In the anime, their emotions can be combined into strange props

15:00 in the afternoon.

[Will Fragment: Kuroki Gensai's Strange Arm Style (Blue) +1]

Xia Yan: “…”

So, how many times did you two fight in just one day?! And...

"Was there something wrong with the way I was farming the fragments before?"

As Xia Yan walked towards the teacher's office along the familiar route, he couldn't help but look doubtful about his life and once again deeply doubted his mediocre IQ.

In just one day, he did nothing, and the Ten Demon Snakes got him 5 fragments for free.

Shouldn't he have brought out the protagonists' initiative long ago, let them conquer each other, and then intervene to mix up the fragments?

For example...

Yukinoshita x Yuigahama, Yukinoshita x Fujiwara Chika, Kato Megumi x Eriri?

Well, let’s put aside this idea which is quite troublesome just to think about.

"Wow~"

"excuse me."

Xia Yan skillfully opened the door of the teacher's office in front of him, and then walked straight to the office where Shizuka Hiratsuka worked, who had called him over again and again to talk about life.

However, when he got closer, he unexpectedly discovered that Jing Keai was not as aggressive as usual, as if she was about to start a fight. Instead, she was sitting at her seat, flipping through the documents in her hand very seriously.

When she saw Xia Yan coming over, she just calmly pointed to the empty seat in front of her and said, "Sit down first."

"Yukinoshita Yukino, a student in Class C of the first year at Shuchiin, disappeared three days ago without any contact and has been gone for about two days."

After Xia Yan sat down, Hiratsuka Shizuka put the document in her hand back on the table, pointed at it with her slender fingers as if introducing something, and said, "I was the first person to discover that she was missing. When I saw that she didn't come to school, I tried to contact her by phone. After trying many times but no one answered."

"Considering that something unexpected might have happened to Yukinoshita, we contacted her family to get the location of her rented apartment. We then went to her house, spoke with the apartment manager, reached an agreement, opened the door, and confirmed that she was not at home and that her phone, wallet, and other belongings were still at home and could not be contacted."

"It was basically confirmed that she was missing, so I filed a police report - but just yesterday, she suddenly returned home."

Jing Keai had completely lost her usual playful demeanor, exuding a serious air. "Her explanation was that she had an urgent matter to attend to back in Chiba, and in her haste, she forgot to bring her phone, and she also forgot to tell others or ask for leave from me. As for her wallet, she brought her own."

"And then it wasn't until yesterday that she finally remembered it and rushed back. That's roughly what happened. What do you think about it?"

"Uh, I understand all that."

Xia Yan had anticipated this troublesome matter a long time ago, but he could only watch and pretend to be dumbfounded, "But why are you asking me?"

"Sigh~, you're pretty lucky. Since she's been missing for less than 48 hours, Yukinoshita returned just in time, and the police haven't yet opened a full case. Plus, she's actively trying to evade charges and defend herself. Besides the possibility that her family won't let it go, at least you won't have any problems with the police or the school. But... "

Seeing that he was still as indifferent as a dead pig, Hiratsuka Shizuka couldn't help but take a deep breath and then said earnestly, "Xia Yan, listen to my advice - running away with Yukinoshita won't solve the problem!"

"puff!"

Chapter 81: Jing Keai's Misunderstanding

"Etc., etc!"

Hearing Hiratsuka Shizuka's shocking words, Xia Yan almost vomited blood and blurted out subconsciously: "Jing Keai, I can understand what you said before, but why did you suddenly change the topic to elopement or not?!"

"Oh~"

When Shizuka Hiratsuka heard the "nickname" that Xia Yan subconsciously blurted out for her, her heroic eyebrows couldn't help but tremble.

However, Xia Yan's incident had indeed become a bit of a fuss, so Hiratsuka Shizuka didn't bother with the name issue for the time being. Planning to settle the score with him later, she managed to maintain a serious expression, glanced at Xia Yan, and said sarcastically:

"So you're saying that a boy and a girl from the same school, in the same club, disappeared on the same day and couldn't be contacted, and then returned to school on the same day saying they were fine—all of these things together are just a coincidence?"

"..."

Well, Xia Yan was in such a hurry that he didn't have time to say hello to Hiratsuka Shizuka before he and Yukinoshita started their two-day ghoul trip to Tokyo.

He also knew how suspicious it was that both of them disappeared at the same time, but—

"Even if we take a step back, there might be some connection between our disappearances."

Xia Yan patted his head with a headache, "But Teacher Jing, how did you imagine that we were eloping?"

"Think about it, why did you join the Service Club in the first place?" Shizuka Hiratsuka asked calmly.

"If this is the case."

Xia Yan thought about it and remembered that the excuse he used at the time seemed to be: "Teacher Jing, you also know that I am writing a light novel, so I want to find a club that is quiet enough and undisturbed to write it..."

"boom!"

"You're kidding me!"

Before Xia Yan could finish her words, Jing Keai, who couldn't stand listening any longer, slammed the table and interrupted her, saying, "If you have that much free time, why not just go home and be a secretary? It's not only easier but also much quieter!"

"And in the first few days after joining the Service Club, you were so withdrawn that you looked at everyone around you like they were trash. But after just two days in the Service Club, you're like the protagonist of a shonen manga, your eyes seem to be burning with the flames of struggle!"

"You said you didn't change yourself because you fell in love with Yukinoshita—ah~~, I can smell the sour smell of love from a long way away!"

Ah this~

After listening to Hiratsuka Shizuka's passionate and suspicious words, Xia Yan felt numb.

This was certainly not because Jing Keai hit the nail on the head. He had just activated the system at that time and was frantically looking for the heroine to get fragments.

The situation he had described to Shizuka Hiratsuka had absolutely nothing to do with it, and the main reason he felt embarrassed was...

"Uh, Teacher Jing, I didn't expect you to see me this way. Did you also say the same thing to Yukinoshita? Let her think that my personality has changed because I like her?!"

Xia Yan scratched his face helplessly, "Think about it carefully, this is super embarrassing."

"Sigh~, I haven't told her that, but Yukinoshita is so smart, she must have seen through your evil intentions a long time ago."

Hiratsuka Shizuka shrugged, seemingly completely unconvinced by Xia Yan's apparent composure. Finally, she picked up the documents on the desk and warned, "Anyway, I don't know if she's told you, but Yukinoshita's situation at home isn't very good either. Her family is probably still holding her accountable, and she's under a lot of pressure."

"So if you really like her, don't do this kind of thing again. It's not good for you, Yukinoshita, or anyone else. That child is willing to elope with you. If you're wasting your time on making trouble, you might as well think about how to gain the approval of Yukinoshita's family."

"……forget it."

Seeing her words becoming more and more outrageous, Xia Yan was silent for a while, then shook his head, "It's undeniable that Yukinoshita is very beautiful, with an elegant appearance and a cold temperament. I do have a good impression of her, but that's just a normal good impression for beautiful people of the opposite sex, so... forget it."

"Teacher Jing, you really misunderstood. Let's just leave it at that."

As Xia Yan stood up, he felt something was amiss. After a moment of thought, he suddenly realized what the problem was. "Oh, right, Teacher Jing, aren't you going to beat me up today?"

"well!"

Jing Keai probably had never heard such a cheap request in her life, and finally couldn't hold it in any longer...

"Snapped!"

Xia Yan, satisfied.jpg

Then, watching Xia Yan leave with satisfaction, Hiratsuka Shizuka could only sit back down helplessly. While flipping through the school notification documents regarding the follow-up handling of the two missing people, she muttered, "Really? Why are all of them such troublesome problem students?"

On the other side, after completing his daily interactions with Jing Keai, Xia Yan went to the service department as usual and opened the door.

"Have you finished questioning Mr. Hiratsuka?"

It seemed that Yukinoshita was the only one in the service club at this time. As soon as he walked in, he heard her voice, which seemed to have been expected by her and was no different from usual.

Of course, this is not the key.

The key point is that Xia Yan looked at Xuexia who was sitting sideways in front of him, and the three desktop computers that suddenly appeared in the service department on the desk in front of her.

"What is this?" he asked a little confused.

"I applied for it in the name of my club. It was an old computer that the school had discarded."

Yukinoshita glanced at him, then continued clicking the mouse to operate the computer in front of her, adding, "Of course, I'm using my own share of the club funds."

"I can guess that."

Xia Yan moved closer to Yukinoshita and asked, "But the question now is, why did you apply for these computers?"

"Didn't you tell me before that there are some alien creatures in reality?"

Yukinoshita pointed at the news reports and what appeared to be records of local customs on the computer, her voice calm and rational. "And when we see this unusual information, that thing might actually issue us a mission—that way there will be extra rewards, right?"

The "thing" she was referring to was the Lord God.

This rule is actually an attempt by Xia Yan to transfer part of the task of finding real alien monsters to the reincarnationists.

"That's what I said."

Xia Yan looked at Xueshita who was standing next to him with a fighting spirit. He wanted to ask her about the situation at home, but he swallowed the words back.

Soon he could only helplessly open another computer and said, "Forget it, this is fine."

Chapter 82 Fragments: Yukinoshita Yukino thinks you are hopeless

In the board game service department.

"Slit-mouthed Woman, Hanako, Human-faced Dog, Hachisha-sama, these are some of the more famous urban legends. I took the time to search for information last night and studied them carefully, but there was no response."

At this time, Yukinoshita Yukino was standing next to Xia Yan, writing words one by one on a teaching whiteboard, and erasing them again and again, leaving only a few relatively suspicious ghost story names.

"You're quite energetic, huh? After I came back, I just sent a few messages to let everyone know I was safe, then I couldn't hold on any longer and went straight to sleep."

"After all, you took on most of the pressure over there, and I could hardly do anything to help."

Yukinoshita replied to Xia Yan's casual complaint in a slightly low voice, then closed the cap of the whiteboard marker in her hand and said in a calm tone, "Anyway, I have two theories about this. One is that these urban legends are just rumors spread by word of mouth and have no real existence."

"Secondly, judging from what you told me about Hikigaya's situation, it's possible that these circulating urban legends are too general. We might need something more specific, pointing directly to a legend of a specific area, a monster, or a youkai that has actually appeared, before He might react."

Yukinoshita adapted to the main god's rules quite quickly. She has become very proficient in using aliases to avoid revealing the existence of the main god and the reincarnation world and thus being deducted points.

After Xia Yan's thoughts quickly turned, he said, "So you plan to look for legends about monsters and folk customs in various districts and counties in Tokyo, no, should I say, Neon?"

"That's about right. But we can't give up on the general topic of ghost stories and monsters, so go to the forum and continue to check out the circulating ghost story information, and I'll..."

Looking at the two people in the service club, one sitting and one standing on the left, chatting freely as if no one was around and with a tacit understanding of the division of labor, Hikigaya, Fujiwara Chika and Yuigahama couldn't help but half-close their eyes and look at the scene in silence.

Although they hadn't eaten anything, for some reason, they all felt full at the same time.

What happened to these two people during the two days when they were not in school?

Why does it feel like our relationship has suddenly become so good?

After being speechless, Hikigaya felt something in his heart.

Because the case has not been filed yet, Xia Yan and Yukinoshita have not been completely confirmed as missing. Before this, when faced with several members of the service department who came to inquire about their whereabouts, the school simply said that the two of them had temporarily asked for leave due to some matters.

In addition, Yukinoshita returned in time, and after another excuse, the people in the service department naturally didn't know that the two of them had really been missing for about two days.

However, Hikigaya had personally experienced the lurking demon incident. Let’s not talk about Yukinoshita for now, but if Xia Yan said that he went to save the world during the two days he was away, Hikigaya might believe it!

So, as he watched the two men investigating something, and thinking back to his own experience, he vaguely sensed something, so he approached them and asked sincerely, "Is there anything I can help with?"

"Oh, Hikigaya, it's great that you're here. Could you help me look up the 'horror stories I've personally experienced' post? It's so long-winded..."

"Ah this~"

Yuigahama watched as another person joined in, and the atmosphere inexplicably became harmonious, with everyone busy coordinating with each other. She couldn't help but smile awkwardly at Fujiwara Chika next to her and said, "I always feel like we're being left out..."

"Hey, Xia, isn't this a weird forum where horror and strange story enthusiasts gather? Let me take a look!"

Looking at the pink-haired girl Fujiwara Chika shamelessly jumping towards Xia Yan, Yuigahama was stunned for two seconds with her mouth slightly open, then turned her head in panic and looked back and forth at the empty scene around her.

Then her voice almost had a hint of tears in it: "Wait...wait, please don't leave me alone!"

"I, I, I...I can go pour you some tea~"

Well, let’s not worry about the dumpling who has been so humble as to start serving tea and water.

At this time, Xia Yan, who had never backed down even when facing Sister Quan, was forced to give up his seat by a woman for the first time.

——There was nothing he could do. When Xia Yan heard the sound and looked back, he saw a certain pink-haired girl, without any scruples at all, charging straight at him with her two huge balls that were stretched so tight that even her long skirt was bulging...

Coach, I want to report Chika Fujiwara for dribbling the ball and hitting someone!

In a split second, Xia Yan's mouth twitched, and he could only move his seat to the side, not being so shameless as to avoid the facial cleanser.

Just like that, Chika Fujiwara took over his computer.