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

The website that Qianhua and Xia Yan were looking at before had a completely black background with a lot of flowing red blood as embellishment. It was a horror forum with a very atmospheric atmosphere.

From what Qianhua said, she seemed to have known about this forum for a long time. Of course, this was not the key point, but the problem was...

"Why, has Qianhua become interested in horror stories recently?" Xia Yan asked curiously with a raised eyebrow.

"Ah."

Qianhua nodded without hesitation, "Because we've already decided what our next board game will be. That's right, it's a board game set in our school, about escaping and resisting a raging horror."

"But you should know, Xia, that when it comes to school ghost stories, the ones that come back are always the same: Hanako, the mannequin, the 13th Staircase, and so on. The board game we want to make is definitely not something that simple, so we plan to collect some ghost stories and horror stories that fit the school background and weave them into our board game."

"I've been collecting ghost stories on this forum for a long time. Now that Terajima-senpai is away on some business, I'm the one who's going to keep working on it~"

Looking at Chika Fujiwara who was waving her little pink fists excitedly in front of her, her spirits were high.

Xia Yan, for once, didn't interrupt her. Actually, he said, "Ahem, some schools' ghost stories aren't all the same. For example, I know quite a few unique school ghost stories, and our school actually has a blood pond that's very suitable..."

——Xia Yan was also somewhat interested in this.

Not to mention board games, he seems to have not played multiplayer online games for a long time. There is no way, because he lacks the most luxurious configuration for this kind of game: friends.

Now that he had such an easy-going pink-haired friend, and could personally participate in the production of a board game, he was naturally a little happy to talk about it with Qianhua.

"Wow~, I was right! Xia, you are one of us."

"No, no, I'm just a little interested, that's all. Okay, let's first talk about a strange story called Himejiko..."

“Ss ...

Just when Xia Yan was happily talking with Fujiwara Chika, he suddenly felt a wave of energy coming from the side.

Following his perception, he turned his head and saw Xuexia, who was right next to them. She was staring at the computer in front of her with an expressionless face and her eyes fixed straight ahead. She tilted her head slightly and took a sip of the real iced black tea in her cup.

[Fragment: Yukinoshita Yukino thinks you are hopeless! ]

Xia Yan was completely confused, so why was this happening?!

Chapter 83: This World Is Not a Pill

[Fragment: Yukinoshita Yukino feels that you are so easily bewitched by those two lumps of fat that you forget your business. You are truly hopeless!]

No, why did you bring the automatic answer? Even the fragment entry has become as long as a light novel, and didn’t I actively avoid it?!

Looking at another piece of debris floating over, Xia Yan speechlessly turned his gaze to Xuexia next door.

Just at this moment, Yukinoshita glanced over from the corner of her eye, and the two of them met eyes with Fujiwara Chika in between.

Then Yukinoshita withdrew her attention as if nothing had happened. Only the cup of hot tea in her hand began to ripple, and a hint of frost was faintly visible in it, as if it was still proving what had just happened.

Seeing this, Xia Yan smacked his lips and turned his attention back to the business.

There was no way. In order to avoid drinking iced tea (physics) next time, he had better work seriously.

However, the facts proved that even after expanding the search area and with the dedicated efforts of four people and a tea-serving boy, they still couldn't find many clues about the monsters from another world, so...

[Clue Fragments: The Snow Woman Legend of Yamagata Prefecture (1/2)]

[Clue Fragment: Vampire's Dracula Mansion (1/3)]

[Clue Fragment: The Red Witch Village Hidden in the Sea of ​​Trees (1/5)]

[Clue Fragments: The Core of the Ghost Story Ritual (1/9)]

[Clue Fragment: The God of Sankodani Shrine (1/9)]

[Note: After collecting all the fragments related to the event, you can mark the opponent's location on the mini-map and have a chance to learn the opponent's true identity.]

——Isn’t this world doomed?

In less than an afternoon, just four students casually searched the Internet and found five entities related to other worlds in one go.

The world may seem okay on the surface, but secretly it must be riddled with holes and beyond salvation, right?

Pills, real pills.

Xia Yan felt a little stomachache just by looking at these five fragments of clues lined up in a row, as illusory as clouds and mist, and then... he made up a task and sent it to Yukinoshita beside him.

[Realistic Mission: The Snow Woman Legend of Yamagata Prefecture]

[Difficulty: Unknown]

[Quest Requirements: Please go to the "Genbei Minshuku Inn" in Yamagata Prefecture and find out the true identity of the Snow Woman wandering around.]

[Reward: 2 Lord God Points, unlock the next round of tasks depending on the situation]

……

This is the only fragment that Xia Yan has some clues about and can continue to investigate.

The other clue fragments were either found in the search for vampire and witch legends, or they were revealed when they saw some ghost stories. Even after that, even if they searched for many similar legends, these fragments did not show any response.

Naturally, he couldn't find any route to continue his investigation.

Only this fragment of clue about the snow woman was different. It was revealed when Yukinoshita came across a snow woman legend in Yamagata Prefecture, and then extended it to a local TV series called "The Love of the Snow Woman" - the moderator probably wanted to use the gimmick of the ancient legend to promote the TV series.

In any case, Xia Yan took this opportunity to suspect that the Snow Girl might be near the filming location of this TV series.

Since he couldn't find any more clues on the Internet, perhaps he could find some time to go to the scene with Yukino and take a look. Maybe he could find the snow girl mentioned in the fragment.

"Xia Yan."

Then, as the gradually golden afterglow of the setting sun shone into the Service Club, Yukinoshita's voice, slightly surprised, came from the side, "Yamagata Prefecture, Snow Woman?"

As the instigator, Xia Yan naturally knew what she was talking about. He nodded calmly and said pretentiously, "Well, I received it too. Although the reward is not much, we can find time to go and take a look."

"Ah."

After Yukinoshita responded with satisfaction, the service club, with only two people left, fell silent again.

Chika Fujiwara and the others left the club room one by one and went home not long ago. Among them, Hikigaya probably went to the Silver Gym to exercise. Before leaving, he asked Xia Yan if he wanted to go with them.

Come to think of it, he seemed quite irresponsible. He just took Hikigaya to the gym once and that was it.

On the contrary, Hikigaya himself is very self-conscious. Even if no one urges him, he will still go to the gym every day to exercise.

It’s just that without Xia Yan to help him recover, he didn’t dare to train so hard. However, he did take this opportunity to get familiar with Coach Jie Xiong and the others.

Previously, when Xia Yan was searching for strange stories and slacking off, he also chatted with Hikigaya about this matter.

Hikigaya remained silent, pulling out his phone and pulling out a picture of a street-level coach (muscle-heavy version.jpg) with his arms around his neck, his exaggerated pecs♂ squeezing his head...

Everything is left unsaid.

"Mao..."

Just as Xia Yan was recalling Hikigaya's miserable face with amusement, a barely audible voice from Yukinoshita suddenly came from beside him.

"What did you say?"

Even with Xia Yan's good hearing, he couldn't hear what Xuexia said, so he naturally looked in the direction of the voice.

Then, I saw Yukinoshita had turned her head away, as if admiring the beautiful sunset outside the window. She hesitated for a long time before speaking again. This time, her voice was much clearer: "Didn't you invite me to a cat cafe before?"

"Clam?"

Xia Yan pondered for a while before remembering that what Yukinoshita was talking about seemed to be from a long time ago. Immediately, thinking, "I guess I got it right," he tentatively asked, "So you mean, we should go to the cat cafe tomorrow."

"No, I mean it seems like you haven't invited me for a long time."

Yukinoshita seemed to have recovered at this time. She stood up with her arms folded, and looked back at Xia Yan with her usual cold expression.

Perhaps it was the afterglow of the setting sun that shone through her, but her cool cheeks were tinged with a faint blush. "So this time, I want to invite you to that cat cafe..."

"Yes, the ring, and your protection and care over there, regardless of your own safety, I remember all of that."

Yukinoshita raised her bare hand, her fingers curling the hair by her ear. As the topic progressed, her voice became smoother and more frank. "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't give you anything precious right now, but please at least let me express my feelings."

"In the future, I will do my best to repay your favor, just like I did with this mission I barely found today."

"Well, actually, I really don't care much about these things."

Xia Yan smiled helplessly. He really wasn't used to this kind of awkward thank you situation, so he knocked on the table with his knuckles and said jokingly:

"So instead of talking about this, why don't you tell me about our 'date' tomorrow~"

Chapter 84 Kato Megumi Found the Treasure

Time: around 18:30 in the evening.

"Hahahaha~"

Xia Yan returned home and just as he opened the door, he heard a clear and pleasant laughter coming from his living room.

Following the sound, he immediately saw a girl with blonde hair and twintails sitting relaxedly on her own sofa, hugging her own pillow and eating her own snacks. She even turned on her own large-screen TV, which was playing a new anime.

She seemed to be treating this place as if it were her own home and was casually following anime - oh no~, the anime she was following seemed to be one of the episodes of the anime adaptation of the book he copied called Zero no Familiar that elder sister Sonoko Machida had recently told him about?

Xia Yan glanced at what was playing on TV and walked forward quickly.

At this time, Eriri was so amused by the scene in the anime where the dog was whipped by Louise that it kept howling. She was giggling and didn't notice Xia Yan's arrival at all. She didn't know if she was putting herself in Louise's shoes again, fantasizing about knocking someone to the ground and taking revenge on herself.

No matter what she was thinking, Xia Yan just swung his hand knife and with a "pa~" sound, it hit Ying Lili's little head.

"Woo~"

"Eri, what you did is called 'breaking and entering,' did you know that?"

Xia Yan glanced at Ying Lili, who was crouching with her head in her hands and wailing, and then asked unhappily, "Also, how did you get in?"

"Humph~"

Eriri snorted in defiance, then raised her head proudly, "Who told you to put your keys directly on the entrance cabinet every day? You have no sense of security."

"So you stole my house key and used it to your pride?"

"Who did you say stole it?"

Ying Lili angrily folded her arms over her equally unintelligible chest. Oh, she also automatically moved to the side and let Xia Yan sit next to her before continuing, "Who do you think was the first to discover you were missing a few days ago?"

"Hehe~——But your teacher is really nice. She's always been worried about you. I think she even commissioned a detective to look for you."

After a few pretentious snorts, Eriri added pointedly, "So, even if you're planning on doing something that wouldn't be convenient for others to know, you can always tell me first. I already know your secret, so I won't tell anyone."

"Anyway, don't let those who know you worry too much about you—of course, I've never worried about you at all~"

"Tsundere, ohhh (thank you for your hard work)~"

Hearing Ying Lili's last superfluous sentence, Xia Yan complained casually, but did not answer her directly.

"Who are you calling arrogant?"

Ying Lili was so angry that she looked like a blonde kitten with its fur standing on end. As if she wanted to retaliate, she stood up and imitated Xia Yan's subconscious hand knife and chopped at his head...

The result was naturally that she held her little hands with tears in her eyes and touched the corners of her eyes with grievance.

Then, at this moment, she seemed to finally remember the important matter. "Come to think of it, I came to you for a serious matter this time—my father wants to see you. Ugh, my hand hurts."

"Forget it. I hate these troubles and I don't plan to meet anyone. If your father has anything he wants to communicate with me, he can just tell you directly."

Seeing her pitiful appearance of not learning from her mistakes, Xia Yan casually reached out and held her slender hand, then channeled some of his mental energy to heal her. He then refused, "Then I'll have to trouble you to let me know—that way it will be easier for me to interact with you."

"Woo~"

Eriri whimpered again, but this time it didn't seem like she was in pain. Instead, her face flushed slightly. She struggled to pull her hand free, and then her cherry lips stammered a few times.

She stammered, "It's nothing, actually. My father just wanted to tell you that he did some research on those unusual things you mentioned, and he discovered a mysterious organization that's been secretly active in Japan and even internationally. They seem to possess some special powers."