(Heartfelt thanks to 'Yume no Shouyou,' 'Innocent Elegy,' 'love丨acg,' 'Yunqi Qinggu,' 'Sui Feng Qi Wu,' 'Xin Yu Er,' 'Die Xue Ao Shuang,' 'Xuan Yan,' and 'Sun Bingnian' for their tips!)
(Damn power company. If the outages keep up, I might as well pitch a tent at an internet café...)
Watching Natsuki enter the bathroom and hearing the sound of running water from inside, Wu Yan finally let out a sigh of relief. He slumped limply onto the sofa, utterly drained...
"Hey, Kotori..." Wu Yan called softly into the earpiece hanging from his ear, his voice weary.
"Where are you guys right now...?"
The moment his words fell, Kotori's voice immediately sounded.
"We're next door!"
"At Nagisa's place...?" Wu Yan rubbed his brow and gave a bitter laugh. "Then you already know what's going on over here, don't you? How are you supposed to support us?..."
"Relax!" Kotori's calm voice came through the earpiece. "We were prepared long ago!"
"Prepared...?" Wu Yan tilted his head in confusion, then his expression changed. "Don't tell me you're using high-tech equipment to peep again!"
"What do you mean, peeping? This is support!" Kotori immediately protested. "Besides, we didn't install any cameras, so whatever you two do inside, we don't know..."
"Heh heh..." Wu Yan laughed awkwardly, embarrassment written all over his face. "Are you implying something?..."
"Well..." Kotori let out a meaningful laugh, leaving Wu Yan baffled while a faint sense of foreboding rose in his heart.
That girl isn't secretly doing something behind my back again, is she?...
The thought had barely crossed his mind when, the very next second, something tore through the air with a sharp sonic crack and shot toward Wu Yan with unstoppable force, startling him out of his thoughts.
With a smack, Wu Yan shot out his hand