A young love story that started with exorcism

Chapter 131: Encounter at the School Gate

"By the way, Takahashi-kun and Miko, aren't you two planning on submitting your work?"

After calming down, Yukinoshita Yukino and Kasumigaoka Utaha turned around and asked.

"Forget it, I'm not good enough at writing. Besides, showing off my writing skills in front of you guys is just like showing off my skills in front of an expert." Takahashi Takumi nudged Yotsuya Miko with his elbow and suddenly encouraged her:

"Why don't you give it a try? I think your writing is pretty good. Didn't you get over 90 points in Chinese? And you're the top student in the class."

At this point, Takahashi Takumi couldn't help but think of a possibility: "You said that the classmates wouldn't want you, Jianzi, to submit an article in the name of the class, after all, you are the first place."

As he spoke, Takahashi Takumi suddenly realized that the three girls in the service club were all top students in the school. While Miko wasn't top of the class, she was often in the top 50. Takahashi Takumi's original class was around th, but if he were to take the exam again, he might have no problem with science and math, but the humanities, especially Chinese (which was the language course in the island nation), hadn't received any improvement since he traveled here, aside from the memories of his body. He hadn't been attending classes properly recently, so passing the exam now would be a stretch.

Takahashi Takumi shuddered at the thought. He had to learn everything all over again. His scalp was tingling just thinking about it.

"I can't do that," Yotsuya Miko said with a blushing face, a bit embarrassed. "With Kasumi Aki-senpai, a popular light novel writer, and Yukino, the top-ranked talent in the grade, I won't make a fool of myself. I didn't really get involved in the class. Aside from Takahashi-kun and Xiaohua, I never interacted with them. I guess they wouldn't come looking for me."

That's right. At this moment, Takahashi Takumi remembered that there were a group of excellent students in his class, such as Hayato Hayama and Yumiko Miura, as well as Hikigaya Hachiman, the hidden academic master who was among the top three in Mandarin. There were still many people who could be used, so he probably wouldn't be able to find Miko Yotsuya.

As the sun sets and the sky turns yellow, we end here for today.

Everyone started to pack up, and the three girls were about to go back with the big peaches given by Takahashi Takumi. Unexpectedly, before they reached the school gate, they happened to meet Shinomiya Kaguya coming out halfway.

"What a coincidence, Takahashi-kun, we meet again."

Shinomiya Kaguya smiled and ran over to greet Takahashi Takumi, then naturally followed him out of the school gate. When she saw the car that came to pick her up, she invited Takahashi Takumi and his group:

"What a coincidence, why don't you take my car and take you home"

"No, I'm used to walking home, and my home is not far from school." Takahashi Takumi refused without thinking, and the other three girls also said tactfully that they didn't need to take her car.

"Really? What a pity. I'll take my leave now. See you tomorrow."

Shinomiya Kaguya was about to turn around and get in the car, but at this moment, Takumi Takahashi keenly sensed a feeling of being watched coming from across the school gate.

This feeling was not the kind of harmless and redundant look that Yuria Nimurou gave, but a subtle tingling sensation in the nerves, just like a cat observing its toy, ruthless but playful, and you never know when it will come over and slap you with its sharp claws.

Who is he monitoring? Takahashi Takumi didn't dare delay, instantly channeling his telekinesis and expanding his circle to its maximum. Now, Takahashi Takumi's circle had expanded to a distance of 100 meters. While the range of the circle didn't represent a person's combat power, it did, to some extent, represent the direction in which their telekinesis was being used.

For example, Nobunaga of the Phantom Troupe's circle extends to the range of his katana, clearly related to his katana-wielding style of combat. Meanwhile, the one-star hunter Kate's circle reaches 50 meters, a fact related to his biological research career. After all, a larger circle allows for easier investigation. While the range of their circles differs significantly, it doesn't necessarily mean their combat power differs significantly; it simply reflects a difference in the way they use telekinesis.

There was no trace within the 100-meter radius that could escape Takumi Takahashi's perception, and on the roof of a building 40 meters away from the school gate, an owl was staring at the school gate with its lifeless eyes.

As Kaguya Shinomiya got into the car and left, Takumi Takahashi finally confirmed that the owl was staring at Kaguya Shinomiya.

Could this be the owl that Yotsuya Miko had mentioned when she got on the bus? If so, why did it keep running across from the school gate? What was it trying to do?

Just when Takahashi Takumi was wondering what it was going to do, the owl suddenly turned its head and met Takahashi Takumi's eyes. From its dark eyes without a trace of light, Takahashi Takumi seemed to sense murderous intent.

There must be some unknown guy behind this thing observing this side, and he has already discovered that Takumi Takahashi is looking at it.

With a few whooshes, the owl flapped its wings and flew away. In the blink of an eye, it flew far away and disappeared from sight.

"Takahashi-kun, go back. What are you looking at?" Yotsuya Miko saw Takahashi Takumi standing there motionless, looking up at the distance. However, Yotsuya Miko followed his gaze and found nothing special except the ordinary architectural scenery.

After hearing what Yotsuya Miko said, Yukinoshita Yukino and Kasumigaoka Utaha, who were about to leave, stopped and looked at Takahashi Takumi with great curiosity.

"Hmm~ Nothing, it looked like an owl, but it flew away."

"An owl? Could it be the one that Jianzi said she saw outside the student union window?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha remembered that she had carefully recorded this clue. It was an owl that could be seen by Yotsuya Miko, but could not be seen by Shinomiya Kaguya, an ordinary person. At that time, she thought that this might be something that might appear again, but she did not expect that it would really appear now.

After hearing what Kasumigaoka Utaha said, both Miko and Yukino looked at Takahashi Takumi. After all, this might be the culprit who caused Shinomiya Kaguya to fall from the building. Now that he suddenly appeared again, who knew what would happen?

"I'm not sure if it's the same owl, but it certainly doesn't look like an ordinary owl. But it flew away and left nothing behind."

Even if we knew it was the same one, it was still shrouded in mystery. This only raised a few questions but didn't yield any substantial clues.

"It must be unusual for them to come out in broad daylight. Owls are nocturnal animals," Yukinoshita Yukino complained weakly.

The result was nothing but more trouble. Everyone went home in a depressed mood.

Chapter 132: Master Roshi Comes to the Door

Why do we always have to wait for others to come to us before we can fight back?

Why can't we nip potential rivals in the bud?

Recalling the events of this period, Takahashi Takumi pondered carefully. He ultimately concluded that he was still human, and as a human, he couldn't be omniscient and almighty. There would always be unknowns, things that couldn't be solved immediately.

However, if anyone dares to provoke me, I will teach him a bloody lesson. I am no longer the fledgling that bowed its head to the sight of evil spirits.

Looking at the owl hovering in the air outside the window, flapping its wings.

Is it a provocation? Or does it have an ulterior motive?

A bright moon shines in the sky, and the stars are chasing the rosy glow.

Such a beautiful scene, but you, a silly bird, have ruined my interest. Takahashi Takumi was about to kill it. Unexpectedly, at this moment, a voice rang out from a distance:

Born from darkness, darker than black;

All the filth and impurities will be exorcised

As the voice fell, an inexplicable energy dissipated from the sky, forming a small barrier centered around Takahashi Takumi's house. It looked like a tent in the Jujutsu world. Takahashi Takumi, through telepathic perception, roughly understood that this tent was some kind of restricted entry and exit. It was likely that Takahashi was the only one on the restricted list, and this was clearly aimed at Takumi.

Tap, tap, tap... The sound of slow and leisurely footsteps was slowly approaching Takahashi Takumi's house. Finally, a thin and somewhat hunched figure appeared outside the window. The light in the house was just enough for Takahashi Takumi to see the face of the visitor clearly.

An old man, bald and hairless, wearing a long-sleeved brown shirt and brown leggings. He had two gray eyebrows and a beard that hung down about a finger's length, and a pair of small brown glasses perched on his nose. And he was holding an umbrella? It's late at night, with no sun and no rain, and you're carrying an umbrella?

Why does this guy look familiar? Master Roshi? If he were to livestream, I'd think he'd only broadcast once every three years, and then be banned for three years each time.

"Good evening, young man," the old man standing outside the window, who looked like Master Kame, lowered his head slightly, his eyes peeking out from behind his small glasses, and greeted Takahashi Takumi enthusiastically, as if he were visiting someone. His sharp gaze swept from the window to the room, then back to the window, finally landing on Takahashi Takumi's face.

Looking at the very polite and kind old man in front of him, Takahashi Takumi sneered. He set up a tent to trap him in the middle of the night, and now he dared to come up and say hello. It seemed that he was very confident in his own strength.

Since he seemed so easy to talk to, Takahashi Takumi wanted to take this opportunity to find out why he came in the morning.

"Old man, why are you coming to my place so late at night instead of going home to rest?"

"Old man, I miss it too, but something has been weighing on my mind and I can't fall asleep no matter how hard I try." The old man stroked his gray goatee with his hand and said with a distressed look on his face.

Takahashi Takumi looked at him and said calmly: "Oh, I don't know what is keeping you awake, old man. Tell me what's going on."

"Old man, I'm not able to retire and enjoy my old age at this age. I have to continue working to make a living. I took another job a few days ago." After saying this, the old man reached out and touched his shiny head, feeling very annoyed.

Takahashi Takumi remained calm, staring at him motionlessly as he asked, "Oh? Did you run out of energy and energy, or did something go wrong at work?"

"Well, it was going very smoothly, but someone interrupted me at the last step. Although the result is passable, I am still upset because I didn't do it perfectly. Now I can't sleep well, I can't eat happily, and I am very sad."

The old man's eyes grew colder as he spoke. Under the quiet moonlight, the originally amiable old man's face began to become a little ferocious. Seeing that Takahashi Takumi didn't say anything, he spoke to himself:

"Now my boss asked me to continue the part I didn't finish last time, but I saw the person who disturbed me last time again. Young man, why don't you tell me what I should do?"

"What else can I do? Isn't it common sense to clear away anything that's in the way before doing anything?"

Takahashi Takumi said this while looking up at his surroundings. The neighborhood was really quiet in the middle of the night. There was no one outside and no sound at all.

When the old man heard Takahashi Takumi say this, he immediately smiled with satisfaction, and finally said regretfully: "I didn't expect that you, a young man, are so sensible. Well, I came to disturb you so late, do you have anything you want to ask?"

"Now that you mention it, I really have a question to ask you. Two people in our school fell from the building on the same day within a very short period of time, and one of them died. Old man, why do you think that person jumped to his death?" Takahashi Takumi asked the old man with great interest.

"Haha, people have different fates. Some are precious, while others are worthless. But it's acceptable to use it as a cover-up. Adult matters can't be laid out in public. Perhaps a small excuse is needed."

The old man said this proudly, but in the blink of an eye, his face turned cold. He raised his hand, pointed at Takahashi Takumi with the umbrella in his hand and said, "Okay, just like you said, let's deal with the guys who are in the way before we do anything. I am very sad to say goodbye to you just after meeting you."

"boom!"

The umbrella suddenly turned into a gun, and driven by gunpowder, a bullet shot out and shot towards Takahashi Takumi's head.

So fast! Originally, when the old man raised his umbrella and pointed it at him, Takahashi Takumi was already on guard. If this umbrella gun dared to shoot, Takahashi Takumi would dodge it. He didn't expect the speed of the bullet to be so fast.

At the critical moment, Takumi Takahashi barely turned his head to avoid the bullet, but with a bang, the bullet directly penetrated the house.

Cold sweat broke out on his forehead. It was a close call; the bullet had barely grazed his face. That speed was definitely not that of an ordinary firearm. A typical firearm's muzzle velocity doesn't exceed 900 meters per second, but judging by that shot, it was at least three times that speed.

"Oh, you actually dodged it. It seems that young man, you still have some skills. Come again..." The old man saw Takahashi Takumi dodge his bullet and immediately became interested. He raised his hand and shot again. Then he squatted down slightly, his eyes flashed, and he shouted: "Speed up the water!"

All of a sudden, the old man's body was filled with cursed energy, and he kicked his feet and rushed towards Takahashi Takumi.

"Haha, you're using the same trick again. Can't you think of some new tricks, or do you think you can defeat me like this? You're underestimating me." With the preparation for the first time, Takahashi Takumi dodged the shooting easily this time, and said disdainfully to the old man who attacked him from the side.

Chapter 133 Spider Web Array

With a "ding" sound, a foot-long sharp blade suddenly popped out from the tip of the umbrella gun in the old man's hand. It shot out from the window like a short spear and stabbed straight towards Takahashi Takumi's chest.

How despicable! He looked like he was going to engage in close combat just now, but I didn't expect this old man to just wave his hand and draw his weapon.

Seeing the sharp blade flashing with faint light, Takahashi Takumi did not dare to delay and quickly stepped back to avoid it.

Why does it feel like although this old man's attacks seem extremely fierce, Takahashi Takumi always dodges them very easily, as if his intention is not to kill with one blow.

Before Takumi Takahashi could think about it, the old man's attack missed, and he immediately turned around as soon as he landed, and attacked again like lightning, raising the gun and flying towards him to stab.

Takahashi Takumi dodged again, repeating this several times. He'd wanted to see what tricks it had in store, but what was the point of repeating these meaningless moves? Was there some hidden trick up its sleeve?

After dodging the old man's attack once again, Takahashi Takumi had lost his patience. The old man before him, after using some secret technique, was incredibly fast, but in Takahashi's opinion, it wasn't enough. He seemed to be teasing Takahashi with every attack, never hitting the side of his body where it mattered most. Did he think he had it all figured out, enjoying the thrill of a cat-and-mouse game?

However, just as Takahashi Takumi was about to teach the old man a lesson, his arm suddenly felt like it was being pulled by something. This unexpected situation startled Takahashi Takumi, and he turned around and used his telekinesis to focus on his arm. Sure enough, there was an energy line the size of a fishing line on his arm.

Could it be that this old man was laying wires just now?

In the messy living room, spider-web-like energy lines covered the entire living room, trapping Takumi Takahashi tightly in the middle.

When will it happen? Takahashi Takumi made a mistake by snoring. After all, he had too little practical experience. At the beginning, he was busy using Jian to defend his whole body. He also wanted to see what tricks the old man had. For a moment, he forgot to use Ning to observe his movements. He didn't expect this guy to come up with such a thing.

"Hahaha, young man, have you finally figured it out?" At this moment, the old man who had been attacking tirelessly had stopped, reached out and wiped his shiny head, and said very proudly:

"Do you think my attacks are simple and inaccurate, and besides being fast, they're not threatening at all? You're still too young. How could you let your enemy attack as freely as he wants? You've walked yourself into a trap. No one can escape my spider web."

"Hmph." Takahashi Takumi felt the traction and stickiness of the energy threads on his arm, as well as the strength of the spider silk. He secretly used his telekinesis, protecting his arm while generating little sparks. The sparks and the spider silk instantly merged after coming into contact. He suddenly tugged at it, as if he could get rid of it by force, and turned around and sneered disdainfully:

"You think you can trap me with just a spider web? You're underestimating me. When have you ever seen a tiger caught by a spider?"

The old man saw Takahashi Takumi break free with brute force and even tear his spider silk apart. He nodded and praised him repeatedly, saying, "You are really good, young man. The leader of the organization might recruit you if he sees you. But as an old man, what I like to do most is to destroy young talents like you."

As he spoke, the old man picked up the apple that had fallen on the ground and gently tossed it up. He stretched out his left hand in front of him, and a spider-like energy line emerged, and then he threw the apple into the spider web in front of him.

The big red apple was big and round, spinning in the air and falling down. The old man waved his left hand casually a few times, and the big apple was tied up by spider silk in the air and thrown into the air again. Then the spider silk became a small fishing net and flew towards the apple. In an instant, the big apple was cut into apple cubes.

"How's it going? My spider silk can not only stick to people, besides being used as puppet strings, it can also kill people without bloodshed. With so much spider silk, even you can't tear it all apart in a short time. I will tighten the spider silk in this room later. What can you imagine what will become of you then?"

"Oh, so, you used this spider silk to make that boy jump off the building? And you also used this method to make the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family jump off the building?" Seeing that he was still so interested in explaining, Takumi Takahashi couldn't help but ask him about the incident of Makoto Matou and Kaguya Shinomiya falling from the building at school.

The old man stretched out his hand to lightly adjust the small glasses on the bridge of his nose, looked at Takahashi Takumi who was not afraid in front of him, and then looked at his own spider web. He felt that there was nothing surprising, so he said: "Young people are really curious, but I see that you don't understand anything. But since you are about to die, I will tell you something."

"With such strength, you should know that this world is dominated by money and power on the surface, but the dark side of the world is dominated by the extraordinary power we possess.

For ordinary people, the accidental death of one or two people would not cause any trouble, but for an economy of the size of the Shinomiya Group, it is a little different.

The Shinomiya Group has a lot of shares behind it from the Three Great Clan. That little girl is the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya Group after all. We can't let her show any trace of our power, otherwise we will have nothing to do with the Three Great Clan's fate."

As he was speaking, an owl flew in and landed steadily on the old man's shoulder. The old man gently stroked the owl and continued:

"This owl is a masterpiece of our organization. It can mildly hypnotize ordinary people without leaving any magical power. The plan was going smoothly. It fell from the third floor to the grass, and it probably broke its legs.

Who knew that a young man like you could let that little girl get away with nothing? Because of this, we were looked down upon, and our requests were not granted. I had no choice but to take action again. But you also saw my owl. I can't do anything about it. Blame it on your bad luck. Don't meddle in other people's business in your next life.

Hearing the old man's words, Takahashi Takumi nodded and summarized, "I see. But since you're targeting the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family, why did you kill that boy? Besides being a deception, is it because he's also under the Shinomiya Group? This implies that you can not only injure the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family, but also kill her unexpectedly at any time?"

"Haha, that's about it." The old man saw that Takahashi Takumi seemed to have more questions, and a hint of impatience appeared in his eyes. He snorted coldly and said, "You talk too much. Let's stop here, Signe."

Chapter 134: Auxiliary Supervision of the Spell Master

In an instant, the old man stretched out his hands and grabbed the nearest silk thread. The magic power surged throughout his body, and the spider silk in the entire living room quickly tightened towards the old man's palms.

Takahashi Takumi was about to be chopped into pieces by the spider silk, but he remained motionless. The old man's face was just beginning to show a smug look when suddenly a muffled thunder exploded. Violent black lightning wrapped around Takahashi Takumi's body, like a doomsday black hole. The old man's spider silk was completely dissolved by the black lightning before it could even get close.

"How is this possible? My spider web formation is useless? The spider silk has all melted?" The old man looked at the figure in front of him, whose body was flashing with strange black thunder and carrying destructive energy. He took a few steps back in fear and could not believe his eyes. The owl on his shoulder also stared at Takahashi Takumi in surprise, as if it had a telepathic connection with its owner.