Yuta looked at Nibutani in surprise as he proposed to quit.

"Of course. I have no reason to stay here anyway."

Nibutani waved his hand naturally and said:

"I've already found the book with the answers to Senior Fennel's questions, and that kid isn't willing to take the other books. I can't just barge into his house."

"Senior Fennel, what are you talking about?"

Yuta yelled at Deputy Minister Fennel who was sleeping beside him.

"Hmm~ Lord Mori's actions are free~"

Yuta sighed, then looked at Rikka and asked:

"Is this really okay? If we continue like this, we'll lose some of Mori-sama's power."

"No problem. We already know Lady Mori's hidden identity. When the dark Phantom Thief descends, we will naturally bring her back."

Rika had a confident look on her face, as if Nibutani's departure was nothing to worry about.

"Don't come looking for me casually, and don't call me 'Mori-sama'! Really, why are you objecting? Togashi-san should know best."

"Even you wouldn't want to come into contact with something that might contain the [Dark Flame User], right?"

Nibutani looked at Yuta, who was the most opposed among the people present, with confusion and asked simply and directly.

After deciding to stay, Nibutani realized through his interactions with them and the simple and direct address from Senior Anise that his title of "Mr. Mori" had been exposed, so he discarded his disguise and faced them casually.

"I know it's embarrassing to touch this kind of thing again, but!"

"Rikka has worked so hard to keep this club together through study. If Nibutani-san quits, then there won't be enough five of us!"

"Besides, didn't we agree to it in the first place? Joining the society will ensure that the application is approved."

"That's indeed what we agreed to, but the club has already been established, and the teachers have already recognized its existence. There's no need for me to come anymore! We can just recruit new members from the new students next year."

Nibutani placed his hands on the ground and started to complain:

"How can I possibly waste my high school life in this club? You're just playing around. I've already graduated from this, so I'm going to find real new friends and live a fulfilling campus life."

"Nap is a good thing."

Nibutani's momentum was interrupted by Senior Anise. He paused for a moment and then said unhappily:

"Anyway, I think other club activities might be more suitable for me, so I just came to let you know."

After saying this, Nibutani stood up, opened the door and left the club.

Yuta raised his hand, but did not try to persuade her to stay. Instead, he looked at Rikka and asked:

"Is this really okay? If I let her go, Touma will be fine, right?"

"It's okay. My servants have long since figured out that [Mori-sama] has lost his powers. Nothing will go wrong."

After the two chatted for a few more words about the problem of Nibutani, they waited for Touma to come from the junior high school and informed her of the news of "Mr. Mori"'s departure.

"The one who peeked at Lord Mori's power was ultimately defeated by the power of love. This battle is Lord Mori's victory!"

Although Toumori learned from Anise that the other party was "Mr. Mori" shortly after they took the book that day, Nibutani also claimed to be "Mr. Mori" when he took the book.

But the opponent was indeed afraid of the power of the Dark Codex in front of Tu Shou.

Tu Shou even thought that the other party must have been secretly studying the contents inside after taking it back.

Nibutani's sudden departure at this time was naturally due to the magic of love from Lord Mori, which successfully hit this ordinary person without love.

Seeing that none of them were anxious, Yuta began to wonder if he was taking the matter too seriously.

After all, ever since he heard Nanamiya's title of "Magic Demon Girl" from senior Anise, Yuta felt something was wrong.

In particular, Fennel was able to accurately find the retired person, Lord Mori.

Originally, Yuta thought that it was senior Anise who knew Nanamiya, and that Nanamiya told her all these things.

But after spending some time together, Yuta really didn't think that Senior Anise had anything in common with Nanamiya.

What's more, during this period, Rikka and Touma also started tracking the whereabouts of the "Magic Demon Girl", but Fennel did not know the other party's whereabouts, and did not even know Nanamiya.

The information about [Yasen] from Fennel is highly consistent with the information about the [Phantom Thief] that Rikka encountered.

Yuta didn't think that these were two different people, but he couldn't figure out the other party's purpose in doing this.

That's why I wanted to object when Nibutani expressed his intention to leave.

Yuta had no idea what the consequences would be if the [Phantom Thief]'s demands were not met.

Especially when the other party seems to know everyone's dark history.

"Even though both the Phantom Thief, Arsene, and even the man himself have admitted it, why do you still think Nibutani-san isn't responsible?"

Yuta sighed. The other party was obviously the top student in the third grade of junior high school. He really couldn't understand why he became so illogical once he was infected with the second-year syndrome.

"It's true that [Phantom Thief Joker]'s request required [Mori-sama's] power, but if that imposter was genuine, then I wouldn't have been able to stop him if he had just said it directly."

"But the Dark Codex has been in her possession for some time. No one knows whether she saw the name of Lord Mori and deliberately said it."

Toumori remained unmoved, as if he had already made up his mind about the fake "Mr. Mori".

"Then you don't believe what Senior Fennel said?"

"Fennel-senpai was talking about the information that I have the book of Mori-sama, right? This was just a tactic to lure out this person who wanted to pretend to be Mori-sama."

"She clearly longed for the Dark Codex, so I shared this record with her before the Authority's interference."

"As it turns out, the imposter really didn't see the elf's qualifications."

After Touma finished speaking, he couldn't wait to start comparing his brain waves with Rikka.

Yuta was left alone, watching the chaos in the club, and looked out the window with some uneasiness.

"Nothing will happen, right?"

On the other hand, Nibutani, who had left the club and was going through the membership experience again, soon received an application for the most eye-catching cheerleading club.

After a simple action test, he submitted the application form to the teacher and left school early.

It was club activity time after the afternoon classes had ended.

The Homecoming Club, which did not participate in club activities, had long been deserted, and the club activities were still a long way from being disbanded.

So Nibutani walked to the school bus stop alone, waiting for the train to arrive. There was no one else around.

"Finally, I'm free from this club activity. Now I can finally experience high school life without having to watch that couple being affectionate right in front of me."

Although the school term was only halfway through, as Yuta and Rikka were classmates and class monitors, the relationship between the young couple had long been known to everyone.

Especially during this week, in order to cope with the pressure of the exam, the two of them stuck together to study almost every time they had time. In everyone's eyes, their relationship was extraordinary.

But precisely because Nibutani is in Rikka's club, it is clear that the relationship between the two of them has not changed at all.

Just watching them, I wanted to press their heads together.

In order to avoid doing anything further out of line, and also because he felt that the current club activities were a pure waste of time, he specifically proposed to leave during the time when Tushou was not around.

When Nibutani was lying on his seat without pretending to be a good student because there was no one else around, he suddenly felt a blue light on his right. He opened his eyes and looked towards the light.

Immediately afterwards, a man with a pirate eyepatch on his right eye and a hood on his head covering his body walked out from a door emitting blue light.

As soon as he appeared, the other party's left eye was directly aimed at Nibutani, which made Nibutani a little at a loss.

Fortunately, the other party did not do anything to him immediately. Instead, he turned his head and seemed to say something to the other side. However, although the two were very close to each other, he did not hear a word.

Soon, Danbutani saw that after this mysterious man came out, a fairy suddenly appeared in the direction where they were talking. It was a real, petite, flying female fairy.

Then the fairy flew into the blue light gate behind the mysterious man and was obscured by the light. Danbu Valley could only see the gate slowly disappearing, as if it was being repaired by the spatial laws of this world.

"It's...who is it?"

Nibutani looked at the scene in front of him with some horror, just like a person who had just faced the reality and was suddenly faced with a beating from reality. He did not feel happy about this extraordinary thing, but instead felt that he might be silenced.

Because although Nibutani had already started asking the other party, the other party just stood there and looked at him quietly, with no intention of speaking.

"This is a tram station. There are guards not far away. If you want to do anything, you will be easily discovered by them."

As Nibutani spoke, he stood up from his seat, staring at the mysterious man while slowly backing away.

But the mysterious man did not move at all, and a red light suddenly flashed in Danbutani's sight, sweeping across his entire field of vision.

Before he could react, another red light flashed by.

Just when Nibutani was at a loss as to what was going on, the mysterious man who had been standing still finally spoke:

"Have you thought it through? If so, we can sign the contract now."

"Tell me... the desires hidden deep within your heart... [Mori-sama]."

Nibutani was startled at first, but his mind quickly turned to the unknown existence of the Phantom Thief Joker, who knew his identity. Just as he was about to ask, he heard a familiar voice reply from behind him:

"Such a tough attitude will not get a response from the elves."

Nibutani turned his head somewhat mechanically and saw another self wearing a white gauze veil and a homemade jewelry necklace on his hand.

"Are you out yet? I thought I had to take you hostage to prevent you from escaping."

The mysterious man walked towards Nibutani while speaking.

Lord Mori reacted very sensitively to this, and immediately stretched out his arm. Then, as the gem swayed, it covered the Nibutani Valley on the side and disappeared.

"I can't pretend I didn't hear that. You clearly said you needed our help, but now that we have four of you, you don't seem to be in any hurry at all. Are you going to show your true colors now?"

Zhixing looked at Nibutani who disappeared in front of him, and his gaze also turned to [Lord Mori] as she disappeared.

"Did you bring yourself back to the palace? I was right about you. You've already given up, yet you still possess the palace."

Zhi Xing looked at the image of the other party displayed in the [camera], and after several attempts to shift his perspective, he still couldn't see the real person. Realizing that the hall might have a resistance to the [camera], he stopped wasting time and asked:

"If your true form were here, you would probably be happy to gain this power."

"Are you going to refuse on my behalf?"

Lord Mori shook his head and did not give his own answer, but confirmed:

"You said that you wanted to make a contract with us because of the crisis of world destruction, right?"

Zhixing nodded, then stopped in front of the other person, staring at him, ready to reach out and grab him at any time, and then be brought into the hall.

"Can you let me see the source of that crisis? As a ready-made magician, perhaps I can solve this problem through combat without the need for such a contract."

[Mori-sama] asked without fear, the paper line in front of him was very close.

But this request was beyond the ability of Zhixing, and he could not help but sigh:

"The crisis of world destruction originates from a country overseas, so unless your original body chooses to fly there, or travel there through this world, there is no chance of contact."

"Or, can you move freely in this world without having to look at your actual location?"

Lord Mori raised his head and looked at Zhi Xing's exposed left eye. After a long moment, he sighed and said:

"I understand. Since the crisis is a fact, then let me explain the situation to you. You probably brought her in because you wanted to make a contract with her."

Zhi Xing silently watched Lord Mori who seemed to want to escape, with his hands ready to exert force at any time.

"It's okay. I'll still have classes tomorrow as usual, and my family is waiting for me to go back, so I won't run away. I just need some time to process what happened."

[Mr. Mori] said this and disappeared from Zhixing's sight just as quickly as he appeared.

Zhixing looked at the open space where the other party disappeared, and kept switching the [camera], trying to observe the situation on the other side of Nibutani.

But unfortunately, the [camera] didn't even produce a blurry image this time, which made Zhixing confirm that the [camera] could not penetrate the weakness of the hall and the barrier.

Maybe in the hall, you can stop the [camera] from working, so that you can have an extra place to rest.

Thinking this, Zhixing still looked at the ground, at the palace that belonged to everyone, and at the impression space.

Ordinary doubts arose in my heart.

The [camera] is still functioning normally below the impression space, but standing on the surface, I have not yet tried to directly view the interior.

Is it possible to use the power of the camera to explore the boundaries of impression space? The boundaries of civilization in cognition.

Chapter 404 Eliminating Variables

Although I had this idea in mind, there was no need for me to put it into practice.

After all, a story usually takes place within a certain environment and will never exceed the scope of a country. Some stories cannot even cross cities.

For safety reasons, Zhixing also used the [camera] to watch the protagonists and the two victims separately to make sure there would be no interference from other factors. Only then did he feel relieved and pointed the [camera] at himself while sitting on the chair waiting for the appearance of [Mr. Mori].

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