Chapter 678: Welcome

"Is this place the legendary Mysterious Shop?" Tobiichi Origami pushed open the shop's front door, a hint of vigilance in her eyes.

"Welcome!" Just at that moment, a voice with a slight trace of confusion drifted over.

Tobiichi Origami looked down and saw that, at some point, a girl with beautiful gold and silver hair had appeared before her. The girl was wearing a small maid outfit, her eyes half-closed, looking as if she hadn't fully woken up yet.

"You, are you the attendant of this shop?" Itsuka Shido looked at Tina in front of him with some curiosity.

"Mm-hmm, because I accidentally fell asleep while playing a game earlier and lost, so as punishment for losing the game, I have to wear this maid outfit and be the shop's maid for one day," Tina said.

Watching this little girl looking dazed and swaying, Itsuka Shido didn't know why he thought of the analyst Murasame Reine on the Fraxinus. Both of them had the same look of not being fully awake, making one worry if they might collapse at any moment.

"Wow, it's actually a maid outfit! Maid outfits are the best!"

Tonomachi Hiroto, standing to the side, looked at Tina in front of him and couldn't help but shout excitedly. Judging by his appearance, he seemed to want to pounce in Tina's direction.

"Whoosh—"

A gust of wind flashed by, and Tonomachi Hiroto let out a shrill scream, instantly pinned to the ground by Tina.

"Hiroto!" Seeing Tonomachi Hiroto pinned down in an instant, Itsuka Shido couldn't help but let out a cry of alarm.

A flash of vigilance also crossed the eyes of Tobiichi Origami, who was standing to the side; she realized she hadn't noticed at all when the other party had made their move. In other words, if this little girl wanted to attack her, she would have no power to fight back right now!

Tohka also couldn't help but step forward, slightly shielding Itsuka Shido with her own body. If Tina were to attack Itsuka Shido, she would definitely intercept her at the first opportunity.

"Big Brother said that for this kind of lecherous middle-aged man with a weird grin, one must subdue him at the first opportunity and then call the police!" After pinning Tonomachi Hiroto to the ground, Tina very skillfully pulled out a rope to tie him up, then took a phone out of her pocket and began to dial.

"Hey, hey, hey, best friend, help me!" Seeing that Tina was really starting to dial, Tonomachi Hiroto couldn't help but start struggling frantically.

"Um, little sister..." Looking at Tina in front of him, Itsuka Shido spoke softly.

"Hmm?" Tina stopped dialing and tilted her head to look at Itsuka Shido.

"This person is my classmate, not some lecherous middle-aged man. He was just excited because he saw how cute you are. I wonder if you could let him go?" Itsuka Shido said gently.

Tina glanced at Itsuka Shido, tilted her head to think for a while, finally nodded slightly, put away her phone, and released Tonomachi Hiroto.

Tonomachi Hiroto, having been released, had not a trace of fear in his eyes; the gaze he fixed on Tina still held a hint of fanaticism: "Could this be the legendary combat maid?"

Watching his good friend like this, Itsuka Shido couldn't help but rub his forehead, feeling a bit of a headache. Why were there only abnormal people around him?

"Big Brother is already waiting for you inside the shop!" Tina turned around and said. "Please come in, everyone!"

"Click—"

Lingyun gently placed a chess piece on the board and said to Ruoxi with a smile: "Ruoxi, you've lost again!"

"Geez, Big Brother, can't you let me win just once!" Ruoxi looked at her chess pieces, which had been slaughtered and scattered, and couldn't help but pout.

"You were the one who said not to hold back earlier!" Lingyun said with a smile.

"Alright, the game is over, and the guests have arrived, I'm off!" Ruoxi laughed, and then her figure vanished into the Void.

"Big Brother, the guests have arrived!" Tina appeared before Lingyun and said.

"Who, who are you?" Just at this moment, Tohka, who was to the side, suddenly asked.

"What's wrong, Tohka?" Seeing Tohka suddenly ask such a strange question, a trace of surprise appeared on Itsuka Shido's face as well.

"Well, this person has an aura on him that makes me feel very close to him!" Tohka said, tilting her head.

"Honored guests have arrived, please sit!" Lingyun put away the chessboard and said with a smile.

"Please have some tea!" Tina's figure suddenly appeared before the group, holding a tray in her hands with four cups of clear tea on it.

"An aura that makes a Spirit feel very close?" Hearing Tohka's words, Tobiichi Origami couldn't help but mutter to herself; she had already begun to suspect whether the shopkeeper who had appeared before them was even human.

"Are you the owner of this Mysterious Shop?" Tonomachi Hiroto looked at Lingyun, his eyes full of hopeful light.

"That's right!" Lingyun nodded.

"I heard that you accept all kinds of commissions here?" Tonomachi Hiroto asked again.

"That is indeed the case!"

"I have a commission here, I wonder if you, Shopkeeper, will take it?"

"Let's hear it!" Lingyun already roughly knew what Tonomachi Hiroto's commission was, but his tone still carried a hint of interest.

"I want to become number one on the list of men people most want to date!" Tonomachi Hiroto said, clenching his fists.

"So it really is this kind of thing?" Lingyun chuckled inwardly.

"This commission sounds quite difficult, but if you really want to achieve this, it's not actually that hard!" Just then, a light laugh rang out from behind Lingyun.

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but look behind Lingyun. Behind him, a beautiful young girl had appeared at some point. The girl wore a blood-red gothic lolita dress with black lace trim, and on her head, she wore a gothic lolita-style headband, with her hair tied into twin tails. Her waterfall-like bangs covered the left side of her stunningly beautiful face, while on the other side, she revealed a right eye as deep as a black hole, along with lips as delicate as cherry blossom petals.

"You have a way?" Lingyun raised an eyebrow slightly.

"That's right. If we were to start with this young man himself, the difficulty would be unimaginably high. But if we start from other aspects to achieve this goal, it's not very difficult." Tokisaki Kurumi leaned her body against Lingyun's shoulder and said with a smile.

"What method?" Even Tobiichi Origami, who was usually uninterested in other matters, turned her gaze toward Tokisaki Kurumi.

"Actually, it's quite simple; as long as we get rid of everyone ranked ahead of him, wouldn't he become number one?" Kurumi's cherry lips parted slightly, uttering words that made Itsuka Shido and his group's hair stand on end.