“One, two! Open! Eh?! Why is it the Natto Monk again?!”
“Ah?! Nura-kun, are you the Slippery Ghost again?! This is the twentieth time, right? You’re way too lucky!”
Ignoring Aoda-bou on the roof, Nura Rikuo was playing Yokai card games with his classmates.
This so-called Yokai training trip had eight people, consisting of five girls and three boys.
On the girls’ side, two of them were the young Onmyoji girls, Hanai-in Yuzuru and Kaji-ya Kana, who had been taken away by the Old Rat before. The remaining two were a girl named Tori-i Natsumi, who was Kaji-ya Kana’s classmate, wearing a dress with her short black hair tied into a bun, her eyes large, and a girl named Maki Sayori, who was Tori-i Natsumi’s good friend, with yellow hair and a look of indifference, but a good personality and an excellent figure.
Incidentally, they weren’t particularly interested in Yokai, the reason they came back was simply because they would be bored staying at home during the long holiday.
The last one was a girl named Ikawa Himari, with blue-black gradient hair, snow-white skin, and a porcelain doll-like face, yet she wore a scarf in the middle of summer. Unlike Maki Sayori, she wasn’t a classmate of Kaji-ya Kana. She was actually a Yokai!
She was the legendary Snow Woman Yokai who roamed the mountains, capable of summoning blizzards with a single breath!
The reason she was here was largely due to Nura Rikuo. As a member of the Nura Clan, Himari had to stay by Rikuo’s side to ensure his safety.
As for the remaining three boys, besides Nura Rikuo, there was a boy with short yellow hair named Shima Jirou and a tall, slender boy named Kiyotsugu Kiyotsugu, who were both good friends.
This so-called Yokai training trip was also initiated by Kiyotsugu Kiyotsugu. As an ardent Yokai fan, he gathered these people and formed the Kiyotsugu Bizarre Detective Corps.
This training session was fully funded by Kiyotsugu Kiyotsugu, who contacted a famous Yokai expert to organize it.
The group was having fun, and soon they arrived at their destination for this training session.
Exiting the train station, a mountain with visible peach blossoms, even in summer, appeared before them:
“Is this the Meru Garden? This is clearly just a mountain!”
Seeing the mountain, Maki Sayori was stunned. She thought they were going to some kind of Yokai-themed amusement park, but this… this was taking her somewhere completely different!
“Look, the plum blossoms are still blooming!”
Kaji-ya Kana was completely focused on the vibrant plum blossoms, ignoring the mountain altogether.
“Don’t worry about the details! Come on, everyone, let’s go up the mountain! The Yokai doctor is waiting for us at the Meru-maru Shrine!”
Hearing Maki Sayori’s words, Kiyotsugu Kiyotsugu smiled and glossed over the issue, then beckoned everyone to follow him up the mountain.
After speaking, Kiyotsugu Kiyotsugu waved his hand and excitedly started climbing the mountain.
“Shrine?”
“Where is it?”
Upon hearing this, Nura Rikuo and Maki Sayori both looked puzzled. They were both coming here for the first time and had no idea where the “Meru-maru Shrine” was.
As soon as the question arose, everyone looked at Kiyotsugu Kiyotsugu, who was leading the way, waiting for him to answer the question.
Facing everyone’s gaze, Kiyotsugu Kiyotsugu smiled confidently and replied:
“I don’t know, we’ll have to find it ourselves.”
“Huh?!”
As soon as the answer came out, everyone inexplicably felt a sense of unreliability, but Kiyotsugu Kiyotsugu simply ignored it and took the lead towards the mountain path:
“Come on, don’t keep the Yokai doctor waiting!”
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“Hey, you brat, you only came to me for the key now! Seriously, I thought someone was left behind, darn it, wasted so much time!”
“Relax, Sensei Hiratsuka is busy right now anyway.”
In room 105, Nakano Yu sat leisurely on the tatami mat. Opposite him, a woman in a white T-shirt and jeans held a teacup, her face full of anger.
The woman was none other than Nakano Yu’s homeroom teacher, Hiratsuka Shizuka, who had been hit by a car once.
The reason Nakano Yu came to Hiratsuka Shizuka now was naturally to get the key to his room. After all, it wasn’t a good solution to stay in Ichika’s room all the time.
“What do you mean busy? I just finished tutoring you, okay?”
Upon hearing this, Hiratsuka Shizuka showed displeasure. She didn’t see Nakano Yu during class just now. Although she knew that he usually did well in his studies, she still wanted him to attend class obediently.
Think about it, Nakano Yu’s usual class behavior was either sleeping or daydreaming, yet he always ranked first in the grade. If he were to study seriously, how high would his grades soar?
“Thank you, Shizuka-nee!”
Nakano Yu put his hands together in gratitude, with a nonchalant look. He often acted like this in front of Hiratsuka Shizuka. He enjoyed seeing her getting flustered, wanting to scold him but finding no fault to lecture him. It was strangely humorous.
“Alright, alright! Take the key and get out, seeing you makes my head ache!”
Seeing the boy’s bright smile, Hiratsuka Shizuka immediately threw the room key to Nakano Yu, then chased the boy away.
“Okay! See you later, Shizuka-nee!”
Taking the key, Nakano Yu immediately got up and left. After all, seeing Hiratsuka Shizuka’s current state, he might really lose his composure and start yelling if he didn’t leave. Nakano Yu wouldn’t do that. After all, he knew when to stop.
Watching Nakano Yu leave, Hiratsuka Shizuka calmed down, turned to look out the window, and saw the plum trees in full bloom.
“It’s beautiful, summer blossoms… Wait, did I forget to tell Yu-kun something? What was it?”
As she admired the view, Hiratsuka Shizuka suddenly frowned. She thought about it for a while, but couldn’t figure it out. She gave up.
After all, Hiratsuka Shizuka believed that Nakano Yu, with his abilities, would be able to handle it. But what was it about anyway?
Nakano Yu, after leaving Hiratsuka Shizuka’s room, followed the room number on the key and found his room, located on the second floor, room 224.
Arriving at the door, Nakano Yu reached out to open the door, but found it locked.
“Hmm? Is nobody inside?”
Frowning, Nakano Yu thought that his roommate, whom he had never met before, should have already moved in. But now the door was locked, he guessed she had gone out?
Without much thought, Nakano Yu took out the key, unlocked the door, and then opened it.
As soon as he pulled open the door and took a step forward, his gaze met with a look of shock and panic.
Inside the room, Miura Yumiko was bare-backed, with her smooth, white skin, one hand covering the pink milk tea cup in front of her chest, her face full of shock and embarrassment. Besides that…
Looking at the girl, Nakano Yu was filled with confusion.
He didn’t seem to have gotten the wrong room, right?
Then why was Miura Yumiko here?!
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