Matsumoto Rangiku Affection +1, obtained 160 experience points, current affection: 5
"Hahahaha~~ Boss Duan Mu, you're actually a pretty decent guy."
Duan Mu's lips twitched as he forced an awkward smile.
After years of effort, he considered himself fairly experienced in dealing with women. But a woman as bold and carefree as the one before him left him at a complete loss.
He didn't even know how her affection had increased!
Smack, smack, smack, smack~~
Duan Mu's shoulder rang with slaps, the pain making him grimace repeatedly, while Rangiku's loud laughter rang beside his ears.
"Haha~ Come on, drink up, Duan Mu. How can a grown man let a woman drink alone? Or could it be..." A sly smile appeared on Matsumoto Rangiku's face. "Hehehe, are you planning to get me drunk and then do something le~wd... to me?"
...She was already calling him by name?
The smile on Duan Mu's face grew even more awkward. Although his original goal had been to grow closer to her, the fact that a lieutenant captain's affection had risen so easily instead gave him an inexplicable sense of unease.
It was almost as if...
He had come here to pick someone up, but halfway through the plan, he had somehow become the one being picked up...
The conversations he had prepared, along with the methods he had planned to use to attract her attention and get acquainted, had all gone unused. Somehow, they had become familiar with each other... and somehow, she was already calling him by name.
And then there was...
The pity in Boss Arakawa's gaze whenever he looked at Duan Mu was just as inexplicable.
He seemed completely unsurprised by Matsumoto Rangiku's easy familiarity, as if this happened all the time. The only thing he felt was pity