Chapter 176: Stars, Strategy, and the Rise of the Potential Man
After that extravagant yakiniku feast...
MEM slumped in her chair like a grilled sardine, her spirit completely smoked.
Her tiny hands dangled from the edge of the seat, and she slowly tilted her head back to gaze at the restaurant ceiling, face full of lifeless resignation.
( ’︶︿︶’) . ▄█▀█●
She looked as though her very soul had left her body—and perhaps, in a way, it had.
Yukima Azuma watched her with a glint of amusement in his eyes.
If he wanted to use "hidden rules" on her right now...
Well, she probably wouldn’t resist anything. He could’ve had her washing his socks or signing over her channel.
But he just poured her another cup of barley tea.
After dinner, the three parted ways outside the restaurant, the summer night warm with lingering embers of laughter.
Yukima Azuma, however, didn’t waste a second.