Why is the Demon King like this?

Chapter 96 Uninvited Guest

"Regarding Qinggui-kun, and what you said about Hoshino-kun, I don't quite understand yet."

I like it—I don't understand.

That's so strange. I'm sorry, I ran home at that time.

But Hoshino-san is also someone I don't know at all.

That night, Hoshino received a message from Arisugawa Asuka. She tapped her fingers lightly on the desk, recalling Arisugawa's panicked state of mind at that time.

It seemed that she had uncovered some secret, but the feelings that had not yet fully developed remained hazy, to the point that she herself was in a state of confusion and bewilderment, and after being exposed by herself, she became at a loss.

A silent smile appeared on her lips, and after a long while, she gently smoothed her lips with her fingers.

The book on the table reads: "When we first met in the apple orchard, you had just styled your hair like a young girl, with colorful combs adorning your temples, which accentuated your delicate beauty. You tenderly extended your white hand and presented me with an apple."

She closed the book, then recalled the scene from that afternoon.

Unsurprisingly, Keisuke Ao, a monster who can catch bullets with his bare hands, easily crushed the first class's lineup.

If Ayakawa could have witnessed his interaction with Ai Komatsu, the entire story and the whole incident would have been even more worthwhile to observe and record.

As for his performance throughout the game and his boasting to me afterward, those were all insignificant things, and he didn't even care about them.

"What about Arisugawa?" Keisuke Ao asked.

"I saw you and Xiaosong flirting, so I left," was her reply.

What was I originally going to say?

It should be "Why?"

But because she was really looking forward to seeing what Aoki Keisuke would think, she couldn't wait to answer her own employee's question.

Unfortunately, Aoki Keisuke also genuinely didn't take it seriously.

"I'm sorry, maybe my intuition is wrong." This was Hoshino's last reply to Arisugawa Asuka.

The ball skills competition was held as scheduled the next day.

The atmosphere among students became increasingly lively, and the speed at which posts were posted on the forum was unprecedented. Among them, Aoki Keisuke occupied a large portion of the posts, and such a great deal of activity even attracted the attention of other schools.

After watching his match videos, I'm really worried about how he'll face Sokai Private High School in the national tournament.

Later, he learned that Keisuke Ao didn't participate in the competition at all, and even when the coach of Kukai Private High School tried to hug his leg, he was shaken off, which put him at ease.

"Is Arisugawa taking the day off?" After finishing his match with his opponent, Keisuke Ao caught up with Yuki in the morning and asked.

"Huh? Qinggui-kun, didn't you know? You two were all lovey-dovey together at school yesterday!"

Rather than worrying about her best friend, Yuki was more curious about the prince's gossip in the morning: "By the way, is Aokira-kun really dating Ai-senpai Komatsu?"

"Of course not," said Keisuke Ao. "I think I've already explained that."

"Why did Qinggui-kun specifically collect her water yesterday?"

"Because she's a senior, a mentor."

"Just because of that?"

Of course.

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"Come on! I'll record a video for my senior, and I'll post it online later to clarify!"

Keisuke Ao tapped her on the head and said, "I'm not an idol boy band, I don't need to clarify things for anyone."

"How could this happen?!"

Yuki's cheeks were flushed in the morning. Even the tough-as-nails Seiki-kun is quite handsome.

With no projects to participate in, Keisuke Ao specially found an empty classroom during his free time to complete the magic circle set up at the school.

While setting up, I discovered that Hanako was no longer at school. She must have gone to do business with her sisters. She was always full of energy about her breast enhancement plan.

But for some reason, the thought of this incident suddenly gave me a sense of foreboding.

"Um?"

Aokiji stood up, trying to find the source of this revelation.

He closed his eyes, letting his spirituality drift and emanate along his body, then transform into something almost disappearing—"nothingness."

Then, scenes from yesterday to today, recorded in his spirit, began to flash through his mind.

Going to school with Arisugawa —

Three-point contest —

Basketball game —

Amidst the chaotic crowd, he gradually began to recall things he had previously overlooked.

The conversation between Fujiko Hoshino and Asuka Arisugawa on the second floor of the gymnasium also floated clearly into his mind along with his spiritual awareness.

But right now he's not focusing on the content of the conversation.

The strange feeling grew stronger, and it didn't come from the conversation between the two girls.

Before this, strange phenomena had already appeared—

The spirituality of the entire school, and even the area around Konghai Private High School, has undergone subtle but unusual changes!

Aoki Keisuke felt a chill run down his spine, as if he could see an enormous vortex that had quietly enveloped the entire Kūkai Private High School.

Is it the God-One Cult?

They had set up such a massive operation for themselves that they only realized something was amiss now?!

No wonder he didn't discover it sooner, because this vortex was incredibly faint and didn't reveal any special characteristics. It was completely indistinguishable from a wandering, ownerless spirit—considering the pitifully thin spirituality in this world, it's clear how deeply it was hidden!

Moreover, the entire massive framework employed occult knowledge that was completely different from what he knew, making it far more complex than a magician's framework.

If his body hadn't remembered the spiritual feedback and instinctively sensed the anomaly, he probably wouldn't have discovered its existence until he received this surprise.

"What is this?"

Following the path of spirituality, Aokiji sought traces of the present moment from past memories.

His senses soared into the sky along with the Star Spirit, and a faint yet solidified golden flame ignited between his brows. But in the next instant, a chilling coldness descended from the sky.

"I've been watching you."

A pale, slender finger gently pressed against his forehead, and the flame between Qing Guijie's brows immediately shattered into scattered points of light with a "bang".

"What an interesting person. How did they manage to detect my presence?"

Aokiji opened his eyes, his gaze slowly shifting downwards because the owner of the finger was a little girl who was less than 1.5 meters tall.

Her hair was jet black, strand by strand, and her face was pure white, unlike the fair complexion of the living or the deathly pallor of the dead, almost translucent.

Her eyes were tightly closed, and black runes were drawn around her eyes and on her eyelids. The long, thin, and intricate runes extended like chains into her hair, as if the two were one.

On his left cheek, there was a dark red mark that looked like some kind of writing, but Aoki Keisuke couldn't decipher it.

The little girl was wearing a red kimono with black dandelions painted on the cuffs and collar.

The feeling he gave off was one of extreme coldness, as if he were staring directly at the essence of some kind of spiritual ice.

Therefore, that single finger could even extinguish the spiritual flames he had summoned to aid in observation.

At the same time, a stench emanating from the very soul permeated the entire classroom.

"oh----?"

Aokiji's eyes held a mixture of amusement and thunderous rage as he looked down at the powerful uninvited guest.

"Hanako?"

The little girl wore a mask-like expression, but giggled as she introduced herself: "Yes, I came in response to your call. I am Hanako-Number One."

(Today I inexplicably received a recommendation vote from dozens of different accounts at the same time. How strange.)