Is there anyone who really wants to be a partner of justice?

Ai couldn't understand Lito's inexplicable second-year words. She was completely forced by Lito to come and play with her, and she only lost one or two games to Lito. Why did Lito recognize her as her rival?

Isn't this fighting game all about memorizing moves and timing them? Is that difficult?

When Shinichi and Kiba came back, Ai and Lito were no longer there. Instead, they had gone to play arcade machines in front of a convenience store across the street.

Shinichi walked up to him curiously and asked, "Why are you two playing games here?"

Lidou took a sip of her drink and replied, "You guys haven't been seen for a long time, so I was bored. I saw an arcade machine here, so I came to play a few games~ Hey! Shinichi Takahashi, your sister should really try e-sports!"

"Esports?" Shinichi frowned. What's the good of it? Aiyi didn't have many electronic devices because she was poor. How could she have the foundation for it?

"Yeah! Come on, come over and see, I'm going to play a round with your sister, Ai Yi, let's play another round this time!"

As she spoke, Lito put another coin into the arcade machine, and Ai looked at Shinichi for advice. Shinichi didn't care and nodded, letting Ai and Lito play a few times.

Kiba on the side was very excited, after all, she knew very well what Rito was like at gaming, she could really be described as having godly talent, there was no game that this girl couldn't master.

And even a super game master like Lidou who thinks highly of herself can praise another person's gaming level like this, which makes Kiba very curious about what is so special about Ai.

And then... they saw Ai holding a Kula and Lito holding the Seven Curses fighting back and forth, and it was hard to tell who would win until the end of the time, when Ai unfortunately lost due to the health disadvantage.

Although Shinichi didn't know much about fighting games, he could feel the high level of the two players from their battle of skills and defense.

This surprised Shinichi. When did Ai become so good at playing games? He had never bought her any video games...

"Ai, have you ever played fighting games before?"

"No, brother... How can our family afford to play games? This is my first time playing a fighting game... But it doesn't seem that difficult... It just tests the coordination between hands and brain, which I'm good at."

Ai denied helplessly. This was the sixth time she had been asked, including by Rito.

"Is that so..." Shinichi touched his chin and nodded. Thinking carefully about the memories of his previous life, Ai did have this advantage. She could often quickly master many life skills without any instruction, such as needlework and cooking.

He clearly remembered that he had a torn work suit that was mended by Ai and had a puppy pattern cleverly tattooed on it. Although that little pattern made Shinichi's colleagues laugh at him several times at work, he never wore it again.

"It seems that Ai Yi is a rare genius in hands-on ability~"

Shinichi touched Ai's little head with great pride, and such praise made Ai blush and smile a little embarrassedly.

"Yeah, that's right. I was a little worried that your willful personality would bully Ai, but it seems that won't happen. How does it feel to have a playmate?"

"Bully?" Lidou immediately became dissatisfied and loudly denied: "How could I bully Ai Yi? Not only will I not bully Ai Yi, if anyone dares to bully her in the future, I will be the first to get angry with him!"

As she spoke, Rito turned her head and stared at Shinichi.

"Huh? Why are you looking at me?"

"Hmph~" Lidou snorted coldly, leaned against Ai Yi and whispered: "Hey, Ai Yi, if you think your brother is not good, don't be sentimental, just come to my place, I will provide you with good food and drink, all you need is for you to play games with me every day!"

"Woo..." Ai quickly shook her head after hearing this, and happily returned to Shinichi's side, refusing, "Aiyada, brother is very good to me, I still like being with brother."

"Ah!" Xiao Lidou couldn't accept it. She held her head with both hands, and her little face suddenly showed an extremely facial expression, just like the famous painting "The Scream".

"Hahaha~" Kiba Kaoru laughed, patted Lidou's little head, and said, "Girl, how can you make friends like this? Stop indulging in games and your divine talents all day long, and learn more about how to get along with others."

After that, Kiba clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Today is a good day. I can meet someone as unique as Mr. Takahashi. It's rare for Lidou to want to make friends. How about this, how about going to eat barbecue together tonight?"

"your treat?"

"Hmmmm~"

This is exactly what he wanted. Shinichi grinned and agreed: "Then you make the decision. Ai and I will only be responsible for eating."

The scene changed, and the four of them were already sitting in the barbecue restaurant. Shinichi continued with his fine tradition of grabbing whatever he could, taking whatever was expensive. However, this time he didn't eat by himself, and of course let Ai taste the good stuff first.

Ai Yi felt a little overwhelmed by her brother's diligent feeding. She puffed up her mouth and kept waving her hands to show that she really couldn't eat anymore.

"Brother, I really can't eat anymore. I don't have a big appetite. If I eat too much, I will get fat..."

"Gaining weight? Gaining weight is good! Gaining weight means Ai is healthy! My favorite is the kind of plump figure! Ms. Kiba, you are a doctor, don't you agree?"

Kiba narrowed his eyes and smiled, explaining: "A skinny body is indeed not healthy. A healthy body requires a certain body fat percentage. However, Mr. Shinichi, I think that compared to Ai, the one who really needs to increase body fat should be you. You are too thin now."

"Me? I'm definitely not polite. How can I refuse meat? Don't worry about that, Ms. Kiba. Waitress, give me two more servings of beef!"

Kiba smiled and nodded, then leaned over to Lidou's ear and muttered, "You pay for this meal."

"!?"

No! Why am I the one paying again? Boss, why are you playing this game too? You treat me and I pay?

Kiba had anticipated this and whispered, "Ryuto, this is a great opportunity for you to make friends. If you can pay for Ai's meal with a big wave of your hand, do you think she will change her mind about you?"

"!"

That makes sense... OK! For my future playmate, I'll buy this!

When Kiba was whispering to Lito, Shinichi suddenly thought of something and immediately asked: "Oh, by the way, I almost forgot, Ms. Kiba, can you help solve Ai's academic problems?

I am not satisfied with the Yuka Private High School that Ai attended before, and I want to change to another school. I wonder if you can help me?"

"Change schools?" After thinking for a while, Kiba said, "Ah... It seems that Ali is a high school student. Maybe I can transfer to her school? It will be a good opportunity for us to take care of each other."

Shinichi also thought this suggestion was good. If his guess was correct, Ai would probably run into a lot of trouble in the future. With the superwoman Shinakawa Rei taking care of Ai, there would be absolutely no problem for her to escape, if nothing else.

"Okay, then I'll follow Ms. Kiba's arrangements."

"Mr. Takahashi, I feel a little embarrassed that you trust me so much~" Kiba smiled knowingly and teased Takahashi.

Takahashi shrugged and said, "I have a simple mindset. Once I have determined my position, I will stick to it. I don't bother to be suspicious. Since I am cooperating with you, I will trust you. So, Ms. Kiba, I trust you. Please don't let me down."

"…What if I disappoint you…" Kiba asked seriously.

Takahashi snorted and said, "Then I will destroy you, it's that simple."

"…But you have already lost something important. Can destroying me make up for your loss?"

In response, Shinichi smiled lightly, touched Ai who was eating barbecue, and said: "Unfortunately, I am not afraid of losing. If I lose something, it's lost. The world will not stop because of losing something, and the same is true for me. I will not regret losing something, even if..."

Shinichi glanced at Ai, and Ai was slightly stunned and stopped eating the barbecue.

"Ai Yi, if you die of illness one day, do you want me, your brother, to be sad about your death?" Shinichi asked Ai Yi seriously.

"Of course not! Even if...even if one day I really leave my brother, I still hope that he can live well...Of course...it would be great if my brother is willing to stay with me..."

"Bingo~ Miss Kiba, did you see that?" Shinichi looked at Kiba with a smile and said, "Since Ai is not afraid, then I am not afraid either. Don't think that we two siblings are normal. To some extent, we are actually a pair of desperadoes."

Kiba's eyes suddenly became solemn. So that's how it is. Because of Ai's illness, these two siblings have actually been living on the edge of death. This has also cultivated their attitude of always preparing for the worst...

Shinichi was right, Ai was always mentally prepared for her own death from illness, and Shinichi was probably similar, numb to the threat of death after living this way for so long... They were truly a pair of fearless desperadoes.

Is this a disguised threat?

However, under this threat, Kiba also felt a tinge of sadness. Perhaps it was this indifference to death that created Shinichi Takahashi's special values.

"What? Don't you think it's unlucky to have a meal here and talk about death? I'm paying for this meal, so enjoy your meal!"

Lidou at the side couldn't stand this somewhat depressing atmosphere and started to yell unhappily.

Oh~ my little Lidou, you finally showed your emotional intelligence which is as poor as your breasts. Kiba smiled and said, "Well... I'm sorry for bringing up an unpleasant topic~ Don't worry about Ai's school problem, Mr. Takahashi."

As he spoke, Kiba once again leaned into Rito's ear and muttered, "Well, for the sake of future playmates, Rito, what do you think..."

"I understand, I understand, I'll pay, OK?"

"Hmm~ So good~"

Chapter 32 I Can't Protect You

The dinner of four ended in laughter, and the one who paid the bill was still the rich lady Takamizu Rito. Shinichi was a little surprised to see the rich lady take out her bank card with a generous look on her face.

He asked Kiba, "As a boss, is it appropriate for you to let your subordinates pay the bill?"

"Wow? Don't underestimate me, Mr. Takahashi. I'm actually not as rich as Lidou. She's a truly super rich woman."

"Is this true?" Shinichi couldn't believe it. Such a little girl, a super rich woman? Is there really such a magical operation as employee subsidy organization these days?

Kiba explained: "This girl usually trades Bitcoin."

Zhenyi suddenly realized that it was actually for playing with coins, so it was okay.

Ai Yi couldn't help but be surprised. Bitcoin... I heard that one Bitcoin is enough to rent her small apartment for a lifetime... It turns out that the little and cute Lidou is so powerful?

Li Dou, who had sharp ears at the side, heard the two people's admiration and couldn't hide the pride on her face. She put her hands on her hips, puffed out her chest, turned up her nose, and walked with such caution that she tripped over the threshold after taking a few steps.

"Ouch!"

Kiba on the side sighed repeatedly, this girl really doesn't need to be praised...

"Well, let's say goodbye now. I'll contact you later, Mr. Takahashi."

"Same to you, Ms. Kiba, ciao~"

"Do you want me to drive you back?"

"Well, no need. Ai and I will take a walk to digest the food. Look at Ai's belly, it's so big."

Shinichi pointed at Ai's belly which had become bigger due to his feeding and laughed.

Ai Yi looked unconvinced: "It was you, brother, who did it!"

"Well, I won't interfere with your sibling life. Goodbye then."

Kiba waved his hand, pulled Lito into the car, and soon drove away with the roar of the engine.

Inside the car, Lidou glanced at the brother and sister who had disappeared in the rearview mirror and muttered, "These two siblings are really different. The sister is so well-behaved, while the brother is always making trouble..."

"Clever?"

Kiba glanced at Rito and chuckled.

"Why? You think Ai Yi is wrong?"

"Well~ Takahashi Ai is indeed well-behaved... But if you think she is just well-behaved, you are totally wrong... These two siblings are not normal people. Under Takahashi Ai's well-behaved appearance, there is a kind of... hard-to-detect ferocity."

"Viciousness?"

Lidou couldn't help but frown. She asked in confusion, "What's so fierce about her? She's like a hamster when she eats..."

"You didn't notice..." Kiba paused and explained, "When I said to Shinichi, 'What if I disappoint you?', the look in Takahashi Ai's eyes was quite scary at that moment. It was as if she was saying... I'll kill you."

At the same time, on the other side, Shinichi and Ai were standing at the bus stop waiting for the bus to go home.

As they waited, the two chatted and Shinichi asked, "Ai, what do you think of Ms. Kiba and Rito?"

"They are all good people. I think they are good."

"is it?"

"Well, Lidou is as willful as a little kid... Just like when I was a kid, she would always ask my brother for this and that~ However, she looks younger than me, but she can make so much money... You can't judge a person by his appearance...

As for Ms. Kiba...she gives me the impression of being a very kind and opinionated older sister. If Ms. Kiba were to be my future doctor, I would probably be more accepting of it."

Zhen nodded and said, "That's good. When you transfer to another school, you will meet another girl. You can try to make friends with her."

"Yeah." Ai nodded, then secretly glanced at Shinichi a few times, and couldn't help asking: "But... Brother, you actually met so many girls without me knowing... There won't be others that you haven't introduced to me, right?"

"Ah..." Facing Ai Yi's question, Shinichi was speechless. Hiss... Let's be honest, there are indeed more women than men around him recently, but... this is not his problem. What can he do about these women gathering around him?

"Oh, well, I can only say that I can't hide my charm lately~"

Shinichi joked casually, and Ai pouted, not very satisfied with this answer. But she didn't choose to delve into it. After all, her brother was obviously more concerned about her.

But speaking of caring, she remembered what Shinichi said to Kiba Kaoru while sitting at the dining table: "Unfortunately, I am not afraid of losing..."

At that time, my brother seemed to mean that he wasn’t afraid of losing his sister…

"Brother...are you really not afraid of losing me?"

Ai couldn't help but ask.

Shinichi scratched his cheek and replied, "I'm not afraid."

"Are you really not afraid?"

Shinichi couldn't help but sigh, and asked Ai Yi: "Ai Yi, have you ever thought about what will happen to me, your brother, if you really die of illness one day?"

"Of course I have thought about it!" Ai Yi answered immediately. Not only have I thought about it, but I have also thought about it many times, right?

"Actually... how should I put it? When you said you weren't afraid, I felt relieved, but also a little disappointed... I was relieved that you weren't bound by me, but... I felt that you were a little cold..."

Ai Yi chose to speak out her own thoughts. The words she said at the time were only part of her feelings. In fact, there was another part that she did not say. The other part was that she felt a little disappointed with her brother's "heartlessness".

"You're right... I'm a little cold, and it's my personality. I always prepare for the worst. So, I won't say stupid things like 'Ai Yi, I will protect you.' or 'Ai Yi, I won't let you die.' Because I know it's impossible.

Ai Yi, I am telling you now, one day, I will definitely not be able to protect you. One day, one of us will have to separate, whether it is death or something else. This is an indisputable fact, and no amount of verbal promises can change it.