Anime, but the Phantom Thieves of Heart

It seems that at least for now... he hasn't done anything?

But no matter what happened, he at least realized that realizing his 'dream' seemed to be more difficult than he imagined.

It's not just about how to capture the hearts of those outstanding girls, but how to coordinate the relationships with each other may be even more difficult.

However, it was obvious that Jolyne Kujo didn't realize what Lan Ke was thinking. She grabbed the bottle handed to her by Saeko Busujima and stuffed it directly into Lan Ke's bag, while at the same time asking about Lan Ke's situation.

"I didn't have time to ask this morning because 'that guy' was there. Lan, how is your injury?"

"If you're seriously injured, we can discuss my affairs later. After all, I'm different from 'that guy'. I won't help someone injured..."

Perhaps she realized that she cared too much about Lan Ke, so Jolyne couldn't help but find an excuse. However, as she spoke, she couldn't help but turn to Jotaro Kujo and started complaining.

However, Lan Ke grabbed the other person's right hand when he tried to open his clothes to check his wound, and forcibly pulled him away from the door of "Teitan".

But should he be happy about the other person's concern for him, or feel helpless about the other person's weak understanding of relationships between men and women?

While trying to change the subject by saying, "Senior cares about everyone in the club, and she kept me here last night simply out of a sense of responsibility," she tried to stop Jolyne from overthinking it.

"Do you need me to take you home, Xu Lun?"

In response to Lan Ke's question, Xu Lun stretched out his right hand and revealed his biceps, as if telling Lan Ke that he came here not to be protected, but to protect him!

and------

"It's still a while before dinner, it's too early to go home."

Although Xu Lun did not explain the reason, it was obvious that she would rather wander around aimlessly outside than have an awkward interaction with her father after returning home.

So she had no goal and simply gave the choice to Lan Ke.

"If there's any place you haven't been, I'll take you there!"

Although Lan Ke really wanted to complain that the other person, who only stayed in Tokyo for a few days a year, could really understand the city as well as he did, who had been running around in recent times trying to "steal hearts"?

Apart from anything else, in order to save time, Lan Ke took the subway and opened the "teleportation points" in almost all subway stations in Tokyo.

But Lan Ke, who has gradually become accustomed to getting along with Xu Lun, or knowing how to pet a cat, naturally would not go against what the other party said.

"In that case, do you want to go see an 'exhibition'?"

Speaking of exhibitions, Jolyne showed almost visibly resistance. It was obvious that although Kakyoin Noriaki had taken care of Jolyne for a while, she was still not interested in "art".

Fortunately, Lan Ke quickly added.

"It's the 'Mechanical Prosthetics Exhibition'. It's said that Arasaka Medical, a subsidiary of the 'Arasaka Foundation', is planning to present its latest research successes."

Looking at the phone that Lan Ke handed over, a big question mark popped up in Xu Lun's head.

"Lan, are you interested in this? Are you planning to become a doctor?"

Although Xu Lun just asked casually, this sentence seemed to awaken Lan Ke's memory. He almost instinctively wanted to say "of course". After all, as a surgeon, Lan Ke naturally knew something about "prosthetic limbs". In addition, the "prosthetic body" he had seen in the "hall" before, he was naturally full of curiosity.

But then he suddenly realized that he was no longer the same person as before, so he changed his words.

"The doctor isn't interested, but I'm more interested in 'machinery'. After all, if we can create a 'prosthetic limb' made entirely of machinery, does that mean we can directly create a 'humanoid robot'?"

Hearing this, Xu Lun, who had originally not cared much, suddenly brightened up.

Although she was resistant to the "art exhibition" and was not interested in the so-called "medical equipment exhibition", her eyes lit up when she heard Lan Ke talk about "humanoid robots".

"Huh?! Can this really be done?! A humanoid robot?!"

"Xu Lun, you..."

Looking at Lan Ke with a puzzled look on her face, Xu Lun suddenly realized that she seemed to be "exposed". She almost instinctively raised her "thorns" to protect herself.

"What's wrong? Is it weird for a girl to like robots or something?"

"No, I think it's super cool!"

Lan Ke's comment of "very cool" surprised Xu Lun a little. After all, her boyish behavior had always been gossiped about by others behind her back.

Not accepted by the same sex and feared by the opposite sex, Kujo Jolyne has never had many friends.

In addition, although her academic performance was average, she was an amateur fighter, and her family background was far superior to that of an average person even if she tried to hide it.

Her position in the school can be said to be almost at the top.

But perhaps because of this, Xu Lun has actually been bullied in school.

This is a very special social phenomenon in Japan. The targets of bullying are not just the "weak", but even some of the "strong", such as Jolyne.

But their bullying is not simply violence, but the use of "cold violence".

For example, deliberately isolating Xu Lun.

This tactic might be useful for ordinary people, but she, who had been in a cold war with her father since childhood, didn't care about it at all. In her eyes, these people were just a bunch of "trash".

'Only weaklings would try to hide their cowardice in this way.'

When she first realized that she was being isolated, she not only had no intention of fitting in, but even mocked her mercilessly in public.

But the low price was not until graduation when she was about to transfer back to Teitan High School. Her cell phone was similar to Lan Ke's, basically empty.

Indeed, Xu Lun has long been accustomed to this kind of life and even disdains it, but this does not mean that she really doesn't care about it.

After all, in life, even the elders will not laugh at you, but they will only express their understanding.

Lan Ke's undisguised support is rare.

She turned her head away almost instinctively because she didn't want Lan Ke to see her slightly red cheeks.

"In that case, let's go!!"

As she spoke, Xu Lun took the lead and walked towards the subway station, but after taking only two steps, she instinctively looked back.

Because she found that Lan Ke didn't seem to be keeping up.

"blue?"

Xu Lun looked at Lan Ke with wide eyes and didn't know what was going on?

But she didn't know that Lan Ke's heart was in turmoil at this moment.

"What the hell?! I haven't done anything yet, how did my rank go up?!"

That's right, almost at the same time Jolyne turned her head, a pleasant sound of waves followed, and then, the 'Lover Tarot' who had just reached 'Rank 2' two days ago actually upgraded to 'Level 3'?!

'Lover Tarot' even became the highest-level Tarot among all of Lan Ke's Tarots!

He'd been in this world for almost a month, and the earliest Tarot card had been around for almost as long, and Jolyne had only known him for a few days. This... was too much, wasn't it?!

Although he acquired new skills as his RANK increased, and they were very practical skills, Lan Ke's intuition told him that Jotaro's iron fist seemed to be getting closer and closer to him.

What’s more crucial is that if he really tried to attack on purpose, it would be fine, but now I haven’t done anything and I’m already ranked 3, so it’s unfair for him to be beaten!

But looking at Xu Lun with a puzzled look on his face, Lan Ke had to suppress the thoughts in his mind.

Anyway, let’s focus on business first!

I don't know if it was because the atmosphere just now was a little awkward, but the two of them remained strangely silent until Lan Ke and the others arrived at the station near the 'Arasaka Group Headquarters'...

Chapter 46: A live-in son-in-law from the Kujo family?!

"Your relationship with your 'lover' has deepened."

"RANK UP! RANK 3!"

"Ability Acquired: Rope Mastery"

Rope Mastery: Master the use of various ropes, including but not limited to zip lines, rappelling lines, climbing lines, and belay lines.

Tarot Rank, or in other words, deepening the relationship with the helper, Lan Ke can gain some special abilities from the helper, including but not limited to active skills, passive skills, personality mask experience value enhancement, special personality mask unlocking...

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Lan Ke has now unlocked several 'Tarot's, but the one that has the greatest effect on him is the 'Third Eye'. Most of the others can only be effective under special circumstances.

The 'Rope Mastery' that Xu Lun unlocked here is a very important 'general skill'.

After all, compared to the 'Hot Weapon Training' obtained from Shirou Emiya, the 'Rope Mastery' obtained by Jolyne here is more versatile, and he can use it even when he is not playing the 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts'.

Just looking at the most conspicuous "lover" among all the tarot cards, Lan Ke felt his breathing become heavy.

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"How about getting some defensive personas in advance?"

The complicated mood made Lan Ke not know whether he should be happy or helpless for a moment.

However, when he heard Xu Lun calling his name, he pretended nothing had happened and followed her.

Although Xu Lun felt that Lan Ke was a little strange, she did not ask any further questions. After all, all she was thinking about at the moment was going to a robot exhibition with her good friends (wrong).

Strictly speaking, Lan Ke is not a "Gundam otaku". After all, he had only watched a few Gundam movies in his previous life. On the contrary, he had watched every "Screw in Breeches" and "Auntie Washes the Railway".

However, his love for robots was not to fool Xu Lun.

After all, just like no boy can refuse a cool-looking branch, no boy can refuse to drive a large robot/transform into a Kamen Rider/become a Giant of Light.

So the two of them had a great time just chatting about robots along the way.

Until the two arrived at the bottom of the 'Arasaka Building'.

"so many people?!"

Originally, Xu Lun thought that things like "mechanical prostheses" should be quite niche. Besides, it's not a weekend off and it's during working hours. Even if there are people, there shouldn't be too many people, right?

But in fact, the first-floor lobby of the "Arasaka Building" which was originally used for reception was temporarily converted into an exhibition area. There were a large number of security personnel outside the door to maintain order. It seemed that it was unknown how long the queue would take if one wanted to enter.

Lan Ke seemed quite calm.

"Of course, while 'prosthetic limbs' are certainly a niche product, as one of the world's largest 'prosthetic limb manufacturers', Arasaka's exhibition has not only attracted the attention of almost everyone in Japan who needs them, but even quite a few foreigners. You can imagine the number of people who attended."

Although Lan Ke also hated queuing, he had no choice but to do so in order to collect intelligence.

"Besides, since we're already here..."

Faced with Lan Ke's "ultimate move", although Xu Lun was a little helpless, he had no choice but to go with Lan Ke to find the staff of "Arasaka Medical" to get tickets and prepare to queue up.

But at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded behind Lan Ke and Xu Lun.

"You...are from Joestar Real Estate..."

At first, Lan Ke didn't realize that someone was talking to him, but fortunately he quickly realized that "Joestar Real Estate" was the company established by Joseph Joestar with the support of Speedwagen.

Jotaro is the head of the Neon branch of Joestar Real Estate.

So he looked at the middle-aged man behind him with some confusion, who was wearing a suit and glasses and had a bright smile on his face.

"May I ask you are……"

Faced with Lan Ke who did not deny it, the smile on the other person's face became even brighter.

"I'm sorry not only for disturbing you and your friends, but I seem to have forgotten to introduce myself."

As he spoke, the other party took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Lan Ke with both hands.

"My name is Saburo Sanada, and I'm the head of the publicity department at Arasaka Medical. I had the pleasure of meeting you and Mr. Kujo at the anniversary celebration of the Sawakoshi Group."

Lan Ke suddenly realized what was going on after taking the other party's business card, and at the same time a guess came to his mind.

Wait...could it be...

"Excuse me, what can I do for you?"

Although Lan Ke already had a guess, he did not say it out loud. Instead, he showed a puzzled expression, and the other party quickly followed up.

"Sir, you and your female companion seem to be planning to visit the 'exhibition'?"

"Yes."

"In that case, that's great. Please let me introduce you two~"

Perhaps because they were talking about serious matters, the other party restrained some of his smile, but it also made him look more reliable.

Lan Ke clenched his fists in his heart but put on an embarrassed expression.

"That's not good, let's just line up..."

"It's okay, it's okay. Besides being open to the general public, this exhibition also has express access for other cooperating companies or 'friends of Arasaka.' Everything is in accordance with regulations, sir, so there's no need to worry."

Although Lan Ke still wanted to pull with the other party, but looking at the other party's bright smile, Lan Ke felt that it was enough and stopped talking nonsense.

"In that case, thank you for your help."