"You’re not dodging?"

Kitahara Makoto raised an eyebrow slightly.

This Taki, she actually dared to not dodge or avoid, clearly not giving him face.

So Kitahara Makoto chose to continue to approach, to see how long the legal loli in front of him could last.

Their eyes met.

Their breaths mingled.

As the distance continuously shortened, the two could already clearly feel each other’s warm breaths.

(D-Darn it...)

(What does this guy want to do?)

(Is he trying to kiss...)

(Body, hurry and move away!)

Taki was flustered and embarrassed, wanting to turn her head away, but for some reason, her body felt as if it had been filled with lead, weighing a thousand pounds, completely unable to move.

The distance between them quickly narrowed to just a fist’s length, having long since broken through the absolute limit of human interaction.

Thump, thump.

Taki could clearly hear her heartbeat quietly accelerating, her slender eyelashes trembling slightly, and she involuntarily closed her eyes in panic.

"Hmm?"

Kitahara Makoto was slightly startled, looking at Taki, whose eyes were closed in panic, and his mood immediately became subtle.

She hadn’t been hit by the Great Sage’s paralysis spell, nor had he threatened Maki-nee, yet Taki closed her eyes at this moment...

Kitahara Makoto didn’t hesitate, and decisively covered the girl’s rosy lips.

He had already kissed her in the mirror space before, so of course, he wouldn’t pretend to be a proper person now.

"Mmm..."

Feeling the strange yet familiar burning sensation on her lips, Taki’s small body instantly tensed up.

(Darn it!)

(This guy actually dared to kiss me?)

(W-Why didn’t I dodge... I clearly could have, right?!)

In her fluster and embarrassment, Taki instinctively wanted to bite him.

Her cherry lips had just barely parted, and the next second, something terrifying invaded.

Buzz—

Taki felt a buzzing sound in her mind, and her small head instantly went blank.

Unlike the kiss in the mirror space before, she had been in the sauna for too long then, her head was dizzy, and her consciousness wasn’t clear enough, so besides embarrassment, there was no other deep impression.

But at this moment, Taki’s head wasn’t dizzy at all, and her consciousness was very clear.

So she clearly experienced a certain indescribable trembling sensation.

(O-Originally, kissing really does feel like an electric shock, just like in light novels...)

After an unknown amount of time.

A sharp cat meow suddenly sounded in the night.

Taki suddenly woke up and quickly pushed against Kitahara Makoto’s chest to retreat.

Pop~

With a soft sound, the two finally separated.

"Hoo...hoo..."

The girl’s hurried breathing immediately echoed under the tree.

Kitahara Makoto raised his hand and wiped the corner of his lips clean:

"Taki-chan, thank you for the treat."

Taki’s small face flushed red, her breathing rapid, her small fists tightly clenched, both shy and angry:

"You, you actually dared... Hang him!"

Hey, hey, don’t say it was just a kiss, even if I directly pushed you down, the sentence wouldn’t amount to hanging!

Kitahara Makoto was very innocent:

"Taki, you didn’t dodge, so you shouldn’t be sentenced, right?" 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Taki was overcome with shyness and anger: "I just told you to swat a mosquito!"

Clearly.

This Taki, in her embarrassment, instinctively chose to evade, unwilling to admit her previous indulgence and tacit consent.

Kitahara Makoto wisely did not argue. The kiss had happened, and arguing with Taki about whether she had tacitly consented was meaningless. It was better to switch tactics directly:

"Taki, I will take responsibility."

"Huh?!"

Kitahara Makoto extended his right hand, inviting:

"Taki, join my harem!"

"...Die!"

Want her to join his harem?

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

Just now was just a moment of her brain short-circuiting, there would definitely not be a second time!

The next second.

Kitahara Makoto suddenly stepped forward half a step and embraced Taki.

"You, what are you doing?!"

Taki raised her small face in shame and anger, her eyes filled with murderous intent.

Kitahara Makoto lowered his head and leaned in again.

(Wh-what?)

(Is this guy trying to do it again?)

(This time, I definitely won’t let you succeed!)

"Shh~"

Kitahara Makoto made a shushing gesture, leaned close to Taki’s ear, and whispered:

"That perverted stalker seems to have appeared."

"Huh?"

Taki’s eyes widened upon hearing this, and she looked around with murderous intent:

"Where?"

Kitahara Makoto whispered:

"To your left, he’s coming right now."

Taki tried her best to open her eyes wide and indeed saw someone slowly riding a bicycle. His build was indeed male, and he was wearing a baseball cap and a black mask.

"It must be him." Taki furiously prepared to rush out from under the tree to catch him, "It’s not winter now, yet he’s still wearing a hat and a mask. He must have something to hide!"

"Wait, don’t be impulsive." Kitahara Makoto gently put his arm around her, hugging Taki from behind, and whispered, "Catch the thief red-handed."

Although wearing a hat and mask in the middle of summer was highly suspicious, other possibilities could not be ruled out. Catching the thief red-handed was the safest option. As long as the other party went to pick up the express cardboard box, his identity could be 100% confirmed.

Upon hearing Kitahara Makoto’s words, Taki immediately calmed down, widened her eyes, and carefully watched the bicycle man’s every move.

Under their gaze, the person slowly rode his bicycle past Taki’s house, not stopping at all, let alone picking up the express cardboard box.

"What, he just left?" Taki’s small face showed a look of confusion, "Did we guess wrong?"

Kitahara Makoto’s expression remained unchanged, and he whispered:

"Let the bullet fly for a while."

"Huh?"

"Has Taki ever fished?"

"No."

"Then I’ll take Taki fishing in the future."

"Get lost, I don’t want to go fishing with you." Taki frowned slightly, looking up in confusion, "What exactly does Kitahara-kun want to say?"

Kitahara Makoto whispered:

"Anyone who has fished knows that fish don’t bite the bait immediately underwater; they will repeatedly swallow and test it. Even fish know not to bite immediately, let alone humans."

"The person just now is highly suspicious. He appears to have left, but he’s likely observing from a short distance. Once we show ourselves, he might discover us, leading to a failed fishing attempt."

Taki looked up with her small face: "...Scummy Kitahara-kun has so many tricks."

Kitahara Makoto: "Thank you, Taki, for the compliment."

Taki: "I wasn’t complimenting you!"

"..."

Despite her complaints, Taki had to admit that Kitahara Makoto made a lot of sense, so she continued to hide under the tree, secretly staking out with Kitahara Makoto.

More than ten minutes passed in a flash.

In the quiet night, someone on a bicycle quietly appeared again.

"It’s that masked man from before!" Taki’s eyes widened, and she said excitedly, "He really came back!"

"Don’t rush." Kitahara Makoto pressed Taki’s small head, his expression calm, "Let’s see what he does next."

"..."

After two round trips without seeing anyone, the masked man finally relaxed his guard. This time, he no longer pretended to be a passerby, but stopped at Taki’s doorstep, cautiously looked around, and then directly picked up the express cardboard box in the corner.

"It really is him!"

Taki immediately became excited:

"Kitahara-kun, let’s quickly..."

Before she finished speaking, Taki only felt a gust of wind roll past her ear. Kitahara Makoto had already rushed out at an incredible speed.

The other party was clearly always on guard. Upon seeing Kitahara Makoto charging, he quickly tried to get on his bicycle and escape.

Unfortunately, Kitahara Makoto’s speed was too fast. In an instant, he arrived beside the masked man and, with a kick in the air, directly knocked him down.

Of course, Kitahara Makoto only used one-tenth of his strength; otherwise, one kick would have been enough to kill the masked man.

"Perverted stalker, I’ve got you!"

Taki rushed out from under the tree, jogging all the way over.

"I definitely won’t let you off!"

The masked man rolled several times on the ground, dizzy from the fall. He was about to question Kitahara Makoto about the sudden sneak attack when he heard Taki’s shout. He immediately knew he had fallen into an ambush. In his shame and anger, evil rose within him, and he suddenly pulled out a folding knife from his pocket.

Under the streetlight, the blade gleamed, shimmering with a chilling and dangerous light.

"Go to hell!"

The masked man’s eyes were bloodshot, his expression frantic and sinister. The dagger in his hand viciously stabbed towards Taki’s chest, clearly intending to take advantage of the weak and vent the evil in his heart.

Seeing the dagger stabbing towards her, Taki’s mind instantly went blank. She felt as if all the blood in her body was freezing. After all, she was just a young girl, and it was normal for her mind to go blank when encountering danger.

The next second.

A figure suddenly blocked Taki’s path.

"Ah..."

Then a shrill scream suddenly rang out.

Taki wasn’t sure what happened, she just saw the masked man suddenly fly backward, and the splattered blood directly stained his mask.

"Ki-Kitahara-kun, how are you?"

After regaining her senses, Taki’s eyes instantly welled up with tears.

If Kitahara Makoto were to be in danger because of her, Taki would never forgive herself for the rest of her life.

"Don’t be afraid, I’m fine."

Kitahara Makoto’s gentle voice sounded.

Taki bit her lower lip tightly, almost drawing blood, and quickly went around to Kitahara Makoto’s front, lifting his shirt to carefully check. Only after confirming there were no injuries did she finally breathe a sigh of relief, her eyes brimming with tears as she said:

"You weren’t hurt just now?"

Kitahara Makoto extended his right hand and rubbed Taki’s small head:

"Taki, I’m happy you care about me, but to doubt that I could be harmed by an ordinary person is to question my abilities."

Taki felt relieved, turned her small face away, and said insincerely:

"I wasn’t caring about you at all..."

As she spoke, the masked man struggled, trying to get up again. Kitahara Makoto stepped forward and kicked him once more, directly knocking him unconscious. Then, he single-handedly lifted the man and walked into the darkness.

Taki quickly followed.

"Taki, don’t come over." Kitahara Makoto turned his head to stop her, "The next scene is a bit unsuitable for children."

Taki’s heart skipped a beat upon hearing this, and she suddenly remembered something she had forgotten to ask, nervously saying:

"Kitahara-kun, what... what do you plan to do with him?"

Kitahara Makoto’s expression was calm, and his tone was indifferent:

"I naturally have my methods. In short, he will never appear before Taki and Maki-nee again."

"...You can’t do anything illegal."

Taki took a deep breath, quickly jogged forward, and tightly hugged Kitahara Makoto’s arm.

Although she wanted the person to never appear before her sister again, she absolutely did not want Kitahara Makoto’s hands to be stained with blood.

The word ’murder’ was simply too far removed for high school students.

The more Kitahara Makoto prevented Taki from following, the more uneasy Taki became.

"What does Kitahara-kun plan to do?"

Taki looked up with her small face, saying seriously:

"I want to know!"

"There are actually many ways, Taki, you don’t have to worry about me." Kitahara Makoto whispered, "The simplest way is to directly banish him to the Mirror World..."

Although the Mirror World was used by Hana for fast travel, don’t forget that the previous anomaly controlling the Mirror World could make people disappear from the world without a trace, making it perfect for murder and disposing of evidence.

"No."

Taki immediately recalled her terrifying experiences in the Mirror World, hugging Kitahara Makoto’s arm even tighter and quickly saying:

"Didn’t Kitahara-kun say there were other ways?"

Kitahara Makoto stated the second method:

"I could also find a dangerous spatiotemporal node and throw him into Otherworld."

"...And?"

"The other option is to have Hana use her ’rental’ ability to borrow all of the person’s memories from that period, directly removing Maki-nee’s existence from his memory. But that’s not secure enough."

Taki’s eyes widened at this. "That’s not secure enough?"

Kitahara Makoto said as a matter of course:

"The world is so big; who knows, he might coincidentally run into Maki-nee again someday. So, it’s better to just make him disappear..."

"No!" Taki quickly interjected. "Just let Hana help by removing my sister’s existence from that pervert’s memory."

Kitahara Makoto hesitated. "How about we ask Maki-nee’s opinion?"

"No need to ask," Taki said decisively. "My sister is even kinder than I am; she definitely wouldn’t want Kitahara-kun to get blood on his hands."

"Alright, Taki’s word is final."

"..."

The discussion concluded.

The rest of the matter naturally goes without saying.

Kitahara Makoto summoned Hana, verbally instructing her to borrow the person’s memories related to Maki-nee, but in his mind, the command was to borrow all of the person’s decades of memories.

Simply put, it was a ’mental debuff’.

For an ’invincible person’ who clearly wanted to get revenge on the world, not being directly sunk into Tokyo Bay was already quite good; merely having his intelligence lowered meant he was incredibly lucky.

A moment later.

Looking at the perverted stalker, who was now dull-eyed and drooling, Taki’s small face showed a hint of hesitation:

"He seems a bit off..."

Kitahara Makoto said earnestly:

"Don’t worry, it’s a normal phenomenon. People whose memories are borrowed by Hana naturally fall into a state of confusion."

Taki grew even more suspicious:

"But his eyes have become crossed..."

"Normal phenomenon, don’t mind it."

As Kitahara Makoto spoke, he began taking off his clothes.

"You, what are you taking off your clothes for?!"

Taki’s small face quickly flushed red. She hurriedly turned her head away, saying shyly:

"This is on the street!"

Kitahara Makoto explained:

"We can’t just leave this guy here. Afterwards, the police might come to investigate, which would inevitably cause some trouble, so we need to throw him somewhere far away."

This was a lie.

The truth was that he didn’t want Taki to discover the fact that the person had been debuffed into an idiot.

If they left the person there, and the police found him, there would likely be door-to-door investigations, which would inevitably lead to trouble.

As he spoke, Kitahara Makoto had already quickly stripped off all his clothes:

"Taki, hold my clothes for me."

Taki’s small face was crimson. She turned her head away, taking the clothes with both hands, but as her gaze drifted, she inevitably saw some things she shouldn’t have.

"I’m going to throw this guy into the supermarket."

Kitahara Makoto put on the Shadow Person Bowtie, and his entire being instantly vanished into the night, then he directly picked up the perverted stalker and left.

Taki was a bit uneasy.

Holding the clothes and bringing Hana, she cautiously followed behind.

A moment later.

As an idiotic person covered in blood inexplicably appeared in the supermarket, the staff quickly called the police. Soon, two police officers arrived on bicycles and took the person away.

"Taki, we can go back now."

Kitahara Makoto quietly returned to Taki’s side.

"Ah..."

Taki jumped, unable to resist complaining:

"Quickly take off that bowtie, don’t scare people!"

"Alright."

Kitahara Makoto took off the bowtie, and his entire being appeared out of thin air.

Caught off guard, Taki’s gaze involuntarily dropped downwards, and her cooled-down small face instantly flushed crimson. She frantically looked away:

"Pervert!"

Kitahara Makoto looked very innocent:

"It was Taki who told me to take off the bowtie, wasn’t it?"

"The worst!"

"Awful!"

"Quickly put your clothes on!"

Taki scolded him with embarrassment while handing over the clothes.

At this moment, a girl’s worried voice suddenly rang out:

"Taki, what are you doing..."

"Sister?"

Hearing Shiina Maki’s voice, Taki instinctively turned around, exposing Kitahara Makoto.

"Eh, eh, eh?!"

Shiina Maki’s eyes suddenly widened, and her gaze involuntarily fell on Kitahara Makoto. Her pretty face quickly showed fear, clearly startled:

"B-Big python..."

"Sister, quickly close your eyes!" Taki hurriedly said. "Don’t look at him!"

"Ah..."

Shiina Maki came to her senses and quickly raised her hands to cover her face, but her fingers quietly parted.

Kitahara Makoto calmly turned around, took the clothes from Taki’s hand, and quickly put them on.

Taki crossed her arms over her chest and frowned:

"Why did Sister come out?"

"I heard screams outside from upstairs, and I was worried about you guys," Shiina Maki explained softly. "Did you catch that person?"

"He’s been caught already."

Kitahara Makoto, now fully dressed, briefly explained the mental debuff treatment method, then said:

"Maki-nee, rest assured, that guy will never appear in front of you again."

"Thank you, Kitahara-kun."

Shiina Maki’s eyes sparkled as she expressed her gratitude.

"How about I treat Kitahara-kun to a meal tomorrow?"

"That can wait," Taki interrupted. "It’s almost eleven at night; let’s hurry back."

"..."

Kitahara Makoto’s backpack was still upstairs, so he had to go back for it.

Following the two sisters back to the Shiina home, Kitahara Makoto picked up his backpack and was about to bid farewell when Shiina Maki quickly said:

"Kitahara-kun, wait a moment, we haven’t seen that Onsen Village yet."

Kitahara Makoto looked at Taki upon hearing this.

"Why are you looking at me?" Taki said, crossing her arms over her chest, also very curious, as it was a block villa she had personally assembled as a child. "Let Sister see it, then you hurry home."