As the savior, I only want to play single-player games.

But Zi knew that Tiandao Shenle was waiting—waiting for him to recover, waiting for her and Xiaohua to grow up, and waiting for the world to be in turmoil.

But she has repeatedly encountered setbacks.

As she spoke, she couldn't help but rub her brow, feeling it swelling even more, almost piercing through her flesh and skin, as if something was about to break through.

However, when she touched it, there was nothing unusual; it seemed to be just her imagination.

She looked well, but her complexion was unpleasant, especially her brows, which were almost furrowed together. I couldn't help but press the back of my finger, but it didn't relieve the throbbing pain.

Yotsuya's mother looked at Miko with some worry.

It's getting more and more bloated, piling up more and more, and getting more and more uncomfortable—that's how I've felt ever since I saw my son wake up.

Now, it seems we've reached a tipping point.

boom!

Suddenly, a flash of lightning struck Jianzi's mind.

All the strangeness disappeared, and her spirit broke through a certain limitation, becoming flexible and light, like an angel breaking through a cage and finally spreading its wings.

Her soul was dancing; she felt a supreme sense of sublimation and transcendence.

She heard a voice.

"Is Miko alright? She's never like this before. What is she hiding from me? Should I take her for counseling? But Miko is such a strong-willed girl; she must have her own reasons… Dad's gone now. Miko, please, you and Kyosuke, don't get into trouble."

Seeing her son staring blankly, she realized she had heard those words. She looked up at her mother, only to find that the voice came from her side.

"Mom, I'll be fine," she said instinctively.

"Seeing the child?" But Yotsuya's mother looked somewhat panicked. 'Did I inadvertently reveal my true feelings?'

"No..." Jianzi opened her mouth, but quickly understood everything, her eyes still filled with disbelief.

But in the end, I didn't say those words because I felt I would scare my mother.

"Mom just seems very worried." She pursed her lips, said this, and calmed herself down, thinking about how to block out these inner voices.

She was somewhat experienced, having once had a mental link with Kagura Tendo, which inadvertently revealed some things that still make her very embarrassed.

After a short while, she found the trick: gather her scattered mental energy and concentrate it in her mind.

It's actually not difficult, just like clenching your five fingers into a fist, but as a human, she had never encountered such a magical power before.

It's like having an extra, non-existent limb.

'Is this the mysterious world?' Jianzi murmured to himself.

She was shocked to hear her mother's innermost thoughts.

Suddenly, a sentence echoed in her mind again, not her mother's, but...

'Yes, Miko Yotsuya, this is the mysterious world! Isn't it incredible? Yes, it is incredible.'

His dark eyes revealed a condescending smile in his tone, like the whisper of a devil.

Seeing that Zi was shocked, he remained expressionless.

'You are another version of me, how could that be?'

But after those words, she felt nothing more, as if another version of herself had simply come out to say hello and play a cruel joke on Miko.

Seeing the child, he was stunned, thinking of the black eyes that saw the child.

She didn't overcome herself, but she still became a spiritual master. Did that girl, Miko, also become a spiritual master?

A shadow crossed Jianzi's mind.

"Sister?" Yotsuya Kyosuke looked at Miko, who was lost in thought, and pointed to the plate he had just brought over, saying, "It'll get cold if you don't eat it soon."

Seeing that her son had snapped out of his daze, she realized that today's breakfast was omelet rice.

She nodded slightly, but her mind was clearly elsewhere. Under Kyosuke's gaze, she subconsciously took a spoonful, chewed it twice, and then spat it out.

Her mouth still felt burning, and her pink lips looked bright red. Then, like a gust of wind, she rushed into the kitchen and rinsed her mouth with tap water four or five times, trying to get rid of the spiciness.

Fortunately, her physical condition had improved, otherwise she would have been rolling on the ground from the spiciness. She remembered that her mother bought a bottle of "devil's spicy" sauce, but never used it again after making it once.

She came to find Kyosuke in a fit of anger, only to find him hurriedly changing his shoes with his backpack on. He was moving very quickly, and by the time Jianzi came out, he had already put on his shoes and was about to open the door.

Just then, seeing that Zifu had a sudden inspiration, he spoke directly:

"fall!"

She clearly felt a spiritual force emanating from her mind.

The next moment, Kyosuke rushed out of the house and heard these words. Suddenly, his mind went blank, his foot slipped, he tripped over his own foot, and fell hard on his butt.

Kyosuke gasped, but thought he had accidentally fallen. He was worried about being caught by Miko for doing something wrong, so he gritted his teeth, struggled to his feet, and limped away through the door.

The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: Chapter 52: Raising a Tiger to One's Own Demise

Miko and Yurikawa arrived at school side by side.

"Hey, did Kyosuke do something like that? Why don't you beat him up?" Yurikawa Hana came to the shoe cabinet and turned to Miko to say.

Jianzi's lips were red and plump. They were a little swollen when she arrived, but now they were not obvious. Instead, they had a natural vibrancy, full and plump like two segments of blood orange, making people want to taste them.

“He has already been punished!” Jianzi bent down to change her shoes, but she felt that this war would not end, and that one of them would inevitably be injured in the sibling rivalry.

"Speaking of which, what exactly is Jianzi's ability?" Xiaohua asked curiously.

Seeing that Ziwei pondered for a moment, he turned his head and looked around, but there was no one around.

She pursed her lips and whispered to the butterflies fluttering on the flowerbed outside, "Come here."

It was a colorful butterfly, dancing in the sunlight, that flew into the room as if drunk, and landed on the fingertip that Jianzi had extended.

Baihechuanhua's eyes widened: "How amazing!"

She leaned closer to examine it more closely, but the moment she got near, the butterfly fluttered its wings as if startled, and then flew around aimlessly in the air.

Seeing Zijian's panicked expression upon seeing the colorful butterflies, she pointed towards the door.

"Over there!"

The butterfly immediately flew away in the direction she pointed and returned to nature.

Why did it fly away?

Jianzi explained, "Because Hua frightened it."

"I definitely won't eat it!" Xiao Hua said, feeling wronged.

She admitted that she wanted to eat some, but she didn't!

Xiaohua suddenly realized that her strange diet had increased. She used to have an attitude of admiring butterflies from afar but not touching them.

Although butterflies are beautiful, upon closer inspection, they actually resemble cockroaches and rats, with strangely shaped limbs.

But today, she actually had a craving for it.

I don't know if it's just my imagination, but her appetite has increased a lot since she came back yesterday.

"But in the butterfly's eyes, Hua is still too terrifying." Jianzi said thoughtfully, sensing a fear of a powerful species from the butterfly's faint and confused thoughts, which made it break free from the mental influence.

But Xiaohua didn't reveal her thoughts, and Tendou Kagura actually dragged her out in the middle of the night to do that despicable thing.

She kept that matter buried in her heart, not wanting her son to worry about her.

She smiled cheerfully and said, "If Jianzi has this ability, wouldn't he be able to become an animal tamer?"

“Not animal taming,” Miko said earnestly, “but all ordinary living beings.”

Including humans!

She tested it and found that as long as she used words combined with mental power, she could influence the behavior of normal people.

For example, if she tells a passerby that she's going to run naked, that person will immediately take off their clothes.

The key point is that the person is unaware of it and probably won't realize it until they've run ten meters away.

For example, when she unleashes her mental power, she can hear the thoughts of people within a radius of eight or nine meters—because her mental power can only cover this area.

If the sound is focused into a line, the sound can be heard further, but not more than fifty meters.

Moreover, what we hear are all superficial thoughts. Unless a person is thinking about only one thing, these superficial thoughts are actually intermittent and not coherent.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Hua immediately clutched her chest and asked warily, "Jianzi, did you use this ability on me?"

Seeing that Zi was stunned, she wondered why Xiao Hua's expression had become serious and her eyes were darting around, as if she had done something to offend her.

She didn't know much about others, but she assured Xiaohua that he wouldn't mind her ability.

Even if Xiaohua had something to do, she wouldn't hide it from her.

"Even if you use it, you can't hear it. Maybe it's because Hua's chest is too thick." Jianzi glanced at the fat on Xiao Hua's chest.

She wasn't actually that young, but compared to Xiaohua, she paled in comparison.

After becoming a spiritualist, she was also able to perceive what the life energy that Granny Saegusa and Yuri were talking about was all about.

Xiao Hua's body was incredibly hot, making it difficult for her spiritual power to penetrate. It would melt away as soon as it got close, let alone influence Xiao Hua's behavior. Perhaps if she used all her strength, she might be able to make Xiao Hua waver for a while, but it certainly wouldn't last long.

Baihe Chuanhua patted his chest in relief.

She was terrified; she thought she had been exposed.

Seeing that Zi's eyes were lowered and she exuded a sense of calm, she was simply stating the facts.

She could actually sense Yurikawa's vague emotions—a mix of annoyance and something else.

But since she didn't say anything, and Jianzi didn't ask either, their childhood friendship didn't mean they had no privacy.

They walked all the way to the classroom and saw Zi looking out the window at the next classroom, but she didn't see Youlia. She also didn't receive a reply to her text messages.

She later asked the teacher of the next class and learned that Yuria had taken leave and might not be coming to school for a while.

……

Kagura Tendou returned from the shopping street carrying a pile of ingredients and fabric.

He returned home and put Suzuka's sailor uniform into his bag; altering clothes was a troublesome task. Although he could do it, it required specialized tools.

This residential area is quite old, so Kagura Tendou found a shop that could alter clothes not far from here. She explained the situation to the shop owner and agreed to pay to rent the clothes for a while, which wouldn't take too long.