The family had gained an extra police officer, and Sakurai Hoshi could not sleep peacefully at all, even though this person had just agreed to become her underling.
Calm down! At home, it was just Dad tricking old people into buying vitamins! Mom running an evil j organization! And herself putting on a show of mysticism under the name of a divine child, that was all, after all, no, this family situation was simply too prisonable, not too imprisonable at all…
…No matter what, the moment he agreed, he had boarded the pirate ship!
If Fushimi Kanko betrayed her, Player-chan would expose his identity as her underling! She had already had the system record audio! An evil cult leader has no bottom line!!
Sakurai Hoshi muttered things like “You’re under arrest” and “We’ll eat prison meals together” as she fell asleep.
The next morning, she was once again a player with full HP!
“Good morning~” she greeted the police officer with a brave smile, completely unable to tell that last night she had been brewing a conspiracy to report and threaten the mole.
Yesterday Sakurai Hoshi had driven all the believers home overnight, so at this moment she could only take quick steps with agility 5 and descend the stairs in fear and trepidation. Seeing this from the side, even Fushimi Kanko could not help worrying, turning back after every step, afraid that she would fall.
“Oh my, you’ve become very good friends.” Mom looked at the two of them going downstairs together and started teasing them.
“But not as good as Mom and Dad’s relationship,” Dad also laughed foolishly from the side.
Such teasing could not stump a player with no bottom line.
Xing comfortingly patted the handsome cat-eyed guy’s trouser leg. “This handsome guy is my underling, you know.”
Amid Dad and Mom’s teasing and Fushimi Kanko’s helpless, bitter smile, she sat down and started eating the hot breakfast.
“Ding-dong——” the doorbell rang.
“I’ll go.”
Sakurai Hoshi wiped her mouth and ran to the entrance to open the door.
A handsome guy with blond hair and dark skin was standing at the door. His tall figure was practically a giant to a child, full of pressure. He lowered his head, his gray-purple eyes looking down at her for 3 seconds, then unfolded his police ID and revealed a smile.
Sakurai Hoshi slammed the door shut.
Calm down, she had definitely seen wrong just now. Maybe it was actually some delivery guy’s business card or something, how could that be!
The doorbell rang again.
“…”
Under tremendous pressure, Sakurai Hoshi opened the door.
“Nice to meet you. I’m Furuya Rei from the Special Investigation Team. We’ll be troubling your family to cooperate for this period of time.”
“…”
Haha, it really was the police.
…
…………
“Hoshi, what’s wrong? You’ve been standing in the doorway in a daze for so long… Ah, Zero has come, huh? Come in quickly. Hm? Hoshi? What’s wrong? Hoshi?! Pull yourself together——!”
…
Because Sakurai Dad had resigned from the company that tricked people to death without paying with his life, backstabbed his hometown, and then turned around and led the police to blow up the criminal organization’s nest…
In order to protect the witness and wipe out the organization as quickly as possible, the Public Security team and the FBI formed a joint investigation team, and Fushimi Kanko and Furuya Rei began to provide close protection for the Sakurai family.
That was the reason Sakurai Hoshi had nearly been scared into a heart attack by the police coming to her door first thing in the morning.
The leader of the World’s End Bliss Cult nearly knelt on the spot to confess her crimes.
“These few are all Dad’s friends, and they’ll be staying at home for a while recently.” Dad looked quite guilty. “Sorry for troubling Mom.”
“Honestly, what is Dad saying~? Friends of Saburo, we’d be more than happy to welcome them into our home.” Mom smiled as if flowers were blooming everywhere. “Just in time, today our little precious Star-chan is going to the sanatorium to give the belie…”
“Mom!” Sakurai Hoshi suddenly stood up.
Shut up! Were you about to say believers?! You can’t say something like that in front of the police officers if it will make the days more and more jail-worthy!!
Everyone at the dining table looked over.
“Ah?” Mom looked in surprise at her divine-child daughter, who was especially rough today, and frowned with concern.
“I, we’re going to chat with the patients at the sanatorium today!” Sakurai Hoshi racked her brains. “So they won’t be so lonely…”
“…I see. Hoshi really is a kind child.” Fushimi Kanko looked at her thoughtfully for a while, then smiled considerately. “We’ll go out together in a little while. For now, you still need to eat breakfast properly.”
“Mm, mm…”
After breakfast, Dad and Mom both had things to do, so they left the house with the other police officers. Dad: taking the police to backstab and pursue Gin, Mom: staking out and spying on the opposing side.
At once, only the World’s End Bliss Cult leader, surrounded by two police officers, remained in the house.
“Is my face really that terrifying…” Furuya Rei sat on the single sofa with his arms folded, staring at Sakurai Hoshi across from him, who was stiffly putting her bag away, a little unhappy. “You didn’t dare meet my eyes all morning today.”
The cult leader, under police surveillance, numbly stuffed a water bottle into the bag, completely ignoring the blond gorilla’s gaze.
Fushimi Kanko helplessly touched her head and fed her a piece of candy as comfort. The cult leader, whose nerves were taut, had only just gained a trace of relaxation when, the next second, she heard his thoughtful murmur: “…Hoshi seems a little afraid of police.”
…Don’t use your intuition at a time like this!
“But she doesn’t seem afraid of you, Hiro.”
“Th-that’s because Hiro is my underling, you know.”
Sakurai Hoshi finally found the chance to change the subject. She immediately raised her face, with one cheek puffed up by the candy, her tone a bit exaggerated, and even very consciously changed the way she addressed him.
Sorry, my good partner, although you haven’t betrayed me yet, I’ll sell out my teammate first as a show of respect!
“Ho~” Furuya Rei really changed his attitude immediately. He placed his hands on his lap, interlaced his fingers, leaned forward and suddenly closed the distance, and the smile on his face became somewhat teasing. “You haven’t seen me for one day, and you’ve already found a new job, huh, Hiro?”
“Ah, my.” Fushimi Kanko propped his forehead with one hand, looking at Sakurai Hoshi, though the corners of his mouth kept smiling nonstop. “A boss who’s such a cute little kid would get beaten up by Zero and the others. Please, Hoshi-chan, save me.”
Wow.
Xing’s eyes widened with the candy in her mouth.
He said “save me,” you know.
“Mm! I’ll protect Hiro!” Sakurai Hoshi said with a serious face as she took out her phone. “Let’s start by exchanging contact info. The note has to be changed to ‘my boss,’ okay.”
“Pff~”
Furuya Rei finally could not hold back and laughed out loud.
…
Fushimi Kanko was actually very curious why Hoshi was afraid of police.
It did not seem to be because of Dad either.
He was carrying a guitar bag and leaning by the hospital room door, looking inside.
Under the girl’s touch, the patient who had originally been numbly staring at the ceiling gradually showed emotional fluctuations. Tears flowed from dry eyes, and the release of emotion was not intense, like a person who had been frozen numb finally being wrapped in a cotton coat.
“It’ll get better.”
She said, gently stroking the young man’s head like an elder.
Sakurai Hoshi had already changed into clothes that were convenient for going out, but that did not affect the strange aura around her.
Clearly just a child, but at the moment one saw her figure, one would feel calm.
That feeling became even stronger after physical contact.
Fushimi Kanko only had to look at this scene to feel very relaxed.
It was as if the person being gently comforted by her was not that frail, sickly young man, but himself.
Or rather, he had already been “healed” by her.
The divine child of the World’s End Bliss Cult.
When he could not see it as an undercover operative, there were also people who had always been protecting others in their own way.
Looking at this scene, it was like telling himself that you had never been fighting alone.
How wonderful.
…
Sakurai Hoshi’s physical condition was very poor.
It had been fine before, when she did not need to walk on her own, but now, having to complete the whole sanatorium work with her own legs, it was still a bit too strenuous.
By the time they had only toured half the sanatorium, Xing’s stamina bar had already turned red.
She stopped, looked up at the young man’s blue cat eyes, and said with a serious face, “If we keep walking, your boss is going to faint.”
So Fushimi Kanko carried her and finished the whole route.
On the way home, the child stayed in his arms, looking a little down.
Even when the young man asked her gently, Sakurai Hoshi only shook her head and did not speak.
The divine child sighed.
She was starting to not really want to lie to Kanko anymore.
…
Such daily life continued for quite a long time.
During that time, assassins once broke in in the middle of the night, but they were all dealt with by Kanko and Zero. Occasionally, there were fish that slipped through the net, and Dad fled in panic, leading the assassins into the house and opening the机关. The whole house shook, and countless机关枪 and rocket launchers flipped out from the ceiling, floor, walls, and under the sofa and aimed at the enemy, giving everyone a huge surprise.
“You know that just these things alone are enough to get you sent in, right?”
Furuya Rei flipped the机关控制按钮 up and down in his hand, and once again, rarely, showed the Bourbon smile dark with black air.
Sakurai Dad crouched on the ground with his head in his hands like a thief who had been caught, and he could actually still snort contemptuously. “As for your dad, my bottom line for this whole life is my wife and child! After working so many years, how could I let my weak wife and daughter stay in an unsafe home! This is the way of a husband! You single dogs will never understand!”
Dad is so strong.
Sakurai Hoshi, who had run out after hearing the noise, could only stand there blankly like a chick under the pressure from the police officer.
But don’t use your courage at a time like this, Dad!!
Even so, Sakurai Hoshi was still very moved.
So Dad, when he went out to scam money, had also been worried that Mom and she would be beaten to death.
Aside from the person helping Xing prepare loving meals having become Fushimi Kanko, the Sakurai family’s daily life still continued as usual.
Furuya Rei even teased Hiro, “You’re already living the life of a stay-at-home dad in advance.”
Sakurai Hoshi, waiting to be fed by Fushimi Kanko, refuted righteously, “That’s very rude, I’m the boss.”
The dignified and powerful cult leader, and the loyal police underling, they were mutually drawn to each other.
“…Hiro, is it really okay for you to just indulge her like this?”
While frying eggs, Kanko laughed nonstop. “Everything Hoshi says is right.”
“…No hope for you.”
…
[Healing a patient with moderate depression, reward: 50,000 yen]
[Healing post-traumatic stress disorder from an explosion, reward: 50,000 yen]
…
As more and more people were healed, the Sakurai family gradually gained some strange fame. Slowly, patients with mental illnesses and even psychiatric illness started making appointments under the pretense of exorcism, treating Sakurai Hoshi as a psychotherapist.
…That could count as a matching profession, too.
Looking at the row of yen reward notifications that had appeared in the system, Sakurai Hoshi only felt delighted.
Even though she had not drawn the Six Eyes skill, the player had the system~
A divine child, and the Golden Rule, system task version, were both here! Her perception could also be raised to the full 25 points sooner or later!
What Six Eyes? How could that compare to the player, hehe.
Even though that was the case, as she fooled Furuya Rei every day and met with believers while hiding under Fushimi Kanko’s nose, her underling had been looking at her more and more strangely lately.
“Hoshi.”
Finally, one day after saying goodnight, Fushimi Kanko did not turn and go back to his room as decisively as before, but instead opened his mouth to call her to a stop.
What had to come would always come.
Sakurai Hoshi turned around heavily to face the police officer, looking as though she carried a huge burden.
Being this player’s underling, the one who was the cult leader and divine child, is your honor, so don’t be ungrateful, police!
The young man knelt on one knee in front of her and gently touched the little girl’s head. His clear blue eyes flickered, seeming a little hesitant.
“…Star, are you afraid that the police will discover the cult leader’s identity?”
When he drew this conclusion, Fushimi Kanko himself had also been very surprised, because in Japan, all religions were legal, and could even enjoy tax-exemption treatment.
The World’s End Bliss Cult was not a secret. Although it had only been established not long ago, it already had a certain reputation in Tokyo. Almost everyone who had come into contact with the divine child ultimately became a devout believer.
Even Fushimi Kanko, who had always fought with science and weapons, had received the divine child’s comfort.
If the police protect people’s safety, then Star is like a guardian deity, protecting the hearts of the world’s people.
But she was afraid they would discover the matter of the World’s End Bliss Cult, and even when praying for blessings and performing rituals for the believers, she carried a sense of guilt.
Why?
“…Will you take me away?” Sakurai Hoshi was silent for a while, not denying it, and raised her head to look nervously at Fushimi Kanko. “Will Hiro lock me up?”
No way, no way, where is there a player getting taken away by the police! Impossible, she did not believe it! Think carefully before you answer!
Fushimi Kanko was stunned by her question.
Why would she think he wanted to lock her up… Wait, Star really did have such a talent. If some people at the higher levels discovered her, it really was possible that she would be kept under strict watch…
Fushimi Kanko fell into thought.
“I understand, Star. Sorry, I let you bear so much all by yourself.”
No one knew what exactly he had imagined, but in any case, the two people who were not on the same page somehow amazingly managed to connect.
The young man, kneeling on one knee in front of the girl, took her hand and seemed to have made some sort of decision.
“Star just needs to do what she wants to do. I’ll protect you.”
The cult leader player had not expected her good partner to be so straightforward, and she even felt a little disbelieving. “Really? Hiro won’t arrest me either?”
So a policeman that big just became her mole like that? She was amazing!
“Hm? What are you thinking about… I’ll never hurt you.” Fushimi Kanko was a little stunned, then touched her head with a laugh that was both helpless and amused, his eyes very gentle. “…Because Star is my partner of justice, after all.”
Sakurai Hoshi widened her eyes.
All this time, she had considered herself to be doing bad things, sneaking around every day, hiding from the police, afraid of being taken into prison to eat pork cutlet rice. Yet Sakurai Hoshi actually had a day when the police acknowledged her as a “partner of justice”!
…Had her con artistry, no, her charm, already become that outstanding?
The player-chan was dazed by the handsome guy’s sweet talk, and the corners of her mouth were almost splitting to the sky.
“And also Hiro’s boss.”
Being so happy that she was all dazed was one thing, but some things still had to be emphasized.
A soft chuckle came from above her head. Fushimi Kanko touched her head and coaxed her gently, “Yes, my cute boss too.”
Author’s note: Japanese churches are legal, and Panxing Church is officially legal now too, let alone the World’s End Bliss Cult.
So this wave is just the result of legal illiterates worrying themselves needlessly.
Star still can’t see curses right now, but with the system prompts, she also roughly knows that she really can exorcise demons.
Finally, congratulations to Star on happily obtaining one mole.
The Police Academy Group’s boxed lunches will all be recovered.
I originally thought I could finish off the liquor company within three chapters, but I didn’t expect to almost finish them off in this chapter. I had to hit the brakes urgently to let them live two more episodes. The liquor company really can’t do it.