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

……

Kawasaki Daishi's commission was thus resolved before it was almost abandoned.

Since there is a better way to achieve the goal, there is no need for Saki Kawasaki to continue this job of reversing day and night. You know, working night shifts is a very painful thing, especially when you can't make up for sleep during the day the next day.

And in this way, Kawasaki Daishi will have no reason to continue pestering Komachi!

This is what Hikigaya Hachiman most wants to achieve in this commission.

"Onii-chan, I'm done with my shower, it's your turn."

After taking a shower, Hikigaya Komachi wiped her hair with a towel and went to the living room to urge her brother to take a shower.

In the living room, Hikigaya Hachiman took off his shirt and was doing push-ups with his bare chest - he always kept Uncle Lin Qi's teachings in mind and insisted on exercising every day.

By now, his body is much stronger than before, and the outline of his muscles has begun to appear, able to support some thin clothes well.

"I really didn't expect that good-for-nothing brother could hold on for so long."

Looking at Hikigaya Hachiman who was still doing push-ups, Komachi did not continue to urge him, but sat on his back to increase the difficulty.

"Hey... I'm so sweaty. Didn't you just take a shower?" Hikigaya Hachiman said speechlessly.

"It's okay, it's okay. I put a towel underneath it." Komachi said nonchalantly.

"Brother, you're working out so hard, are you going to start pursuing Sister Yui? Well, it's worth it for you to have a broken leg to meet a girl as good as Sister Yui!"

However, Komachi's words immediately deflated Hikigaya Hachiman. He suddenly fell to the ground and his eyes narrowed suddenly.

What did Komachi just say?

Yuigahama is the owner of the dog that I rescued on the opening day of the school?

……

...Chapter 76: The Ministry of Service is Missing a Person

"Yuigahama-san, you didn't come today either."

In the Service Club, as the club activity was about to end, Yukinoshita Yukino gently closed the book in her hands.

The cold and ethereal voice caught Hikigaya Hachiman's ears. His body stiffened for a moment, and then the sound of turning pages was heard, accompanied by his unclear mumbling: "Hmm..."

"Maybe something happened, maybe."

With a soft sigh, Yukinoshita Yukino cast her sharp gaze towards Hikigaya Hachiman, whose eyes were wandering and whose face was filled with guilt: "Did you do something? Did you have a fight with Yuigahama-san?"

"No, how could it be possible..." After retorting, Hikigaya Hachiman said righteously, "After all, quarrels only happen between close friends."

That's right, the relationship between him and Yuigahama was not good enough to cause a quarrel, so it couldn't be considered a quarrel. If you have to say it, it was just two people who had to get together because of a misunderstanding and then went their separate ways after the misunderstanding was resolved.

"Your cursed energy fluctuations betrayed you." Yukinoshita Yukino exposed his lie, "It seems that you haven't been practicing your control over cursed energy well on weekdays."

“Uh…” Hikigaya Hachiman’s face froze.

I actually forgot about this. How come Uncle Lin Qi taught Minister Yukinoshita everything? Doesn't this mean that there are basically no secrets in front of Minister Yukinoshita! ?

How could this be? Through that conversation, I reset the relationship between Yuigahama and I, which should have restored my inner peace. If I hadn't done that, my anxiety and irritability would have caused the cursed energy to fluctuate... Could it be that Yukinoshita was lying to me! ?

What a despicable woman!

No matter what, Hikigaya Hachiman decided to recall his dark history when he returned home tonight and give himself a strong dose of medicine. He would never appear in front of Yukinoshita Yukino until he could perfectly control his cursed power so that it would not leak out due to emotional fluctuations.

"You'd better confess your crime, so you can get a few years less in sentence." Yukinoshita Yukino said.

"No, I just cleared up the misunderstanding with Yuigahama. Why am I being sentenced?"

Hikigaya Hachiman was speechless, and then he explained to her everything from how he saved Yuigahama's dog at the beginning of the school year to his conversation with Yuigahama.

"The gentle girl treats me with the same gentleness as others, and I always forget this fact accidentally. If reality is cruel, then lies must be gentle. Therefore, gentleness is equivalent to lies, so I hate gentle girls..."

Hikigaya Hachiman lowered his head, forced to speak his mind, and exerted a little force with his hands, clenching the paperback in his hands.

"I say, you dead-eyed brat." Lin Qi suddenly appeared and interrupted Hikigaya Hachiman's confession, "You kid, are you the kind of person who lacks love since childhood?"

"hiss……"

Lin Qi's words were like a sharp sword, piercing his chest mercilessly, causing him to subconsciously clutch his collar.

"You probably don't have the experience of a girl talking to you from time to time and taking care of you when you're alone at school, and you think she has a crush on you, right?"

"Well!"

Hikigaya Hachiman suddenly raised his head and looked at Yukinoshita Yukino with a look of horror... The mouth on his face had an expression of "How did you know!?"

"So that's how it is." Lin Qi grinned, pointed at Hikigaya Hachiman with Yukinoshita Yukino's finger, and laughed at him harshly.

Hikigaya Hachiman dared neither to be angry nor to speak, and could only wail and roll around in his inner world with endless shame over his dark history being unearthed.

"That's enough. Don't overdo it." Yukinoshita Yukino used her left hand to press down Lin Qi's right hand, "Hikigaya-kun is already pitiful enough. He can't stand your blatant ridicule."

Hey, stop talking. You're not comforting me at all. You're just adding fuel to the fire!

"Oh, I haven't seen such an idiot in a long time." Lin Qi laughed so hard that she almost couldn't breathe. "Because of being too sentimental, she got hurt and finally she no longer dared to trust other people's feelings for her. This is so true."

“……”Hikigaya Hachiman curled his lips and said nothing.

"Just stay like this, it's fine." Lin Qi encouraged sincerely.

"I think this is a good idea too, haha..." The dead-eyed boy pulled a stiff smile of agreement from the corner of his mouth.

"Okay, Parasite-kun, stop making trouble." Yukinoshita Yukino didn't let him continue to laugh at poor Hikigaya Hachiman, "I think you're thinking too complicated about this matter."

"Haha, is that so?" He smiled noncommittally.

"As you said, this is a misunderstanding. You didn't mean to do Yuigahama a favor, and Yuigahama didn't pity you as you thought. In this incident that caused the misunderstanding between the two of you, both of you are victims, aren't you? Then all the mistakes should be attributed to the perpetrators."

Yukinoshita Yukino said seriously: "The car that hit you was actually my car."

"Ah..." Hikigaya Hachiman was stunned for a moment. Although he had already guessed it in his mind, he was still a little surprised when he heard Yukinoshita Yukino admit it herself.

"I was sitting in the car at the time." said Yukinoshita Yukino.

After speaking out the truth that she had been hiding all this time, the girl felt much more relieved.

If she had not met Lin Qi and had not experienced so many cruel and helpless things, she would definitely not be able to tell the truth frankly like she is now.

"Oh..." Hikigaya Hachiman didn't know how to respond.

"If you insist, the perpetrator should be the driver." Lin Qi added, "After all, Yukinoshita was just sitting in the car."

"Ha..." Hikigaya Hachiman looked confused, but the fact was just as Lin Qi said, Yukinoshita Yukino was just sitting in the car and did nothing, so it is not right to arbitrarily label Yukinoshita as the perpetrator.

Her role should be that of a bystander.

But from what Yukinoshita Yukino said, it seemed that she wanted to take the blame on herself.

Lin Qi also knew that Yukinoshita Yukino was starting to get stuck in a rut, so she spoke up in advance to interrupt her.

"However, it's a good thing that Yuigahama is not coming." Hikigaya Hachiman suddenly remembered something important, "Yuigahama was almost attacked by a cursed spirit before."

"Indeed..." Yukinoshita Yukino murmured.

It is undeniable that Yuigahama Yui continues to stay in the Service Club, probably because of the attack by the cursed spirits and it is not convenient for them to talk about the affairs of the curse world.

"I'll just have to let it be."

……

...Chapter 77: Dating Myself [4,300 words]

Yuigahama Yui has temporarily withdrawn from the Service Club, but Yukinoshita Yukino has no intention of cutting off contact with her just like that.

"Yuigahama's birthday is June 18th, did you know that?"

"How would I know?"

Hikigaya Hachiman said that you really think highly of me.

"If nothing goes wrong, June 18th should be Yuigahama's birthday. That day happens to be Sunday, and I plan to celebrate her birthday." said Yukinoshita Yukino.

"Oh, come on then."

Hikigaya Hachiman looked at the time. It was almost time for the club activities to end, so it was time to pack up and run away.

"Well, the gathering time is set at 4 o'clock in the afternoon of that day, and the location is Yuigahama's house. I will send you the location when the time comes." Yukinoshita Yukino did not stop him from leaving.

"Eh... do I have to go too?" Hikigaya Hachiman looked reluctant. It would be so embarrassing if he went.

"Don't you plan to make peace with Yuigahama-san?" asked Yukinoshita Yukino.

"...Yuigahama and I are not friends, and we haven't had any quarrels, so how can we make peace?" Hikigaya Hachiman argued.

"Are you going to keep saying that?" The girl sighed with a headache. "Come to think of it, I just remembered that Mr. Hiratsuka stuffed you into the Service Club so that I could correct your rotten personality."

"What are you going to do?" He sensed a subtle malice from Yukinoshita Yukino's words and immediately became alert.

"Now that I think about it, Hiratsuka-sensei's violent methods can also be considered a way of correction." Yukinoshita Yukino raised a teasing smile at the corner of her mouth.

"I understand. Why don't I go? Please don't use violence!" Hikigaya Hachiman quickly raised his hands to signal his surrender.

What a joke! He could still withstand the iron fist of Mr. Hiratsuka, but if Yukinoshita Yukino's punch could punch through a concrete wall, he would probably have to say goodbye to Komachi if he got hit by one punch.

She must have been taught badly by Uncle Lin Qi, otherwise why would Yukinoshita Yukino become so violent out of nowhere!

"Don't forget to buy gifts." Before Hikigaya Hachiman left the Service Club, a friendly reminder came from behind.

"I see." He replied unenthusiastically.

I only have experience of giving gifts to girls and failing miserably, but I don’t have experience of choosing gifts for girls…

I hope Komachi can give me some useful suggestions.

Hikigaya Hachiman, who was pushing his bicycle and preparing to leave the campus, placed his hopes on his sister.

……

……

Saturday, June 17th.

The day before Yuigahama Yui's birthday.

"Please come with me, Lin Qijun."

Under the warm summer sunshine, there is a young girl wearing a sun hat.

Yukinoshita Yukino changed into a cool set of casual clothes today. She wore a light blue sleeveless top with a stand-up collar and a white long skirt. The hem of the skirt just fell above the knees, swaying with the girl's steps. She wore a pair of beige sandals on her feet, revealing ten round and smooth toes.

Her waist-length black hair was tied into a neat high ponytail, and the red hair tie was tied into a bow, adding a touch of bright red.

[What nonsense are you talking about? I can only follow you wherever you go, right? ] Lin Qi complained speechlessly.

[What I mean is, I want to ask you to help me pick out a gift for Yuigahama-san.] Yukinoshita Yukino kindly explained.

[I know, I know. After all, you didn't have many friends before, and you have no experience in giving gifts to others. It's normal and understandable that you are worried that the gift you choose is not suitable.] Lin Qi said casually, which made the veins on the girl's forehead jump.

[Does Parasite-kun have experience in giving gifts to female friends? ] Yukinoshita Yukino asked back.

【Guess.】

【＃！ 】

Forget it, I won’t bother with this guy who only knows how to make people angry. But I can’t go to choose a gift for Yuigahama Yui in a bad mood.

The shopping place chosen by Yukinoshita Yukino is LaLaPort, a large American-style shopping mall located in the Tokyo Bay area, which is also known as a dating destination for Chiba high school students.

It’s just that the one who is dating Yukinoshita Yukino is a soul from outside the domain in her mind, so if you round it off, it can be considered as a date with herself.

【LaLaPort】As the first large American-style shopping mall, it houses Japan's first drive-in theater, as well as an open court, a cultural center, and various brand stores. It is a shopping mall that meets customer needs in terms of sightseeing, consumption, leisure, and entertainment.

There is also a horse racing track next to it, which can be seen when passing the pedestrian bridge leading from Minami Funabashi Station to the second floor of the mall.

The shopping mall is very lively on Saturdays and Sundays. Under the colorful building facades, pedestrians walk in groups of three or four. Most of the groups are composed of a few girls or a boy and a girl. People wear cool summer clothes and are filled with happy smiles under the scorching sun of early summer.

Yukinoshita Yukino, carrying a wicker bag, walked through the crowd and entered the mall, where comfortable air conditioning filled the air.

The shops arranged in parallel were beautifully decorated and had a wide variety of merchandise. They reflected brilliant light under the sunlight shining through the glass dome, which made Lin Qi feel overwhelmed.

Fortunately, I am in soul state, otherwise I would have to accompany Yukinoshita Yukino to visit the entire mall, which would be so unlucky.

"What are you going to give?" Lin Qi asked.

"I don't know, that's why I came here to look around." Yukinoshita Yukino looked at the facility introduction map in front of her and showed an expression that looked a bit headache.

The mall covers an astonishing area, and so does the number of stores. If you just wander around aimlessly, it will probably take you a whole day.

"We need to plan our route in advance..."