You say this is a love game?

The girls were excited when they heard that it was nothing serious.

Isn't this the time to bully people openly?

But Mai Yajima has already suffered a loss once, and now she is hiding behind Makoto Mizutani. It is not easy for Akemi Ota to extend her claws to her.

In addition, Makoto Mizutani and Mai Yajima were also curious about their experiences in Kyoto, so the group found a place to sit down and chat.

afternoon.

As evening approached, the wind on the street finally became much cooler.

Outside the window, a few lazy white clouds are floating in the wind. They seem to have no destination, just wandering slowly and casually in the blue sky, occasionally blocking the sunlight and casting a soft shadow.

Mizutani Makoto looked out the window with a dazed look in his eyes.

Yokoi Tsubaki was discussing their experiences in Kyoto. It wasn't anything special, really; a few girls, bored during summer vacation, had decided to go on a trip together. Kyoto was just one of their destinations; it happened to be the end of summer, so they'd come to Kyoto for ten days before taking the Shinkansen back to the Night Light City in September.

"However, the school still hasn't given any definite information on whether or not school can start on time!"

Tsubaki Yokoi stirred the smoothie in the cup and started complaining.

Ono Eri held her face in her hands, looking at a certain beautiful boy with fascination, while agreeing with Yokoi Tsubaki's story and continuing to be obsessed with him.

They say life is like that. Since you can't resist it, you might as well enjoy it.

The "Love Activities Club", a new club, has now become a reality. Except for Ota Akemi who is particularly excited, the other three girls have all adopted a Buddhist mentality of taking things as they come. And within this Buddhist mentality, Ono Eri has learned to find joy in suffering.

This dating activities department is really not up to par.

But there are handsome guys in it!

Super handsome Mizutani-san!

Having such a deputy minister sitting here, even if there is no chance of competition, it is still quite pleasing to the eyes to look at him every day.

As a passerby girl who once confessed to Mizutani Makoto but suffered a tragic defeat, Ono Eri still likes the appearance of this white moonlight and regards it as a club benefit.

"Speaking of school matters, I heard that some students in the student union are no longer contactable..."

"That arrogant Shiyin from before seems to have disappeared too?"

Yokoi Tsubaki raised his head and said, "I heard from my elders that the Yajima family seemed to have suffered a lot in that forest fire..."

"Humph……"

Nishimura Rika stirred the spoon, her tone surprisingly sounding cheerful: "Not necessarily. My elders did say that I seemed to have offended someone... Anyway, it's certain that I suffered a heavy blow. Haven't you noticed that I can't hear any news from the Yajima family anymore? I heard that the board of directors of Yenjian High School was reorganized. It's really exaggerated~"

"Wow, Rika, you really look like you're taking advantage of someone's misfortune."

"Who said that? I'm just concerned about my former classmate Shion. I still really want to meet her, but unfortunately I heard that she seems to have transferred to another school..."

No, she went to reincarnate.

Mizutani Makoto calmly scooped a spoonful of smoothie.

In the subsequent finishing work, the Tokyo headquarters can only be said to have made a huge contribution. Its professional methods made the Yajima family disappear silently. Even if some people would doubt how such a big family could be burned down by a wildfire, as long as they did a little investigation, they would definitely be scared away by the tip of the iceberg exposed in Tokyo.

"Mai wasn't affected, was she?"

"No, I left the Yajima family a long time ago."

"That's enough. Let's not talk about these unlucky guys anymore. Come here, sister... ahem, come sit over here with me. Just sit on my lap and I'll show you the photos we took on our trip!"

"..."

Yajima Mai narrowed her eyes.

But the girls' travel albums did pique her curiosity.

“This is where we went before, it’s really nice to have a beach there!”

"The beach?"

"Yeah, look, this is the swimsuit episode—I always tell Rika to wear swimsuits in a girly way! But this idiot picked out such a plain swimsuit... Too plain, it makes her look like an old lady!"

導。

Mai Yajima said with interest: "I also need to choose a swimsuit, I think you can refer to it..."

"……Uh?"

This topic attracted the attention of the four people.

Yajima Mai explained, "Makoto and I are leaving Kyoto in just a few days... and then we'll stay at the beach until school starts. Is that right, Makoto?"

Mai Yajima called out to someone who was distracted.

Mizutani Makoto nodded slightly. "About the same. If nothing unexpected happens, we should leave the day after tomorrow. Then, Mai and I will stay there for about two weeks, which is exactly fourteen days. We will return to Night Light City on the 31st."

That means we will set off on the 17th and end summer vacation on the 31st.

This afternoon, Mizutani Makoto finished discussing the island matters with Kaguya Chacha. Secretary Huali happily began preparations. It would probably be extremely lively...

When he thought about Kagaya Chacha's proposal, Mizutani Makoto found it funny.

"Fourteen days at the beach?"

The girls looked at each other.

"Are you planning to spend so much time at the beach? But there aren't that many fun things to do at the beach..."

“It’s more than just a beach, it’s a private island!”

An outlying island is an island far away from the main land. The island purchased by the Yajima family can indeed be called an outlying island, and it is also one of the largest private islands.

A manor was built on it, originally for people to use for vacation.

"Private island?"

Ota Akemi's voice immediately rose.

What do you mean you have a private island?

An island is not something you can buy whenever you want. Its high price and the subsequent costs make it a terrifying money-eating beast.

Raising an island is so exciting.

Yajima Mai actually didn't quite understand, so she looked at Mizutani Makoto. Mizutani Makoto had actually never really been to that island, but it was just that Kagaya Chacha had put all the inheritance of the Yajima family that she had fought for into his name, causing the assets of this high school student to suddenly swell to a level that even he himself couldn't understand.

That's all real estate.

Mizutani Makoto currently has no habit of asking others for money. The money he spends is all hard-earned money from killing monsters.

As soon as the topic of the island was brought up, the girls were immediately confused. They looked at the aloof boy with bewilderment, not understanding what was going on at all.

Can we still be classmates?

But these girls were also very perceptive, and they certainly wouldn't delve too deeply into such topics... Their attention quickly shifted to the island itself, and they showed great enthusiasm for it.

Mai Yajima seemed to have realized something as well. At this time, she didn't care that Makoto Mizutani was present, and she started to conspire loudly with her best friends.

"The first event of the Love Activities Club?"

"What a generous move, Minister."

"Is this the Minister's warm hand? I admire you."

"Wow, we can go to the island?"

A group of people kept bragging about their great minister, which made the little girl feel so proud that she waved her hand and was about to take her four beloved friends to the island to enjoy themselves.

That’s right, Mai Yajima remembered her dignity as the department director, and also remembered that this unpopular love activities department has not had a formal department activity so far!

Does this sound like a word?

But when it comes to details, the girls are still a little reserved.

This has to be considered. There's a beach, a group of young and beautiful girls, and also the deputy minister, Makoto Mizutani... The atmosphere is actually not right.

Girls' sense of smell is quite sensitive.

A large group of girls paired with one boy, isn't this like choosing a concubine? They are also hesitant, after all, they are not so crazy that they let themselves go.

Mizutani Makoto rubbed his brows and said, "You guys want to go? I don't mind, but if you want to go, you might need to prepare yourself mentally."

Are you mentally prepared?

You can't really be planning on having a party on the beach, right?

too horrible!

And Mai has become so small, Mizutani-san, can you really do that to such a young Mai?!

Mizutani Makoto said, "It's monsters. Besides us, there will be a large group of monsters going to the island to play together. A rough count shows that there are more than 20 monsters... but Chacha has recently recruited a group of small monsters, so the number may be over 30."

Girls: "?"

……

……

Outside the hospital.

The sky was high and vast, and the white clouds were leisurely and contented. Miyamizu Inaba walked out of the hospital bathed in the morning sunshine. She finally changed her hospital gown into her familiar school uniform, and now she looked clean and neat.

"call……"

Breathing the long-lost fresh air.

The strong smell of disinfectant in the hospital was still too depressing for her.

"I've been lying in bed for over a month, and my whole body is rusting."

Miyamizu Inaba stretched her muscles, and Shuten, who had been staying with her in the hospital bed for more than a month, also came out. The petite ghost king stretched his muscles like her, looking at the sky with a happy face.

"Congratulations on your discharge~"

Shuten actually spoke to Miyamizu Inaba in a nice tone.

She continued, "And ascend to the throne, this power is not bad, right?"

What Shuten was talking about was exactly Miyamizu Inaba's current spiritual power.

Miyamizu Inaba couldn't help but fall silent.

In the battle of Solar Eclipse, Miyamizu Inaba reaped a great harvest.

The improvement of spiritual power is foreseeable.

In that battle, Shuten first reached the middle position through the spirit core of the shadow girl, and then brutally slaughtered countless monsters and shikigami, and swallowed a large number of spirit cores.

Even if the absorption efficiency of those spirit cores of the same rank is very low, the huge number alone can push Miyamizu Inaha to a higher position.

All I can say is that it absorbs very quickly.

Like Yoshiko Satori and Mai Yajima, they have to digest each spirit core carefully after absorbing it, but the situation of Inaba Miyamizu and Shuten Doji is completely different. It is better to say that this demon king is "recovering" rather than "getting stronger".

Mai Yajima is now a pure paper rank, but Shuten still has her "Oeyama" domain. She is a typical representative of falling from the fierce rank to the normal rank. Her foundation is still there, and the speed of absorbing spirit cores is definitely much faster than that of normal monsters.

She was just trying to regain her former power.

Bottleneck period?

She has a bottleneck period. First, she needs to recover to her strength before she dies, and then she can talk about the bottleneck.

Influenced by this, Miyamizu Inouye's efficiency in digesting spirit cores was also terrifying. After a battle, she directly squeezed from the lower position to the upper position, and was extremely close to the limit of the rank.

Her speed, advancing two levels in one night, would scare people to death if you told others about it.

"This opportunity is rare... It's a pity that the world now is not like the ancient times. If it were still like the ancient times with wars and conflicts everywhere, you would definitely encounter a group of monsters gathering everywhere you go. I will take you to eat, eat, eat, eat, and you will reach a strong level in no time~"

Shuten was not without emotion.

But Miyamizu Inaba seemed to be in a bad mood.

"I almost beat Mizutani."

The girl clenched her fists. Although her body was full of strength, she felt weak.

Shuten controlled her body and entered a nearly completely demonized demon form, and after killing a lot of people, he threw the body back to her, but she lost herself in the boiling demon blood and almost attacked Mizutani Makoto who wanted to help her.

In the hospital, Miyamizu Inaba often thought about this matter, and she continued to think about it even after she was discharged from the hospital.

This was why she was afraid of her companions before.

It was because she had gone berserk at the Paper Level that we were worried that if she teamed up with others, there was a chance that she would kill indiscriminately in the enemy and friend, leading to an irreparable mistake.

"Relax, you're doing fine, aren't you? Those police officers wanted to kill you, but you contained their violent murderous intent... Since you were able to control it the first time, you'll be able to control it the next time too. When you went completely crazy, you were practically insane. Why should you blame yourself for that?"