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"And you're still wearing a black hooded sweatshirt that hides your face, looking like a criminal, you asshole." Shin continues, judging the style of clothing he was wearing at the moment.
Jing quickly takes off his hoodie and gives his best friend a small smile, and he sits down next to him.
"Sorry about the bad outfit, I was feeling hungry, and I didn't have anyone to eat with me." Said Jing, smiling a little at his best friend and pointing to the small bag of food in his right hand.
Shin's right eye twitched, and he blinked, because he hadn't expected this nonsensical answer... but if he said it, it was done.
The Vinxurian girl watched them without noticing and kept a neutral expression without realizing anything.
"I wonder why you're in Kyoto at all these hours, when you should be at home focusing on Forulant training and your ordinary university studies." Shin doubted his best friend, as he realized that his friend was not in a pleasant mood at the moment.
As he wondered, a few seconds later, he was scratching his left eye because he was so tired.
Despite leaning on her best friend's thighs, the tiredness she had felt after the fight with Grogon hadn't gone away.
A fight like that wasn't so simple, and it was his first time facing an anomaly from another world.
But one thing he didn't know was that the Minotaur had been released from the space prison by Mooni Sato.
The girl's eyes turned to the side, reflecting on her choice to release such a monster on that avenue.
But at first, she had to have done it to see if Shin deserved his power, since if she hadn't done the Vinxfer Ritual sooner... she might still be in Fearen's clutches when he was still alive.
Since with every abuse she suffered from him, the more her energy declined... and the more it declined, the more she could have had side effects to the point of causing her death.
After Shin's questioning had been exposed, Jing responded seconds later to what he had said.
"Well, you don't have to worry about that... I just needed to go for a walk to clear my mind of impurities." Jing replied, crossing his arms as he looked at a leaf floating over the street.
After Jing said that, Mooni immediately felt a strong touch on her mind and worried if Jing could see her presence at that moment.
After she questioned her visibility in the eyes of Shin's friend, he began to look at her with a high level of normality... since after being told that Mooni would never be a bad person plus the addition of a strong bond of friendship with Shin, that changed everything.
And in response, Jing could clearly see the Vinxurian's presence in front of her without any surprise.
His connection with Shin was already very mutual, so the Vinxurian's presence was noticeable at that moment.
Shin cocked his head to one side, not understanding where his friend was looking, and immediately looked back to see Mooni with a startled expression.
"Shin... Can your best friend see me?" Mooni asks Shin with a frightened tone as she tries to make sure she's being seen.
Shin quickly stares at the two of them and tries to understand what's going on.
He breathes for a moment and looks at Mooni with a neutral expression.
"Yes, you imbecile, he can see you." Shin replies in a rude tone, and she ends up putting Shin's body in front of her to hide from Jing.
Jing just laughs it off and replies that he's Nanoa's childhood friend.
"There's no point in pretending to be misunderstood, I've always believed that as his best friend, you might have a way of observing both me and him." Jing finished with his palm pointed at the two of them and his eyes closed because he felt too convinced.
After hearing Jing's thought, Mooni remains silent and just turns her face away without having to show her disappointment at the moment.
Shin looks at her for a short while and then looks at his best friend with a disappointed face.
He crosses his arms and nods his head sideways, signaling that he's slightly annoyed by what he said about Mooni.
"Why did you turn out like that? I just said what I thought about it." Jing replies, throwing his hands out to the side, showing that he doesn't understand anything.
However, Jing couldn't help noticing that his body and face were exhausted.
Shin tried to disguise his current state, but failed miserably in front of his friend.
"Brother, sometimes you need to behave a bit, it seems that everyone you try to talk to... you're already thinking that they're a bad person." Shin explains what Jing often thought about the people close to him.
"Apart from the fact that thinking in this way will do you a lot of harm when it comes to meeting someone perfect in your life... and you'll always end up doing badly with this sudden behavior." Shin finishes by explaining how this way of expressing himself can harm him in creating future bonds.
Jing's crazy theories end up controlling him more than he controls his own theories... becoming a complete hostage to his own insecurity.
The great example of this was his dialog with Nishumori, the smartest student in the entire university.
At that moment, Jing's dialog with Nishumori could have led to a possible fight, because their rapport would always bring an air of conflict.
Shin always believed that Jing could improve his first impressions... and that he wouldn't have to worry about anything else regarding his own ties.
He shows that he has grown up and that his friend no longer needs to be suspicious of his friendships, and that everything is under control.
Later, Jing gets up from the bench and puts his hands in the two pockets of his sweatshirt.
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