Chapter 233: Quintuplets?
Chapter 233: Quintuplets? A setting that makes the long spear rise!
"..." Itsuki’s fear gradually faded at this moment. Although the thought of the bloody scene still made her physiologically uncomfortable, watching the interaction between the three people in front of her, a greater confusion emerged in her heart. What exactly was the relationship between these three people?
"Alright, no more talking. Let’s go back first. If you go back too late, Sayuri will start worrying about you." Ren rubbed Eriri’s small head, which earned him a roll of Eriri’s eyes.
She grumbled resentfully, "Worry about me? I think Mom will only worry about you! You don’t know how brightly Mom smiles every day when she mentions your name. This is the first time I’ve seen Mom this happy in my life."
"Haha." Ren just laughed, as there was an outsider present, and it was better not to discuss such mother-daughter topics.
"Let’s go." The Different Space was dispelled. Ren glanced to the side and then withdrew his gaze, activating his ability. Spatial Movement!
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"!!!" In the blink of an eye, Nakano Itsuki found herself in an unfamiliar living room. Before she could wonder, Ren explained, "This is my home."
This was his living room. Kanae Kochō stood up from the sofa. Ren had specifically shared the previous events with Kanae Kochō, and she had noticed Nakano Itsuki’s presence early on.
"This must be our neighbor, Nakano Itsuki-san, right? Hello, I am Kanae Kochō."
"How do you know me? What do you mean by neighbor...?" Itsuki couldn’t recall ever meeting the gentle older sister with purple hair. Kanae Kochō simply smiled softly, not explaining how she knew her.
"This is Apartment 401, Sea Blue Flower Apartments. My name is Ren, and I am also a student in Class 1 of Comprehensive High School, and the Student Council President of the high school department. We just moved here not long ago," Ren said.
Yukino left Ren’s embrace, tidied her clothes, and said solemnly, "I live in 402. Ren, I’ll go back and see if my sister is home."
"Okay." Eriri also followed, saying, "My name is Eriri Sawamura Spencer, and I live in 301. I’m going back too; maybe Mom really is worried about me."
"Mhm, go ahead." Eriri and Yukino both left.
Itsuki was very confused. When did so many people move into Sea Blue Flower Apartments? I had no idea!
"Ren-kun! I want a kiss!" Wearing a thin white nightgown, holding Haru, the cat rushed out of the bedroom and immediately pounced on Ren. Haru seized the opportunity to jump from the cat’s arms onto Kanae Kochō, thereby avoiding being squashed into a cat pancake.
Ren steadily caught the cat. The cat was a human being with very strong feline animal characteristics; everything about her was as bold and uninhibited as an animal. What she usually saw from Kanae Kochō and the others, the cat could quickly and boldly learn in bed. Now, she even came up and shamelessly demanded a kiss from Ren.
"???" Itsuki felt her mind turn to mush. The monsters and classmates with strange abilities were all forgotten. Instead, the relationships between Ren, Yukino, Eriri, and the embarrassingly dressed white-haired woman in front of her made her think extremely hard. She felt her brain was running at full capacity, almost to the point of overload.
Ren gently patted the cat’s back, and only then did the cat obediently let go. He said exasperatedly, "There are other people here." He looked at Itsuki. "Um... Nakano-Student, should I take you back, or will you go back yourself?"
"Ah!" Nakano Itsuki, suddenly addressed, emerged from the whirlpool of confusion, startled. Noticing the gazes of the three people and one cat, she hurriedly shook her head. "Thank you for your help! I’ve caused you trouble; I’ll go back by myself."
Nakano Itsuki fled his house as if escaping. Ren reminded her from behind, "Don’t spread what happened today."
"Mhm! I definitely won’t say anything!" Click. After the door was closed, Kanae Kochō asked with a smile, "Ren, you seem quite concerned about that girl."
Ren nodded very seriously. "Kanae, you don’t understand, that girl is very special."
"Does she have some kind of superpower or something?" Kanae Kochō asked curiously.
"No, it’s even more special than superpowers." Ren denied it, then said meaningfully, "She has four sisters who look almost exactly like her; they are quintuplets."
"..." Quintuplets?! Almost identical?!
"Hey, Ren-kun, stop poking me." The cat in Ren’s arms mumbled. The reaction that occurred after he said this sentence made Kanae understand almost instantly. Ren had taken a liking to those quintuplets! It made sense. Both mothers and daughters, and sisters, were targets, let alone quintuplet sisters. Her beautiful, charming eyes rolled at Ren. "Look how excited you are. Let’s go back to the room. Let me and the cat help you calm down."
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Ren’s side was just about to start a big battle. Nakano Itsuki returned home with a dazed and confused feeling. "I’m home." As soon as she arrived home, four people anxiously walked over. The four were Itsuki’s sisters: Nakano Ichika, Nakano Nino, Nakano Miku, Nakano Yotsuba. Although their hairstyles and clothes were different, their faces were truly very similar. Only after seeing that it was really Itsuki did they breathe a sigh of relief.
"Itsuki! Why are you only coming back now? You didn’t send any messages. Do you know how worried we were?" Nino, with a strong, slightly scolding tone, looked as if she absolutely had to give Itsuki a good lecture.
Itsuki lowered her head apologetically and admitted her mistake. "I forgot to charge my phone..."
Miku, with headphones on and long pink hair hanging down, also frowned calmly. "Itsuki, you’re too careless."
"Sorry..." Itsuki lowered her head even further.
"Nino, don’t get agitated. Itsuki didn’t do it on purpose." Yotsuba, with short orange-yellow hair, tried to appease Nino and ease the tense atmosphere.
"You..." Although Nino had calmed down a bit, she still wanted to continue lecturing. However, she was stopped by Ichika, who had short pink hair and looked more mature.
"Ichika..." Nino looked at Ichika in confusion. Ichika just gently shook her head and said to Itsuki, "Itsuki, go take a bath first."
"Mhm..." Itsuki obediently went to take a bath. Afterward, at Ichika’s signal, the four of them sat around the sofa. Nino, being outspoken, asked her doubts. "Ichika, why didn’t you let me lecture Itsuki? What if something like this happens again in the future? It’s too worrying."
"Sigh." Ichika sighed helplessly. "Didn’t you notice that Itsuki looked like she had a lot on her mind?"
"Something on her mind?" Nino was startled. The three of them carefully recalled Itsuki’s expression when she entered the door; it seemed very sluggish.
"It seems that way." Yotsuba touched her finger to the corner of her mouth. "Then how should we ask Itsuki what happened?"
"Why don’t we just ask Itsuki directly what happened?" Nino was restless and anxious; she was very worried about Itsuki. Itsuki came home so late, and her mood seemed very uneasy. This made her immediately think about whether Itsuki had met some bad person.
Ichika looked at the other two. "What do you two say?"
Yotsuba slightly raised her hand. "I agree with Nino’s suggestion. We are sisters, and we should speak directly about anything."
Miku nodded along. "Exactly, I second that."
Ichika clapped her hands and confirmed, "Okay, after Itsuki finishes her bath, we’ll have a good talk with her." No one noticed that when she said this, a hint of bitterness appeared at the corner of Ichika’s mouth.