"Yay!!"
Jinx, who had been gloomy and depressed just a second ago, suddenly erupted into a cheer that echoed through the Underground Room the next.
With a "swish," she jumped onto a high workbench, causing Toomes and the other two nearby to look over in alarm.
"Old geezers! Listen up!"
Jinx stood on the table, one hand on her hip, pointing arrogantly at Toomes and Mason. "You guys, stay here and work! No leaving until the stuff on the blueprints is finished! I have things to do today, so I'm heading out!"
Toomes and the others were completely bewildered.
What do you mean by 'things to do'?
This Inventory is only so big; we heard you two flirting and talking about'shopping' and 'conditions' just now.
Do you really think we're deaf?
Isn't it just the boss leading the way to skip work and go play!
But as miserable workers, how could they have the guts to meddle in the business of their temperamental boss?
Toomes and the others nodded obediently in unison.
"Very good!"
Jinx jumped off the table in satisfaction, grabbed the arm of the still blushing and embarrassed Lux, and swaggered toward the Inventory door. Lux, being dragged along, looked helplessly at the crazy girl beside her, her mind already starting to ponder.
Jinx had a point; she definitely couldn't let her walk onto the streets of New York like this.
That would be far too conspicuous.
The first thing to do once they stepped out was to hide her alternative look.
...
A short while later, in an exquisitely decorated private coffee shop on the streets of New York.
Accompanied by the crisp "ding-dong" of the doorbell, Jinx pushed open the door.
At a glance, she saw Su Modie and Reze sitting in a corner booth.
At this moment, Su Modie was holding an exquisite porcelain cup, taking small sips of the black coffee inside.
After just one sip, her small face wrinkled from the pure bitterness. She stuck her tongue out repeatedly and hurriedly picked up sugar cubes to drop into the cup, fearing the bitter taste would linger in her mouth for even a second longer.
Having finally recovered, Su Modie picked up a cream-covered sweet bread from the plate.
She just opened her small mouth to take a bite.
Reze, who had been resting her chin on her hand nearby, suddenly leaned over.
With a tilt of her head and a 'nom,' she bit off more than half of the bread in Su Modie's hand.
Su Modie immediately got anxious.
She turned around huffily and reached out her small hand to grab the bread on Reze's plate as revenge.
But how could her reaction speed compare to Reze's?
Reze quick-handedly grabbed her own bread, stuffed it into her mouth in two bites, chewed, and swallowed it down.
After eating, she even blinked provocatively at Su Modie.
This made Su Modie's face puff up with anger.
She raised her pink fists and punched Reze's arm twice. Reze tried to pretend it hurt, but she couldn't hold it in and burst into laughter, making Su Modie look like she was about to bite her.
Standing at the door, Jinx quietly watched the natural and intimate interaction between the two girls, a fleeting sense of loneliness and envy flashing in her eyes.
It's so nice...
If only... I had a good sister like that too...
That pink-haired figure who used to always protect her flashed through her mind.
It caused Jinx's heart to throb slightly with pain.
"Oh, why did they arrive so early?"
Just then, Lux, who had been holding her arm, interrupted Jinx's stray thoughts.
She also saw the two in the corner and couldn't help but gently tug Jinx's sleeve, muttering a complaint: "It's all your fault! You just had to dawdle in the Underground Room... making us late."
Hearing Lux's soft and slightly complaining voice in her ear and feeling the warmth from her arm, Jinx was slightly stunned. The gloom and loneliness in her heart were instantly diluted, replaced by an inexplicable sense of warmth.
A slight curve unconsciously formed at the corner of her mouth.
On the other side, Su Modie in the booth had long noticed the two 'Xes' entering the shop.
She looked up and sized them up, finding it quite novel for a moment.
Lux, walking in front, was wearing a youthful and bright casual outfit with a simple black headband on her head.
Her fashion sense was actually quite good; she was looking more and more like a local.
With her blonde hair, azure eyes, and tall figure, one might mistake her for Gwen Stacy at first glance. Meanwhile, Jinx, whose style was usually bold and revealing, had been coached by Lux into a much more normal outfit.
That eye-catching blue twin-tail hair was tucked under a black knit hat and hidden behind her head.
She wore a black hooded sweatshirt that completely covered her wild blue cloud tattoos.
With this makeover, Jinx indeed looked much more normal. With her hands in her hoodie pockets and that casual way of walking, she looked exactly like a Western street teenager—or rather, a legendary'street loafer.'
It's worth mentioning that when these two walked side by side, there was a very strong visual contrast.
Is Jinx's expression poetic? (Height is for reference only)
Don't be fooled by Lux looking like a harmless good girl while Jinx is covered in a 'tough girl' vibe.
But when it comes to actual height...
The unique conditions of a Demacian noble daughter meant Lux had been over-nourished since childhood.
Though her frame looked petite, her net height was actually over 1.7 meters.
A proper supermodel figure with long, slender legs.
On the other hand, Jinx...
This girl had been scraping a living in the toxic gutters since she was little.
One could tell from the fact that her first instinct when stealing from the Topside as a child was to take leftover sandwiches to fill her stomach; she was a malnourished little runt from the start. Growing up in the Undercity, she didn't get much good food either, so she remained a shorty.
At best, she was barely over 1.6 meters.
Walking together, Lux was actually half a head taller than Jinx.
Su Modie couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
The chemical reaction between the Villainesses was truly magical.
Like Esdeath and Unohana Retsu—these two older sisters clearly had similar personalities and should have had much in common, but in reality, they were incompatible. They were at each other's throats the moment they met, itching to draw their blades and cut the other down.
In contrast, Lux and Jinx's personalities, family backgrounds, and even worldviews were poles apart; they weren't even from the same World.
Yet these two extremes were inexplicably close when brought together.
That clinginess was practically closer than blood sisters.
This felt very magical to Su Modie, and she also felt quite relieved.
After all, if the incarnations under her command could get along harmoniously, she, as the main body, would have much less to worry about.
Looking at the two walking side by side, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck Su Modie.
Jinx... Lux...
Since these two are together now, why not just call them 'Jin-Ke-La'?
True Height
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