Playing house in the anime world

Hagiwara Kenji looked left and right and found that the cursed spirit was really gone?!

It's impossible for all the cursed spirits to disappear suddenly, so the only possibility is...

"Have we suddenly lost sight of that again?"

Kakyoin Noriaki took a few tentative steps forward, but still could not see the curse spirit.

Rengoku Kyojuro also walked around, but nothing changed.

Then... go back to the place where I just saw the curse spirit?

"Let's buy some fruit?" He looked at the fresh food area he just passed by.

Kenji Hagiwara nodded, and the others retreated to the fresh food area.

Almost at the moment of crossing a certain point, the messy cursed spirits appeared in sight again.

"This……"

"Is it... a restriction?" Kakyoin Noriaki immediately thought of something, "Does it mean that if you are a certain distance away from Aiko, you won't be able to see her anymore?"

"Hiss... I haven't even thought about this question at all..." Hagiwara Kenji slapped his forehead, probably because too many things happened in the morning.

But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense. After all, they are not sorcerers. Being able to see cursed spirits is already very special, so it is normal to have some restrictions.

Moreover, they came into this world for Gojo Aiko. The reason why they can see the curse spirit now is probably to facilitate the protection of Gojo Aiko.

"Let's experiment again after we get back."

……

“Buy one get one free chocolate pudding…”

Aiko Gojo was standing in the jelly section, attracted by the promotion.

"Milk pudding is 8% off..." Aiko Gojo quickly found the best deal among a bunch of promotional and discounted products.

The milk pudding is packaged in glass jars and sold in packs of four.

Moreover, this height is just within reach for Aiko Gojo.

She reached out and picked up a dozen milk puddings, but found that the weight was a little beyond her expectations.

"Ah!" Aiko Gojo barely managed to lift a dozen puddings, but the ropes that tied the four glass jars suddenly broke!

At the critical moment——"Huh?"

Aiko Gojo was holding the pudding with a confused look on her face.

She was holding a whole dozen puddings in her hand, and the rope was tied tightly to the bottle without breaking at all!

...No, I definitely saw it broken just now!

Aiko Gojo put the pudding into the shopping cart, then turned her head and began to observe the people around her.

Although the jelly section was having a sale, there were unusually few people in front of this shelf.

Standing in front of the shelf selecting items, besides Gojo Aiko, there was only a boy with pink hair.

Pink... It's a different pink hair from May's...

Gojo Aiko moved to the side, trying to get closer.

Then the pink-haired boy picked up something from the shelf and immediately turned around and left.

Aiko Gojo quickly chased after him and took a look at what he had just taken - it was a pair of coffee jelly that was on sale for 100 yen each.

After chasing for a few steps, she stopped again, then turned around and took a coffee jelly as well.

This way, if she is caught stalking later, she can use the excuse of "because I noticed that the big brother bought things that I have never tried, so I followed him to see what delicious things he would buy that I haven't tasted before, and then copied his list to buy the same things."

However, in just a few seconds, the boy disappeared.

This speed is too fast...Did he run away?

Aiko Gojo walked around the shelves several times but didn't see the young man.

No, there is definitely something wrong here!

If she was just a little curious originally, now she has become extremely curious. She will not be able to sleep tonight unless she finds the boy with pink hair!

[Is it finally here?]

A pink-haired boy appeared not far away at some point. He was wearing a pair of strange green glasses and had two lollipop-like hairpins on his head. This outfit made people wonder if he was cosplaying some 2D character.

[What a hassle.]

[But it’s a 100 yen coffee jelly…]

[......]

[…Wait! It’s not to the point where I need Gojo Satoru to investigate me, right?!]

[Going to the black market to buy my information is too much!]

[Why are you so curious about me...]

Finally, Gojo Aiko turned around and found the boy she had been looking for.

Pretending to be casual, she walked over.

Discounted bento? You're actually buying this...

Gojo Aiko glanced at the shelf in front of the boy. The coffee jelly he just bought was also on sale, so...

[Don't make up a tragic story for me without permission!]

After getting some distance away from the pink-haired boy, Gojo Aiko suddenly stopped and showed a confused expression.

[……Oops!]

How can someone... put two lollipops on their head? And also wears weird green glasses...

No, this lollipop looks very much like some kind of "device", such as a game joystick. The joystick that controls the direction of the claw on a claw machine looks similar to this.

He... is he an alien robot? !

[…Although her guess was correct in a sense, of course, I was guessing that the two things on the fingers were some kind of device, but the alien robot was definitely wrong!]

Gojo Aiko hesitantly walked up to the strange boy, then quickly glanced at the shelf: "Big brother, can you help me get the one at the top... ginger pork rice bowl?"

The boy reached out and took the bento that Gojo Aiko had ordered and handed it to her.

No... I can't continue the conversation like this...

Gojo Aiko rolled her eyes and smiled shyly: "Thank you, big brother...Excuse me, big brother, do you have any recommended bento? I want to buy one for my brother, but I really can't think of what kind of bento he would like to eat..."

"…Spicy grilled mackerel bento."

Huh?

Aiko Gojo clenched the handle of the basket in her hand. Did he just... speak?

But I did hear his voice...

Is it really an alien robot? !

But "spicy grilled mackerel"? What a weird taste...

Gojo Aiko took a look and found that the bento was right in front of her.

Could it be that he recommended it because it is convenient to hold?

"Thank you, big brother!" Gojo Aiko quickly took a box of spicy grilled mackerel bento. Since it was spicy and sounded like the flavor that Oda Sakunosuke would like, she took it back and let him try it.

In the blink of an eye, the strange boy turned around and left, then disappeared into the crowd.

"Hmm...it's still suspicious!"

Aiko Gojo discovered that the boy did not take the lunch box...then what was he doing standing in front of the shelf for a long time?

Didn’t he find the bento style he liked?

Aiko Gojo hesitated for a moment and decided to continue chasing.

And after observing him closely just now, she always felt that this person looked a little subtly familiar.

Kind of...like someone?