Their commission was suspicious.

"You? Ha." Chen Luo looked Hua Huo up and down, then laughed.

"Me? What's wrong with me? I, Lady Hanabi, am quite famous."

"Ah, right, right. But you are Tokisaki Kurumi now."

"..."

What Chen Luo said wasn't wrong.

Even in the bar, Hanabi dared not remove her disguise, after all, who could say for sure who might suddenly walk into the bar at any moment?

Because it's a bar, Hanabi needs to maintain her image, and then, with the Pleasure Star God disguised as herself next to her, she creates a killer first impression on the bar's customers.

Let's at least try to get a chance to expose their disguise first.

"jingle!"

The wind chimes rang, and Hanabi, who had her back to the bar door, instantly felt her heart leap into her throat.

"Hello, my name is Tokisaki Kurumi..." Hanabi said, turning her head as she spoke.

"...If you are Kurumi Tokisaki, then who am I?" The girl standing at the bar entrance looked at the girl who looked exactly like her who turned around inside the bar and slowly spoke.

Her long black hair was tied into two braids, which fell gracefully over her shoulders. Her bangs, like a waterfall, covered the left half of her stunningly beautiful face, and her lips were as delicate as cherry blossom petals...

The beautiful girl, Kurumi Tokisaki, makes her grand entrance.

"...Original body, are you an idiot? Of course I'm a clone." When Hanabi realized that she seemed to have accidentally touched the real thing, she only froze for half a second before quickly regaining her composure and saying.

"..." Tokisaki Kurumi, who was slightly annoyed by her clone calling her an idiot, quickly returned to normal.

Oh well, it doesn't matter, it's my own business anyway.

Kurumi Tokisaki can even tolerate her four clones from her chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) period, namely the "Kurumi Four Heavenly Kings," so calling herself an idiot is just basic stuff.

"But... why does it feel like there's no connection between us?" Tokisaki Kurumi suddenly frowned.

This is why Kurumi Tokisaki initially felt something was off when she saw Hanabi.

"Hmm, what are you talking about, Main Body? This is my spirit dress and weapon. Is there a problem?" Hanabi asked after using the power of joy to conjure up a spirit dress reminiscent of a carnival from an anime and an ancient flintlock pistol of varying lengths.

"..." Tokisaki Kurumi's brows remained furrowed.

The clone in front of me looks exactly like me, and its clothes and weapons are also the same, but there is no connection between the original body and the clone.

However, as far as Kurumi Tokisaki knows, there shouldn't be any Spirits with the ability to disguise themselves as other people, right? At least not as far as we know.

This is why Kurumi Tokisaki was only puzzled as to why there was no contact between the two parties, rather than suspecting that the other party was an imposter.

"Come to think of it, there doesn't seem to be such a connection... You're not the original, are you?" Seeing Tokisaki Kurumi frowning, Hanabi took the initiative and launched the first attack.

"..." Tokisaki Kurumi didn't say anything, but a huge clock suddenly appeared behind her.

Angelic Zafki!

Kurumi Tokisaki is an elf who possesses an armor called Zafkiel, the Angel of Time, and can use 12 different time-related abilities.

The Eighth Bullet can bring forth a reappearance of one's past self. Although the clones do not possess the same power as the original, they all have their own will and spiritual armor.

However, only the angel possesses this power in its physical form.

"Is it really the real body? Then why can't I feel the connection between us?" Hanabi felt relieved, but then immediately asked.

"..." Tokisaki Kurumi frowned.

You want to ask me something, but I also want to ask you something.

"Wait, original body, what year are you in right now?" Hanabi suddenly asked.

"March 1, 2017," Kurumi Tokisaki replied quickly after a moment's hesitation.

When she answered, Kurumi Tokisaki's eyes held an expectation that was incomprehensible to ordinary people.

Time is absolute for everyone else, but for Kurumi Tokisaki, the Spirit of Time, time is not absolute.

Is it...

"Oh, that's right. Chen Luo, what's the date today?" Huahuo asked Chen Luo.

[Ding! You have a new request!]

"September 29th," Chen Luo, who had no intention of disguising himself for Hanabi, was forced to say.

"What year?"

"2020 years..."

At least in Chen Luo's world, it is indeed September 29, 2020.

[Ding! Mission complete]

"That settles it, doesn't it? So you're actually the past self, and I'm the original self." Hanabi said to Tokisaki Kurumi with her hands on her hips.

"You idiot, does it matter? Quick, tell me! What happened in the future? And did I kill the starter spirit?" Kurumi Tokisaki said excitedly.

"Want to know?"

"of course."

"Ask him, why are you asking me? I'm not the future original. I don't know anything yet, and I was just stuffed into this bar that connects the past and the future by the original." Hanabi rolled her eyes at Tokisaki Kurumi.

"A bar that connects the past and the future?! Then... who is he?" Tokisaki Kurumi seemed to understand something.

Oh right, this bar also appeared out of nowhere!

This doesn't look like a normal bar at all!

"Him? My boyfriend." To Tokisaki Kurumi's astonished gaze, Hanabi hooked her arm around Chen Luo's and revealed a sly smile.

Fireworks time is over, now it's... Fool's time!

Chapter 2293 Tokisaki Kurumi: What will I give you in exchange for your "time"? My own!

"Him? Boyfriend?" Hearing her clone's words, Tokisaki Kurumi looked Chen Luo up and down with some disbelief.

I've never seen anyone like this before.

Kurumi Tokisaki knows herself quite well; how could she easily get a boyfriend?

"Don't doubt me, I, Tokisaki Kurumi, never lie!" Hanabi said.

"...This is a lie," Kurumi Tokisaki said softly.

"Ahem, little mistress, you need to understand the situation, okay? I am the original body now, and you are the clone. You should show some respect to your elders."

"..." Tokisaki Kurumi fell silent again.

Kurumi Tokisaki's time clones are actually recreated from different points in her past, so the personality of the clone in front of her can also be seen as the personality of her future self at a certain moment.

Kurumi Tokisaki finds it hard to imagine that she would go through this phase, but whenever the situation of her clones is about to exceed the limits of her imagination, Kurumi Tokisaki will think of her four clones from her chuunibyou period—the [Kurumi Four Heavenly Kings]. As long as she thinks of them, Kurumi feels that anything is possible.

"Why don't you believe me? Do you want me to kiss you right here and now?" Hanabi's lips curled into a smile.

“No need!” Kurumi Tokisaki immediately said.

Kurumi Tokisaki knows herself well enough; if she's gone this far, then... then it could still be a lie.

Hey, how could the most wicked elf possibly tell the truth?

"It seems you still don't believe me. Hmm, as expected of me, I'm hard to fool." Seeing Kurumi Tokisaki's expression, Hanabi sighed and said with great regret.

“…As expected.” Tokisaki Kurumi nodded slightly.

As Kurumi Tokisaki once said, how could her future self possibly fall in love with a boy she doesn't know at all in the present within three years?

"I can't hide it from you, he really isn't my boyfriend." Hanabi nodded.

"Let go when you're done playing." Chen Luo, relieved, picked up Hua Huo's hand and tossed it aside with disdain.

Admittedly, Chen Luo does enjoy watching entertainment, but now that the entertainment is Chen Luo himself, things are different.

Chen Luo isn't the God of Joy, so he can't laugh at his own amusement. Chen Luo only wants to see other people's amusement.

The reason Chen Luo didn't expose Hua Huo immediately was because he was afraid of scaring the new customer away from the bar.

The fact that the other party hasn't even entered the bar yet shows just how wary they are.

As expected of an elf who has died more than once and is the most capable of understanding human malice.

Of course, the other party was originally human as well.

Chen Luo hadn't expected things to be so coincidental.

To be honest, Hanabi and Kurumi Tokisaki do have a little bit of overlap in their attributes, not much, but there is definitely some.

For example, pigtails.

Chen Luo knew that Hanabi was impersonating Tokisaki Kurumi because she planned to stop using her disguise ability and directly impersonate Tokisaki Kurumi by using real-world makeup skills after everyone knew that there was a Tokisaki Kurumi in the bar.

Therefore, you have to choose someone who looks somewhat similar to you.

But Chen Luo didn't expect that after Hanabi disguised herself as Tokisaki Kurumi, Tokisaki Kurumi would actually come knocking on his door.

Hmm... how about... we have Hanabi disguise herself as another popular anime character? What if that leads them to the bar?

Metaphysics is something you can live without, but you can't disbelieve in it.

And resolving the current predicament of being afraid that Hanabi will scare Kurumi Tokisaki away after she reveals her disguise is quite simple...

"See? Actually, Chen Luo isn't my boyfriend. I'm just having a one-sided crush on him." But just as Chen Luo was about to speak, Hanabi's words made both Chen Luo and Tokisaki Kurumi break down.

"How is that possible?" Kurumi Tokisaki blurted out.

Kurumi Tokisaki was somewhat confident in her charm.

"What's impossible? In this bar that connects the past and the future, and even to infinite worlds, beautiful girls are the least of our worries. There are plenty of people in the bar who have a crush on this guy." Hanabi shrugged.

"Really??" Tokisaki Kurumi still didn't believe it.

"Let me ask you this: would you refuse a guy who would grant you any wish you make, ask for nothing in return, be incredibly considerate and gentle, and... give you plenty of time?" Hanabi asked.

"Can you give me a lot of time?" Tokisaki Kurumi suddenly felt tempted.

The so-called time refers to the "time value" that Kurumi Tokisaki needs to consume when using the Angel of Time, which is equivalent to her lifespan.

To replenish time points, one needs to kill others or use the City of Time to absorb the lifespan of others.

Therefore, the longer a person's lifespan and the stronger their abilities, the more time they can replenish for Tokisaki Kurumi.

Kurumi Tokisaki is known as a spirit of evil, who has no hesitation in taking lives. To date, more than 1 people have been confirmed to have been killed by Kurumi herself.

As for the fact that most of the 1 people who were actually killed were of questionable character, not many people know this.

Chen Luo had a different understanding of this... but if Tokisaki Kurumi killed someone who was a school bully or something similar, then Chen Luo would disregard what he said.

"How much time can you give me?" Kurumi Tokisaki couldn't help but take a step forward, finally entering the bar.

“See? At least in the early stages, talking about interests is more tempting to the main body than talking about feelings, right?” Hanabi turned to Chen Luo and said.

"Shut up." Chen Luo rolled his eyes at Hua Huo.

"Waaaaah, how could you say that about her? She just tricked her main body into coming to the bar... Oh, I shouldn't say tricked. I believe the great Mr. Chen Luo can spend a lot of time right there and then slapping my main body in the face until she's completely convinced, right?" Huahu continued.

"..." by Chen Luo.

Hanabi really loves to stir up trouble.

But it can't be said that Hanabi was of no help to me at all.

Like the Star God of Joy, this Firework enjoys watching fun, but also knows how to exchange helping others for the opportunity to watch fun.

The difference lies in the fact that the Star God of Joy is a truly great help.

Kurumi Tokisaki stood at the bar entrance without closing the door, indicating that she remained wary.

The wariness wasn't directed at the clone, Hanabi, but at the stranger, Chen Luo.

When Kurumi Tokisaki first summoned Zafkiel in front of Chen Luo, she felt that Zafkiel seemed to have a special resonance with the person in front of her.

The other party also seems to possess time-related abilities.

Therefore, Tokisaki Kurumi had a slight basis for believing that Chen Luo might be able to produce a large amount of time value when she told Hanabi.

As for what Hanabi's clone said earlier, Tokisaki Kyozo can pretend he didn't hear it.

Each clone has its own will, so it's perfectly normal for Kurumi Tokisaki from different time periods to clash.