You say this is a love game?

Mai Yajima was the one who arrived at the crack following Mizutani Makoto's aura.

She has always known that there is a crack in the geographical location of Yejian High School that is enough to affect the present world.

But she had never been to this crevice.

It is impossible to say that I have never felt curious.

Earlier, Mai Yajima also had the idea of ​​entering the crevice to find out what was going on, but every time this thought flashed through her mind, she would feel inexplicably unhappy, and a resistance and avoidance to participate arose from the bottom of her heart.

It was as if, if she stepped into the crack, something terrible would happen to her.

Life always seeks benefits and avoids harm, this is instinct.

Mai Yajima trusts her intuition and judgment.

With her strength, it is impossible for her to have unrelated thoughts. Since she feels that it is not appropriate to get involved too much in this gap, she will just stay away from it.

But tonight, Makoto Mizutani happened to be in the gap.

After school, Mai Yajima realized that Makoto Mizutani might enter the crack to kill the hidden ghost. After all, she was still worried about Makoto Mizutani's safety, so she locked onto Makoto Mizutani's breath, drove the tiger-thrush to circle in the sky, and she also secretly followed Makoto Mizutani near his apartment.

This is what she thought at the time - Mizutani Makoto might act late at night, and then she would follow Mizutani Makoto from a distance, waiting for him to go to Yami High School and enter the gap in the middle of the night, and then she would follow him in and protect Mizutani Makoto the whole time.

Things like invisible bodyguards... hum, hum~

Who knows, maybe she will be a hero and save the damsel in distress!

Ever since realizing that Mizutani Makoto might be working part-time as an exorcist, Yajima Mai, besides secretly worrying about the racial difference between the two, has also secretly fantasized about someone suddenly encountering an accident and falling into a deep crisis, and Lord Yajima descending from the sky to save that person from the dire straits, and thus unfolding a magnificent love story between a human and a demon, which is also a beautiful story.

This idea is somewhat related to Final Fantasy.

Fortunately, after suffering repeated setbacks, Mai Yajima realized her mistake - you really can't learn how to be a human being in a GalGame, otherwise the results you learn will mostly be anthropomorphic.

Fantasy is fantasy, reality is reality.

But what Yajima Mai didn't expect was that Mizutani Makoto just lay down in the apartment, closed his eyes, and went straight in.

Did he fall into the crack?

About ten minutes after Mizutani Makoto stepped into the crevice, Yajima Mai realized one thing - Mizutani Makoto's condition felt too strange. His body was still alive and his physiological functions were still maintained, but his soul was no longer in his body. It was as if he was swept away by some force and descended to another place.

How could she, a country monster, have ever seen such magical arts as the wind and moon?

So, there is such a strange development now - Mizutani Makoto has already killed the contract ghost story, but Yajima Mai just hurriedly stepped into the crevice, and feeling the excellent gloomy atmosphere of the crevice, she once again confirmed one thing.

A crack is not a place you can enter just because you want to.

At this moment, the girl was standing at the gate of the private Hiiragiyama Academy. This was the entrance. If one entered the crevice in the normal way, they should appear at this entrance.

Even for Mai Yajima, it would take some effort for her to enter the rift... First, she had to come to the real Yami High School, and then find the weakest point between Yami High School and the rift on the land of Yami High School. Then, relying on her extremely powerful martial arts, she could temporarily tear open a hole leading to the rift and quickly get in before the hole disappeared.

"I totally don't understand. How did Cheng get in?"

Mai Yajima sighed softly.

Everything was just as she expected, and this gap made her feel very uncomfortable.

Just bear with it for now.

She didn't know where Mizutani Makoto was, nor did she know what the structure of this crack was...

Fortunately, she had memorized Mizutani Makoto's scent long ago, so the most urgent task was to find him first...

Mai Yajima took a step forward.

But at this moment, the sound of stone chips falling came from the girl's side.

Yajima Mai instantly cast her gaze away.

In front of the school gate, the evil-suppressing Tang lion perched on a stone pedestal suddenly moved.

It was trembling slightly, and soon the trembling turned into a strong shaking. Stone chips fell like rain, piling up at its feet to form a faint ring of dust. With a heavy "click", the lion on the stone seat completely broke free from its restraints. A faint green light flashed in its eyes, and then it exploded like a spark.

"Roar!!!"

The lion that suppressed the evil spirits, its mighty bluestone body was transformed in an instant, dark red rust covered its skin like moss, like dried blood scabs all over its body, the vertebrae pierced the skin one by one, and the auspicious cloud pattern on the end of its tail melted as it swayed. The lion expanded to more than three meters in height and leaped up from the stone base.

Evil! Evil!

What evil spirit is this!

The pair of dark green pupils locked fiercely on the girl in front of him, followed by a deafening roar. The roar of anger and intimidation almost resounded throughout most of the campus. The JK ladies in front of the square shrank into their shells, having been forcibly awakened to some instinct engraved in the logic of survival.

Yajima Mai was stunned: "Wait! What is this?"

What a powerful monster!

Tang Shizi took a step forward, his claws could easily crush the ground when he stepped on it, and he pounced towards Yajima Mai!

Faced with such a sudden change, the girl showed no intention of retreating.

This lion is still a little weak.

The Tang lion's fangs were bared, and a dark green light was blazing in its eyes. Its stone body was wrapped in a heavy sense of oppression, and it pounced towards Mai Yajima like a mountain.

Its sharp claws were already in front of her eyes, bringing with them a strong wind that broke through the air, as if it was going to tear the girl into pieces.

however--

The girl just slightly turned sideways, her movements as light as petals falling in the wind, and avoided the blow that was enough to break the stone.

Her figure was slender, even appearing weak, but she burst out with amazing strength in the next instant. Just as the stone lion passed by her side, Yajima Mai suddenly made a move, and her seemingly slender hands actually grabbed the sharp claws of the stone lion that was rushing towards her.

Be steady, be accurate, and be ruthless!

The edge of the lion's claw was as hard as a knife, carrying the fishy smell of gravel and dust. The girl's knuckles turned white from the force, but she clenched her claws tightly, as if they were made of steel.

All kinds of martial arts?

This is pure numerical value!

"what--"

A low roar erupted from her mouth, accompanied by an invisible aura. Her body sank, her waist twisted violently, her shoulders tensed, and with a smooth, over-the-shoulder throw, she forcibly threw the behemoth off the ground!

"boom!!"

The stone lion was thrown high up, turned half a circle in the air, and then fell heavily to the ground, shaking the ground, sending gravel flying and filling the air with dust and smoke.

The impact was so severe that it seemed as if even the air was torn apart for a moment.

There was a brief silence all around.

"You're blocking the wrong person."

She whispered, her voice not loud but full of unquestionable pressure.

The night wind blew past, ruffling her hair and the hems of her clothes. The girl dusted her hands off, seemingly bored, then turned and walked proudly into the school gate.

Behind her, the evil-suppressing Tang lion was struggling in the dust. Upon closer inspection, she saw that its right front leg, which was grabbed by Mai Yajima, was now covered with cracks. A huge force surged out of the lion's body, colliding with the remaining spiritual power of Mai Yajima, trying to repair the collapsed forelimb.

Its flesh can tear through steel with ease.

Its mighty body is almost the limit of what ordinary things can reach. Even with the current military weapons of mankind, ordinary artillery fire can hardly shake off even a speck of dust from it. A simple army has lost its meaning in front of it. This lion can easily penetrate the army with a roar, and a tank is nothing more than a coffin box that can be easily torn open in front of it.

The rank of strength is below that of evil, and is the limit of ordinary things!

The lion guardian god is famous for its ability to suppress evil and its mighty power.

If we say that humans at the strongest level are like glass cannons, and are doomed to die if shot by a sniper without the protection of spiritual power, it is absolutely different for monsters. The physical body is the area that animal monsters are most proud of, as are their armor and weapons. As for Tang Shizi, who is at the strongest level, there are only a few super-standard military weapons that can effectively attack him.

To eliminate powerful demons, if one does not fight within the "distortion", the damage and casualties caused will be extremely terrifying.

Furuya Ruriko's judgment was wrong.

Over the past thirty years, Tang Shizi's strength did plummet in the early days due to the corrosion of the cracks, and he fell from the rank of strength. However, more than thirty years have passed, and this Shikigami has been completely captured by the cracks. Not only has its suppressed power recovered as before, but it has also gained greater violence than before with the supply of the cracks.

But such a terrifying monster fell in front of Mai Yajima.

To deal with numerical monsters, you should crush them with higher numbers!

"Roar!!"

Tang Shizi roared unwillingly and tried to stand up again, but the violent spiritual power rushed into the depths along the cracks in his forelimbs, rampaging through his stone body, and shattering his condensed balance. His forelimbs completely collapsed, and he fell back into the dust.

"But then again..."

"How did Makoto get past this lion?"

"Is there a way to get in?"

"Did I hit it too hard just now? Well, this lion is quite powerful. It should be able to recover soon and won't be discovered that I was there..."

Behind him, the lion was struggling.

Mai Yajima muttered, her eyes looking into the distance, but suddenly stopped in place.

She was looking at the teaching building in the distance, and a familiar feeling surged up from the bottom of her heart.

"what is that?"

——It’s a cherry tree.

Although she had never actually been to the atrium of the teaching building, the image of a cherry tree appeared in Mai Yajima's mind.

It stood somewhere, rooted alone in the wilderness, its branches twisted and strange, the whole tree shrouded in an unnatural red light, its bark mottled and cracked, and dark red blood oozing from its withered bark like a corpse.

The most breathtaking thing is the petals.

Not pure white or pink, but a deep blood-red color, the blossoms drooped down, swaying gently in the night breeze without falling. They clung tightly to the branches, like countless eyes that could not be opened, densely covering the entire cherry tree's crown.

Pain, resentment, wailing... yet silent.

The air was filled with a sweet and fishy smell, a mixture of decay and bloom, which made people nauseous.

"..."

Where is the wilderness?

Where are the cherry blossom trees?

Where can I smell the smell?

Yajima Mai was startled, breaking free from the illusion in her mind. She was still standing in the open space not far from the school gate, still some distance away from the teaching building. But she took two steps back on her own initiative, and for the first time, her eyes wavered.

The girl was no longer as relaxed and comfortable as before.

The emotions surging in her heart were extremely difficult to describe, and she actually avoided looking at the teaching building.

...want to leave here.

This thought flashed through Mai Yajima's mind.

It was cold and dark, as if I was immersed in something filthy. I heard a slight noise beside my ear, but when I turned around, there was no one beside me.

For some reason, Yajima Mai felt scared.

The overwhelming feeling of panic made her feel absurd and unbelievable.

"Sincerity..."

She came to see Mizutani Makoto.

As if to fight against something, the girl brought out the most beautiful things in her heart. She was like a frightened little girl, repeatedly reciting the name of the person she thought could protect her... Even though she was much stronger than Makoto Mizutani, even though she knew there were things she could not do, Makoto Mizutani would not have a better way.

"Cheng might be in danger."

Found a reason to convince myself.

Mai Yajima hurriedly left the open space, and after a moment's sensing, she ran towards the school building.

In the courtyard that she deliberately avoided.

The blood-red cherry tree rooted in the courtyard is in full bloom.

A breeze blew by, and the blood-red petals trembled slightly, making a tiny rustling sound, as if someone was whispering, or as if thousands of souls were whispering and crying.

It's still the same time.

In front of the gymnasium where the fire was most serious.

Kurosawa Ryohito was sitting on the steps.

Feeling the faint tremors coming from the ground, Tang Shizi, who suppressed the evil spirits, was certainly powerful, but he could never shake the entire crevice on his own, nor could he transmit the sounds of the struggle here. The crevice trembled as if it was cheering and leaping for joy, as if it could not wait to greet something.

He turned his head away.

If Mizutani Makoto happened to be in front of the gymnasium, he would definitely see it - Kurosawa Ryojin's eyes were indeed still open, but they were completely unfocused, and his pupils were completely dilated, like a person who had fainted but had his eyelids forcibly pried open.