When the man heard Shiro's words, the blood he had swallowed almost came back up his throat, wanting to escape.
After all, Shiro's words were too infuriating, giving the feeling that he had no respect for human rights at all.
If Shiro knew what the man was thinking, he would surely have said: "Your thoughts are not wrong at all; in my eyes, you truly have no human rights."
After all, what normal person would give human rights to someone who comes to cause trouble? Of course, even if the troublemaker hadn't come because of him, didn't he know that the woman in black stockings had already been reserved by him?
Shiro ignored the man's condition and turned to his employer, saying:
"Senpai, this guy has no power of resistance now. How do you want him to die?"
"Do you want me to cut him into a thousand pieces, or a quick death, or something else? You are the employer, so you decide."
Shiro emphasized the word "employer," as if reminding him that he needs to be paid.
How could Kasumigaoka Utaha not understand what this guy meant? In her mind, she thought: "This bastard, so what happened earlier doesn't count as payment, huh?"
Although Kasumigaoka Utaha felt nervous and full of resentment, now was not the time to deal with that. She approached the old man, but still kept a considerable distance. After all, even though all the things around him were restrained, it was better to be cautious. She had only one life, and it was hers; if possible, she must not be reckless.
"Any method of death is fine."
"Exactly, as long as you ask, I can do it. The only thing is that some particularly difficult methods will cost extra."
Shiro did not refuse; on the contrary, he took the opportunity to raise the price, just to see if the other party would fall for it. Based on his understanding of her and his own boasting, she would surely request something incredibly complicated, wanting him to complete it. And if he couldn't, she would surely mock him.
So Shiro spoke first, giving her the choice.
Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at a person who seemed to say: "Do what you want, I am invincible." She really felt that this guy was a little too arrogant, so she crossed her arms, her eyes wandering around, and then an idea came to her mind.
Ignoring his pleading look, she approached Shiro with a smile on her face.
"Pervert… Kouhai-kun, can you really fulfill every request I make?"
Kasumigaoka Utaha originally wanted to call him a pervert or something similar, but seeing the pure, young girl beside him, she reconsidered and decided to be more normal, immediately changing her words.
Shiro looked at her and knew that she was obviously planning something. At the same time, he realized that she had taken the bait, so without any hesitation, he nodded.
But his facial expression looked like forced endurance, giving the feeling of outward strength and inner weakness.
"Say what you want. As long as the price is high enough, anything is possible!"
Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at his perfect acting and was deceived at that very moment. Then a smile appeared on her lips, a smile that looked like it was crying inside while laughing on the outside.
"Oh my~ Kouhai-kun, now that you've said that, I won't be polite. After all, I personally feel that this person is extremely worthy of death, to the extent that no number of deaths would be enough."
Shiro looked at her, as if she had turned into a warrior of justice, and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
"So, what are you trying to say?"
"Kouhai-kun, I feel that such a person needs to be purged. So I thought, why don't we just throw him into the sun for purification? I suppose it should be pretty easy for you, and a lot of things can be easily bought, right?"
Shiro's eyebrows twitched slightly when he heard that. This was asking for trouble. Under normal circumstances, who could approach the sun? No, no one in this universe could, not even star-destroying beings. And yet she made such a ridiculous request. It seemed as if she was confident that he couldn't do it and wanted him to spectacularly lose face.
After all, given his confident demeanor earlier, if he now said no or that he couldn't, wouldn't that be a slap to himself? And all because of his own arrogance.
Shiro couldn't help but admire her tactic. Or rather, the tactic had been used on the wrong person. If it were someone else, they would have truly suffered a great loss, but who was he? A person who had once set foot, or more precisely, almost both feet, into the multiverse. Usually, the sun was nothing. Not to mention he still had the Golden Super Template, something he used to amplify his power.
Yet he had to maintain the act. After hearing her request, Shiro's face showed a trace of depression, but it quickly disappeared, as if it had never happened. However, the other party had been watching his face the whole time, so she caught that fleeting moment of sadness. She immediately understood and felt a slight satisfaction. "You were so arrogant, now you're broken, right?" she thought, then decided to push further.
"Kouhai-kun, you're not going to tell me that you can't do it, are you?"
Her words sounded casual, but were full of mockery, as if saying: "Come on, come on? Is that all you can do?"
And at that moment, Shiro had already entered "stubborn as a dead duck" mode, speaking with a strained neck.
"Who told you I can't? I'm telling you, my services are very expensive. After all, the request you made, I'm telling you, no one in the entire universe can do it except me, so the price won't be small."
At that moment, Shiro exuded a sense of complete confidence, but that only applied to those who didn't know the truth. Those who knew, however, clearly understood that he was bluffing. At least Black Silk Senpai in front of him thought so… because she clearly saw his guilty conscience at that moment.
That guilty conscience, combined with his current confident demeanor.
One thing could be confirmed, or rather, there was only one truth: he was bluffing.
At that moment, Lala also curiously approached, wrapping her arms around Shiro's neck, and spoke in an astonished tone.
"Shiro, can you go directly into the sun? I can't do that now. Can you take me to see it? I'm really curious."
"Even if I wanted to approach it, many of the things I sent for photographing would melt within a certain range. I've never seen it up close."
Shiro felt a slight dizziness from the scent coming from her face as she approached.
"That's not a problem, but it depends on whether this person in front of me needs me to do it. After all, I'm here on a freelance job right now."
At that moment, Shiro looked completely like someone showing off, but Lala trusted him.
"Shiro, let's go together."
Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at the energetic girl in front of her, with a face that even looked prettier than hers. Hearing her words and seeing her unpretentious demeanor, Kasumigaoka Utaha felt a little helpless. She understood; this person was a sweet and naive girl, or rather, quite innocent. She hadn't noticed that Shiro was just pretending to be brave. How much trust did she have in this guy?
Kasumigaoka Utaha remembered how this guy had previously boasted that he was surrounded by excellent girls and didn't need to do anything beastly, and combined with the incident that had happened between them, she had to admit that she trusted him.
For the girl in front of them, those losers would burn high incense if they could gain her favor, they would even want to stick to her day and night. Not like this guy.
However, Kasumigaoka Utaha, watching the two of them seemingly showing affection, felt an inexplicable irritation. Especially because that scum, Shiro, had spoken to her, and less than half an hour ago had almost forced her. And now he was so gentle to someone else. From every angle, she felt deep dissatisfaction! She had to teach this guy a lesson!
At that moment, Kasumigaoka Utaha looked as if devil horns had grown on her head.
"Kouhai-kun, can you tell this Senpai what price you demand for such a service?"