Is there Kamen Rider 01 in Date Away?

Sometimes nature can also restrain evil.

"In short, just remember that this is a place to see fish, not a place to eat fish."

Manren is not as good at playing the role of a teacher as Shiori. In order to prevent Tohka from asking a hundred thousand questions, Manren can only choose to tell Tohka what she needs to pay attention to in a concise and clear manner.

"I see."

Tiangong Quintet. This is a brand new complex commercial facility that was just completed last year. There are also hotels, indoor amusement parks, cinemas, shopping malls, etc. operated by the same group nearby, forming a small-scale shopping street. As a new tourist attraction, Tiangong Quintet is very popular, so you can see many people coming and going even on weekdays.

"There are... so many people..."

Today is the weekend, so there are quite a lot of people coming to Tengu Quintet, which makes Tohka, who is afraid of crowds, a little embarrassed.

Zhenlian was a bit troubled by so many people. It might be troublesome if they got separated.

"Tohka, hold my sleeve."

Shinrei said as he extended his hand towards Tohka.

"Hmm."

Tohka grabbed Shinren's sleeve like a little child, and led him through the bustling crowd.

After checking their tickets, the two entered the aquarium.

"Wow...how spectacular!"

Behind the transparent glass is a blue world where fish of all sizes swim freely. At first glance, they look like they are dancing in the air.

“It’s really beautiful…”

Seeing the new beautiful world, even Zhenlian showed an expression that she never had before. At this moment, Zhenlian's eyes shone like a child who had discovered a treasure.

"Wow, Manren showed an expression I've never seen before!" Tohka came closer as if she had discovered a new continent, wanting to take a closer look at Manren's limited expression that was as rare as a UR card.

"Tohka, it's too close."

Zhenlian pulled away awkwardly. She had been troubled by money before, so she naturally wouldn't come to a place like an aquarium, so this was Zhenlian's first time to an aquarium.

Thinking back now, I spent the night under the bridge two years ago. Now I am in an aquarium, a place I had no chance to visit back then. Zhenlian also felt a little emotional.

"Oh, by the way, Zhenlian. It's half past eight now. There will be a dolphin show soon. Let's go and watch it together!"

【It’s half past eight! ? 】

Zhenlian's heart skipped a beat, and then she ran away immediately: "Tohka, go wait for me there, I'll go buy some snacks first!"

"Wait..." Tohka was about to call out to Manren, but Manren had already disappeared.

"I'm dying, dying, dying!" Zhenlian ran while looking at her watch. She secretly set Shizhi's alarm to nine o'clock before she went out. She had planned to get away at eight fifteen, but she actually forgot the time because she was so busy watching the fish. Now the situation is very urgent.

It is impossible to take the bus now as I did when I came here, and I have completely missed the opportunity to get on the bus.

"taxi!"

Zhenlian rushed out of Tiangong Quintet and waved to the road. Although the taxi was expensive, she had to grit her teeth now.

Seeing that Zhen Lian was being chased, he was completely stunned: "Brother, I'm just running a small business. Spare my life."

"I'm not a fugitive, I'm just in a hurry." Zhen Lian almost jumped into the car, "Hurry up, I'll show you the way!"

Seeing Zhenlian's attitude of "If you don't hurry up, I'll kill you", the driver naturally did not dare to delay and stepped on the accelerator directly.

But now is different from the morning, the morning rush hour directly blocked the entire road. Looking at the motionless traffic outside, Zhenlian really wanted to say to the driver, "Isn't the sidewalk spacious? Go there!"

"Shit!"

Zhenlian looked at the hands on her watch that kept turning. They were still more than a thousand meters away from Gokawa's house. They would definitely be late at this rate.

"Leave the money on the seat, no need to give change!"

Shinren threw down two thousand yen bills and jumped out of the car, then drove towards the Gokawa family at full speed.

Chapter 11: Deadly Multiple Dates (V)

The alarm clock rang, and a fair hand reached out from under the quilt to turn off the alarm clock on the bedside table.

"Woo..." Shiori crawled out of the bed and stretched. The warm sunlight shone into the room through the window. The girl's body stretched greatly, and her torso was faintly visible under the thin pajamas under the sunlight.

Although he has no memory of when he pressed the "snooze" button, this does not stop Shiori from looking forward to today's date.

Today was a rare date, so Shizhi naturally decided to dress up. However, looking at the clothes in the closet, Shizhi suddenly fell into the torment of choice difficulty.

First of all, the dressing style, is youthful style better or mature style better?

[If I go for the innocent style, will Shinrei-kun think I'm pretending to be cute? But if I try too hard to be mature, Shinrei-kun will probably complain that it's inappropriate...]

Finally, Shiori decided to wear a plain beige coat on the outside and a bold sleeveless sweater on the inside. She still wore a short skirt on the bottom. Although she wanted to wear black stockings, she finally chose a slightly more conservative pair of pantyhose.

[Oh, right, bento! ]

Shiori got up at 5:30 to prepare today's lunch box, and went back to sleep only after everything was done.

If I forget to bring my lunch this time, it will undoubtedly be a big blow to this date. After all, I stayed up late to learn new dishes and even boasted in front of Zhenlian.

After everything is ready, it's time to wake up Manren. Because Manren has the habit of staying up late to play games on weekends, Manren's severity of staying in bed on weekends is no less than Tohka. Even though Shiori reminded him many times, the effect seemed to be not obvious.

[I hope Shinren-kun doesn’t fall asleep unexpectedly during a date…]

Shiori prayed a little in his heart and then walked towards Zhenlian's room.

--split line--

"Oh no, Zhenlian is still on the road. If my sister finds out that Zhenlian is not at home, she will definitely get suspicious!"

Kotori saw Shiori on the screen panicking. Although Shiori was not an elf, as a younger sister, Kotori could not just sit there and wait for death when she thought of Shiori's expression when he learned the truth.

Kotori jumped down from the captain's seat and ran to the transporter. This time, Fraxinus's commander took the lead himself.

--split line--

"Sister, today's newspaper has been delivered. Go out and get it!"

Just as Shiori was about to walk towards Mayu's room, Kotori's voice came from her room, which effectively delayed Shiori's steps.

"Really? Dad is so careless. He hasn't cancelled the newspaper subscription even though he's on a business trip. Just call and cancel it later."

Shiori puffed up his cheeks and complained softly, then walked towards the door.

The moment Shiori opened the door, she was shocked by the scene in front of her - Zhenlian was covered in sweat, her white shirt stuck to her body after absorbing the sweat, and she was as wet as if she had been fished out of the water.

"Manne, what's wrong with you? Aren't you sleeping?" Shiori looked at Manne outside the door with some disbelief, and was suddenly confused.

"Um... Shiori... I was just jogging in the morning..."

Shinren explained the situation to Shiori while breathing heavily. Now he himself didn't know whether the sweat on his body was the smelly sweat after intense exercise, or the cold sweat from telling lies.

"Oh okay……"

Although Shiori didn't know when Manren developed the habit of jogging in the morning, and she was jogging on the day of the date, she still kept her doubts in her heart.

"Okay, go take a shower! We have to go out today."

Shiori pushed the sweaty Zhenlian into the house.

[Wait, if I change my clothes, Tohka will get suspicious! ]

But if Manren was sweating, Tohka would get suspicious. Suddenly Manren was in a dilemma.

However, now I can only go into the bathroom. At this time, Zhenlian's cell phone rang, and looking at the caller displayed on it, Zhenlian took a breath - it was Tohka's call!

She must have gotten tired of waiting, so she called.

[Calm down, Hiden Shinren. You must calm down. The other party is Tohka. As long as you use your brain, you can definitely fool her if we are not face to face! First, summarize all the factors. I left under the pretext of buying snacks. Under what circumstances would buying snacks cause me to disappear for a long time and change my clothes? ]

As the saying goes, a person's brain works rapidly in an emergency, and Zhen Lian immediately came up with an excuse.

After the call was connected, Tohka's somewhat angry voice came over the phone: "Manren, where have you been? Why haven't you come back for so long?"

"I'm sorry, Tohka. When I bought the ice cream just now, I accidentally dropped it on my clothes, so I need to go home and change my clothes. You can have fun first, I'll be there in about half an hour."

Manren fluently told the lie she had just made up. Although she felt a little sorry for Tohka, she couldn't care less now.

"Really? Then you better hurry up."

Hearing that Tohka believed him, Shinrei hung up the phone with peace of mind. Then he lay down in the bathtub filled with hot water. The warm bath water flooded Shinrei's body, and he immediately felt that the lactic acid accumulated in his muscles after the long run had all disappeared, and the tense muscles all over his body also relaxed.

But this is only physical relaxation, because troubles are still to come. After all, taking a shower was not in the original plan, and now I can only squeeze it in during meal time.

Fortunately, Manren had already considered this. He and Tohka had only eaten half a bowl of porridge before going out, and after running back, Manren was already starving, so he would probably finish breakfast quickly.

Zhenlian dried herself with a towel, quickly changed into clean clothes and walked out: "Shizhi, I'm done, let's have breakfast together."

Hearing Zhenlian's voice, Shizhi poked his head out of the kitchen: "Oh. Have you finished washing? The clothes are already in the washing machine. After eating, hang the clothes up and we can go out."

"Eh?"

Shiori's words sounded fine at first, but Shinri immediately noticed something was wrong. Even if the washing machine was set to a quick wash, it would take twenty minutes, which meant that Shiori's breakfast was expected to take twenty minutes.

"Shiori, what do you want for breakfast today?"

Shiori used kitchen tongs to pick up three casseroles from the kitchen one by one: "Today's breakfast is casserole, I believe Kotori will like it too."

【Oh my god! What the hell is this! ? 】

Seeing the soup bubbling in the casserole, Zhen Lian wailed inwardly. It was such hot food, even if it wasn't a cat's tongue, there was no way he could finish it within ten minutes!

Although it is not the morning rush hour now, it is impossible to be so smooth. I have made an appointment with Shiori to go to the movies today. Shinren specially chose a movie theater close to the aquarium to save time. Originally, I planned to have breakfast for ten minutes, go there for ten minutes, settle Shiori for ten minutes, and then rush to Tohka's place. A total of more than thirty minutes.

But no matter how you look at it, it will take at least twenty minutes to finish this breakfast.

Asking Tohka to wait for ten more minutes would definitely make her suspicious.

Seeing the worried Shinren, Kotori smiled wickedly and asked jokingly, "Do you need Franxinus' help with your date?"

[Hiden Zhenlian, are you going to give in now? 】

This was an obvious implication that Shinren understood, but she still forced a smile: "Eh? Could it be that Shiori is also an elf?"

[This guy…]

Seeing that Manren had no intention of asking for help, Kotori was a little surprised. Manren was obviously already struggling so hard, but he was still trying to show off. She really didn't know what was going on in his mind.

"No need, Kotori. I'm not an elf, so these things should be kept for the elves." Shiori also echoed and rejected Kotori's request.

After being rejected, Qinli sulked and started to suck up the noodles in the casserole.

Zhen Lian suddenly felt a wave of fatigue coming over him, and he felt dizzy at the moment. After all, he didn't sleep last night, and coupled with the intense exercise and mental consumption, he was now a little overwhelmed.

[Sure enough, it is better to use the simplest method. 】

Zhenlian took out two ice bags from the refrigerator and placed them on the casserole to cool it down.

"No! The casserole will lose its soul if it's not hot!" Shiori angrily pressed down Manil's hand holding the ice pack. It was obvious that his dignity as a chef would not allow this to happen.

Seeing Shiori's serious look, Zhenlian didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Shiori, this is really hot."

"Then eat slowly." Shiori still refused to give in and never allowed Shinrei to use such unorthodox methods as using ice packs to cool down. "Shinrei-kun, you are acting strange today? Why are you so anxious?"

Seeing Shizhi's eyes gradually becoming suspicious, Zhenlian's body, which had just been washed, immediately broke out in a cold sweat. However, as the saying goes, there is always a way out before the car reaches the mountain. Zhenlian's brain, which was about to stop working, started working again: "Well... the movie ticket I booked is for 9:40, and it's already 20 minutes, it's almost too late!"

"Really?" Shiori still didn't quite believe what Manren said, "Let me see the appointment."

Fortunately, Zhenlian had secretly booked movie tickets when she saw the casserole, as a backup plan to prevent miscarriage due to the cooling method.

After confirming that there was no problem, Shiori sighed: "Sorry, I was too worried."

In order to go to the movies smoothly, Shiori not only agreed but also asked Shinrei to help cool down her casserole. After all, compared to the dignity of a chef, going out with Shinrei is the most important thing.

Chapter 12: Deadly Multiple Dates (VI)

"Mare-kun, you seem very sleepy. You almost fell asleep during breakfast. What time did you go to bed last night?"

As soon as they got off the bus, Shiori angrily blamed Mayu. Because Mayu took a nap on the bus, the two of them almost missed their stop.

The girl's face puffed up slightly, like a squirrel with its mouth full of nuts. But even with such a cute angry expression, Shinrei still felt Shiori's concern for Shinrei's irregular schedule and his dissatisfaction with his lack of attention to the date.

"Sorry, sorry." This time, Shinren apologized to Shiori very honestly and sincerely. After all, Shinren did not sleep last night, but not because of playing games but to arrange the schedule for today. These things made Shinren exhausted physically and mentally, which led to this bad state that seemed like she would fall asleep at any time.

Seeing Zhenlian's rare sincere apology, Shiori's already small amount of anger disappeared: "You must get a good rest next time. If you fall asleep while watching the movie later, I will not forgive you."

On the surface, Zhenlian nodded in agreement, but in fact, she had already started calculating the time and prepared to slip away.

The movies showing in the cinema today include the romance movie "School Days", the horror movie "The Ugly Hour! The Desperate Priestess in the Shrine!", and the detective suspense movie "The Emerald Crown".