After Shiro said that, the other party had no choice but to believe him, because the facts really did seem that way. But his aggrieved expression made her feel a bit uncomfortable.
"Actually, I didn't expect you to be quite lucky. Right after I finished talking about this troublesome matter, you hit the jackpot with my help."
"But I'm not surprised at all. On the contrary, given your previous situation, I would have been surprised if you hadn't run into me."
Shiro's tone was full of schadenfreude when he said that.
And the other party threw Shiro a 'butcher's look' after hearing that, letting him experience it himself.
"Why does it feel like you're very happy when I'm unlucky?"
Kawasaki Saki's tone was a bit bad when she said that. After all, she had just had bad luck, and this guy was gloating. How could she be happy?
"This isn't happiness; it's just an honest expression. After all, you know very well that some things are just like this."
"Honestly, I'm actually a bit curious to interview you. What are your thoughts when you encounter something like this? And didn't I say to come to me if you have problems? What happened then?"
At this moment, Shiro grabbed the other party's cheek, pulling her face into a triangular shape, while the other party was being pulled by Shiro.
Kawasaki Saki also resisted at this moment.
"I don't have any thoughts. Even if I did, my only thought would be that I'm too unlucky."
"As for why I didn't look for you, I wanted to! The problem is that my first reaction was to run away in a hurry, which led to me remembering this only after I was cornered. You have to understand that people's subconscious behavior is usually to choose to escape, rather than to choose to call for help or something like that."
Kawasaki Saki didn't think there was too much problem with her behavior. On the contrary, she spoke seriously.
After all, these were all truths. In that situation, the human instinct is to run, and even if she wanted to ask for help, she couldn't, because by the time her instinct was gone, things were already like that.
"Alright, it's true that in this situation your body's instinct makes you run."
"I can only say that you were lucky to run into me. Otherwise, tomorrow your mouth would probably have been disfigured like that, and you would be in the news. If you were even more unlucky, you would turn into a vengeful spirit due to immense resentment."
"And then you would become one of those harmful existences. I guess that would be your scenario."
Kawasaki Saki heard this and imagined herself turning into that monstrous state, rejecting it from the bottom of her heart.
Then she thought of herself dying and turning into something similar to that monster, and she also rejected that, because it would definitely harm people.
"Don't I have a better ending? All I hear from you are negative endings."
"I also want you to have a good ending, but the problem is being killed by something like that. It's not strange at all to end up like this, okay?"
"Do you think that's a normal death? Even a normal death has a chance of turning into a spirit, unable to be exorcised, unable to reincarnate, and after wandering for a long time, also becoming an evil spirit."
"And in your situation, I feel that the probability of you turning into these things is very high."
"And you yourself are considered somewhat special, or rather, all of you are like this. If you are killed like this, honestly, it wouldn't surprise me at all if you turned into spirits or something similar."
Kawasaki Saki felt a pain in her teeth after hearing that. So it was because of her special circumstances, huh? She didn't want that specialness at all, okay?
"What exactly is my situation? Is it a problem of body constitution or something else?"
Kawasaki Saki pulled her hair, looking troubled.
"Emmm... You can understand it as a problem of body constitution, I guess."
Kawasaki Saki also felt a headache after hearing that.
"Then do you have any way to fix it?"
When Shiro heard that, he shook his head without thinking. Unless he absorbed her luck, but then she would probably be in great trouble, so he definitely couldn't do such a thing.
"Don't even think about it, there's no way. Although your situation is indeed a bit special and troublesome, honestly, as long as you don't live like tonight, a normal life will definitely be fine. And the probability of encountering something like this is not 100%. Only if you do self-destructive things every day will you definitely run into it."
Kawasaki Saki felt a bit helpless after hearing that, then spoke in a cautious tone.
"I won't run into something like this again, right?"
"You're asking me? Who should I ask? I can only sense whether something will happen, or whether people around me who are connected to me will be in life-threatening danger, and then I will be needed for such things."
"How would I know anything else? And tonight was just on a whim."
"Did you quit that job?"
Kawasaki Saki nodded like a pecking chick, because this time she was really frightened.
"I quit, but I can't leave before the end of this month."
"After all, that's the rule."
Kawasaki Saki felt a bit helpless; now she wished she could escape immediately.
"What rules! I know where you work part-time. In a certain sense, that place is also under my rules. Cancel it, I'll take care of it. Just tell them. As for your new job, you'll be in charge of taking care of one of my shops."
Kawasaki Saki was a bit confused after hearing that.
"No, you just meant that you want me to work in one of your shops, right?"
Kawasaki Saki looked at Shiro and spoke in a confused tone. She seriously misunderstood his words, suspecting that he misspoke.
"No, no, I'm giving you a shop to run. To put it clearly, I'm making you the store manager."
When Shiro said that, she was truly stunned.
"Do you think what you just said is funny?"
After a long pause, Kawasaki Saki slowly said this, and Shiro himself was a bit confused.
"What does that have to do with whether it's funny or not?"
"Did you forget something? I have no management experience, and I'm just a student. You want me to manage a shop? Are you sure you're not joking with me?"
Shiro pouted at her, speaking in a disdainful tone.
"What's the big deal?"
"If you don't know how, then learn. And you're a store manager, do you think you have that much to do? Although there is certainly a lot, your time is very flexible, okay? Otherwise, why hire other people? Employees are there to share your burden, and you only need to manage some basic things."
Shiro did not intend for her to really make the shop big and strong; he just wanted her to be satisfied with her situation, to slack off or something like that. As long as the shop didn't close, it was fine.
So he decisively instilled the idea of slacking off into her.
Kawasaki Saki originally wanted to refuse, because she really couldn't handle such a position, or rather, she couldn't believe in herself. After a tense back-and-forth between the two, she finally agreed.
"I'll say this first, if it really goes bankrupt or something, I'm not responsible. I have no experience in this."
Kawasaki Saki still wanted to give a warning, because she really had no experience and was a bit afraid to suddenly enter this industry.
"Come on, have a little confidence in yourself. If it goes bankrupt, just repay me with yourself. I don't mind."
Kawasaki Saki rolled her eyes at Shiro after hearing that, as if saying, "You're thinking too much."
"Go get some good sleep."
"After all, it's already late."
Kawasaki Saki felt a wave of fatigue after hearing that. After all, today's events were too stimulating. Unconsciously, she felt sleepy after hearing his words.
Shiro himself had the urge to run away, but his hand was being held by her. What kind of move was this? Could it be that she wanted him to stay here and keep her company?
Uncertain, very uncertain!
When he tried to pull his hand away, he found that, given her strength, she was holding on tightly. This situation made him even more uncertain. What was going on?
Could it be that she really didn't plan to let him go? Probably because she was too frightened. This situation made him very uncomfortable.
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