Re:Zero - Starting Life in Chaos.

Inside the cabin, a portable lantern cast a bright light.

After a series of analyses by Takagi and Chitanda, it took everyone a long time to recover.

After a while, a weak voice sounded:

"But...but why did you do this, Senior?"

Ebina was a little confused. Beichen was obviously very nice to them, with a bright smile and gentle eyes, just like the brother in her memory.

Why would you want to harm them?

“Because of experience.”

Without waiting for Takagi to answer, Chitanda spoke up to explain.

"From what I know about Nissan, if he wants to help us grow, he will do something like this."

"It turns out that after this unexpected incident, we have all been affected to varying degrees."

"At least for me, I will be more cautious when participating in battles in the future."

"Me too! I don't want to be caught off guard again in the future."

"Yes, the stockings fell off~"

Chitanda's words were affirmed by everyone, and the tree house became lively again.

When the conversation gradually died down, Nagatoro suddenly started to complain:

"Even if it is for training us, there is no need to use this method. What if an unexpected situation occurs and the senior fails to stop it in time?"

The others did not engage in direct combat with the leader, but she fought with him the whole time, and only she knew the danger involved.

That's why she complained that Beichen's approach was too rough and there was a risk of getting out of control.

The others nodded, agreeing with Nagatoro's statement.

Indeed, just now Yuta was kicked far away.

If Nagatoro hadn't been in the back row, he might have been in danger at the first moment.

However, before they could speak, Gao Mu smiled and comforted them:

"There's actually no danger. You'll just get some minor injuries at best."

"Why?" Nagatoro was a little confused.

"Because Senior Beichen left a mark on us, we can block the attack in critical moments."

"what?"

"You may think that I saved Togashi-san, but in fact my makeshift shield didn't do much good. Instead, it shattered in an instant."

"What really stopped the leader's attack was Senior Beichen's mark. That was Senior's energy fluctuation. I only discovered it when Senior was building the tree house just now."

As he spoke, Gao Mu nodded his head, thought for a moment, and then continued:

"I think it was left behind by our senior when he talked to us about mobilization before we set off."

Hearing this, everyone fell silent again.

"Senior is indeed a gentle person." Ebina thought.

Just as she was thinking about Beichen, she suddenly felt a tightness in her chest. She looked down and saw a blue head buried in her heart.

"Xi...Xi...Xi...Xilfen-san, what are you...what are you doing?"

With his head pressed against his chest, Ebina felt shy and had difficulty breathing. It was obvious that his heart was being squeezed and his pajamas could not hold him tight.

However, Hilfen still held onto Ebina's slender waist, muttering to herself, "Senior, it's so scary that your stockings fell off."

It's funny, but also a little confusing.

"Why do you say that?"

"Don't you think so? All our actions were within his expectations. It's really scary to be so clearly arranged by someone."

The more Hilfen spoke, the tighter she hugged Ebina.

"Hilfen, let go of Ebina! She's about to faint!"

Seeing that Ebina was so embarrassed that he couldn't breathe, Komari hurriedly went up and pulled Hilfen off.

"Haha, don't be so nervous. Senior Beichen is just making contingency plans among a limited number of options. It's not as scary as you say."

Takagi consoled.

After hearing her words, Hilfen finally calmed down.

The other girls breathed a sigh of relief.

At first, they were also frightened by Hilfen's words.

“Oh, that’s not right!”

Just as they were gathering their thoughts and preparing to lie back down, Mizukami Sakura suddenly spoke, attracting everyone's attention.

"What's wrong? Mizukami-san?" Takagi asked.

"Senior is cunning and sly for planning ahead, but Takagi-san is also terrifying for being able to analyze and draw conclusions from various details!"

"Besides, if Kouma-kun didn't mention it at the beginning, would Takagi-kun have planned to tell us?"

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions changed and they looked at Takagi with increasingly strange eyes.

Facing the questioning of his companions, Takagi's expression remained the same. He just smiled and nodded, confirming what Mizukami Sakura said, but did not explain why he did so.

How could she explain it?

This time they came out for experience. If they knew that Beichen was protecting them, the effect might be reduced.

This is why she didn't want to say it at first.

Later, seeing her companions looking so silly, she couldn't bear to see them being kept in the dark, so she explained so much.

Retracting his thoughts, Takagi skipped the topic and looked at Mizukami Sakura meaningfully.

"Mizukami, I'm a girl after all. Scare people a little bit, it's a bit hurtful~"

"Haha, sorry, I was rude. I should have been more witty, haha, haha."

Feeling Takagi's kind gaze, Mizukami Sakura couldn't help but shrink her neck and responded with a wry smile.

Seeing this, the others tactfully changed the subject and began chatting about other things as if nothing had happened.

……

Late at night, Beichen sat by the campfire and played his handheld game console.

Since the other party was just trying to experience the feeling of keeping watch all night, Beichen came to take over Yong Taishou's shift at 12 o'clock in the morning.

Keeping watch was very boring, and he had already set up a warning formation around the camp, so he did not sit there but took out his handheld game console and started playing games.

"Hello, senior..."

Hearing Komari's voice from behind, Beichen paused the game and turned his head.

What came into view was a dull, delicate face.

Perhaps because she was in low spirits, there was no flashing special effect on Komari's body at this time.

"Tsuchima-san, why aren't you sleeping so late?"

Looking at the time, it was already past 2 a.m., Beichen couldn't help but ask curiously:

"Are you unable to sleep in your bed?"

"Ah? Oh, yes, that's right." In a trance, Komari nodded subconsciously in response.

She wasn't really bed-shy. The main reason she couldn't sleep, besides being a night owl, was that she hadn't played any games for the whole day.

It was fine at first when everyone was chatting, but her attention was distracted.

But after everyone fell asleep, the long night of torture began.

Komari's mind is full of games.

The whole person is a bit crazy.

Obviously, after half a day's long journey, her body was a little tired, but mentally she felt inexplicably depressed, as if something was unfinished.

In the dim tree house, Komari's eyes were as wide as bells and she couldn't fall asleep.

Finally, I couldn't stand it anymore, so I thought about coming over to chat with my companions who were on night watch and kill time together, and then go back to the room to sleep when I was really sleepy.

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