tezuka.

Tezuka Umi's pupils dilated slightly. The World Tarot Card, which was upright for Tendo Souji, was reversed for him.

The upright world represents completion, success, and perfection.

The reversed World represents incompleteness, failure, lack of preparation, blind acceptance, huge obstacles on the career path, and loss of motivation to challenge.

"How did you know?" Although he had a premonition, Tezuka Umiyuki still expected that Tendo Souji would be so direct.

"Would you ask why the sun shines?"

Tendo Souji drew the Sun Tarot Card.

But unlike before, this time the upright position was given to Umiyuki Tezuka, and the reversed position was given to Tendo Souji himself.

"Okay - do you know what Kanzaki Shirou's purpose is?"

"Even the sun that is willing to illuminate every grain of dust cannot dispel the shadow behind the dust," Tendou Souji shuffled and cut the Tarot cards.

Tezuka Umi's breathing stagnated and his eyes twitched wildly. Fortunately, he was a fortune teller and interpreted various riddles every day. If it were someone else, they would probably be speechless and not want to ask questions.

and many more……

Tezuka was stunned, his eyebrows slightly raised, "Do you have any plans?"

"Stupid question, the sun just needs to shine," Tendo Souji chuckled confidently.

"I see..." Tezuka Umi frowned slightly, held his chin up and thought for a moment before lowering his voice, "Red's condition is very bad, and it's complicated to explain. To put it simply, if Kanzaki Shirou resets time again, Red's brain may be burned out and lose himself due to the evolution of his own power."

"Now... we have taken some precautionary measures, but we are not sure whether they are effective."

Tezuka Umiyuki let out a long sigh.

The Wind Card is in his hand now, but it wasn't there before. If the Wind Card in his hand returns to Red after the time is reset and Red gets the memory of the new timeline, it would be an explosion.

"Lose...myself," Tendo Souji narrowed his eyes slightly, and he remembered the appearance of Red in the picture he himself had shown him.

It's not just a matter of losing one's mind, his appearance has also started to take on the characteristics of a wild beast.

At that time, he didn't understand, nor did he think that Red would lose control like that. The only explanation was that some external force forced Red to lose control like that.

And now the fortune teller Umiyuki Tezuka has solved the mystery for him.

"Really? Is that the case?" Tendou Souji's eyes lit up slightly, and he stopped shuffling the tarot cards. "I have understood the general situation."

"What should we do then?" Tezuka Umi shook his head helplessly.

"We can't let Red and Kanzaki Shirou fight--" Tendo Souji slapped the tarot cards into Tezuka Umi's hand.