"Li, what are you doing?"
Seeing the room full of luggage, Vill-V's heart seized with panic. Without a moment's hesitation, she threw herself at Fu Li, hugging him tightly from behind.
In that instant, all her usual pride vanished, replaced by sheer terror.
She was afraid that Li, just like his name suggested, would leave her.
However...
"Huh?? What are you doing? Vill-V, I'm just packing. Aren't you on break now? I was just planning to take you on a trip."
Huh?
Hearing this, Vill-V froze. Only then did she remember that she had indeed started her summer vacation.
It was just that she had been so preoccupied with fighting Moriarty alongside Charlotte that something as boring as school had long been pushed to the back of her mind.
"Oh, is that so..."
Vill-V let go, quickly composing herself. With a hint of feigned grievance, as if breathing a sigh of relief, she said, "For a second there, I thought you were abandoning me. You scared me to death."
"Ha... what are you even thinking about?"
The sudden, direct comment caught Fu Li completely off guard. Even he could feel his face getting a little hot.
To be honest, this was the first time he had ever encountered such a forward girl.
He had originally thought Vill-V was just an engineering otaku who was a bit of a maniac with a passion for the art of explosions. He never expected her to be so proactive when it came to romance.
"Vill-V..."
Looking at Vill-V's mischievous smirk, Fu Li sighed and tapped her lightly on the head.
"We have an agreement, right? If you still like me when you're an adult, only then will I consider being your boyfriend. It's still too early for that."
"Mhm~ That may be so, but you never said I couldn't tease you," Vill-V replied with a wicked grin, completely unfazed by his words.
Please. Did he know who he was talking to? She was the famous V, the scourge of crime in the foggy city, the youngest King of Magicians in history, the pioneer of all escape arts.
It wasn't that she couldn't wait until she was an adult, but she had to collect a little interest in advance, right?
"So, where are we going?" Vill-V changed the subject.
"Hmm... let me think. How about Twilight Street?" Fu Li took the opportunity to suggest a destination.
"Twilight Street? Where's that?"
Hearing the unfamiliar name for the first time, Vill-V couldn't quite place it and looked puzzled.
"A place with simple, honest folk, where talented individuals emerge in droves. It's full of all sorts of thugs, traffickers, and mercenaries—a great place to travel and unwind."
Fu Li described the place in the simplest terms, and then he saw Vill-V's expression light up with excitement.
"Oh, so it's that kind of place. It certainly sounds like a lot of fun."
"Right?"
Fu Li and Vill-V were in perfect agreement.
"So when do we leave?"
"Tomorrow."
"OK!"
Although she knew Fu Li's purpose for going to Twilight Street wasn't that simple, Vill-V didn't care.
If Li wanted to go to a place like that, it was undoubtedly for a new job. Maybe to eliminate some thugs, or perhaps to scout for talent, just like the Alan Institute did.
It's not like Li would go all the way to Twilight Street for a girl.
[And so, after saying your goodbyes to Charlotte and the others, you and Vill-V took a plane to Twilight Street the very next day.]
[By this point, under the operations of your organization, DA, Anderson has already become a puppet godfather, and the Twilight Street Sanatorium has grown stronger with your funding.]
[At the same time, you have another purpose for going to Twilight Street.]
[That is to bring Pardofelis back.]
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