"Senior, you're so slow. What exactly did he go to do?"

Ignoring the strange looks from the people around him, Suzuya Juuzou squatted on top of a trash can, waiting.

Just as he was getting a little bored waiting, a familiar figure suddenly appeared in his line of sight.

"Senior, you're finally here~"

Rinze's beautiful eyes instantly chilled, and she jumped down like a kitten.

"Sorry, I'm late. I ran into something on the way."

Lin Ze rubbed his fluffy head, a hint of apology in his eyes.

He had just casually killed one of Rize's lackeys on the way.

"I'm so hungry, I want to go up and eat~"

Rinze raised her head, a hint of resentment in her beautiful eyes.

At this moment, she looked like a kitten starving because its owner forgot to feed it.

"Then hurry upstairs, I have good food at my place."

Lin Ze said, then walked into the apartment building and headed towards his home.

...

Click~

After a crisp sound, Lin Ze pushed open the door.

"There are slippers in the shoe cabinet. Wash your hands after you come in, find a place to sit, and I'll go cook."

Lin Ze, familiar with the routine, came in, changed into slippers, and then walked into the kitchen.

"Wow~"

After changing into slippers and walking into the room, Rinze curiously looked around.

This was her first time visiting someone else's home, and everything around her was so new.

"Wash your hands first!"

Lin Ze poked his head out of the kitchen and reminded her.

"Okay~"

Hearing this, Rinze responded and obediently went to wash her hands.

"Senior told me to find a place to sit?"

Rinze looked around, her beautiful eyes flickering slightly.

The living room was about thirty square meters, not spacious, and the furniture arrangements weren't particularly neat, but it was full of life.

Soon, her attention fell on the large bed at the edge of the living room.

Without the slightest hesitation, Rinze jumped directly onto it.

"What a soft bed, so comfortable~"

She tightly hugged Lin Ze's pillow, feeling the soft and warm sensation.

Rinze narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly, a hint of enjoyment and satisfaction on her pretty face.

"Time to eat."

Just then, Lin Ze came out with plates.

However, his gaze immediately fell on Rinze's small figure on the bed.

Fortunately, he had thrown away all the trash yesterday, otherwise, if strange wads of paper were found on the floor, it would be difficult to explain.

Thinking of this, Lin Ze also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let's eat."

Lin Ze placed the plates on the table and arranged the bowls and chopsticks.

"Huh~"

"The food is already ready so quickly?"

Rinze drawled in a lazy tone, reluctantly climbing out of bed.

At the dining table, both of them were starving and ate large mouthfuls of food, completely disregarding table manners.

In the end, it even devolved into a situation where they were snatching food from each other.

Although Lin Ze's cooking skills weren't superb, the taste was at least not bad.

Soon, both of them had eaten all the food, leaving nothing behind.

"I'm full, so comfortable, Senior~"

After eating, Rinze slumped into the sofa, looking very lazy.

It was hard to imagine that this completely relaxed person would be humanity's strongest combatant in the future, the strongest in the CCG besides Arima Kishou.

"It's getting late, you need to go home."

Lin Ze glanced at the time; it was already six in the evening.

The sun had set, and the sky outside was gradually darkening.

As everyone knows, after dark, the world no longer belongs to humans.

This is the time when Ghouls hunt and prey on humans, and walking at night is very dangerous.

Although, if any Ghoul without eyes dared to attack Suzuya Juuzou...

Then he probably hadn't figured out who was the prey and who was the hunter.

Thinking of this, Lin Ze had no worries at all.

"I've caused you trouble all day today, Superior Lize. Well then, see you tomorrow~"

Rinze narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly and climbed up from the sofa.

After bowing in thanks, she turned to leave.

At that moment, Lin Ze quickly called out to her: "Wait, I still have something to give you."

"Huh?"

Hearing the sound, Rinze turned her head, her beautiful eyes sparkling with curiosity.

"This is for you. I bought it on the way back, I don't know if you'll like it."

Lin Ze took a dagger out of his clothes pocket and handed it over.

He had bought this on his way back at a private weapons shop, considering it a gift.

After all, Shinohara Yukinori had entrusted Suzuya Juuzou to him, which was a kind of trust.

And anyway, no matter what, the two of them were partners now, so this could be considered a small gift from himself to his junior.

It's just that Rinze was older than him.

Thinking this, Lin Ze put the dagger into her hand.

The smile on Rinze's face froze as she stared blankly at the dagger in her hand.

"What's wrong, don't you like it?"

Seeing her expression, Lin Ze was a little confused.

Could it be that he remembered wrong, and Rinze didn't like daggers?

Or did she not like receiving gifts from people she wasn't too familiar with?

In an instant, a flood of thoughts flashed through Lin Ze's mind.

Bang~

In an instant, the sound of collision and contact echoed in the air.

"No, I like it very much."

Rinze hugged Lin Ze, shaking her head gently.

This sudden hug caught Lin Ze by surprise, and he didn't react.

"Thank you... Senior Lin Ze~"

"I haven't had many friends since I was little, so I've already forgotten the taste of friendship."

"Besides Mr. Shinohara, you are the second person who has been kind to me... I will firmly remember this feeling~"

Rinze whispered softly, unconsciously hugging him tighter, her delicate body even trembling slightly.

"So, I will carefully keep this knife as my most precious treasure~"

Her fair fingers tightly gripped the dagger and held it to her chest, a hint of happiness on the boy's beautiful and adorable face.

"I am very grateful to you, Mr. Lin Ze. From now on, I will do my best to cooperate with you!"

Rinze raised her head, a hint of tears sparkling in her smiling beautiful eyes.

"Go for it. I will always be watching you from now on."

Lin Ze nodded, a gentle smile on his refined face.

"Then it's a promise. From now on... you must watch me closely~"

Rinze raised her head, tilted it slightly, and smiled faintly.

And at the moment the sound rang out, a system notification sound almost simultaneously echoed in Lin Ze's mind.

【You have successfully completed the quest: Suzuya Juuzou's Admiration】

【Quest rewards are being distributed.........】

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