Herta held one end of the towel between her teeth and used her free hand to tie it around both their arms.
The knot wasn't very tight and wouldn't restrict their circulation. But pulling it loose by force would still take some effort.
At least, Herta didn't have that kind of brute strength.
Once she finished, she said smugly:
"Now I won't roll myself up in the blanket."
By now, all this fuss had driven away Chu Mu's sleepiness. He asked:
"What are you doing?"
"This is an application of physics," Herta said seriously. "Since this arm is restrained, I can't roll the blanket over to that side."
Chu Mu: "..."
A thought couldn't help surfacing in his mind-
Could she really be a genius?
Seeing Chu Mu remain silent, Herta assumed he was thinking about something inappropriate and said:
"Don't get any ideas. I'm only doing this because I don't want you freezing and Kafka coming after me for it."
After a pause, she stressed:
"We're sleeping next to each other now, with our hands tied together. You'd better behave in your sleep tonight. No tossing and turning!"
Chu Mu: "..."
He remained silent. Herta seemed to realize that she was the one who couldn't stay still in her sleep, and she awkwardly shut her mouth.
The two lay flat on the bed and gradually drifted off, one after the other.
Meanwhile, on the street outside Giantwood Tower, a beautiful purple-haired woman pulled her coat tighter around herself and said:
"It's really cold tonight."
"The radio said temperatures are dropping across a wide area over the next few days. It might even snow in a few days." The silver-haired girl fiddled with a modified radio.
The radio had a long antenna and several extra precision knobs on its