Early morning.
Or rather, a few hours later.
Mono slowly opened his eyes.
He suddenly felt a bit dazzled.
Although the city had no true daytime, when the dark clouds thinned a little, some dim light would still filter down.
Right now, he felt the light was more glaring than usual.
Moreover, his field of vision was very open.
Mono rubbed his eyes.
Due to excessive blood loss and various twists of fate, he had inevitably fallen into a deep sleep last night.
Waking up now, his spirits were much better.
But the next moment, as he rubbed his eyes, Mono suddenly froze.
"Huh?"
Why does this feel weird? Like I've lost something.
Wait! Why is my head feeling so cool and light?
"Holy shit~"
Mono was startled and quickly reached up to feel.
Gone?
Where was his paper bag hood?
Where did it go?
Mono hurriedly looked around, and the next moment, he found what he was looking for in a pair of small hands.
Following the hands upward,
Mono saw a familiar face.
Six was currently sleeping with her eyes closed, breathing steadily.
"Heh heh~"
Mono's mouth twitched.
He had actually been... stealthily touched by a Little Girl while he was asleep.
And he had been completely unaware.
Right now, Mono felt as if a hundred, no, a million wild horses were stampeding through his heart.
Six had done something so outrageous to him?
What about the promised trust between people?
Mono genuinely hadn't expected the usually quiet Six to pull such a sneaky move.
He was both shocked and angry now.
He really wanted to wake her up and give her a good scolding... no, a good beating.
In fact, Mono did exactly that.
He directly reached out and pinched her nose.
Before long, Six opened her eyes.
Her eyes were still sleepy, then she looked at her pinched nose, paused again, before coming to her senses and turning a puzzled gaze toward the owner of the hand.
"Mono... what's wrong with you?"
She asked, confused.
"What's wrong?"
Mono let go of her nose and laughed in exasperation,
"You're asking me what's wrong? What did you do last night? Don't you have any idea?"
Little Six slowly sat up.
She shook her head, looking at Mono's flushed face.
What did she do last night?
She was somewhat puzzled, then, as if remembering something, she looked at him again with a questioning gaze and said flatly:
"Mono has treated me like this too, so why... are you angry?"
Hearing this, Mono was taken aback.
When had he ever secretly taken off her hat in the middle of the night?
Nonsense.
Six had never worn a hat.
"Don't make excuses. Today, if I don't teach you a proper lesson, I won't be surnamed Li!!!"
Mono jumped off the edge of the bed, glaring at Six with ill intent.
Even if he couldn't win, for the sake of his dignity, he had to go for it.
Six wasn't flustered, just looked at Mono curiously.
Still appearing puzzled.
She still seemed not to understand why Mono was so angry.
What happened last night?
She seemed to...
Six's gaze slowly moved to Mono's lips...
It was only... for a moment.
Did he find out?
But, doesn't he like that kind of thing?
Even if he did find out, why would he be angry?
Six was puzzled.
She truly didn't understand.
Mono looked at the dazed Little Six and was speechless.
This utterly clueless look of hers was really maddening.
"idiot, look at what's in your hand. Look carefully!"
"Why is my paper bag in your hand!!!"
Mono was truly furious, shouting to remind her.
Six dumbly lowered her head and then saw the paper bag in her hand.
It was the same hood Mono always wore on his head.
She froze for a moment, then lifted her head and asked in confusion:
"I took this off while Mono was sleeping. What's wrong..."
Mono choked.
What's wrong?
She's still asking him what's wrong?
With such a nonchalant, innocent expression?
A million, no, ten million wild horses stampeded through Mono's heart once more.
"Do you have any sense of shame at all!!!"
"Sneaking to take someone else's things in the middle of the night, do you have any idea how much trouble that causes others!!!" Mono yelled.
Right now, he really wanted to pin Six down and give her a good spanking.
Little Six was stunned.
She glanced at the paper bag in her hand again.
It seemed she only realized now, only now understood why Mono was so angry.
So he was upset because she took off the paper bag?
She spoke slowly again:
"But, I wanted to see Mono's face, but Mono... wouldn't let me..."
"What's so interesting about me?"
Also, just because he wouldn't let you... does that mean you can sneakily take it off?
Mono curled his lip. But, at this point, he knew that no matter how angry he got, it was useless.
What needed to be seen had been seen. What else could he do?
Really beat Six to death?
Forget whether he could bring himself to do it; his actual combat strength didn't allow it either.
So, looking at Six who still appeared very calm.
Mono thought for a moment, changed the subject, and suddenly asked:
"Fine, then let me ask you, do you think I look... like, hmm, like a certain person you've seen? I mean, a monster. Do you think I look like a certain monster?"
Mono was still afraid Six might notice something.
If that were the case, it would truly be over.
However, since waking up, Six hadn't shown any surprise at his appearance.
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