Tokyo Psychic

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"【The Fool's Eye】 makes it quite easy to see the child's presence."

Kotone Shiomi looked at Akira Kurusu curiously, "You met her in some timeline?"

"indeed."

"Hmm, it seems you're not in a hurry to meet her." Shiomi Kotone turned to look at the sunlit courtyard. The girl seemed quite surprised that her presence had been discovered by Iori Jinna, and was flitting back and forth under the shade of the trees. The bright red skirt of her shrine maiden outfit resembled a blooming rose.

"Who says I'm not anxious? I'm extremely anxious right now."

"What, you won't even spare a knife?" Shiomi Kotone had, of course, heard from Kurusu Akira that the soul resided in the sacred sword "Murasame" once enshrined at the Hoori Shrine.

Akira Kurusu, on the other hand, had a very serious expression. Back in the Velvet Room, he relied entirely on Miss Murasame to massage him and relieve the fatigue from battle.

As for Lavenda? At that time, Lavenda was busy every day copying down the practice methods of the Persona moves for every member of his Phantom Thieves. Just maintaining the most basic assistant etiquette was already the limit.

He corrected Shiomi Kotone's statement, "Murayu is my most important partner."

“You’re right, but the children over there have already heard it.”

"Oh, I deliberately raised my voice so she could hear me."

Under the shade of the tree, Cong Yu, whose identity had been accurately revealed, stared stiffly at the boy and girl in the bedroom.

She noticed Akira Kurusu and immediately wanted to come closer with delight.

But soon, she noticed Shiomi Kotone beside Kurusu Akira. Seemingly sensing fear and unease in the other's subtly changing gaze, she quickly disappeared into the courtyard.

250. What is Touhou Gensokyo (Two-in-One)?

What exactly happened here before?

Walking along the street bathed in golden sunlight, Shiomi Kotone kept muttering to herself beside Kurusu Akira. "Those guys seem to have a really bad impression of you. They won't sell this, they won't sell that..."

Seemingly still angry, she opened the styrofoam box, took out an ice pop, tore it open, and started chewing on it.

An ordinary human would have been freezing and their teeth and mouth would have been aching by now, but Xi Jian Qin Yin was neither ordinary nor human.

Listening to her crunching on an ice pop beside her, Lai Qixiao couldn't help but feel a sharp pain in her gums, "Sister, can we be a little more polite?"

She's an impeccably beautiful girl, shouldn't she at least pay some attention to her image?

To be honest, when looking at Shiomi Kotone's cool little mouth, Koushi Akira was somewhat tempted—of course, he quickly realized that this was not his true nature.

That damned Shiomi Kotone is secretly radiating charm again.

Akira Kurusu boasted that he had lived two lives, but he had only lost his composure in front of Ravenda. It was obvious that only a demigod in a velvet room like this could be so "bullying".

Of course, he initially overlooked Wakaba Mutsumi, Murasaki, Toyokawa Shoko, Izare Nina, Sakura Futaba, Yoshizawa Kasumi, Yoshizawa Sumire, Kaname Rakuna, Akemi Homura...

Seeing that her scheme had succeeded, Shiomi Kotone curiously circled around to the front of Kyoko, trying to see her expression. However, she found that Kyoko's eyes suddenly seemed to be wandering, as if she had something else on her mind.

Miss Savior was furious. "Well, you're thinking about other girls while on a date with a girl!"

"A date? When did that happen?!" Akira Kurusu retorted repeatedly.

Shiomi Kotone sneered.

Where did you go, the one who used to say "Sister Qinyin is the most beautiful" and "I love Sister Qinyin the most"?

"Well, people always grow up." Knowing that lying to Shiomi Kotone, who also possessed the [Fool's Eye], would be pointless, the phantom thief had no choice but to tell the truth.

"It means I'm no longer in your strike zone."

Kotone Shiomi translated Akira Kurusu's words.

Lai Xixiao was getting anxious. If even this girl, who was unstoppable in the middle school world, was no longer in his good ball zone, then could he possibly like a girl much younger than himself?

No, he definitely likes mature and beautiful older women like Takemi Tae or Kawara Momoka.

Just as the phantom thief was about to explain, he saw Shiomi Kotone suddenly dart up to him and say in a cold voice.

“I’ve been to your velvet room, Ms. Laventa is so lovely.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Lai Xixiao saw what sounded like a door opening coming from the dimly lit alley next to her.

Upon closer inspection, he saw that a door radiating a deep blue light was indeed open.

Lavenda sat on the doorframe, holding the "Encyclopedia of Personas," swinging her legs, and gazing at her contractor with a sweet smile that didn't match her elegant and gentle demeanor.

"Indeed cute."

Akira Kurusu nodded vigorously, and then added.

"Lavenda is the cutest girl in the world."

Strangely enough, I felt no psychological burden when I said those words.

It was as if it were a heartfelt statement.

A little further away, Ravenda was laughing so hard she had to cover her face with a book.

You can see that her cute little ears are starting to turn red under her silvery-white hair.

Kotone Shiomi gazed at the child who had once followed her around the school with pity, sorrow, and regret.

No, that little boy has grown up now.

Kotone Shiomi probably saw a reflection of herself in Akira Kurusu.

Thinking back, I was his role model back then...

Upon realizing this, Shiomi Kotone immediately felt extremely awkward.

Is it haunted? Could it be that I turned him into a lolicon?

This isn't right, I'm not someone who only likes younger men...

The reason we specifically focused on training young boys was because we had high standards and there weren't many good options at Moonlight Pavilion.

If only he had turned Misuru-senpai into a handsome young man back then, she would have thrown herself at him long ago.

However, the little boy they chose back then has now grown into a super handsome young man.

Aside from being a bit of a womanizer, she seems to have no other flaws...

However, now we should add "lolicon" to this list of shortcomings.

Despite having the physique of a demigod, Shiomi Kotone started to feel a slight toothache as she chewed on an ice pop.

So she took the popsicle out of her mouth and stared intently at Akira Kurusu, "As you get older, you'll definitely find that boys don't like small girls."

"I'm not a lolicon." The phantom thief's explanation was more weak than ever before.

"What men like is someone who's forever 18, oh, forever 17. You'll understand how good your older sister is when you're a little older."

"Stop talking, I'm definitely not a lolicon."

Akira Kurusu stubbornly stuck out her neck, pretending to be obnoxious even though she knew it was pointless.

Even if you hired someone to beat him to death in the street, he still wouldn't be willing to reveal his sexual orientation to this senior who knew him inside and out.

It's like you played a visual novel (Galgame) full of cute girls today, and when you got home, your dad, who also loves playing games, curiously asked what kind of games you'd been playing lately, what characters were in them, and if you could show them to him...

Is that presentable?

How could you possibly say that?

Look at the ancient MMORPGs your dad plays.

They're shoveling rice into their chopsticks and talking to you about guild artifacts, epic team battles, and server-wide first kills...

I recall the internet cafes late at night, the glass jars overflowing with cigarette butts and ash, the greasy mice and dusty keyboards, and the unshaven faces filled with the painful memories of bygone days.

Just when Dad was thinking about how you, who spent every night playing games and even neglected your studies, were going to make some brilliant plays and lead your team to defeat all sorts of professional players, climb to the top of the leaderboard, and become famous throughout the gaming world...

Then you blurted out, "Barbecue skewers, beer, I don't like that, let's just sleep like this, shower together, I like you, let's enter the younger sister route."

That's great. The time that follows will become an unbearable memory for you to look back on when you sit in the office thirty years from now, watching your colleagues holding their babies.

but......

Fortunately, Kotone Shiomi is neither Akira Kurusu's biological father nor mother.

She was just a girl who had lost her homeland, her human identity, all her former friends, bonds, and even a place to call home.

Even though she once saved the world.

She was a girl who didn't even have the chance to attend her high school graduation ceremony.

Faced with Akira Kurusu's stubbornness, Kotone Shiomi just felt both annoyed and amused.

Then, she approached lightly, tiptoed, and kissed Lai Qixiao's lips.

"Fine, fine, I don't care what type you like anyway..."

tide Jianqin tossed her hair aside, blinked, and said, "Anyway, I told you I would make you fall in love with me."

"You know... I've even conquered the 300th floor of Tartarus, why would I worry about not being able to clear your heart?"

As always, Shiomi Kotone revealed a cunning smile, then extended her index finger and bent over to repeatedly tug at the phantom thief's chest.

The sunlight shone on the girl's long, reddish-brown hair, styled in a single ponytail, and it seemed like a flame, so joyful in the boy's heart.

Scalding hot, intensely hot, irresistible.

My heart started pounding.

......

"Okay, since you don't think it's a date, let's turn it into a date."

Kotone Shiomi muttered to herself as she pulled Akira Kurishi's wrist and led her toward a clothing store on the street.

"It's impossible that there isn't a single shop in the entire town that would welcome us, is it?"

"It's hard to say, but it's always good to try them all. After all, Kyoto is going to have a rainy season soon, so for convenience, we should probably 'scout out' all the shops in town."

Chatting and laughing, the two walked into the clothing store.

Looking at the dazzling array of clothes in those antique mahogany cabinets, Shiomi Kotone, a girl who spends most of her time washing her school uniform at the Moonlight Pavilion, immediately revealed a look of longing.

"The sound of the zither..." Akira Kurusu was interrupted before she could finish speaking.

Shiomi Kotone pinched his chin seriously with her hand, "From now on, just call me Kotone, and don't call me 'senpai' anymore."

Then she thought for a moment and said, "Of course, I know that you guys sometimes like that kind of 'fun,' so once you really accept me, when we lie in bed together at night, it doesn't matter whether you call me 'sister' or 'mom.'"

Aren't you ashamed?

"Hey kid, so you still have to practice," Shiomi Kotone said with a smile, reaching out to untie her hairband and using her long, flowing hair to cover her bright red ears.

......

The shop assistants in the clothing store looked very young.

This gave the two of them hope for negotiation.

After all, most of the shops that refused them were run by elderly people.

"Hello! We'd like to buy some new clothes!"

"Ah, you two are such a perfect match!..." The shop assistant greeted them warmly. "The fireworks festival is coming up soon, would you like to buy a yukata?!"

“Yukata, festival…” Shiomi Kotone turned to look at Kurusu Akatsuki, “Akatsuki, why don’t you help everyone choose?”

Akira Kurusu placed the popsicles and drinks in a shady spot in the store, then took out her phone and video-chatted with each of the Phantom Thieves girls.

After a while, the shop assistant looked at the packaging boxes that almost filled the counter with surprise, and when she looked at Lai Qixiao, her eyes probably wanted to devour him.

However, upon seeing Akira Kurusu's youthful face, the shop assistant put aside those thoughts that were tantamount to crimes.

"Speaking of which, handsome young man, where did your girlfriend go?"

No sooner had she finished speaking than Shiomi Kotone ran out carrying a bright red dress.

"Xiao! I found this!"

"A shrine maiden's outfit?"

"Yes!"

Shiomi Kotone held up her shrine maiden outfit and said, "Since we're living at a shrine, how can we not have a shrine maiden!"

"Okay... how much is this?" Akira asked the shop assistant.

The shop assistant blurted out, "One hundred thousand."