In this crossover anime, I fight against the supernatural in my everyday world.

"Honestly, is it so hard to ask you to say you like someone?"

After pausing for a few seconds, Ye Xing nodded.

"Yes, I like you, Yuigahama Yui."

Yui Yuigahama glanced at him and chuckled softly, covering her mouth.

"Huh? You're blushing?"

Ye Xing rolled her eyes.

"It's just that the weather is too hot, and you're having a moment of infatuation, which is causing your hallucinations. Let's keep going."

Yui Yuigahama nudged Yohoshi again with her shoulder and teased him.

"What a tsundere guy."

"Can you stop bouncing around like a bouncy ball and keep hitting me?"

"Hehe~"

After resolving her inner conflict, Yui Yuigahama breathed a sigh of relief and regained her usual sunny disposition. Holding Yohoshi's hand, she skipped and hopped along the street.

"Hey, they sell takoyaki!"

Yui Yuigahama saw a small roadside stall with steaming hot takoyaki on a griddle, and immediately went over and smiled at the owner.

"Boss, please give me two servings."

"okay."

While waiting for the shopkeeper to pack her takoyaki, Yui Yuigahama lifted her foot and kicked a small pebble on the side of the road. Suddenly, she remembered her real purpose for this trip and looked at Yoruhoshi curiously.

"By the way, you still haven't told me about that method to quickly improve your strength."

Night Star glanced at her and said meaningfully.

"You really want to know?"

"Of course! As a member of Xyz Society, I also want to become stronger!"

"We'll discuss it in detail when we get back to the hotel."

"Ok."

Yui Yuigahama nodded obediently and said no more.

........

Your takoyaki.

"thank you boss."

Yui Yuigahama took the two boxes of steaming hot takoyaki from the shopkeeper. The aroma emanating from them made her look like she couldn't resist the urge to devour them.

only...

Yui Yuigahama hesitated for a moment, then let go of Yosei's hand, placed the takoyaki box on the stall, took a small skewer in each hand, split one of the takoyaki pieces in the middle, pierced it, blew on it a few times, and finally fed it to Yosei.

"Ah, open your mouth~"

Ye Xing glanced down at it, then took a bite of the half-piece of takoyaki on the signature.

Before he could say anything, Yui saw the owner behind the stall looking at the two of them with a smile, and her face turned red. She handed a box of takoyaki to Yoshinori and whispered shyly.

"Alright, let's hurry up and finish shopping so we can go back."

.......

Meanwhile, inside the hotel room.

"what do I do..."

Yukino Yukinoshita sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the familiar number on her phone that she hadn't dialed in a long time, or that hadn't been dialed in for a long time. Her usually emotionless and delicate face now showed an unprecedented look of inner turmoil.

After a tense internal struggle lasting more than ten seconds, she finally made her decision and pressed the call button.

"Beep...beep..."

After two brief rings, Yang Nai's slightly lazy, smiling voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Hello~ my lovely little sister, it's rare for you to call me first~ what's up?"

Yukino Yukinoshita took a deep breath and slowly spoke.

Why didn't you come to Tokyo?

"Huh? Tokyo? Why would I go to Tokyo?"

"Stop playing dumb. You should know that everyone in our club, including Ye Xing, is on vacation in Tokyo, right?"

"I knew I couldn't hide it from you; I did hear about it."

"Then why didn't you come?"

Yukinoshita Haruno seemed somewhat taken aback by her sister's question, and replied with a wry smile.

Why did I come?

Yukino Yukinoshita replied in a matter-of-fact tone.

"Because Night Star is in Tokyo."

"Where he goes, I'll follow? Wouldn't that make me a stalker?"

Yukino Yukinoshita's emotions remained stable.

"Isn't this what love is all about?"

Upon hearing her sister's remarks, Yang Nai couldn't help but sigh on the other end of the phone.

"Yukino, your views on romantic relationships are still stuck in kindergarten."

"Humph."

Yukino Yukinoshita gave a soft hum, hesitated for a moment, but finally tried her best to remain calm and asked the question she had always wanted to ask.

"You...know Ye Xing's true identity, right?"

Yang Nai was silent for a few seconds on the other end of the phone before replying with a smile.

"Real identity? I have no idea what you're talking about."

"You're still here..."

Before Yukino could finish speaking, Haruno interrupted her with a light laugh.

"In your opinion, what constitutes a true identity? Since you used the word 'true,' which side do you consider to be false?"

Faced with this question, Yukino Yukinoshita frowned slightly, unsure how to answer.

Yang Nai seemed to have anticipated this situation and spoke with a smile.

"The so-called truth and falsehood are just definitions given by others."

"To me, Ye Xing is Ye Xing. No matter which aspect of him you see, he is still him, just from a different perspective."

"His true nature as a person, and my feelings for him, will not change because of anything."

"Are you satisfied with this answer?"

Upon hearing her older sister's words, Yukino Yukinoshita was stunned.

Not because of anything else.

Yukino never imagined that the relationship she was seeking, one that was genuine and without any falsehood, would one day be spoken of by her older sister, Haruno.

What an irony.

She clearly believed that her older sister, mother, and the Yukinoshita family were all too hypocritical, which is why she decided to come to Sobu High School in Kyoto and spend her three years of high school pursuing a genuine relationship free from any pretense.

But.......

Yang Nai actually touched the "real thing" before he did?

"I..."

Yukino Yukinoshita pursed her lips, lowered her eyelids, stared at her bare, snow-white feet on the floor, and murmured.

"I never imagined that you would say something like that one day."

"Aren't you envious?"

Yang covered his lips and chuckled, teasing him in a playful tone.

"Then you must get along well with your brother-in-law in the future~ I'm hanging up now, bye-bye."

Hearing the busy tone on the other end of the phone, Yukino Yukinoshita remained silent for a long time, countless thoughts flashing through her mind.

It turns out that my sister already knew... about Ye Xing's true identity.

Why guide yourself step by step to join the Superpower Society?

Do you feel that you can find what you've been searching for in this club?

Thinking of this, Yukino Yukinoshita suddenly felt an impulse.

She's had enough.

I don't want to keep pretending anymore.

This is a situation where both parties know the truth, and Ye Xing also knows the truth, yet both must pretend not to know...

So hypocritical.

Now, Yukino wants to break through this pretense.

She jumped up from the bedside without even putting on slippers, her bare white feet landing on the carpet. She yanked the room key out of the door and ran out with a motion that could be described as storming out. She took the elevator to the floor where Ye Xing's room was located.

Yukino has made up her mind.

Hiding and concealing yourself—that's not who you are.

Since I've decided to stay in this club, I'll use my usual outspokenness to break this delicate, unspoken balance.

Only in this way can we obtain the true object.

Just as Yukino, barefoot, ran all the way to Yohoshi's room and, panting, raised her hand to knock on the door, she suddenly heard a very familiar voice behind her.