Kaito no longer tangled with these trivial matters and instead asked, "Do you have a name?"
"Mm...", The green-haired girl furrowed her delicate brows and shook her head very innocently.
She was like a newborn baby just out of the delivery room. No past, no name, NOT EVEN CLOTHES.
"Since you were born from Murakumomaru's soul..."
Kaito thought for a moment and made a firm decision, "Then you shall be called Kumiko. As for the surname, you'll take mine—Kurumizaka."
As someone terrible at naming, even his game ID was his real name online. His approach to names was simple and easy to remember.
Coincidentally, "Kumiko" was also very fitting for a girl's name, and it even hinted at her identity and origin.
Kurumizaka Kumiko, it rolled off the tongue quite smoothly.
Having received the name bestowed by her father, Kumiko was obviously very happy. Her small face rubbed against his chest, content like a cat.
...If one were to ignore the fact that she wasn't wearing a single thread of clothing at the moment, this scene should've been very heartwarming, reminding one of a cute little sister acting spoiled with her brother.
But because of the lack of clothing, it just looked creepy. It would be the kind of scene that would make people call the police. [T/N: FBI, OPEN UP!]
Now it was spring, the weather pleasant, and Kaito wore only a light purple T-shirt on his upper body. The fabric was rather thin, so when Kumiko pressed herself against him, the soft sensation was especially vivid.
Judging by the feel, the flat-chest family had gained another top recruit, Nijika and Kita would both proudly say they're not alone in this path.
Although Kaito wouldn't get flustered over this small contact, letting Kumiko keep rubbing against him didn't feel right either, so he picked up the little girl and placed her on the nearby bed, intending to find a few of his own clothes to put on her.
But just as he put Kumiko down, the girl showed a pitiful expression, "Daddy... do you hate me?"
Kaito pulled out a suitcase and rummaged through it, "This has nothing to do with hating or not hating you. It's just that there's a difference between men and women... Ah, found it."
He held up a purple short-sleeved shirt. A plain design with a blue pixelated shark pattern printed over the chest area. It looked kind of cute.
This was a spare change of clothes he brought with him, never worn before.
Kumiko's figure was very petite, around 140 cm, even shorter than the 155 cm tall secretary Sakiko.
A T-shirt that was a perfect fit for Kaito looked like a short purple dress when worn on her, reaching all the way down to her thighs.
Kumiko curiously touched the purple fabric on her body. Originally, as a soul body, she couldn't touch physical items, but with Kaito around, small things like that were no problem.
However, while the clothing issue was resolved, the commando problem still remained.
He couldn't just let little Kumiko wear his boxers, could he? That would be way too weird.
Besides, due to physiological differences between genders, the design of underwear is very different, and wearing the opposite sex's would be super uncomfortable.
He could only borrow one from someone else, huh?
The first choices, of course, were Yumiko and Bocchi. After all, they were the two girls he was closest with.
But after spreading his divine sense to scan the surrounding rooms, he found that Yumiko and Bocchi had already fallen asleep.
And most importantly, their sizes were clearly too big.
That left choosing from girls of a similar build to little Kumiko.
Kita and Nijika both met the criteria. As for Ryou, she was of normal size—she still had some power, so temporarily excluded.
Neither of the two girls were asleep, but after thinking for a moment, Kaito chose Nijika.
The great archangel of Shimokitazawa had a gentle personality and was very good at taking care of others. She was obviously more suitable than the energetic Kita.
Having made up his mind, he pulled out his phone and sent a message to Nijika.
[Ijichi-san, could you come to my room for a bit?]
———
What happened tonight was practically like a scene from a manga.
A pitch-black cursed warrior and a ten-meter-long giant soul light.
All of it made Nijika feel excited and thrilled. Even after the dust settled and they returned to the inn, she still couldn't contain her excitement and kept tossing and turning, unable to sleep.
She pulled out her phone, intending to scroll through Instagram to shift her focus.
Just as Nijika was finally starting to feel a little drowsy and about to put her phone down to sleep, a special notification sound chimed.
All her sleepiness vanished without a trace. She instinctively opened the notification bar and saw a message from Kaito.
[Ijichi-san, could you come to my room for a bit?]
'Although this kind of invitation sounds kind of ambiguous... it is probably just her overthinking again, right?'
After all, this kind of misunderstanding had happened a few times before, Nijika had already built some resistance to it.
'Maybe Kaito-kun has something important he needs my help with?'
The girl shook her head, stopped overthinking, and sent a reply, [Right now? Then I'll go call Kita and the others.]
He replied quickly.
[No need to bother the others. Just come by yourself.]
[Oh right, remember to bring a set of clean underwear. We'll need it later.]
Nijika: "..."
Nijika: "?"
'W-wait a sec! What's with the underwear?'
'And what does "we'll need it later" even mean? What kind of situation needs a change of underwear?'
'C-could it be...'
'Is this really not just me overthinking?'
'No, no, no... But even so, this is way too sudden, right? There's no mental preparation at all!'
Nijika felt like her CPU might be overheating, her head was buzzing.
She typed clumsily.
[Isn't... isn't this a bit too sudden...?]
'Sudden?'
'Nijika probably means that she doesn't have time to prepare clean underwear, right?'
'After all, this really is an unexpected situation. Not being prepared is completely normal.'
Kaito pondered for a moment and replied.
[Sudden? Now that you mention it, it is a bit.]
[If it's really inconvenient, then forget it. I'll ask Kita instead.]
Nijika: "!!!"
'Th-this is a threat, isn't it!'
'If I refuse, he's going to go after Kita?'
"Ijichi-san, you wouldn't want Kita to get hurt, would you? Then be a good girl and cooperate!"
A scenario like this surfaced uncontrollably in her mind, Kaito with a cold expression cornering her against a wall, lowering his head slightly, gently licking her earlobe, like a lone wolf who had set his sights on his prey.
Nijika's pretty face turned beet red.
'N-no way!'
'As the leader of the Kessoku Band, I have a responsibility to protect everyone in the group!'
'Little Kita's purity, I'll be the one to protect it!'
Her slender white fingers trembled slightly, filled with the tragic spirit. She nervously typed:
[No! Don't go to Kita!]
[I-I'll come over right away...]
———
'Why the sudden change of mind?'
'Did she find clean underwear after all?'
But Kaito didn't think too much and casually replied, [I'll be waiting in my room.]
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