Tokyo Psychic

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Despite being scolded by Toyokawa Shoko just yesterday, she became even more determined to find out the cause and effect—when exactly did the eldest daughter of the Toyokawa family fall in love with a boy who shouldn't have any connection with her life?

Almost anyone who had ever known Shoko Toyokawa would have had similar questions after learning about her relationship with Akira Kurusu.

In particular, Nagasaki Motoyo has experienced several major changes in Toyokawa Shoko and felt her growth and unfamiliarity, so she is even more eager to know what kind of bewitching drug Kurusu Akira used to make Toyokawa Shoko become the way she is now.

"I believe in Xiangzi; she is very happy now," said Ruoye Mutsu.

"Happiness?" Nagasaki Motoyo clenched her fists.

Ruo Yemu nodded firmly, a faint hint of envy and longing flickering in her eyes, and spoke at a rare length. "Xiangzi is happier and more joyful than ever before."

"You mean, when she was more CRYCHIC..." Nagasaki Motoyo started to say, but then nervously covered her mouth as if she had done something wrong.

Ruoye Mu looked at her with some fear, then slowly backed away.

It wasn't until she returned to her seat that Nagasaki Motoyo hurriedly got up to apologize to her.

"Xiao Mu, I'm sorry! I just..."

A series of sharp ringing interrupted Nagasaki Motoyo's apology.

The image of Nagasaki Motoyo gradually receding into the distance was reflected in Wakaba Mutsu's pale golden eyes.

She thought she had to stop Su Shi from continuing to investigate the relationship between Xiangzi and Amamiya.

Su Shitai cares about Xiangzi. If things continue like this, they will definitely fall into an irreversible situation... Ruoye Mu looked down at her hands.

The wound on my palm has long since healed, leaving no scar.

The injury will heal, but the pain from that time will never be forgotten.

......

Saturday's club activities clashed with the emergency arrangements made by the temporary management of Xiujin, leaving only a dozen or so students sparsely seated in the classroom of Class 2-D.

Kawakami Sadahiro, the teacher in charge, stood on the podium, looking at the vast expanse of empty seats below, and the restless boys and girls who were ready to leave school at any moment, her expression one of helplessness.

"I'll try to be as quick and concise as possible. Remember to tell those classmates who couldn't make it to the classroom after school."

"Okay..." The classroom was immediately filled with a lazy chorus of responses.

Kawakami Sadahiro quickened her pace, "Although many things have happened at the school recently, please don't panic. The school will do its best not to disturb your studies and life."

"In addition, regarding the arrangements for this summer's field trip, it will probably be finalized next Monday... So please take advantage of these two days to vote actively, and if you have any better suggestions, you can also bring them up to Mr. Ito Sansui in the Academic Affairs Office."

"If your club has applied to the school for a 'study tour', then follow your club's arrangements and don't need to participate in class-organized activities... Okay, let's disband!"

Kawakami Sadahiro picked up her briefcase and was the first to walk out of the classroom.

With the teacher setting an example, the students hurriedly stuffed their weekend homework into their schoolbags like they were rushing to finish their leftovers, chatted with each other as they got up and left, and the classroom suddenly became exceptionally lively.

But this lively atmosphere was incredibly short-lived; the classroom emptied out in almost a minute.

An and Subaru peeked halfway in through the classroom door, calling out, "Ren! Nina!"

She waved to the boy and girl by the window.

Subaru immediately responded with a warm smile, "Subaru! Good afternoon!"

An and Subaru entered the classroom, took out two scarves, and handed them to them. "These are my creations from home economics class! What do you think? Aren't they pretty?"

Izuru Jinna took the scarf and looked at the hiragana characters "Izuru Jinna" woven with white silk thread. She happily rubbed it with her palm and then proudly spread it out for Akira Kurusu to see.

Akira Kurusu also received a scarf. "Isn't it a bit strange to give a scarf in the summer?"

“Then let’s save it for winter,” An and Subaru said, carefully observing his expression.

Surprisingly, Akira Kurishi remained nonchalant, casually asking, "Home economics class is only an hour long, so you probably can't make two scarves, right?"

He pointed to the meticulously trimmed edges of the scarf, "It must have taken a long time, or someone helped..."

"Praise me!" An and Subaru finally snapped.

Akira stopped teasing her. "Subaru, thank you for the gift. I really like it."

An and Subaru then beamed with joy, "That's wonderful because you like it!"

She invited Akira Kurusu and Nina Iori, "Shall we go to Shibuya for lunch together? I recently found a really good Chinese restaurant."

......

On the way home from school, you can hear a lot of indignant discussions.

"How could Miss Togo lose to someone like that!"

"That's right..."

Female shogi player Togo Ichifumi is known as a "shogi prodigy" due to her outstanding beauty, excellent shogi skills, and high school age. She is very popular among young people.

Now, after being subjected to multiple unfair rulings in the competition, it has immediately aroused a large number of fans' condemnation.

"It's really caused quite a stir."

As Akira listened to the sounds around her, she frowned deeply.

An and Subaru took his arm. "So, shouldn't we start the Mind Thief operation?"

The phantom thief raised his hand to shield his eyes from the glaring sunlight. "Of course."

Jingqin Rencai moved closer to the two, waving her fist and whispering in agreement, "I want them to repent."

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121. Celery Seeds: A powerful push-back sensation (two-in-one)

Sparrows in the bushes began to call for another downpour; it had only recently been the rainy season, yet it was already unbearably hot. The clouds in the azure sky had evaporated.

Stepping out of the air conditioning, I truly felt that summer had arrived.

After parting ways with An and Subaru in Shibuya, Akira Kurusu leads Serina Izayoi to the train station.

Jingqin Rencai clung to Laixi Xiao's arm, listlessly kicking at a small pebble by the roadside. With a snap, the pebble flew onto the steps, bounced back, and hit her calf, leaving a very shallow red mark, a barely perceptible sting.

She stared angrily at the whitewashed steps, searching for it everywhere.

Akira Kurusu reached out and steadied the beret that was swaying precariously on Inori Nina's head. "What are you looking at?"

Jing Qinren was too embarrassed to say...it sounded too shameful to be arguing with a pebble on the roadside. She lowered her head and answered hesitantly, "I was thinking about something."

The posture and angle, along with that oversized T-shirt, revealed everything beneath the girl's clothing to Akira Kurusu.

Her skin shone brightly in the sunlight, her bra undulated with subtle curves, her delicate ribcage, her slender waist, and her flat stomach...

Looking at Izanagi's completely unguarded appearance, Akira Kurusu couldn't help but reach out and pat her on the head, "Head up and chest out."

Jing Qinrencai subconsciously obeyed and did as she was told.

Then Akira reached out and tugged at the back of Serina's collar. She looked up at him, somewhat confused, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Don't buy such baggy clothes in the future."

Jing Qinrencai belatedly realized what was happening, and a very bright blush quickly spread across her face.

She stared at Akira Kurusu in front of her, her mouth agape in shock, frozen in place, unable to utter a single word for a long time.

Even her earlobes were completely red, and the blush spread all the way down her slender neck.

Jing Qinren stared blankly at him, motionless, like a fully cooked shrimp, its claws raised high, its whole body stiff, forgetting even to struggle.

Akira reached out and patted her head again, "Let's go, to STARRY for rehearsal."

Jing Qinren let him lead her by the hand and they walked into the tram station.

Once inside the carriage, she suddenly struggled to pull her small hand back, then clenched her fist and punched Lai Qixiao's shoulder hard, turning her head away without saying a word as if she were sulking.

Are you angry?

"Hmph." The girl answered Lai Xixiao's question with a short, nasal tone.

Upon hearing this, the phantom thief immediately grabbed Iori Rina's hand back.

The girl struggled symbolically for a moment, then let him hold her hand in his palm. After hesitating for a second, she cautiously asked him, "You...you saw everything, didn't you?"

"It's hard not to see it."

“Pervert,” Jingqin Rencai said in a very soft voice.

"To be honest, there's nothing to see." This is a lie.

A young girl's fair skin, slender waist, and leg lines exude a youthful and subtle sensuality. While most teenage boys admire mature and beautiful urban women and often talk at length about the size of breasts or hips, they can't help but steal glances at girls' exposed ankles, calves, thighs, and even arms whenever they have the chance...

Akira Kurusu looked at Nina Izayoi with a "sincere" expression and said, "Actually, I prefer mature older sisters to girls with a figure like Nina Izayoi."

To be fair, this is still a lie.

But he has achieved the effect he wanted.

Immediately abandoning her girlish reserve and rigid upbringing, Jingqin Rencai, humiliated by such an act, tears welled in her eyes as she lunged at the phantom thief beside her, yelling, "You scoundrel!"

Looking at her angry yet aggrieved expression, Akira Kurusu found it rather adorable... So, with a strange sense of guilt, he asked himself, "Was what I did right?"

......

Yes, absolutely right, teasing kids is really fun.

Thinking of this, the guilt in Lai Xixiao's heart was instantly swept away.

He watched as Izana threw herself into his arms, playfully hitting and punching him. During this time, there was constant skin-to-skin contact, and she would unconsciously reduce the force. Although she clearly wanted to retaliate violently, it actually turned into a playful, coquettish fight. Her physical movements expressed the unique ambiguity of adolescence that inspired endless fantasies.

"Jingqin, you shouldn't cause trouble for the people around you."

Akira Kurusu said in a lecturing tone.

Having vented her anger, Jingqin Rencai, both embarrassed and furious, slammed her forehead against his shoulder.

She bumped her bone and immediately cried out in pain, then hugged Lai Xixiao's shoulder and stopped moving like a corpse.

Are you still angry?

Akira Lai stroked the soft hair covering the back of her neck.

The girl had carefully combed her hair before leaving the house. From close range, one could smell the complex fragrance of shampoo and shower gel mixed with body heat. It was hard to identify exactly what they smelled like; they were like floral scents and milky scents, but they just inexplicably smelled good.

"I'm going to tell Mr. Sakura that you bullied me," said Iori Rina sullenly.

"I'm just reminding you."

"You've already seen everything!"

"So you mean... you want me to keep peeking without reminding you?" Lai Xixiao pinched her red earlobe, and the girl shrank her shoulders as if she had been electrocuted, but still did not resist.

Of course, Ishigami Renna knew the difference between men and women, but faced with this omnipotent phantom thief and the life-saving grace he had shown her in the space of impressions, the heavy filter of trust and reliance made her almost subconsciously forget the purpose of his actions, resulting in a kind of blind obedience and acceptance.

Now that this ambiguous topic has been brought up by Akira Kurusu, Nina Igerino has finally thought about the matter of male-female relationships.

But she quickly dismissed that idea.

Iori Rina thought angrily: Although they were very close friends, and he was also her savior, it was still too much to pry into a young girl's privacy like this!

She looked up, staring at Akira with her wet eyes, and said in an indignant tone, "Even if we're good friends, you can't do this!"

The moment Ishigami Renna uttered the word "good friend," Akiko Kurusu felt a chill run down her spine and almost laughed in anger.

He stared at her childish face for a long time with a look of exasperation before continuing to explain, "I already told you, that was just to remind you... I have a girlfriend, how could I possibly do something like spying on other girls?"

Jingqin Rencai actually started to doubt herself. "Ah... that seems to be the case."

And so, under Akira Kurusu's increasingly pitying and sorrowful gaze, she actually apologized to him, "I misunderstood you."

Akira Kurishi's heart was completely broken.

He reached out and pinched Jing Qinren's warm cheeks, pulling them viciously to the sides. "You're really finished!"

"That's enough! Don't bully me anymore!" Jingqin Rencai stared at him with teary eyes and let out a painful wail.

Akira Kurishi quickly let go, "Get out of the car."

He gave the order, then grabbed Jing Qinren by the back of her collar, making the girl, who was covering her face with her hands, reluctantly follow him out of the carriage.

......

Walking through the streets of Shimokitazawa, Iori suddenly refused to walk any further.

"What are you doing?" Lai Xixiao asked her.

Jing Qinren pointed to the clothing store next to her, "Buying new clothes!"