Kita: "..."
The normie girl rubbed her eyes, suspecting she might still be dreaming.
'Otherwise… how can I be inside Kaito's room closet, watching Senior Nijika and Miura?'
Seeing that Kita had no intention of screaming, merely frozen in shock, Nijika hurriedly explained in a low voice, "Anyway… the reason we're here is the same as you, Kita, don't misunderstand!"
Yumiko also grinned wickedly and teased, "I didn't expect this, Kita-chan's actually so bold~"
That scene where Kita forcibly kissed him truly caught her off guard, but after recovering, she couldn't help but find it thrilling.
Especially since she was hiding secretly in the closet, and looking out from inside, it was maxed-out role-play experience.
Kita: "..."
The normie girl's ears visibly turned red, the color spreading to her entire pretty face in the blink of an eye.
"D-Don't say anything!", She slapped her hand over Yumiko's mouth, "I didn't do anything! You're all hallucinating! Yes, hallucinating!"
She finally worked up the courage, only to get live-broadcasted.
Kita wanted to find a crack to crawl into, best case, she could go live in another world.
Seeing the corners of her eyes glisten with tears of embarrassment and anger, Nijika felt a twinge of sourness in her heart. After all, witnessing your best friend kiss the guy you like, that feeling is really hard to take.
But in the end, her gentle and generous nature won over, and she tactfully changed the subject, "Shhh… Ryou already came in, let's stay quiet so she doesn't find us."
The archangel sighed inwardly, 'The closet already have three people squeezed in here; hopefully a fourth won't show up.'
———
"Took you long enough to open the door," As she entered the room, Gremlin Ryou looked around at the surroundings, perked up her little nose and gently sniffed the air, then said with a dead serious tone, "Boyfriend-kun… you weren't doing something weird, right?"
Weird is an understatement, this was a spectacle.
That tiny closet actually managed to gather both Heart, Spade, and Club all at once. If a Diamond showed up, they could play cards right there.
But Kaito was already used to these little girls acting like he was having affairs, and had no intention of acknowledging it.
"You came here for the Inugami matter?"
Seeing he got straight to the point, Ryou didn't play dumb and gave a slight nod, "I'm the one who brought the trouble; Nijika and the others are innocent."
She paused, then said, "If today's attack really was the work of Inugami, refusing to let go of those who defile the divine… then just hand me over."
"I hope, after that, you'll take Nijika and the others and leave."
To outsiders, this cold, emotionless girl was willing to sacrifice herself and walk toward death alone to protect her friends. It should've been a deeply touching scene.
But Kaito, just thinking about the three Girls in his closet, couldn't keep a straight face.
However, his silence was misunderstood by Ryou as hesitation.
After all, possibly facing a mythical god… even an exorcist who knows magic would find that a headache, right?
"So, I won't let you help me for free," Although Yamada Ryou is a little gremlin normally, when it comes to serious business, she's pretty reliable.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have won over that little fangirl Kita with just one performance.
"If you need money… I'll message my mom and have her prepare ten million yen in cash as payment."
Her daughter went on a trip with friends and didn't come back, leaving only a message to prepare cash. Wouldn't Mrs. Yamada think it's a kidnapping?
As if worried Kaito would misunderstand, Ryou added, "My mom and I have a secret code. We only use it in dangerous situations. As long as I don't use the code, she'll just be a little suspicious and not too worried."
"You're surprisingly clever…"
"Heh heh, I'll take that as a compliment," The blue-haired girl put her hands on her hips, those golden eyes shining brightly, "Of course, if you're interested in my body, feel free to use it… If I die a virgin and end up in hell, the other ghosts will laugh at me, right?"
'So you've already accepted that you're going to hell?'
'And what kind of ghost has the free time to mock that kind of thing anyway?'
Even hiding in the closet, Nijika's tsukkomi spirit was blazing, she couldn't shake off the label of the straight-man role. [T/N: Google the meaning, it's a little complex]
Still, the archangel was genuinely touched.
She was willing to sacrifice herself for the band; Ryou was the same.
Seeing that the gremlin still had a bit of conscience left… if they made it through this, maybe she could cut her some slack in the future.
"I feel like that third 'payment' is more like a reward for you… whatever, I'll let you sort it out among yourselves," Kaito snapped his fingers, and the slightly cracked-open closet door seemed to be brushed by an invisible hand, it swung wide open.
Three people were already stuffed inside, what's one more? They could seriously start a card table now.
Completely unprepared for this to happen, the girls who were peeking out were stunned. Kita, who was leaning too far forward, lost her balance and tumbled out, but fortunately wasn't hurt.
The girls stared wide-eyed at each other. The air felt frozen.
Kaito crossed his arms and watched the scene with great interest, main theme: enjoying the show.
And this show really didn't disappoint.
After a long silence, Ryou finally broke it.
The blue-haired girl sighed deeply, her face full of disappointment, "Nijika, I misjudged you."
"W-Wait… let me explain!"
"What's there to explain? Don't tell me you're gonna say you were rehearsing?"
Ryou clutched her chest, heartbroken, "You didn't invite me to a jam session in the middle of the night? This is targeting! Isolation! Bullying!"
'The jam session is what you're mad about?'
Just when Nijika was about to try defending herself… wait, no, explain… she couldn't help but glare at her, "It's not like we were deliberately targeting you… Bocchi-chan didn't come either, right?"
At that, she grew a little anxious, 'Don't tell me Bocchi will show up to join the chaos too?'
"Don't worry, Bocchi didn't come," Kaito swept the area with divine sense. Though seriously injured and not as powerful as before, covering a whole hotel was still a breeze.
In the room diagonally opposite, the little social-phobic girl was sound asleep, though her sleeping posture was terrible.
Hitori had kicked the blanket aside, even exposing her fair, flat little tummy.
Kaito used his divine sense to pull the blanket over her. Of course, the main reason was to cover her bellybutton.
Even if the Jade Emperor himself showed up tonight, you sleep with your stomach covered.
"Well then—wait, how do you know that?", Just as Nijika was relieved, she realized something off.
"I was born with great hearing, and didn't hear Bocchi's footsteps."
Kaito said with a straight face. No way he'd say, "I swept with divine sense and could even count how many legs a mosquito has," right?
═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═
patreon.com/AmbitiousTranslator
🥳Joining Patreon keeps me motivated and eager to work diligently, so please consider joining.🥰 You can access upto 20 advance chapter through Patreon.
https://discord.gg/bYAfGyp98y