socalfunplaces Chapter 1806 - 1804: Aftereffects
Chapter 1806 - 1804: Aftereffects
For others, life goes on as usual.
The incident between Fang Zheng and Kuroko this time is only known to Riko and Kurumi. However, Fang Zheng is not worried about Riko spreading rumors. As Riko said, if it wasn’t Fang Zheng who told her, she wouldn’t believe it. After all, Kuroko being the little fangirl of Misaka Mikoto is well-known, and if people heard Kuroko and Fang Zheng were together, they’d definitely take it as a joke.
As for Kurumi... Fang Zheng only notified her, and she obviously doesn’t care.
Originally, Fang Zheng was thinking about how to talk to Kuroko, but upon careful consideration, there’s really no way to say it.
What to say?
"I’m sorry I slept with you?"
...Hmm, there’s a feeling that he’d be beaten to death by her.
Or compliment her strengths?
"Although the figure isn’t great, she’s very cute, and the tightness is amazing, very comfortable?"
...That’s certainly inviting Kuroko to go down with him.
So after contemplating, Fang Zheng decisively decided to play dead.
At least for a short time... Well, let’s just pretend nothing happened.
As for Kuroko, she hasn’t appeared at the research institute during this time, and of course, her reason is because the Daihasei Festival is approaching and the work of the Discipline Committee has become heavy (which isn’t really a lie), so others didn’t question it.
But for Kuroko... it’s not just that.
"Alright, the patrol of area 13 is complete, Hatsuharu, is the report ready over there?"
"Hmm... Classmate Shirai, don’t you want to take a break?"
Looking at the busy figure of Kuroko Shirai, Hatsuharu kindly reminded her.
"You haven’t been well for long, if you push yourself too hard, what if..."
"It’s fine, and with the Daihasei Festival starting soon, there’s no chance to rest..."
At this point, Kuroko suddenly showed a change in her expression and stopped.
"Classmate Shirai?"
"It’s nothing, I have some personal matters to attend to. Get the next report ready immediately, I will use it later."
While saying this, Kuroko Shirai quickly left the Discipline Committee Branch, glancing around as she went. In the next moment, Kuroko Shirai’s figure vanished, appearing in the shadows at the top of a tall building. Then she punched the wall beside her, gritting her teeth.
Logically speaking, Kuroko Shirai should be enduring pain right now, but just looking at her expression, it’s clear that’s not the case. Her expression was extremely complex, with a bit of flushed redness, some anxiety and unease, and a trace of discomfort.
It’s happening again...
Feeling the emptiness and unbearable sensation in her body, Kuroko Shirai couldn’t help but have a headache. It all started the day after she returned to Tokiwadai. The situation wasn’t particularly serious then, so Kuroko Shirai only thought it was a side effect. But to her surprise, after that, the symptoms became even more intense.
This made Kuroko Shirai both anxious and uncomfortable. She knew how to resolve it, but there was simply nowhere. Kuroko Shirai might act out with Misaka Mikoto, but at other times, she knows where to draw the line. It’s simply impossible to find a random place to relieve herself, but in the dormitory, Misaka Mikoto is there, and it’s impossible to deal with this while she’s asleep.
If she goes too far and gets discovered, she’d be finished!
Kuroko Shirai also knows her condition is really wrong, so afterward, she called the supplier of "computer accessories" and was told that this powerful computer accessory 2.0 has a very small chance of causing a reaction similar to drug dependence... which made Kuroko Shirai furious.
How come she was so unlucky to hit the 0.001% chance?
"Then what to do? If it’s a drug response, it should be fixable!"
"Please don’t worry about that, just have some intimate moments without using the computer accessories, and it will naturally resolve."
"More intimate moments..."
Upon hearing this, Kuroko Shirai almost blacked out and fainted.
How could that be possible?
Though there’s no way Kuroko could complain to the supplier about this, after all, weren’t these computer accessories meant for this use? Now, deep down, Kuroko Shirai is both relieved and disappointed. Relieved that at least Sister Dear didn’t drink, but disappointed that Sister Dear didn’t drink. If Sister Dear had this reaction... No, even if only she has this reaction now, she could shamelessly find Sister Dear to "detoxify"!
And after that, at first Kuroko Shirai thought she could rely on her own willpower. After all, in Kuroko Shirai’s view, this should be something like nicotine addiction. As long as her willpower was strong enough, she would be fine.
But what Kuroko Shirai didn’t anticipate was that as time went on, this feeling only intensified. It’s manageable when she’s busy, but whenever she has a moment of idleness, the sensation quickly becomes overwhelming, torturing Kuroko Shirai so that she’s neither alive nor dead, even affecting her sleep at night, forcing her to rely on sleeping pills to get through it.
Taking sleeping pills should help her get a good night’s sleep!
However, to Kuroko Shirai’s surprise, she did fall asleep after taking the pills, but in her dreams, she found herself in a passionate scene with Fang Zheng. When Kuroko Shirai finally woke up from the dream, the emptiness of reality made her... feel even worse!
"Ahhhhhhh!!"
At this moment, Kuroko Shirai is clutching her head, furiously banging it against the wall, wondering what to do next. If this continues, she’s afraid she will become neither human nor ghost! Should she go back to the research laboratory to find Fang Zheng? But how would she approach it? The first time, she could say it was due to a wrong medication, but if she actively sought him out, would Mr. Fang Zheng look down on her, thinking she’s a wanton girl?
Although in front of Misaka Mikoto, Kuroko Shirai’s integrity is practically zero, in front of others... she needs some semblance of decency!
After banging her head against the wall for half a day, perhaps because of the pain or exhaustion, Kuroko Shirai feels the strange sensation inside her body has diminished a bit. She wipes the dust off her forehead, then uses spatial teleportation to return to the Discipline Committee Branch.
"Hatsuharu, are the preparations ready?"
"Ready."
"Good, I’m heading out now!"
Meanwhile, Fang Zheng is completely unaware of the pain Kuroko Shirai is experiencing, casually humming a tune while walking around the streets. Currently, everything seems peaceful; after Reiji became the bodyguard, she obediently stayed inside the research lab and did not come out. Fang Zheng hasn’t seen any Mage coming to snatch Index away either, which makes Fang Zheng somewhat puzzled.
He recalls that in the animation, this little girl was quite sought after, being kidnapped every other day, yet here, nothing happened...
What Fang Zheng doesn’t know is that he has cut down the Right Seat of the Divine from the Vatican, causing Roman Orthodoxy to fall sharply in power. The English Puritanism and Russian Orthodox Church, which were already enemies of Vatican, are now taking advantage of the situation to kick them while they’re down.
Not to mention that the English Puritanism still has to pay reparations to the Royal Family...
But regardless of everything, as of now, Index and Ruiko are having a great time, with Ruiko glad to have Index for company. Though she’s good friends with Hatsuharu, Kuroko Shirai, and Misaka Mikoto, returning to an empty home occasionally makes her feel lonely.
But now, with Index around, Ruiko feels the home is lively and bustling...
Though the food expenses are indeed an issue, Fang Zheng has given her extra money, so it’s not a big trouble.
Misaka Mikoto is busy practicing for the Daihasei Festival project — although it’s called a festival, it’s essentially a large-scale sports competition, so practice is unavoidable.
Hmm, this reminds Fang Zheng of the two thousand meter marathon each person participated in during their school sports day...
Hatsuharu and Kuroko Shirai are busy with the preparations for the Daihasei Festival, which was mentioned before.
Incidentally, in the end, Fang Zheng came up with a plan, wrapping up the others and attaching them to Ruiko’s Shaketani Middle School with the name "Research Institute Special Tutoring Class". This class is full of stars, for example, class president Emilia, vice president Priestess of the Goddess, sports commissioner Ais, academic commissioner Ram, life commissioner Rem, on-duty student Felt, and ordinary student Megumin... well, she can only be an ordinary student.
It’s impossible to make her a demolition commissioner.
These girls from Another World are also very interested in the Daihasei Festival, so they have been practicing at Shaketani Middle School these days, and according to Saten Reiko, they are quite popular in school, especially Emilia and Priestess of the Goddess, who received a pile of love letters within just two days.
Hmm... anyway, they can’t understand them.
However, Fang Zheng wasn’t surprised these two were popular; among the girls from Another World, Emilia and Priestess of the Goddess are the most amiable, the type to politely greet even if approached by unpopular guys on the street, naturally being revered as Saintess by the hormone-fueled bunch at Shaketani Middle School.
"......"
Just then, suddenly, a song echoed in Fang Zheng’s ears. He turned his head, unsurprisingly spotting the source of the singing, who was playing and singing atop a pedestrian bridge.
It’s called... Alisa, right?
Thinking of this, Fang Zheng walked over casually.
At this moment, many people have gathered around Alisa, clapping after she finished her song, and many approached to take the free CDs placed in front.
"Please take care! I’m Elisa Minori, please take care!"
Watching Elisa Minori bowing deeply to the audience, Fang Zheng couldn’t help but recall the idols he initially worked with at 765. Back when he took over the office, they similarly played their CDs outside, hoping for even one more person to listen to their songs...
How can one put it, Japanese idols really have it tough, thinking of the mainland’s pretty boys selling their looks... sigh, really incomparable.
If this were a normal coordinate world, Fang Zheng would undoubtedly bring Elisa out, and whether it’s the Mech World or World of Love, she could become a big star.
But with this coordinate point... hmm, better to wait and see.