From Earthbound Spirit to Tokyo Evil

Chapter 11 The Abandoned Guardian Spirit

【What happened at school? 】

Yui Aoki shook her head and said nothing. She just curled up on the bed, silently shedding tears.

At least she was willing to check her phone and respond, instead of completely giving up on herself or shutting herself off.

But her behavior still made Xia Chuan feel extremely bad.

Although she refused to say, the answer was not difficult to guess.

Mostly it's school bullying.

Isn’t this what happened to the boy who committed suicide in the hospital before?

If you really don’t want to go, don’t go.

Natsukawa is not trying to encourage Yui Aoki to escape or give up her future. In his plan, Yui will definitely live a happy life that a normal girl of her age should have.

Then, going to school, making friends, and learning skills and knowledge is the only way.

Although it is not possible now, but in the near future, with his own strength, it will not be a problem to support a girl like her who has no bad hobbies and is easily contented.

But he didn't want to turn Yui into a good-for-nothing.

It is one thing to have the ability, conditions, opportunities, and to choose a certain life after full understanding and consideration. But it is another thing completely to be forced to choose a certain life due to reality, or to choose a certain life ignorantly without fully understanding it, but without the chance to turn back.

Even if she really didn't want to do anything and just wanted to be a parasite, he hoped that was Yui's own choice and not because she didn't know there were other ways to go.

However, everything can wait until he opens up the situation.

There is no need to rush.

"You will be expelled." Yui Aoki did not say anything, but wrote these words on her mobile phone as if she was replying to a text message to a friend.

[Even if you are expelled, it is only temporary. When conditions improve, you can go to another school and start over. By that time, everything will be fine.]

"really?"

[Of course! This is my promise]

Yui suddenly laughed again, even though it was only for a short moment, it was beautiful enough.

"I didn't mess with them at all. I didn't do anything." The smile disappeared again. She lowered her head and wrote on her phone. "But they just want to target me. Everyone is targeting me."

[I know. It's their problem, not yours]

"What if the same thing happens in the new school? What if everyone still dislikes me and isolates me?"

[No, because you back then would definitely not be who you are now]

Yui Aoki laughed again, but unlike before, this time her laugh made Natsukawa a little worried.

[Don't you believe me? You said it before, didn't you? Your luck has improved since I came. I am your guardian spirit, I will protect you! ]

"Thank you!" Yui Aoki's tears flowed again. "But I still have to go to school tomorrow."

【Why?】 Xia Chuan was a little surprised.

"The application for working must be stamped by the school, otherwise the district government will not approve it." Her expression was still a little uneasy, but it was much better than before.

[Does it have to be so troublesome? ]

Xia Chuan was a little confused, after all, he was just a newcomer.

"If I don't look for a school, I have to look for my father... There are places that don't require it, but the convenience store where I worked before also needed the school's consent to hire me. Mr. Matsushige must have his considerations, right? I don't want to cause trouble for him." With Natsukawa's encouragement, Yui Aoki finally relaxed slowly. "I like that store very much... I just want to stamp it... Mr. Guardian Spirit, you will protect me, right?"

【Of course! 】

"Thank you!" said Yui Aoki.

She slept very lightly throughout the night, and woke up only at the slightest disturbance. Xia Chuan had no way to comfort her or give her a warm hug. He could only gently tap her forehead every time she woke up to let her know that he was always by her side.

"Mr. Guardian Spirit, don't you need to sleep?"

Tap your forehead.

"Aren't you tired?"

Then tap your forehead.

"It would be nice if you could sing." Yui Aoki whispered. "When I was afraid to go to sleep after hearing ghost stories, my mother would sing to me."

If you have any musical instruments at home, then even if I don't know how to play any, I can at least play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star for you, but there's nothing...

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't be so willful."

Xia Chuan suddenly thought of what he should do. He tapped her palm lightly so that she would not be caught off guard. Then, he tapped her palm softly to the rhythm of the nursery rhyme he remembered.

Yui Aoki was a little confused at first, but she soon understood.

"Is it a song?"

Gently tap the tip of your nose.

She then stopped talking, but felt it silently for a while, and then began to sing along with the beat in a low voice.

It was a song Xia Chuan had never heard before, but its rhythm unexpectedly matched the song he was playing. It was also very nice to listen to, and had a strange power that could calm people.

Then, he unconsciously began to tap along with the song Yui was singing. In the dark and deserted room, the girl's singing finally brought a little light and warmth.

She finally fell asleep again.

If it was just for fun at the beginning, and I just felt that there was some kind of fate between us, then when I couldn't leave, I would take care of her a little and arrange a better home for her.

But now, Xia Chuan no longer thinks so.

I will bring you happiness, Yui, because no matter what I become in the end, I will always be your guardian spirit.

……

The next day, the girl woke up very early, and Xia Chuan typed the words "Good morning" on his mobile phone as soon as she woke up.

"Ah~ Good morning, Mr. Guardian Spirit." Yui Aoki was still confused for a few seconds before she hurriedly said.

[I told you not to be so polite! ]

"Sorry……"

敲~

Yui Aoki covered her head and suddenly laughed softly.

"I'm sorry for being so willful last night and causing you trouble."

[There’s no need to talk about this between the two of us. Besides, I don’t think you’re willful at all.]

"Thank you~"

It is a time for mutual trust between humans and spirits. I washed up, heated up the fried pork chops that I didn’t eat last night because I was sad, and had them for breakfast. Then I still had the expression as if I was enjoying the delicious food.

[Is it really that delicious? ]

"It's really delicious! Mr. Matsushige is really amazing!" Aoki Yui's smile looked a little strange, as if it was a little deliberate. "By the way, Mr. Guardian Spirit, don't you need offerings or something? I don't think you mentioned it?"

offerings?

【No need for those】

"What a pity!" said Yui Aoki.

This morning, she seemed to talk a lot and her emotions were particularly high.

Then, as she was about to go out, she suddenly took a deep breath.

"Sorry, I'll have to ask you to look after the house this time."

[Yui?]

"It's just to get the stamp. Nothing will happen, so you don't need to worry about me. I will keep praying for you to prove that everything is fine with me."

[Yui, don’t even think about it…]

But before she could finish her words, Yui Aoki suddenly gritted her teeth, took off the amulet that she treasured so much, threw it heavily to the end of the room, and then ran out without looking back.

Xia Chuan ran after her through the door, trying to stop her, but he couldn't bear to let her get hurt. Soon, the force pulled him back so hard that he could only watch her desperately run forward.

Come back!

You silly girl!

For the first time, Xiachuan felt so angry that he had become a earthbound spirit.

He knew very well why Yui Aoki did this.

Those people would definitely bully her when they saw her, and there was no way he would just sit there and watch that happen.

So she would rather suffer and leave the most important thing her mother left her at home in exchange for not exposing him to the public.

Get out of here!

Who gave you the courage to do this...

Natsukawa floated all the way to the highest place he could go, but the narrow street had swallowed up Aoki Yui's figure, blocking his view and making her out of his protection for the first time in several days.

After a few seconds, that familiar feeling finally reappeared.

She began to pray.

You idiot! When you come back, I will definitely…definitely make you…you must protect yourself!

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Will the pace slow down?

But I really want to write a story like this!

The story about Akasaka, about other monsters, and about the truth of this world will surely unfold slowly. However, while Natsukawa is still very weak, please be patient and give him and Yui some warm time, okay?

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Finally, I am still begging for collection, recommendation and blades.

Everyone, please, please become the guardian spirit of this story!!!

Chapter 12: The Unyielding Civet Cat

Time passed minute by minute, and the warm current kept coming intermittently, but Natsukawa became more and more crazy, because this method was completely useless to him. Apart from being able to confirm that Aoki Yui was still alive, it had no other effect.

Really!

He couldn't help but run outside, floating at the highest point and looking at the direction where Yui disappeared. Although he knew that this was stupid and meaningless, many times, when you are in a state of impotent rage, you will do things that you know are meaningless but are the only thing you can do.

He only knew the name of her school and her class, but had no idea where it was, whether she had to walk there directly or take the tram, how long the journey would take, or how long it would take to get back. He had no idea at all.

Although he knew that nothing would really happen to her, the feeling of waiting and torment made Xia Chuan more and more unbearable.

If Ling's emotions could also be transformed into power, he would have become a superman by now.

It was almost noon and Yui Aoki had not returned yet, which made Natsukawa more and more anxious.

If it was just to stamp something, it wouldn’t be possible to spend so much time!

How can I get out of this damn place and get to school?

At this moment, a familiar figure suddenly appeared in his field of vision. He immediately landed on the ground, sneaked through the building, and anxiously waited for him to fall into the trap.

"You don't know how I escaped. It was really horrible. I have never encountered such a thing since I left Tama River!"

“Is that guy scary?”

"Of course! If I hadn't been quick, it would have eaten me!"

"Oh my god... I can't go to Sanchome anymore."

"It's better not to go to 1-chome and 4-chome. Oh, it's a pity to waste that store. I had a hard time finding one that suits my taste..."

Takahata's voice suddenly stopped. His companion took a few steps and found that he had stopped by the road. He asked in surprise: "Amu, you..."