Knight Asylum

Soon, Red and others arrived at the First Michelin three-star restaurant mentioned by Hamamura Midori. Red, who didn't know much, was shocked by the classic yet grand store decoration. Even Hamamura Midori, who looked very comfortable, clenched her fists excitedly.

I was really ripped off.

Red scratched the back of his head, and when the waiter opened the door, he turned his head to look inside the store. Seeing the attire of the guests dining in the store, Red realized something. While the waiter was confirming the order, Red asked in a low voice, "Um... doesn't a Michelin three-star hotel have a dress code requirement?"

Ise Ayaka was stunned and immediately began to nervously adjust her clothes, but the specially cut short skirt could not be turned into a formal dress no matter how hard she pulled it. Even Hamamura Midori began to scratch her face in embarrassment.

"Um...are you two students?" After confirming the order, the attendant returned without showing any strange expression because of Ise Ayaka and Hamamura Midori's attire.

"Yes, they are both high school students," Reid nodded immediately.

"I understand. Please follow me."

Led by the attendant, Red and the others came to a place close to the kitchen. The attendant skillfully and elegantly placed three menus in front of Red, Ise Ayaka, and Hamamura Miyo, and bowed slightly. "I personally recommend Friday's special set meal, which is more nutritionally balanced for students."

Ise Ayaka and Hamamura Miyo nodded vigorously, being uncharacteristically obedient.

"Excuse me, would you like some wine?" The servant narrowed his eyes slightly.

"No, thank you." After just flipping through a few pages, Red was frightened by the long string of zeros and shook his head quickly.

"How shameful," Ise Ayaka complained.

"Don't drink and drive, and don't drive after drinking," Red rolled his eyes, "Now that I've treated you to dinner, could you please help return the backpack to Takadera Mai?"

Ise Ayaka was stunned, and looked away guiltily, hesitating, "Well, well..."

Red raised his eyebrows, realizing something was wrong, "Hey, you guys are not familiar with Takashi Mai, are you?"

"No, we are good friends with Takadera Mai. It's not an exaggeration to say that we are best friends." Hamamura Miyo shook her head. "But, as I said, she hasn't been in a good mood these days. We also invited her today, but she refused."

"Then please send her a text message and tell her the backpack has been found," Red crossed his arms across his chest.

"Huh? It's already been sent," Hamamura Midori slowly pushed the phone towards Reid.

The screen was displaying Hamamura Midori's chat history. The target's profile picture was Takadera Mai wearing a shrine maiden costume, and the remark was also the word "Wu".

[Xiao Wu~ I have found your backpack~ Do you want to go to school together?]

[Thank you, forget about school]

"Ok?"

As soon as Reid reached out his hand, Hamamura Miyo pulled the phone back and said slowly, "It's illegal to peek at a girl's phone."

The servant waiting on the side immediately agreed, "Sir, if you do something impolite in First, you will be kicked out."

Red, who didn't expect to be attacked from both sides, raised his hands helplessly, "I'm just a little confused as to why you invited Takadera Mai to school."

"Is it weird to invite your good friend to go to school together?" Hamamura Miyo blinked.

"Then may I ask Miss Hamamura Miyo...what day is it now?"

"It's Friday~"

"Then may I ask Miss Hamamura Miyo, why are you not in school even though it's Friday?" Reid did not forget the agreement he made with the physical education teacher.

Hamamura Miyo and Red looked at each other for a while and then sighed softly, "Brother, if nothing happened, why do you think we didn't go to school?"

Red crossed his arms across his chest and raised his eyes, "You don't think I'm easy to fool, do you?"

"That child is crying, right?" said Hamamura Midori slowly.

Red was stunned and lowered his hands that were around his chest. He still remembered how Takashi Mai cried and shouted and wanted to get her bag back.

"Do you think someone would really cry like that just because she lost an old-fashioned backpack? It was just a trigger. She has actually been very distressed." Hamamura Miyo shook her head. "There are some things that teachers can't solve. We are Mai's friends. We can't just watch her suffer and compromise alone. With a few friends to support her and persevere, we can eventually change the current situation."

Reid twisted uneasily in his chair for a while, then stared into Hamamura Miyo's eyes with a stern face, "Don't tell me that you skipped school and went shopping for your friends."

"Haha - well - I admit that I do have reasons for not wanting to go to school," Hamamura Miyo stuck out her tongue mischievously, "but I can't just keep playing without any care in the world, right? If I continue to play, I might have to repeat the grade."

"I'm glad you know," Red breathed a sigh of relief, "I'll leave the matter of the bag to you. Also, go back to school after you finish eating."

"Oh - after all, you've spent money, just wait a moment..." Hamamura Midori took out her cell phone, fiddled with it for a while, and then handed it to Reid.

Red blinked, took the phone, and was about to ask Hamamura Miyo what this meant when a majestic voice came from the phone, "Hamamura Miyo! You've missed a whole morning of classes! Do you want to graduate or not?"

"This……"

Reid put the phone to his ear in a panic and looked at Hamamura Midori at the same time.

Hamamura Miyo clasped her hands together and blinked, "This is our homeroom teacher, please~"

"You... forget it. Um, hello, are you Hamamura Miyo's homeroom teacher? Actually, Hamamura Miyo and Ise Ayaka are both here with me," Reid's mouth twitched, and he had to deal with Hamamura Miyo's homeroom teacher who looked quite angry first.

"Huh? Who are you?"

"Uh - I'm an auxiliary police officer or something like that. Something happened and I need the help of Hamamura-san and Ise-san," Reid pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling a little overwhelmed, and tried hard to think of any way to get around the matter.

"Auxiliary police? Have these two got into any trouble? No! This time I must tell the principal to expel them both!"

"Expel? No, no, no - they didn't cause any trouble. I need their help." Red glanced at Hamamura Miyo and Ise Ayaka who were blinking hard with their hands clasped together across from him, and sighed helplessly, "They will go back to class in the afternoon."

"Really? If that's the case, forget about the expulsion."

"Thank you," Reid handed the phone back.

Hamamura Miyo took the phone and said a few more words before hanging up. She scratched the back of her head in embarrassment, "Ah - luckily I had the help of my brother, otherwise this would have been really bad."

Ise Ayaka shook her head vigorously, "Well - thanks."

"Forget it, forget it, let's eat quickly. By the way, regarding the issue with Mai Takadera, here's my phone number. I don't know if I can help, but if there's anything with Mai Takadera, you can call me," Reid thought for a while, took out a notebook, tore off a page, wrote down his phone number, and handed it to Midori Hamamura.

"Young man, you are such a good person," Hamamura Miyo blinked, took the paper with the phone number, and twirled her hair, "I am attracted to you."

Reid laughed dryly.

Soon, the appetizers of the special set meal recommended by the waiter arrived. Since everything was done, Red relaxed and began to taste the first Michelin three-star meal in his life. Perhaps it was because they were in the forbidden area of ​​the Tooth Ghost Tribe, the hidden dangers stimulated his taste buds. Just the appetizers gave him a feeling that the trip was worthwhile.

Of course, nothing unexpected happened until we finished enjoying the snacks.

"Yeah - I'm really satisfied..."

Hamamura Miyo stretched out in the sunshine and winked at Red mischievously, "Thanks~ For the sake of this great meal, I can fulfill one of your wishes~"

"Don't linger, go back to school quickly, and don't forget about your backpack," Red took off his backpack.

"I know, you're really nagging," Ise Ayaka reached out to stop the backpack, put Takadera Mai's backpack on her back, then turned around and left with Hamamura Midori's arm in hand.

"I've memorized your homeroom teacher's number. I'll confirm it!"

"I get it. We don't want to be fired either," Hamamura Midori turned her head and waved at Reid with a bright smile.

Because they were leaving in the same direction they came from, and considering Hamamura Midori's previous performance, Red didn't think too much about it.

But what Red didn't expect was that when they were about to step out of the Yagui tribe's territory, Hamamura Midori and Ise Ayaka made a big turn.

"I made a profit today, Ayaka," Hamamura Midori stretched lazily, took out a piece of paper with Reid's phone number written on it, tilted her head and thought for a while, then registered the number on her mobile phone, and threw the paper to Ise Ayaka.

"That's true, but will it really not be exposed?" Ise Ayaka looked at the number in her hand and thought for a while before putting it into her pocket. "You always let your own cousin pretend to be the class teacher."

"That guy looks like a good guy. He'll speak up for us whenever our situation gets a little bit worse. It would be nice if there were more good guys like him," Hamamura Midori shook her head nonchalantly, flipped the screen back to the chat history with Takadera Mai and shook it at Ise Ayaka, "Right, Mai~"

“You haven’t changed it back yet.”

"How interesting. Anyway, I won't admit my mistake."

Ise Ayaka's shoulders slumped slightly and she changed the subject, "Should we talk to Mai about the backpack?"

"Hmm? Ah~ Don't be in a hurry. We finally made it to the territory of the Gigolos, so of course we have to take a good look around first." Hamamura Miyo reached out and took Ise Ayaka's hand, her eyes sparkling as she walked along the alley and took pictures. "We have to show off to them when we get back. Ayaka will definitely be very popular. Maybe she will accept it from a cool weirdo friend."

Upon hearing that she would be welcome, Ise Ayaka, who was originally a little hesitant, suddenly had a light in her eyes. She took out her cell phone from her pocket and took photos and selfies everywhere.

Because everything was going so smoothly, they became more and more courageous. They walked around the territory of the Tooth Ghost Clan and began to move towards hidden corners where there were few people.

"Yeah - it's really intentional - wooah -"

When passing by an alley, Hamamura Midori, who was walking backwards and taking pictures everywhere, was knocked over by a man who suddenly rushed out of the alley as soon as she opened her arms. The flash of the mobile phone when taking the picture illuminated the man's cold eyes.

The man was a little surprised, but he didn't stop and ran away.

"It hurts - what's going on?" Hamamura Miyo looked at her broken nail with heartache.

Ise Ayaka finally reacted and bent down to help Ise Ayaka up, "Are you okay, Midori?"

"It hurts so much - what's wrong with that man?" Hamamura Miyo angrily opened the photo album to see if there was any photo of the man who knocked her down, but the man was wearing a mask and the phone only captured a pair of eyes.

"Miyo, let's go."

Feeling something was wrong, Ise Ayaka pulled Hamamura Midori's arm hard, but Hamamura Midori, who was angry, did not intend to leave like that, and forcibly dragged Ise Ayaka into the alley.

A cold and damp breath hit her face. Ise Ayaka couldn't help but shrink her shoulders. She stuck to Hamamura Miyo's back and looked around cautiously, "Miyo, let's go."

"That man must have done something shameful! I must find out," Hamamura Miyo looked around unhappily.

Soon, they reached the end, where there were only a few smelly trash cans, but nothing shameful.

Ise Ayaka breathed a sigh of relief, "Let's go back."

Hamamura Midori frowned and looked around in despair, but did not look through the trash can because of the stench.

"Tick-"

"{Tick-tick——"

Hamamura Miyo pricked up her ears, "Did you hear the sound of water?"

"No, no," Ise Ayaka immediately became nervous, "It's so dirty and messy here, isn't it normal to hear the sound of water? Let's go!"

"It's here! This garbage was just piled up there!"

Ignoring Ise Ayaka's dissuasion, Hamamura Miyo stepped forward and kicked away several bags of garbage that looked like they had just been piled up. The dirty and messy trash can appeared intact in front of them, and blood was seeping out and dripping through the cracks in the trash can. That was the reason they heard the dripping sound.

Hamamura Midori swallowed hard, her excitement replaced by fear, but she couldn't control her hands and forcefully opened the trash can. A body torn into pieces appeared in front of them, the head with eyes still open staring straight at them.

The words "murder and hiding of body" came to their minds.

"ah--"

The shrill screams echoed throughout the alley. Hamamura Midori and Ise Ayaka fled in panic, but they did not notice that on the opposite side of the alley, the man who had escaped before was standing in the shadows, staring at them.

Chapter 72 Can we not mention that Red defeated Gamego?

The scene of the Servi-Turria Supreme Conference.

U sat on the only chair, swaying the coffee in his hand. His absent-minded look made people wonder if he was not listening to this meeting that concerned the future direction of the Human Rescue Organization.

In fact, U was not listening.

This time's supreme meeting was more like a group of hyenas hungry for food from the lion's mouth. Of course, the role played by Servieri Turia was always the one being eaten. This time, it was Mitsuo Hongo who played the role of the lion, and the one with the loudest opinion and voice was the Ouroboros.

One is to clear themselves of the relationship between themselves and the Zerg, to firmly state their position, and to try to portray themselves as one of the victims, but those present are not idiots, and the louder they deny, the more they are telling others that their guess is correct. The executors are fine, but even the entire containment team has been replaced by the Zerg, and now a group of communicators who controlled the Servius Tullia command tower have mysteriously disappeared.

This matter is not so easy to uncover.

The second reason is to get the highest bargaining chip in Red's hand.

Because he thought that Red's plan was perfect, he acted hastily, bribed various sponsors, and asked Hong Shangguangsheng to make a big killing to get a terrifying number of chips with the highest value. However, he ended up losing everything and had no chips left. It was impossible to ask other sponsors to give up their chips. If Ouroboros wanted to make a profit, it could only take back the money used to exchange for the chips.

Of course, Ouroboros doesn't have any chips in his hand.

"President Hongshang, that money is not for you, but for exchanging chips."

"Yes, then give me the chips. Ah~ Sorry, I forgot that you have already lost everything in the casino." Facing Ouroboros' rogue behavior, Hong Shang Guangsheng rarely showed aggressiveness. "Sorry, now only Red himself can bring the highest value chip to Hong Shang Fund to exchange for the money. Of course, the money belongs to Red and is protected by law."

"Ah - I'm really envious. I didn't get such a huge fortune when I was his age."

Seeing that Hongo Mitsuo was not buying into his tricks, Ouroboros, knowing that he had no ability to threaten Hongo Mitsuo, changed the target of his attack. "U, Z-01 is still a dangerous containment object in essence. He does not have human rights and is naturally not protected by the law. Moreover, he directly caused the destruction of an entire area. It is not reasonable for him to hold that bargaining chip."

U calmly swirls the coffee in the cup while holding the silver spoon. "If Yamato Hidenari hadn't taken the command and gambled with Gamego, the scale of Gamego's semi-ultimate game wouldn't have expanded to this extent."

"That was a conspiracy of the Zerg. Moreover, you didn't notice any changes to the rules of Gamego's semi-ultimate game in nine years. U, this is your dereliction of duty! I now suspect that Z-01 has already been in contact with the Gurongi, and proposed that operation just to expand Gamego's operations!"

"Red defeated Gamego."

"Everyone has witnessed the destructive power. It is no longer a force that humans can control!"

"Red defeated Gamego."

"An ordinary person simply cannot bear such a heavy responsibility. Sooner or later, he will lose control!"

"Red defeated Gamego."

"..."

"Besides this, don't you have anything else to mention?"

"That's enough. Red defeated the qualified person from the Kuznetsuo Group who you judged to be absolutely unbeatable. Gamego was the first and will definitely not be the last." U raised his eyes. "Does he hope, or do you think that everyone here can train a knight stronger than Red and defeat Gurongi?"