In Zongman, the evil spirits are eliminated physically.

"Are you a student from Kitauji?"

Arima Kousei recognized Reimu by her blue and white school uniform, "Excuse me, what do you want to talk to me about? Is it Taki-sensei who wants to talk to me?"

"This thing is for you."

Reimu pulled out a talisman folded into a triangle. "This is the registration talisman Hakurei Shrine gives to some youkai and ghosts. It's similar in function to the youkai residence permits they give you in the east. If you take this, your spirit wife won't be mistaken for a youkai or ghost."

"Classmate, are you from there too?"

"Reimu Hakurei, the shrine maiden of Hakurei Shrine. If you have any problems in Kyoto, just come to me. Oh, this is limited to the inner world. I can't interfere with many things in the outer world."

As she spoke, Reimu yawned loudly. "No, I have to go back to bed. I worked all night to finish this, and I have to get up early to come here. I'm almost dying of sleep."

"Hakurei-senpai."

The black-haired girl stood in front of Reimu and said, "It's almost time for the show. Where do you want to go? Do you want to go home?"

"What time is it now? The show doesn't start until ten o'clock, so there are still two hours left."

Reimu pointed speechlessly at the clock beside her, "Kousaka-san, if you're free, please go help Huang Qian over there. She keeps looking over here."

"Kumiko?"

Reina turned her head and met Kumiko's eyes. Kumiko quickly turned away and whistled guiltily. Reina didn't say anything, just looked at Kumiko, which made Kumiko feel very guilty. The whistle that was originally soundless became even quieter and turned into a whirring sound.

"Ah ha ha."

Seeing that Reina was staring at her, Kumiko walked over with a tingling scalp, "Reina, what are you talking about with Hakurei-senpai?"

"I'm asking where Hakurei-senpai wants to go. The entire club is working together to prepare for the performance, and as a senior, I think Hakurei-senpai should lead the way."

Rina stared at Reimu angrily, but Reimu looked indifferent.

"Yesterday, when Hakurei-senpai was playing in the bass section classroom, I happened to pass by and heard Hakurei-senpai's music."

"and then?"

Reimu asked.

"Reina, stop talking. At least don't say it here."

Kumiko was hurriedly trying to stop Reina from continuing, but Kumiko's efforts were useless unless she covered Reina's mouth directly.

"Hakurei-senpai's playing level is far superior to Nakagawa-senpai's. Since the Kitauji Band prioritizes strength over all else, I think the euphonium players present today should be Tanaka-senpai, Hakurei-senpai, and Kumiko, rather than Tanaka-senpai, whose skill level is far inferior to Hakurei-senpai."

When she said this, Reina's purple eyes stared at Reimu seriously, which was also what made Reimu feel troubled. The eyes are the windows to the soul, and the emotions conveyed by a pair of eyes alone can be extremely rich. At this time, Reina's eyes also completely conveyed her emotions to Reimu.

There really wasn't any personal grudge or emotion in what the child just said. It was completely out of the supremacy of strength. She wouldn't think that Tanaka had resorted to some trickery to get her squeezed out, right? Sometimes these top students just think too much.

If she was looking for trouble or wanted to use her power to suppress someone, Reimu would have turned around and left by now. However, facing Rina, who was serious, Reimu couldn't think of how to respond.

"I'm different from Tanaka. Even though she seems to be doing nothing all day, she's actually very dedicated. I've seen her practicing several times. And when she's not satisfied with her playing, she'll cry and yell about how she wants to do better."

Reimu put her fists on her chest and lowered her head slightly, looking deeply moved. "I just used a few tricks. The performance is not mine."

The same words had completely different effects on different people. Reina was simply skeptical. Could this usually carefree senior really be so hardworking? Kumiko, on the other hand, was speechless with astonishment. Her mouth dropped open, and her whole body trembled slightly. She wasn't angry or touched, but was about to explode with shame. Reimu was talking nonsense with irrefutable evidence.

"So, don't underestimate Tanaka. She will definitely give you a surprise today."

"But……"

"Rina!"

Kumiko yelled and pulled Reina's sleeve. "I suddenly remembered that I haven't done the sound check yet. You, come and help me check it out. I really can't do it without you!"

"Wait a minute, Kumiko, let me try to persuade Hakurei-senpai again."

"No, I can't wait any longer. I need to do the sound check right now."

"Then let's let Midori or Tsukamoto?"

"It has to be Reina!"

Rina was dragged away by Kumiko, and Reimu waved goodbye to her. But when Kumiko saw Reimu's things, she did not realize that Reimu meant to say goodbye, but instead felt it was a threat.

Huang Qian, if you don't get Kosaka away, I will continue to recite your dark history loudly.

Ahhhhhhhh!! Didn't Senior say he didn't see or hear anything the other day? How did he know I was running away crying yesterday? How much did Senior see?

"Done, done."

Reimu stretched, her beautiful curves perfectly accentuated by Kitauji's skimpy summer uniform. "I'm going home to sleep. Haha. I'm so tired I can't even stand it anymore. I'm seeing double, and I can still see a woman crying on the street hugging a man's thighs."

"Um—gringo?"

Reimu saw clearly the face of the man who was crying while being hugged by his thighs. It was Ouyang Xuan.

"What kind of play are you putting on so early in the morning?"

"One more time! Just one more time! Please, I'll do anything, just one more time, just one more time, Ruby-chan is still crying in the Gachapon machine! I can't let Ruby-chan stay in that place!"

Ai seemed to be acting as Mygo, pulling Ouyang Xuan's thigh, and the background music in the sky seemed to have turned into a spring shadow. Even if Ai had used all her strength and turned herself into a purple ball, she could not stop Ouyang Xuan's steps at all.

"Hakurei?"

"Ah, Miss Hakurei, good morning."

Kaguya was holding a basket with half a layer of gashapon in it. "I didn't expect to meet Miss Hakurei here. It's really fate."

"Are you here to be a bodyguard for Arima-sensei's wife?"

Reimu tried hard to ignore Ai, who was clutching Ouyang Falcon's legs and howling. "Then you don't have to come. I've already prepared the proof for Arima-sensei. Before he returns to Tokyo, I can guarantee that no one will touch him or his wife."

"Thanks."

Reimu's work has freed Ouyang Shun, and he can indeed say thank you.

"So what are you guys doing? Are you guys out playing pachinko?"

Love at this moment is like what Reimu often sees, an uncle who kneels down and screams to the sky after losing miserably in pachinko.

"It's a date."

Kaguya said with a smile that after figuring it out last night, she now thinks she is very strong.

Unlike the classic school uniform that she always wore in Tokyo, Kaguya now wore a pure white dress with a few yellow flowers embellishing the hem, which added a touch of vitality to her originally monotonous and pure temperament. She wore a woven sun hat with a red scarf on her head.

"I'd rather this guy play pachinko."

Ouyang Jun did not deny Kaguya's words, which made Kaguya's smile even brighter.

"At least after I lose everything, this guy won't keep pestering me anymore."

Ouyang Xuan's tone was as calm as ever, but there was a hint of fatigue in it.

"On the way here, we passed by a game city. There was a row of gashapon machines at the entrance of the game city. Among them were several Kyoto-limited keychains of Ruby, the idol that Ms. Hoshino was promoting."

Kaguya took the initiative to provide Ouyang Falcon with additional details.

"This is the result of Miss Hoshino's hard work."

Kaguya pushed the basket the clerk behind her up a little, "It took an hour to finally clear all the Gachapon from the machines."

"I've used all the machines, but I still can't get what this guy wants?"

Although Reimu passively avoided the Skinner box trap due to economic reasons, she had heard of these things.

"It's not that I can't get it, but there are five Kyoto-exclusive colorways, and Ms. Hoshino only got four, and the store is out of stock of one."

"understood."

Having said that, looking at Ai again, Reimu suddenly understood everything.

"But since I got four out of five, that's fine, right? I think the only difference is the color of the bow on the side ponytail."

"no!"

Ai righteously shouted: "If you don't complete the collection, then there is no difference between having one and not having one. If one is missing, it is incomplete, which means there is nothing at all!"

"Ouyang~"

After the energetic shout, Ai switched to a pitiful look again. "Trust me, I won't make you wait long. I will definitely, right now, in one go, pull out the last Ruby-chan keychain. It won't take you long. Right now, really right now! There's an arcade next to the station with a Ruby-chan gashapon machine."

Since the safety of Arima Kousei has been confirmed, Ouyang Jun was a little annoyed by Ai's noise, and thought that since there was only one person, he would just let her do what she wanted, and it would be done in twenty minutes at most.

Two hours later, after clearing the last gashapon machine, Airu got the ultimate guaranteed prize and got Ruby's last purple bow keychain.

71

Chapter 71 Who is that person called Ruby?

"Ruby~Ruby~Ruby-chan!"

Although she could float in the air, Ai chose to jump and dance with her feet on the ground. She held the keychain she had just obtained from the capsule machine in both hands. Although there were no keys on her waist, there were a circle of keychains on it. When she met a few ordinary people with stronger spiritual power, they would see a string of keychains flying in the air.

"I went to Ruby's concert wearing Ruby's keychain! Yay, yay!"

Although Ai is already thirty years old in terms of age, death not only fixes his appearance, but also many things will be fixed at that moment of that day, making Ai always maintain the mentality of a twenty-year-old, that is, a half-grown ghost.

"You don't have to follow us. Don't you have a performance? Just go back and don't be late."

Ouyang Shun wants Reimu to leave.

"How could I be late?"

Reimu shrugged, "It's completely missed now. It should be the turn of the people from Tokyo to perform."

"Then don't you need to go back to training? It would be bad if you lost in the competition."

"Comparing us, a group of high school students, with a group of middle school students, we're already not that good."

Reimu continued, "We're still cramming and intensifying our training. Doesn't that mean we're afraid of those junior high students? We have to show those little guys from the east what the power of a senior means."

"Are you slacking off and don't want to go to training?"

"It's almost twelve o'clock before I knew it."

Reimu changed the subject, "I've been shopping with you guys all morning, you have to treat me to a good meal at noon. I think that sushi restaurant over there is pretty good."

Reimu refers to a sushi restaurant that is quite famous in Kyoto. It is said that its salmon roe sushi is a must-try, not only in Kyoto, but also in the entire island country. As for why, it is said that with Reimu's pocket money, she has not been able to qualify to enter for three years.

"I'm just going to buy some bread to make up for it."

Compared to sushi, which is more troublesome and takes longer to make, Ouyang Xuan thinks bread is pretty good.

"Shigong, go—"

"I think curry bread is pretty good. Lord Ou, let's go buy some bread."

Kaguya smiled and said she wanted bread.

“There doesn’t seem to be any bakeries around here.”

Curry bread is a special kind of bread and you have to buy it from a special bakery.

“In other places you might need to go to a bakery, but in Kyoto you don’t.”

Kaguya pulled out a notebook. Some of the words on the cover had been crossed out, leaving only the faint resemblance to the words "Date A Live." "Kyoto's specialty, curry bread, is a very common food, so it's sold in many convenience stores in Kyoto."

What you eat is not important, what is important is eating with someone. Not to mention bread, even if two people eat instant noodles together outside a convenience store, Kaguya thinks it is the most delicious thing in the world. In Kaguya's conception, love is excluded. After all, lighting a few incense sticks in public is indeed a bit eye-catching.

Looking at the couple, who followed their lead, Reimu's mouth twitched. Wasn't her main purpose in following them just to get a few free meals? There was another, less important purpose, though. Last night, after returning home, Reimu's nominal guardian, Yakumo Yukari, whom Reimu called "old"—the youthful, beautiful, lovely, charming, beautiful, generous, gentle, and virtuous girl who would always be eighteen years old—gave Reimu a task: to monitor Ouyang Falcon as much as possible while he was in Kyoto.

Faced with such a time-waster, Reimu of course refused. What was the point of doing such a boring task? However, under the condition that the young and beautiful Yakumo Yukari, who was always eighteen years old, would give her an additional 1,000 yen in pocket money every month, Reimu agreed instantly.

In the end, Reimu followed Ouyang Shun and Kaguya to the convenience store to buy curry bread, but after taking the first bite, Reimu found something wrong. It was too delicious, as if a baker had carefully made it and secretly put it in the convenience store to sell. Whether it was the softness of the bread or the taste of the curry, not to mention the beef cubes the size of finger knuckles, this could not be produced by the assembly line production of a convenience store.

Reimu ate three in one go. If she wasn't a little full, she would have wanted another bowl of Family Oden.

This young lady must have asked someone to prepare the MAX version of curry bread in advance, and then replaced the curry bread with the one they bought in whichever store they went to.

Reimu thought as she drank the canned green tea, which had the same texture and flavor as the MAX version and was as smooth and fragrant as the best tea.

"Lunch is over. When is the concert you mentioned starting soon? Noon?"

Ouyang Xuan asked about love.

Although Reimu had just shouted that she wanted to eat and it was almost twelve o'clock, it was actually just past ten o'clock. A few people finished eating the curry bread made by a top baker in the convenience store and drank the canned green tea brewed by the Shinomiya family's exclusive chef. It was only half past ten.

"It starts at half past seven."

"Half past seven?"

When Ouyang Xuan heard the time, he looked at Ai, then at Kaguya, and finally at the clock in the convenience store.

"Seven thirty in the morning? Then we must have missed it. Let's go home."