I Became a Spirit in Date A Live, but I Refuse to Go on Dates

Lingmeng shrugged.

"She took a call and ran off. She looked pretty worried, so AST probably gave her some important mission."

"Is that so...?"

Shido scratched his cheek.

That made sense. Nothing else would have pulled Origami away from him.

"Hey, miss, you bumped into someone. You think you can just say sorry and walk away?"

"Wait, now that I look closer, you're pretty cute."

"What's your name? Why don't we get to know each other?"

In front of an alley a little over a hundred meters from Raizen High School, three delinquents had surrounded a girl.

"My, my. Do you boys want to have sex with me?"

The girl—

Kurumi Tokisaki showed no sign of panic as the delinquents closed in. If anything, she looked entirely at ease.

The delinquents' faces lit up with excitement.

"Wow, you came right out and said it. So you're into that too?"

Kurumi nodded.

"I suppose so. But we're drawing too much attention here. Shall we talk inside?"

She pointed toward the alley.

The delinquents readily agreed.

"Sure! I've never done it in an alley before."

With that, Kurumi led the delinquents inside.

Before long, three agonized screams rang out from the alley.

"Aaaaaaaaaah...!"

At the same time, a canned drink one of the delinquents had been holding rolled out into the road.

A truck ran straight over it. Red liquid burst from the can as it was crushed flat.

"Hey, Tohka's enough company for a shopping trip, isn't she? Why'd you drag me along? Am I just here to carry your stuff?"

On the way to the Itsuka Residence, Lingmeng shot Shido an exasperated look.

She was carrying several plastic bags filled with ingredients for that night's dinner.

Shido gave her an awkward smile.

"Sorry, sorry. We really were short