In this crossover anime, Yoshikage Kira longs for a peaceful life.

Nino: "Kira-kun has approached us more than once, and he's also very handsome. Is it strange that I like him?"

Nino: "Besides, I'd do anything for Miku's safety. If someone has to sacrifice, then let me sacrifice myself!"

May was trembling with anger. "Is that a sacrifice? You're just lusting after him!"

Everyone knows Nino is a sucker for good looks, and her stubborn liking for blond guys is common knowledge. But Nino used to just talk the talk; who knew she'd actually mean it this time!

However, Nino is not wrong!

Not only is he handsome, but he has also saved them several times.

If it weren't for Kira-kun, they would probably have died at the hands of evil spirits long ago, their bodies incomplete.

Is it strange that I would like him?

How could I not like it!

Nakano Satsuki gripped her phone tightly, her cherry-colored lips turning slightly pale.

What should she do now?

Not just Miku, but Nino too, could it really be...?

Chapter 98 It's you, Nakano...

At Shuchiin Academy, a spiky-haired youth and a blond adult suddenly appeared at the school gate.

When the two looked up and saw the school in front of them, their expressions suddenly became extremely solemn.

Megumi Fushiguro lowered his body and assumed a fighting stance, his voice low and deep:

"Nanami-senpai, we're back!"

"what."

Nanami Kento responded and pushed up his goggles. "Let's go back to the car first. It's not time for work yet."

Fushiguro Megumi stood there stunned for a while, seemingly not quite understanding what was going on. But after a moment's hesitation, he followed Nanami Kento and walked towards the car parked across the street.

click!

Nanami Kento opened the car door and sat in the back seat, looking tired. "Ichiji, how long have we been gone?"

"16 hours."

Ichiji Takayoshi spoke nervously, "You entered the school at 4 pm yesterday, and a full 16 hours have passed since then!"

"16 hours? How could this be..."

Fushiguro's expression changed slightly, and she subconsciously took out her phone to look at the time displayed on it:

December 17, 8:03 AM.

This confirms that, in his perception, he and Qi Haijian only spent a maximum of one hour at the school!

How could he make such a big mistake in 1 hour and 16 hours?

Nanami Kento leaned back in his chair, his tone calm:

"Barriers with time errors are rare, but they do happen occasionally."

Fukuro Megumi lowered his head and remained silent.

Although Master Gojo said his spell potential was extremely high, comparable to that of Six-Eyed, and that he was even rated a Level 2 sorcerer upon entering the school, a recognized prodigy in the sorcery world, ultimately, his experience with spirits was still too limited!

Nanami Kento continued to press for answers:

How many times did we appear at the school gate?

"Not counting the very first time, there were 16 times in total, exactly once every hour."

Upon hearing Ichiji's answer, Nanami Kento asked softly:

"Fuhei, have you found anything?"

Fu Hei remained silent for a moment, then paused briefly before speaking:

“We entered the school at 4 PM yesterday. The walk from the school gate to the shrine should take no more than five minutes. But each time we passed the shrine's torii gate, we returned directly to the school gate. This process repeated sixteen times, so each time it took us an hour to get from the school gate to the shrine's torii gate. However, the time it took us to get from the school gate to the torii gate was different each time, yet we always arrived at the school gate at the exact same time. This indicates…”

Fushiguro Megumi stopped abruptly before she could finish speaking, clearly realizing something.

Nanami Kenji's voice is steady:

"This means we've been inside the barrier the whole time."

Without a doubt, the deity enshrined in the 'Twilight Shrine' was completely unexpected!

They originally thought the entrance to the barrier was the torii gate, because most shrines are like that, and only by stepping over the torii gate can one officially enter the barrier area.

After all, torii gates are used to distinguish the 'divine realm' from the secular world inhabited by humans. Their existence is to remind visitors that stepping through a torii gate means entering the divine realm.

It is this symbolic meaning that makes the torii gate the dividing line between the inside and outside of the barrier.

but.

This 'god' of Shuchiin Academy is clearly more than that.

Not only from the torii gate to the main hall of the shrine, but probably the entire Shuchiin Academy is within the range of its barrier! Even a rough estimate shows that the Shuchiin Academy covers an area of ​​at least 100,000 square meters, which is equivalent to an area of ​​more than 300 meters in length and width.

Fushiguro Megumi had only seen such a large-scale barrier in one other place: the barrier of the High School, which was personally set up by Lord Tengen!

He didn't think the deity enshrined at the Twilight Shrine could compare to Lord Tengen, but judging from the range of the barrier alone, his strength was definitely much greater than that of other deities of the same type!

"You've been inside the barrier the whole time?"

Yi Zhidi Gao Jie felt a chill run down her spine, and her words were somewhat flustered, "But we're clearly not at school right now, and there were cars passing by, weren't there?"

Fushiguro looked out the window; several cars were driving past them.

Nanami Kento's tone remained calm:

"Calm down, Ichiji, we're not inside the barrier right now."

Fukuro Megumi said softly:

"Being able to see other people means we've already broken free of the barrier."

“That ‘god’ must not be hostile, otherwise we wouldn’t have been able to leave the barrier.”

They chose to enter the school at 4 p.m. because Shuchiin Academy dismisses students at 3:20 p.m.

Forty minutes is enough time for the students in the homecoming section to leave.

While students who participate in club activities will not leave, they will mostly stay obediently in the club's room. Even for sports-related clubs like the soccer club, their activities are limited to the playground.

The worship time at Twilight Shrine is from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM, and no students will enter the shrine before that time.

From 4 to 5 o'clock, there is an hour in between, which is enough time for them to complete their task.

After all, their purpose was to investigate rather than exorcise, so they only needed to talk to that deity and didn't need to spend too much time.

But as it turns out, this was just wishful thinking on their part.

For 16 hours, they frequently traveled between the shrine and the school gate, but strangely, they did not encounter anyone along the way. Not only did they not meet any students leaving the school, but they also did not see any cars passing by on the road. This was obviously abnormal!

So there's no doubt that they had been trapped inside the barrier until now, while the other students and passersby were in 'reality'.

Since the two are in different spaces, they naturally cannot meet.

Only when they give up exploring the school and return to their car from the school gate can they be considered truly free from the barrier.

Clearly, the 'god's' goal was to stop their investigation of the school, or rather, to stop their investigation of the shrine.

The 'god' didn't want to kill them, so he simply trapped them with a barrier and sent them back to the school gate every hour. In those 16 'cycles,' they each had a chance to escape the barrier, as long as they left through the school gate instead of entering it.

However, this level of barrier is clearly beyond the control of a newly ascended 'god'.

This suggests that there must be an even more mysterious sorcerer behind that 'god,' which also fits the information they obtained earlier: that the god was originally a shikigami of a certain sorcerer.

The 'god's' barrier technique was probably inherited from that sorcerer.

but.

If the shikigami are already this strong, then how strong must that sorcerer be?

Fushiguro Megumi muttered to herself:

"They don't want to be our enemies, but they also don't want to have much interaction with us? That's really..."

friendly.

Compared to the evil spirits they had encountered in the past, this 'god' acted remarkably kindly. He merely trapped them and did not launch any attacks whatsoever.

Fortunately, their goal was not exorcism from the beginning, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable!

Fushiguro Megumi turned to look at Nanami Kento:

"Senior Nanami, shall we continue the mission?"

After pondering for a long time, Nanami Kento slowly said:

"Give up, this is not something we can handle."

With the techniques they possess, they cannot approach the shrine without taking action, thus making it impossible to complete their investigation. Staying here would only be a waste of time.

Once action is taken, investigation becomes impossible, and the battle will directly devolve into a fight aimed at exorcism.

This is not what they want to see.

Fushiguro nodded silently, agreeing that this was the best course of action at present.

Ichiji Takayoshi waited until they finished their discussion before speaking:

“Mr. Nanami, I have already reported the information here to Mr. Gojo. Mr. Gojo also told us to temporarily abandon this and investigate another case.”

Fushiguro Megumi raised an eyebrow slightly and immediately asked:

"What case?"

"The mayor of Nishi-Tokyo City, Mitsumori Aoba, has suddenly disappeared, and last night we saw the outline of a 'tent' near our window, with obvious remains left at the scene. Given the seriousness of the matter, we must resolve this as soon as possible."

Ichiji Takayoshi's expression was solemn. The presence of the tent indicated that the person who made the move was most likely a sorcerer. However, sorcerers wouldn't attack ordinary people, especially not the mayor of West Tokyo. This meant that the other party was most likely a sorcerer.

Cursed masters are often more dangerous than 'gods'!

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Shuchiin Academy, rooftop.