I'm in a crossover anime world, and I've been transported to Hogwarts twice.

Yukino's personal communicator, which she had placed on the control panel, suddenly vibrated violently!

The name that flashed on the screen was none other than the one that haunted everyone's dreams—Genichi Hanyu!

"Xianyi!"

Yukinoshita almost lunged forward to grab the communicator, her voice trembling with disbelief and ecstasy, "Where are you?! How are you?!"

The familiar voice of Genichi Hanyu came from the other end of the communicator. Although it still sounded very tired and hoarse, at least he was awake!

"Ahem, Yang is me."

Genichi Hanyu's voice carried a languid and weak quality, as if he had just woken up.

"Don't be nervous, I'm still alive. I'm just extremely exhausted and was unconscious for a day. Someone took me in."

A suppressed cheer, choked with sobs, and a long sigh of relief erupted from the command center.

Suoh Yuki's tense shoulders instantly slumped, and Yukino Yukinoshita closed her eyes and let out a long breath.

Erina Nakiri covered her mouth, her eyes slightly red.

"Address! Tell me the address quickly!"

Yukino's voice was extremely urgent, as if she wished she could fly there immediately.

"We're coming to pick you up right away, don't delay a moment!"

Genichi Hanyu gave an address located in an ordinary residential area of ​​the city.

Just as she hung up the phone, Aoyama Hatsune pushed open the door and entered: "I just located 3罒冷七二二 to be the signal of 8私弦大人..."

"We already know. Let's set off now to bring them back."

In less than twenty minutes, several low-key but high-performance black sedans sped to a stop in front of the apartment building that Genichi Hanyu had mentioned.

The car door suddenly opened, and Yukino Yukinoshita rushed out first, followed closely by Yukino Yukinoshita, Yuki Suo, Hatsune Aoyama, and Erina Nakiri, who tried her best to maintain her elegance but whose pace had obviously quickened.

Following the address, Yukino rushed upstairs to room 237, taking almost three steps at a time, and banged on the door.

"coming."

A gentle, clear female voice came from inside the door.

The door opens.

Standing inside the door was a beautiful brown-haired girl with a gentle and pure temperament, dressed in casual clothes.

She is Shiina Mahiru.

As Yukino saw the door open, her gaze quickly swept over the other person's beautiful and refined face, and she subconsciously thought to herself, "Tsk, even when he's unconscious, he still tries to seduce pretty girls? His luck with women is unbelievable!"

But she immediately put on a formulaic, bright smile of gratitude.

However, Yukino Yukinoshita, who was standing behind Haruno, showed obvious surprise the moment she saw the girl inside the door: "Shiina-kun?"

Shiina Mahiru recognized Yukino Yukinoshita, a senior who was equally famous at school, and quickly bowed slightly: "Yukinoshita-san? Are you here to pick up Hanyu-san?"

"Yes, Shiina-kun."

Yukino Yukinoshita nodded, her tone carrying a hint of inquiry and understanding.

"I never expected it was you who saved him. Thank you so much."

She emphasized the word "save," her gaze seemingly casually sweeping over the situation inside the house behind Mahiru.

"You're too kind, Yukinoshita-san. It was just a coincidence."

Shiina Mahiru stepped aside to make way, a gentle and polite smile on her face.

Genichi Hanyu appeared weakly inside the entrance hall. He was leaning against the wall, his face still pale, but he seemed to be in better spirits.

He looked at the group of beautiful girls with different styles but all unable to hide their concern crowded at the door, sighed helplessly, and said weakly to Yukinoshita Haruno, who clearly wanted to interrogate her, "Alright, Haruno, we've found the person. I'm fine. Don't scare them."

132 is betting on their greed.

"Although my disappearance was not long, have those tycoons and politicians been making any underhanded moves?"

His gaze first fell on Yukinoshita, the eldest daughter of the Yukinoshita family. She was in charge of Chaldea's affairs and she was the one handling these matters.

Yukino Yukinoshita was taken aback. She was clearly surprised that Genichi Hanyu, who had just escaped danger and was still so weak, was concerned about this first.

She quickly composed herself, her slender fingers unconsciously tapping on her knees—a habit she had when she was thinking.

After a moment of contemplation, she raised her head, her tone carrying a hint of certainty: "Your disappearance time is indeed too short, less than two days at most."

“Those old foxes are all shrewd and calculating. They won’t show their true colors until they are absolutely certain that something has happened to you. As things stand, all is calm. At least on the surface, there are no unusual actions targeting our core interests or you personally. They are still observing.”

However, she changed the subject, her face showing obvious hesitation. She frowned slightly and looked at Genichi Hanyu with a hint of worry: "But because we used all our strength and searched for you almost frantically, we made a huge commotion."

She paused, seemingly choosing her words carefully, "Although we claimed it was an emergency drill and tried our best to block the source of the information, given those people's sense of smell and infiltration capabilities, it probably won't be long before they catch wind of it, and may even have already begun to suspect that you may have encountered some kind of accident, or be in an extremely weak and special state."

Her words were like a stone thrown into calm water, creating invisible ripples in the living room.

Shiina Mahiru looked at Yuzuru Genichi with concern, and Suoh Yuki and the others also frowned.

Upon hearing this, Genichi Hanyu showed no sign of worry or anger; instead, a cold and calculating smile slowly curved his lips.

That smile, carrying the excitement of a hunter seeing his prey step into the edge of a trap, stood in stark contrast to his pale and weak appearance at that moment.

“Give them that chance.”

His voice was calm, yet it contained an undeniable determination.

"Ok?"

The sun, however, remained unmoved beneath the snow.

Genichi Hanyu leaned forward slightly, the candlelight flickering in his eyes, a light that shone with both wisdom and danger:

"I plan to stay here for the time being, without showing my face or making any statements."

He pointed to Shiina Mahiru's cozy apartment.

"I need some time. This time, in order to completely destroy Galactron, I expended far more power than expected. I need to rest and a lot of energy to repair and recover."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over everyone before finally settling on Yukino's face, his eyes sharp as knives: "And this time is perfect for seeing what those tycoons and politicians who are usually so respectful to me but actually harbor ulterior motives will do when they think I might be finished. What fangs will they show? How will they test my bottom line, or even try to divide up what they consider to be their easy inheritance?"

"You wouldn't..., would you..."

Yukino Yukinoshita, who was standing next to him, instantly understood his intention. Her eyes widened suddenly, she gasped, and her voice was filled with disbelief and astonishment.

"Are you planning to stay here, feign weakness, and lure the enemy out? To use yourself as bait?"

Her gaze unconsciously swept over Shiina Mahiru, who looked bewildered and clearly hadn't fully grasped the dangers of this power vortex. She then narrowed her eyes, her tone filled with strong disapproval and a hint of barely perceptible anger: "Hanyu Genichi! You shouldn't have dragged these unrelated ordinary people into this!"

She pointed at Shiina Mahiru.

Despite Yukino Yukinoshita's accusations, Genichi Hanyu's gaze remained unwavering.

He slowly turned his head, his gaze falling on Shiina Mahiru's delicate face.

"From the moment she saved me, she was no longer a stranger."

Genichi Hanyu's voice was resolute, carrying a weighty, declarative quality.

“She is my benefactor. I will personally take responsibility for her safety. Anyone who dares to touch her is making an enemy of me, and they will not be able to bear the consequences.”

The chilling murderous intent in his tone made the temperature in the living room seem to drop several degrees.

Although Shiina Mahiru didn't quite understand what had happened, she could feel the heavy promise and protective intent in Hanyu Genichi's words, and her heart trembled slightly.

Immediately, Genichi Hanyu's gaze swept over everyone present, and his eyes became extremely serious and solemn.

"Everyone here is someone I trust."

His voice was deep and powerful.

"My next plan is crucial and risky. I don't have the time or energy to keep fighting those insects. So I'm going to take this opportunity to get rid of them all at once."

His gaze carried an invisible pressure, making everyone feel a heavy responsibility.

However, Yukino Yukinoshita still looked at Genichi Hanyu with a furrowed brow and a questioning tone: "Genichi, you're obviously fishing! It's a blatant trap! Those old foxes are worldly-wise, aren't they all shrewd? They're not stupid! How could they fall for it so easily?"

She believed the plan was too risky and had a low success rate.

Upon hearing this, Genichi Hanyu's cold smile reappeared, carrying a cruel and confident understanding of human nature: "How will we know if they'll take the bait if we don't try?"

He retorted with eyes as sharp as a hawk, "Moreover, Yang, you underestimate human desires, especially the allure of power and wealth."

He leaned back slightly against the sofa, his posture relaxed.

"Greed is an instinct etched into their bones. Even if they know that this may be a trap I have set, even if there is only a one in ten thousand or even a one in a hundred thousand chance that Genichi Hanyu is really not good enough, that he is really too weak to control the situation, and that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to divide his legacy and mysterious power, these thoughts will be like the sweetest poison, slowly corroding their reason and amplifying their ambition."

His voice carried a seductive penetrating power, as well as a cold sarcasm: "Faced with absolute profit and the enormous temptation to escape my shadow, do you think those tycoons and politicians who are used to being high above and in control of everything can really withstand such a test of caution and rationality?"

"...They will test each other, they will fuel the flames, and they will be the first to reach out. Once one of them can't hold back, it will trigger a chain reaction like dominoes. All I need to do is wait quietly and see how they perform, and then close the net at the most crucial moment."

Genichi Hanyu's cold and precise analysis of human nature left Yukino Yukinoshita speechless for a moment.

She had to admit that, faced with enormous temptation, those people's greed and侥幸心理 (a mentality of taking chances) were indeed fatal weaknesses.

But her worries were not completely dispelled. Her gaze fell on Genichi Hanyu's pale, bloodless face. Seeing his obvious weakness and even his breathing, which was heavy and barely perceptible, her anxiety surged again: "The plan sounds perfect, but Genichi, what about your own safety?"

"Look at you now, a gust of wind could blow you over. What if, I mean what if, some madman or desperate guy just sends people to attack this place without a second thought? How much strength do you have left to protect yourself?"

This was her deepest fear.

In her eyes, Genichi Hanyu's current state was as fragile as glass.

The consequences would be unimaginable if faced with a real threat of force.

Faced with Yukino's undisguised, almost overflowing concern and worry, Genichi Hanyu's gaze softened slightly for a moment, but was then replaced by strong confidence.

He gently raised his hand, stopping Yang Nai from continuing, his tone calm yet carrying a reassuring certainty stemming from absolute strength: "Don't worry."

He looked directly into Yukino's eyes and said clearly, word by word, "My safety is not a problem."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over everyone as if making a solemn promise: "You don't need to worry about me."

The voice was not loud, but it contained an undeniable power.

It was as if he were declaring that even though he was so weak at this moment, this roof was still his absolute territory, the domain of Genichi Hanyu.

Any claws that dare to be extended at this moment will be mercilessly severed!

This confidence stems from his unfathomable depth of knowledge and the unknown trump cards he undoubtedly holds.

The tense atmosphere in the living room seemed to ease slightly because of his confident demeanor.

133 Give Shiina Mahiru a child

The apartment door closed gently, shutting out the sound of Yukino and the others' departing footsteps and their last worried glances.

In an instant, only Genichi Hanyu and Mahiru Shiina remained in the living room.

The somber atmosphere from before had not completely dissipated; the air still carried the lingering scent of power struggles and anxieties about the future.

The hustle and bustle of the city outside the window seemed to be separated by an invisible membrane, and the room was exceptionally quiet, with only the two people's soft breathing clearly audible.

Genichi Hanyu remained leaning against the sofa. His deep eyes, however, had lost the sharpness and calculation he displayed when facing strangers, replaced by a rare complexity and a hint of barely perceptible guilt.

He turned his head slightly, his gaze falling on Shiina Mahiru, who was sitting quietly on the single sofa.

The girl lowered her eyelids, her long eyelashes casting a small shadow under her eyes. Her hands were folded on her knees, her posture gentle and calm, as if the heavy conversation about traps, tycoons, and life and death had not stirred much ripples in her heart.

Seeing her like this, the guilt that Yuzuru Genichi felt for taking advantage of her grew like a pebble thrown into a lake, the ripples gradually expanding.

He took a deep breath, breaking the silence, his voice much lower than usual, carrying a rare sincerity: "Mahiru."

He spoke, calling her by her first name instead of her surname, which somewhat bridged the distance between them.

"I'm sorry to have dragged you into this."

Upon hearing the sound, Shiina Mahiru slowly raised her head.

In those clear eyes, like the waters of a lake in spring, there was no panic, anger, or grievance as expected, only calmness and a faint concern.

She looked at Genichi Hanyu and gently shook her head.

"I know that you may not need an apology 447."

Genichi Hanyu continued, meeting her gaze with a frank expression.

"After all, strictly speaking, you brought me back. You saved me when I was at my weakest and most dangerous, and gave me shelter. I should thank you, not use your kindness and this shelter as bait to engage in a dangerous game."

He gave a slight, bitter smile: "No matter how you put it, it's not very human."

He used such a self-deprecating word, revealing the complexity of his feelings and his sincere apology at that moment.