A comic book, but a librarian

Saki Kawasaki sighed and took on this offensive task. After all, everyone was quite concerned about the fact that their companion suddenly pulled out a gun.

"Ah, it's just a realistic toy gun I bought online, and then I modified it myself."

Yukinoshita Yukino looked very nonchalant. This kind of thing was not a difficult problem for her at all. After all, she had carefully studied the internal structure of most of the publicly available firearms, and then anonymously placed an order for a favorite imitation gun, and slowly modified it into the way she wanted on her workbench.

"The bullets too..."

Hikigaya Hachiman swallowed his saliva. Although he felt a little embarrassed, he actually wanted a weapon like this. After all, whether from the perspective of practicality or other aspects, this was a very cost-effective item.

"Yes, I made some bullets myself. Although they are not very easy to use and the gun is prone to jamming, they can be used for self-defense. It's just that the uncertainty is a bit high. If something goes wrong, throwing it out can also be used as a brick to hit someone."

At some point, a few bullets with golden shells and various strange patterns engraved on them appeared in Yukinoshita Yukino's left hand.

"This bullet is a combination of my fire stealing technique and the power of the secret casting technique. It can cause a small explosion after being fired. Although the power is not great, it will be very useful as a deterrent."

In fact, Hikigaya Hachiman and Yotsuya Miko immediately wanted her to put the thing away. After all, no matter how you look at it, she shouldn't have taken this thing out of Sizeriya. Otherwise, they felt that they would be taken away by the police to eat pork chop rice.

"Don't worry, I've done some polarizing, so they can't see this place."

Uesugi Sumire's explanation made everyone feel relieved. Everyone had secrets to some extent, but Yukinoshita Yukino's was a little more explosive.

"That's why I dared to agree to this mission. I have to say that I have to thank Uesugi-san for allowing me to fully utilize my strengths without being too embarrassed."

Yukinoshita Yukino thanked Uesugi Sumire, and Uesugi Sumire didn't say anything and just accepted it. After all, he was indeed qualified to receive this thank you.

"Well, to be honest, our coordination still needs to be improved. After all, no one has a complete understanding of what other teammates can do and their areas of expertise... But after this run-in, it should be much better."

Hikigaya Hachiman rubbed his eyes. He felt that even if Uesugi Sumire was not there this time, they would at most be safe at best. After all, except for the time when they ran out of the cave at the end when Uesugi Sumire protected them the whole time, they handled everything else by themselves.

And if there was no protection from Uesugi Sumire, their biggest possibility would be to let Yukinoshita Yukino throw enough explosives in to collapse and seal the cave, killing everything inside.

"It's okay. At least we are actively cooperating with each other. But Kawasaki-san, you don't have to rush forward so much next time. My eyes can see a lot of things, which will facilitate your actions. But if you run so fast, it will be difficult for me to cooperate with you."

Yotsuya Miko said these words to Kawasaki Saki, and she nodded seriously, indicating that she had indeed heard it. She touched her hand and felt very sorry that the knife had left her control. After all, she really liked that knife, and it felt like she could control it at will.

"I understand. I will be careful. I cannot completely suppress the influence of the knife on me, so sometimes I may behave irrationally. Please help me pay attention to this."

Saki Kawasaki took a deep breath, her blue high ponytail swinging back and forth, looking as if she was still unsatisfied.

Several people reviewed their actions just now. It must be said that this action was not only dangerous but also exciting for them. After solving the incident and starting to prepare the incident file, everyone had a special sense of satisfaction in their hearts.

"Oh, Uesugi, how do we deal with that place? It's also a leyline after all. After we clean it up, are we just going to let it lurk back into the earth?"

Hikigaya Hachiman asked casually. He didn't have any idea about the power of the earth veins. Maybe the craftsmen would have more desires for it, but he, Hikigaya Hachiman, a future geologist and lock picking master, would definitely not have too many thoughts about this kind of power.

"That's what happened in the end. However, we will borrow the leyline for a while before it completely returns to the earth. We will then tell the police about the skeletons and ask them to deal with them. It would be best if we could return the deceased to their families."

Uesugi Cheng paused. He didn't really need the power of the earth veins, but he still knew it was better to be prepared.

"Tell the police. Does this mean the authorities will take over again?"

"No, they don't have the ability to develop it. The place and the leylines belong to us. After all, we are the ones who clean them up. At most, they can put forward some conditions, or even no conditions at all."

As Uesugi Cheng finished speaking, the dishes ordered by the few people were finally served. After looking at each other, they all felt that it would be better to eat first.

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Chapter 409: Don’t forget your winter vacation homework.

“So are we going to keep doing this kind of thing?”

Yotsuya Miko asked. She didn't really care about this kind of thing. After all, she still had to deal with the mountain god who was hiding somewhere unknown. The more powerful the power she could use, the better. In this operation, she absorbed some of the power of the earth veins to strengthen her own body. But her teammates were different. It was still unknown whether they were willing to take this risk.

"If you want, we can continue. Aso Kunihiko has found so many things, but none of them have been solved. We have only managed to stabilize the urban area of ​​Tokyo. And this stability is only achieved with the participation of the government."

Uesugi Sumiko seemed very helpless when he said this. After all, if the authorities could be more effective, he felt that few people would be willing to come out and risk their lives to maintain a stable environment.

"I don't mind. After all, it's impossible to tell whether many works are good or bad without practice and field testing."

"Indeed, after all, these things are related to whether there will be some problems in our daily life that shouldn't happen, so I personally prefer to take the initiative to solve them. After all, getting rid of them is also a good thing."

"Um... this event is paid, right? Is it paid now?"

Saki Kawasaki interrupted this atmosphere very appropriately. She was quite pragmatic. Compared with other classmates who were not in urgent need of money, she still hoped that she could get enough compensation to enroll her younger brothers and sisters in classes so that she could also relax a little.

"Of course, the money will be sent to your accounts. Please tell us your numbers now and the money will be deposited into your accounts when the time comes."

Uesugi Sumire's words made Yukinoshita Yukino silently take out her cell phone. She didn't mind having too much money now. Experiments cost money, making props cost money, and if she wanted to run away from home, she would need start-up capital, which her family could not control.

Several people's eyes lit up. Although everyone was not short of money, who would care about having extra money in their cards?

Of course, Uesugi Sumire is not a sucker who would pay for such things. After all, he is working for the Metropolitan Police Department, and the money must be paid by the Metropolitan Police Department.

"Inspector Inudo, I have dealt with the problem at that location. Your people should have seen the bodies. Can we settle the bill now?"

The dog boy Ranko on the opposite side waited for a while before speaking.

"No problem, I'll transfer the money to you. That place is indeed a headache for us. Not only is there a problem of insufficient manpower, but it is also difficult for us to break through the fog and illusion."

What she said was all true, but the only thing she didn't say was that it would cost too much to set up that place.

In other words, whether in Tokyo or throughout Japan, there are many such places because the value of the solution is not worth the cost, and the harm has not spread outward, so many senior executives in the industry have given the opinion that they should just ignore it.

In the end, it has become a problem that is difficult for them to deal with, and finally they have to rely on mysterious foreign aid to deal with one of them.

"But there seem to be a lot of vigilantes lately. The evil spirits that were lingering in several places have been dealt with. I wonder who did it."

After hanging up the phone, Inudo Ranko drew a few Xs on the map. The evil spirits in these places had been dealt with. Without their knowledge, they also confirmed that it was not done by the organizations they knew.

The top brass repeatedly ordered them to find out who he is, whether they can contact him, and whether they can make this vigilante their strength. However, Inudo Ranko has a relatively clear understanding of the internal situation. She just hopes that they don't conflict with others.

"It's not my money anyway, so it doesn't matter if I give them a little more."

Inudo Ranko reported the amount and added a little more to what they asked for. After all, she also wanted to bet on horses. Besides, Uesugi Cheng wouldn't care about such things.

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"I hope Inspector Inudo can be smart and get more. We'll have to work together in the future."

Uesugi Cheng put down the phone in his hand. Several people looked at him with an expression of "so it can be done this way", but no one had any objection. After all, this was everyone's reward.

"In general, I will take those spiritual things we picked up this time and process them again, or you can take your part and process it yourself, and then I will give it to you."

Uesugi Cheng pointed to the backpack on the floor. They still got a lot of good materials. After all, although the village was essentially just an ordinary village, the crystallization of the earth's power still had enough value even after being distorted by obsession and resentment.

"I'll give you my share as well. I can't handle it myself. I'll send you the requirements when the time comes."

Yukinoshita Yukino spoke very bluntly. After all, she was already an apprentice of Uesugi Cheng, so she would naturally not be shy in such a situation where there was no need to be polite.

Uesugi Cheng had no objection. It wasn't his job anyway. He was too lazy to deal with such things. The last time he dealt with the blessing of the Split Wolf among the Apostles of Destruction had made him not want to do this kind of work in his entire life. And it just so happened that there were those people in Fengshi who were willing to do this kind of thing. Uesugi Cheng just had to hand over the job.

"I have an inappropriate question. Have you done your winter vacation homework? It's only been a while since we start school. You won't be busy doing other things and not do anything at all, right?"

Uesugi Sumire's sudden question made everyone present fall into silence. Yukinoshita Yukino was busy with alchemy, Yotsuya Miko was busy with spiritualism, Hikigaya Hachiman was busy with investigations, and even Kawasaki Saki was working and studying at the same time. The courses that just happened to be integrated were not easy, so when Uesugi Sumire asked the question, everyone was stunned.

"It looks like everyone is the same as me. Let's prepare to divide the work. If you insist on doing it alone, you won't have to do anything else. You will just stay at home every day to read materials and test papers."

Even Yukinoshita Yukino didn't say anything. She found that she was indeed obsessed with learning modification, alchemy and fire stealing recently, and she didn't intend to put these down and go back to do her winter vacation homework for a while, so the five of them immediately formed a winter vacation homework group.

"Start work tomorrow. Don't give Jingai a big surprise on her first day back. It's already not easy for her to be a class teacher."

Uesugi Sumiko's instructions made Yotsuya Miko nod her head seriously. She had seen Hiratsuka Shizuka get angry and definitely didn't want to see this kind of expression in front of her.

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Chapter 410: Yukinoshita Haruno remained silent.

Uesugi Sumiko's words reminded the group of people of their original occupations, high school students. Although they were already a group of young boys and girls who had entered the extraordinary world, the reality was that they had no way to escape the constraints of their studies. After all, even Yotsuya Miko was thinking about getting into a good university so that she could have a better development in the future.

Even though homework is not mandatory, learning is still necessary. They have been concentrating on their own cultivation paths lately and have almost forgotten about their studies.

"Come to think of it, Yuigahama-san actually contacted me and asked if I wanted to have a study session, but at that time I was..."

Yukinoshita Yukino's face looked a little strange. She was carefully making bullets for her own realistic toys in front of the workbench at that time, so she did not agree to Yuigahama Yui.

"Come to think of it, I haven't seen her for the entire winter break. That should be okay. After all, she shouldn't have anything to do with those things."

Saki Kawasaki also nodded. She remembered the energetic pink-haired girl. After all, she was quite popular in the class.

"Alas, a few months ago I was still worried about the student council president's issue... Never mind, we will go home after the meeting. Although I told my family today, it's better to go home early."

Hikigaya Hachiman looked a little sad, but he soon gave up sighing like that. After all, he still had countless things to do.

"Okay, I have to go home and sort out the materials today. I have already mastered the use of Silence and Illumination."

Yotsuya Miko also nodded. She was a little surprised at her own calmness. If it were a few months ago, she would have been a little scared or still nervous, but now all she could feel was calmness.

"Then let's go first. We'll split the cost of the meal and then we'll go."

Uesugi Cheng shared the meal bill with everyone without any sense of being a rich young man, and then the group walked out of Saria and went their separate ways home.

"How do you feel? How they performed today."

Uesugi Sumire looked as if he was talking to himself, but soon a petite doll walked out from his shadow. She was the real bodyguard arranged by Uesugi Sumire. After all, if several people were in danger at the same time and were not in the same place, Uesugi Sumire would not be able to rescue them immediately, so he asked Himegami Sakura to follow him in the shadow all the way.

"Well, if you want to tell me sir, they are actually quite impressive, but not as impressive as me."

Himegami Sakura patted her chest with a proud look, and Uesugi Cheng also smiled and nodded.

"Yeah, they're not as good as you, but what do you think of them working together?"

"Well, it's hard to deal with them, because they are so comprehensive that I can't find a place to attack. If I can't separate them in an instant, it will be difficult to fight four people, but I should be able to win."

Himegami Sakura said this, strength in numbers is true to a certain extent. After all, many things simply cannot be done by one person, but it will be much easier with one more person.

"Okay, I get it. Let's go home first. I haven't told my sister about going out today. But she should be working overtime now and has no time to pay attention to me."

Uesugi Sumiko took out his cell phone and everything seemed normal. There were no calls or messages, as if no one had noticed that he had gone out.

"As for homework, I can just copy it... After all, if I have so much soul essence, it won't be difficult to do repetitive work step by step."

Winter has not passed yet. The cold wind blowing on the streets made many people wrap their clothes tightly. Uesugi Cheng, who didn't seem to be wearing thick clothes, felt a little strange, and he undisguised his envy for the young people.

"Well, I'm indeed wearing too little, and the wind is still very strong... Come to think of it, do you think there will be storms in winter?"

"Eh?"

This question was beyond Himegami Sakura's knowledge. She touched her head in distress and finally said something uncertainly.

“There should be, right?”

"Is that so? I'm not sure about this either. Let's go back and have a look. Isn't it better to weave a storm when it comes?"

Uesugi Sakura felt helpless because of the incoherent words left by Uesugi Sakura. However, although her master liked to tell riddles, she had never concealed anything from her on important matters. So she didn't care much about Uesugi Sakura's riddles. In her impression, when Uesugi Sakura told riddles, it was always about unimportant things.

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"Ah, sis...good evening."

Yukinoshita Yukino pushed the door open and saw her sister, Yukinoshita Haruno. She didn't have her usual fake smile on her face, but instead had a frown on her face.

"Yukino, where did you go today?"

The question was very routine. Yukinoshita Yukino had a blank expression on her face and looked like she had been thinking for two seconds.

"I went out to meet my classmates."

"Can you tell me where you went?"

There was nothing surprising about Yangno's question to Yukino. It could even be said that it was too expected. Instead, it did not fit Yukino's judgment of Yangno. She frowned slightly and looked at Yangno's face carefully, trying to find any traces on her sister's face.

But she is not good at this kind of thing, so at most she can see that Yang Noi seems a little anxious. Is it because of her change?

"Forging is the principle of change, skill, fire, destruction, shaping, and power. It is associated with technology, industry, and forging."

This was what Uesugi Sumiya told her in person. This was the nature of the power she was about to come into contact with. In fact, it was true. Yukinoshita Yukino felt like a piece of raw material that had been hammered. She was very different from her previous self, so it was understandable that her family would worry about her.

"We went to Saizeriya. If you need evidence, you can ask the clerk. Although there are a lot of people, we went there for a study session. We will take the exam after we return from winter vacation."

This statement was not actually true for Yang No, but she knew that Yukino did things very cleanly and did not leave any handle for her, so she had no other choice.

"Sister, if there's nothing else, I'll go back to my room first."

Yukinoshita Yukino seemed very calm, which was beyond Haruno's imagination.

"You have grown up..."

"Really? But I'm not yet an adult."

Yukinoshita Haruno remained silent.

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