Gunslinger from Butei

Xiao Haiyin's morning begins with greetings full of affection.

"Xiao Haiyin, good morning~ You look very energetic today."

"Good morning, little angel, today's breakfast is your favorite Xiaolongbao!"

"Sister Haiyin--"

Regardless of men, women, young or old, anyone who sees Haiyin can't help but smile and show her kindness.

The immature little girl nodded perfunctorily all the way, and did not show any happiness for such special treatment.After all, no matter how happy things are, after so many years, they will only make people get used to them.

In the center of the dining room of the orphanage was a long dining table with linen cloth on the wooden tabletop. About twenty children were already sitting on both sides of the dining table, and an adult man with short hair and bangs sat on the main seat.

"Haiyin, come here."

When he saw the pretty little girl with black hair and green eyes running in, a smile slowly appeared on the man's stern face, and he waved to her.

"Dean, good morning~" Xiao Haiyin showed a cute smile, and ran over to sit on the seat beside him comfortably. Her favorite Chinese breakfast was already placed on the tablecloth in front of her, and she shared with the children around her Including the simple bread and vegetable soup in front of the director, it is particularly special.

The rest of the children couldn't help showing envy.In an orphanage, the status of being the only child is special.That was Haiyin who was picked up by the dean himself.The other party does not have to abide by the strict regulations of the orphanage, and the treatment he enjoys is even better than that of the director himself. Many children who have remembered when they were abandoned by their families suspect that the director is actually Haiyin's biological father.

After breakfast, the dean left, and Xiao Haiyin was immediately surrounded by a group of children.

Even children can judge situations, especially the children of this poor orphanage.

They are very afraid of the dean who often plays the role of the punisher, so they want to double the favor of Xiao Haiyin, who is doted on by the dean.

Because only Xiao Haiyin can make the dean change his mind by acting like a baby when the dean punishes her.

This has been preceded several times in the orphanage!

"Okay, I don't want it." Xiao Haiyin impatiently pushed away a wild flower handed over by a little boy, and asked, "Where is Dun? Do you know where he went?"

The children looked at each other and fell silent for a while.

"Who was sleeping in the same room with Dun before?" Xiao Haiyin frowned upon seeing this, and called the name directly.

A little boy in shabby clothes was pushed out, and Xiao Haiyin stared at him with tough eyes, so he could only honestly say: "I don't know either. He hasn't come back since last night."

Because this is not the first time, the boy said directly: "Nakajima may have made a mistake again, so he was taken there by the dean..."

"Huh? Isn't this frequency too high?" Xiao Haiyin bit her finger in doubt, "Dun is so timid, what kind of trouble can he cause? It makes the dean so angry every time."

"I, I think Nakajima is a bit strange. It's better for you, Haiyin, not to have too much contact with him." The little boy looked at the pretty angel-like face of the little girl in front of him, couldn't help but blush, and added, "Although it looks useless, sometimes when I stay in the same room with him at night, I feel that he is scary when he is asleep..."

As if recalling some bad memory, the little boy's malnourished cheeks turned even paler.

"Yeah, Nakajima is really weird."

The children joined in one after another.

"He has been punished by the dean every week recently. He must have done a lot of things wrong. He is a bad boy!"

"Haiyin, don't plead for mercy."

"Just teach him a lesson."

Atsushi Nakajima, who is clumsy and has a big appetite, is not popular among them.Especially Hai Yin, who everyone likes very much and wants to please and get close to, but only treats the timid Nakajima differently, and even pleads with the dean several times for him, letting him be exempted from punishment.This makes all children who have experienced the dean's methods very unbalanced.

"Shut up." Xiao Haiyin frowned, pushed away the children who were blocking the way, and jumped off the chair, "Dun is different from you."

Seeing Haiyin's ferocious look with furrowed eyebrows, the children were so frightened that they shut their mouths.Unlike that delicate and beautiful doll-like face, Hai Yin's temper is actually very bad.After getting along for a long time, the children who are very good at observing words and expressions naturally summed up a set of experiences.When she clearly showed negative emotions, she never dared to get close to her again.

For Haiyin, that was the freshest and most interesting playmate she found in the increasingly boring orphanage. With that soft and timid character, how could she do bad things every day? Even the dean couldn’t do that. Bully the little brother she likes.

Thinking of this, Xiao Haiyin confidently walked towards the basement.

When passing the corridor, she saw the messy farmland in the garden outside through the large French windows.

Many crops that had just grown new seedlings were trampled, and the soil in the field was turned up a bit. At this moment, two people were tidying up the field with a headache.

"Wow, what a pity, did a wild boar break in last night?" Xiao Haiyin stopped to look at it for a while, and said coquettishly, "Mom, why didn't you wake me up! I haven't seen what a wild boar looks like before." !"

The little girl was talking to herself, and the air on the right fluctuated for a moment, as if she had received an unexpected answer, Haiyin blinked: "Eh? It's not a wild boar? It's—"

"Meow~~~"

A white animal suddenly came out from around the corner, and Haiyin took two steps back in fright. Unexpectedly, his voice got stuck: "Huh, it's a cat?"

With another glance, Xiao Haiyin's expression was a little shocked again.Very big——

A beautiful big cat started rushing towards her at the corner, seemed to be reserved again when approached, and squatted down dignifiedly, the snow-colored fur was so smooth that it seemed to be shining Similarly, a pair of broom-style tails dangled around, sweeping Haiyin's calf from time to time.

What's even more surprising is that the cat's small cat face is actually wearing a pair of small sunglasses, which looks quite individual.

Xiao Haiyin stood there with a serious face. The cat didn't make any other sounds except for the first cry, and sat in front of her quite calmly. Part of the cobalt blue clear cat eyes were exposed behind the round sunglasses.

One person and one cat confronted each other for about a minute, but it was Xiao Haiyin who couldn't hold back first.

"It's a cat!"

With a cheer, the little girl jumped forward and jumped into the cat's fur.

The big white cat let out a grunt that seemed to be dissatisfied, but it didn't refuse, allowing the little girl's restless hands to touch her body.

After Rua for a long time, Hai Yin reluctantly raised her head, because of some violent actions, the sunglasses on Mao Mao's face were crooked, and she took off the small one that looked like a toy Gadgets, behind the lens, the cat's deep cat pupils, which seem to extend infinitely like the sky, are instantly exposed.

Xiao Haiyin was stunned for a moment.

"It's so beautiful~" After she came back to her senses, she put her arms around the cat's neck and rubbed the thick hair on its neck coquettishly, and said, "Maomao will follow me from now on, okay? Let's play together~"

"Meow?"

"You agreed, right! That's great! Kiss~" Xiao Haiyin, who has almost never been rejected since she was a child, took it for granted that she was recognized, rolled her eyes happily, and kissed the cat generously cheeks.

The calm and calm look of the big white cat froze suddenly.

The long and big tail stopped shaking.

"Enlightenment." A deep and slightly cold voice suddenly remembered, "So you are here."

Immediately afterwards, a large hand grabbed the cat by the nape and tried to lift it up.

Xiao Haiyin was forced to let go, and looked up at the white cat that was lifted up by the neck by the black-haired boy who suddenly appeared. His body gradually elongated, his eyes gradually became dull, and the fluffy soft belly was exposed in front of his eyes. Just look at the astonishing length - it has been pulled to a position higher than Haiyin, and Mao Mao's hind legs haven't left the ground yet.

This cat is really big.Compared with the wild cat that Haiyin saw in the forest before, it didn't look like the same species at all.

"Meow." The white cat looked up at the black-haired boy who mentioned him, and called out inexplicably. It seemed that this posture made him a little uncomfortable. As soon as it was loosened, the cat landed on the ground neatly, and walked leisurely back to the little girl.

"The technique is still there. But why did it suddenly become like this—" Xia Youjie raised his eyebrows slightly, seeing his friend's hilarious posture at the moment, if it wasn't for the soul body that couldn't bring in the phone this time, he would have endured it I can't stop taking pictures.

Xia Youjie had already searched around for the first time, and Xia Youjie, who vaguely had an idea in his heart, asked in a low voice: "Wu, do you have any clues?"

"Meow."

"No, I don't understand cat language, I'm sorry."

"Meow meow."

Xia Youjie was extremely tired: "You bastard, won't you be the same as Haiyin—" Have you lost your memory?

In other words, obviously changing from a human to a cat can be said to be a different species, right?Why does Satoru seem to have no sense of disobedience, as if he has completely accepted his identity as a cat?Is it some method of the curse spirit behind the scenes?Or are your friends enjoying it?

Xia Youjie was a little hard to tell for a while.

"Who are you?" An immature voice joined the conversation where one person and one cat didn't know why.

Xiao Haiyin embraced the big cat she had just cheated, and looked at the stranger who broke in with a trace of hostility and vigilance: "Big brother, it's wrong to break into other people's territory? If the dean sees it, , you will die."

When Haiyin was younger, the orphanage’s economy was not as dire as it is today. An orphanage with abundant food supplies attracted many down-and-out wolves. All the thieves and robbers who broke in were eliminated.

This is not the first time Xiao Haiyin has seen an outsider die in front of her.But the big brother in front of her looked different from those before, and he seemed to know the big cat, so she said a few more words.

Facing Haiyin's completely unfamiliar gaze, Xia Youjie felt a sting in his heart.In fact, since he appeared at the gate of the undamaged orphanage and sneaked in to confirm the dean's current state, he was already mentally prepared for a day cycle.But seeing Satoru, who somehow turned into a cat, enjoying being held in the arms of the little girl, while being alerted and warned, it was not a pleasant experience.

He was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice, "I'm not suspicious. I'm not a thief or a robber."

"Then what are you doing here?" Xiao Haiyin looked at him curiously.

Those clear and beautiful emerald green eyes didn't have a trace of haze at this moment, they couldn't be called kind, but they were pure and innocent.

Xia Youjie couldn't help recalling the moment they first met.

The girl who ran out of the closet looked weak but was full of pride. Even when she found herself inexplicably broken into a strange world and couldn't go back for the time being, she kept calm, that kind of indifference that her peers couldn't do at all. Wisdom and reason can only be honed from rich and dangerous experiences.

He knew from a long time ago that there were countless mysteries hidden in this girl from another world.It's just that she didn't expect that at this age, she was still in such an innocent and lovely state.

The contrast with the Haiyin he knew was too great.But when he thought that this was also a part of Haiyin, Xia Youjie couldn't get angry with her at all.

It wasn't Hai Yin's fault that he forgot.

——It is quite normal for a child of this age to like small animals such as cats and dogs.

Thinking of this, he suppressed the backlog of emotions in his heart, and explained gently and sincerely: "I'm here for you, Haiyin."

"Me?" Haiyin showed a confused expression. The first thought of the little girl who grew up in the orphanage was, "Will Big Brother adopt me?"

"!" Xia Youjie opened his eyes slightly, he thought for a while, "It seems...it's not impossible."

The problem is that the magic spirit behind the scenes may not be willing.Xia Youjie, who has gone through a reincarnation, has figured out part of the mechanism in this field.

"Meow?" The big white cat with its rua fur around its neck opened its eyes wide, looking at Xia Youjie with a shocked .jpg emoji.

A vein popped out of the forehead of the boy with black tufted hair: "Wu, you really still have the memory!"

"Meow~~" The big cat turned around and licked Haiyin's cheek with its pink tongue as if it didn't understand.

Xia Youjie who was provoked clenched his fists.

"Big brother, Maomao has agreed to be with me." Xiao Haiyin stared at Xia Youjie seriously, and said, "Even if it was raised by you before, it doesn't count!"

"No, I'm not raising him." Xia Youjie smiled tiredly, "Wu and I are equal friends. So, if it is willing to follow you, I have no objection."

For the sake of the overall situation, Gojo Satoru, who still retains the technique, follows Haiyin in this form, which is the greatest protection.

Xia Youjie wouldn't be overwhelmed with Haiyin's safety, but it is necessary to dig a hole properly.

"Equal friends?" Xiao Haiyin repeated the word in confusion. After a while, she asked, "What is equality?"

Xia Youjie stared deeply at Haiyin: "For Haiyin now, if you can reject him, he can also reject you, and a relationship where neither of you gets angry is an equal relationship."

In fact, when he was observing whether the dean was still alive in the dining room, he naturally also observed Haiyin's exaggerated status in the orphanage.

Reminiscent of the little girl's familiar expression when she made a wish to her mother, Xia Youjie naturally noticed the unnatural doting attitude of the adults in the orphanage.

"That's it." Xiao Haiyin thought about it for a while, and said with some regret, "I don't have equal friends."

But in essence, she doesn't really care about this.The immature mind of a little girl under the age of six cannot understand the precious meaning of 'equality'. She is just a little curious about this word that she has seen in books.

"Then, does Haiyin have any friends?" Xia Youjie asked again.

"No...no," Haiyin frowned, thought carefully, and then said hesitantly, "If it's Dun, let's just count it as one."

Although she is young, she instinctively knows what makes her different. Therefore, for Xiao Haiyin, at least she must be someone of the same age who also has the same difference, so she is qualified to communicate with her.

But Dun, that idiot, don't want to have any 'equal' friendship with her, she doesn't want Dun to reject her.

Thinking of that timid and cowardly little friend, Xiao Haiyin suddenly realized: "Oh! I almost forgot. I wanted to save Dun right away!"

She straightened up and ran forward, continuing her original journey.The big cat, who was slumped comfortably at her feet, raised his eyes lazily, slowly got up and followed behind her.