Chapter 578

"No, Huangquan Miss, this is Broly himself out shopping outside, encountered a cat spirit and was entrusted with its child."

The OL-clad workplace beauty hurriedly waved her hands to explain, retelling the cat spirit story Broly had told her and Shen Gongji Shobu to the girl before her once more.

"Director Shinguuji's meaning is to first ask about your Isayama Family's situation here; if your Isayama Family doesn't plan to raise these three kittens, then the Supernatural Countermeasures Bureau will allocate funds to raise them."

Nikaido Kiri accurately conveyed Shen Gongji Shobu's attitude.

"These children, did they also lose their mother?"

To the side, Tsuchimiya Kagura looked at the kittens in the cat box and began muttering to herself.

Isayama Huangquan inwardly cried 'not good'.

Turning her head, sure enough, she saw a sorrowful expression appear on the girl's face.

"Who is this?"

Nikaido Kiri looked over, somewhat confused by this strange girl's reaction, and subconsciously asked.

"She is the Tsuchimiya Family's child."

Isayama Naraku answered this question.

"Ah, this..."

Nikaido Kiri instantly understood the reason for the girl's sorrowful expression; letting a girl who had just lost her mother see kittens who had likewise just lost their mother — this was simply making sorrow flow backwards into a river.

【Tsuchimiya Kagura Happiness Value continuously decreasing】

"Then, still let the Countermeasures Bureau raise them."

Broly also hadn't expected bringing the kittens would cause this situation; after thinking, he remedied: the new capture target girl brought by Isayama Huangquan, right now she should be moved by the scene, grieving for herself upon seeing the kittens; as long as the thing that would hook her sorrow is taken away, there should be no problem.

"No, we'll raise them!"

However, Isayama Huangquan firmly said.

Because at this moment, the kittens in the cat box in Broly's hands were no longer simply kittens, but Tsuchimiya Kagura's avatar.

One must ask: if refusing to raise these three kittens who just lost their mother cat, then in Tsuchimiya Kagura's eyes, she who also just lost her mother being brought back to the Isayama Family — what situation is that? Is she a burden the Isayama Family reluctantly brought home to care for due to family face?

"Miss Nikaido, please tell Director Shinguuji, these three little guys are very cute, our Isayama Family will raise them!"

The girl first said this to the workplace beauty, then squatted down and asked Tsuchimiya Kagura: "Kagura Younger Sister, are you willing to take care of them together with this older sister?"

Tsuchimiya Kagura looked at the girl somewhat dazedly; after reacting, she nodded forcefully at Isayama Huangquan, letting out a heavy 'mm' sound from her nasal cavity.

【Now, probably can't make the request to take one kitten back to raise~】

Nikaido Kiri watched the girl and the girl's interaction, feeling quite some regret in her heart, and responded to Isayama Huangquan: "Okay, I'll tell Director Shinguuji when I get back; mm, Broly is already home now, here there shouldn't be my business anymore; then, Isayama Sir, Huangquan Miss, and Broly, as well as Tsuchimiya Miss, I'll take my leave first."

"Miss Nikaido, won't you stay for a cup of tea?"

"Better not; the Countermeasures Bureau side still has lots of official business waiting for me to handle."

Nikaido Kiri waved her hand to decline, got into the Honda that had arrived, and left.

"We should go in first."

Isayama Naraku said a sentence to the three at the front door, then opened the door and walked in first.

"Kagura Younger Sister, from now on just treat this place as your own home."

Taking off her shoes, Isayama Huangquan said to Tsuchimiya Kagura words similar to what she had said to Broly a few days ago.

"I'll first help you arrange the room, then talk about other things."

Tsuchimiya Kagura's room is next to Broly's; besides bringing some change of clothes, the girl only had one photo of her mother.

Perhaps because the kittens who also lost their mother cat were there, Tsuchimiya Kagura did not continue showing a weak posture; after placing the photo by the bedside table, she accepted Isayama Huangquan's arrangement and sat in front of the low square table, while Broly placed the cat box beside himself and sat facing the girl opposite.

"First, I'll still introduce you to each other."

The girl who brought tea and snacks poured a cup of tea for each of the two children, then actively acted as the matchmaking mediator.

"This is Tsuchimiya Kagura, the Tsuchimiya Family's Thousand Gold; due to some changes, she will stay at our home for a period of time."

Isayama Huangquan first introduced the girl's situation to Broly, then turned her head and introduced the boy to Tsuchimiya Kagura.

"This is Broly; a few days ago he was caught up in an exorcism incident; due to some circumstances I brought him back to the Isayama Family; he is a child who will become part of the Isayama Family in the future."

"Hello."

"Hello."

"I am Tsuchimiya Kagura."

"Broly."

Strangers' initial contact is always full of awkwardness, but with Isayama Huangquan this mediator present, the boy and girl exchanged names and shook hands.

"Kagura Younger Sister, you needn't treat yourself as an outsider; Broly, you're the same; afterwards we'll be a family living under one roof; make the atmosphere between you a bit more friendly~"

Isayama Huangquan drank a sip of tea, wanting to liven the atmosphere; Tsuchimiya Kagura is a somewhat introverted girl, a helpless expression surfaced on her face, but Broly actively cooperated.

"Want to see the cats?"

He lifted the cat box and asked.

Two minutes later, the three people leaned in front of the cat box's transparent plastic lid, watching the three kittens sleeping soundly inside the cat box.

"So cute~"

Isayama Huangquan stared at the sleeping little white cat whose ears were still twitching, and said a sentence.

"Mm."

Tsuchimiya Kagura agreed on the right side, but she was looking at the little black cat curled into a ball, which gave her the feeling of a black glutinous rice ball.

"Is it like this?"

Broly on the left asked somewhat uncertainly, because the calico kitten's sleeping posture was a bit terrible; its tail lay on the white kitten's head, its head pillowed on the black kitten's body, a posture of using the other two kittens as a mat to sleep on.

"Speaking of which, what genders are these three little guys?"

Isayama Huangquan asked Broly on the left side.

"I remember there's a bill/check."

Broly pulled out a pet hospital examination sheet from his pocket.

"I thought black meant male, didn't expect it to be female."

Tsuchimiya Kagura leaned in to take a look, and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"Quite the contrast, they say calico cats are acknowledged as the beauties of the cat world, didn't expect this one to actually be a tomcat."

Black and white kittens are all female, only the calico kitten is male.

"But, do calico cats have males? Could the pet hospital have made a mistake?"

Jianshan Huangquan said this while picking up her phone to look it up.

"Eh, calico cats really do have tomcats, but they're extremely rare, the probability of occurrence is actually only one in four hundred thousand?!"

The girl cried out in surprise, her raised volume attracting the two people beside her.

Broly and Tsuchimiya Kagura, one on the left and one on the right, leaned in beside her to look at the phone screen in her hand.

Jianshan Huangquan, sandwiched between the two, revealed a smile on her face.

She put the phone on the table, then suddenly put her arms around the two little ones beside her.

"You two, do these three little ones look like us?"

"Hm?"

Broly and Tsuchimiya Kagura both looked at her with some confusion.

"These three little ones are sisters and a brother, and we will also be sisters and a brother!"

Jianshan Huangquan explained.

"Uh, Huangquan Miss, isn't that a bit far-fetched?"

"Not far-fetched at all, also, Kagura Younger Sister, what are you going to call me?"

The girl placed her hand on the girl's face, leaned in close and asked.

"Huangquan... Older Sister..."

Tsuchimiya Kagura's face turned red because of the girl's approach, and she called out somewhat hesitantly.

"That's right, Broly!"

Jianshan Huangquan nodded in satisfaction, then looked toward the boy on the other side.

"What is it?"

"What should you call me?"

"Huangquan Older Sister?"

"Good, I formally announce, from now on the three of us are a family, and I am the biggest older sister, as for which of you two is the younger brother and which is the younger sister, let's settle that clearly right now."

Jianshan Huangquan said in a loud voice.

"Eh?"

Tsuchimiya Kagura widened her eyes, didn't expect that watching little cats would turn into a sworn siblings situation.

However, she still directed her gaze toward the boy on the other side.

However you look at it, she should be older than the other party, right!

"Alright, let Older Sister act as referee, now, first tell me your ages!"

Jianshan Huangquan guided the situation, steering it toward a direction where the two would get to know each other.

"Kagura Younger Sister, you go first."

"Ah, I, eleven this year."

Tsuchimiya Kagura wasn't good at refusing others, and under Jianshan Huangquan's lead, she obediently reported her age.

"Eh, only eleven, Older Sister thought you were twelve or thirteen."

Jianshan Huangquan was somewhat surprised, Tsuchimiya Kagura's height didn't look like an eleven-year-old girl's at all.

"Alright, Broly's turn."

"Me, fourteen."

Broly opened the Crystal Palace Panel, took a look, confirmed his age, then answered.

Then, he discovered the girl and the young woman had gone somewhat silent, staring at him.

Tsuchimiya Kagura's gaze seemed to say, you're fourteen?

Jianshan Huangquan's gaze was, I'd believe you if you said seven!

"Broly, no making things up, okay~"

Jianshan Huangquan actively broke the silence, saying this to the boy.

"But I'm telling the truth, I just look small."

Broly hurriedly explained for himself.

"My mother told me before, children who lie have to swallow a thousand needles."

Tsuchimiya Kagura said with a straight little face.

"But I didn't lie."

"Alright alright, Older Sister believes you didn't lie."

Jianshan Huangquan first said this to him, then leaned close to Tsuchimiya Kagura's ear and whispered.

"Kagura Younger Sister, you have to consider the younger boy, they always have some inexplicable competitive spirit."

Broly: "..."

The distance was close, so even though the girl and the young woman were whispering in each other's ears, he heard it.

"How about this, age is just for reference, mainly we look at appearance, and appearance-wise I'm the biggest, then Kagura, last is Broly, so from now on I'm first as Big Sister, Kagura second as Second Younger Sister, and Broly you're third as Third Younger Brother, okay?"

"Mhm."

Tsuchimiya Kagura nodded; she felt this ranking was quite reasonable.

"Alright."

Broly actually didn't care much about what place he ranked; he was merely emphasizing that he hadn't lied about his age.

"Then, let's all try calling each other."

Jianshan Huangquan clapped her hands once and looked at the two with some expectation.

"Eh?!"

Tsuchimiya Kagura realized belatedly; she had suddenly become someone's younger sister and someone's older sister.

"Big Sister Huangquan?"

"Mm, 'Big Sister' sounds a bit awkward; just keep calling me 'Sister'."

【Though, mine doesn't really matter; what's important is you two.】

"Broly, call out to your second sister."

"Tsuchimiya Sister?"

"Don't be so distant; call her by name."

"Kagura Sister?"

"Kagura younger sister, Broly is calling you."

Tsuchimiya Kagura's face flushed slightly; as an only daughter at home, this was the first time someone had called her 'Sister', and she responded somewhat unnaturally.

"He called; now it's your turn."

"Broly... younger brother?"

"Mm."

Broly also responded.

"Alright, you two call each other a few more times."

"Younger brother, younger brother, younger brother..."

"Older sister, older sister, older sister..."

As the form of address changed, under Jianshan Huangquan's supervision, after Tsuchimiya Kagura and Broly called each other 'younger brother' and 'older sister' many times, the strangeness between the two suddenly disappeared.

"How is it, the feeling of suddenly gaining a younger brother?"

Jianshan Huangquan asked the girl, who was now a bit breathless and red-faced from calling 'younger brother'.

"I don't know, but I don't dislike it..."

Tsuchimiya Kagura spoke the truth.

"Then, Broly, what about you?"

Jianshan Huangquan asked the other side, the boy who had called the girl 'older sister' many times.

"I'm very happy that Kagura Sister doesn't dislike me."

As Broly's words fell, he received a Crystal Palace prompt message; opening the Crystal Palace Panel with his consciousness, sure enough, the girl's Happiness Value had risen a bit.

He had never thought that raising the Happiness Value could be this simple; just change the form of address and call a few more times.

Of course, this mainly depends on the person; Tsuchimiya Kagura was in an unfortunate state because her mother had passed away, and being pulled by Jianshan Huangquan to acknowledge a younger brother, this behavior let her temporarily break free from the feeling of misfortune.

To put it even more simply, the girl's happiness threshold had lowered.

And she, who had encountered misfortune, lost her mother and had no father to accompany her; in truth, her heart also yearned for family affection, and Broly counted as satisfying the girl's this psychological need.

"Cough cough, then, a bit more solemnly..."

Jianshan Huangquan coughed twice and said to the other two: "Kagura younger sister, Broly younger brother, please take care of each other from now on."

"Sister Huangquan, Kagura Sister..."

Broly copied her example and also spoke the words 'please take care of me'.

"Good."

Tsuchimiya Kagura looked at the young woman, then at the boy, and nodded.

"Then, to deepen our feelings, let's play games together!"

Jianshan Huangquan struck while the iron was hot and took out an electronic game console — the kind that connects to a television.

"Eh, you two are really weak!"

"Wah, I've never played this kind of thing before."

"Then what about you, Broly?"

"Same, never played."

This life of Broly's was indeed the first time touching a remote controller.

"Then you two, same level, play together."

Jianshan Huangquan yielded the spot, and Broly adapted quickly.

One could see the fighting game character on the television screen being manipulated by him with decent skill.

"The loser gets paper strips stuck on their face."

The young woman went outside and quickly returned, sticky notes in hand.

Broly saw Tsuchimiya Kagura's small face turn a bit troubled because of Jianshan Huangquan's words, so he chose to concede.

"Eh, I hit, ah, I won!"

When Tsuchimiya Kagura, as a game newbie, won the game victory and surprise and delight surfaced on her small face, Broly's face also surfaced joy because he saw the other party's Happiness Value rise.

But to avoid being seen through as conceding, he quickly restrained his expression and instead showed a regretful look of having lost by a hair.

To describe it with an emoji pack: it was like holding a crying face mask in front of his face, but his true face behind the crying face paper was smiling.

"Uh, Broly, let me help share a bit of the burden."

They played like this until dusk; when Tsuchimiya Kagura came back to her senses, she discovered the boy's face was already covered in sticky notes, and she said with some embarrassment, reaching over to peel off some notes to stick on her own face.

Jianshan Huangquan watched with satisfaction from the side; truly, to comfort someone, it's still most effective to have kids of a similar age do it!

See, this child Tsuchimiya Kagura didn't know how many times she showed a happy smile throughout the whole afternoon; although the sorrow of losing her mother definitely hasn't been forgotten, it has been diluted a bit.

"Meow, meow, meow~"

Just then, the kittens in the cat box woke up; they let out tiny cries, seemingly hungry, calling for their mother to return.

The three looked over together, and Jianshan Huangquan said: "Game's over, all the sticky notes can come off; now it's our turn to take care of the kittens!"

When they left the pet hospital at noon, besides the cat box, Miss Nikaido Kiri also bought some things needed to raise kittens, for example several bags of low-lactose goat milk powder and small baby bottles for kittens.

Jianshan Huangquan mixed the milk powder with hot water, then added a bit of cold water to adjust the temperature, and handed a bottle of goat milk to Broly and Tsuchimiya Kagura each.

"Let's each feed one."

The three sat side by side, each cradling a kitten in their arms, and began feeding the kittens.

Jianshan Huangquan had the white cat, Tsuchimiya Kagura the black cat, while Broly had the calico cat.

And this scene gave Broly a feeling of playing house like adults.