Why are there only loser heroines around me?

"I was so angry! So I came out in the morning... I wanted to make her anxious so I could talk to her about watching TV."

So the little boy’s regret was probably that he didn’t finish watching the cartoon broadcast on Tokyo TV last night?

Zhi Xiwu did not try to persuade the boy, but just used his pocket 3 camera to record what the little boy had just said, and then found another passerby who got up early for morning exercise.

He was about thirty years old and looked like a senior executive of a company. Generally speaking, workers who were treated like cattle and horses rarely had the leisure to do morning exercises.

"Hello, street interview."

"Do you have any particular regrets in your life?"

The middle-aged man with a clean-shaven head was startled at first, then looked towards Shikiya and fell into some kind of reminiscence...

"My regret is... probably that when I was your age, I didn't stay with my girlfriend firmly, right?"

"Thinking about it now, I had to break up with her because of the pressure from my family elders. It really broke her heart. If I had been a little tougher when I was in school, maybe I wouldn't still be a bachelor at 30."

Shikiya pondered for a moment.

"I wish you... find your partner this year..."

It's really pitiful for a guy who is 30 years old and still has no girlfriend, so Shikiya said one more thing.

She will soon lock onto her next target——

An old man in the park who is so strong that he can even do pull-ups.

........

...

Ukyo passed by the park he passed every morning for his jog.

He saw Shikiya holding a vlogging camera and a simple microphone, as if he were doing an interview. He also had a Pocket 3, which was indeed very useful, but since he stopped updating his account, his Pocket 3 had been gathering dust in his study. Seeing Shikiya holding it, Ukyo suddenly felt that maybe it was time to take his Pocket 3 out for some sunshine.

Update your account?

What subject matter should we focus on?

As he was thinking about it, his eyes suddenly met Shikiya's.

The other party quickly locked onto him.

"Youkyo boy..."

Maybe it was an illusion, but Shikiya seemed particularly energetic today, even her speech became fluent, and she wore light makeup, her face looked less pale, and the foundation she used seemed to be very close to the color of normal skin, rather than the whitening type that most girls would choose.

The lip gloss is some kind of light cherry color.

As if to cope with the cold weather in the morning, she wore a thick white scarf, but... her chest was still clearly exposed.

"Why do you have to expose half of your breasts?" Youjing couldn't help but ask.

"No matter how cold the weather is, you have to show your figure to the outside world. This is the awareness that every high school hot girl must have. If you are afraid of the cold, then don't be a hot girl." It was not Ukyo's illusion. Her speech really became fluent.

"Row."

Ukyo replied with one word, then asked, "What were you doing just now?"

"Street...interview." Shikiya's speaking speed returned to normal. Ukyo still felt that she was more comfortable with long pauses when she spoke. When her pronunciation was fluent, it was like a zombie that suddenly learned to speak. For some reason, there was a bit of an uncanny valley effect.

Shikiya held a simple microphone in front of Ukyo and raised the camera, asking, "Excuse me... do you feel you have any regrets in your past life?"

"No." Ukyo answered without hesitation.

Shikiya frowned slightly. She could hear the obvious perfunctory tone in Ukyo's voice.

"Even four-year-olds have regrets. Even if it's something that happened recently, please think of one and tell me... This topic is on my social media account that I'm currently updating. The name of the post is: From 1 to 99, what are the regrets at each stage of life?"

"Ukyo-kun...you're the fifth person featured in this issue. High school boys must have had their fair share of regrets, right?...Even if you didn't do well on a test, that counts. Or maybe it's about love, or family...You're also a psychic detective, right? Don't you encounter strangers on your regular missions who, despite your best efforts, you can't save them?"

"...This is...an unnecessary interview...If you don't want to talk about it, I'll...move you to the next one."

Regret.

Ukyo pondered quietly.

Xizhiwu continued, "We can do...body swaps. This time you cooperate with me, and next time when you shoot a video, I can also cooperate with you. Anything is fine!"

Ukyo isn't interested in "anything," but he did plan to update his account for the first time not long ago. Although he hasn't decided on a theme yet, "body swap" seems like a good idea. In other words,—

I owe you a favor.

Ukyo fell into some kind of thought.

He had so many regrets that he didn't know where to start.

These things can be said to be regrets, or they can be said to be inevitable things that drive a person forward. So, what he just said about having no regrets in his life is actually not wrong.

He didn't intend to share those heartbreaking past events with Shikiya. Ukyo was thinking about whether he had any regrets after entering Ishifugao.

"There are no equals in the basketball club."

“I almost gave up the cello I had learned before.”

"besides......"

"When a young man ran out into the rain, I didn't call out to him. I could have lent him my umbrella."

"While on a mission...I failed to save a detective whose head flew off."

Having said that, Ukyo stopped.

"That's about all I have."

Shikiya was silent for a moment.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Ukyo continued with the second half of his run, and Shikiya continued with his street interviews.

........

The first phase of the strategy failed.

She couldn't advance the emotional progress by helping Ukyo realize his "regrettable things", whether it was the overall level of the basketball club, or the fact that he didn't continue to contact Cello, or the boy running in the rain, or the detective who accidentally lost his head... she had no way to make up for Ukyo.

it's fine.

She also has a plan B and a plan C.

Shikiya sat on a bench in the park and put on makeup to make herself look more energetic.

Then...she went to the nearest mall to the park, bought herself a new set of clothes, and tied her hair into a long high ponytail.

Volume 117: Chapter 6: Shikiya Yumeko's Early Winter Strategy (5k)

That night.

Yanami was bored with the boring homework.

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She turned on the TV at Ukyo's house, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a cardboard box next to the TV that seemed to be about to be thrown away.

She got up and opened the box, only to find it was filled with old DVD tapes.

"Slam Dunk?"

"Blu-ray Collector's Edition?"

Yana was startled when she saw this.

This didn't seem like a tape that was going to be thrown away. Instead, it had been kept next to the TV, ready to be taken out and watched at any time. But for some reason, most of the tapes were covered in dust, and only a few showed signs of being moved.

Yanami inserted the tape into the DVD.

She watched Slam Dunk on Tokyo TV when she was a child, but only watched a few episodes. Her father, who was of the same age, liked this animation very much, and she didn't expect that Ukyo also had related discs.

When the theme song sounded on the screen, Yanami looked a little absent-minded.

Today is the "strategy day" agreed upon with Shikiya.

Although she didn't think that she could succeed in conquering Zhikiya, she was always worried and her heart was about to start beating irregularly.

"Kurozawa." She called softly.

"Good evening, Ms. Yanami."

"Help me locate Ukyo."

"Permission request approved, positioning in progress... Positioning successful, target location: Sanhe Park."

 …

...

10 hours ago.

AM: 7:41

【ネズミは出かないで、成してオープンしません! 】

After parting ways with Shikiya, the breakfast shop that Ukyo often visited put up a strike sign, which meant: "We will not open until the rats are eliminated!"

Several food stores in the surrounding area also closed one after another.

When there's only one store involved in a strike, no one cares.

Many small business owners are dissatisfied with the government's lame attitude towards rat control. They cannot afford the exorbitant price of rat control chemicals, and the government does not intervene to regulate. They have no other options except to work hard, but long-term tense emotions will sooner or later be ignited by heavy pressure. The strike of small vendors is their insignificant last-ditch struggle against the current situation in Toyohashi city. Perhaps they are not trying to go against the government, but the double blow of insufficient income and mental stress has made it impossible for them to continue running their shops.

The so-called strike slogans are nothing more than a small act of resistance to society "before death".

Recently, some colleagues have been doing "voluntary rat removal".

As the name suggests, it is free work that is voluntary and not paid.

Among the more than 80 colleagues in the Night Watch Channel who are scattered all over the world, only Arthur is doing voluntary rat extermination. The others are "senior exorcists" who are proud of being senior detectives and exorcists and disdain to deal with rats. They are busy every day for the more important "devils" or "monsters".

Maori once approached him and asked if he would like to help them get rid of rats in his spare time.

Ukyo agreed, but afterward, he didn't have what he called "free time."

Now, seeing these small shops with strike slogans on them, Youjing suddenly remembered this incident.

........

...

Shikiya had studied Ukyo's running route in advance.

Youjing will definitely see those closed shops.

Human nature has always been like this. People will only realize the existence of a crisis when it affects the things they care about. There are no mice in Ukyo's house, and Ishifugaori has a professional exorcism magic circle, so he can't realize it. But when the breakfast shop he went to disappeared, he would definitely start to reflect on himself.

If he wanted to join the "voluntary rat extermination", he would definitely find Maori.

Shikiya is also an insider in the industry, but she is not very famous.

But Fengqiao City is so small, even if she is not famous, she is also in the circle of paranormal detectives. As long as they are paranormal detectives, unless they are "pure newbies" who have only been in the industry for three or five days, almost everyone has a profitable number.

For the first time, Shikiya found Maori's phone number in the memo of his mobile phone and pressed the green dial button on the screen.

"I'm Maori."

"Hello, I'm the psychic detective... Shikiya... Yumeko, and I'd like to join... the volunteer rat extermination team."

Shikiya?

Mao Li had a vague impression of this person. He only remembered that he and Ukyo went to the same school and had just entered the industry. As for other information... such as the location of the office and how many cases he had solved, he didn't have any of this information in his mind and might have to check it out before he could find out.

But there aren't many paranormal detectives willing to volunteer to exterminate rats these days, and Maori is very short of manpower, so the other information is not important.

Since this person in the industry named Shikiya is willing to make a move, no matter what her previous record is, Mao Li has to praise her for having a good vision.

"When are you free?"

"It's available now."

"Would it be convenient for you to come to the Metropolitan Police Department? All those responsible for voluntary rat extermination are required to wear armbands and badges. I will ask someone to tell you about the area of ​​responsibility."

"Okay." Shikiya relaxed her throat and made her tone sound a little nervous. She was now playing the role of a kind-hearted girl who was a little resistant to rat extermination but wanted to contribute to social order.

"But... I don't have much experience in exterminating rats... I wonder if there are any free seniors willing to guide me."