"You guys sit here for a bit."
After standing there in a daze for a moment, Sato suddenly said this to the little kids and then walked into the bedroom.
The group looked at each other.
Masao cautiously asked, "What's going on?"
"Could it be... his girlfriend is calling?"
After thinking for a moment, Sakurada Nene's eyes suddenly lit up as she said this, and she quickly turned to look at Sato's bedroom.
Gi... girlfriend?!
"Shin, Nene, what are you doing?"
Kazama Toru suddenly noticed Shin and Sakurada Nene sneaking toward the bedroom door. With a blank expression, he asked.
"Shh!"
Sakurada Nene glared at Kazama Toru, then together with Shin pressed themselves against the wall and began eavesdropping.
However, after listening for a while they heard nothing.
After exchanging a glance, the two cautiously leaned forward to peek inside. When they saw Sato sitting at the chair with his back to them, using his phone to send messages, they were immediately disappointed.
At this moment, Sato was sitting at the computer desk chatting with a girl named Yukinoshita Yukino.
[Yukinoshita Yukino: Is Nohara-san at home?]
[Sato: Yes. Is there something you need, Yukinoshita-san?]
On the other side, Yukinoshita Yukino seemed to hesitate for a moment.
[Yukinoshita Yukino: I bought some things for Vanilla. I want to bring them over to you.]
Things?
Sato subconsciously glanced at the two little angels sleeping in front of him.
Didn't Yukinoshita Yukino already give him a lot of cat food and other things earlier this week at school? Why again...
Wait!
A strange glint suddenly flashed through Sato's eyes. Based on what he knew about Yukino, this felt a bit like trying to cover something up.
Yukinoshita Yukino definitely was not coming because she needed to deliver something. She was simply coming to see Vanilla.
But with Yukino's personality, there was no way she would directly say she wanted to see Vanilla. So she used what seemed like a reasonable excuse. If she had not already sent cat food earlier, that reason would indeed have sounded perfectly reasonable.
But now...
Sato could not help imagining Yukino holding her phone with a conflicted expression. He suddenly let out a laugh.
That image was quite interesting. Who would have thought that Yukinoshita Yukino, the iceberg beauty, would actually be a cat lover? Honestly, he was surprised that Yukinoshita Yukino would go this far for a stray cat she picked up.
[Sato: I'm at home all the time. You can come whenever you like.]
Not far from Aoyama Apartments, outside Usagiyama Shopping Street, a cool and elegant figure revealed a faint smile.
That faint smile appeared on the girl's breathtakingly beautiful face, like a snow lotus blooming in the harsh winter, indescribably beautiful.
Around her, many people who had been secretly glancing at the girl could not help staring in a daze.
Bang!
Suddenly, a high school student who was not paying attention walked straight into a pole by the roadside, instantly breaking the quiet atmosphere.
The student's face turned red as he quickly fled the scene.
People nearby could not help laughing, but the laughter quickly turned into embarrassment. If that had happened to them just now...
Many people shivered. After sneaking another glance at the girl, they hurried away.
Yukinoshita Yukino's expression remained calm. The smile on her face faded, returning to her usual cold demeanor.
[Yukinoshita Yukino: I'm outside Usagiyama Shopping Street right now. It should take about ten minutes to reach your place.]
[Sato: Alright, I understand.]
Putting down his phone, Sato smiled.
Just as he thought. Yukinoshita had already come.
He walked out and discovered the little kids were enthusiastically discussing something, all looking extremely serious.
"For next week, I think our Kasukabe Defense Force should conduct a hyper realistic house play exercise to train our acting skills for future infiltration missions!"
Hyper realistic house play?!
Sato's expression stiffened slightly.
"No, no, no! I think we should play soccer next week! As members of the defense force, we should train our bodies first! Don't you all agree!"
Kazama Toru gathered his courage to argue back, turning his head and repeatedly signaling the others with his eyes.
Shin, Masao, and Bo hurriedly nodded.
"Right! Let's play soccer. Train our bodies!"
Sakurada Nene glared with clenched teeth.
These guys...
Suddenly she noticed Sato standing nearby. Her eyes immediately lit up and she quickly pulled him over to sit down.
"Uncle Shin, why don't you decide!"
As she spoke, she looked at Sato with teary eyes, putting on a pitiful expression.
Sato's face stiffened slightly. Hyper realistic house play... that might be...
Hm?
Wait!
A faint light flashed in his eyes. This did not seem to have much to do with him.
Sato suddenly turned to look at Shin, and his smile gradually became somewhat strange.
Ugh!
Shin felt his scalp tingle. Kazama Toru and the others also felt a chill in their hearts and quickly began signaling him with their eyes.
"Cough, cough. Actually, I think Nene's suggestion is quite good."
Under their despairing gazes, Sato said this with a bright smile.
Sakurada Nene's face slowly filled with delight. She suddenly turned toward Shin and the others.
"Did you hear that? Even Uncle Shin said so..."
"Wait!"
At the critical moment, Kazama Toru stepped forward under great pressure.
His expression was unpleasant as he glanced at Sato, then forced himself to face Nene.
"Uncle Shin is not a member of the Kasukabe Defense Force. He has no right to participate in the decision!"
"Then we'll just let Uncle Shin join!"
"Even if he joins, the vote would still be four against two..."
Facing Sakurada Nene's increasingly dangerous gaze, Kazama Toru's voice grew smaller and smaller, and his neck shrank back more and more.
In the end...
"L... let's play house."
The Kazama unit destroyed!
Sakurada Nene turned her gentle gaze toward Masao.
"I think it's fine too!"
The Masao unit destroyed!
"Alright then. Now it's four against two. Shin, Bo, next week's activity will be playing house."
Sakurada Nene revealed an innocent smile.
Sato quietly inhaled sharply beside them. Are kindergarten kids really this terrifying these days?
"Alright. Since you're finished, hurry up and go home."
"Eh? We only just got here!"
"Who told you to come!"
Sato could not help saying as the corner of his mouth twitched.
"And I'll be telling Shin's mom that you ran all the way here today. You guys were way too reckless!"
"Eh?!"
All members of the Kasukabe Defense Force wailed together.
Ding dong!
Just then the doorbell rang. Sato quickly reacted and walked over to open the door.
"Good afternoon, Nohara-san."
A beautiful girl stood gracefully at the doorway and greeted Sato, like an elegant green lotus standing quietly in bloom.
Before Sato could respond, a cry of surprise came from behind him.
"Eh? Is this... your girlfriend?!"
Yukinoshita Yukino frowned slightly and shifted her gaze past him.