In this anime crossover, who stole my module?

"My lord...those high-ranking humans didn't do anything to you, did they, meow?"

"If you encounter any trouble, please rest assured, I, the little demon, will take care of it..."

"I'm sure I can help you sort this out!"

"Alright, shut up, this farce is over."

"Behave yourself from now on and don't get any crooked ideas."

Natsume Ryo patted his bulging backpack and said calmly.

A faint, aggrieved "meow" came from the backpack, and then there was silence.

……

Jingle Bell--!

Then some time passed.

The school bell rang.

Natsume Ryo turned his head slightly, habitually glancing behind him.

—The seat that should have belonged to Rikka Takanashi was now empty.

"Where did this guy go?"

Just as this thought flashed through Natsume Ryo's mind.

A small commotion broke out at the classroom door.

tread!

tread!

tread!

A series of hurried, even angry, footsteps came from outside the corridor.

With a "whoosh".

The classroom door was pulled open forcefully.

Hiratsuka Shizuka walked in with a dark expression, her thin eyebrows almost twisted into a pretzel.

Behind her followed a petite figure.

—It was Rikka Takanashi, whom Natsume Ryo had just been pondering about where she had gone.

"I've told you so many times."

"Natsume-kun has already gone back to the classroom, so stop bothering me with all these questions!"

"..."

After Hiratsuka finished speaking, she raised her well-maintained hand and pointed in the direction of Natsume Ryo.

……

Because Natsume Ryo hadn't been seen for the entire class, Takanashi Rikka was worried for the whole period.

Therefore, after class, she decisively ran to the office to confront them.

They insisted on finding Hiratsuka Shizuka and pressing her for details about Natsume Ryo's whereabouts.

One can imagine that after finally dealing with the immense pressure from the head of the Criminal Investigation Department, Hiratsuka Shizuka hadn't even had a chance to rest in her office before being harassed by this new "problem child" in her class. It's no wonder she was in a bad mood.

but.

When Rikka Takanashi saw Ryo Natsume, her eyes immediately sparkled.

"cold!"

As soon as Rikka Takanashi saw Ryo Natsume, her eyes lit up as if she had found her pillar of support, and she ran towards him.

This guy……

Watching Rikka's attitude change 180 degrees from the beginning to the end.

A vein throbbed on Hiratsuka Shizuka's forehead.

She couldn't understand what charm Natsume Ryo, this "problem student" who was usually so withdrawn and had almost no friends, possessed that made Takanashi Rikka, who had just transferred to the school, so dependent on him, even to the point of being "clingy."

He actually went straight to the first-grade teachers' office to find Natsume Ryo.

Especially after learning that Natsume Ryo had already returned to the classroom, he refused to believe it and insisted on searching for her again.

Really...

What kind of spell did Natsume Ryo cast on that young girl?

Thinking of this, Hiratsuka Shizuka turned her gaze to the culprit—Natsume Ryo.

Noticing Hiratsuka Shizuka's probing gaze, Natsume Ryo naturally didn't care, shrugging with an innocent expression that said, "It's none of his business, he doesn't know anything about it."

He looked like he wasn't afraid of being scalded by boiling water.

Hiratsuka Shizuka quickly took a deep breath, suppressing the throbbing veins on her forehead, and prepared to open her lesson plan to begin her morning's teaching.

result.

A series of hurried footsteps, accompanied by hushed conversation, approached from afar, interrupting her actions.

This time, it was someone who appeared at the door.

They were three girls, all panting and with suspiciously flushed cheeks.

—It is Yui Hihama, Yumiko Miura, and Hina Ebina.

……

They had clearly jogged all the way here, their chests rising and falling slightly.

"I'm so sorry, Hiratsuka-sensei... We... We're late..."

Yui Yuigahama stood at the front, quickly put her hands together, and bowed repeatedly to Shizuka Hiratsuka on the podium with obvious apology in her voice.

Her light peach-colored bun swayed slightly with her hurried movements.

Although Miura Yumiko next to her wasn't as flustered as Yuigahama Yui, her beautiful face also had an unnatural blush, her long golden hair was slightly messy, and her eyes were somewhat unfocused.

Hina Ebina adjusted her glasses, her gaze quickly sweeping across the classroom before finally settling on Ryo Natsume. She then gently nudged Yui Yuigahama with her elbow.

"..."

I watched as the three girls rushed in just as the school bell rang.

Hiratsuka Shizuka's temples were throbbing violently.

What the hell is going on today?

First, Natsume Ryo was summoned for questioning by high-ranking officials of the Criminal Investigation Department.

Then, in her search for Natsume Ryo, Rikka Takanashi actually caused a scene in the teachers' office.

Now, even Yui and the other two, who are usually quite well-behaved, are being late too.

This year's students are absolutely a handful!

"come in."

"This will not be repeated; this is a one-time exception."

Finally, Hiratsuka Shizuka sighed heavily.

"Yes! Thank you, Hiratsuka-sensei!"

Yui Yuigahama, feeling as if she had been granted a pardon, bowed again and hurriedly walked to her seat with Yumiko Miura and Hina Ebina in her arms.

As she hurried toward her seat, Yui Yuigahama's ever-vibrant light brown eyes couldn't help but steal a quick glance toward Natsume Ryo's seat.

—It drew a hasty arc in the air.

Her gaze swept quickly across Natsume Ryo's calm profile, lingering for less than a heartbeat, before Yui Yuigahama's eyes snapped back in a panic, as if struck by lightning.

"He's fine."

Yui Yuigahama's heart, which had been hanging in suspense all the way, finally settled down.

Seeing this, Hina Ebina pushed up her glasses, her gaze sweeping back and forth between Yui Yuigahama and Ryo Natsume behind the lenses. A knowing smile appeared on her lips, and she secretly nudged her friend's waist with her elbow, her voice low and full of teasing.

"See? I told you not to worry, Natsume looks perfectly fine."

"Now you can focus on your studies, right, Yui?"

"I...I'm not worried at all!"

Yui Yuigahama's cheeks flushed instantly, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and she hurriedly denied it in a low voice.

……

the other side.

The back row of the classroom.

Natsume Ryo felt a finger gently poking his back.

Takanashi Rikka lowered her body and moved closer.

"Hey, it's cold."

"After the Iron Fist Saintess took you away, did those agency personnel do anything strange to you? Did they discover the unfathomable magical connection between us?"

A single woman with an iron fist?

Natsume Ryo paused for a moment, taking a fraction of a second to precisely project this nickname, full of violent aesthetics, onto Hiratsuka Shizuka, who had an unfriendly expression and was about to start the class.

This nickname is so vivid that it leaves one speechless.

In truth, which other transfer student isn't cautious and apprehensive in their new environment, afraid of making a mistake?

Rikka Takanashi is doing well, she's only been transferred here a few days ago?

They dare to give their homeroom teacher such a nickname.

To be able to accurately and aptly give someone such a fitting nickname in such a short time.

—I have to say.

In a sense, it can be considered a remarkable talent.

Chapter 89: Natsume's Handicraft Work Goes Uncovered During Class; The Position of the Person Beside Natsume

"Alright, now that everyone's here..."

"Quiet down, everyone. Let's continue with the lesson from last time."

Hiratsuka Shizuka suppressed the inexplicable irritation in her heart and gently tapped the podium with her lesson plan, trying to draw the students' attention back to their textbooks.

In the next Japanese language class taught by Hiratsuka Shizuka.

Natsume Ryo rested his chin on one hand, his gaze casually falling on the open Chinese textbook, his mind already wandering elsewhere.

[Urban Ghost Stories Mod], [Naruto Mod], [Parasyte Mod], [Man in the Mist Mod] / [Red-Clad Senior Mod], [Twilight Forest Mod]...

Five modules have been activated.

Of these, four—[Urban Ghost Stories], [Parasyte], and [The Man in the Mist/The Red-Clad Senior]—have been granted the highest level of control. The [Naruto Module] has also been successfully activated, and its holder, Rikka Takanashi, has awakened a single-tomoe Sharingan and is developing and growing under her guidance. Only Yukino Yukinoshita, the holder of the [Twilight Forest Module], has a rather special situation.

Although last night, he forcibly swapped Yukino Yukinoshita's soul with that cat demon's soul through his commands.

However, Yukino Yukinoshita remained extremely wary of him, and the [Twilight Forest Module] remained in a [lost state] and could not be successfully activated.

no way.

—This was not unexpected for Natsume Ryo.

After all, Yukino Yukinoshita's personality is inherently aloof and arrogant, so it's easy to imagine how difficult it would be to make her develop a strong dependence on someone she doesn't know very well.

Moreover, my attitude towards Yukino Yukinoshita last night wasn't exactly gentle.

First, he held her in his arms in her cat form, and then whispered in her ear in an almost teasing tone.

This will inevitably cause resentment in Yukino Yukinoshita, who already has mixed feelings about him. Eliminating this barrier in a short period of time and further establishing the emotional connection needed to activate the [Twilight Forest Module] will not be an easy task.

"However, it doesn't matter."