Mu Tianyuan looked regretfully at the Poker Gun that Kaito had snatched back. He still hadn't figured out the gun's mechanism, but since its owner wasn't letting him see, he was too embarrassed to snatch it back again.
As for Kaito, after staring at Mu Tianyuan in exasperation for a long while, he reassembled the gun while looking at Mu Tianyuan and said, "Hey, aren't you afraid I'll actually kill you to silence you?"
Darn it, why can't I scare this guy? Is he just fearless, or does he have extremely strong psychological endurance? "Hehe, Kaito-kun, don't joke around. I just said I trust your character. Although you're a thief, you're not the kind of... thief who goes mad with greed. On the contrary, you're a warm-hearted guy."
Mu Tianyuan leaned on the sofa, picked up his drink, and sipped it, replying. Although Kaito was happy to hear Mu Tianyuan say that, Kaito still intended to scare Mu Tianyuan a bit: "That's not necessarily true. To ensure my identity isn't exposed, I might really kill you."
Darn it, no matter what, I have to successfully scare this guy once today, otherwise my mind won't be at ease! "To hide your identity and kill me to silence me?"
Mu Tianyuan heard Kaito's words and nodded. Then, unable to keep up the pretense, Mu Tianyuan rolled his eyes at Kaito and said, "I say, is it fun to scare me like this? If you really had it in you to kill someone for secrecy,
then Hakuba Saguru, that... poser, and Koizumi Akako, that... narcissistic chick, should have long since met their demise, right? Oh, wait, maybe you'd be the first to meet your demise. As far as I know, Koizumi Akako, that narcissistic chick, is a genuine inheritor of traditional Red Magic. If it were a one-on-one, she'd kill you like it's a game."
Little Fox, seeing Mu Tianyuan's true nature revealed, immediately reminded him via their private line: "Hey hey, weren't we supposed to act profound and mysterious? Why did you suddenly change your style?"
Mu Tianyuan had told Little Fox and the others that he wanted to put on a polite and graceful act to fool Kaito.
Although Little Fox didn't know why Mu Tianyuan had such an idea, she didn't object. Even though Little Fox found it quite awkward while Mu Tianyuan was putting on the act, for the sake of the plan, she could only endure watching Mu Tianyuan's pretense.
But now Mu Tianyuan suddenly threw in the towel and revealed his normal style. Besides feeling... a momentary sense of relief, Little Fox felt even more puzzled. Did this guy accidentally forget the plan he made at the beginning? "It's too tiring to pretend. I really can't keep it up."
Mu Tianyuan replied somewhat helplessly, then sighed, "This act of pretense is really too awkward for me. I really am a free-spirited person after all..."
Little Fox: "...Hehe."
On the other side, although Kaito was a bit slow to react to this... originally polite guy suddenly becoming a flippant slacker, he was somewhat speechless after hearing Mu Tianyuan's words, because what this guy said made so much sense! And after Mu Tianyuan finished whispering to Little Fox, he still looked at Kaito with disdain and said, "And, Kaito-kun, do you kill people?"
"You... you bastard!"
Seeing Mu Tianyuan's disdainful gaze, Kaito was momentarily fuming. Although he didn't kill people and didn't have the courage to kill, that guy's look was really annoying! Didn't he know there was such a thing as killing in a fit of rage? Believe it or not,
if I get impulsive, I'll really finish him off! "Alright, alright, just give me a straight answer. Are you going to help with this or not? I'm in a hurry to go home for dinner. Of course, if you're providing dinner, I can give you time to think slowly."
Mu Tianyuan glanced at the clock on the wall and asked Kaito somewhat helplessly. Kaito took a deep breath, then looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, "What if I say I won't help you?"
"If you don't help, of course I'll just go home. I'm not a girl, what do you expect me to do, stay at your place and take advantage of you?"
Mu Tianyuan stood up and walked towards the refrigerator. This answer surprised Kaito, so he looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, "Aren't you going to threaten me with my identity?"
Mu Tianyuan's answer really made Kaito somewhat perplexed. Why the heck can't this guy follow a normal script? Usually, if I don't help, he should threaten me with my identity to force me to help, right? But why does he just go home if I don't help? "Frankly, if I said I didn't have that thought at the beginning, I'd be lying. But then I thought about it, and decided against it. There's no need."
Mu Tianyuan shrugged and replied. Then, after scrutinizing the contents of the refrigerator for a long time, he turned to Kaito and said, "I say, Kaito, is your family so poor that all you have is bread and milk? Don't you have any meat? Forget about other things, at least get some ham or something."
Kaito: "..."
I'm sorry my family doesn't have meat! After a long silence, Kaito looked at Mu Tianyuan, who was devouring bread and milk, and said, "Alright, I agree to help you."
Kaito's agreement came after some thought. First, converting... gold coins into money was really no big deal for him. He just needed his father's assistant, Old Man Jii, to handle it. Second,
Mu Tianyuan was able to find his house directly and knew his identity thoroughly, yet didn't use it to threaten him. This made Kaito feel quite good about Mu Tianyuan. Since Mu Tianyuan was pleasing to the eye, and the help he needed was just a simple favor, it seemed alright to agree.
"Oh, you agreed."
Mu Tianyuan ate calmly, nodding at Kaito, then quickly finished his bread and looked at Kaito, saying, "In that case, I'll leave it to you."
Just then, a cat's meow suddenly came from the window. Mu Tianyuan was startled for a moment, then picked up the bag of gold coins and threw it to Kaito, saying, "Your childhood friend, Nakamori Aoko, is here. Put it away, don't let her see it."
"How do you know..."
Kaito heard Mu Tianyuan's words and asked doubtfully. As soon as the words fell, he heard the doorbell ring, followed immediately by... Aoko's voice: "Kaito, are you home? My mom told me to keep telling you to come to our place for dinner!"
Mu Tianyuan shrugged at Kaito, then, holding Little Fox, he stood up and summoned Meow Heroine back. As he walked towards the door, he said to Kaito, "Alright, since you have a dinner engagement tonight, I'll be leaving first."
After opening the door, Aoko at the entrance stared blankly at Mu Tianyuan. Mu Tianyuan, seeing a face almost identical to Ran's, put on a proper act and nodded at Aoko, saying, "Hello, Aoko-kun. I am Mu Tianyuan, Kaito's friend."
"Ah, hello, hello."
Aoko reacted and immediately greeted Mu Tianyuan politely. Mu Tianyuan then looked at Aoko and said, "I came to find Kaito today and didn't expect to meet Aoko-kun, so I didn't prepare a gift for Aoko-kun. How about this, next time I treat Aoko-kun to fish, how does that sound?"
"Oh, I couldn't possibly!"
Aoko-kun really loved fish. Upon hearing Mu Tianyuan's promise to treat her to fish, Aoko didn't immediately agree. This was all due to her girlish modesty... "No need to be embarrassed. You're Kaito's friend, and I'm Kaito's friend, so we're friends, aren't we?"
Mu Tianyuan chuckled and waved his hand. Then he turned to Kaito, who was standing behind him, and said, "Kaito, the stuff is with you. When you've handled it, please take the trouble to send it to me. I think you should be able to find me, right?"
"Mm."
With Kaito's information network, finding Mu Tianyuan would naturally not be difficult, let alone Mu Tianyuan had already introduced himself at the beginning. So, he immediately nodded. Mu Tianyuan then bid farewell to Kaito and Aoko again, and ambled away from Kaito's house. On the way back, Little Fox looked at Mu Tianyuan, who was humming a tune, and said, "I say, can we really trust that guy?"
"You've asked that question eight hundred times already."
Mu Tianyuan looked at Little Fox somewhat helplessly. Little Fox then looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, "Although I don't know when I asked it eight hundred times, can you answer it eight hundred times? To be honest, I really can't feel at ease. How can I feel at ease throwing so many gold coins to someone I'm meeting for the first time?"
That's how many roasted chickens! Although at first they were just useless things left to collect dust at home, they were still his own family's things, and he was happy for them to collect dust. But if someone just took them away like that, Little Fox couldn't accept it. Mu Tianyuan had no hesitation in throwing so many gold coins to a guy he had just met for the first time. Little Fox wasn't as generous as Mu Tianyuan.
"Don't worry, Kaito won't do that,"
Mu Tianyuan chuckled, then, stroking Meow Heroine's back, he explained, "First, that guy really isn't short on money. Let alone his parents are famous master thieves, even his father's identity as a renowned magician can earn a lot of money. The money we see as a lot is probably nothing to him."
"Secondly, this guy isn't greedy either. Think about it, can someone who can casually throw away a stolen gem be greedy? You should know that every single one of those gems he steals is a treasure, worth hundreds of millions at least. Without being humble, if it were me, let alone those gems, even if I got a few carats of diamonds, I'd take them home. But he, he just throws them away! Right! Furthermore, he has attachments here. For example, Nakamori Aoko, whom we just saw, is one. For a sum of money that isn't much to him, he wouldn't abandon his family and career to run away."
"So, rest assured, the money won't be lost."
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