Anime, but the Phantom Thieves of Heart

“Amazing!!”

These three simple words made the other three people present smile from the bottom of their hearts. However, the difference was that Chisa Furukawa was happy because she had successfully introduced the ocean to a stranger, while Ju Ryujiro and Shinji Tokita were happy because their plan to lead an "innocent lamb" into the "abyss" had taken another step forward.

Lan Ke, not paying much attention to others, took something out of his waist pocket and handed it to Xu Lun.

Looking at Lan Ke's tightly closed right hand, Xu Lun couldn't help but feel curious.

"Could it be that Lan found some beautiful fish or shells in the sea?"

Although she used to be dismissive of certain 'girls' comics', for some reason she was suddenly full of anticipation.

As Lan Ke slowly opened his right hand, a seemingly ordinary little fish was revealed.

Facing Xu Lun's puzzled expression, Lan Ke poked it gently with his other hand, and then the little fish quickly expanded into a small ball.

Xu Lun reacted instantly, isn't this a 'pufferfish'?

But she was a little confused as to why Lan Ke wanted to catch the puffer fish for her?

But looking at Lan Ke staring at her with a half-smile on his face, she suddenly remembered her first meeting with Lan Ke.

At that time, I sneaked into Lan Ke's room to ask her about her father. When she mentioned Kujo Jotaro, her cheeks puffed up unconsciously...

As Xu Lun suddenly realized, her face puffed up unconsciously again, and Lan Ke's smile became more obvious.

The more Lan Ke's smile became, the more Xu Lun's face became puffed up...

"Naraka!!"

Faced with Xu Lun Kujo calling her by her last name because she was 'angry', Lan Ke couldn't help but laugh even more happily.

Although he thought that Jolyne in the original work, who climbed up even after falling into the abyss and shone brightly in the process, was very "cool", he did not dislike the current Jolyne who was more normal or gave people a softer feeling because of her "uncle's survival".

Looking at Lan Ke and Xu Lun running around on the boat, Tokita Shinji, who was leaning on the railing just in case, couldn't help but shout a reminder.

"Don't run around on the boat!!"

"Let me punch you!"

"no way!!"

In the end, Lan Ke and Xu Lun were still rubbing each other's shoulders when they returned to 'Grand Blue'.

Of course, with Lan Ke's body now strengthened by the "Personality Mask", Jolyne's punch, which was not sure whether it was used with enough force or not, did not even break through the defense. Lan Ke did this purely for Jolyne to see. After all, sometimes what is more important than "a punch" is the "reaction of the person being punched".

What Xu Lun needed at this moment was Lan Ke's attitude.

The arrogant Xu Lun formed a sharp contrast with the dejected Lan Ke, just like the wife of a bandit who had been abducted.

However, when Jolyne saw Jotaro Kujo chatting with Toshio Furukawa, the expression on her face changed unconsciously.

This made Jotaro Kujo, who had originally planned to greet the two of them, feel a little depressed. In the end, he just nodded at the two of them and didn't say anything more.

Jolyne, who was changing into a diving suit, passed by Jotaro Kujo...

In the end, just as Toshio Furukawa had said before, he prepared a very sumptuous dinner for everyone.

Prawns, crabs, sashimi, sushi, pufferfish...

All kinds of ingredients that were obviously expensive were served on the table.

But while he was surprised, Lan Ke couldn't help but feel a little confused.

Doubts about the relationship between Toshio Furukawa and Jotaro Kujo.

The two of them seemed to be good friends, and there was nothing wrong with entertaining friends, but Lan Ke felt that it was not just a simple hospitality?

"Perhaps we can only wait for information from Kitahara-senpai..."

While eating seafood, Lan Ke glanced at the people in the "Uncle Group" next to him, but at this moment a noisy sound was heard.

“I just don’t feel used to it~”

"Yeah, what's going on?"

Sitting at the dining table, Chisa Furukawa couldn't help but sigh as she looked at Iori Kitahara and Kohei Imamura, who seemed to have something crawling on their bodies.

Shou Longjiro, who was leaning on the back of the chair with one hand, drank the liquid in the cup calmly and complained.

"Maybe it's because you wear clothes while drinking?"

"?"

Listening to the smooth communication between the two sides, a big question mark popped up in Lan Ke's head, as he seemed unable to understand the logic behind these sentences.

But Kitahara Iori nodded in agreement.

"It's possible...but wouldn't you feel sad, seniors?"

"Haha~ Of course there are~ But as seniors, we have more self-control~"

"Oh~! You can actually resist your instincts! You're truly worthy of being a senior~"

Facing the admiring gazes of Kitahara Iori and Imamura Kohei, Shou Ryujiro waved his hand seemingly casually, but in fact his head was slightly raised.

Unfortunately, before he could continue showing off, a helpless voice sounded.

"It would be even better if you could wear shorts... Also, you guys, I hope you won't forget what we said before..."

After hearing what Chisa Kotegawa said, Shoulongjiro and the others immediately became obedient, but Lan Ke became even more confused.

Faced with Lan Ke's puzzled look, no one said much, and Shou Longjiro simply pushed the cup in front of him in front of Lan Ke.

"Don't just eat, drink some 'barley juice' too~"

Looking at the beer handed to him by Shou Longjiro, Lan Ke didn't know whether he should refuse it.

After all, he and Shirou had secretly drunk together several times, but if he remembered correctly, Neon shouldn't allow drinking before the age of 20, right?

Fortunately, although 'Shou Ryujiro' lacks common sense, there are still people here who have common sense. In the end, Lan Ke had no choice but to give up with regret.

Soon Lan Ke confirmed two things.

First, perhaps Shouryujiro's words just now were indeed unintentional. After all, the members of the Diving Club are all big drinkers. Most people drink by the cup, or even by the bottle, but the Diving Club members drink by the box. Perhaps beer is no longer considered alcohol to them. Second,—

"As expected, people here in Izu don't like wearing clothes because of the climate. It's really not easy for the seniors to take care of us."

That's right, at Chisa Furukawa's reminder, the 'diving club members' were still lying on the ground with their upper bodies bare and wearing shorts.

"Izu doesn't have such strange traditions... and please excuse me, Narukami-san."

"It's just a small matter. The seniors helped us so much during the day, but this little thing is really nothing."

Jolyne helped Chisa Furukawa send the two female members, Azusa Hamaoka and Mana Yoshihara, back to their rooms, while Lan Ke alone piled all the remaining male members into Iori Kitahara's room. This undoubtedly saved Chisa Furukawa a lot of trouble, otherwise she would have to push the cart over.

"Narukami-kun, you are my father's guests, so this is as it should be."

"Then as a guest, isn't it normal for you to do your host a little favor?"

Finding that she couldn't win the argument with Lan Ke, Chisa Furukawa finally stopped talking and just told Lan Ke to go to bed early at night, otherwise it would be bad for diving tomorrow.

In response to this, Lan Ke, who stayed in the living room on the pretext of "having slept for a long time on the plane and couldn't fall asleep for the time being", also cast his gaze on Nanaka Furukawa who was sitting in the living room.

"Nanahua-senpai."

Nanaka Furutegawa, who was sorting out the account books, seemed not surprised at all by Lan Ke's arrival, and her hand on the calculator didn't even stop.

"Please wait a moment, it will be done soon, Narukami-san."

After finishing a page of accounts, Nanaka Furukawa closed her notebook and turned to look at Lan Ke.

"Narukami-san, is there anything you want to ask?"

"Is it that obvious?"

Although he had no intention of hiding it, Lan Ke did not make any excuses as he just did not want irrelevant people to know. Unfortunately, facing the smiling Nanaka Furukawa, he really could not see through the always smiling Nanaka Furukawa.

"Since you already know my purpose, I'll ask directly, do you know what the 'boss' meant by what he said earlier? Although I hate that guy, is it really okay for the boss to do this?"

Although she guessed that Lan Ke deliberately stayed until the end because he had something to ask her, she didn't expect that Lan Ke would ask about this. But after thinking about it, she decided to tell the truth.

After all... this is not something that cannot be said.

"First of all, thank you for your concern, Ming Shang. But don't worry, our shop generally does 'regular customer business', and our customer base is very stable. Even if we are targeted, it won't have any impact. Not to mention that the 'local residents' committee' will not turn a blind eye to this. Opposing the 'Yashiro Shipyard' is not just our shop, but the common goal of all the shops nearby..."

really!

"Could you please explain in detail, Senior?"

"If you're interested, Narukami-kun..."

After Nanaka Furukawa's explanation, Lan Ke finally understood the situation.

The reality is cruel. There are actually not many people like Toshio Furukawa who hate the Yashiro Shipyard purely because of their love for the sea. Most people do it purely for commercial reasons.

Although the 'Yadai Shipyard' can provide many jobs, they require a lot of professional skills, and local residents do not benefit much from it. However, the pollution caused by the shipyard will affect traditional economies such as fishing and tourism. This is the most fundamental contradiction between the two sides.

However, compared to these, Lan Ke caught an "interesting thing" in Nanaka Furukawa's story.

And this may be related to the 'Palace Raiders'...

Chapter 19: Palace of Treasure Island.

The sky in the cognitive world was as gloomy as ever, but just as Lan Ke was staring at the sky above, a secret sound of footsteps suddenly came from behind him.

"?"

Looking at Shirou Emiya looking around, a big question mark slowly appeared in Lan Ke's head.

Perhaps realizing that he had been discovered, Shirou Emiya openly made a vision around, and only after finding that there was really no one else around did he start talking to Lan Ke.

"Leader~! You came quite early today~"

Looking at Shirou Emiya's unconcealed actions, Lan Ke sighed helplessly in his heart.

Although the current Emiya Shirou gave him a more "three-dimensional" and more "real" feeling, he still couldn't help but want to complain. He really missed the serious "high jump boy" he used to be.

"V and Oni are not here."

Faced with Lan Ke's ruthless exposure, Emiya Shirou laughed awkwardly and changed the subject.

"Leader, how's your vacation?"

Although he felt helpless about Shirou Emiya's intention to laugh at him, since it was his own fault, he didn't take his anger out on him and simply nodded in agreement.

"It's quite interesting. R.I.D., if you have the chance, you can try it..."

This also led to Lucy and Busujima Saeko, who were almost pressed for time, seeing Lan Ke and Emiya Shirou squatting at the entrance of the "subway station" with a very unpresentable look.

The reason why the two of them chose this time to appear was mainly to avoid embarrassment.

Busujima Saeko is okay, because her mentality is different, she doesn't dislike Lucy, but rather has more of a "scrutiny" of her.

To examine whether the other person was worthy of being 'her Narukami'.

But she also knew that Lucy's ideas were obviously different from hers, so in order to reduce conflicts, she simply waited until the last minute to come, and stayed in the "Impression Space" to kill monsters before that.

As for Lucy, her situation was even simpler. She didn't like Busujima Saeko's relaxed attitude, as if everything was under her control. But as a member of the 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts', her purpose in coming here was not to quarrel with others, let alone for her own personal affairs, so she chose to back down.

It was this rational judgment that made the two of them stunned when they saw each other.

However, their reactions to Lan Ke were somewhat different.

Lucy sighed helplessly, clearly unsure how to react to the fact that the 'Docter' she idolized was so childish;

Busujima Saeko looked at Lan Ke with a smile and a doting face. After all, it didn't matter to her whether Lan Ke was childish or not. She only cared about two things: one was whether Lan Ke was to her liking, and the other was whether the other party could accept her.

As for strength?

When she chose to follow Lan Ke, she no longer thought about this matter.

So she didn't hesitate and spoke directly.

"Leader, what are you talking about so seriously?"

With the sudden voice behind them, Lan Ke and Emiya Shirou were both stunned. Then they both took out the time at the same time. It turned out that the agreed time had arrived without them realizing it.

"Nothing. Shirou and I were discussing whether we should also kill the 'field boss' after finishing this 'hall raid'..."

Wild BOSS?

Busujima Saeko, who did not participate in the 'Arasaka Tower Capture Battle', looked confused, but Lucy noticed something else.

"Palace strategy? Leader, have you already locked onto 'that guy's palace'?"

As the saying goes, love the house and love the dog, because Lan Ke dislikes Yashiro Eito, Lucy also has no good feelings towards him... although in her opinion Yashiro Eito is much more "normal" than her previous targets.