stonecrandall Chapter 198 Little Ke: Even Kuro doesn't give me face, what am I?
Chapter 198 Little Ke: Even Kuro doesn't give me face, what am I?
Chapter 194 Xiao Ke: Even Kuro doesn't give me face, what am I?
"Um, Snow Rabbit Bro..."
As Yukito approached, Sakura lowered her head and said shyly, "Could you... you mean... not tell my brother about me going out?"
"What should I say?" Yukito crouched down and gently touched Sakura's forehead, tucking her slightly disheveled hair behind her ear. "Isn't Sakura sleeping upstairs? What should I tell Touya?"
"Huh?" Sakura was taken aback when she heard Yukito's words. She looked up blankly and met Yukito's gaze.
The other person's expression was very gentle, and there was a smile on their lips that was brighter than the moonlight.
Yukito patted Sakura's head, then stood up again: "You didn't see me tonight, and I didn't see Sakura either. I only know she was sleeping, right?"
"Mmm!" Sakura nodded.
As long as Snow Rabbit doesn't tell his idiot older brother about this, then there's nothing to worry about.
"The moonlight is beautiful, but you can't stay up too late. Come back as soon as possible, okay?" Yukito said with a smile.
"Yes, sir!" Sakura readily agreed, "I'll just watch for a little while!"
Having said that, she was really worried that if she continued to stand there and have an awkward chat with Brother Snow Rabbit, she might be discovered by others, or be asked more questions that she couldn't answer at all. So she took a step and slipped out.
Once outside, Sakura finally breathed a sigh of relief. She then jogged away from her home before changing into her roller skates from her backpack at a corner.
"What were you thinking, doing this?" Kero popped out of the bag, flapping its little wings, and looked at Sakura speechlessly. "Why didn't you just have that brat use the Anywhere Door to pick you up? You had to run there yourself, and now you've been caught red-handed."
"Luckily, it was Yukito who met you this time, and he actually believed your obviously absurd excuse that you wanted to go see the moon. If it had been you who was found out by your brother..." Kero rested her chin on her hand, tilted her head slightly, and imagined the scene of Touya finding them.
(*￣rǒ￣) Picking nose
"I always have this feeling that he's going to beat me up."
Kero thought about how Touya would stare at it with a fierce look for a long time every time he looked at it, which made it wonder if its secret with Sakura had been exposed.
But every time I disguise myself as a doll, I do it so well, I don't move at all, there's absolutely no way I'll be discovered.
"I didn't expect to run into Yukito-nii at this time either," Sakura pouted, disagreeing with Kero's statement. "But what's Yukito-nii doing here at this hour? Is he looking for his brother? But he should be asleep by now, right?"
"Why do you care so much? Hurry up and go now. If you insist on walking by yourself, it will take you a long time to get there," Xiao Ke urged.
"Okay, okay." Sakura nodded, putting Yukito's purpose for coming to her house out of her mind. "Maybe Yukito was too hungry at night and went out to buy some late-night snacks."
After all, the snow rabbit would stay at their house from time to time, or rather, frequently.
Sakura had become so accustomed to Yukito's presence that she no longer found it strange. Even if she saw him now, she wouldn't have any odd thoughts. Instead, the first thing that popped into her mind was the idea that he was going to buy a late-night snack.
"That really fits his character," Kero-chan nodded, hovering beside Sakura.
The last time they sealed the Illusion Card, they also met Snow Rabbit in the middle of the night. At that time, he bought a few big steamed buns for a midnight snack. Although we didn't see him eat anything this time, he may have already finished eating on the way.
"Buzz"
"Buzz"
"Buzz"
Sakura, on her roller skates, raced towards the back of the school.
Because she needed to cross the road at the foot of the mountain, she couldn't take the mountain route and had to change direction.
As soon as she turned the corner, she saw a pure black sedan parked at the intersection not far away, blocking the middle of the road.
Xiao Ke reacted quickly, and the moment he saw the vehicle, he jumped into Xiao Ying's backpack.
Sakura frowned, looking at the black sedan with some wariness.
The car was parked across the middle of the road in the middle of the night, as if it were waiting for someone.
Sakura's instincts told her that this car was definitely up to no good.
However, this road is relatively short in the direction of Tomoeda-cho.
Sakura was conflicted, unsure whether she should take a longer route to avoid the car that seemed to have ill intentions.
Before she could make a decision, the car door opened, and Tomoyo's head popped out.
"Sakura~ What are you doing standing there? Come here~~~"
Tomoyo waved to Sakura, who looked completely bewildered.
"Tomoyo?"
She moved her feet and glided forward, arriving beside Tomoyo: "What are you doing here, Tomoyo? I thought Xiao Wang had already picked you up."
"Oh, I told Changsheng that I had some things to prepare and asked him to pick you up first, but it seems that you haven't met Changsheng yet." Tomoyo smiled sweetly.
"So now Xiao Wang is waiting for us all by himself?" Xiao Ying was taken aback.
"Yes, I just called him, and he said he's already there and asked when we'll arrive." Tomoyo pulled Sakura into the car. "I heard from Chosei that you hadn't gone there either, so I thought you'd probably come this way. I was going to wait here for you, but I didn't expect you to show up right after I parked the car. What a coincidence!"
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"Oh, that's quite a coincidence. I was delayed by Yukito when I was leaving, which is why I came out late. Otherwise, Tomoyo, you really wouldn't have been able to wait for me." Sakura got into the car and laughed.
The car had a strange design. Apart from the driver's seat and the back seats where she and Tomoyo were, there seemed to be a lot of space in the back, but it was covered by a heavy curtain.
Sakura had noticed it earlier and, feeling a bit curious, couldn't help but ask, "Tomoyo, what's behind that?"
"Hehe." Tomoyo grabbed Sakura's hand, her expression suddenly becoming excited. "Do you want to know? I'll show you~"
Tomoyo pulled back the curtain, and Sakura immediately felt her eyes were blurry.
Behind this is where Tomoyo keeps her clothes.
The colorful and exquisite clothes, shimmering under the lights, turned Sakura's curiosity into a blank stare.
She seemed to understand why she had felt a sense of malice when she looked at the car outside.
That's it!
"(??<`?)╭ So, Sakura, which one do you think looks better? Is there one you like?" Tomoyo's cheeks were flushed with excitement, making her look countless times cuter than her usual fair complexion.
She took Sakura's hand and asked her if she had any clothes she liked.
"[┐'_'┌] Uh, well..." Sakura, with one hand held by Tomoyo, scratched her head with the other, "I think they all look pretty good..."
"So you like them all?" Tomoyo looked even happier. "Then I'll go with your original plan for today's outfit~"
"(||?_?) Uh uh uh..." Sakura's eyes were still a little dazed, and black lines appeared on her forehead.
The vehicle had already started.
It wasn't particularly far to begin with; even with roller skates, it would only take Sakura a little over half an hour. Now that she was in a car, and with the quiet of the night and no traffic jams, her speed was naturally a bit faster.
At Tomoyo's urging, Sakura changed into the clothes that Tomoyo had carefully chosen.
After she sat back down, Xiao Ke also wore a scrap of fabric around her neck, and the three of them sat together and started talking.
"Kero, do you have any clues about the Clow Cards this time?" Tomoyo asked Kero while snapping away at Sakura with a camera that seemed to appear out of nowhere.
"If what you're saying is true, then I have no clue about the knight, but that painting might be possessed by 'Silence'." Xiao Ke adjusted the piece of fabric around her neck and then replied to Zhi Shi.
"Silence? What's that?" Tomoyo paused, slightly stopping her hand from pressing the shutter button, and looked at Kero.
Although she focused most of her energy on dressing up Sakura today, she also tidied herself up a bit since she had enough time.
She wore a light purple princess dress, which perfectly complemented her gentle and elegant temperament.
In addition, her eyes, tinged with a faint purple, seemed to contain the entire starry sky in their depths, exuding an air of nobility.
It looks even more perfect when paired with a long skirt.
Xiao Ke sat cross-legged in the void: "The Silent Card is a rather troublesome one among the Clow Cards. True to its name, it dislikes loud noises and prefers to stay in a corner by itself without saying a word."
"If you ignore it, it can stay silent for an entire day," Xiao Ke said, stroking her chin. "If you encountered it in that deserted art museum, it would be understandable."
"That makes sense." Sakura nodded. "That art museum is really deserted. It feels like there would be almost no one there if so many of us hadn't gone today. If you like quiet places, Ochiai's art museum is definitely a good choice."
"Kero, what power does this card have?" Tomoyo shifted the camera slightly toward Kero. "According to Director Ochiai, after feeling a burst of light, he went directly from inside the exhibition hall to outside the art museum."
"That is indeed one of the abilities of the Silent Card." Xiao Ke nodded.
"And there's more, and there's more." When it came to serious matters, Sakura became earnest and quickly added, "I heard from Xiao Wang that that card can make all surrounding sounds disappear."
"That's one of the abilities of the Silent Cards." Xiao Ke nodded again.
"So, does it have any other abilities?" Tomoyo and Sakura stared at Kero, their eyes bright and clear, sparkling like jewels.
Xiao Ke nodded: "Of course there are... I think."
"Hmm? What does that mean?" Sakura looked at Kero, tilting her head with anticipation in her eyes. "Like what? What other abilities does he have?"
"For example..." Kero remained silent for a long time, then flapped its wings and turned its body around, facing away from Sakura and Tomoyo, and spread its hands, saying, "I'm not too sure either."
"?"
A question mark popped up on Sakura's forehead. "Don't know?"
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Xiao Ke smiled awkwardly and scratched his head: "Yeah, I'm not quite sure. I only heard about the abilities of the Silent Cards: that they can teleport people away and make the surroundings quiet."
"Huh???" Sakura was a little stunned.
Tomoyo was speechless for once, and she silently turned the camera back to Sakura.
In the scene, Sakura stares intently at Kero with her beautiful, dark green eyes, and angrily says, "Not only did you lose the Clow Cards you were supposed to be guarding, but you don't even know what abilities the Clow Cards you're supposed to have! Little Wang is right, you really can hardly be considered a qualified sealing beast!"
Xiao Ke: ?
Why is this brat everywhere?!
Xiao Ke snorted, then turned around and rolled her eyes: "Why are you saying that to me! There are so many Clow Cards, it's already a struggle for me to guard them all by myself, how could I possibly remember the specific abilities of every single one of them?"
As Xiao Ke spoke, her expression turned resentful.
It shrugged at Sakura and Tomoyo, its tone full of helplessness: "If you've really encountered the Silent Card, you have no idea how awful its personality is!"
"It's not just that it's taciturn, it never communicates with the other Clow Cards. Even when I try to talk to it, it ignores me. Once or twice is fine, but it happens every time. So I stopped bothering with it. I don't want to be ignored," Kero complained.
There's probably only one person who can talk to Mo Pai without being ignored.
That person was none other than Clow Cards, the creator of the Clow Cards.
It's absolutely impossible for anyone else to speak to Mo Pai except for him.
Even Kuro himself can only usually get the silent card to respond with half a sentence.
Yes.
Not just a few sentences.
Not just one sentence.
It's only half a sentence!
Sometimes when Kuro talks to Mo, the other person either nods or gives a vague "hmm," not even bothering to say a word.
Sometimes, even Kuro would find it strange that he could utter half a sentence.
Don't you even realize that Kuro himself is like this?
I, Xiao Ke, am merely a sealed beast.
I have neither face nor ability in front of others, what am I worth!
Do you expect someone to "condescend" to speak to me?
Forget about doors, there's not even a skylight!
I wonder what happened when Kuro created it that made this guy's temper so strange.
"Sigh." Sakura sighed helplessly.