Traveled through time and space and became Sukuna, but the host was Yukinoshita?

"Oh! So brother has joined the club! What an incredible improvement!" Komachi was quickly diverted and poked her brother's waist with her elbow.

"That was forced in by Hiratsuka-sensei. I didn't want to put it in on my own..." Hikigaya Hachiman said, turning his head away.

"Um!" The junior high school boy who had been silent the whole time took over the conversation. "My name is Kawasaki Daishi, and I'm in the same cram school as Hikigaya. My sister is also a sophomore at Sobu High School like all of you. Her name is Kawasaki Saki."

"Then, Daishi's sister seems to have turned into a bad girl recently, coming home very late every night, so she came to me to discuss how to turn her back into the sister she used to be," Komachi explained.

After everyone understood the general course of events, Yukinoshita Yukino decided to accept Kawasaki Daishi's commission in the name of the Service Club, but before that, there was one important thing that needed to be confirmed.

[Lin Qijun, will the murderer who killed Ooka interfere with this commission? ] Yukinoshita Yukino asked in her heart.

"That doesn't make sense. We searched the entire Chiba area and we were just about to dig deep into the ground." Lin Qi replied, "But you can call Ichichi and ask him to help investigate Saki Kawasaki."

[Is it really okay to casually investigate someone else's identity...?]

Yukinoshita Yukino looked a little hesitant.

[What's wrong with that? Would you use that personal information to do something bad?] Lin Qi asked back.

【Of course not. 】

[That’s it, go make the call!] He urged.

Yukinoshita Yukino came to her senses, stood up and said to the people around her: "Sorry, I'm going to the bathroom."

She called Jie Gao Ijichi in the bathroom and asked him to help investigate Saki Kawasaki.

"Kawasaki Saki from Chiba Prefecture has a younger brother named Kawasaki Daishi, right? OK, I got it. I'll send you the information later."

The reliable social person gave a quick response over the phone.

At night, Ijichi Jiegao packaged Saki Kawasaki's personal information and sent it to Yukinoshita Yukino. After she read all the information, she quickly discovered the real reason why she came home late.

"Is Saki Kawasaki working part-time?"

Yukinoshita Yukino looked at the content on the computer and couldn't help but frowned: "Working part-time at night is not allowed at this age. Did Kawasaki lie about his age?"

"Haha, you're working really hard. It seems like you're really short of money." Lin Qi said with a smile, "Now that you know the reason, what are you going to do?"

"There's no special way. Just appeal to her emotions and reason with her." Yukinoshita Yukino said calmly, "If she is a reasonable person, she will understand what I'm saying."

In response to the confidence shown by the black-haired girl, Lin Qi just smiled gently and did not give any other response.

……

...Chapter 74: It was obviously me who came here first

"You mean, Kawasaki-san comes home late every day because he works part-time at a store called Angel Ladder on the top floor of the Royal Okura Hotel? And he even lied about his age!?"

In the service club, Yuigahama Yui widened her eyes in surprise: "How did Xiaoxue know?"

"I asked someone to investigate." Yukinoshita Yukino gently lifted her drooping hair, and it seemed that she didn't want to go deeper into this topic.

Did you ask someone from the technical college for help?

Minister Yukinoshita should not be the kind of person who would rely on power. It was not difficult for Hikigaya to guess that it was Lin Qi's idea, but he had no objection to it, and it could save the effort of investigation.

He took out his phone and searched the name of the store: "Angel's Stairway, it seems to be a very impressive store. You have to meet the clothing requirements to enter the store."

"Anyway, we have to gather there at nine o'clock tonight." Yukinoshita Yukino made the decision.

After school, Hikigaya Hachiman found a white suit of his father at home, and Yuigahama Yui followed Yukinoshita back to her house because she wanted to borrow her dress.

In the evening, wearing his father's white suit and with his hair combed like an adult, Hikigaya Hachiman arrived downstairs of the Okura Hotel early to wait. This adult look made him look a lot more mature, but his pair of dead fish eyes really ruined the atmosphere and made him look a little out of place.

Ten minutes before the appointed time, Yukinoshita Yukino and Yuigahama Yui, dressed in their best clothes, arrived.

Yuigahama Yui was wearing a red long dress with a waistband, which made her breasts look even bigger. Even though she was wearing a mature dress, it was still difficult to hide her youthful and beautiful temperament. This subtle contrast made her even more attractive.

Yukinoshita Yukino put on a black off-shoulder dress with lace embroidered on the chest and the hem of the dress that reached her ankles, which made her fair skin even more dazzling, just like the snow scene in Lapland in December, with endless pure white snow and 24-hour starlight shining against each other. Her waist-length black hair was also tied up in a bun and pulled to her chest, adding a bit of the elegant temperament of a noble lady.

"Everyone is here, let's go." Yukinoshita Yukino ignored the astonished looks from the passers-by around her and said calmly.

The three of them walked into the hotel elevator and headed to the top floor, the 24th floor. As the floor numbers on the elevator kept jumping, Hachiman Hikigaya and Yuigahama Yui, who had never been to such a high-end consumption place, became a little nervous.

Ding!

Arriving at the 24th floor, the elevator door slowly opened, and the melodious piano sound immediately reached everyone's ears. It was the "First Movement of Moonlight Sonata". The calm piano sound seemed to bring the audience to Lake Lucerne in Switzerland, where small boats were rippling on the calm lake shining with moonlight.

The elegant decoration immediately caught the attention of Hikigaya and Yuigahama. The latter even had some intention of backing out because she felt that she was out of place in this place.

"Stop looking around, keep your head up, chest out, and chin down." Yukinoshita Yukino corrected the posture of the dead-eyed boy so that he wouldn't look so embarrassing.

"Oh...oh!" Hikigaya Hachiman quickly adjusted his posture according to what she said.

"Ah, that bar waitress must be Kawasaki!" Yuigahama Yui looked around and soon saw Saki Kawasaki wearing a butler's uniform.

"Saki Kawasaki."

Saki Kawasaki, who was wiping a glass, suddenly heard someone calling her name. She subconsciously looked up, and then was stunned when she saw Yukinoshita, Yukino and the other two in front of her.

"Yukinoshita Yukino, Yuigahama, and a guy I don't know... are you here to find me?" Kawasaki Saki looked at the three people in confusion. These three people should not have any connection with her, so why did they suddenly come to her?

"Forget it...what would you like to drink?" Unable to figure out why these three people had come here specifically to find her, she pushed the drink menu in front of them.

The three of them were minors and could not drink alcohol, so they only ordered the cheapest lemonade.

"You come home late every day recently, maybe it's because of this job." After ordering the food, Yukinoshita Yukino said.

"This has nothing to do with you, right?" Saki Kawasaki did her job with a calm expression and prepared three glasses of lemonade for them.

"Is it okay even if there are conflicts with your family because of this?"

Yukinoshita Yukino also maintained her usual cold expression. At a glance, the two of them had some similarities. "Your brother Kawasaki Daishi is very worried about you."

"Dashi, you're just doing unnecessary things..." Hearing her brother's name, Kawasaki Saki frowned.

After sighing helplessly, she continued, "I don't know what Dazhi said to you, but just ignore him and stop bothering me."

"Aren't you going to give up?" asked Yukinoshita Yukino.

"Of course." Kawasaki Saki said bluntly.

"I say, although I will work part-time when I am short of money, there is no need to hide my age." Yuigahama Yui also persuaded.

"It's no big deal, I just need money." She responded while wiping the wine glass, and it seemed that she would not change her mind no matter what.

"You've delayed your studies and made your family worry in order to work part-time. Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?" Seeing her stubborn look, Yukinoshita Yukino couldn't help but get angry. "You're being irresponsible with your own life."

"I'm not working here to earn money because I want to spend it on a life of luxury. Don't compare me to that idiot." Kawasaki Saki spoke faster and faster. "You talk so much nonsense, but can you give me money? You plan to be responsible for something that my parents can't give me?"

[Isn't this good?] Lin Qi, who had been listening, suddenly said in Yukinoshita Yukino's mind.

[What's good about that? Working hard in the wrong direction will only lead to the wrong results in the end.] Yukinoshita Yukino retorted.

[Wrong direction? Who defines the standard of right and wrong? You? ] Lin Qi asked.

[She sacrificed her normal schedule to work all night, which made it impossible for her to concentrate on her studies in class, and even her physical health would be seriously affected. Although I don’t know why she works so hard to make money, if she continues like this, it will only affect her family and future.]

Yukinoshita Yukino analyzed calmly.

[Does Parasite think this is correct? ]

[It's just a decision to work, but you can see other people's future through this decision?] Lin Qi couldn't help but laugh, [Life is not that simple. Don't impose your correct principles on others. That's just arrogance.]

[Since Kawasaki insisted on doing so after listening to your advice, it means she has her own reasons and has made the corresponding preparations.]

[To be honest, I quite like this little girl.] He said sincerely.

From what Daishi Kawasaki said, we can learn that Kawasaki's family is not well-off and he has younger brothers and sisters at home. So it is not difficult to guess why Saki Kawasaki is willing to hide her real age and work here.

Who doesn’t like a girl who is both hardworking and family-oriented?

For a high school student, it is obviously not easy to find a job with a salary as high as this store. Saki Kawasaki must have spent a lot of effort to get this job.

These are opportunities and jobs that people have worked hard to get, and they cannot be destroyed at will.

The time taken for the communication within the brain was very short, and from the perspective of others, it was just that Yukinoshita Yukino was distracted for a few seconds.

Saki Kawasaki was just talking about Yukinoshita Yukino's family background, but unexpectedly the black-haired girl's body suddenly trembled slightly, and the lemonade next to her was accidentally knocked over by her movement, and everyone was startled.

Yuigahama Yui thought that Kawasaki had stepped on Yukinoshita Yukino's landmine, and immediately spoke up to defend her good friend.

However, Yukinoshita Yukino didn't care at all what Kawasaki Saki said, and kept repeating what Lin Qi had just said in her mind.

I quite like this little girl.

I like this little girl very much...

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...Chapter 75: So-called Life

"It's okay, Yuigahama-san, I just accidentally knocked over the cup."

Yukinoshita Yukino quickly came to her senses and smiled as she comforted the somewhat agitated Yuigahama Yui.

The girl's cheeks flushed slightly, but fortunately, in order to create the atmosphere of the venue, the lights in the store were not so bright, so no one noticed.

It’s all because of those damn parasites!

It caused me to behave inappropriately in front of others!

Yukinoshita Yukino quickly realized that what Lin Qi meant by "like" should be admiration, but the confusion that made her care about it also made her care a lot...

What tongue twister am I talking about? The more important thing right now is the commission from Saki Kawasaki.

Putting aside the chaotic and complicated thoughts in her head for the time being, Yukinoshita Yukino began to think about what Lin Qi said.

There is no doubt that Kawasaki Saki's sacrificing her sleep time to work is not right in her opinion. So what is the definition of right?

Yukinoshita Yukino, who has always acted according to her own values, was pointed out for the first time that imposing her own ideas on others is arrogant, and the girl subconsciously felt a little unconvinced.

Since what I said is wrong, does that mean what you said is right?

If we were to extend the current choices to our entire life, then we really would not know how the choices we make now will turn out in the future. After all, no one can predict the future.

But if the impact of choices is limited to a certain period of time in the future, then the short-term future is predictable.

Just like Saki Kawasaki is doing now, using her sleep time to work late at night and making up for sleep at school during the day will definitely affect her studies and physical health.

There is no doubt about this, and even Lin Qi couldn't say anything to refute it.

[You seem to have misunderstood what I meant.] Seeing that Yukinoshita Yukino was in a dilemma, Lin Qi spoke slowly.

[I'm not saying that your judgment is wrong, I just hope you don't worry too much about whether it's correct. After all, you and Saki Kawasaki are in a different environment. In terms of family environment alone, you have already won at the starting line compared to most people, so you can implement the correct principles in your life without any scruples. Your parents also taught you this.]

[But others are different, and Kawasaki Saki is also different. From what Kawasaki Daishi said, you know that Kawasaki's family conditions are not good. Does Kawasaki really not want to concentrate on studying like you said? ]

[Kawasaki Daishi is attending a cram school, right? Do you know how much it costs to attend a cram school? If Kawasaki Saki also wants to continue her studies, she must also go to a private school, right? For a family that is not rich, the cost of sending two siblings to a cram school is not small. 】

[This...] Yukinoshita Yukino was speechless for a moment.

[Let me ask you again, have you ever worked part-time? Probably not. Do you know how much part-time pay Japanese high school students can get, excluding some methods like compensated dating? I think it shouldn't be much, right? If you look at the level of this store, if you can work here part-time, the hourly pay must be much higher than that of ordinary part-time jobs. ]

[If it were me, I would also think about working harder and pushing myself a little harder, instead of giving up this hard-earned job just to get enough sleep. ]

Lin Qi said with a sigh: [Sometimes, it’s not that people don’t want to do the ‘right’ thing, but they are overwhelmed by the heavy reality and cannot do it.]

The world is not just black and white, it is more of a murky gray.

Yukinoshita Yukino fell completely silent.

After a moment, she slowly exhaled, and during the short time when she was thinking and distracted, Kawasaki Saki had already cleaned up the bar that was wet due to the spilled lemonade of Yukinoshita Yukino.

"Is that enough? If you have nothing else to do, please leave. Of course, it's okay if you want a refill."

"Perhaps you are right." Yukinoshita Yukino raised her head again, "I can give up your brother's commission."

"Eh hey hey!?" Yuigahama Yui was suddenly shocked. This was the first time she saw Xiaoxue give up a commission since she joined the Service Club.

"But in exchange, please tell me why you work so hard to earn money even at the cost of your sleep time." Yukinoshita Yukino asked seriously, "Is it because of the tuition fees for your brother and yourself?"

"……how do you know?"

Saki Kawasaki blinked in surprise. She should not have told her family that she was going to further her studies or attend cram school.

Then, her expression returned to calm again, and she nodded and said, "Yes, so what's the matter?"

Hikigaya Hachiman, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly brightened up and said in a deep voice: "If that's the case, I have a solution."

"Kawasaki, do you know about [scholarship]? The latest cram schools will waive tuition fees for students with good grades, and there will also be scholarships. As long as your grades meet the standards, you don't have to worry about tuition fees, and you will also have an income. This will not affect your studies, and you don't have to let your family worry about you."

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, with an inexplicable pride.

Feel honored, Kawasaki, for I will teach you my own alchemy.

……