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Before meeting with anti-lidocaine forces.

I needed to lighten my body a bit before going to an important event.

As a result, I went shopping with Youngmin and Silas.

David and Eslok intervened, but it was necessary considering the bounty on my head.

The place we arrived at was Cabrini Green, a busy area, and of course it wasn’t the Silver Side.

“Chris, I think there are too many people here.”

“Ehey. So it’s a good thing.”

What is it… There is a saying that if you want to hide a tree, hide it in the forest.

“Right?”

“Well, it would be okay if there were this many people. Isn’t that image too noticeable?”

David responded to my question and pointed to Eslok, who looked like a giant mole.

“No, no matter what, if you show your true colors, you can easily become a target. Even though it’s just noticeable, I think it would look better like a mole.”

What David said also made sense.

The problem was that Eslok was too conspicuous, both in his true form and in his giant mole form.

Wouldn’t it be better to remain unknown to those who are targeting us?

If you thought it was just a strange mole, Eslok might take advantage of the loophole.

“Chris.”

“Huh?”

As I was slowly entering the downtown area, Eslok approached me first and spoke.

“I will stand a little distance and look around.”

“Is that okay?”

Eslok immediately nodded in response to my question. As if he was confident against most enemies.

“Okay, then let me ask you a favor.”

“Yes.”

David and Eslok began to watch our surroundings from their respective positions.

In some ways, my current situation was that I couldn’t even shop comfortably…

“Now! Let’s go!”

This time, I decided to trust them.

“Ah, I like this look too.”

“Chris?”

Like Eslok, I was transformed into a baby bat.

Silas, who was in my arms, suddenly fell to the floor, but Youngmin caught her with amazing reflexes.

“Chris!”

“Oh, sorry, sorry.”

I apologized to Silas and climbed on top of Youngmin.

Suddenly, Youngmin became the kid who brought a cat and a baby bat to the downtown area.

As Cabrini Green is a busy area with many orcs and goblins, half of the people around seemed to be orcs and goblins.

Of course, it was not at the level where humans and other beasts could not be seen among the green waves.

“Shall we buy some clothes first?”

As I looked around and said something, Youngmin asked me if I was short on clothes.

“No, it’s not really like that.”

That’s because I bought several sets of the clothes I’m wearing now.

It’s hard to save your life while working as a troubleshooter, and there’s no need to worry about clothes.

In addition, after Eslok’s slush fund was created, our Blue Heart Office began wearing its own uniform in earnest, so the clothes we had already purchased seemed to be sufficient for the time being.

“I’m fine, so Youngmin and I will look at Sila’s clothes.”

“…My clothes?”

Silas, who was in Youngmin’s arms, stopped yawning and asked.

“Wouldn’t it be nice to wear pretty clothes when doing a hand drawn painting?”

As I said that, I asked Silas when it would be possible to become human.

“If it is partial, you can do it for up to an hour.”

“Partially?”

Is it literally just a part of the body that changes to look like a person? Ugh.

For some reason, I didn’t want to imagine it.

“Then what about the whole body changing?”

“Uh… 20 minutes? 25 minutes?”

” Either way, it can’t be longer than 30 minutes, right?”

Sheila said yes in a voice that seemed to have lost confidence in response to my question.

“I’m not particularly criticizing you!”

In summary, the maximum amount of time you can play with Scylla while dressing her is less than 30 minutes.

***

“Youngmin, first of all, I want to see Sila’s clothes…”

“Yes, I’m fine.”

I think I got Youngmin’s permission as well. We started looking for a clothing store nearby.

The sight of not only the flashy electronic display board but also the androids acting as mannequins posing in flashy poses and soliciting customers made me dizzy.

“Oh, there’s one over there. excuse me! Over there!”

I led Youngmin to the clothing store, tapping his head like a mouse on a chef’s head.

We entered the store, but there were no employees or androids coming toward us.

It was clear that even with the existing customers, it was overwhelming.

“Sila!”

Sheila seemed to know why I had called her, so she got out of Youngmin’s arms and jumped around.

Even before the cat’s legs touched the ground, it transformed into the appearance of a pretty beast.

“Oh….”

Even though it’s been a while since I’ve seen it, I still never get tired of seeing Sila transformed into a beast.

I landed on Sheila’s head and started fiddling with her cat ears.

“Are these ears still soft?”

“Chris!”

Silas tried to grab the blade above her head, but had no luck.

I protested by banging Sheila’s head back and forth.

“Chris, don’t make too much of a fuss.”

“Did you hear that? Silas?”

“….”

The person Youngmin was talking about was me, but I quickly shifted the blame to Silas.

After a while, we started looking at clothes in earnest. Because there was a time limit for this shopping.

“Sila, what about that white knit over there?”

“This?”

What did they say about this? Halterneck? Turtleneck?

Anyway, the clothes I chose were made of a white knit material that left my armpits clearly visible.

Ah, now I can see all the way to the back.

‘Ah, was it the clothes that killed a virgin?’

Without needing to say more, I decided to just think of it as clothes that were called this in the real world.

“Okay, let’s do this.”

“Chris… There’s too much exposure.”

“That’s why it’s good!”

Above Scylla, I looked excited as a baby bat and encouraged her to quickly try on the clothes I had chosen.

“Youngmin, wait a minute!”

“Yes….”

So I headed to the locker room with Silas on top of her head.

“Ugh….”

In good conscience, I couldn’t bear to see Silas’ naked body in the form of a beast.

Even though my body is like this now, I was originally a man, so there’s nothing I can do about it!

“Are you all dressed? Silas?”

“Yes, but it’s too cold?”

As soon as I heard Scylla’s answer, I returned my vision to the eyes that were covered with the cute bat wings.

“Oh, this is so…”

As Silas said, it was a dress that clearly showed the back and armpits.

No matter how much she did it, Silas’ pale armpits were clean and hairless.

“What, you didn’t wear this.”

“It looks like it’s sleeveless, but do I really need to wear sleeves?”

“Ah, Sil too. It’s better to show only your armpits!”

Why don’t you know something so simple!

I immediately had Sheila wear the sleeves separate from her clothes.

By bringing the sleeves down to about the palm of her hand rather than the back of her hand, the only exposed parts of Sheila’s upper body remained were the armpits between the top and the sleeve, and the back of the back of the top.

“Now, it’s less cold this way, right?”

“Chris. But you can’t fight with clothes like these.”

Sheila’s way of thinking made me so sad that I almost wanted to shed tears.

“That’s right! These are everyday clothes.”

The clothes I wear when working as a problem solver already have clothes exclusive to our Blue Heart Office, so there was no need to go shopping.

Silas resisted, saying it was okay, but before we knew it, we had bought all the clothes and arrived in front of Youngmin.

“Youngmin, how are you?”

“I think it’s okay.”

In addition to the top she had chosen with great care, Silas was wearing bottoms that hugged her legs.

However, Youngmin’s reaction was so indifferent that he thought that the person wearing new clothes in front of him was me, not Silas.

Even though it took a long time to get me to assume a reasonable posture.

“….”

Silas’ cheeks turned red, as if she was embarrassed by the clothes she was wearing and the posture she was taking.

I banged Sheila’s head loudly and insisted that my keen eye for choosing this outfit was not wrong.

“Look at this. Silas! Youngmin says it’s okay too!”

“Aaaah! Okay!”

As the baby bat was running wild above my head, Silas couldn’t bring herself to catch me and was embarrassed as if she was in trouble.

***

“Sila, what do you think about that hat?”

“Mmm. I’m fine.”

“Ah, don’t do that.”

I bought Scylla some clothes that looked nice, as if I were playing a dress-up game.

“Hey, don’t you give it to me quickly?!”

This time too, the Mimic wallet did its best to stop my overspending, but it surrendered when it mobilized its vicious right hand.

“Chris, I’ll listen to that.”

“Really? Thank you.”

Since I think I bought enough clothes for Silas, I decided to buy clothes for Youngmin next.

I didn’t forget to return to my baby bat form again.

This time, Silas began to react as angrily as Youngmin did.

‘Youngmin also has office-style attire, so… it would be better to focus on everyday clothes, right?’

“Youngmin, what do you think about that hat?!”

“I think it’s okay.”

Youngmin’s reaction to the hat I pointed out was not bad.

But as soon as Youngmin put on his hat, Silas, who was next to him, intervened.

“He seems like a guy who likes fishing.”

“…Is that so?”

Unlike Silas, Youngmin had to go through a lot of trial and error.

So much so that I asked David, who was keeping some distance from us.

“That seems like a bright color, how about that?”

“Isn’t that too dull?”

“Still, your eyes will feel comfortable.”

Taking David’s advice, Youngmin went into the locker room, changed clothes, and then appeared to us.

“Hmm… maybe it’s not that bad?”

“Right!?”

David responded to my reaction as expected.

“Youngmin, what do you think?”

Fortunately, Youngmin seemed to like it too.

“Okay, then should I pay for this too?”

I gave David my card and asked him to pay.

When I first bought it, I thought I bought a lot, but when I actually put it all together, it was only enough to fit into two shopping bags.

When I saw that, I felt regretful.

“Hmm… maybe I should have bought a little more?”

“It’s not good to buy too much. Because you can wear clothes over and over again.”

What David said also made sense.

Afterwards, I turned my gaze to Youngmin and Silas and spoke.

“I think Youngmin will dress well on his own… but I will keep an eye on Silas!”

“Where is that?”

“Here!”

Other people in the downtown area stared at the little bat as it flapped its wings and shouted.

“But where is Eslok?”

“…There it is.”

David was paying attention to the gaze of those around him and pointed in a certain direction.

Then I found Eslok surrounded by people.

“Eslok! Stop and come quickly!”

At our shouts, Eslok, who looked like a giant mole, began to move with his waddling body.

‘Now that I think about it, I called him by his name.’

It seemed too late to regret it now.

Just as I boarded David’s car when coming to the downtown area, I did the same when returning to Sylvia’s bar.

I rode in the back seat with Youngmin and Silas.

He returned to his normal self and said with a sigh of relief.

“Phew… But nothing happened.”

“Chris, were you paying attention to that?”

“Of course! Even if it doesn’t look that way on the outside, I think first before I act!”

“…I don’t think so.”

“What? Youngmin, what do you think?”

“Haha, well.”

He looked aggrieved at David’s reaction and asked Youngmin for help, but it didn’t have much effect!

Next, I tried to ask Silas, who had suddenly returned to her cat form, for help… but Silas was just baking bread in my arms.

“Ha….”

There was no need to ask Eslok.

Because it was clear that he wouldn’t say anything bad about me, his benefactor.

So, a few days after we arrived at Sylvia’s bar, we had a meeting with the anti-Lidocaine forces.

Representatives or representatives of the factions that my colleagues and I had carefully selected were scheduled to attend.

Among them, of course, the second place in the problem solver ranking is her daughter, who made Dream City users call her a father-in-law.

It even included a cold city beauty and a mixed-blood vampire who was over 100 years old!