—"The clouds disperse and the fog dissipates"—

Entering through the foyer, Yotsuba Mahiro, accompanied by ripples in the water, picked up "Nightmare," aimed at the statue, and pulled the trigger.

The crystal statue, along with its frozen spirit, was decomposed into nothingness.

This was a clever trick he came up with to deal with spiritual entities.

Since the spirit has no physical form, and decomposition is ineffective against the spirit, then we can simply freeze the spirit body and turn it into a "substance," which would then allow for decomposition.

"Brother Zhenxun!"

At that moment, Miyuki also came to greet him.

Under the moonlight, the girl wore a thin, pure white dress with a scarf draped over her shoulders.

In the diffused moonlight, her slender, jade-like legs seemed to glow with a hazy light, and her delicate body was vaguely visible beneath the thin fabric.

"Brother Zhenxun, are you and Shuibo alright?"

"It's not a big problem, Miyuki, how about you?"

"Miyuki and her brother are both alright..."

It turned out that she and Tatsuya were woken up by the noise from next door.

As soon as she opened her eyes, Miyuki found an intruder standing at the head of her bed. Just as he was about to attack her, Tatsuya rushed in and got into a fight with the intruder.

Then, as we just saw, it was first frozen, and then it was broken down.

"These guys are from Stars."

After dealing with the intruders, everyone gathered in the living room of the Shiba residence. Mizunami was in charge of making tea, while Miyuki had changed into her loungewear and was sitting opposite Mahiro.

Beneath the light, flared mini-skirt, a pair of snow-white legs were exposed, their knees pressed together at an angle.

Under the bright lights, Mahiro looked at the mask left on the coffee table and made the same assertion.

However, upon hearing this, Miyuki's expression became one of icy transparency.

"If it's Stars, then it should be the team led by Lina, right? But why did they attack us? Could it be Lina...?"

"no."

Mahiro shook his head and said, "The information that Maya gave me indicates that this group of people defected from Stras last month, for reasons unknown. Moreover, I discovered that they all have non-human structures in their bodies, as if some kind of parasite is living inside them."

So it probably wasn't Lina who gave the order, but it's highly likely that Lina is involved.

Tatsuya also agrees with this point.

And that makes sense.

Why would the USNA send a strategic-level mage who isn't good at espionage, and it seems they brought a small team with them?

They're probably chasing after these people.

However, they were not the only ones attacked; Yotsuba Maya, who was traveling abroad, was also attacked.

"Oh dear, it's been about sixteen years since I last made a move. I never expected to be targeted by petty thieves like you today, hehe..."

Maya let out a witch-like giggle.

With a wave of her hand, the countless stars that swirled in the sky transformed into rays of light that descended from the heavens, piercing through the attacker and killing him instantly.

Of course, I only heard about this from Hayama after the fact.

It felt like someone had launched a large-scale raid on the Yotsuba family.

But in reality, it wasn't just Yotsuba's family that was attacked that night; it was many people.

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The next day.

Angelina has taken leave, saying there are some things to take care of at home.

At this moment, Mahiro is sitting at the headquarters of the club alliance, and he's with Mayumi. He didn't even go to class today.

Of course, this wasn't the kind of thing you'd imagine—skipping class to secretly go on a date, nor was it filled with the sweet and romantic atmosphere you might imagine; on the contrary, it was quite heavy.

Because besides the two of them, there was also Katsutoshi Jumonji present.

It is extremely rare for the three families and ten clans to meet in private.

"I'm sorry, Masahiro, for taking up your class time and calling you here."

Mayumi clasped her hands together, pretending to apologize with great remorse, but one of her eyes was mischievously open, and her tone was coquettish.

"It's okay. Rather, my senior asked me to come. I can skip class or even skip school without any problem."

After all, it was his girlfriend's or fiancée's request; how could a mere school or a few courses stop him?

Mayumi was very happy to hear this.

Meanwhile, in another corner, Katsuto Jumonji crossed his arms and nodded, seemingly satisfied with their relationship.

Then he said:

"Alright, let's get back to the main topic. Yotsuba, do you know about the vampire incident that happened yesterday?"

"The vampire incident?"

Upon hearing this, Mahiro's brows furrowed almost into the shape of an eight, his expression full of dramatic ups and downs. "Senior Jumonji, your 'vampire' is probably a metaphor, right? It shouldn't be one of those legendary monsters that transforms into bats with sharp teeth and bites people's necks, is it?"

Upon hearing his description, Mayumi and Katsuto Jumonji exchanged a glance, a bitter smile appearing on their lips, and shook their heads.

"Shin-kun, you didn't watch the news this morning, did you?"

"No."

He answered decisively.

To be precise, where would I find the time to watch it?

Last night I squeezed into a room with Shuibo. Of course, it wasn't that there weren't other rooms available, but Shuibo insisted on it, saying he was afraid he would be attacked again.

Incidentally, Miyuki was also there.

Tatsuya, as a bodyguard, didn't sleep all night.

Early this morning, he contacted his adoptive mother about the matter and asked her to send someone to fix the house as soon as possible.

Naturally, there's no time to pay attention to the morning news.

After the two explained it to him, he understood what the vampire incident was all about.

"So, some kind of unknown entity, like a vampire, killed twenty-four people last night?"

"Yes, but judging from the time, there should be more than one person, because Nana was also attacked last night."

"what?"

Mahiro turned his gaze to Mayumi, who nodded and said, "I stayed at Mori's place last night, and I was attacked in the middle of the night. Their magic was not only powerful but also very strange."

In the end, it was Morley who wounded his opponent with a single strike before retreating.

"Tsk, so it wasn't just me..."

After hearing this, Zhenxun clicked his tongue in amazement.

"Are you the same, Shinhime-kun?"

“Yes.” He nodded. “It’s not just me, but also Mizuki, who takes care of my daily life, and even Maya Yotsuba. It made me think that the Yotsuba family had made some enemies and were being retaliated against.”

It turns out that Mayumi Nanagusa was also attacked.

It seems they encountered the same kind of thing, because the descriptions match the image of the person who attacked them last night in every way.

However, both Katsuto Jumonji and Mayumi couldn't help but show surprise.

It's one thing if Mahiro was attacked, and it might be understandable if Shiba Miyuki was attacked, but the head of the Yotsuba family being attacked is no small matter!

What is the reason?

Makoto has also been thinking about this, and he feels that there is some commonality among them.

The twenty-four people who were killed were not killed randomly; they were mostly magicians, and many of them were associated with the Jumonji family and the Nanakusa family.

Moreover, he is also an excellent magician.

But this is only one of the connections.

If we look at Mayumi, Mari, Miyuki, Minami, Maya, and himself, there's another common thread—

That means they all used AGV enhancement agents!

No way....

Makoto was immediately startled and broke out in a cold sweat as he realized a certain possibility.

However, we need to confirm this with Lina first.

Chapter 102 Manual transmission is not as good as automatic transmission

The purpose of Jumonji Katsuto summoning him here to say these things was to cooperate in capturing these vampires.

They have even set their sights on the large number of USNA personnel who have entered the country recently.

I must say, his intuition is very sharp.

Mahiro also briefly exchanged information with them about the true nature of these so-called vampires.

Of course, this did not include Stars, since that was something he and Lina had agreed upon.

He also successfully obtained Lina's address from Mayumi, who was acting as his assistant.

Mayumi knew exactly what he wanted to do with Lina.

It has been confirmed that this matter was brought by USNA, so it is most appropriate to ask Lina, who is "Sirius".

However, after such a big incident, Mahiro was too lazy to attend the following classes. He simply asked Miyuki to cover for him and then left the school.

But he first made a phone call to Kitayama, who was in the USNA.

"I'm sorry to bother you so late."

"It's okay, it's not time to sleep yet. But for Makoto to contact me so late, it must be something very important, right?"

It's clear that Makoto isn't the type to call and chat casually for no reason, especially not at this particular time.

Therefore, there must be something urgent that forced them to make this call.

"Yes, there is something I wanted to ask you. Have you had any news reports about 'vampire' sightings over there?"

"what..."

A small gasp came from the girl on the phone.

There was a moment of silence before the sound came again.

"Yes, Honoka contacted me about this a few hours ago. But don't worry, I'm fine. The incidents all happened in the south-central region centered around Dallas; there haven't been any similar incidents on the West Coast."

"Thank you for your concern, Zhenxun."

□ It seemed that this wasn't enough, so they added this sentence at the end.

"It's alright, as long as you're alright."

Mahiro breathed a slight sigh of relief, then said, "By the way, how about I come to America to visit you in a few days?"

"So sudden?"

The girl was a little confused. "I remember First High School hasn't started its summer break yet. Don't you have classes, Zhenxun?"

"Classes are so boring, why don't I go to America to see you? I really miss you after so long."

"...Be careful not to skip too many classes and get held back a year."

That being said, □ did not reject his suggestion, but only made a small complaint.

Rather, when Zhenxun said he missed her, her face already turned rosy.

With that, the itinerary for the rest of the trip was set.

However, before heading to the United States, Shinji planned to speed things up and deal with the troublemakers who were disturbing his daily life right under his nose.

Moreover, if his guess is correct, then □'s situation is also very dangerous.

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