——By the way, do cosmetics count as items that provide a temporary charm bonus?
While Masha was distracted, the Japanese girl with ponytail said, "Please allow me to introduce myself again. My name is Kikuri Komachi, the eldest daughter of the Kikuri family, and the next generation of shaman priestess of Kikuri Taisha..."
"Wait a minute!" Masha looked at Xiao Di, "You... are a witch?"
Xiao Shi nodded.
"Not the kind of part-time witch, but..."
"My family is a religious corporation, and my father is the chief priest of Kikuri Taisha Shrine."
Masha and the league secretary looked at each other, and then continued to ask Xiao Shi: "So you can dance Kagura?"
"Yeah." Xiao Di nodded.
"Can you play the shakuhachi?" Xiao Shi shook her head like a rattle, but then she said, "I can play the shamisen."
——It’s a shrine maiden! A real shrine maiden!
Qianxun suddenly asked: "Will you exchange bodies with a man?"
Xiao Shi smiled and said, "When Your Name was released two years ago, I was always asked this question at school."
"So will it be possible or not?" Chihiro asked, blinking her eyes with curiosity.
Masha: "I remember now! Kikuri Taisha is in a deep mountain somewhere in Japan..."
"No, in fact, on the coast of the Seto Inland Sea, not far from Itsukushima where Tao Qingxian died in battle, we often hold festivals together with Itsukushima Shrine."
Masha immediately changed her words: "Yes, I remember now, there is the sea! I remember that I became a girl living in a shrine on a mountain by the sea..."
"I'm sorry, I don't think my soul has ever been to China." Xiao Shi bowed to Masha.
"Please cooperate with me." Masha scratched his head, "How can you seduce me like this?"
At this time, Eriri MKV coughed.
Masha turned to her and asked with a smile, "Why, Her Royal Highness the Princess of England feels that she is being left out?"
"I just think we can't waste time like this anymore. Since you think those ordinary people are safer with you, then just let them stay with you.
"Now that you know our names, let's get along well and do what we need to do, right? Of course, in order for us to be able to monitor you, I plan to work seriously in your maid shop. Give me a maid outfit, and explain to me the work in the shop and the store's business goals."
"No goal," Masha shrugged. "Actually, I don't want to use my superpowers right now because they are very special. Every time I use them I feel like I'm starting to become less like myself."
Of course, Masha still remembered the nonsense he had made up in the office before, as he had a good memory.
"So, although you suspect that I have a connection with the organization that writes in the desert, I am actually just a hermit who has retired from the army and returned to the countryside, picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and leisurely seeing the southern mountains. This maid shop is my retreat, what business goals can it have?"
Masha paused again.
"If there is, yes, I plan to plant five willow trees at the entrance."
Eriri MKV and Comrade Josephine both looked confused, and Josephine even asked in English: "Why do we plant willow trees?"
Xiao Shi smiled and said, "I like many of Lord Jingjie's poems. The orchid grows in the front yard, waiting for the breeze with its fragrance..."
"The breeze comes suddenly, and we see each other in the bleak and hay." Masha recited the next line, then slapped the table and pointed at Xiao Shi, "The witch scored, the witch is now in the lead!"
The expressions of Eriri MKV and Comrade Josephine vividly outline the contours of the "cultural gap".
At this time Hongye interrupted the conversation and said, "Well, so what should we do in the future?"
Masha smiled at Hongye and asked, "Do you want to drop out of school?"
"Eh?"
Hongye looked at Masha with a puzzled look: "Why do you want to drop out of school?"
"Now that the spiritual energy has revived, it's safest to stay by my side - by Chihiro's side. If you want to drop out of school, I can make arrangements. Your high school entrance exam hasn't started yet, so we can make some arrangements and let you live on campus. In fact, you can live here in the maid shop."
Hua Gu Shuang was surprised: "Tui Ma, can you even do this?"
"Of course." Masha shrugged. "Not considering combat ability, just considering qualifications, I am the strongest esper in the country."
Chihiro added: "And I am truly the strongest person in the country, so don't worry, if you want to hide your family's thoughts and live here, we have plenty of ways to do it."
Hongye looked hesitant: "Is that so... But then aren't my parents still in danger? Protecting only me... is meaningless!"
Hua Gu Shuang raised her hand: "I want to live here! Please arrange it for me like this!"
Seeing Hua Gu Shuang like this, Hong Ye gritted her teeth and raised her hand: "I want to come too! I will definitely make you fall in love with me!"
Masha clapped her hands: "Good!"
In the past, we couldn’t openly bring the sixteen-year-old group here because we were afraid the office would think too much. Now we can do it openly, and it feels great.
Masha heard Eriri MKV's cough again.
"Do you have a cold?" Masha asked back.
"No! I'm reminding you that you haven't answered my question yet. Where is my maid costume? What kind of work should I do? What time do I start and end get off work? What benefits do I get?"
Masha spread her hands and said, "You are a female spy who came to monitor me. You should be the one giving me benefits! How about this? Unbutton your collar now and show me how deep the hook is."
Then Masha discovered with regret that Eriri MKV didn't understand her dirty talk - her Chinese was not good enough to handle the dirty talk with ease.
Comrade Josephine had already begun to unbutton her clothes.
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I was going out for a nice meal today, and I was going to watch Avengers 4 again
Check the monthly ticket list on your phone.
I have to come back and write an updated chapter to tell you that I feel comfortable now, my thoughts are clear, and I will continue to explode tomorrow.
There is a limit to slacking off, dear readers! I won’t be a pigeon any more!
After posting this chapter I will go to bed and have a good sleep, as I still owe another chapter tomorrow.
I owe you 55 chapters. I'll pay you back in ten days.
Chapter 283: Can spies go off duty? (Update )
Just as Masha was about to stop him, his comrade had already revealed an almost negligible cleavage.
——I thought there would be a development like that, where it looks flat on the outside but is actually huge…
——It is really impossible to have the advantages of both poverty and abundance at the same time. Reality is so boring.
Xiao Shi from the country of A blushed and asked in a low voice, "Is it necessary?"
Masha: "No, I was just kidding."
"Sugah, you're kidding."
Xiao Shi nodded and muttered to himself.
"You're so embarrassed... Of course I'm just kidding. After all, a man who has won the hearts of so many outstanding women would not make such a rude and shameless request."
--Um?
Masha suddenly felt like he was being insulted.
At this time, the League Secretary said in a serious tone: "In order to prevent you from being disappointed in the future, I want to give you a shot of prevention. This guy is usually so rude and shameless."
"Eh? Then why do you guys like this kind of person?"
"I don't like him." The League Secretary shrugged.
Xiao Shi looked shocked.
Masha echoed: "She doesn't like me, really."
Xiao Shi clapped his hands: "Wagaru! Meidou Changsang is also an agent, right? She is here because she has no choice!"
Masha wanted to laugh. This girl was indeed a little silly.
And the Guanxi accent is so cute.
Eriri MKV coughed again.
"Our country's Chuanbei loquat paste is particularly effective for coughs. It is the crystallization of ancient wisdom passed down to this day. Would you like to try it?" Masha suggested sincerely.
"I don't have a cold! My throat isn't itchy! Could you please stop being so amateurish and get down to business?"
"I'm just an amateur," Xiao Shi whispered, "an amateur spy."
Masha said: "I am also an amateur. But you, don't be so nervous, relax. Since you want to work here, you have to follow the pace of our store. This is a store where people chat and slack off every day."
Qianxun nodded: "Yes, that's why we came up with the lottery to enter the store, because we don't want to make money at all, we just want to fish."
Eriri MKV pressed her forehead, looking fed up. "It doesn't matter what happens. If you guys say so, then I can just stand there in a maid outfit?"
"Should we carry the plate?" said Masha.
"Of course I can." Eriri MKV glared at Masha, "Give me the maid costume!"
"You actually just want to wear a maid outfit, right?" Masha teased.
Cai Shi clapped her hands: "So that's how it is, the maid outfits in our store are really pretty."
"Unfortunately, our maid outfits are all custom-made. You'll have to wait a few days if you want to wear them." Chihiro shrugged.
Guigui then spoke cautiously: "Well, we need to redesign it to match the image of blonde twintails... The gay and miko maiden costumes also need to have corresponding characteristics, and it takes time to design them. I will do my best!"
She clenched her fists as she spoke.
"Wait a minute, is this the person who designed the maid outfits in the store?" Eriri MKV looked Guigui up and down, then said to Masha, "By ordinary people's standards, the design is indeed good, but it still lacks some style. I can feel that the designer lacks experience. If I design it, the effect will definitely be much better than this. I am an internationally renowned fashion designer."
"No, I want Gui Gui's design." Masha shook her head. "To be honest, I don't quite understand the taste of today's internationally renowned fashion designers. Many of the catwalk shows at those fashion weeks give me the feeling of a hundred demons parading at night, with all kinds of monsters and goblins coming out."
Chihiro also nodded: "That's right, today's fashion, like performance art, is completely incomprehensible."
"Speaking of which, I saw a new design by an internationally renowned designer yesterday. It was inspired by the Vietnam War," the League Secretary took out his phone and quickly found a picture. "Look, this combination of a Vietnamese steel helmet and a Kalashnikov. I think it's easy to understand."
Eriri MKV snorted, "I wouldn't come up with such a rubbish design."
"How about this, let Guigui and her have a competition," the League Secretary said, "There are three new workers, and the two of them will each design three new maid outfits. Then every customer who comes into the store will have a chance to vote and select the best designs. The votes will be counted after a month."
"That's possible." Masha has always been interested in this kind of thing - or rather, he is born to like fanning the flames and making trouble, so he will instinctively tend to plan that helps to fan the flames and make trouble.
"Then it's settled, Eriri... no, Ms. Shelley, your job is to design new maid outfits. Guigui doesn't have to work in the front from today on, and should focus on designing clothes. Your position will be filled by Miss Miko and Comrade Josephine."
"Aye!" Comrade Josephine nodded.
Martha said to Josephine, "Well, you can button up your collar."
Comrade Josephine began to button her clothes.
Masha turned to Xiao Shi again and said, "Miss Miko, are you okay?"
"Well, I've wanted to try working part-time for a long time, but my family is too busy with work. I have to practice Kagura dance, learn greetings, and occasionally help collect political donations for elections."
——Wait, the last one seems very powerful!
Chihiro: "Now that the matter has been resolved, shall I open the iron gate?"
"Well, let's open it." Masha nodded.
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At the same time, in a small building that had just been rented nearby, Chen Zhongwu looked at agents from various countries gathered in the living room on the first floor.
"Ahem," he coughed twice, "everyone, even though I was still trying to catch most of you by the tail until yesterday, now let's get along well. I will announce a few rules first.
"First of all, no one can attack the Yellow King or anyone around him, including but not limited to his parents, his friends, his friends' parents, and his friends' friends. In short, no one is allowed to touch anyone who has anything to do with him. If you break this rule, you will be kicked out.
"As the host, I have this authority."
It seems that Masha's attack did save his parents and Chihiro's parents from being kidnapped. Not only that, it also benefited others.
The Soviets were the first to respond. The stocky, short agent said in English with a strong Maoist accent: "Of course, that's what we had planned."
The British man in a suit and square-framed glasses immediately said: "Assassination and kidnapping are the specialties of Mossad. We are just a group of ordinary government telecommunications employees."
Then the American spread his hands and said, "We have tried it before, and Langley was blown up into the sky. In Chinese, we call it riding a dirt plane. We don't want to be bombed a second time."
"There is no direct evidence that the King in Yellow blew up Langley." Chen Zhongwu looked at the American seriously. "I thought that countries with maritime law systems all follow the principle of presumption of innocence."
Just as Chen Zhongwu was about to have a friendly debate with the American, the bald, short Frenchman spoke up: "Mr. Chen, could the host please help solve the problem that our romantic and stupid girl is facing? She is already two hours late. If we don't let her come over soon, she will be off work."
Chen Zhongwu looked at the Frenchman in confusion: "Off duty? Can a spy go off duty?"
"Of course." The bald man shrugged. "I know it's stupid, but that's how it is in France. If you bomb France on Sunday, the French Air Force won't even take off because they never work overtime."
