Chapter 74: Reze, Kobeni, and a Sunday in Tokyo

Chapter 74: Chapter 74: Reze, Kobeni, and a Sunday in Tokyo

"By the way, since you’re going back to Japan with me, don’t you need to tell Public Safety’s leadership?"

On the way home, Kotone Asaba asked Reze.

"No. My Public Safety identity was fake to begin with. At Moscow Public Safety, I was only a temporary Devil Hunter. My movements don’t need leadership approval."

Reze explained.

"I see. Then there’s nothing to worry about."

Early the next morning, Kotone Asaba brought Reze into the Kamui dimension, then transferred through the Kamui dimension to Tokyo, Japan.

The precise destination was his dormitory at Tokyo Public Safety.

"Woo-hoo!"

Pochita jumped down from Kotone’s arms and skillfully turned on the video game console.

"We’re already in Japan?"

In the blink of an eye, she had arrived in a completely unfamiliar house. Reze could not even be sure whether they had truly reached Tokyo.

Only after seeing the Japanese calendar hanging on the wall nearby was she able to confirm that they had indeed arrived in Japan.

"Yeah. This is where I lived before when I was with Tokyo Public Safety."

Kotone introduced the place.

"Koto, this ability of yours really is convenient. You can go wherever you want, and the teleportation is so accurate too."

Reze sighed in admiration.

"Ahem..."

Reze cleared her throat, then switched the language she was speaking from Russian to Japanese. "Since we’re in Japan, I should speak Japanese."

Kotone did not find it strange at all that Reze spoke Japanese so well.

As a former agent, Reze definitely knew Japanese. Or rather, she was probably fluent in the languages of many countries.

After that, his conversations with Reze also switched to Japanese.

"No one’s lived in this place for a while. I’ll do a full cleaning first."

With his Mangekyo Sharingan, Kotone could see dust everywhere.

"I’ll help too!"

Reze also joined the cleaning.

After hearing that, Pochita temporarily stopped playing and walked over in front of Kotone.

"Pochita, do you want to help too?"

Kotone thought it over for a while and came up with something Pochita could do. "Then you can wipe the floor with a rag."

He then gave Pochita a rag. Pochita placed his two front feet on the rag and moved with his hind legs to wipe the floor.

Kotone and Reze divided up the work. Reze cleaned the kitchen and living room, while he cleaned the two bedrooms.

Reze was extremely agile. With an easy leap or by stepping off the wall, she could reach the ceiling directly and clean even the ceiling until it was spotless.

Of course, Reze had taken off her shoes, and her feet had already been washed clean.

Reze quickly cleaned the living room and kitchen from top to bottom.

Kotone was not slow either. With their cooperation, it did not take much time to finish cleaning the whole house.

After the cleaning, they sat down and rested for a while. Kotone then remembered that it was about time to bring the gifts to Denji and Kobeni.

"I’m going to deliver some gifts. I’ll be back soon."

Kotone said to Reze.

"Who are you delivering gifts to? That high school girlfriend of yours?"

Reze teased him with a smile.

The high school girlfriend she was talking about was, of course, Kobeni Higashiyama.

Kotone nodded, a little speechless.

"Then can I go with you too? I really want to meet that girl."

Reze said.

"Sure."

Kotone did not hesitate, nor did he have any concerns.

After that, he brought Reze and Pochita with him and transferred to Kobeni’s side.

Today was Sunday, so there was no school. Kobeni Higashiyama was currently reviewing her studies in her room.

She was both a high school student and a private Devil Hunter now. On top of studying normally, she occasionally had to go hunt devils, so the amount of time she could spend studying had been reduced.

But she wanted to get into a good university and did not want to fall behind in her schoolwork, so on weekends, she worked even harder reviewing and studying on her own.

Knock, knock, knock.

Suddenly, at that moment, Kobeni Higashiyama heard the sound of her bedroom door being lightly knocked on.

She was dazed for a moment. How could there be someone else in the house? The front door was clearly locked.

However, she quickly reacted. Most likely, Asaba had returned.

At the same time, Kotone Asaba’s voice happened to come from outside her bedroom door.

"Kobeni, I’m back."

"Sorry, I’ll open the door right away!"

Kobeni Higashiyama hurriedly stood up and quickly jogged over to open the door.

But when she opened it, the person standing outside was not only Kotone Asaba. There was also a very pretty girl beside him.

"Huh...?"

Seeing the unfamiliar girl in front of her, Kobeni Higashiyama froze.

What was going on?

Why had a girl she did not know come back with Asaba?

Seeing Kobeni Higashiyama’s reaction, Kotone Asaba was just about to introduce Reze to her, but Reze had already spoken first.

"Hello, Kobeni. I’m Reze, Asaba’s coworker. It’s nice to meet you."

As she spoke, Reze extended her hand toward Kobeni Higashiyama to shake hers.

Kobeni Higashiyama was still a little dazed, but seeing the friendly smile on Reze’s face and hearing the warmth in her tone, she immediately reached out and shook her hand. "It’s nice to meet you too!"

"I’ve already heard about you. Little Kobeni is Asaba’s girlfriend, right?"

"Y-Yes..."

Kobeni Higashiyama immediately looked shy and nodded softly.

"That’s so nice."

Reze sighed.

Hearing Reze’s sigh, Kobeni Higashiyama froze slightly, as if she had realized something.

No way...

Miss Reze... could she also like Asaba?

At that moment, Kotone Asaba finally found an opportunity to speak. He took the gifts out of the Kamui dimension and handed them to Kobeni.

"I went to the Soviet Union recently. These are some local specialties and a few other gifts from there."

Hearing that there were local foods, Kobeni Higashiyama immediately perked up. "Thank you!"

As for Asaba having gone to the Soviet Union, she did not ask about it. She assumed Tokyo Public Safety had simply sent him to the Soviet Union for a mission. She did not know about the international exchange program.

"Then Miss Reze was Asaba’s coworker in the Soviet Union?"

Kobeni Higashiyama asked.

She felt that the name Reze did not sound like a Japanese name.

"Yeah. When I was at Moscow Public Safety, she was my partner."

Kotone Asaba nodded.

Hearing this, Kobeni Higashiyama felt her heart sink.

Miss Reze was from the Soviet Union and was a Devil Hunter from Moscow Public Safety, yet she had returned to Tokyo, Japan with Asaba.

Although it was possible that there was some Public Safety mission involved, when combined with Miss Reze’s sigh just now, she felt that Miss Reze very likely...

Of course...

The expression on Kobeni Higashiyama’s face instead became somewhat resigned.

Miss Reze looked far prettier than her, and she was also a Devil Hunter from Moscow Public Safety. She was clearly superior to Kobeni in every way.

All this time, Kobeni had never been able to help Asaba much. Her family background might as well not exist. In fact, her family situation was the kind that would only cause trouble for Asaba.

Kobeni Higashiyama’s inferiority complex, which had already eased somewhat, suddenly relapsed. Her eyes dimmed, and her expression became sorrowful.

Seeing that Kobeni’s expression had suddenly become strange after receiving the gifts, Kotone Asaba did not react at first. "What’s wrong? Do you not like the gifts?"

Kobeni Higashiyama was immediately startled and hurriedly controlled her emotions, afraid that Asaba would see through what she was thinking. "No, no! I really like the gifts!"

"I see..."

Only then did Kotone Asaba suddenly realize that Kobeni had started acting strange right after he said Reze was his partner.

In that case, Reze was the reason.

Kotone Asaba more or less understood the worries in Kobeni’s heart.

But at that moment, Reze walked straight into Kobeni’s room and closed the door.

Just before the door closed, she poked her head out and said, "I want to talk with Kobeni for a bit. Asaba, wait outside for a while, okay?"

Although he did not know what Reze wanted to discuss with Kobeni, Kotone Asaba still waited outside for now.

He did not plan to eavesdrop either. However, he did not want to sit around idly in the living room, so he decided to teleport over to Denji’s place.

When he arrived at Denji’s side, he found Denji playing games again.

"I’m back."

Kotone Asaba gave him a reminder to avoid suddenly startling Denji.

Denji, who was playing a game, turned around. "Oh, long time no see, Kotone!"

"Have you been going to school properly lately? Playing games is fine, but you can’t neglect your studies."

Although Kotone Asaba only wanted Denji to live happily, studying was still something he needed to do.

"I’ve been going to school properly. Don’t worry, Kotone. I won’t neglect my studies."

Denji patted his chest and said.

Kotone Asaba did not continue on that topic. Instead, he took out the gifts he had brought back from the Soviet Union.

"What’s this? Is it food?"

Denji immediately asked curiously.

"Yeah, there’s food and some other gifts too."

Kotone Asaba placed the gifts on the table.

Denji immediately put down the game in his hands and opened the gifts, especially interested in the food.

When he saw the food, he directly opened the packaging and started eating.

"This is awesome!"

Denji ate with great enjoyment.

"I’m glad you like it. But I still have something to handle, so I’ll head out first. If anything happens, call me anytime."

Kotone Asaba prepared to leave. Reze and Kobeni probably would not talk for too long.

"Okay!"

Denji had not yet swallowed what was in his mouth and answered while eating.

Just as Kotone Asaba was about to transfer himself into the Kamui dimension, he suddenly remembered something. "By the way, Denji, do you have any heart problems?"

He had forgotten something all this time. Denji seemed to have a hereditary heart disease from his mother. Whether it was specifically congenital heart disease was uncertain, but in any case, he had some kind of heart-related illness.

"My heart... My mom died because of heart disease. She coughed up blood."

When Denji said this, his expression was very calm, as if he were talking about something insignificant. "I coughed up some blood before too, but it should be fine, right?"

Of course, he knew he had inherited his mother’s heart disease, and he also knew that he probably would not live many years. But he had never wanted to tell Kotone about it.

After all, treating this illness seemed like it would cost a lot of money. His mother had died precisely because they could not afford that much money for treatment. After his mother died, his father had completely fallen apart too.

He did not want to trouble Kotone any more than he already had. Being able to live a few more years was already more than enough for him, and he could even live comfortably every day now. Otherwise, on that day, he would already have been chopped apart by his creditors.

Kotone Asaba’s expression immediately changed slightly. "How could coughing up blood not be a problem? Come on. I’m taking you to the hospital for a checkup."

At the same time, Reze was inside Kobeni Higashiyama’s room.

"Let’s sit on the bed and talk?"

"Okay..."

Kobeni Higashiyama felt somewhat uneasy.

Although Reze still acted very friendly, Kobeni felt as though the other girl’s next words would be unkind.

Reze sat on Kobeni’s bed and said softly, "Little Kobeni is already Asaba’s girlfriend, but I like Asaba too."

"So it really is like that..."

Kobeni Higashiyama’s eyes dimmed. As expected, Miss Reze also liked Asaba.

It seemed that what Miss Reze meant by saying this was that she wanted Kobeni to back off while she still could.

"I can’t help it. After all, he saved me, and we went through so much together. Anyone would fall for him after that."

Reze sighed.

Hearing this, Kobeni Higashiyama’s eyes flickered slightly. Had she not been saved too?

"Little Kobeni, you aren’t thinking I want to steal Asaba away from you, are you?"

Reze tilted her head and asked.

Her thoughts had actually been seen through. Kobeni Higashiyama’s expression immediately became a little panicked. "...I’m worse than Miss Reze in every way, and Miss Reze is much prettier than me. It’s normal that I would think that, right..."

"How can you look down on yourself like that? There’s no such thing as who’s prettier than who. Little Kobeni has her own adorable charm."

As she spoke, Reze even used both hands to squish Kobeni’s red cheeks.

Kobeni Higashiyama’s cheeks were always slightly flushed.

Although this was Reze’s first time meeting Kobeni Higashiyama, she had already learned quite a lot about Kobeni while investigating Kotone Asaba before. That was why she had quickly seen through Kobeni’s inferiority complex just now.

Kobeni Higashiyama let Reze squish her cheeks without resisting, her hands fidgeting awkwardly with nowhere to go.

Still, being praised as adorable by Miss Reze made her feel much better.

"Little Kobeni, don’t worry. I only want to be with Asaba. If he ever dares abandon Little Kobeni, I’ll be the first one not to let him get away with it. Besides, he isn’t that kind of person."

Precisely because Reze had feelings for Kotone Asaba, she also wanted to get along well with Kobeni. Kobeni’s easily pitied appearance also made Reze want to protect her.

She had no intention of competing for anything. After all, she was an eternally unaging and undying Hybrid, and she had long since come to terms with many things.

She only wanted to live an ordinary life and stay by Kotone Asaba’s side.

Kobeni Higashiyama’s personality was also relatively simple. She did not overthink whether Reze was lying to her. She believed what Reze said, and her heart immediately felt much more at ease.

"Come to think of it, Asaba seems a little prone to attracting girls. If other women appear in the future, I’ll definitely protect Little Kobeni."

Reze had already seen it. Koto was the type who was not very good at rejecting people. If Koto saved some other woman in the future and that woman also fell for him, Koto most likely would not refuse.

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