"Don't walk so fast, class leader! It's just a doll, nobody's going to snatch it up, right?"
Shouko and Takagi, a bit breathless, caught up to Ajitani. Seeing her trying to quicken her pace, Shouko quickly reached out to hold her hand, offering reassurance. Takagi, standing nearby, quickly reached out and took Ajitani's
other hand, agreeing,
"Shouko is right. I've never even heard of that Godzilla doll you're talking about, class leader! It's definitely not going to be snatched up by anyone."
"It's a Godzilla, Takagi!" Ajitani, seeing her hands being held, could only slow down helplessly.
She had actually planned to buy it first at the shopping street and then stroll with them, but that seemed hopeless, so she could only pray silently.
The three of them slowly made their way to the newly constructed shopping street, with Ajitani clearly focused on her goal, pulling the two of them towards their destination.
"This doll looks so silly..." Shouko felt like laughing as she looked at the doll in her hand, its eyes blurry and its tongue hanging out.
"Yeah, it doesn't even live up to its impressive name, Godzilla." Takagi covered her mouth and laughed.
"It's Godzilla, Takagi!" Ajitani repeated her earlier words while holding the doll.
Shouko stuffed the doll back into her bag and sincerely thanked her, "Thank you, class monitor, for giving us this doll!"
Takagi quickly chimed in with a thank you.
"Haha, I was also thinking of thanking you for coming with me to buy this doll," Ajitani waved with a slight smile.
"Let's go, let's go see if there's any good snacks."
Shouko took Ajitani's hand, and she took Takagi's hand, and the three of them began to shop hand in hand.
Meanwhile, Shizuka, who was watching a TV series in her living room, noticed that it was time for a commercial break.
She looked up at the clock and saw that it was only five or six minutes before four o'clock. She murmured in a low voice:
"Strange, why haven't these two children come back yet?"
Even Hachiko had been taken away by Yuzuru for more than twenty minutes, and the two children had not come back.
Normally, if there was anything, Tsuna would have called her long ago...
When she was still hesitating whether to call Tsuna to confirm, the commercials on TV ended, and her attention was slowly drawn to the TV show again.
The two children are 13 years old now, not the little brats they used to be.
And Tsuna has a watch on him, so if anything happened, he would definitely call her.
Both of them were carrying stun guns, probably because they went out to play and forgot to call.
There is a newly built commercial street not far away, and they must have gone there to shop. Thinking of this,
Shizuka focused her attention on the TV.
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"Click..."
"I'm back!"
"Aunt Miyamura, Tsuna, I brought you all a lot of delicious food!"
"Shouko, isn't Tsuna with you?" Shizuka asked, puzzled, as she emerged from the kitchen.
Shouko shook her head, equally puzzled, and handed several plastic bags with snack logos to Shizuka. She then began to change her shoes at the entrance.
She continued to explain, "My classmates and I went to that new shopping street today, and Tsuna came straight home after school this afternoon.
Could it be that Tsuna hasn't come back yet?"
Shouko, assuming Shizuka was joking, glanced behind her.
"I'll give him a call."
Shizuka walked into the dining room carrying the bags, placed them on the table, and pulled her phone from her pocket. The time read 5:31 PM.
She checked the time and dialed his number without hesitation.
And Shouko followed closely behind her. When she saw Aunt Miyamura's serious expression, she knew she was not joking...
She began to worry...
and she didn't see Tsuna's shoes when she changed shoes just now.
"It's still early." Tsuna, sneaking behind Suneo, glanced at his watch. It read 3:34 PM.
He switched it from vibrate mode to silent.
Nodding to himself, he quickened his pace to catch up.
He was now certain that Suneo was heading towards the newly built commercial street.
He was a little puzzled by his continued use of such a deserted path,
but he was certain he was up to something sinister.
"Bang!"
"Huh?" Suneo, still pacing quickly, suddenly heard the sound of something hard being pushed over and hitting the concrete floor behind him.
He looked back, but no one was around. He was about to return to check what was going on when he heard
"Woof woof... woof!"
"It's a dog. I've been so suspicious lately, scaring myself. Sigh..." Suneo sighed, shook his head, and quickened his pace.
"Damn! What a silly dog!"
Tsuna cursed inwardly, watching the dog overturn the trash can and stare at him warily.
Looking at its wary eyes, how could one not guess what it meant? Wasn't it just afraid I'd steal its food?
Finally, amidst its barks, Tsuna saw Suneo walk away again and hurriedly followed.
The dog, seeing him walk away, stopped.
"Damn!"
Tsuna saw Suneo turn a corner and hurried after him. Just as he was about to turn in, he nearly ran into him.
But he was lighting a cigarette with a lighter and talking on the phone, completely oblivious to the little tail that was barely visible behind him.
"I'm here. Stop talking nonsense. If I don't see you in ten minutes, you know what's going on!"
"Knock, knock, knock..."
Tsuna leaned against the wall on the other side of the corner, listening to the voice on the phone, and let out a silent sigh. His heart was about to burst. He had almost been spotted.
He had just seen him turn the corner and disappear, and fearing he'd lost him, he hurried after him.
He glanced at his watch: 3:56 PM.
Five or six minutes later, Suneo was walking again.
Having nearly been discovered, Tsuna, having calmed down, chose to keep a short distance.
Seeing that they had gained some distance, he was about to catch up when he saw the following scene, his pupils dilating unconsciously.
"Why is Aunt Nishimiya suddenly there?!"
He exclaimed in silent shock, watching Yaeko Nishimiya suddenly step beside Suneo Nishimiya.
Now that they were a bit further apart, he could only hear the two of them talking sporadically, though Aunt Nishimiya's expression was a bit sinister.
Hiding in the shadows, he occasionally peeked at the two of them, watching them chat for a while before they began walking side by side again.
Finally, they turned a corner, and Tsuna slowly approached.
"Where are they?!"
Shocked, Tsuna, watching the two disappear around the corner, completely abandoned his hiding and began scanning the area,
trying to see if they had sped down another alley or corner.
"Bang!"
"Shit!"
Tsuna felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, his vision went black, and he lost consciousness.
(End of this chapter)
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