Anime: Desolate Darkness

After several hours of patrolling, Kimura Takumi didn't find anything suspicious.

But one thing that was unexpected was that the commercial area where Jet appeared had not been unblocked until now, and there were still many troops gathered there and set up camp.

Should we say they are too vigilant?

However, Kimura Takumi thought this was not a bad idea. At least it showed how much importance the upper echelons attached to this situation.

It’s just a pity for the people in that area. They probably won’t be able to go back to open shops or live there for some time.

"Forget it, it has nothing to do with me, let's just go back."

Kimura Takumi glanced at his phone, 17:47.

It's time to go back and prepare dinner.

Now that he has a family, he can't always go out early and come back late.

……

After ringing the doorbell, Kimura Takumi stood aside and waited quietly.

I am half the head of the family, right? I don't even have a key...

He cried out in dissatisfaction in his heart and made up his mind to make Izumi Riko give him a hand.

"It's...who is it?"

The door was opened a little.

Izumi Sagiri, wearing a cartoon mask, carefully poked out half of her head.

"Sagiri?"

Kimura Takumi was wondering how she had the courage to come out and open the door for an unknown person, but he immediately understood.

Riko Izumi is not feeling well right now, so she probably did this to help the other person.

"Brother Kimura?!"

After seeing who was coming, Izumi Sagiri pushed open the door and rushed over excitedly.

"Thank you for your hard work, Sagiri."

Kimura Takumi caught her steadily and touched her head with his broad right palm.

"It's just opening a door! It's not hard!"

Izumi Sagiri's face was filled with a happy smile.

Having said that, she was actually very glad that the person she met when she opened the door was not someone else.

Before opening the door, she felt so nervous that her body was shaking and she felt anxious at the thought that she might have to communicate with three people other than her mother, Kimura Takumi, and Ryunosuke Ichisuke.

Come to the living room.

"Brother Kimura, you are here to play with me, right?" Izumi Sagiri asked, holding the other's hand.

"You can say that, but before that I have to make dinner first. Sagiri doesn't want to go hungry tonight, right?"

Upon hearing that tonight's dinner would be prepared by Kimura Takumi, Izumi Sagiri's eyes immediately curved into crescent shapes, and two dimples became clearly visible as the corners of her mouth turned up.

"Great! I can taste my brother's cooking again!"

Kimura Takumi touched her forehead with two fingers lovingly and walked to the refrigerator.

He opened the refrigerator and checked what ingredients were inside. Thinking of Izumi Riko's current physical condition, he decided to cook something lighter tonight and make some soup to nourish her body.

In the kitchen, taking off his coat and putting on an apron, Takumi Kimura transformed himself into a househusband and began his cooking time.

While he was immersed in his own world, Izumi Sagiri came to the kitchen door with curiosity.

Although she moved very lightly and tried not to make any noise, she still could not escape Kimura Takumi's keen observation.

"Is Sagiri okay?"

Seeing that she was discovered, she stopped hiding and walked straight in.

"I want to learn how to cook from my brother." She said softly.

"Why does Sagiri suddenly want to learn how to cook?"

Kimura Takumi was surprised.

The other person usually refuses to do housework like cleaning and washing dishes, so why does he want to learn how to cook now?

Upon hearing this, Izumi Sagiri lowered her head and gently touched the index fingers of her two hands together.

She wanted to speak, but felt a little embarrassed.

"Sagiri?"

Seeing that she was silent, Kimura Takumi called her again, and the doubt in his eyes deepened slightly.

"Because... because I want to make it for Ka-chan later..."

Izumi Sagiri whispered.

"It would be a bit awkward if I had to trouble Kimura-nii to come over every time Ka-chan is not feeling well..."

Kimura Takumi was stunned for a moment, his expression dull.

When he came to his senses, he smiled gently and subconsciously raised his hand, wanting to touch the head of the sensible child in front of him.

He stretched out his hand halfway, but thought of the oil stains that might remain on his palm, so he had to retract it and could only say something to comfort him:

"I'm sure Riko-san will be happy to know that Sagiri thinks so. But..."

"But what?" Izumi Sagiri raised her head and stared at the other person blankly with clear eyes.

"You don't have to force yourself, Sagiri. Just do what you want to do."

"I can't guarantee anything else, but if I'm just here to help you cook, then as long as nothing unexpected happens, you can come over every day." Kimura Takumi promised.

Izumi Sagiri's beautiful eyes flashed, and she said excitedly: "Really? Brother Kimura can really come over and make delicious food every day?!"

There was a hint of disbelief in his excited tone. He grabbed the other person's arm with both hands and shook it hard, eager to get an answer.

"Really, really, would I lie to Sagiri?" Kimura Takumi affirmed.

"Great! I'm going to tell Ka-chan this news!"

Izumi Sagiri raised her hands high, smiled happily, and ran away briskly with her short legs.

Seeing this, Kimura Takumi smiled bitterly and said, "Be careful, don't fall."

Then proceed to cooking the next dish.

……

After dinner and cleaning up the mess, Kimura Takumi was dragged by Izumi Sagiri into the other party's room.

Izumi Sagiri showed him her new works one by one, constantly asking him how they were, with a look on her face that showed she hoped he would praise her.

Kimura Takumi took a few quick glances, frowned, and felt a little unable to look down, so he had to use the excuse of playing games to avoid it.

This is because most of those works are based on Sagiri Izumi herself, but with her body size reduced.

The clothes are cool, and the more I look at them, the more guilty I feel.

"Brother Kimura! I'm surrounded!" Izumi Sagiri shouted.

"Here it comes, don't worry, put the ultimate shield on yourself first." Kimura Takumi hurriedly comforted.

Isn't the purpose of playing a game to relax? Why does it seem like the other person is about to cry?

"But if that's the case, you won't be able to benefit from it at such a long distance, right? The cooldown time for the ultimate skill is too long."

"It's okay. I can avoid damage by moving."

...

I originally wanted to use the game to divert Izumi Sagiri's attention, but I didn't expect that both of them would be deeply involved and played for several hours in a row.

They were not forced to disband until Riko Izumi came in.

"Sagiri, you haven't taken a shower yet?"

"Well... it seems so..." Seeing Ka-chan's fierce look, Izumi Sagiri turned her head away in fear, not daring to look directly at her.

"Why don't you go quickly? It's already past ten o'clock. Normal children should be asleep at this time, but you haven't even taken a shower!"

"I, I'm going right now!"

Shocked by the opponent's momentum, Izumi Sagiri dropped the controller, took out some clean clothes from the closet, and ran out immediately.

Ka-chan is really weird today, I never cared about these things before...

On her way to the bathroom, she was filled with doubts.

Now that the person who was in the way was gone, Izumi Riko immediately ran into Kimura Takumi's arms.

"Bad guy! He disappeared after making breakfast! He didn't even bother to stay with me!"

She punched the other person's chest a few times with her little fist and said dissatisfiedly.

"Isn't this just to leave some space for you to talk?" Kimura Takumi smiled apologetically.

Gradually, he realized that something was wrong. The other person's body seemed to be provoking his second brother intentionally or unintentionally.

"Riko, how is your recovery going?" he asked tentatively.

Seeing that he finally understood her intention, Izumi Riko smiled evilly, put her lips close to his ear, and said in an extremely seductive tone: "Guess?"

slightly...

……

Monday morning, Sobu High School.

In the office, Kimura Takumi sat at his seat, lost in thought.

In the past, when he heard the saying that women are like wolves at thirty and like tigers at forty, he thought it was alarmist, but he didn’t expect it to be true!

"If my body hadn't been strengthened, I would have died sooner or later..."

……