Firmly believing his words were all reasonable and normal, and not having encountered any recent "trouble" that would cause him to speak out, Zhu Fujingguang nodded, accepting the advice from his young friend with a very positive attitude, "I understand."

“…” Jōgōu Rei’s right eyelid suddenly twitched.

“Dongdong——”

Under the pressure of zero pressure, his eyelids twitched, as if hinting at something unpleasant. "Come in."

The bedroom door opened a crack, and Hasegawa Yu, who had finished washing and dressing, poked his head out from behind the door. The ends of his orange hair, which had just been blow-dried, swayed slightly with his movements. "Zero-nii, Jingguang-nii."

Seeing that the atmosphere between the two people in the bedroom was quite good, he squeezed his whole body in and asked, "Are you guys done talking?"

"Almost." Fūya Ling gestured for people to come and sit down.

As the orange-haired young man closed the door and walked inside, a scent of someone just bathed drifted into the room.

It's the scent of sea salt and lemon, like the sea breeze carrying strands of salty sea salt, mixed with the freshness of lemon fruit. It's pure and soft, making people relax unconsciously.

Fūya Rei's eyes flickered slightly, and he thought of the body fragrance of Hasegawa Yu that he had smelled in a small, enclosed space.

Is there a bit of Xiaoyou's own scent mixed in with the smell lingering between my nostrils at this moment?

He was using his usual unscented shower gel. Zhu Fujingguang, who had just taken a shower, suddenly felt that it would be nice to change the scent occasionally when he had no tasks to do.

Not knowing what the two seniors were thinking during the short few steps he took, Hasegawa Yu sat down on the single sofa opposite them.

Initially, only one bedroom in this villa was fully decorated, and the rest of the rooms that could be used as bedrooms only had basic furniture. Soft furnishings such as the sofa in the small living room were added after several people moved in, at the initiative of Hasegawa Yu.

Nestled in the soft sofa he had bought based on his own opinion, seeing that the two seniors were silent, Hasegawa Yu tentatively asked, "Do you need me to add anything else?"

"No need." Zhu Fujingguang crossed his legs and leaned back on the sofa leisurely. "Zero does know a lot of things."

Having evidence that he was influenced by the Yin-Yang of childhood, Fūya Rei chose to forgive him generously without even batting an eyelid.

"That's good." Hasegawa Yu was completely relieved.

Brother Ling is really reliable!

"Brother Jingguang, do you want to stay for dinner? The time is perfect."

Reassured, Hasegawa Yu warmly invited, "If you don't mind, Jingguang brother, why don't you stay here tonight? It's cold outside and it'll take a long time to get home. There are rooms in the villa~"

If we leave Brother Jingguang behind and let the other three seniors watch over him secretly, Brother Jingguang will definitely not be able to imprison him, and he won't have to be so nervous all the time.

Perfect plan.

Hasegawa Yuu, genius!

Really confused as to what the idiot was thinking, Morobushi Jingguang glanced at the person next to him and said, "...I'll think about it."

He was referring to the overnight stay.

Sitting next to her, Fūya Ling, who could probably guess what the mermaid was thinking, avoided Xiao Xunran's gaze and looked into the distance alone.

As if feeling that this was not a good idea, the blond-haired, dark-skinned man cleared his throat and started to make small talk, "Is it Granvit's turn to cook today?"

Hasegawa Yu: “Yes~”

The villa currently adopts a rotation system for cooking, but the proposer, Hasegawa Yu, who was still injured at the time, was excluded from the rotation.

Not only that, for washing dishes, there are dishwashers, and for sweeping the floor, there are sweeping robots. The big stars who wanted to help were suppressed by several predecessors who united technology.

In the end, after recovering from his injury, Hasegawa Yuya was only responsible for walking the dog.

——After the New Year, for various reasons, I ended up staying at Harrow.

Zhu Fujingguang: “?”

Who cooks? Or maybe you should consider his meals too.

Is it true that Glenlivet wouldn't bomb the kitchen before cooking?

"The meal made by Brother Zhenping..."

As if sensing the rant in Morobushi Kagemitsu's heart, Hasegawa Yuu tilted his head, thought for a moment, and offered his assessment, "...it's simple and honest, and has a very heartwarming flavor!"

Zhu Fu Jingguang: “.”

Suspecting that even if the rice turned into a piece of charcoal, he would still praise it, Zhu Fushi Jingguang nodded politely, "I... will wait and see."

After expressing his expectations, he turned around and asked, "Like Speyside, did Glenwitt also become closer with Zero during the mission?"

Aren’t you afraid that Glenlivet might poison you?

Once again, from a distance, Furuya Rei understood the implication of Xiao Xunran's words, "He and I have a mission to cooperate on in the near future."

Hasegawa Yu, who was not interested in the organizational tasks of his predecessors and did not understand them, only kept an ear to listen. He saw a plate of oranges on the coffee table, and before eating himself, he did not forget to silently ask his predecessors if they wanted to eat.

After getting a casual answer, he lowered his head and began to peel the orange for himself.

"Why would the boss let you cooperate with Granvert?" Zhu Fu Jingguang frowned. Is it artificial intelligence?

No. Furuya Rei said in a normal tone, "This mission is most efficient when he and I work together."

Hasegawa, who had peeled half of the orange, tried to eat a slice first.

The next second, the orange-haired young man's face wrinkled into a ball.

My ocean goddess, the fish are so jealous!

He quickly put aside the sour orange that he had only eaten one slice of, and Hasegawa Yu picked up another one from the fruit plate without giving up.

"This time, the target of the mission is someone close to the Prime Minister."

A cold gleam flashed across Fūya Rei's eyes. "Including the box that Vermouth went to at the underground auction house. I found out that the people inside are also related to it. They are from the royal family."

Even though no one in the Karasuma family became prime minister, Karasuma Renya never gave up on striving for higher power and status, and even his obsession with immortality became more and more crazy.

Thinking of this, a chill ran down Fōtani Rei's back, and he was extremely grateful that the world could be restarted. Compared with the world of collapse, the organization of the original world was simply child's play.

Zhu Fujingguang didn't have much feeling about the ultimate goal of the mission, but he could sense that Xiao Xunran's attitude towards the organization had changed. "Zero, you..."

"Don't worry, Hiro." Furuya Rei blinked, "I know what I'm doing."

No matter how much the left and right organizations do, it will be in vain. Before Xiaoyou's contract is completed, he will not reveal anything in front of Karasuma Renya.

Seeing this, Zhu Fu Jingguang frowned even deeper.

After peeling half of the orange, Hasegawa Yu carefully broke off a slice and put it into his mouth. Then his eyes lit up, wow, so sweet.

Hasegawa Yuu painstakingly peeled the remaining orange and then cut it into two.

Half for Brother Ling and half for Brother Jingguang.

As for this other annoying sour orange, he will destroy it!

Eh? Ling took the sour oranges away! Hasegawa Yuu tried to stop him.

"Let me help Xiaoyou peel it." As he spoke, a large piece of orange peel fell on the table next to Ling Jiangu.

Upon hearing this, Hasegawa You waited obediently.

Soon, the orange was returned intact with the rind removed, and Hasegawa Yu prepared himself to eat a slice.

Huh? It's sweet.

Hasegawa Yu looked at Furuya Rei in confusion.

The blond, dark-skinned man happened to pick up the half of the orange that the young man had placed next to him and took a bite. "Hmm, the orange that Xiaoyou peeled is very sweet."

"The orange is sweet because of its own efforts." Hasegawa Yu looked away, his doubts deepening.

A sour orange is one in which only the slice that he happens to eat is sour?

Unable to figure it out, Hasegawa Yu put a slice of orange in his mouth. It was still sweet.

This might be the tangerine's self-protection mechanism. After all, if the tangerine didn't disguise itself, humans would eat every last bit!

Hasegawa Yu quickly found a reason that he thought was reasonable, and turned to concentrate on enjoying the oranges, which seemed to have failed in disguise.

Five minutes later.

Hasegawa Yu seemed to be getting tired of eating more and more oranges, so he slowed down his chewing.

How can it take so long to finish a sweet orange!

The familiar scene made Hasegawa Yu look suspicious again.

"Is it time to cook dinner?" Zhu Fu Jingguang put down his hand.

Furuya Rei followed up, "I think I heard Granwit and the others coming back."

Hasegawa Yu, whose attention was immediately diverted, pricked up his ears and listened, "It's them~"

"Then let's go out too." Zhu Fu Jingguang stood up.

"Okay~"

"Xiaoyou." Furuya Ling whispered to the orange-haired young man who was about to catch up with Morifushi Jingguang, "When you take Hiro out to play later, can you ask Hiro to go out with you?"

"I want to discuss something additional with Granvert and the others."

The weather is cold, so Hasegawa Yu always takes Hello out for a walk before dinner, so that they can come back just in time for dinner.

"No problem! But please don't start a fight while talking, Zero."

Furuya Rei almost choked, "No."

So Hasegawa Yu turned to his black-haired, phoenix-eyed senior and asked him to take a walk with him, "Brother Jingguang, let's go take Hello for a walk together. It's super cute!"

The little white Shiba Inu wagged its tail when it heard its name and barked, "Woof!"

Facing two pairs of equally sparkling eyes, Zhu Fu Jingguang inexplicably had the illusion that he was the only one going to walk two dogs. His eyes drifted for a moment, and he said, "Okay."

Hasegawa Yu excitedly raised the leash and said, "Let's go!"

"Woof!"

Thirty minutes later.

The man, two dogs, sweating all over... the two men and one dog... the man, one fish, and one dog returned with rosy faces.

In order not to embarrass himself, Zhu Fujingguang, who had been running for half an hour, had his eyes slightly blank.

Fortunately, he exercises every day, otherwise it would be embarrassing if he couldn't keep up.

I never expected that a big star’s dog-walking style would be like this. He really does what he wants.

How could someone race with a dog!

The man, fish and dog, who had gotten enough exercise before dinner, all ate an extra bowl of rice.

Matsuda Jinpei, who was in charge of cooking, was very flattered by this. Did Master Jing recognize his cooking skills so much?

Ignoring the cooking issue, after considering it, the blue-eyed human senior who was once considered fragile by the mermaids suddenly had a dull and hoarse voice on the second day.

I made a cup of cold prevention powder for my senior. After soaking in the sea water below zero for who knows how long, and running in the cold wind of 5 or 6 degrees Celsius, I was exhausted all day long. But Hasegawa Yu was still energetic and worried.

"Brother Jingguang, is it okay to just drink this?"

"No problem." Zhu Fu Jingguang, who was on the verge of catching a cold, gritted his teeth secretly, "I know what I'm doing."

Such familiar words.

Hasegawa blinked, "Alright. Jingguang, if you need anything, just call me!"

"Yeah." Zhu Fujingguang smiled, "Xiaoyou, go and do your own thing."

After Hasegawa Yu's injuries healed, he resumed his daily courses before the injury, learning some criminal investigation-related knowledge and various self-defense training.

Because it is difficult to be cruel to big stars, self-defense training is taken care of by several seniors in turn, which can at least share some of the psychological pressure.

The one who is training today is Jinpei Matsuda.

Since no one expects Hasegawa Yu to punch Gin and kick Rum at once, the training requirements are very low, and more emphasis is placed on dodging.

Seeing the orange-haired young man dodged the attack with a backflip in the air, Matsuda Jinpei, who was already accustomed to this scene, still couldn't help but reveal his half-moon eyes.

This kind of self-defense technique that is a messy combination of dance and martial arts is probably only mastered by big stars.

Fortunately, it doesn’t matter what the trick is, as long as it is useful.

"Xiaoyou, you can't only perform exceptionally well when the attack is directed at your face." Matsuda Jinpei said helplessly.

"Either take the bomb I prepared for you with you when you go out, or balance your extraordinary performance." He gave the options.

Hasegawa Yu was in a dilemma, "Then I'll bring the bomb."

Matsuda Jinpei twitched his lips. He was obviously afraid of the explosion and didn't dare to bring it with him.

"I believe in Brother Zhenping's skills!"

"Do you believe me now?"

The black curly-haired man crossed his arms and snorted, "Flattering is useless. You have to flatter me first."

Jinpei Matsuda set a goal for people when they were training: as long as they could beat him during sparring, Hasegawa Yu would be considered barely qualified.

However, this goal has not yet been achieved.

"It's harder than the small goal of earning 100 million." Hasegawa Yu muttered as he sat on the ground with his legs stretched out to rest.

"Um?"

"Nothing." Hasegawa Yu's eyes rolled around. "Brother Zhenping, since I have nothing to do, I'll show you a magic trick!"

"Get up and continue after you've rested." Matsuda Jinpei said deliberately, realizing that he was up to something.

Hasegawa Yu puffed out his cheeks.

"What are you going to perform?" After teasing everyone, Matsuda Jinpei changed the subject, a smile appearing in his navy eyes.

"Suppose I have a rope in each hand."

Hasegawa Yu's puffy face deflated. He excitedly raised his two hands, clenched them into fists, and showed them to the black curly-haired man, "The magic requires cooperation from Brother Jinping."

Matsuda Jinpei squatted down on one knee, "How do we cooperate?"

"Brother Zhenping, bite this rope first."

Hasegawa Yu stretched out his hands forward, as if there was an invisible rope separating his hands.

Jinpei Matsuda didn't move.

Hasegawa Yu urged, "Brother Jinpei?"

childish.

Matsuda Jinpei lowered his head and pretended to bite the middle of the "rope". "And then?"

"Then Brother Jinping grabbed my left hand and pulled it out." Hasegawa Yu tried hard to put on a serious expression, his beautiful almond eyes full of eagerness to try.

"..." Matsuda Jinpei closed one eye and glared at him, then slowly grasped the hand that was raised next to his head and pulled it out.

"The rope will be pulled, so..."

Hasegawa Yu's right hand moved in the same direction, and his clenched fist hit the black curly-haired man in the face without much force.

"I beat Brother Zhenping~" He jumped up and started to run, "The magic is over!"

Matsuda Jinpei, who had never let go of the young man's left hand, pulled him back and skillfully threw him to the mat. A smile played on his lips, "You want to run away after playing tricks?"

After failing to escape, Hasegawa Yu fell to the mat in the blink of an eye, and tilted his head guiltily, "Brother Zhenping actively cooperated, it's not considered cheating!"

After looking down at the orange-haired youth for a few seconds, Matsuda Jinpei secretly tutted his lips and ruffled his hair fiercely, "Acting like a spoiled child again."

Hasegawa Yu, whose cheeks were red from training and whose training suit had shifted slightly, revealing a delicate collarbone, quickly protected his head, "Brother Jinping!"

This has happened for the umpteenth time. It’s like this every time I train with Brother Zhenping!

Hasegawa Yuu, who sat up to fix his hair, widened his eyes.

Matsuda Jinpei, who was unconcerned about this, sat down next to him and glanced at the young man's neck. "Is your shell necklace okay to wear during training?"

"It's okay." Hasegawa Yu touched the necklace as he said, "This makes me feel more at ease."

Hearing this, Matsuda Jinpei raised an eyebrow, "Are you thinking of transforming with magic if you can't win?"

"No way."

Hasegawa Yu denied, "Didn't Kenji-nii tell Jinping-nii that I don't know magic?"

Matsuda Jinpei, who had known about this for a long time, rested his chin on one hand. "So what's the point of wearing it? Praying that it can one day become a magical transformation device?"

"For others, besides the special meaning of the pearl inside, it is also a magical transformation device."

Hasegawa Yuu skillfully replaced mermaid-related words with magic. "For me, this is a necklace I've worn since birth. Even if it can't become a magical transformation device, it still means a lot."

He was not comfortable leaving the necklace lying around in the dangerous world of collapse.

Matsuda Jinpei, who didn't realize the person in front of him was a fish, responded: "Hmm..."

"Although it can't allow me to transform magically, it is still powerful." Hasegawa Yu lowered his eyes and gently stroked the necklace on his chest.

"For example, it can give you a boost when Xiaoyou sings?"

"Singing... Magic is my innate skill!" Hasegawa Yu emphasized, "Even without it amplifying my power, I can still sing."

Other mermaids would be tone-deaf if they lost their pearls, but not him.

Including Sister Sha Luo, even though she turned black due to love turning into hate and was infected by negative emotions, her hair and fish tail turned black, without even a pearl;

Even in such a situation, Sister Sara was still able to use the power of her singing alone to eliminate a tsunami that was powerful enough to submerge the land.

She can even fight against other mermaid princesses after they transform without transforming.

Maybe it’s because the elder sister is the oldest among all the mermaid princesses, but it’s undeniable that the power of them, the orange pearl mermaids, is the strongest among all the mermaids.

Hasegawa Yu hummed proudly, "Xingluo is not here..."

He swallowed the word "rebirth" and said, "Before I learned transformation magic, I could fight villains with my singing and rescue people from other magical families."

Xingluo is a mermaid princess who was born to inherit the power of her sister Shaluo who sank to the bottom of the sea with her brother-in-law... let's call him her brother-in-law for now. When she was still in the pearl, she had her own consciousness and could sense the danger in the outside world.

When Xingluo was born, it happened to be the busiest period of Hasegawa Yu's idol career.

Even so, he still used the powerful kinship link to snatch Xingluo back from an angel villain who wanted to absorb the fish for his own use before she was born.

"To sum up, don't underestimate the people in our family." Hasegawa Yu gestured to the senior with black curly hair.

"In other words, the shell necklace is like the icing on the cake for Xiaoyou's family?"

Matsuda Jinpei pondered, "Magic transformation can make one even more powerful, but even if one cannot transform, one can still accomplish some things through one's own talents."

Worried that the more he explained, the more likely he would accidentally blurt out the word "mermaid," Hasegawa Yu thought for a moment and said, "Almost."

"So different songs have different powers and meanings?" Matsuda Jinpei asked curiously, "Does Xiaoyou usually use the shell necklace?"

"The impact of different songs will be slightly different."

Hasegawa Yu didn't understand why he was discussing such issues with humans. He scratched his head and said, "Of course I don't use it normally."

Unlike other mermaid princesses, using the power of the shell necklace will force her to turn back into a mermaid. If she uses it too much, it will even delay her transformation back to human form. It's best not to use it if possible.

For Hasegawa Yu, the shell necklace serves more as a spiritual sustenance.

"so."

After going around in circles, Matsuda Jinpei finally got to the point and casually suggested, "Then, Xiaoyou, could you try singing a song for me? One of those songs with special powers?"

"Huh?" Hasegawa Yu was stunned.

Thinking of what Furuya Rei and the others said yesterday, Matsuda Jinpei made a reasonable argument, "Let's see if Xiaoyou's singing can reduce my Houkai value or something like that."

"If it can be lowered, then wouldn't it be easiest for Xiaoyou to just sing when she meets other red characters later?"

Currently, Jinpei Matsuda's collapse value is 5%.

The black curly-haired man said nonchalantly, as if it were just a casual remark. "Xiaoyou's singing won't hurt me, so why not give it a try? It's okay if you can't lower it, it just eliminates one method."

Hasegawa Yu: “!”

It was a path he had never imagined!

"But my singing doesn't have any spiritual impact on people." Hasegawa Yu hesitated.

In addition, the laws of power in different worlds are different. He can feel that powerful singing will be suppressed to some extent in this world.

If I want to be able to repel tsunamis like my sister, unlike her, I'm afraid I'll have to transform back into a mermaid to do that.

But it’s okay for the level like that in the aquarium, and it also won’t interfere with humans.

That's why Hasegawa Yu gave up the idea of using singing.

"It's okay. I haven't heard Xiaoyou sing yet." Matsuda Jinpei insisted, "Let's give it a try."

Assuming he can't remember the memories of previous rounds, just treat it as a test variable.

"Okay." Hasegawa Yuya was also curious and compromised.

Jinpei Matsuda: "Just sing the song that Yuu sang at the aquarium."

Feeling that something was wrong, Hasegawa Yu closed his eyes and began to sing.

The song ended quickly.

[Matsuda Jinpei's Honkai value remains unchanged.] Noah's Ark was the first to report his results.

Singing really doesn't work on the Honkai value.

Hasegawa Yu looked at the black curly-haired man who suddenly held his head, "Brother Jinpei?"

Matsuda Jinpei raised his eyelids slightly and said without thinking: "Xiaoyou, are you going to beat me up again?"

Hasegawa Yu: “?”

"Or ask the blond bastard to beat me up, I can handle that."

Hasegawa Yu: “?!”

Hasegawa Yu was shocked, "Brother Jinping, did I ruin your brain with my singing?"

It shouldn't be.

Matsuda Jinpei, whose brain was intact: "."