I became a heart-stealing thief in Azure Files

Leaving aside the undisputed number one spot for the occult arts, the Caesar Group, which incurred Abydos's debts and plunged it into despair, would definitely 'rank' second.

"In that case...then let the responsibility of negotiating with the other parties involved in the resort hunt be entrusted to our Hyakuyado."

Shizuko nodded, then puffed out her chest slightly, her words revealing an innate confidence: "As the face of the Hyakki Yagyō (Night Parade of One Hundred Demons)... we at Hyakki Yagyō should be somewhat confident about peaceful negotiations."

"Now that the group assignments are complete..."

Nomiya, who hadn't said much before, stood up with a squinty-eyed smile.

“Well… Sensei, now it’s time for another ‘irrelevant’ question…”

Nomiya spoke gently, but her expression showed no gentleness whatsoever. Instead, it carried an imperceptible hostility and wariness towards the members of Hyakuyado.

"Sensei..."

"Would you like to act with us, or with the Hundred Nights Hall?"

Is Chapter 94 about Kinugawa Kasumi from the Hot Spring Development Department?

"Sensei, do you intend to act with us, or with Hyakya-do?"

Nomiya smiled and asked a question that silenced the entire room.

As soon as he finished speaking, Amamiya immediately sensed that the five members of Abydos and the girls from the Hyakki Yagyō (Night Parade of One Hundred Demons) were all looking at him.

It may carry eager anticipation, or it may carry a weight and moisture that are neither too light nor too heavy;

Or... it carries a kind of gloomy feeling that sends a chill down your spine.

This is practically... a death trap question.

Amamiya sighed softly to herself and slowly surveyed the living room.

There has to be a game-changer...

After looking around, Amamiya turned her gaze to Yuriko, who seemed indifferent.

—Compared to the other factions present (the Helmet Gang, Abydos, and the Hundred Nights Hall), each with their own agendas (ending the resort hunts, seeking profits, increasing stable income streams, etc.), she genuinely just came for a vacation…

Aside from incidentally tormenting Ayane, who works in logistics, by forcing her to memorize ground crew and aircraft maintenance documents, there really wasn't any other purpose.

“Yuriko…” Amamiya raised an eyebrow slightly, calmly asking the girls’ expectant looks, “Do you have any special plans?”

The girl, lost in thought, twitched her fox ears and looked up in confusion: "?"

Then she noticed that the atmosphere around her was slightly off: "...?"

After a moment's thought, Yuriko simply waved her hand.

"A rare holiday... Sensei, let me relax for a while."

"If you have any special needs, you can call the albatross at any time."

Yuriko's meaning is quite clear: she touched it.

Her statement immediately made Lan Wu, her good friend, grit her teeth and show a look of 'disappointment'.

"My dear sis, didn't you notice that the way they looked at Sensei and their expressions were a little off?!"

"Ahem, I think..."

Lan Wu coughed loudly, intending to 'remind' her good friend.

Before she could even utter a word, Lan Wu, who had just made her voice heard, immediately felt the attention of both the students from Abydos's side and the students from the Hundred Ghosts Parade's side.

"..."

After being overwhelmed by the overwhelming sense of pressure, Lan Wu hesitated for a long time, but ultimately swallowed back the half-sentence she was about to say.

Upon witnessing this scene, Amamiya knew that he was probably doomed.

After gathering her thoughts, Amamiya spoke with a resolute gaze and calm tone: "Considering that the Hyakki Yagyō side is relatively weak... to prevent any unforeseen circumstances, I will stand on the Hyakki Yagyō side this time."

【~???~】(from Chise, Shizuko, Izuna)

【~???~】(From Mimori and Kaika)

'...'

"So~"

The meaningful smile on Nomiya's face immediately faded considerably.

"Now that we've decided on the groups, let's set off immediately!"

Nomiya's cheerful and upbeat suggestion immediately drew enthusiastic responses from the girls.

"Okay~!"

"Hey……"

Lan Wu immediately stood up: "That big guy from the Hundred Ghosts Parade, come with me."

Because the "Paradise Lost Resort Islands" scattered in this sea area are almost completely separated by the sea, reliable sea vehicles are needed to travel back and forth.

The helmeted squad, which owned an armed hovercraft, took on the responsibility of traveling back and forth to reunite, given that none of them had any large sea vehicles.

Baiyetang has recently been facing some financial difficulties due to its "investment" in a resort archipelago.

Otherwise, Baiyetang could actually buy a vehicle that is equal to or larger than the Helmet Regiment's armed hovercraft.

Using Lanwu's armed hovercraft, Amamiya and his group quickly arrived at the large island controlled by Gehenna's hot spring development department.

"We can just stay here. If Sensei wants to come back, he can come find us here anytime."

Perhaps due to her 'good friend's' negativity, Lan Wu wasn't very interested in exploring the resort together.

After taking Amamiya and his group to the beach in a small kayak, the red-haired girl grinned at Amamiya while walking on the sand, and then made a winking gesture that probably meant a warning or something else.

The resort islands of Ghenna are not as quiet as the resort islands of Abydos, nor as lively as the resort islands of the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons.

Standing on the beach, before even stepping into the lush greenery woven by the trees within sight, one can enjoy the tranquility of the island's woods...

Amamiya and his group first heard a sudden, thudding sound, like something exploding.

"Sensei..."

Walking along the beach, the blue-haired girl, who had switched from carrying a watermelon to a beach ball, twitched her ears at the sound.

She immediately stopped counting seashells, went to Amamiya's side, and tugged at the hem of Amamiya's shirt: "I can hear... a 'thump-thump' sound."

Even without Chise's reminder, Shizuko, Mimori, and Kaika all heard a series of dense explosions.

After carefully identifying the direction of the sound, Shizuko looked at a railway track that was faintly visible among the trees.

"It seems to be over there... Sensei, let's go check it out!"

Amamiya nodded.

If nothing unexpected happens... they will soon encounter members of Gehenna's hot spring development department by following the sound of the explosion.

Regarding the hot spring development department of Gehenna... Amamiya has some knowledge of it, but has never actually met any of the relevant members... to that extent.

Based on her understanding of the "Déjà Vu" bond skill and Hina's impression of the hot spring development club, Amamiya could roughly understand that this was a rather peculiar club in a school full of troublemakers like Ghena and hardcore ruthless individuals.

They seem to have developed hot springs as their life's ambition, and in order to develop the hot springs, they have been illegally blasting and exploring for spring sources everywhere...

It had a rather negative impact throughout the entire Gerhena Autonomous Region—but to say nothing of the fact, their exploration was also quite fruitful.

It is precisely because of the 'diligent development' of the Hot Spring Development Department that most of the hot springs in Gehenna today were discovered by the department.

Furthermore, the hot spring development department itself controls the largest hot spring industry in Gehenna.

Following the continuous explosions, Amamiya and her group quickly passed through the dense forest and saw a group of girls wearing helmets and overalls in the sweltering heat, carrying hammers and sweating profusely as they worked on construction.

The chaotic construction site before them, in stark contrast to the grand resort they had imagined—a place comparable in scale to Hyakuyado's Sea House—and the thriving, eclectic architectural complex in the style of Gehenna, created a striking contrast that left the girls beside Amamiya somewhat stunned and incredulous.

“That’s…” Hai Xiang blinked, took a deep breath, and then continued incredulously, “the resort operated by the strongest force on this island… right?”

"How should I put it..."

The girl with cherry blossom pink hair looked dazed: "It doesn't look like a resort at all..."

Suddenly, a 'voice' that shouldn't be there appeared eerily.

"Princess...it seems like they're just digging and causing a lot of damage...what are they doing?"

Having just finished his remark, Mimori was startled and looked around in surprise: "Who, who?!"

"A ghost...a phantom?"

Hai Xiang and Jing Zi were also startled to some extent, but Hai Xiang was the first to recover.

Looking around, she said to herself, as if trying to calm herself down, "Calm down... that's obviously Izuna-sama's voice."

Mimori was taken aback, then she carefully examined the sound she had just heard...

"Speaking of which... I haven't seen Prince Izuna before."

The shadow beneath Amamiya's feet began to wriggle, and then with a 'whoosh,' a little fox in a swimsuit and a sun hat burst forth from the ground with a lively and adorable air, as if to say, 'Your little cutie has suddenly appeared~'.

“Clang clang~!”

"It seems Izuna has mastered the 'Shadow Cloak Technique' very successfully!"

Shizuko and Kaika were already used to Izuna's 'sudden appearance'.

Her ability to appear and disappear unpredictably has almost become a "promotional feature" of HaiZhiJia's operations in the "Ninja Challenge" topic that spread inexplicably some time ago.

Only Mimori showed considerable curiosity about this supernatural phenomenon.

"Amazing……"

After a soft sigh, Mimori turned her gaze to the members of the hot spring development department who were doing something in the distance.

At the same time, Izuna, who naturally moved closer to Amamiya and wrapped his large tail around Amamiya's hand, asked his question again: "Master... what are they doing?"

"They're probably conducting hot spring exploration."

Looking at the chaotic construction site, Amamiya could only offer a vague guess.

In his view, the group of hot spring development team members did not appear to be digging foundations or carrying out other civil engineering construction.

But to say they were exploring hot springs...

Generally speaking, shouldn't hot spring exploration involve detailed preliminary geological investigations, followed by a series of drilling designs... before that's possible?

Does that mean the hot springs in Kivotosne are developed by simply blasting them?

"Hot spring exploration..."

Izuna's eyes sparkled with excitement as he tilted his head and stood on tiptoe, displaying a mixture of curiosity and excitement: "My lord even knows this! My lord is so amazing!"

"Izuna feels that his knowledge as his lord's ninja has increased again!"

Amamiya: "..."

It's best not to add this kind of knowledge.

After letting out a soft sigh, Amamiya was about to speak when she noticed a rustling sound coming from the bushes beside her, followed by a series of light footsteps.

A voice approached from afar: "What lord, ninja... What are you talking about?"

Amamiya looked through his third eye and immediately saw a tarot card with a faint blue glow emanating from its edges.

[Assistant: Kinukawa Kasumi / Problematic girl from the hot spring club]

[Arcana: Baths/Stars (Le in)]

[Assistance Relationship: Not Unlocked]

'Oh... the "Baths" from the Major Arcana of the Etteilla Tarot, now known as the "Star" in general Tarot decks.'

Because the Etra Tarot is one of the oldest known tarot decks in the world, many of its cards, even those corresponding to modern tarot decks, have very different meanings.

The card "Bathhouse" depicts an ancient Roman bathhouse.

Unlike "Stars," which represent the "hope of all beings fallen to earth" and are "powerful and have potential"...

The card "Bathhouse," whether upright or reversed, symbolizes a considerable degree of inadequacy.

Upright symbolism: awareness, the discovery of secrets, the elimination of doubts, stubbornness.

Reversed meaning: Striving to avoid traps and strategies; a way of being.