My Mouth's Taped Shut, So I Can't Talk Properly

"What's wrong, Classmate Raiden?"

"Nothing--"

Raiden Mei, looked at Mo Yi, pointed in a certain direction with some confusion, and said, "I just saw a white-haired girl with twin ponytails watching us from that corner, but she disappeared in the blink of an eye."

Mo Yi became somewhat concerned and asked:

"White hair with twin tails?"

Did Theresa follow along out of boredom?

Raiden Mei added:

"It's a rare type of spiral twin tail."

A flash of inspiration struck Mo Yi, and while remaining calm, he whispered to Raiden Mei, "Where is it?"

Hearing Mo Yi's tone, Raiden Mei realized what was happening and pointed to a corner of an alleyway behind them, saying, "There—"

"Flash--"

Based on Raiden Mei's description, considering the current situation, Mo Yi could only think of one corresponding character: Bronya Zaychik, the third starter Pokémon in the Honkai World besides Kiana and Raiden Mei. Her nickname is Bronya Beast, and her attribute is that Bronya is talkative, emotional, and emotionless. Her fighting style mainly involves summoning her Stand User, Heavy-duty Rabbit 19°C (a personal mecha), and using various high-intensity guns to suppress the opponent. She is the gunner of the Honkai World (lasers, missiles, flamethrowers, Bronya, do you still dare to say you are not a gunner?).

At this time, Bronya was still following the orders of her adoptive mother, Cocolia. In Honkai Impact 3rd, the other party was a spy sent by Cocolia to get close to Raiden Mei.

It's perfectly normal for them to be sent to monitor Miss Mei, who has had the Conquest Gem implanted in her body.

So, after Raiden Mei pointed out the location, Mo Yi used Flash and then threw his prepared ultimate skill, Harmony of Destiny (Bard, the Wandering Caretaker's ultimate skill, which freezes everything), in the direction Raiden Mei pointed.

However, it's too big of a gap.

After making his move, Mo Yi noticed that there wasn't a single scuttling Bronya beast crouching and observing at the corner.

So he withdrew his ultimate move and went back.

Originally, it was just an attempt. It would be best if they could catch it, but it would be normal if they couldn't. After all, the opponent was a professional humanoid weapon. Judging from Mo Yi and Raiden Mei's reactions just now, the opponent should have noticed something was wrong and immediately moved to another position.

"Mo Yi, have you caught him yet?"

Raiden Mei was surprised by Mo Yi's ability to disappear in an instant, but she was more concerned about whether she had found the twin-tailed girl she thought was an illusion. The girl was probably related to her being unconscious for four days.

As for Mo Yi's matter, she preferred to wait for him to speak.

"We should have left a little earlier."

Mo Yi shook his head and said:

"Let's go back."

"Um--"

Raiden Mei smiled. Since the mystery couldn't be solved for the time being, she decided to leave it for now and move on.

After Mo Yi and Raiden Mei walked away, Bronya emerged from a corner in a different direction. Emotionless, she muttered to herself, "Was that a Spatial Shift ability? And the strange, unknown golden light that shot out from their hand almost got me caught. It seems I need to raise their danger level."

Around 6 p. m., Kiana rode her scooter back to Mo Yi's house, unlocked the door as usual, and then shouted into the house in a slightly tired voice, "I'm back, Mo Yi!"

Of course, it was just a habitual shout, because she was used to no one responding to her.

Kiana knew that Mo Yi was probably working in his room (playing games with the Princess). He was very engrossed in his work, and sometimes when she called him, she would knock on the door for a while before he would respond. If he hadn't repeatedly emphasized that she shouldn't just open the door and go in, and that it was locked from the inside, Kiana wouldn't have had that much patience.

Kiana felt a little unhappy just thinking about it. Why could Theresa, the little girl, just walk in and out of doors as she pleased, while she had to knock and get a response before she could enter?

I'm the one who paid for this service. That freeloader Theresa has higher privileges than me?

"Snort--"

Don't expect me to pay the rent so soon!

Even if I, Kiana, had all the money, I could buy Stigmata Crystals and spend it all, or buy pufferfish and eat it all, and I still wouldn't have to pay rent this quickly!

After making her complaint, Kiana took out two pufferfish that were tied up tightly from the tail box on the scooter.

Normally she would just buy one to supplement her diet, but today, with Miss Mei, who was feeling unwell, she naturally bought an extra one to provide her with extra nutrition.

As for why it's only one line?

Because her father, Siegfried, said that if a whole chicken isn't given to one person to eat, they will lack a lot of nutrition.

Therefore, Kiana can also conclude that if Miss Mei won't get enough nutrients.

"You're back, Kiana— "

Kiana, upon reaching the second floor, immediately encountered Raiden Mei, who was wearing a cat apron she had brought from home. Mei was tidying up the somewhat messy second-floor living room, and upon seeing Kiana, she gave a friendly smile and unleashed her ultimate attack.

"Mei, you're not feeling well, so don't do these things—"

Kiana saw Raiden Mei and knew that she was working hard, so she quickly said, "You can leave the cleaning to Mo Yi, uh, you can leave it to Mo Yi."

Kiana originally wanted to say her own name, but then she remembered that she had already paid for the service, so how could she do it herself? Wouldn't that be a huge loss? So she quickly gave Mo Yi's name.

"Thanks to Mo Yi's treatment, I'm fine now. I actually feel better after moving around a bit."

Raiden Mei's smile instantly froze when she saw the pufferfish in Kiana's hand.

She had originally planned to tell everyone later that she would cook to thank them and, incidentally, show Mo Yi her Wife Material Strength.

The pufferfish in Kiana's hand was not something a housewife like her, who had not received systematic training, could handle.

Raiden Mei: Kiana, I think you're just making things difficult for me, Raiden Mei!

P. S.: Just finished reading the Bamboo Flower, it was quite captivating. After some reflection, I (the author) realize it's all this unkind world's fault and the Purple Sister from Gensokyo's pot of pots!

Chapter 83: His mouth was taped shut, preventing him from speaking normally.

Because of the two pufferfish that Kiana bought, Miss Mei's beautiful little chef plan had to be temporarily shelved. The person who wielded the flames and cleavers in the kitchen that night was still the benevolent and righteous king of Mo Yi's household. Under Mo Yi's benevolent knife skills, the two pufferfish ended their sinful lives without any pain, becoming Kiana and the others' dinner with dreamy smiles on their faces.

Raiden Mei never eats pufferfish, which is naturally due to the teachings of Raiden Ryoma.

Even knowing that there would be no problem after the treatment, how could Raiden Ryoma let his daughter take such a risk?

Even a one in ten thousand chance is absolutely unacceptable; this is a father's responsibility!