Crossover anime, a daily life that begins with hunting supernatural beings.

No matter how desperate things get, as long as Sakurai is there, he can bring hope.

The overwhelming sense of security that Sakurai himself brings always makes Xiao Yexiao unknowingly become too complacent.

Sakurai himself, of course, had no idea what Koya was thinking. Having never understood a girl's heart in both his lives, it would be a big problem if he could figure out Koya's thoughts.

Incidentally, if Sakurai knew that Little Snack was there because his presence allowed him to act like a bratty kid without worry, the first thing Sakurai would do is grab her, spank her, and treat her to a meal of bamboo shoots stir-fried with pork that she never had as a child.

The second thing was to expel her from the sect.

Let her live with Yotsuya Miko.

It is true that a teacher's responsibility is to provide a safety net for students.

However, if this causes students to become lax, then...

Sakurai himself could not forgive himself for his failure as a teacher.

It's true that a man's purpose in life is to protect a girl from the wind and rain, but one must never let bad things take root.

We must nip it in the bud.

Sakurai, of course, had no idea about Xiaoyexiao's thought process. Even among girls, Xiaoyexiao was an extremely strange and special case.

Sakurai snapped his fingers, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

"Of course I'm prepared. If two people aren't enough, three people will be fine, right?"

As he spoke, Sakurai took out his phone, and an email addressed to Yotsuya Miko was clearly placed in front of Xiaoyexiao.

"Si Guoyi~"

Xiao Yexiao blinked and gave a strong thumbs-up to show that she had learned something new.

This is the first time in my life that I've ever seen someone so naturally call for adventure.

She wants to do the same thing next time.

Xiao Yexiao quietly added a record to her notebook.

Incidentally, the notebook is filled with things that Xiaoyexiao has learned from Sakurai during this time.

As for the victims, aside from the supernatural and the Blazing Princess, there is only a mysterious young lady who doesn't want to reveal her name and has the same hair and eye color as Sakurai.

As for whether the person who was mentioned without cause has any complaints, that's beyond the control of this master and apprentice duo.

Anyway, Sakurai said he knew nothing about it.

Even if they noticed it, they wouldn't know it.

It's not a bad thing, is it?

"In short, I should be more careful in the future."

"Don't copy everything I do."

"I can act recklessly because my abilities require me to do so."

Sakurai poked Xiaoyexiao's ahoge a couple more times and then gave her a long, earnest lecture.

"Little Night Snack, you are not me, and I don't want you to become another me."

"You are Baoyue Night Snack, the one and only Pokémon Master with supernatural powers."

The situation of Xiaoyexiao is different from my own. Perhaps in some sense there are similarities, but ultimately...

"I hope that one day you can stand on your own and proudly say that I am Takatsuki Yoru, and Sakurai Eito is my mentor."

"Instead of saying I'm Sakurai Eito's apprentice, Takarazuki Night Snack."

They took completely different paths.

Sakurai's path was too narrow, so narrow that it could only accommodate one person at a time, so narrow that it required countless blood and death to pave the way forward.

There's no room left for late-night snacks.

Those who walk the same path are merely partners; those who walk different paths but can still walk together are true friends.

Sakurai hopes that his relationship with Koya is that of mentor and student, and friends.

However, it is by no means an appendage of oneself.

The two of them, master and disciple, should be friends walking on different paths.

Or rather, the vast majority of people in the Otherworld are like this; they are like travelers with different purposes.

Holding torches, they searched for a way forward in the deep darkness.

Perhaps they are tired, perhaps they are sad, but these are all their own personal feelings.

Even if it's just a brief encounter, a short time walking side by side, in the end we still have to go our separate ways and reach the end of our respective journeys.

Sakurai believed this, and that's what he did.

In this bizarre and absurd world, this has always been how he has acted.

for...

I can see the sun rise as usual tomorrow.

And for a better tomorrow.

Like the world he once knew, this world...

They've got their eyes on them too, from those guys who treat the world like a playground.

so...

We need to step up our efforts.

I'm not strong enough right now.

Perhaps, I can only breathe a sigh of relief when I can defeat the guy hiding behind the name "Sakuragawa".

"I know."

Pouting in dissatisfaction, Xiao Yexiao disliked Sakurai's attitude of treating her like a child.

"That's good. I hope you really remembered it."

Sakurai gently rubbed Xiao Yexiao's head, unaware that his tone of voice was exactly the same as his mother's in the past.

They are almost identical.

Perhaps this is growth.

The master passes on knowledge to the disciple, and the disciple continues to pass on their understanding; this is the true meaning of...

This bond of passing on the torch is what has allowed humanity to emerge from the darkness and reach where it is today.

This is what Sakurai was taught in the past, this is what he believes, and this is what he does.

Sakurai hoped that Little Night Snack could think and act in the same way...

think.

If possible, he hoped to see Xiao Yexiao stand on her own before the day his journey came to an end.

If that's the case, even if...

He could finally smile with satisfaction.

69. If you don't mind, can we come along?

Seeing that Xiaoyexiao had indeed taken his words to heart, Sakurai breathed a slight sigh of relief.

In that case, we can naturally end the instruction on late-night snacks.

After a brief hesitation, before Yotsuya Miko arrived, Sakurai pulled out the Arakami Fang and stabbed himself.

Ignoring the excruciating pain of being pierced through the chest, Sakurai, grimacing in agony, gleaned information from an almost infinitely quantifiable timeline.

After being tricked by Kayako, Sakurai clearly understood the importance of intelligence.

At the same time, he no longer regarded the information given to him by the bartender as gospel, after all, no matter how resourceful that guy was.

Ultimately, there was no way to make things proceed exactly as he predicted.

The bartender is not an omniscient and omnipotent god, at least not now.

Therefore, reading the future timeline before taking action has become a process that Sakurai has to go through.

It may not be very clear, but it is definitely of considerable reference value.

Upon closer inspection, the problem became apparent.

Sakurai saw another group of people he and Yotsuya Miko encountered after entering Tenjin Elementary School.

Those people had just entered Tian Shen Elementary School.

And the location is right here.

That is to say-

There are other people in this school besides him.

and...

They also want to play a cursed game called "Sachiko the Happy".

It's too late to stop them now.

They have been locked down.

From the moment they began preparing this game on the land of Heavenly God Elementary School, they were destined to be drawn into the underworld.

This is a record that has already been riveted.

The curse of Heavenly God Elementary School is linked to time and reincarnation; such a future signifies...

They will inevitably experience this.

Even if I knocked them all unconscious, it wouldn't make a difference.

What a bunch of idiots! Don't they even understand something as simple as avoiding certain taboos?

A bunch of idiots.