Before the monster could answer, Xiao Xiao gave a slight wave of his hand and glanced around as if casually. "Wait a moment."
He was standing at the mouth of an alley.
It was an inconspicuous spot, but not particularly secluded.
The weather was unusually sunny today, so the streets were crowded with pedestrians.
He headed toward the large tree diagonally behind him. "Come with me."
Xiao Xiao walked around to the back of the tree. A print shop stood diagonally ahead of him.
The shop door was closed.
Inside, an employee sat at a computer, typing away.
Xiao Xiao took out his earphones and put them in.
"All right, go ahead."
"Quack-quack~ Quack~ Quack~ Quack-quack~"
I didn't do anything!
The monster cried out in aggrieved protest.
Before its voice had even faded, it nimbly leaped onto the handlebars of a nearby bicycle.
Its slender neck stretched almost to its limit.
Its pure-white eyes widened, and even its narrow corners stretched into roundness.
Xiao Xiao thought the monster was probably trying to look innocent.
But as the person facing it, he wanted to say that it did look a little innocent... He studied it closely. Maybe a little?
Mostly, though... it looked downright strange.
His voice held a faint trace of amusement. "All right, stop widening your eyes."
"You're going to tear the corners."
"Tell me, what happened?"
His voice returned to its usual warmth.
After the monster left, Xiao Xiao had wondered if they would meet again.
He had run into it by chance while pursuing Wenwen last time. That had already been unexpected.
He hadn't expected to encounter it again this time.
And with the monster fleeing for its life.
At first, when he heard it say a human was trying to kill it, the seriousness