The social phobia substitute will not dream of the band girl

"I'm sorry—"

Ping Xin rubbed her face, and even if she hadn't gained weight recently, she would be rolled into a ball.

"Okay, okay~... It's just that you didn't bring your homework, can't you just go back and get it?" Ueda Gawab came out to smooth things over, but unexpectedly, it made Hirashin's expression even uglier.

"That's the problem... This guy actually forgot his homework at school! Are you some 'super smart' elementary school student who thinks you can get away with it this way? We've been on vacation for a month, and you only realized it now—"

“Haha..Ahaha…I’m so sorry!!!”

"...Forget it, there's no point getting angry at this point—you can contact the teacher... No, if you do, he'll inevitably remember it... I have no choice but to go there myself."

"Ohhh... Could it be that Ping Xin-niang is God-sama?!"

Knowing that Uehara Himari has great emotional fluctuations and is very sensitive, Ping Xin decided to let the matter go. After all, he also doesn't like being called by the teacher even if he knows everything.

"Why are you so happy... Of course you want to go too? After all, it's your own set of questions."

"But sneaking into school or something... isn't that a bad idea?"

"Thrush is right. We should go during the day."

"It would be even more suspicious if you went there during the day. You might get caught as a thief then~"

"The one who sneaks in at night is a thief, right?!"

"But it doesn't count if we don't get caught~... It hurts~"

Pingxin gave Aoba Moka a knife attack.

"What are you talking about... Good boy, don't learn strange words."

"But that's what you said, Brother Pingxin~ Have you forgotten~?"

"...Yoshi, then let's treat this as an essential summer test of courage and go have fun together!"

"Oh~! It sounds very interesting. Little Mocha wants to participate~"

"...Change the subject."

"Changing the subject."

"I've definitely changed the subject..."

Seeing his trick exposed, Ping Xin could only continue to push the topic forward -

"What about Lan? What do you think?"

"...If we want to get something, just one or two people should be enough, right?"

...Hmm? I don't know why Mizukami seems so lacking in enthusiasm today. Is she tired from a long day at the festival?

"Come to think of it~ Lan seems to be afraid of the dark~"

"Mocha!"

So that's how it is. Judging from Mizukuri's reaction, it's probably true.

Patting her head, Ping Xin continued, "Do you want to go? If not, it's just me and Fei Ma Li, and the rest of you can continue studying here—"

!

"...Who said I won't go! I'm a little tired after writing for so long, so a walk would be perfect."

He's just trying to show off, everyone thought at the same time.

"Lan is trying to be brave~"

"Mocha!"

"Okay...Apart from the brave Miss Lan, is anyone else going?"

"Please, Master Moka, Master Tugumi, and Master Tomoe, I'll treat you to a meal next time as a reward—I really beg you, this is my lifelong request!"

Uehara Himari said this, clasping her hands together. "Although I'm only now complaining about it, it turns out three-dimensional girls really do ask for favors like this... Then, is showing off your belly or breasts when apologizing also okay?"

Feeling the gaze of some two-word beast, Ping Xin shook his head and threw the strange thing away.

"Feimari-chan, you've made too many requests in your lifetime, haven't you?"

"But I'm worried about letting Himari go alone at this late hour..."

"Indeed, if something happens it will be too late...Himarie, I'll go with you!"

"Lord Thrush God~!"

Hmm...how come the title has been upgraded? Ping Xin frowned slightly, realizing that things were not simple. At this moment, his status as the only god seemed to be threatened.

"Then I'll go too. Himari, remember to treat me to a meal afterward~"

"Lord Bashen~!!"

"Little Mocha is going too~ It seems like something interesting will happen~"

“Thank you everyone... You are my gods!!!”

"Okay, okay, it's decided then... Everyone's going to be dispatched. I'll leave the transportation and 'equipment' to you."

"learn."

The shadowy maid from nowhere answered. Despite the silence, no one reacted... Could those accustomed to such experiences truly appreciate the thrill of such a test of courage? Ping Xin pondered this question.

......

...

..

"...That's the situation, so we're now at nearby Hanaoka Middle School."

"Who are you talking to?"

Mizukami pointed at the phone on the selfie stick in Pingxin's hand.

"No one's here... I'm just recording some interesting experiences in my life. And a test of courage would have to be like this to be fun, right?"

"I get it, I get it! It's what we always say about 'use it for what it's worth', the so-called 'even when you're having fun, you have to give it your all'. So now Ping Xin is dressed like one of those ghost hunting anchors!"

It's not the same, but even worse, right?

With an infrared temperature-sensing night vision helmet on his head, a cross around his neck, a copper coin sword on his back, Buddhist beads in his hands, and talisman paper and holy water around his waist, he looks more like a professional exorcist than a ghost-hunting anchor. Who would have thought that he was just an ordinary high school student living nearby?

But considering his superpowers and money, he's probably not ordinary... Mizukuri covered her face. She was actually upset because he treated her like a child just now. Isn't Pingxin more of a child?!

"Is this okay now, Xiao Fei? We're here to get our homework, okay?"

"Ugh~~Mocha-chan is bullying!"

"Alright, alright, there's no point in saying that. Let's just treat tonight as your last entertainment. You won't have any other fun activities until you finish your homework, okay?"

"Eh~~~~"

"...But if you finish early, then let's all go to the beach and have a great time the next day!"

"Yeah!" x5

At the beginning of summer vacation, the five members of Afterglow wanted to go to the beach, but the plan was canceled because they happened to meet Roselia who came to participate in the intensive training. Now it can be regarded as Pingxin's compensation to them.

"Of course... provided we return safely from here - hey, do you feel something now?"

"...You're already an adult, and you're still playing tricks on children? Hurry up and get your things and go back."

After this incident, Mizukuri was not so scared anymore. A truly funny character can make others laugh even without doing anything special.

"I see... Ran-chan didn't know~"

"What? That tone... Is there something I should know?"

"I don't know~"

"Mocha, you coming too?!"

Hira Nobuyuki and Aoba Moka smiled inscrutable smiles. Human fear stems from the unknown, and this meaningless, seemingly dictated behavior finally made Mizukuri start to feel uneasy. If Tugumi, Himari, and Tomoe smiled at her like this, she would definitely turn and run.

absolute! ! !

The entire school of Yugaoka will be completely closed from the first day of vacation until the start of school. If there are still members of clubs carrying out activities in the school, that's a different story...but it's really hard to find people during this delicate time with only one week left before school starts.

"Speaking of which, how are we going to get in, Heishin-san? Picking the lock or breaking down the door wouldn't be a good idea, right? In that case, I'll contact the teacher tomorrow..."

Under normal circumstances, Pingxin might have just thrown a tantrum without a care in the world, and at worst, donated a new door to Yuqiu afterwards, along with some new playground equipment or other small goodies. He could use this opportunity to strike some kind of partnership, and since family members were involved, it wouldn't be a loss, but the "atmosphere" today made that impossible.

"How could I possibly do something like that? Do you think I am that kind of person?... Why don't you just say something?"

Pingxin felt the lack of trust between people.

"Everyone is the same as everyone else... If there is a way, hurry up. I need to go to bed early tonight."

"Yes, yes, Miss Mizuki who is afraid of the dark——Yo-soo~"

After dodging Mizukuran's kick sideways, Pingxin used the wall to gain leverage and jumped onto the landscape trees on both sides of the school gate. Then he used leverage again, jumped, went over the wall, and landed smoothly. The series of moves was extremely smooth.

"...I suggest adding it to the textbooks for the required Pilot course in the future—but the reality is that we still have to find a way to advance in technology first, which is really troublesome..."

Pingxin casually opened the door of the guard room with a master key, and quickly found the key to the teaching building with his night vision ability.

"Delta, you'll be keeping watch here using the surveillance cameras. Thank you for the cleanup work after this is over."

"Yes, please be careful. Alpha-sama and the others will have someone monitoring you from three cameras throughout the entire process. We've already connected to the school's surveillance system via the internal lines in the guard room, but there are still blind spots, so please be careful."

"Well, I'll leave my back to you. My current preparations are sufficient, but if this doesn't work, I'll have to resort to my last resort. But why are there always seven of the 'Seven Wonders'?"

Whether it’s comics, animations, or novels I’ve read before, it seems that anything unbelievable or an urban legend is always related to the number 7. It can’t be that everyone is too lazy to come up with a setting so it’s passed down like this, right?

A few more minutes passed as I arranged security measures and engaged in meaningless thinking, and the time had already reached 11:30.

The ancient book "Huangdi Neijing" states that "midnight is the peak of yin, and after midnight, yin declines." "Midnight" here refers to the hour of Zi, which runs from 23 PM to 1 AM. This means that Zi is the time when yin energy is at its peak, after which yin energy gradually declines and yang energy grows.

If it were before, Ping Xin might have let them get the things themselves, but now that he knows that this world is not that simple... If ghosts really exist, he really wants to see them~

"Hello.. Ping Xin...Are you okay?"

At the door of Haneda, Hirayuki heard Mitakeran's soft call. This feeling of guilty conscience mixed with a hint of excitement, the feeling of desperately suppressing his voice while wanting to be heard clearly, was something he couldn't normally experience. But here, as expected, he quietly used time-stopping to climb over the wall and then approached silently—

"Ping Xin.. you—wha?!"

“Waaaa!? W-What happened!?”

"..."

"Sorry, sorry, I just wanted to tease you a little bit... Don't cry, Lan."

"......snort."

Watching the girl in front of him go from frightened, relaxed to crying in grievance, and finally for some reason suddenly generous and letting go of the past, Ping Xin once again felt the magic of women. Even an ordinary person would say "authentic" at the speed of her changing expressions.

"Alright, now that the door's open, let's go in... Once we're inside, don't let your guard down like you did just now, everyone. If someone's patting you from behind, turning back is definitely the wrong option. Get some distance and then use this special ultraviolet light to observe. Shadows are key."

"How many times are you going to use this trick? Seriously, please stop it... What happened so suddenly?"

Mizukari suddenly had her hand grabbed by Pingxin, and she felt like she was stuck in a rock, unable to move. It turns out this guy was so strong when he wasn't waterproof...

"Promise me that you will stay calm and stay together after you go in. Otherwise, just wait here for me... Before, I would only let you go if there was a 99% guarantee of safety, but this time is different."

"What?... Is this part of acting, to create the so-called atmosphere?"

Mizukami turned her face away.

"You should know that I'm a person who likes to argue about everything I do, so this time is no different... If something happens to me or I suddenly disappear, you are my last hope. As the leader of the team, you must lead everyone to act together and escape... If you don't agree to me, you can't go in."

"Brother Pingxin, Lan, what are you whispering about? Aren't we going in yet?"

At the school gate, the remaining four people were still waiting for the two of them to take their positions.

"I understand, I promise you... Let go!"

"..."

Seeing Ping Xin's determined eyes, the ripples in her body told her that this was not a prank.

"...I understand. I promise."

Chapter 7: Yuqiu's Campus Legend: The Seventh Person Appears, Part