Multi-Anime, Kira Yoshikage Craves a Peaceful Life

"Those two are your friends?"

"Which two?"

Nakahara Mizuki instinctively looked back, but found nothing.

"Since when did Kira-kun start teasing..."

Nakahara Mizuki blinked, about to demand an explanation.

But just then, a pale palm tapped her other shoulder.

"Slap!"

Nakahara Mizuki's expression froze. She turned her head stiffly and said with an awkward smile:

"Ah, what a coincidence, Chisato, Takina..."

"Quite a coincidence."

The girl in the red uniform with platinum-blonde short hair flashed a sweet yet dangerous smile:

"Now, Miss Mizuki, I think we should find a place to have a proper talk."

The girl with long black hair, wearing a similar uniform but in blue, said nothing. She silently aimed a dark gun muzzle at Nakahara Mizuki under the table, her tone cold:

"Miss Mizuki, you should know that even if I killed you here, there would be no punishment."

The blonde loli, struggling to climb onto a high stool in her oversized long-sleeved top, looked unconcerned and raised her hand high:

"One Gin and Tonic!"

Nakahara Mizuki immediately glared at the blonde loli with indignation. Traitor!

Kurumi remained expressionless. This wasn't betrayal—just a proper assessment of the situation and a shift with the wind.

If she had to cut ties, she'd see it through to the end.

Besides, she'd never promised to keep Nakahara Mizuki's secrets.

Feeling the small hand on her shoulder exert a little pressure, Nakahara Mizuki hurriedly said:

"At least let me finish this drink first?"

Kira Yoshikage handed over a glass of lemonade, ignoring the loli's dissatisfied look:

"What would you like to drink?"

"Lemonade."

Inoue Takina quietly put away the pistol under the table and replied obediently.

Nishikigi Chisato grinned:

"I'll have coffee!"

"This is a bar, not a café."

"Ehh~ Then give me a Gin and Tonic!"

"Minors are prohibited from drinking alcohol."

Nishikigi Chisato clicked her tongue lightly:

"Then what do you have?"

"Lemonade or cola."

"Cola."

Nishikigi Chisato answered without hesitation.

"I'm not a minor!" Hu Tao protested loudly.

Kira Yoshikage countered:

"Do you think anyone else would believe my story?"

Slap!

Inoue Takina gave the blonde loli a chop to the head, stopping her from arguing further.

Kira Yoshikage set down a glass of lemonade and a glass of cola, then asked calmly:

"So, what brings you all here?"

Inoue Takina held her lemonade and answered honestly:

"Kurumi gave your address to Nakahara Mizuki, so we followed along."

"How did she find it?"

Nishikigi Chisato took over and explained quickly:

"A student from Shuchiin Academy hired us to look into your identity, and we stumbled upon it."

"Who?"

Nishikigi Chisato answered without hesitation:

"Kashiwagi Nagisa, Shijo Maki, and Koyasu Tsubame."

"Yare yare~"

Kira Yoshikage was a bit troubled.

So, the tailing wasn't a coincidence either?

He had let Shijo Maki follow him, originally hoping to trace the thread and find out who was pulling the strings behind the scenes.

But now the mastermind behind it all was saying their appearance was a coincidence.

Inoue Takina sat upright, not daring to utter a word.

"What about Mika?"

Kira Yoshikage looked around but couldn't find the black gay man's voice.

Kurumi bit her straw and muttered:

"On vacation in Hawaii, enjoying his honeymoon with his lover. Well, if being locked in a basement counts as enjoying..."

Inoue Takina added:

"Uncle Mika promised he'd never let him come back to Japan."

"If he does come back, I'll kill him with my own hands."

Nishikigi Chisato flashed a bright smile, saying something terrifying in a light tone:

"It wouldn't be the first time, anyway."

Yet the reactions of the few present were very calm, as if they thought this was nothing worth mentioning.

Seeing that Kira Yoshikage didn't seem to mind their arrival, Nishikigi Chisato cautiously asked:

"How have you been lately?"

Kira Yoshikage's expression was serene:

"I've felt an unprecedented sense of peace."

Inoue Takina couldn't help but ask:

"Is peace really that important?"

"Very important."

Nishikigi Chisato retorted:

"But even the calmest sea occasionally has waves."

Kira Yoshikage nodded frankly:

"Right, just like now."

Nishikigi Chisato understood his implication, her eyes dimming as she lowered her head.

A peaceful life occasionally has waves, and Kira Yoshikage could accept those waves too, but life couldn't always be in the midst of them.

Kira Yoshikage withdrew his gaze and continued wiping the glass:

"What about you? How have you been lately?"

Inoue Takina's mood was also a bit downcast, and she said softly:

"Terrible. Though terrorist attacks have decreased somewhat, the number of supernatural crimes keeps rising, and these kinds of crimes are usually hard to monitor, causing even greater damage."

"Fortunately, thanks to the reforms a year ago, Lycoris casualties have actually dropped significantly."

Kira Yoshikage paused in his movements. That wasn't what he was asking, but whatever.

"Ten minutes are up."

Kurumi yawned, finished the last sip of her lemon water, and hopped down from the barstool.

Inoue Takina silently left her barstool.

Nishikigi Chisato hesitated a little but didn't keep pressing.

Kira Yoshikage spoke slowly:

"It's best not to come looking for me next time."

"Sorry."

Inoue Takina apologized in a low voice.

"I mean, I'm not a caveman."

"Huh?" Nishikigi Chisato blinked.

"I have LINE."

Nishikigi Chisato's spirits instantly lifted. So that meant they could contact him via LINE, right? Right? Right!

"This is my LINE!"

Nishikigi Chisato excitedly wrote down her LINE on the bar's paper and pen, then handed it to Kira Yoshikage.

Inoue Takina, who had already left, immediately turned back and snatched the pen to write down her LINE ID.

"Then Big Sister me too..."

Nakahara Mizuki was eager to try, but before she could, she was already dragged away by Nishikigi Chisato and Inoue Takina working together.

Kurumi rolled her eyes. Are you really not afraid of getting shot to death?

Chapter 57: Self-Awareness Overload

Sakurajima Mai sat silently in the corner seat of the bar. Despite being a strikingly beautiful girl and a household-name celebrity on TV, no one noticed her at all. She made no attempt to draw anyone's attention, as if she had long grown accustomed to it.

For her, perhaps she had already been forgotten by the world—or abandoned by it...

She just sat there quietly, waiting for Kira Yoshikage to finish his shift.

To be honest.

She was a complete stranger to this boy named Kira Yoshikage. Her reason for following him wasn't some so-called love at first sight—it was simply because she had nowhere else to go.

Before this, she had thought about returning to her own home, but every time, without her realizing it, a large number of monsters would be drawn to her. She didn't want to stay home alone with a bunch of monsters.

At first, she thought school was safe, so she spent a long time there, even moving almost all her daily necessities to the campus. When hungry, she'd cook for herself in the cafeteria, leaving the meal money at the counter afterward—because no one could see her.

As for sleeping and bathing, she could handle those at the student council office. The student council had its own fully equipped bathhouse and even a room prepared for rest, but none of the student council members ever actually stayed overnight at school.

For most people, the empty, silent, and deserted school at night was the scariest place.

But for Sakurajima Mai, it was a rare place where she could find peace.

However, she didn't know from which day it started, but the school's "barrier" had been broken without her noticing.

The monsters that originally didn't even dare approach the school began to enter openly, just like outside, gathering around her once more. That happened to be during Golden Week, when everyone was on break. The entire school was nearly empty, and she was the only one who stayed.