"Jessie, didn't you go to the vigilante team? Why did you come back so soon?" Tidying up her clothes, Tifa asked with some dissatisfaction.
"Suddenly remembered I still had a private matter to handle, and thinking at this time, Aiden should be back, so I came back first. After all, although it's a private matter, I still need Aiden's help."
Jessie seemed to notice Tifa's dissatisfaction. She glanced at the blush still not faded from Tifa's face, then thoughtfully looked at Aerith, but found her expression quite normal, which instantly made her feel puzzled.
'Just now, something definitely happened between them.'
Jessie suddenly felt a bit regretful. If she had known, she wouldn't have spoken up. Watching a little longer, she definitely could've seen something.
However, she also knew that if she hadn't spoken up to interrupt, she probably would've felt even more uncomfortable.
Seeing Jessie's thoughtful expression, Tifa got a bit nervous, afraid Jessie had realized something, so she quickly spoke, "Jessie, what do you need Aiden's help with?"
"Is it dangerous?" Aerith also asked.
Tifa's move to change the subject worked well. Jessie then remembered the reason she had come to the bar looking for Aiden, so she said, "Tonight I need to go to the Seventh Plate, it might be a little dangerous, so I need Aiden's help… Ah, right, Aiden, you should be free tonight, right?"
"Should be… free, I guess." Aiden wasn't sure. He looked at Aerith, then at Tifa. As expected, both their faces showed displeasure.
Seeing Aiden's movements, Jessie turned to Aerith and Tifa and said, "As good sisters, occupying Aiden for just one night shouldn't be a problem, right?"
"Ha, of course not a problem." Aerith waved her hand pretending to be generous.
Jessie looked toward Tifa again. Seeing Aerith say that, Tifa could only nod, "No problem for me either."
"Then it's settled." Jessie stood up and smiled at Aiden, "See you tonight at the station, during the last train."
"Alright." Aiden nodded.
Then Jessie waved goodbye to the three and went back to make preparations. But as she reached the door, she turned and said to Aiden, "Even though I'm seeking your help, it should also count as a hiring. So I'll go prepare your payment."
"We're friends, no need for any payment." Aiden said casually.
"That won't do." Jessie's gaze lingered on Aiden for a moment. As she turned and left, she muttered in a voice only she could hear, "Don't worry, the reward I give you this time will definitely satisfy you."
"Looks like someone won't be sleeping again tonight." As soon as Jessie left, Tifa looked at Aerith.
"It's fine, I can take this time to rest a bit." Aerith glanced at Tifa, then leaned back toward Aiden, hugging his arm and closing her eyes, even letting out a comfortable hum.
Aiden gently patted Aerith's head, then adjusted his posture to make her lean more comfortably. Then he waved to Tifa, signaling her to sit over as well.
But Tifa didn't sit immediately. Instead, she got up and walked to the door, closed the bar's main entrance, thought about how there wasn't any business during the day, and simply locked it. Then she sat beside Aiden and placed his hand on her waist…
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When you're accompanied, time flies. In the blink of an eye, it was midnight.
Aiden rode his motorcycle to the station in Sector 7. The usually bustling station entrance had only Jessie standing there alone.
Seeing Aiden arriving on his motorcycle, Jessie's slightly gloomy mood improved, but she still complained, "Didn't expect the last train to come early tonight. Good thing you came by bike, or else this trip would've been for nothing."
"Such a big event happened, of course Shinra would tighten control on the train schedule. Not hard to guess." Aiden knew this part of the plot.
"By the way, just the two of us?" Aiden asked again, because according to the plot, when he appeared, Biggs and Wedge should've appeared too.
"Because it's a private matter, I didn't call the other Avalanche members."
Jessie sat on the motorcycle and said, "And this afternoon, Cloud went to the vigilante team. Said someone's inquiring about Barret. Biggs and Wedge got worried and went out with him. Haven't come back yet."
"I see." Aiden nodded, thinking to himself that his appearance must've caused some changes in the story.
But it didn't really matter to him. Since the story was already like this, no matter how it changed, it didn't matter anymore.
Shaking his head, Aiden stopped thinking about it, turned his head and said to the Jessie behind him, "Hold on tight, we're heading out."
"Yeah." Jessie nodded and immediately hugged Aiden's waist tightly.
What surprised Aiden was that Jessie wasn't wearing that stiff breastplate tonight, so he could feel two soft things flattened against his back.
"So, is this the reward you were talking about?" Aiden asked softly, thinking to himself, it seems to be about the same as Aerith's.
"Of course not." Jessie's expression was unchanged, "This is only a small part of the reward."
"Sounds like the rest of the reward is something to really look forward to." Aiden sighed, then twisted the throttle. The motorcycle tires screeched out smoke as they sped away.
From the slums to the upper plate, besides taking the train, there's also a spiraling tunnel. Of course, passing through the connection between the slum and upper sector would also involve ID checks.
So not long after the two started driving, two Shinra soldiers riding motorcycles caught up.
"Hey, this is a restricted period, stop immediately and undergo inspection." One Shinra soldier shouted.
Aiden ignored them. He pulled out his handgun and fired several shots, blowing out the tires of their motorcycles.
"Aiden, your marksmanship is really accurate!" Jessie looked back and cheered.
"I think I'm even more into you now! So I've decided to start giving you the rest of your reward."
"How are you going to give it?" Aiden glanced at her and asked.
"Like this." Jessie said, and while Aiden turned his head, she stretched her neck and kissed him on the lips. She had a tall figure, so doing this on a speeding motorcycle wasn't too dangerous.
"Well? In this situation, isn't my reward especially thrilling?" Jessie whispered in Aiden's ear.
"It's definitely thrilling, but just this won't cut it." Aiden wasn't a newbie. No way he'd be satisfied so easily.
"What a greedy man." Jessie laughed softly and then lightly bit Aiden's earlobe, "No rush, the night's still long."
Compared to Aerith and Tifa, Jessie is a very proactive woman, especially toward the person she likes. Of course, in front of outsiders, she still restrains herself a bit. She usually behaves very properly, but in private, especially now when she's alone with Aiden, she becomes much bolder.
Every time Aiden destroyed a motorcycle of the Shinra soldiers chasing them, Jessie would kiss his face after cheering. Moreover, if they weren't on a motorcycle moving at high speed, Jessie absolutely wouldn't have stopped at just a kiss.
When the motorcycle entered another tunnel again, Aiden had already destroyed more than a dozen Shinra soldiers' motorcycles, and Jessie had kissed him more than a dozen times as well. Her eyes were so emotional they were practically oozing charm.
However, just as they were about to exit the tunnel, a blond man leaning on a red motorcycle at the roadside noticed them. Watching the two flash by, the blond man's eyes were full of interest. He blew a kiss toward their backs and then got on his motorcycle.
"I've waited so long, finally some fun, don't disappoint me." The blond man laughed wildly, then fiercely twisted the throttle. In an instant, the speed reached its peak. In just a little more than ten seconds, he caught up with Aiden and Jessie.
The blond man controlled his speed to ride side-by-side with Aiden. After looking over the two of them, he asked, "Hey, buddy, are you taking your girlfriend out for a ride?"
Aiden had already noticed him. Seeing the other party riding alongside, he couldn't be bothered to speak and directly pulled out his gun and fired.
But the blond man wasn't an ordinary Shinra soldier. The moment Aiden drew his gun, the man suddenly lifted his front wheel, riding his motorcycle up the wall beside them. After driving along the wall for a while, using the wall's slope, he soared into the sky, drew an arc in the air, and then landed with a boom on Aiden's other side, continuing to ride alongside him.
"You're really a rude guy, huh? I just said hello, and you shot at me." The blond man showed no anger on his face, instead full of excitement. He shouted, "I'm Shinra 3rd Class SOLDIER, Roche. Wanna see who's faster?"
"Sorry, not interested." Aiden had some impression of this guy. A fanatical street racer who liked making friends with people who could race with him. But because he acted recklessly, often crashing other people's motorcycles, he was usually disliked.
"Not interested? That won't do. Since we've met, we have to decide a winner." Roche pulled out the large sword stuck beside his motorcycle and pointed it at Aiden. "Since you won't race me in speed, then let's have a combat competition. If you win, I'll let you two leave safely. But if you lose… hahaha…"
Amidst wild laughter, Roche accelerated again, rushed in front of Aiden, then swung his large sword repeatedly, slashing waves of sword energy at the two of them.
"Be careful!" Seeing the sword energy coming, Jessie screamed, not from fear or panic, but because she found it thrilling.
"Don't worry. These little tricks can't hurt us." Aiden controlled the motorcycle with one hand to dodge the sword energy. With the other hand, he switched to a revolver and kept shooting at Roche. The waves of psychic energy fired collided with the sword energy, creating bursts of explosions.
"You've got some skill. Looks like you're no ordinary guy. Good, that's what makes it exciting. A simple race would be too boring! Hahahahaha…" Amidst crazed laughter, Roche slowed down again to ride side-by-side with Aiden.
Then he swung his large sword toward Aiden and said, "It's a real pain for gunmen to be attacked up close, you knowm"
"Not necessarily." Watching the incoming large sword, Aiden didn't panic. In an instant, he switched to the Ronin class, then drew his lightsaber, blocking Roche's large sword.
Although Roche was only a 3rd Class SOLDIER, his weapon wasn't ordinary either. It wasn't directly cut in half by the lightsaber, but still, a nick about a finger deep was left on the blade edge.
"Damn it, my sword!" Seeing the notch on his sword, Roche was heartbroken and immediately steered his motorcycle away from Aiden.
Watching Roche move away, Jessie immediately cheered. After kissing Aiden again, she made a provocative gesture toward Roche, "You said you wanted a competition, and now you're scared?"
"Damn it! Who's scared?!" Roche was furious and, waving his large sword again, approached Aiden. Since the sword was already damaged, he didn't care anymore.
Then the two of them, like ancient knights, continued to swing swords while riding side-by-side. But every time their blades clashed, a new notch appeared on Roche's sword. Very quickly, the blade was full of notches, making it look like a chainsaw.
Clang!
After several more clashes, Roche's large sword could no longer endure. It was finally cut in half by Aiden's lightsaber. The broken half of the sword spun away with a mournful cry and embedded itself deep into the ground.
Looking at the half sword left in his hand, Roche sighed and muttered with little enthusiasm, "Seriously, couldn't you have lasted a bit longer?"
After saying that, he casually threw away the remaining sword half, then said to Aiden, "Sorry I couldn't give you more fun. Next time, after I get a sturdier weapon, let's have another match!"
"Next time, then." Aiden put away his lightsaber and said indifferently. Although he could have taken the opportunity to continue attacking the now-unarmed opponent, he had already seen the structure of the Seventh Plate at the end of the road.
"Then it's settled." Roche also saw the building up ahead. After waving to Aiden, he turned his bike around and left.
"Aiden, you were so cool just now!" As soon as Roche left, Jessie couldn't hold it in and shouted. And since they were about to enter the Seventh Plate, Aiden had already reduced the bike's speed. She boldly stood up on the pedal, hugged Aiden's neck, and leaned down to kiss him.
"Don't move around." Jessie's sudden rise almost caused the motorcycle to lose balance. Aiden had no choice but to stop the bike first, then return Jessie's passionate kiss.
Compared to Aerith and Tifa, although Jessie's kissing skills were also inexperienced, she was much bolder. And she wasn't satisfied with a simple lip-to-lip touch, she began to actively part her teeth, extending her tender little tongue to tease and entwine.
However, neither of them had forgotten where they were. After several minutes of deep kissing, they each let go of the other.
"Ahh, I feel a little dizzy." Jessie gasped for air. With no real technique, she felt like Aiden had nearly sucked her soul out just now.
"No experience yet still being so proactive, got the short end of the stick, huh?" Aiden playfully pinched her chin, then said, "Sit properly. Let's get out of here first."
"Okay." Jessie nodded, continued hugging Aiden's waist, and stopped talking.
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