Teacher Xia Lai is also teaching in Kivotos today

The red-haired girl took the popsicle out of the bag and put it in her mouth and nodded seriously.

"But... the popsicles from One Hundred Demons Night Parade are different from those from Gehenna. You can eat them right away without having to wait!"

Listening to the "crunching" sound coming from the girl's mouth, Lin En took the popsicle that the girl had stuffed into his mouth and sighed helplessly.

But then, Lin En looked at the popsicle in his hand that had obvious bite marks on it and fell silent.

"Huh? What's wrong? Does Teacher Lin En like to eat this kind of popsicles?"

Seeing the girl reaching out to take back the popsicle, Lin En quickly moved his hand away and shook his head with a helpless smile.

"No, it's just... I didn't expect to see you here, Kei."

"Yeah, I didn't expect to meet the teacher here, huh?"

The girl, who was called Hui by Lin En and whose full name was Shimokura Hui, put the wooden stick into the packaging bag, then turned her head to look at Lin En, revealing a bright smile from the bottom of her heart.

As she moved, the girl's vest covering her tall breasts trembled slightly. The buckles used to fix the device on the back were perfectly fixed on her almost completely exposed northern hemisphere, which brought her a strange sense of security.

Although this girl named Shimokura Megumi is not the one who leads the hot spring development department, she is a core member of the hot spring development department. She is also a highly prestigious team leader in charge of the development site - this is the case in the hot spring development department.

"But why is Teacher Lin En here? Because I heard from Minister Xia that you are not going to that Xia..."

Seeing Hui racking her brains, Lin En couldn't help but chuckle.

"It's Xialai. After leaving Gehenna, I went to Xialai to be a teacher."

"Oh, yes, yes! It's Xia Lai!"

After nodding repeatedly like a chick pecking at rice, Hui's eyes suddenly lit up as if she had figured something out.

"Ah! I understand! Could it be that Teacher Lin En came all the way from Xialai to visit us because he heard that we were going to dig a hot spring here?"

“…Yes and no.”

Faced with Lin En's somewhat vague answer, Hui nodded happily as if she had received the answer she wanted.

"I knew it! Teacher Lin En, as a fellow hot spring developer, must be concerned about us!"

As Hui said this, Lin En looked around the construction site and asked her with a little confusion.

"Speaking of which...where is Xia?"

"Minister Kasumi?"

Hearing Lin En's question, Hui tilted her head slightly and thought for a moment before answering.

"Minister Xia seems to have other things to deal with, so she didn't come with us to dig the hot spring this time..."

At this point, Hui recalled something and quickly added.

"Oh, right! When we left, Minister Kasumi seemed to have said something like... 'Although the purpose of this intelligence is a little too obvious, if there is a possibility of digging out a hot spring, we should be brave enough to blast it!' Something like that..."

"……intelligence?"

"correct."

Looking at Lin En who looked puzzled, Hui nodded and replied without any self-consciousness.

"It seems that someone sent the information about the hot springs in this place to the Hot Spring Development Department. After reading the information, the director muttered something like 'Discipline Committee', 'Exchange Meeting', and 'Sakura Festival', but I don't understand anything because I'm stupid."

Lin En was speechless when faced with Hui who said this to him with a proud look on her face for some reason.

But he still captured important information from Hui's words.

It was obvious that whether it was the appearance of the Hot Spring Development Department here, or the disappearance of raw materials from Baiye Hall and those shops, someone was deliberately stirring up conflicts behind the scenes.

However, even though Lin En grasped this point, he still didn't have much clue.

After all, he still doesn't know the other party's purpose of destroying the Sakura Festival, or what the purpose is against Shizuko.

"Hmm? What's wrong, teacher? Ah, is it because my flamethrower was too close to you that you're too hot to speak?"

Looking at Hui who quickly hung the flamethrower she usually used on the other side, Lin En smiled and shook his head.

"Nothing, I just remembered something... By the way, how is the progress of your hot spring excavation?"

“Ah… about this… uh…”

Hearing Lin En's question, Hui immediately showed a slightly distressed and somewhat unwilling expression.

"Although we have dug quite deep, we still haven't succeeded in digging out a hot spring. If we can't even find a hot spring in that pit, we'll be ready to leave here. I just went to buy popsicles for everyone to cool off."

When I looked at the construction site, I found that there were already many students eating popsicles that were not available just now. I guess while they were chatting, other students had already distributed the popsicles they bought.

However, at this moment, a student wearing a helmet happened to run over from the direction Hui pointed.

"Hui Ban...eh? Isn't this Teacher Lin En?"

Looking at the student who greeted him, Lin En frowned slightly for a moment, then patted his head as if he remembered something.

"Oh, by the way, I remember you were the guy whose ankle was injured by the sudden collapse of the boulder, right?"

"Yes!"

As if he didn't expect Lin En to still remember him, the student couldn't help but widen his eyes slightly while nodding.

"Is your ankle okay?"

Hearing this, the student from the Hot Spring Development Department quickly shook his head.

"I'm fully recovered now! If it weren't for Teacher Lin En applying medicine to me in time, I would have had to rest for a day or two more before I could continue to dig hot springs with everyone like this! Thank you so much!"

Facing the student who bowed to him seriously, Lin En smiled and pointed at Hui beside him and continued.

"You just came here, maybe you have something to tell Hui?"

"Ah...yes!"

After nodding seriously, the student turned to look at Hui.

"Captain, we didn't find any traces of hot springs in that pit!"

"Well...what a pity..."

Just as Hui frowned slightly and sighed like this, Lin En asked her with a smile.

"By the way... Hui, would you mind doing me a favor?"

"Hmm? Teacher Lin En, do you need my help with something? Of course, no problem! But..."

At this point, Hui suddenly remembered something and answered seriously.

"If Teacher Lin En wants to ask where Minister Xia is hiding now, then I can't tell you! After all, this is what the Minister specifically emphasized to me before we set off!"

"...Did you emphasize this before you set out?"

"Yeah! Although I'm stupid and can't remember many things, this is something that the Minister rarely emphasized to me before we set off, so I can still remember it!"

Seeing Hui nodding seriously, Lin En couldn't help but smile bitterly as a hearty laugh echoed in his mind.

Should I say that guy is worthy of being one of Gehenna's most wanted criminals? Has he even considered this step?

Rather than being a hint to Hui, this sentence was more like she was telling herself something through this.

Although he had already deduced part of it from Hui's words, Xia's words actually confirmed his thoughts.

Then, the direction I will explore next is very clear.

After making up his mind, Lin En smiled and looked at Hui who looked slightly wary and spoke.

"It's nothing, actually. I just hope you guys can help me clear a way out."

"Level a road?"

Facing Ena's somewhat puzzled expression, Lynn pointed to the trucks located not far away on the other side of the construction site.

"Because those trucks are carrying the things I need. It would be very troublesome if they took a detour to transport them here... Besides, Hui, you also really hate those things that take a detour, right?"

"Yeah, that's right! If they were all tangled up in twists and turns, it would look really uncomfortable!"

After nodding in agreement with Lin En's words, Hui put her hands on her hips with great vigor.

"In that case, let's help the teacher!"

After saying this, Hui smiled and turned to look at the teacher.

"After all, it's always fun to be with a teacher!"

Chapter 18: Kiryu Kikyo, please give me your advice

After the project was completed, Lin En waved goodbye to Hui and other students from the Hot Spring Development Department who came and went in a hurry.

Although Hui used a flamethrower, a weapon that looked a bit scary, Lin En knew very well that this girl was actually a person who lacked common sense in strange things, but was very enthusiastic, straightforward and cute.

Hmm... to some extent, she is very similar to a golden-haired maid at Millennium Science Academy.

After letting out a sigh of relief, Lin En turned his head to look at the truck that was driving across the new road at this time, and couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth slightly.

In Lin En's original idea, Hui just needed to fill the potholes a little bit to create a road.

But what he never expected was that after filling the road, Hui carried out a complete renovation on this section of road on the grounds that "the bare road did not look good".

However, perhaps because the people in the hot spring development department only knew one architectural style or decoration style, after they finished the work, this section of road suddenly looked a little strange.

If someone who doesn't know about the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons comes in through this road, they might mistake the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons for a hot spring town, right?

But...are there any hot springs in the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons?

Just as Lynn was watching the trucks go away and was slightly absent-minded because of the thought, a familiar voice came into his ears and brought him back to reality.

"Yoho! We're here to play with you, Teacher Lin En~"

Amid the familiar voices, a small truck slowly stopped beside Lynn.

Along with the sound of the car door opening, another familiar figure walked down from the passenger seat and appeared in front of him.

"Haha, it's been a long time since we last met, Teacher Lin En."

However, when Aruna greeted Lynn with a smile and reached out to smooth the hair that was scattered around her ears, Mutsuki's voice with a hint of laughter came from the cargo compartment.

"Hmm? But I remember that Aruna-chan went to help Teacher Lin En organize documents just the day before yesterday?"

After hearing this, Aryu paused for a moment, then retorted with a hint of embarrassment.

"This... this is just a daily greeting!"

"whee."

Looking at Aruna like this, Mutsuki, who was lying on the railing of the cargo compartment, chuckled and waved at Lin En.

"Hey! It's been a long time, Teacher Lin En."

"...Well, it's been a long time indeed."

Lin En suppressed his desire to complain and greeted Mutsuki with a smile. He first glanced at Kayoko who smiled at him from the driver's seat, and then asked Aru with a little confusion.

"Where's Haruka?"

"I... I'm here..."

Without waiting for Aruna to speak, Haruka replied by sticking her head out from the railing of the cargo compartment and looking at Lynn nervously.

"...You guys are actually going out in full force this time?"

Facing Lin En who looked surprised, Aruna raised her long hair behind her neck and spoke seriously and proudly.

"Because we promised Teacher Lin En. As long as it's Teacher Lin En, no matter what kind of commission it is, the convenience house will do its best to complete it. Besides, we are quite free now and don't have any commissions--"

"Eh? But didn't Aru-chan just turn down a commission before leaving?"

"Mu-Muyue!"

Looking at Mutsuki who was snickering at his "prank", and Aruna who was a little embarrassed and annoyed because his words were exposed twice in a row, Lin En and Kayoko looked at each other, one of them chuckled and the other sighed.

"Speaking of which, why was this road so blocked just now?"

After looking back at the road that had been resurfaced by the hot spring development department, Mutsuki spoke with a hint of doubt.

"If it takes any longer, I'll just blow up all the cars blocking the road ahead."