Chapter 394: Body in Chao Camp, Heart in Han, Right?
"One, two, three..."
Jashin-chan put one hand on her waist and counted the people in the living room with the other.
When she counted Yurine, seeing her narrow her eyes with an unkind look, a drop of cold sweat slid down Jashin-chan's forehead. She hurriedly moved her finger to point to the next one.
"Uh... I won't participate."
Seeing Jashin-chan pointing at her, Kobayashi hurriedly raised her hand to declare her stance.
Having witnessed Tohru and the others playing dodgeball, Kobayashi felt that participating might lead to her death; preserving her life was more important.
"Okay."
Jashin-chan didn't mind and skipped Kobayashi.
"Actually, I can protect Kobayashi well."
Tohru turned her head, pressed her slender hand wearing a white glove on her full chest, and said with a reliable look.
"Mn, but I'd rather watch you guys play from the side."
Kobayashi declined tactfully.
"Is that so..."
The dragon maid looked at Kobayashi, clenched her fist, and said with full motivation: "Then Kobayashi, appreciate my heroic figure properly!"
"Mn."
"If Kobayashi isn't playing, there are exactly fourteen people; we can split into two teams."
Jashin-chan finished counting, returned her gaze to Ryohei, raised her hand, and suggested: "Servant, let's be captains. Each picks six teammates; I'll go first."
"Why are you the captain?" Poporon crossed her arms and looked at Jashin-chan from the side.
"Because I proposed the snowball fight first!"
Jashin-chan held her head high and puffed out her chest, saying it as a matter of course.
"Poporon, do you want to be captain? I can give mine to you." Ryohei looked at Poporon; he wasn't interested in being captain or whatever.
"No need, no need."
Poporon waved her hand hurriedly: "I'll just be a team member."
"Mn."
Ryohei naturally let her be, nodded gently, turned his gaze to Jashin-chan, and said: "Pick one by one; you pick first."
"Eh—!"
Jashin-chan dragged out the tone and said dissatisfiedly: "Didn't we agree I'd pick six first?"
"Who agreed with you? I don't recall such a thing." Ryohei looked at Jashin-chan speechlessly and urged: "Hurry up and pick; if you don't pick, I can go first."
"Then I want..."
Jashin-chan cut the crap and turned her gaze to Yurine—she was the champion of the arm-wrestling contest held privately last time.
"I want Yurine!"
"But she doesn't seem to want me to pick her very much, giving me the cold shoulder..."
"I didn't, right?"
Yurine, the person involved, was stunned for a moment and denied it flatly, indicating this was slander.
"Okay, then I pick Yurine as my first!" Jashin-chan waved at Yurine: "Fight for me, Yurine!"
"I refuse."
A look of disgust appeared on Yurine's face.
"Mn? You refuse!?"
Jashin-chan widened her eyes and said exasperatedly: "You still said you didn't!"
"I just refuse to fight for you, not refusing to be on the same team as you."
(´･_･`)
Yurine looked calm and spoke calmly, as if talking about what she ate for lunch today.
"Body in Chao Camp, Heart in Han, right?" (Translation note: Idiom meaning physically present in one place but loyal to another)
Jashin-chan leaned back and said: "I suspect you'll backstab me!"
"Mmm—!"
Yurine hugged her chest with one hand, tilted her head slightly, tapped her fair cheek with the other hand, and said: "Nice suggestion."
She seemed to really be considering it.
"This person has no sportsmanship at all; let's not play with her!"
Jashin-chan pointed at Yurine and said to Ryohei with an unhappy face.
Crack—!
Accompanied by a crisp sound, Jashin-chan cried out in pain, holding her hand and distancing herself from Yurine.
"Resorting to violence at the slightest disagreement, right? You're too much!"
(ﾒ ﾟ皿ﾟ)ﾒ
"You pointed your finger at me first." Yurine also looked at Jashin-chan somewhat unhappily.
"Alright, it's just a snowball fight; why be so serious?"
Ryohei looked at Jashin-chan, who never learned her lesson, and vetoed her suggestion.
It had nothing to do with him wanting to see Jashin-chan get backstabbed.
"I choose Lucoa first."
He said, glancing at Lucoa.
"Hai hai—! I will give my all for Ryohei-kun!"
Lucoa raised her hand with a smile to declare her stance.
"That's not necessary; you'd better take it easy." Ryohei said with a smile.
"Look at her!"
Jashin-chan looked at Yurine with a heartbroken expression and clapped her hands exaggeratedly.
"Mind yourself."
Yurine looked calm, then suddenly looked at Jashin-chan suspiciously: "Why is your desire to win so strong?"
"Noble devils are not allowed to lose!"
Jashin-chan puffed out her chest and spoke nonsense.
"No one here takes it seriously; just listen to this and move on.
"Second... I choose Pekola!"
Jashin-chan's gaze fell on the God of Harvest beside her.
Pekola was undoubtedly one of the combat power pillars present.
"Mn."
Pekola responded softly, moving from Ryohei's side to Jashin-chan's side.
"Then I want... Lierre!"
Ryohei hesitated for a moment and chose the loli Lord.
The tiny Lierre looked at Ryohei with some surprise.
"Quite discerning!"
She hugged her chest like a little adult and lifted her chin.
Perhaps because this body was a child's, she was actually "somewhat" looking forward to the snowball fight.
"..." Ryohei smiled at Lierre.
"..."
Mmm... Lord Lierre is on the same team as Boss...
Pino's petite body trembled slightly, and she involuntarily looked at Jashin-chan.
She really didn't want to be on the same team as Lierre—she couldn't help but panic when staying with Lierre.
Conversely, staying beside Yurine would give a sense of security.
But on second thought—
Standing on the opposite side of Lord Lierre...
What if Miss Yurine was careless for a moment and failed to protect her...
Thinking of this, Pino's heart skipped a beat, and her breathing became rapid.
She turned her gaze to Ryohei—
If she was with the Boss... what if Lord Lierre suddenly attacked her...
That's even worse!
Mosquito coils appeared in Pino's amethyst-like beautiful eyes. She felt dizzy, breathing became difficult, and her snow-white legs under the battle skirt trembled involuntarily.
"—!"
A flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in her mind. Pino raised her hand and said: "Um... I'd better not play; not interested in snowball fights."
(＞ω＜)ﾉ
"Mn?"
Hearing this, everyone looked at her.
"Why suddenly not interested? If you don't play, the number of people on both sides won't be equal." Jashin-chan looked over puzzledly.
Ryohei was surprised for a moment, looked at Pino, and then was speechless.
This guy's persecution paranoia probably acted up... He could tell at a glance!
At the same time, Lierre put her hand to her forehead.
She naturally knew her subordinate; Pino, this child...
Lierre found it hard to describe for a moment.
"..." Yurine, Lucoa, and others naturally saw Pino's situation and were all speechless for a moment.
"In that case, you stay with Kobayashi."
Ryohei helped Pino out, looked at Lucoa and Lierre, seeking their opinions:
"Six people in our group, is that okay?"
"Okay."
"No problem."
One big and one small responded successively without objection.
"..." Pino let out a long sigh of relief and retreated cheerfully to Kobayashi's side.
Since Ryohei and the others had no objections, Jashin-chan naturally wouldn't have any.
For the third teammate, she chose Elma, and Ryohei took Tohru.
For the fourth teammate, Jashin-chan wanted Ilulu, and Ryohei took Kanna. Afterwards, she wanted Poporon, and Ryohei took Pekola.
Little Binchou-tan, this little tyke, automatically belonged to Jashin-chan's team.
Thus, the grouping was complete!
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