Chapter 553 Hankawa_2

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He wore an indifferent expression, "Everyone is connected, it's safer for all of us, and one more person won't make a difference."

"If worst comes to worst, I'll just say you're the child of a friend of mine."

Aoki Kazuo's expression froze, and though he hesitated, he steeled himself and said, "Maybe, maybe you could arrange for me to be... to be Senka's husband."

The last two words even made Aoki Kazuo feel unsure of himself.

After speaking, he nervously glanced around at everyone, thankful that Higurashi Chika was unconscious at the moment and hadn't heard a word.

"Don't get any wrong ideas, this is just a hypothetical identity," he hastened to explain.

"No one here is overthinking it," Yukiko said with a blank face.

"However," she changed tack, "that arrangement is not reasonable."

"Why not?" Aoki Kazuo retorted eagerly, sensing that this might be a highlight of his life.

If he missed this chance, perhaps...