Survive in Azure Files

"Boss! Two donuts please!"

She has the unique beauty of a student, a lively voice, an innocent smile, and two long white braids hanging behind her, giving her the feeling of a girl next door.

The most important thing is that, apart from the halo, he looks like a human being in every way.

My first impression of Kirino was not bad.

Chapter 8: Kind! Any sensei will be brought to justice!

Tracking is a technical job.

To avoid being discovered while not losing the target, those who are proficient in this are either professionals or experienced perverts.

Therefore, for a good man like me with upright character, honest and upright, it is inevitable that mistakes will occur when I am following a beautiful girl...bah, conducting background check on a girl due to my unfamiliarity with skills and lack of experience.

"Miss Officer, please listen to my explanation. This is really just a misunderstanding."

Life is unpredictable, so be cautious at all times. My misjudgment of my own abilities and my unfamiliarity with the surrounding terrain put me in jail.

The specific situation was that after I followed her into a secluded alley, Nakamura Kirino, who was supposed to be in front of me, suddenly jumped out from behind me and tried to arrest me.

"You still dare to quibble?"

Nakago Kirino stared at me, the suspect, with her clear blue eyes:

"Don't think I didn't notice you. You've been following me since we arrived at the café! Tell me the truth. What's your plan? Are you the thug who escaped yesterday who sent you here to take revenge on me?"

"So it's really just a misunderstanding. Besides, if I'm really a bad guy..."

I squatted in front of Kirino and picked up the handcuff key that fell at my feet.

Looking at Kirino, who had inexplicably handcuffed herself to a telephone pole and lost her keys to the point where she couldn't reach them even if she stretched her legs, I felt inexplicably complicated.

Well, to expand on the situation a little: Kirino tried to arrest me, but failed miserably.

how did you do it?

"Ms. Kirino, can you calm down now? If you are willing to listen to me, I will open it for you."

"...How did you know my name? You finally revealed your flaw. Ah, could it be that you are my stalker? Help! I don't want to be taken to the basement by a pervert, dressed in light clothes, and do weird things!"

Kirino struggled hard with tears in her eyes.

"Wait a minute, don't yell in the street, it will cause passers-by to misunderstand, okay? I know your name because I'm Xia Lai's sensei. Hey, please listen to me."

Maybe I didn't speak loud enough, Kirino didn't hear me at all.

I could only restrain Kirino by force, and it felt as difficult as wrestling with an angry bull. It took all my strength to finally open the handcuffs for her.

As soon as the handcuffs were opened, Kirino pushed me to the ground with her skilled joint technique, then sat on my back, completely pinning me down with her weight, panting and shouting:

"Current molester! Arrest! You have the right to remain silent, but... uh... what's next... never mind. Anyway, do you have anything else to say?"

"Haa ...

"……Eh?"

After a while.

"I'm really sorry!"

"No need to apologize..."

I dusted off my uniform and looked at the girl bowing at a 90-degree angle, feeling exhausted.

It's impossible to say that I'm not angry at all. But after all, I still want to recruit Kirino to Xialai. In the final analysis, this matter is indeed my fault for following first, so let's just forget it.

Besides, showing tolerance towards innocent girls will also help you gain more favor.

I haven't forgotten that my golden finger, which looks like a credit card, requires me to conquer students in order to generate feedback.

So, be as gentle as possible to every potential development partner.

The more I thought about it, the more uncomfortable I felt. I quickly retracted my thoughts that had drifted away and focused back on the present:

Do we really want to recruit Kirino into Xialai? Even though I have read the information and thought I had set my expectations low enough, the actual situation still makes me deeply worried.

If only I were as reliable as Yuuka.

My mind raced, analyzing the current situation: I had intended to observe secretly, but I was caught in the act. If I were to make excuses at this point, it would put our relationship at risk, and it would not be worth it.

Therefore, we can only tell the purpose truthfully.

"Kirino, I won't beat around the bush. I'm here to invite you to join Xia Lai."

"what?"

"You may also know that Xialai is currently just an empty shell, and urgently needs to be filled with excellent and capable members."

I selectively told the truth: "I have personally witnessed your active work (you were arrested in person), and after reading your relevant information (posted anonymously by others), I think you are a talent that has been buried by the Public Safety Bureau (why haven't you been fired yet)."

Having said that, I took a deep breath and held out my hand to Kirino.

“Maybe you lack some abilities, but that doesn’t matter. No one in this world is born knowing everything.”

“What really matters is not talent, but heart.”

"As I watch your efforts from behind, I can feel your burning heart that will never lose to anyone and will do its utmost to uphold justice. That is a treasure that cannot be matched by any amount of talent."

"Kirito, I believe that you have incomparable value."

"Join Xia Lai, come to me, I will provide you with the most suitable stage!"

"I need you."

Having said that, I kept my hand outstretched, waiting for Kirino's reply.

Kirino stood there, staring at me blankly with a dazed look on her face, and light seemed to appear in her watery eyes.

Seeing that the other party was slow to take any action, I suddenly felt a little nervous: Was the pie I had drawn a little too big? Would Kirino get angry when she found out about her specific work after joining Xia Lai?

I think I'm not wrong. This is indeed the most suitable stage for Kirino.

Okay, I still feel a little guilty.

"sensei..."

Kirino finally blushed and said shyly, "Were you confessing your feelings to me just now? Although it is not against the law for a sensei to date a student in Kivotos, this is the first time we meet. It's not that I hate you, but I'm not mentally prepared yet."

"Ah? Confession?" I was a little confused. "I'm just inviting you to join Xia Lai?"

"Eh? Eh? Ah! I'm sorry, I was too self-righteous!"

Kirino touched her chest, breathed a sigh of relief, and returned to her image of a lively girl.

"Thank you very much for your encouragement, sensei. No one has ever said this to me before... I can't give you an accurate answer yet. According to the regulations of the Life Safety Bureau, members are not allowed to work part-time. Although Xia Lai should be an exception, I still have to apply for approval from my superiors first."

"Besides, even if I really join Xialai, I can't give up my work at the Life Safety Bureau. I can only do some simple work in my free time... I'm sorry to disappoint you, sensei."

Although she said that it was disappointing, the one who actually showed disappointment was Kirino herself.

Regarding the application form, it was mentioned in the document Ye Zhu gave:

Nakago Kirino and another student named Akagi Fubuki have been a headache for the top management of the Life Safety Bureau for various reasons. If these two are willing to join Xialai and reduce the frequency of getting into trouble at work, I'm afraid the Life Safety Bureau will be more than happy.

So don't worry about that.

As for the other thing that Kirino was worried about...

"Listen to me first about the job you will accept at Xialai, and then make a decision—"

I have described it as briefly as possible.

Mainly, he accompanied me to and from Xialai and the subway station before and after I went on business trips to other academies.

It may be hard to imagine, but the area with the most chaotic public security in the entire Kivotos is DU, which is directly under the jurisdiction of the Federal Student Union. The work efficiency of the Valkyrie Police Academy is shockingly low.

In the subways connecting DU and other academies, and in the autonomous regions of the university campuses, the security forces were dispatched very quickly when riots occurred. At the same time, the academy would send special personnel to connect with me when I was away on business, so the safety was quite guaranteed.

I feel like it’s all the fault of the Federation Student Union president’s disappearance, which has me fearing for my life all day long.

Just like when I staked out Kirino's coffee shop before, I also carefully selected it because it was very close to Xia Lai, so I dared to go there alone.

“…Is it that simple? This way, we just need to make one more detour during patrol!”

After hearing this, Kirino said excitedly, "Then I will submit my application after the morning patrol is over! If it is approved, please give me your guidance!"

Finally, the goal was achieved.

If there are students willing to escort me, I can go to other safe campuses and select students who are more reliable or more suitable for the strategy.

If Kirino rejects me, then I really will have no choice but to contact Wakamo.

Ruo Zao is strong and should be trustworthy, but her status as a fugitive makes her a fallback option when all else fails.

I took a step forward and held Kirino's hand.

"Thank you for your guidance. Oh, by the way, I happen to have nothing to do this morning, how about I go on patrol with you?"

I did it on impulse.

I've been in Kivotos for almost a week now, and I haven't really walked around the area because I think it's dangerous to go out alone. This is a good opportunity.

After getting Kirino's happy agreement, I set off with her side by side.

Chapter 9 Seventh Degree Insect

In the afternoon, after completing the patrol, I dragged my tired body back to Xialai and took a hot bath.

Lying in the bathtub, I looked at the ceiling and re-solidified my resolve.

Never go out without students!

After patrolling together with Kirino, I gained a deeper understanding of the harsh living environment of the Kivotos.

In just two hours, we encountered six gang fights and four street robberies. Every few streets, students would hold machine guns and fire indiscriminately or throw grenades into crowded areas.

We even encountered a criminal gang that blew up a restaurant into ruins because they thought the food was bad. The four men's escape vehicle was carrying a tied-up student.

These guys, who from my previous life's perspective were complete lunatics who carried out terrorist attacks, were only seen as ordinary bad students who liked to show off in this academy city.

As for the reason, of course, an attack of this level can only cause superficial injuries to the alien at most.

Haha, robots and students are fine, but why can those small animal citizens take dozens of bullets without any harm? Am I really the most fragile in the entire Kivotos?

Thinking back to the time when the stray bullet flew past the corner of my eye, and the uncontrollable fear I felt when my body reacted belatedly...If Alona hadn't deflected the bullet, I would probably be a cold corpse now.

I submerged half of my face in the water and exhaled through my mouth, causing bubbles to form and burst on the surface of the water.

Just like me.

I don’t know when I was born, and I don’t know when I will die. It’s really hard to live in fear and even be afraid to go out alone.

Fortunately, staying in Xialai, under the protection of a strict security system, I can still find a sense of security.

I began to think of Xialai as my home, an impenetrable fortress that could isolate me from all dangers outside, but I couldn't drown in this paradise.

You must go out, get to know more students, try every possible means to gain their favor, and gain real strength to make a living.

But, what should I do to make people like me?

I once again raised this doubt in my mind.

In the past two days, I checked the card several times, and there was no change in the content on the screen.

In other words, Ruo Zao is still the only student I have successfully conquered, and it was because of my ordinary face that she fell in love with me at first sight.

When I heard the notification tone, I picked up my phone from the shelf and slid it several times with my wet hands before opening it. I saw that it was Hua Ye who had sent me several more messages.

Just some meaningless greetings.

I also wondered if Hanaya had fallen in love with me, but I didn't do anything, and the card with no reaction proved it, so it seemed like I was just being too sentimental.

I casually replied that I was taking a shower, put down my phone, soaked my whole body in the warm water again, closed my eyes and felt that the physical and mental fatigue was relieved.

For now, enjoy a moment of peace.

Until a faint "click" sound came clearly into my ears, and I was suddenly awakened from my sleep.

The bathroom door was opened.