[Ding! The host has achieved "sleeping in the same bed" with Yoshimura Eto. Reward obtained: system points 3!]
Ihei Byakuya had gradually become accustomed to the system's reward mechanism.
Obviously, aside from triggering hidden side quests and fighting ghouls, the main way to gain rewards was by unlocking all kinds of so-called "achievements" like this...
Moreover, the number of points rewarded for unlocking "achievements" was not small.
It seemed that the higher the difficulty of unlocking an "achievement," the more points one could obtain.
Things like "indirect kiss" and "sleeping in the same bed" all granted relatively high amounts of points...
After that, Ihei Byakuya went to the bathroom and washed his face. He had already lost count of how many times his face had been stepped on by Eto's little feet. Every time he moved them away, the next time he woke up they would return to the same position.
Later on, he simply gave up resisting. After all, he always showered before sleeping, and Yoshimura Eto never went out. Her little feet were very clean and had no odor at all.
When Ihei Byakuya finished washing up and came out of the bathroom, Yoshimura Eto had also just woken up.
Not only was Eto's hair messy after waking up, but her clothes were also disheveled.
The first thought Yoshimura Eto had upon seeing herself like this was what had happened last night...
Seeing Byakuya coming out of the bathroom at that moment, Yoshimura Eto immediately said gloomily, "Scum, pervert. I really misjudged you..."
"No, hold on. You are seriously wronging me here. I did absolutely nothing. On the contrary, it was your sleeping habits last night that were a bit outrageous."
Ihei Byakuya immediately said so.
His lifelong reputation, no, his lifelong innocence, did not want to be ruined just like that.
"Really? Why do I not know about that?"
Yoshimura Eto said.
"You were asleep, of course you would not know."
Ihei Byakuya rolled his eyes.
"Hmm..."
Yoshimura Eto looked like she had fallen into thought.
She actually knew that her sleeping habits were not very good, but hearing Byakuya say it like this, it seemed even worse than she had imagined...
After all, Yoshimura Eto had lived in the 24th Ward since she was little. There was not a single day when she could sleep peacefully. She always had to guard against attacks from her own kind.
Over time, her poor sleep quality likely also resulted in very bad sleeping habits.
As for calling Byakuya scum and pervert just now, that was of course said on purpose to tease him.
Although Yoshimura Eto was younger than him, she was already very mature and understood many things.
If something like that OOXX thing had really happened last night, there would definitely be discomfort in her body now.
However, in reality, Yoshimura Eto had slept extremely soundly last night, with Byakuya serving as a human-shaped pillow beside her...
"I am hungry. I want to eat breakfast."
Yoshimura Eto changed the subject, as if nothing had just happened.
"I will go make it now."
Ihei Byakuya could also tell that Eto had just been teasing him and did not take it too seriously.
...
Over the next few days.
Ihei Byakuya's daily routine was basically the same every day.
Aside from attending classes at school, when he returned home he basically accompanied Yoshimura Eto in reading books and taught her how to read.
Of course, once a week he also had to write a work report and submit it to the CCG, promptly reporting on his situation infiltrating the school.
Once a week was already a special arrangement during a mission. If it were normal days sitting in the office outside of a mission period, he would have to write a work report every day before getting off work...
During this period, Uruka Minami indeed deliberately began to gradually reduce her contact with Ihei Byakuya.
Although Byakuya faintly noticed this detail, he felt it was very normal and did not pay much attention to it.
In his view, it was probably because Uruka Minami had eliminated her suspicion of him, and therefore there was no need to deliberately get close to him anymore.
But what Ihei Byakuya needed to do still had to be done, because his investigation target was precisely [Pumpkin Head] Uruka Minami.
He had previously judged that [Pumpkin Head] would likely carry out another predation act in the next few days, so he needed to observe more in places where [Pumpkin Head] might appear, especially at night, because ghouls usually liked to act during nighttime...
"Eto, I have a mission to carry out today, so I will not be accompanying you to read for now."
Before going out, Ihei Byakuya said this to Eto.
At times like this, even if Eto became willful again like usual, he could not continue indulging her. Otherwise, how would he complete the mission assigned by the CCG? More importantly, he also needed to become stronger through these means.
"All right... then when will you come back?"
Yoshimura Eto was unusually not willful this time.
"Probably very late."
Ihei Byakuya replied.
"Then I want to go with you. Staying at home all day is too boring."
Yoshimura Eto immediately said.
"That is fine too..."
Ihei Byakuya thought to himself that this seemed quite good as well.
Aside from him, no one could currently recognize Yoshimura Eto's true identity.
If one had to say, there was also the café manager Yoshimura Kuzen, who might have a strange feeling if he met Eto.
So, with Ihei Byakuya bringing Yoshimura Eto along walking on the streets, to outsiders it simply looked like an older brother taking his younger sister out for a stroll.
That way, if they happened to run into Uruka Minami, it would be even less likely to arouse the other party's suspicion...
Before setting out, Yoshimura Eto naturally had to change into the new clothes she had bought earlier. Normally, she only wore loose and comfortable pajamas at home.
Next, Eto, who still had no concept of makeup, only asked Byakuya to help her comb her hair.
However, even the future Yoshimura Eto always appeared barefaced. After all, even without any makeup at all, her natural face was already breathtakingly beautiful.
...
It had already been several days since he had gone out together with Yoshimura Eto. Normally, Eto stayed at home reading books.
And this time when going out, the biggest change in Eto was that she no longer wanted to hold hands with Ihei Byakuya while walking.
It was probably because she felt that doing so gave her the feeling of being treated like a daughter by Byakuya...
Yoshimura Eto definitely did not want to acknowledge a half-human brat, in her eyes, as her father.
As for this, Ihei Byakuya did not feel it was a big deal.
"Coming out to carry out a mission at a time like this, is it to catch that ghoul called [Pumpkin Head]?"
Looking at the brightly lit streets, Yoshimura Eto asked at this moment.
"Yes, but not catching them right now. We have to investigate slowly first. I am just estimating based on intelligence that [Pumpkin Head] will come out to hunt in the next few days."
Ihei Byakuya said seriously.
"I see..."
Yoshimura Eto nodded with a serious expression, as if she had really learned something.
After all, she truly planned to infiltrate the CCG and become a ghoul investigator in the future, so learning these things in advance from Byakuya was also beneficial...