"Shirou, what did you even do?"
Ignoring Exusiai and Croissant's antics, Sora waved at Shirou and asked.
Compared to the other three, Sora still felt a bit uneasy about being inside the Guard Departnt.
Though, after coming here a few more tis, she had gradually gotten used to it.
"Nothing really. I saw your car downstairs, so I ca up."
Shirou covered his face, he really did not want to admit he knew these people.
Just look at Exusiai and Croissant, treating the Guard Departnt like their own ho. Texas was sitting off to the side chewing on a Pocky stick. Even Sora, who was supposedly the only normal one, was now greeting him just like Exusiai and Croissant.
Now that he thought about it, Swire's suggestion earlier did not sound too bad after all…
"Enough chatting, finish your statents."
An Guard Departnt officer tapped the table, pulling Penguin Logistics' attention back.
With their hyper personalities, even writing a report was difficult and now their focus had completely drifted again.
When on earth would he be able to get off work?!
"Sorry for the later trouble."
Hoshiguma patted Shirou on the shoulder.
She did not dislike Penguin Logistics' behavior, but she could already imagine Shirou being stuck between Swire and Penguin Logistics in the future.
Just thinking about it made her feel like it would go great with a drink.
"…?"
Clearly, Shirou did not catch the hidden aning behind her words. He could only tilt his head in confusion.
"You will understand later."
After playing the role of a cryptic teaser for once, Hoshiguma found it surprisingly fun. No wonder so many people liked acting mysterious.
"???"
For the Nth ti today, Shirou was baffled by vague hints. He wanted to curse out loud, but his good manners held him back.
anwhile, Swire could not be bothered to talk much more with Penguin Logistics. She planned to jot down a simple record of the incident and deal with it properly the next day.
But before leaving, she suddenly thought of sothing amusing, she wanted to ss with Penguin Logistics a bit.
"Hey Shirou like I said ,if you cannot stay with Penguin Logistics anymore, you can always co and join the Guard Departnt."
The mont Swire said that, the noisy Penguin Logistics group instantly fell silent.
The four of them looked at each other, then rushed to finish their statents at full speed, slamd the papers onto the table, dashed over, hoisted Shirou up and ran.
"Bye-bye, see you never!"
Before leaving, Exusiai made a face at Swire.
Everyone in the office watched as Shirou got kidnapped right under their noses. So even felt like they had seen this exact scene before.
"Missy, you really poked a penguin nest this ti."
Looking at the now-vanished Penguin Logistics crew, Hoshiguma sighed.
"I did not expect it to work this well."
Swire had only ant to tease them by trying to poach Shirou, but the effect was far better than expected, maybe too good. She could only hope Shirou would be fine.
As for Shirou? He had already been stuffed into Penguin Logistics' car.
"Shirou, listen to , do not trust those Guard Departnt people! Penguin Logistics has amazing benefits, seriously! Do not fall for them!"
The mont they got into the car, Croissant launched into a long rant about how great, aweso and unbeatable Penguin Logistics was, while dismissing the Guard Departnt as completely inferior.
"Exactly! Working there ans 996 schedules, tons of overti, and dealing with your boss's mood every day! We do not have those problems at Penguin Logistics!"
Exusiai added from the side.
"Uh… yeah… the Guard Departnt is really exhausting!"
Not knowing what else to say, Sora chid in with that.
As for Texas…
She had already stepped on the gas and driven away. If she were not worried about speeding and getting dragged back by the Guard Departnt, she would have floored it completely.
Shirou was squeezed between Sora and Croissant holding the groceries, while the three of them kept praising Penguin Logistics nonstop.
Only after they cald down a bit did Shirou finally speak:
"Do not worry, I am not planning to leave."
His words imdiately made them stop.
"Really?"
Exusiai asked cautiously, afraid he might leave Penguin Logistics.
"Really. My current identity in Lungn was given to by the Boss. You are overthinking it."
To reassure them, Shirou emphasized that even living in Lungn was thanks to the Emperor so there was no way he would leave.
Besides, if the Guard Departnt found out about his situation, he might just end up in jail, they would basically get free credit.
"Yeah… that makes sense."
After calming down, the group thought about what Shirou said.
It really checked out. The main issue was that Swire's earlier comnt had triggered them.
Plus, from their usual interactions, Shirou was more serious and disciplined, if anything his style was closer to the Guard Departnt.
That was why they panicked.
This was clearly a provocation from the Guard Departnt toward Penguin Logistics!
They absolutely could not lose "Mama Emiya"! That would be the end of them!
This life of never having to think about what to eat, having soone cook every day, getting snacks and late-night als from ti to ti was too good!
No matter what, they had to make sure Shirou stayed with Penguin Logistics.
"But Shirou, why were you with Swire and Hoshiguma earlier?"
Now that she had cald down, Sora suddenly rembered that Shirou had co in together with them.
"Oh, that. I ran into Swire while exercising this morning, and she asked to take her…"
Shirou briefly explained what happened today, and also ntioned the incident at the Mall a few days ago.
"…So you have been through that much lately?"
After hearing everything, Exusiai sighed in amazent.
If Shirou had not told her, she would not have known about the mall incident.
Trouble rarely happened at the Mall and he had just been unlucky enough to run into it.
"I rember you also ran into a fire not long ago, right?"
Sora added, recalling that one of Shirou's coats had been burned away.
"Isn't that pretty normal?"
Croissant, who was used to street fights every few days, did not think it was strange at all.
"Idiot. Shirou is not like us, he is not going into dangerous areas or delivering risky goods."
Texas sighed and corrected her.
Only then did Croissant realize, this did not even include the fact that Shirou had been picked up by them in the first place!
It had only been a month! For an average Lungn citizen, the things Shirou experienced in one month might take one or two years to happen once.
"Shirou, maybe you should get an exorcism or sothing?"
Croissant asked seriously.
"No need."
Shirou chopped her on the head with a hand strike.
That said… he had run into a lot of things lately.
Hopefully things would be peaceful and smooth from now on.
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