With a large pile of ingredients, Gray Yuan Ai and his party set out on the way home.

"I'll remind you first," Gray Harahara reminded as he looked at Hotaru, who was obviously too happy to be happy. "This one is still quite high in calories, and if you eat too much, the consequences will be very miserable."

"Don't worry~" Hotaru replied with a smile. "I'll plan my diet well~"

"However, it seems that there are a lot of things to buy," complained Motota, who was carrying a pile of ingredients. "Why don't we take the bus back?"

"I don't have any opinion," Gray Yuan said, looking at the bag in his hand. "Since you know that the way back is long, there is no need to buy so much, it would be nice to buy less."

"I remember the bus stop in the other direction," Ayumi gestured behind the group. "We've got to walk back a bit."

"Then I can only go back," Hotaru glanced at Motota, and then focused her gaze on Ai Shibara, who had just changed his posture and carried the bag of ingredients. "After all, if we go back like this, a few of us may have to break down half."

Just like that, the group stopped, and then walked in the opposite direction.

After passing by the others who were turning in the opposite direction, a man took a few steps forward and quietly turned into a store on the side of the road, and after a few seconds, he walked out again as if he had given up his intention to enter the store. It's just a little strange that after he walked out, he walked in the direction he came from.

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About ten minutes later to the bus stop.

Hotaru leaned against the pillar of the bus station's waiting shed, her left foot supporting her weight and her right foot lightly touching the ground, looking at a nearby store in this position.

I'm already tired like that, but I still want to continue shopping, aren't you afraid that I won't be able to take it when I go back?

Well, if they had to walk back, they probably wouldn't have bought that much, and it was because they had to take the bus that they had the courage to continue shopping, right?

Especially the little girl who mourns, obviously she can't hold everything anymore, but she still wants to continue to buy it, it's just a little glutton-

Hotaru suddenly felt a little uneasy in her mind—a strange feeling that something wasn't quite right. “？”

Looking away, Hotaru didn't notice anyone looking at her, and nothing unusual happened around here.

Worried too much? Hotaru pursed her lips slightly, lowered her head, and thought slightly about the strange feeling just now. She'd felt this strange feeling several times along the way...... It's like being targeted by a hunter.

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The man who had just passed by Hotaru and them casually passed by again at this time, standing under the waiting shed, waiting for the train like a normal passenger.

It seems that he is just waiting for the bus leisurely, but the man's body is completely tense, and even his teeth are completely clenched.

The man let out a sigh of relief, thinking with palpitations. [Although it is indeed expected that such a girl has a certain anti-reconnaissance ability, it is rare for such a strong anti-reconnaissance ability? ] 】

[But it should be okay to sit here like this first, after all, they have just said that they want to take the bus, and if you sit here, you can naturally follow them to the bus at that time.] 】

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When Gray Yuan and the others walked out of the store with more bags than before, there was a bus that they could take back to the vicinity of the Tachibana Mansion, so everyone got on the bus together.

"I bought a lot of things this time," Yuan Tai said excitedly. "It's good that there are buses, otherwise we would all be exhausted!"

"But the main reason for buying so many things is because you can take a car, right?" Gray Yuan Ai glanced at the bag in his hand, and smiled helplessly. "I thought I wouldn't be tired when I went home, so I let it go and bought it."

"But you can eat it for a long time, so you don't have to come out and buy it often, so it's still a good deal!" Ayumi, who put the handbag on the ground, said happily. "You can eat a lot of ingredients for a long time!"

At this moment, Gray Yuan suddenly found that Hotaru's mood was not very high. “？”

"......" Hotaru took out her phone, typed out a line of words on the screen, and then handed it to Gray Yuan.

[Don't make a noise, we're being followed, the man in front of you wearing a black T-shirt and black sunglasses.] 】

“！” Ashbara almost couldn't suppress her desire to look ahead in surprise, looking for the person Hotaru was talking about, but she still suppressed her actions - otherwise it would be tantamount to startling the snake.

[What should I do?] Gray Yuan Ai pretended to be very interested in the phone, and typed with a curious look.

"That's right, that's it~" Hotaru took the phone with a smile on her face, pretending to be demonstrating her typing skills to Gray Hara.

[We get out of the car and take a detour to see if he's really following us.] If he does follow us, try to see if you can take him down. 】

In this way, Hotaru and Ashbara smirk as they hatch an anti-tracking plan against the ill-intentioned stalker.

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"It's time to get out of the car," with Hotaru's call, Gray Yuan Ai and the others got out of the car together with their big bags and small bags. "Hurry back, or you won't have time to make lunch!"

"I'm finally going home," Motota shook the two large bags in his hand. "This time I'm going to have a delicious peanut butter eel sandwich!"

"......" Ayumi and Ayumi Gray Hara are both speechless expressions.

"Probably can, right?" Hotaru, who was walking in front, turned around and looked at Genta with a smile. "Anyway, as long as you like it, you can eat it as much as you want~"

At the same time, Hotaru's eyes skimmed at the man who had been following them.

The man is still following...... That's probably not good.

Hotaru didn't notice that there was something wrong with this man before he got into the car, but thinking about it, he was probably staring at him for a long time, and his previous uneasiness also came from this man.

I had seen this man pass by me when I was at the station, but I didn't suspect him at the time - his eyes had not been on him, so I didn't pay special attention to him.

But in fact, even if you don't focus on yourself, you can still use your spare eyes to complete the observation...... As long as you lock the object you want to observe near the focal point, you can use the afterglow to get the general position and behavior of the object you are observing.

In this way, I did notice that his gaze was a little glazed, and his eyes were rather hollow, and he didn't seem to be looking at anything - he was probably observing himself with his peripheral vision at that time, right?

Fortunately, I later found out that there was something wrong with him, otherwise it would have been a big problem...... Maybe she will hurt this little girl.