Chapter 26

"But we can't just let it go. Every time we meet, they say nasty things. It's really annoying."

"It, it's okay, Kiana. I'm used to it. I don't care that much anymore."

Mei held back Kiana, who was about to rush over and continue to reason (physically) with those people.

She felt that it was much better than the initial period. Now those people just made sarcastic remarks when they met and didn't dare to do anything more excessive to her.

But vicious words were sometimes even more hurtful.

Mei always wanted to cover her ears, but the mouths were on other people's bodies, and she was helpless about it.

"Bai Ge, think of something."

"Mm, leave it to me. Since we can't control other people's mouths, then let's just not listen. Mei, I'll give this to you."

"Eh? Isn't this your headphones?"

The two looked at Bai Ge in surprise, seeing him hand over the headphones from around his neck.

Although it wasn't a very expensive brand, Bai Ge's headphones had built-in memory, so he could listen to music without connecting to a phone, and the noise-canceling effect was excellent. Once you put them on, you couldn't hear other sounds.

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The style was very similar to that of a certain "Moment of Remembrance" Flame-Chaser.

"Next time you run into those people, just put on the headphones. They can say what they want, but you don't need to listen. Compared to the foul language of such people, isn't it better to listen to beautiful music to relax your body and mind?"

"... Thank you, Bai Ge. I will definitely treat it as a treasure and cherish it."

"Uh, although I'm happy you said that, Mei, there's no need to be so exaggerated."

Bai Ge shook his head, indicating it wasn't such a precious gift, and he had used it for a while himself.

But thinking of his headphones being cherished as a treasure by a beautiful girl, he was still very happy.

"But I think those girls really have a problem now. After all, even for school bullying, once they know there's no opportunity to bully, they should have given up on their own," Bai Ge said, frowning in thought.

"Uh, what do you mean?" Mei tilted her head in astonishment.

"Knowing clearly that Kiana and I are here, they don't have much of a chance to bully you, Mei, but they keep going as if they're completing a mission."

"That's true. Why be so persistent? It's not like it benefits them. If they come, they'll just get a harsh lesson from Kiana and me. I really don't understand what's going on in these girls' heads."

Kiana also looked like she couldn't understand.

Every time they were taught a harsh lesson by the two of them, they looked scared to death, but the result was that every time they met Mei, they had to come over and make a few sarcastic remarks.

"Buggy" indicated that these people were simply sick.

Bai Ge frowned, feeling it wasn't simple.

"Perhaps, there really is some inside story."

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After being driven away by Bai Ge and Kiana again, the girls gathered in a small corner, panting, their expressions all looking quite ugly.

"Damn it, we failed again. Think of something, if this continues..."

"Yeah, we took the money. If we don't succeed, we won't get the rest."

"But with those two around, we can't bully Raiden Mei like before."

Bai Ge was right; the reason these girls bullied Mei despite knowing the chances were slim was indeed because there was an inside story.

They weren't really idiots. Risking being taught a lesson to bully Mei—normal school bullies wouldn't be this "persistent."

These girls looked at each other.

"You all understand, right? That woman said we must keep bullying Raiden Mei, make her mood worse, make her scared and sad."

If they could do that, each of them could earn a significant amount of money.

"But if we can't do it, we might be in danger ourselves. That woman must be a big shot who shouldn't be messed with. If we don't handle what she entrusted well, we might be done for."

"Now that I think about it, she must be an enemy of Raiden Mei's old man. Thinking about it this way, maybe Raiden Ryoma's fraud case really is a miscarriage of justice."

"Why care so much? We're just taking money to do things. Whether her dad committed fraud or not, what does it have to do with us? Anyway, I've long found Raiden Mei unpleasant."

"Right, let's tell that woman about this. Since that woman is a big shot, she must have a way to deal with Bai Ge and Kiana. Hmph! Let them keep protecting Raiden Mei and suffer together!"

If Bai Ge were here, he would definitely give each of these girls two punches and shout,

"Cocolia, you b*tch!!"

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It wasn't said in the game; this is the setting for this book.

Since Cocolia planned the Third Honkai Impact and made Mei the Herrscher of Thunder, maybe she bribed the students at Senba Academy to bully Mei, thereby causing the "cook" to generate enough negative emotions.

Doesn't that sound reasonable~

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