“It’s fine. If the president likes it, I can make more and bring it over next time.”
Ye Ran shrugged, unconcerned.
At that moment, a brand new card appeared in his personal space.
He never expected that a meal could net him a commemorative costume!
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【Three-Star Costume·The Power of Food】
Description: Wow, this unique flavor, this alluring fragrance, this perfect appearance!
This is not simply a dish,
It even contains the ultimate secret art of deliciousness.
Legend has it that there are many who are hopelessly addicted.
“Deliciousness, I shall enjoy it alone.”
【Costume Effect】：Your cooked food has a chance of producing unique bonuses.
These include: HP recovery, speed boost, toxin reduction, increased base vitality, and more...
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“This is possible… Why didn't Mizuki Naru and her mother, or Hitokawa Kaidream, get costumes?”
Ye Ran was almost ready to have a question mark appear above his head.
He was perplexed by the probability of these so-called costumes appearing.
He could only tentatively deduce that others hadn't experienced the intense emotional ups and downs like Shirayuki Kaguya and Fujiwara Chika.
After all, both were daughters of wealthy families, and this was the first time they had ever encountered and experienced civilian cuisine, so their excitement was understandable.
A simple lunch unknowingly bridged the distance between these two girls and him.
Little glutton Fujiwara Chika even proposed that he join them in the student council office every day to share lunch.
After considering it, Ye Ran readily agreed to accompany the two girls for lunch on Mondays and Wednesdays.
He would spend Tuesdays and Thursdays with Yukino and the others on the rooftop.
As for Fridays, it was purely up to his mood.
It's worth noting that the 【Power of Food】 costume wasn't in its full form.
Just like 【A Girl's True Love】, it had the chance to be fully enhanced in the future.
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A lunch with two beautiful girls, forging a good relationship, and gaining a new card, put Ye Ran in a good mood.
In the blink of an eye, it was time for school to let out.
The young man first rode his motorcycle-armored soldier, sending Mr. Pan home.
Then, he took Mizuki Naru with him to the designated location he had agreed upon with the 【Most Powerful Genius Elementary School Student】.
There was an abandoned temple in the desolate western part of the city.
It was said to be a place dedicated to infant spirits, hence the many Jizo statues and symbolic mother-and-child stone figures.
The wind roared fiercely, whistling past at high speed, scattering the girl's messy short hair.
Mizuki Naru held onto Ye Ran's wolf waist with her small hand, reciting news she had collected from her phone.
“Strange, there's very little information about this place online, even on the Demon Hunter app, only a handful of people have mentioned it.”
“Those exorcists only said that this place is incredibly evil and dangerous, and they repeatedly warn forum members not to even get close.”
“It seems that the Most Powerful Genius Elementary School Student didn't exaggerate.”
According to official investigations and classifications, there are also levels to supernatural sites.
The commonality of those above level S is that once involved, there's no escape.
Either you're imprisoned, or you're cursed in a way that doesn't depend on distance.
But even those below level S should not be taken lightly.
A-level ghosts will generally inflict curses that make even living a painful torment.
The difference from S is whether there is a chance to escape.
Ye Ran rode his armored soldier at high speed and soon arrived at this secluded location.
He dismounted and retracted the card.
The young man found a small, petite little girl already standing at the agreed-upon location with the genius elementary school student.
“Hm?”
As if she had heard the two approaching.
The little girl carrying a small backpack turned around abruptly.
Only to see that she had purple bun hair, wore a punk-style jacket that was incongruous with her age, and was wearing a pair of uniquely styled shark platform shoes.
However, what surprised Mizuki Naru was that the little girl's big eyes had strange skull symbols imprinted in them.
The white skull symbol looked somewhat cartoonish.
It was positioned in the little girl's eye sockets, yet it faintly emitted a suppressed aura.
Yin-Yang Eyes!
Just like herself, this unfamiliar little girl was also a spirit-sensitive with the ability of Spirit Vision.
“Beautiful big sister, do you also have Yin-Yang Eyes?”
The little girl, Hōzuki Yayo, crossed her arms and stared at the girl's emerald blue eyes that were revealed after removing the white eye patch, marveling in her heart.
Those with Yin-Yang Eyes can sense each other's presence as soon as they get close.
Therefore, they recognized each other as soon as they met.
“Hello, I'll briefly introduce myself, I'm the 【Most Powerful Genius Elementary School Student】, you can call me Hōzuki Yayo.”
“Nice to meet you, I'm Ye Ran, this is Mizuki Naru.” Ye Ran also introduced himself to the tiny little girl.
“However, Saber big brother, you brought this big sister here without my consent, that's not what we agreed on.”
Looking at the dissatisfied look in the little girl's eyes, Ye Ran felt a bit embarrassed.
The young man scratched his hair and explained, “Trust me, her strength is no joke.”
“Hmph, I was a little angry, but seeing that Mizuki Naru-san is the same as me, I'll forgive you.”
Hōzuki Yayo nodded in a very adult-like manner.
She acknowledged the reason.
“It's hard to imagine that you're only nine years old, Yayo.”
The three of them walked and talked, exchanging information about each other.
Upon learning that the little girl was only nine years old, but dared to venture out alone to exorcise spirits, even the cool and composed Mizuki Naru admired her boldness.
In fact.
Don't let Hōzuki Yayo's age fool you, she is a genius girl with an IQ of 160.
Not only is she born with Yin-Yang Eyes, she is also a formidable exorcist.
In the original work, this tiny girl almost single-handedly subdued several of the infamous and vicious ghosts in this arc.
Several of her “graduates” also possess incredibly powerful abilities.
(Through spirit-training, she makes the evil spirits fight each other until one emerges victorious, gaining transcendent strength and becoming a powerful spirit known as a “graduate”.)