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After a while, footsteps came from the stairs; it was Sister Himeko and Ms. Black Swan coming down to prepare for breakfast as well.
Fortunately, Jingliu was probably used to getting up early; I am afraid she was currently practicing her swordsmanship in some corner of the courtyard or the practice room, so they didn't run into each other.
Silver Wolf was estimated to have stayed up too late playing games last night and hadn't gotten up yet.
And Director Topaz... With her workaholic personality, she probably had already handled company affairs or went out for "regulatory investment," right.
Sister Himeko and Ms. Black Swan saw that there was an unfamiliar pink-haired girl in the living room, and they were all a bit curious.
However, when I was chatting on the train, I told them the interesting story of meeting a secondary-school girl named "Galaxy Ninja" Rappa at the Origami University in Penacony, so when they saw Rappa's strange attire and spirited appearance, they probably guessed her identity.
Rappa saw two big beauties with extraordinary temperament and stunning looks coming down again, and her eyes brightened again, starting to conduct her "ninja analysis" on her own.
She first stared at Sister Himeko's iconic fire-red long hair and mature, charming temperament, touching her chin and muttering to herself: "Hmm... This person's Qi is blazing, and her whole body seems to be wrapped in inextinguishable evil fire... Could it be the legendary 'Flame Ninja' master?"
Then her gaze turned to Ms. Black Swan, who had an elegant posture and mysterious temperament, and her eyes became more grave: "And this one... Qi is ethereal and uncertain, her posture is elegant like... a swan? Could it be a modified ninja injected with swan genes? Is it 'Swan Ninja' master?"
Facing this secondary-school girl who talked to herself and gave them strange codenames, neither Sister Himeko nor Ms. Black Swan revealed any surprise or unhappiness on their faces, instead smiling at each other, appearing very calm.
They just gently nodded to Rappa and greeted: "Good morning, Miss Rappa." It seemed they had an impression of the story I told before, fully understanding Rappa's special "setting."
Seeing Rappa was about to start expressing her "rescue declaration" again, I quickly took a step forward and grabbed her arm: "Ah haha... Ninja Rappa! Since you want to be stationed here for a long time, you must find a room to rest first, right? Go, go, go, I will take you to the second floor to choose a suitable 'base' and help you settle your 'stealth' equipment by the way!"
As I said this, I pulled this secondary-school girl who still wanted to continue "analyzing the enemy situation" without hesitation, and walked quickly toward the guest room on the second floor, to avoid her saying anything outrageous again.
The next morning, the dizziness brought by the hangover made me yawn, and I snuck out of Ms. Black Swan's room.
I drank some wine in her boudoir last night and, taking advantage of the alcohol, fought until late at night with this elegant Memokeeper; although the process was incredibly soul-stirring, the aftereffects were also quite obvious.
I felt like I was walking a bit floaty now and urgently needed to go to the courtyard to breathe some fresh air and sober up.
Pushing open the door to the courtyard, unlike the impenetrable fog of yesterday, the sunshine today was exceptionally bright, the dawn was slight, dyeing the entire courtyard in a layer of warm gold, and the fog had long since vanished without a trace.
I stretched and was preparing to take a walk along the gravel path when my gaze was drawn to a busy figure on the lawn in the center of the courtyard.
It was Rappa!
She was crouching on the ground, holding some things that looked like ropes, bamboo sticks, and some small gadgets that shone with faint light, doing something sneakily on the lawn and the edge of the flower bed.
I walked closer a few steps out of curiosity, and when I saw it clearly, I was startled!
She, she was actually burying traps in the yard!
Those things were clearly tripwires, ground spikes, and some things that looked like small explosive talismans or sensing devices!
Is this allowed?!
"Rappa! Stop!" I hurried forward and grabbed her hand that was about to bury a sharp bamboo stick into the dirt.
If she were to set traps everywhere, and if she accidentally hurt Lingsha, Sister Himeko, or others, or accidentally triggered it during "morning exercises," that would be bad!
"Bat Ninja?! What are you doing!" Being interrupted by me suddenly, Rappa jumped up angrily, staring at me with dissatisfaction, "These are the 'Evil-Executing and Demon-Subduing Array' that this ninja spent an entire night carefully arranging! Specifically designed to deal with that Osaru, the Evil Ninja!"
"Oh, Ninja Rappa, you listen to me!" I quickly held her and started to explain to her with "ninja logic" that she could understand seriously, "Look, this courtyard is now a base successfully occupied by our 'Righteous Ninja Alliance,' right?"
"Hmm... sort of." Rappa nodded.
"Since it is our territory, our own people will certainly often be active here. You set up so many traps, what if you accidentally hurt other ninja companions (I pointed at the villa's direction)? Wouldn't that be bad? Shouldn't we ninjas care for each other and unite against evil?"
"Hmm... makes sense..." Rappa was thoughtful.
I pressed on: "And you think about it, we have a large number of people in the villa now, and there are many experts (I exaggerated a bit), if that so-called Evil Ninja dares to break in, so many of us go together, are we still afraid that we can't catch him? Do we still need these small traps? Wouldn't that make us look too useless?"
"Yes, yes!" Rappa nodded with deep conviction, "Master Bat Ninja's analysis is right! Our righteous army should meet the enemy head-on with thunderous momentum, how can we rely on these side doors!"
"Right!" Seeing she had been persuaded by me, I struck while the iron was hot, "And don't worry, in order to prevent enemy sneak attacks, I have already set up the highest-level monitoring and alarm system at the entrance of this 'fortress' (I made it up), as long as any suspicious person dares to approach, we will definitely be able to discover them in the first place, and surround them all, and catch them all in one net!"
"So that's it! As expected of Master Bat Ninja, thoughtful!" Rappa suddenly realized, casting an admiring gaze at me.
She finally completely abandoned her trap plan and began to put away a "trap deployment map" she drew densely on the ground.
I leaned over to look at that deployment map, and another cold sweat broke out.
Good guy!
There were at least a dozen of trap points marked on this map, big and small!
Quicksand pits, poison gas nozzles, rock-fall arrays... She was really planning to transform this courtyard into a ninja training ground?!
"Okay, okay, since it's no longer needed, let's dismantle these things quickly, lest we really hurt our own people." I said in a hurry.
"Hmm! Eliminating hidden dangers is also part of a ninja's cultivation!" Rappa said with great energy.
Just like that, I accompanied this energetic secondary-school-level young lady and busy-bodied in the courtyard, dismantling the various "deadly traps" she had set up for a night one by one.
We two were busy until nearly noon, and only then was all safety hazard completely eliminated.
Looking at the calm courtyard again, I let out a long sigh of relief.
Having a secondary-school-level ninja in the house, it really is... can't relax vigilance for a moment.