Chapter 434.5 – Side Chapter: Reactions to Meggie’s Anger – I |
Around the time when Meggie's anger flared after finding Emma.
Yudi froze in the middle of his livestream.
> Gramps?
> Grandmaster, is something wrong?
> Why do you look so serious?
Yudi stroked his beard and let out a cold laugh. "Hoho... apologies, dear patrons. It appears that my eldest granddaughter has run into some troubles."
> Not the young miss!
> Who is it?!
> What fool dares to mess with our Grandmaster's beloved grandchild?!
But then a gentle golden wave of power spread across Tokyo, along with a calm voice carried by a mental transmission.
*I'll handle it, Father-in-law.*
Yudi paused. Then he nodded and relaxed his expression. "Well, well." He stroked his long white beard thoughtfully and said, "It appears my son-in-law has it in hand." He flicked his wrist, sending a jade slip out of his sleeve. After grabbing it, he smiled and said, "Shall we continue our divination session, dear patrons? Remember, a red donation and I will grant a good fortune, while an orange donation will allow me to divine any question you have..."
> LOL
> Gramps, always with the money...
> Well, he has to buy gifts for his granddaughters somehow, right?
> [100 USD: SEN_KIMURA] OLD MAN! Change my fate! Make me muscular!
"Hoho? It seems we have our first patron! Let us see... Ah." Yudi blinked and tilted his head. "...I apologize, Patron Sen. It seems that even fate itself bends against your wish. Fortune is not enough for that desire..."
> [SEN_KIMURA] NOOOOOOOOOOO
> lol
> Just hit the gym bro
> Become an Alfi! I'm sure they'll help you out
> Can vouch. Just casually joined Alfi's Membership and I'm already shredded after a month.
Yudi chuckled and then continued talking. "Now, let us continue our session..."
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In South Korea, Xuannu paused in the middle of giving a presentation on her new line of makeup products.
"Miss Xuannu?" One of the board executives in the audience spoke up. "Is something wrong?"
Xuannu shook her head. "No. I just remembered something I needed to do..." She glanced at the clock and said, "It's been a while already. How about we take a break?"
"Of course, Miss Xuannu." The board executive nodded and then started sending everyone away.
Meanwhile, Xuannu quickly walked outside, her heels clicking against the tiled floor. The moment she was out, she flicked her wrist and summoned a jade talisman, connecting it to Daji and Zhaojun. "You two. Did you feel that?"
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A fancy penthouse suite in Roppongi.
There, Daji stopped her livestream and nodded. "I did. Your dear niece is quite furious, isn't she Xuanni."
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A small vintage music shop in Shibuya.
Zhaojun quickly ushered out her last customer and closed up shop before responding. "For something to get Little Meggie this furious... What do you think happened, Xuannu?"
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Xuannu walked behind a tall office plant to get some privacy and whispered. "I don't know. But Meggie never gets upset. Not like this. And if she has..." Her eyes flash red. "Then I'm going to resolve it."
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Zhaojun hesitated, peering out her shop at the blue sky. And at the invisible cracks only they could see, as well as the golden light forcibly weaving it all together. "Senior Brother seems to already have it under hand. Perhaps we should leave it be?"
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Daji walked over to her balcony and peered out towards Hoshigawa Academy. There, invisible to mortal eyes, but clear to hers, a black and white maelstrom was roiling, stopped only by a heavy-handed golden light restricting it to a single building.
"I can see it from here. Zhaozhao is right. Big Brother seems to have it under control. But..." Daji's eyes grew sharp as well and she let out a sharp grin. "Maybe we should take it as a chance to scold our sister-in-law a bit?"
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Zhaojun closed the blinds to her shop and said, "No, Sister Daji. We just made peace. Please do not start anything else. Remember? If we do, we might never get the chance to babysit our youngest niece."
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"Gah." Daji slumped. "Right... I want to play with Rory more..."
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Xuannu sighed. "...Fine. If you two say John has it under control. But..." She pulled out her phone and said, "...Let's make a plan to go treat my niece out. This Sunday sound good?"
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Daji smiled. "That's fine~! I'm not streaming that day!"
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Zhaojun nodded and said, "Of course. It has been a while since I met Little Alphy as well, so it would be good to visit."
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Xuannu smiled. "Alright. Then... let's plan to meet up at John's house to surprise them on Sunday. Bring gifts. And see if we can convince that old fart to come too."
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"Hai~"
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"Of course, Sister Xuannu."
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Xuannu dismissed the jade talisman.
At that time, a well-dressed woman wearing an h-line skirt and white blouse walked over. Speaking in Korean, she said, "Miss Jiutian? Are you ready to continue?"
Xuannu put on her professional smile and responded back in Korean. "Of course, Miss Seol. Now, let me show our latest Dark Beauty products..."
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A baby's wails echoed in the small apartment on the second floor of a shop in Akihabara.
Titor ran around the first floor, frantically flipping switches and typing on consoles. "Dammit, John! Why do you and your kids always mess things up?!"
"Husband!" Amadeus' tired voice echoed from upstairs. "Help! Christina won't stop crying and I don't know what to do!"
"I'll be right there, Dear!" Titor called out and quickly skimmed through the warning logs.
> WARNING: Detected abnormality surpassing human limits. Failed to contain.
> WARNING: Detected foreign law of existence: Absolute Taiji. Failed to contain.
> WARNING: Detecting Transcendent Activity.
> WARNING: Detected foreign law of existence: Transcendent Will. Failed to contain.
> WARNING-
> All warnings cleared.
> Abnormalities resolved
> Foreign laws removed.
Titor let out a deep sigh and flopped back onto the ground. "Damned John. Always giving me mini heart attacks... What the hell were we going to do if that broke the carefully constructed net I made to block crazies from showing up here, huh? Sheesh."
"HUSBAND!"
Titor jumped to his feet and ran up the stairs. "Coming!" Now, he just needed to sort out how to handle a crazy sensitive infant who cried at the slightest loud noise and sound...
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Late at night in California. The small office that was being used as Myth Incorporated's American Branch.
Bai looked up at Qing and glanced towards Japan. "Should we...?"
Qing shook his head. "We ignore it. Just like the Blacklight virus outbreak a while back. It'll resolve itself if we do."
"...Right." Bai sighed. "Boss will just get mad if we step in and break something too, right?"
"Right."
Bai nodded.
Silence echoed as the two men typed away at their laptops.
Then Bai paused and said, "Wait. Why are you working late tonight anyway?"
Qing winced and muttered, "Sitri's fans introduced her to BDSM. And she bought ropes, blindfold, and a gag for herself."
"I... see." Bai slowly nodded.
Qing paused and said, "Why are you here out late? Don't you usually sleep with Eri at this time?"
Bai blushed. "I-I... W-W-What are you talking about?! I don't... Have I told you that I-"
Qing rolled his eyes. "No. But you're always out of contact around now, so I assumed, and I seem to be correct."
Bai coughed. "...Fine. I do, okay? But today's different." He frowned and said, "Eri's been feeling a bit nauseous recently so she went to bed early. Since I had a lot of energy, I figured I'd help get through the paperwork for the English Branch of Project MirAIs at least..."
Qing stopped typing.
Bai noticed and said, "What?"
"...Nauseous? Eri has been nauseous?"
"Yeah? Why?"
Qing paused. Then he slowly said, "Bai. Do you know what protection is?"
"Well, duh. Who doesn't wear armor when you go to battle?"
"I mean in regards to the bedroom."
"Hm? Why would I need to wear armor when I'm with Eri?"
Qing let out a deep suffering sigh. "...Tomorrow. You and me. We are going to go buy a wedding ring."
"H-Huh? Wait, why a wedding ring? What does that have to do with..." Bai suddenly trailed off, his eyes widening. "Oh."
"Yes, 'Oh' you dumb cat."
"H-H-How was I supposed to know?! I-I-It's hard for me to- I-I mean...!"
"Just shut up. You're digging yourself deeper."
"...Hah..."
"Apologize to Eri later too."
"...Yeah."
"Dumb cat."
"...I got it already, sheesh."
Qing sighed and kept typing. "In any case... John wanted to make a Project Brave as well, right?"
"Y-Yeah." Bai coughed. "He said to look for candidates for that..."
"Let's start scrolling through male streamers some time then. Look for those with talent but seem underappreciated."
"Got it."
"And make sure they're at least smart enough to know what protection is."
"OI!"
Qing chuckled.
Bai groaned.