Ultimately, Kurumi did not give in to her inner desires. She humiliatingly succumbed to Inaba Tsukiyo's money power, becoming a member of the Inaba Household.
However, the matter between her and Clone Kurumi still needed to be handled by them personally. As outsiders, they couldn't interfere in this matter; it was an internal affair of 'Tokisaki Kurumi'.
Since Kurumi was going to stay, the next step was to prepare her daily necessities. These were all essential.
Because it was getting a bit late, Nia had to rush her manuscript, Yoshino was worried and followed her out, and Clone Kurumi and Main Body Kurumi still had things to discuss, so Inaba Tsukiyo had to go out by herself.
She bought the supplies Kurumi needed at the largest nearby supermarket. These were all purchased according to Clone Kurumi's needs. Main Body Kurumi should be able to use them, right?
Just as Inaba Tsukiyo was walking out of the supermarket door with two large bags of groceries, she bumped into something because she was thinking about something. She lost her balance and fell to the ground, and the contents of the bags spilled all over the place.
The physically sturdy Inaba Tsukiyo didn't feel any pain, and calmly began picking up the items that had fallen on the ground.
"I'm sorry, I accidentally bumped into you. Let me help you."
As Inaba Tsukiyo was picking things up, a tall and cute girl also squatted down to help pick up the items that had fallen on the ground.
While picking things up, Inaba Tsukiyo stole a glance at the girl who had bumped into her, and realized that she was a beautiful girl who was not inferior to Kurumi and the others.
Her purple-silver hair was loosely draped over her shoulders, and the overwhelming presence of her breasts under her sailor uniform created a very strong sense of existence.
For some reason, Inaba Tsukiyo felt that this girl was very familiar, but she couldn't recall where she had seen her before.
Forget it, since she couldn't remember, it probably meant that the girl's identity wasn't something worth paying attention to. She didn't need to care; she was just a stranger.
After picking up all the items, Inaba Tsukiyo nodded to the girl and prepared to leave.
But as she bent down, the girl impolitely placed her hand on her head and gently stroked it, which made Inaba Tsukiyo frown in displeasure.
Even if you're a beautiful girl and have privileges, I'm also a girl here. Aren't you being a bit too rude?
"I'm so sorry, I accidentally bumped into you. As compensation, how about I treat you to some dessert? I know a very nice cake shop nearby."
The girl's voice seemed to vibrate the air, reaching the depths of the soul through the ears. Even if it was just a normal conversation, it would make people want to hear more.
Although it wasn't because of Inaba Tsukiyo's own special nature, Inaba Tsukiyo might have subconsciously wanted to accept the other party's suggestion, but it was this thought that made Inaba Tsukiyo realize that the other party wasn't an ordinary girl.
This kind of ability was like a fox demon with charm abilities. It was too strange.
After Inaba Tsukiyo calmly rejected the girl's suggestion, the girl didn't feel sorry at all. Instead, she tilted her head in confusion.
"How strange, it didn't work? This has never happened before."
You should know that every time she invited someone, because her words were full of spiritual power, the requests she made were impossible for ordinary people to refuse.
However, this instead aroused a sense of curiosity in the girl's heart. If she had only wanted to invite Inaba Tsukiyo because of her cute appearance before, now it was because Inaba Tsukiyo was able to ignore her abilities that she became curious.
After all, she had always encountered girls who wouldn't refuse her requests. Now that she had finally encountered a girl who could resist her abilities, how could she not be curious?
"May I ask you to tell me your name? To express my apology, I would like to invite you to my house as a guest. How about it?"
"..."
Faced with this girl who had become very enthusiastic, Inaba Tsukiyo couldn't help but take two steps back. The other party's behavior reminded her of Origami's behavior when she first saw Origami at Laichan Middle School.
This girl... could she be interested in girls, and a perverted type at that? She's such a cute girl, what has she been through?
Although she wasn't interested in this strange girl, this was the entrance of the supermarket, and there were security cameras watching them nearby. If she used her abilities here, she would have to use the Herrscher of Corrosion's abilities to destroy those records later, which would be too troublesome.
"Ahhh!! There's a really cute girl walking over there!"
Inaba Tsukiyo pretended to be very shocked and pointed behind the girl, as if there really was a very cute girl there.
This was a very crude lie, but such a lie was very effective on the girl in front of her.
When the other party heard that there was a cute girl passing by behind her, she couldn't wait to turn around and look for the so-called cute girl in Inaba Tsukiyo's words.
Taking advantage of the other party's distraction, Inaba Tsukiyo quickly picked up her bags, turned around, and rushed into the nearest alley using [Shukuchi].
By the time the girl realized that she had been tricked by Inaba Tsukiyo and turned around, Inaba Tsukiyo's figure had long disappeared from the spot, completely gone without a trace.
"Ah, really?"
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