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The other one was the arm that Hikawa Hina had just blown off after breaking free of her control.
"I will never let you get away with this! The Dong royal family!!" His roar echoed throughout the entire forest—
Let's turn our attention back to Anwa Subaru and Momoi Taro's side.
"Never mind." Taro stopped worrying about the coat and said to An and Subaru, "Did you see Hina's performance just now?"
"I saw it..." An and Subaru said softly, but in their hearts they were thinking, could what just happened be considered a performance?
"Her expressions of murderous intent and affection were both very well done," Taro analyzed. "She probably found out that I was acting with you, so she came to teach you a thing or two."
"Is...is that so?" Anhe Subaru wiped the sweat from her forehead. Continuing this topic felt like she was about to collapse, so she quickly changed the subject:
“Speaking of which, Momoi… what was that just now?” She focused her gaze on the wooden sword in Taro’s hand. “You didn’t seem to care much about the attack just now?”
"Yes! This is a game between her and me!" Taro's lips curled into a smile:
"She can ambush me anytime, anywhere, as long as she's not on the way to a performance! If she manages to hit me, she wins."
What are the benefits of winning?
"I can grant her one request, as long as it's within my capabilities."
"Then, can I take on the challenge too?" An and Subaru were clearly intrigued and asked, "But I'm not very good at attacking or anything like that, so I'd like to try a different kind of challenge."
"Interesting!" Taro shouted to An and Subaru. "Okay! But let's make it clear from the beginning that this is a game. There are rewards for winning and punishments for losing."
"Yes, I understand." Anhe Mao gave a slightly mysterious smile. Perhaps she understood her grandmother's plan.
Grandma probably wanted to create an environment where she and Taro could be alone together, so that she could get along well with him.
Although she didn't have any ill feelings towards him, she couldn't say she had those kinds of thoughts either, so she decided to put up a strong fight.
Like joining a band, she launches a magnificent rebellion against her grandmother—she wants to defeat Momoi Taro, in the way she does best.
"Then, come with me for a moment." Anwa Subaru smiled and waved to Taro, signaling him to follow.
Taro nodded slightly, walked behind An and Subaru with his head held high, and then the two of them went to a nearby arcade.
“This is it, we’ll use this to decide the winner,” An and Subaru said, pointing to the King of Fighters '97 arcade machine not far away.
"This game," Taro said with a sigh, "I saw others play it twice when I was a kid."
"Well, do you want me to give you some time to get used to it?" An and Subaru winked mischievously, pointed their fingers at Taro as if making a gun, and said, "I can give you time to learn."
"No, this is fine." Taro confidently bought two coins and walked to the machine.
“They completely look down on me…” An and Subaru muttered to themselves, a fighting spirit burning in their eyes.
After Anwa Subaru and Momoi Taro had been at the arcade for a while, the pink-haired girl finally arrived at the place where Momoi Taro and Anwa Subaru had previously taught acting.
Ai Yin stared blankly at the empty space, there was no one there. Had she been tricked?
No, Taro wouldn't do such a thing, but why is it empty?
She was a little dazed, stunned for a while before she reacted, her small mouth slightly open, and she uttered a single word:
"what?"
#26 An and Subaru's complete defeat
An and Subaru knelt on the ground in despair, clutching their hair with both hands, their eyes filled with hopelessness.
"Complete...utter defeat..."
In his recent match against Momoi Taro, An and Subaru achieved a remarkable feat of being defeated three times in one battle. Why don't you give it a try?
"Again...again!" She was clearly unconvinced. Taro nodded and said...
“This round is over. We can play again, but after the punishment game…” Taro pondered, thinking about what kind of punishment would be best to give this untrained person.
"Let's get this straight, I can't do a hundred push-ups or anything like that..." An and Subaru glanced at Taro's profile; he was indeed handsome. But more than his looks, what impressed her most was his domineering nature.
And his peculiar personality, but she didn't dislike him that much.
"I know your physical condition. I already knew when I helped you relax last time!"
Taro's revisiting of the past caused An and Subaru's faces to flush slightly. She clearly remembered the day Taro massaged her legs.
This level of intimacy was a bit too much for her.
"Jump rope 500 times!!" Taro made what he considered an appropriate punishment.
“Sure…but I still want to challenge you!” An and Subaru were clearly not convinced. The game was fun, but losing was no fun, and she had to win!
"Okay! But! Every time you lose, you have to jump rope 500 times!"
"Next up is this!" Anwa Subaru didn't answer; her fighting spirit was completely ignited. In other words, she had entered the legendary state of flow, and she was certain she could achieve it—
“I lost again…” An and Subaru knelt down with a gloomy expression. Street Fighter, once again, was defeated by three opponents in one battle.
"No, let's try again! Next up is this one!"
1000, 2000...5000
Anwa Subaru and Momoi Taro faced off ten times in fighting games, shooting games, platformers, dance machines...
I couldn't win against either of them, and I owed them a total of 5000 jump ropes.
Even during the shooting game, Momoi Taro took a phone call in his spare time, and won the game against himself while on the phone.
"You lost again. This is 5000 jump ropes." Taro, unusually wearing short sleeves, crossed his arms and looked down at An and Subaru. Then, he took out a jump rope from somewhere and handed it to them.
"Huh? Right now, here?" An and Subaru looked at Momoi Taro with some uncertainty.
Momoi Taro returned the strange look and asked, "Is there something inconvenient?"
"This is so inconvenient!" An and Subaru complained inwardly.
If you jump rope here, everyone will definitely look at you like you're a rare animal!
However, judging from Momoi Taro's state, if he said it directly, he would probably refuse outright. So An and Subaru racked their brains to find a suitable excuse.
She looked around at the bustling arcade, where there wasn't much room to move around, and immediately came up with a solution.
"Look, there are so many people here, coming and going. If we jump rope here, it will definitely bother everyone."
Taro looked around and, seeing that it was true, nodded and said, "I understand. Let's go outside then."
The two left the arcade and, under An and Subaru's deliberate guidance, arrived at a secluded corner.
Here, she completed five thousand jump ropes. To be honest, that was not easy. After finishing, both An and Subaru felt that their thighs were numb.
She sat limply against the tree, her body weak, when suddenly, as if remembering something, she straightened up and cried out in surprise:
"Oh no, the photos Grandma mentioned haven't been taken yet."
"Don't panic!" Taro calmly reprimanded, calming An and Subaru down. Having witnessed Momoi Taro's abilities, they saw his confident demeanor.
An and Subaru fell silent, looking at him expectantly.
"I looked at the script, and the best time to take the photos is at sunset! Walking back now would be perfect!"
"Go...go back?" Anwa Subaru looked at Taro with an incredulous expression. Seeing Taro's unwavering stance and his relentless gaze, she shook her head slightly and said through gritted teeth, "I understand..."
She leaned against the tree trunk beside her, took a deep breath, and tried to stand up straight again.
The punishment game she had just played left her legs feeling like they were filled with lead, or like overcooked noodles, limp and powerless.
She gritted her teeth and managed to take a small step forward, but her thigh muscles suddenly ached, and she lost all strength. Her whole body instantly lost its balance and fell forward uncontrollably.
However, instead of a cold, hard ground, she was greeted by a warm, solid, and reliable embrace.
"Today's sudden large amount of exercise has made my body feel uncomfortable. I'm holding onto my arm and walking slowly."
Taro's expression could be described as cold and stern. Despite his words of concern, there was not a trace of warmth in them. Leaning against Taro's chest, An and Subaru felt no tenderness whatsoever.
A deep sense of security filled her. She smiled sweetly and said, "Well, then I won't be polite."
"Yes, don't be shy, just rely on me. It's nothing." Taro's expression was matter-of-fact as the two slowly walked back from the other side of the tree-lined path.
+意灵起⑻丝%柒似⒌VI扑咚，扑咚——
An and Subaru's hearts pounded uncontrollably like startled deer. She took Taro's arm for support and followed his steps, walking behind him.
She didn't know what she was feeling, she just followed Taro closely, and in the sunset, their shadows gradually merged together...
Meanwhile, at the other end of the green belt, a girl with long pink hair, Chihaya Aine, strode aggressively toward the arcade.
This is the third time she has shifted her focus today; she's really going all out to arrest Momoi Taro.
"Huh? Didn't Xiao Aiyin go to karaoke with Hailing?" At this moment, a familiar voice came over.
Ai Yin's expression changed, then she smiled and looked in the direction of the voice: "Ruo Mai! Good evening. You were the one who... weren't you going to practice?"
"Which one? Something came up, so the practice was canceled. I've finished taking care of it now and I'm going home."
Ruomai feigned helplessness and shrugged. Actually, she hadn't gotten anywhere with her confrontation with An and Tiantong, so she was preparing to go home. Unexpectedly, on her way back, she saw Aiyin...
She immediately became suspicious. Aine wasn't the type to break a promise without a reason. So, this breakup was something she had planned from the start.
As she guessed, the clever Ruomai quickly figured out why Aiyin was acting this way—this little girl was trying to fool her.
Ai Yin was thinking the same thing. If Mai were to interrupt the original practice schedule, there would only be two reasons: first, work...
Regarding work, Hailin mentioned that day that she was planning to become the supervisor of the Dong Brothers group, and later told me that she had received Taro's permission.
Furthermore, the official Twitter account updated its business contact information, adding one of Hailing's contact methods.
In other words, if it were really a job, Hailing would be trained first, and if it were Hailing, it would be unlikely that Ruomai would be suddenly assigned a job.
This is because of Taro's matter (Part 2) 〇〇yi?I?II午霓`揪%.⑥衤三亻尔! ?
[As expected of my best friend, she's playing tricks on me here!] x2
The two of them were silently thinking about each other in their hearts, but on the surface they were still smiling at each other.
"Xiao Aiyin hasn't told me yet, didn't you go out to play with Hailing? How come you're here?" Ruomai asked with a smile.
【You know the answer but still ask! 】
Ai Yin cursed inwardly. Clever as she was, she knew that Ruomai definitely knew her true purpose. She could only force a smile and say:
"Um... Hailing had something to do, so she left first. I was planning to take a walk after my practice."