"I only hope this bill won't be pinned on us." After a moment of silence, the environmental destruction caused by Jiu Ming had successfully delayed the Empire's reinforcements, but the culprit had already skipped town. That meant the bill would most likely be charged to their gang of habitual thieves.
And because the impact had been so great, they might be targeted even more fiercely. Well, while that would certainly leave the Empire scrambling to cope, taking the blame for someone else still didn't feel all that great.
How should he put it? Jiu Ming carried Haruhi in his arms as he moved across the rooftops. Getting Haruhi out of here first... that should have been easy enough. All she had to do was take off her wristwatch, and this world would immediately reject her. As for Jiu Ming, he discovered, with considerable irritation, that he couldn't leave. It seemed that twisted aberration had set its sights on him.
"Hey, Haruhi, how about you go on ahead—huh!? That won't work?" The moment Jiu Ming finished speaking, Haruhi fixed him with an unfriendly glare. "You think I don't want to!?"
Haruhi raised her wrist and tossed the item in her hand to Jiu Ming. "Look! I already took this thing off, but it's useless!"
"...Huh? How is that possible?" Jiu Ming froze. Neither of Haruhi's wrists had a wristwatch on them, while the watch still warm from her body in his hand further proved she was telling the truth. Fuck, something went wrong!? "Sigh... then we'll have to make do for now." Jiu Ming sighed. "This is troublesome. Come on, let's scout things out first so we can act accordingly."
Haruhi raised an eyebrow, earning only silence from Jiu Ming. Rather than seeing any helpless frustration on her face, he found