What does it have to do with me if they hate vests?

Si Ji shook his head, then said, "If I remember correctly, the first event is the 100-meter sprint. She should be participating now."

"What?! I didn't even get to see Taiga's initial excitement..." Kushieda Minori looked quite disappointed, leaning against the wall to reflect: "I'm not qualified to be a friend."

But she soon cheered up and slapped her face hard: "Forget it, instead of feeling sorry for myself here, it would be better to go find Da He and ask her to give up a few projects..."

"Why give up? If possible, wouldn't it be better to participate in all and win the championship?"

At this time Si Ji stopped her.

"Even Taiga doesn't have that much energy!"

Interestingly, Kushieda Minori did not deny that Oosaka Taiga had the ability to win the championship, she just felt that his physical strength was limited. After all, even without the bonus brought by puberty syndrome, Oosaka Taiga was the type of person who had great energy in his small body. Otherwise, he would not have had the nickname "Tiger in the Palm" among other students, a nickname that was cute but a bit domineering.

"Anyway, just think of it as me tricking you. Don't try to stop that guy yet."

Four Seasons said hurriedly.

After all, if Taiga was really persuaded to give up most of the events and just win one or two championships, it would neither improve her situation in the class nor make her feel a sense of growth.

Kushieda Minori looked at Shiki with some confusion, and found that his expression did not seem to be a joke, so she hesitated.

"Besides, this is a rare opportunity for her to show off in front of her family, so it's okay for her to be a little unrestrained, right?"

Si Ji then winked and said.

It was just because his eyes were blocked by his glasses and bangs, so the look that should have made the other person understand didn't seem to be conveyed.

At this time, what Kushieda Minori was more concerned about was a word in his words.

"Family? Da He's family?" she asked hurriedly, frowning.

"To be precise, it was her father, Mr. Oosaka. It took me a lot of effort to get him to come and see his daughter showing off her power."

Si Ji explained: "Although we probably won't be able to see the first game, there are still many opportunities to watch the next ones."

"Fool!"

However, Kushieda Minori was not happy that Oosaka Taiga was able to meet his father after a long absence. Instead, she glared at Shiki with an expression of dissatisfaction that was almost angry: "Why did you have to go find that guy!"

"Because we are family after all, right?"

Si Ji was stunned for a moment, unable to understand the girl's obviously overreaction: "When you are able to perform well, if your family is watching and cheering you on, you will definitely feel happy and work harder and be more serious, right?"

"That's true for most people, but not Taiga!"

Kushieda Minori finally couldn't help herself and grabbed Shiki's collar: "She was abandoned by that guy! And it's not just once, that guy always 'changes his mind' and comes back to Taiga after a while, but when Taiga really believes in him and wants to let go of the past grudges and call him father again, that bastard will abandon Taiga again and run away to some other place to be with his new wife and children!"

Four Seasons was stunned.

He did know that Dahe was not liked by her biological parents, but he had not conducted a serious investigation. He only roughly understood that her biological father seemed to visit Dahe often and gave her enough living expenses, so he felt that there must be a blood and family bond between the two.

"Ohga was lonely and kind, that's why she was hurt by that guy again and again! By now, she is already covered with wounds! So it's that guy, that guy I will never forgive!" Kushieda Minori said gritting her teeth.

Si Ji suddenly realized something.

His previous assumption about Oosaka Taiga's puberty syndrome was based entirely on the fact that he ate more, so he presumed that it was because he was too slender and petite to want to 'grow'.

Well, if this premise was wrong from the beginning, and she didn't care about growth, and her increased appetite was not a major symptom of puberty syndrome, but a 'side effect'...

That would be a big problem.

At this moment, Shiki realized that although Oosaka Taiga had been by his side all this time, he had not seriously tried to get to know her - perhaps he subconsciously did not want to have too much interaction and contact with the girl, so as to avoid the relationship between them becoming awkward after the puberty syndrome was cured, but this kind of neglect was obviously a kind of arrogance in itself.

Now that I think about it, the girl has always been carrying a wooden sword. Her nature is obviously lonely and kind, just as Kushieda Minori said, but she always treats others with a piercing attitude. These signs almost indicate that she lacks a sense of security.

In other words, increasing strength, or becoming 'stronger' to gain a sense of security, is the true symptom of teenage puberty syndrome, and the increase in appetite is just a side effect of the increased consumption caused by increased strength.

When Oosaka Taiga stays by his side, her symptoms are relieved, not because there is something in Shiki that can suppress her supernatural powers, but simply because the girl subconsciously thinks he is more reliable - perhaps it was the impression left by the Kashiwazaki Sena incident or some other situation that made her feel Shiki's power - in short, she feels safe around him.

In this case, the original plan, although not completely wrong, can be considered a huge mistake!

Chapter 345: Spinning in Circles

Oosaka Taiga gritted his teeth and stared at the boy in front of him, as if he was considering where to bite him hard.

As mentioned before, although Oosaka Taiga doesn't like to use her brain much, she is not stupid.

Most of the time, the girl didn't care about what others thought and was too lazy to pay attention to many things, so when the class teacher asked her to participate in the sprint competition as a substitute for the first time, she went on the field without saying a word.

Even though she didn't want to be in the spotlight and slowed down a bit, not running at full speed, she still easily defeated opponents from other classes and grades. Even the members of the track and field club were no match for her. She won the championship so easily.

But when she participated in two events in a row and heard her name on the radio for the third time just after taking a few breaths, she realized something was wrong.

So she decisively ran over to find the student union members who were on patrol, grabbed them by the neck and asked them to hand over the list of participants.

As a result, she saw that in her class, there was a long row of substitutes, all of them were Oosaka Taiga...

Then, Osaka Taiga rushed to the podium and found Amakusa Shino and explained the problem to her.

After she finished her explanation patiently, Tianca Xiao thought for a moment and then smiled: "Isn't it good?"

Oosaka Taiga felt like she had used up all her self-control in her life not to punch the other person's smiling face directly - if she really did that, with her current strength, the student council president's head would probably explode like a ripe watermelon.

After all, Oosaka Taiga's strength is like her appetite. Because it grows too fast, she has no time to get used to it, so naturally she can't control it perfectly.

However, perhaps because she saw Oosaka Taiga's dissatisfaction, Amakusa Shino finally "accidentally" revealed that the person responsible for contacting the registration list at that time was actually Washimiya Shiki.

So, Oosaka Taiga angrily blocked Shiki who had just returned from the teaching building, and became what he is now.

"Do you have anything to explain?" the girl glared at Si Ji and asked unhappily.

But compared to the tone he used when talking to Amakusa Shino just now, it was much softer - at least there was no more stern hostility.

"Because I think you, Oosaka, are actually a very good person and shouldn't be isolated in the class like you are now," Shiki glanced at his watch, then with his sixth-level acting skills, he put on a concerned smile and said solemnly, "So this sports festival is an opportunity. As long as you can become the hero of your class, you will definitely be accepted by other students."

"Are you stupid?"

But Oosaka Taiga spoke without hesitation.

"Yes." Si Ji nodded decisively.

"... You're really an idiot. I can't respond to you like this!"

Oosaka Taiga hit Shiki's chest violently. The latter felt as if he was hit by a Wuling Hongguang that had just drifted out of the gutter and turned a corner. He almost vomited blood.

Fortunately, his physical condition had been improved several times, and with the existence of a substitute and word spirit, he was not really injured.

The girl didn't notice Si Ji's embarrassment, and just said, "I don't need those guys' acceptance. Even if I join a small group this time, I don't want to be the clown in the team, nor do I have the talent to become the center of the group like those popular people. In the end, I will become the same as now. Instead of going through so much trouble, it's better to stay the way I am now!"

As he was speaking, Taiga Oosaka's name was called out on the radio again.

"Then you won't participate?" Si Ji asked, and he kindly reminded: "Even if it is really as you said, as long as you can get enough honors, their attitude towards you will definitely be different in the end. At least they will treat you with enough respect, right?"

"So, why do you, Washimiya, care so much about what others think of you? There is absolutely no need for me to work hard for them, right?" Osaka Taiga said with his hands on his hips, dissatisfied.

"What about you? Don't you want to defeat everyone and look down on others as a winner?"

Four Seasons Question.

"If I could really do it, I wouldn't mind, but the current situation is not right. If I participate in the competition in this state, I always feel that it would be disrespectful to those who practice and prepare for the competition so seriously."

The girl replied, and then she said seriously: "Of course, I won't lose to anyone in a bread-eating race!"

Looking at her confident look, Si Ji suddenly smiled.

"I see. You are truly worthy of me."

"I don't think you're complimenting me..."

Oosaka Taiga muttered.

But Si Ji really thinks this kid is pretty good.

"How could that be? I'm serious." Then he quickly put his hands under the girl's armpits and lifted her up high like a child: "Great, great~"

"Ahhh! You bastard, put me down!"

Oosaka Taiga was stunned for half a second after being attacked so suddenly. His face immediately turned blood red and he began to struggle, waving his short hands in shame and anger.

"Great, great~" But after acquiring martial arts skills (although the level is still very low), combined with Xianzhixian, Si Ji's movements became more skillful, making the girl's struggle meaningless, and he even started to spin in circles.

"Damn it, just wait for me! I'll make sure you're in trouble, even if we both die together!"

When Oosaka Taiga noticed that people were starting to look at her, she felt even more ashamed. Her self-esteem was much higher than that of most people, so her face turned red as if it was about to bleed, and her ears felt a little hot. However, she was unable to escape the dimensionality reduction attack from the tall Shiki, so she could only grit her teeth and say harsh words.

After having enough fun, Shiki put Oosaka Taiga down, and then easily avoided the girl who rushed over with an expression of "I'm going to blow up with you!", and said seriously: "Whether it's my three-legged race or your bread-eating race, the schedule is still far behind... Now I have to go out to meet someone, do you want to come with me?"

"Huh? Why would I…"

Before Oosaka Taiga could finish his words, his stomach started growling.

It seems that even though she had just eaten half a basket of the beloved wife sandwiches that Yamada Fairy specially prepared for Shiki, she was now hungry again.

"Didn't you say before that being around me would help alleviate your appetite a little?"

Si Ji couldn't help laughing and continued, "And we can eat something outside before coming back."

"...Okay," the girl raised her face slightly, the sunlight fell on her face, and a layer of white light appeared. She said softly: "I will trust you just once."

Chapter 346 Aisaka Rikuro

Dahe is a small rich woman.

Because her father, Rikuro Ohsaka, was the president of a small company and had quite a bit of extra money, he was not stingy when it came to giving Ohga living expenses.

Shiki did not specifically investigate Oosaka Rikuro's situation. He just found out when he was looking for him to come and watch Ohga's performance on the sports field that his company was also a downstream supplier of Maple Leaf Technology Branch.

Unlike Maple Leaf Technology’s head office, the branches opened in many countries have become quite bloated and their interest relations are extremely complicated due to the consideration of the interests of various countries.

Of course, none of this matters to Si Ji. After all, as long as the Ark Reactor, the lifeblood of Maple Leaf Technology, and a host of yet-to-be-launched technologies are in his hands, no matter how bloated the branch is or how complicated the relationships within it are, it will not be a problem for him. It's like a human appendix, which can be removed at any time when necessary.

Not to mention the downstream suppliers, which are probably channels inherited when acquiring a small company, and are not irreplaceable at all.

In fact, after the vacation, Siji was already preparing to prune off the parts of the Maple Leaf Technology Branch that were more severely necrotic.

Honestly speaking, if Shiki wanted to, he could just use the lifeblood of the other company as a threat and let Oosaka Rikuro treat Oosaka Taiga well - he could come up with as many excuses as he wanted, such as Taiga accidentally helped XX director, Taiga accidentally exposed a scam and saved XX executives from huge losses, XX chairman is a lolita lover and likes Taiga very much - in short, if you don't be a good father, I will shut down your company and send you to Ganyaozi in northern Myanmar!

But this might allow Taiga to feel his father's love for quite some time, and maybe even cure his puberty syndrome, allowing Shiki to complete his mission successfully.

But fake is fake after all. Si Ji has prepared himself mentally for the possibility that the system may leave at any time, not to mention that Qiu Ling and Wen Ping's own approach is actually a bit like walking on a tightrope, and they might fail at any time.

So this kind of relationship is unlikely to last a lifetime. It is hard for Shiki to imagine how devastated the girl will be when the truth is known by Oosaka Taiga.

Therefore, Si Ji planned to have a good talk with the other party.

“It’s such a mess…”

Since he couldn't change his identity in front of the girl, Si Ji naturally couldn't drive his own car and had to take a taxi. While in the taxi, the information that Si Ji had asked someone to investigate had been sent to his mobile phone.

After taking a quick look at the situation of Oosaka Rikuro, Shiki couldn't help but sigh.

"What?" asked the bored Osaka Taiga casually.

"It's nothing, I just think you can't judge a person by his appearance." Si Ji sighed.

Seeing that he didn't seem to want to tell him the truth, Oosaka Taiga just curled his lips and didn't ask any more questions. He just changed the question: "Is it really okay to take a taxi? The fare must be very expensive..."

The price of taxis in Japan is very high, so high that even a wealthy woman like Ohsaka Taiga can't help but feel distressed when she sees the taxi receipt.

"It doesn't matter. It's not far anyway."

Four Seasons said nonchalantly.

The person he wanted to meet was naturally Oosaka Rikuro. He had originally planned to invite him directly to the school to watch Oosaka Taiga's performance, but now that the plan had changed, there was naturally no need to let him go to school - even though he had originally looked reluctant.

Considering that Ohga needed to eat, the meeting place was changed to an izakaya not too far from Toyonosaki.

Shiki took them to a private room and ordered a bunch of food. After eating for half an hour, Oosaka Rikuro arrived in a hurry.

Maybe it was because the system judged that the meeting with Oosaka Rikuro was a negotiation, so Shiki's full-level business skills immediately allowed him to judge that this guy's "hurried" appearance was completely fake, and he didn't care about this meeting at all.

"Sorry, I guess you've been waiting for a long time." Oosaka Rikuro showed a seemingly gentle smile on his face: "Long time no see, Taiga."

Oosaka Taiga frowned, ignoring his father's greeting. Instead, he turned to Shiki and asked, "Is this the guy you want to see?"

"You're so cold, Taiga..." Oosaka Rikuro gave a bitter smile.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Oosaka." Shiki patted Taiga's back to let her calm down first, then looked at Oosaka Rikuro: "I called you here specially because I wanted to give Taiga a surprise."

"Haha, I'm sorry to disappoint you, Dahe doesn't like me."

Oosaka Rikuro smiled cheerfully.

Oosaka Taiga trembled his lips as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing.