Crossover anime, and you call this a slice-of-life story?

If an ordinary student saw this scene, they would probably faint on the spot.

But Shangguan Yun merely glanced at the eyeball, a blue light flashed from his fingertip, and the eyeball instantly turned to dust and disappeared.

"These monsters in Japan, born from negative human emotions, are really annoying. One or two new monsters are born every day. If this is not dealt with for a long time, some students will definitely have problems."

"It's a pity that Japan doesn't have any treasures to suppress it, and the 'gods' in 'Takamagahara' are pitifully weak. It's really troublesome..."

Having dealt with a newly born monster, Shangguan Yun did not linger. He left the school and headed home.

Shuchiin Academy is located near Mita Station in Minato Ward, Tokyo, not far from Shangguan Yun's residence; it's about a ten-minute walk away.

Shangguan Yun lives in a detached villa with six rooms. He lives there alone. The chef prepares dinner in advance and delivers it to him. The house is also cleaned regularly, so his personal space is not affected.

As for arranging accommodation for my cousin Tang Keke on Saturday, it's not here. After all, she's a high school girl who goes to school here, so it's not convenient for her to stay at my place.

Not far from here is a luxury apartment building that also belongs to Shangguan Yun. It was a gift from his older brother, who said it was his source of pocket money in Japan.

There aren't many residents in the apartment right now, so arranging a room for my cousin was easy; I just made one phone call and someone took care of the arrangements.

After finishing his still-warm dinner and taking a shower, Shangguan Yun lay on the bed, feeling rather aimless.

I came to Japan to relax and experience the life of a normal high school student.

There are too many troubles in China, but it's not easy to solve them by force, which just gives me a headache. It's much more comfortable here.

'It would be even better if my brother didn't create trouble for himself.'

Just as he was thinking this, his phone, which was on the bedside table, rang. When he saw the caller ID, Shangguan Yun was speechless. It was truly a case of speaking of the devil and he appears.

Reluctantly answering the phone, Shangguan Yun said weakly, "Hey, brother, what's up?"

Shangguan Jin on the other end of the phone laughed and said, "What, can't you call my little brother unless there's something important?"

"Don't give me that. When have you ever called just to chat? And what do you want me to do? If you don't tell me what it is, I'm hanging up. Let me make this clear first: I've lent you all my men. You can't expect me to take action myself, can you?"

"Ahem, we have enough manpower now. By the time we really need to make a move, Japan will probably be sunk. Besides, you only gave us the two of us. But those two sisters are both at the fourth level, and they did help me a lot."

"This time, the Karasuma Group invited you to a banquet. Do you want to go? Things have settled down here, and I received some important news from them, so I agreed. You can also come with me to check out the new place."

"Although those kids can handle it, we're just killing time anyway, so let's get together, brothers."

Shangguan Yun frowned slightly. "Another new alternate world?"

"I guess so. We just discovered it, so we're not entirely sure what's going on. But since we don't sense anything here, it probably isn't a powerful place."

"Okay, I'll go tomorrow too. What time?"

"I'll have Qing Tang Xi Wu pick you up at five o'clock this afternoon."

"no problem."

After hanging up the phone, Shangguan Yun casually tossed it aside. A flash of lightning appeared, and Shangguan Yun's figure disappeared from the room.

On a deckchair on a rooftop platform, Shangguan Yun rested her head on her arms, gazing at the stars in the sky, seemingly lost in thought.

……

The Four Palaces Residence.

"Hayasaka Hayasaka, the president complimented me on how good I look today!" Kaguya said excitedly to Hayasaka Ai, who was tidying up her things.

"Oh, really? Can you tell me the specific process?" Hayasaka remained calm and showed no emotional fluctuations, because she already knew that her young lady's thought process was sometimes different from that of normal people.

"It's like this..."

Kaguya recounted what happened at the student council that day, concealing the fact that she had been tricked by Fujiwara.

Chapter 5 Hayasaka Ai is Tired

"..." Hayasaka Ai looked at her master, who was lost in his own world, with an expression as if he were an idiot.

He said without any hesitation, "President Shangguan was just being polite and probably didn't mean anything by it."

"So, Hayasaka, all the ideas you came up with were just to appease me?"

"I think Chairman Shangguan must have been captivated by the young lady's beauty, otherwise why wouldn't he praise Secretary Fujiwara?" Hayasaka said calmly, changing his tune instantly without the slightest embarrassment.

"That's right, Fujiwara also changed her hair accessories, but the president didn't praise her. The president really does treat me specially."

Kaguya and Hayasaka discussed how to make the student council president's cousin happy, and then she wanted to list various examples to show that the president also had feelings for her, but Hayasaka didn't want to talk about stupid topics with this stupid master anymore.

"Young Miss, it's time to go to bed. You don't want to be late tomorrow and be looked down upon by your student council president, do you?"

"Is it already this late...? Well, thank you for your hard work, Hayasaka, you should go and get some rest too."

"Okay, Miss."

Hayasaka walked out of the bedroom and closed the door.

Instead of resting immediately, I busied myself for another hour, arranging the work for the next day.

Exhausted, Hayasaka Ai went to the bathroom, put up a sign saying "private room only" on the door, and went inside.

After changing out of her maid outfit, she went to the edge of the steaming bath and poured in two full bags of bath salts.

Hayasaka Ai gently tested the water temperature with her toes, tucked her blonde hair behind her ear, stepped into the bath, and submerged her entire body, leaving only her head above water.

With her eyes closed and arms draped over the edge of the bathtub, Hayasaka Ai didn't want to think about anything at that moment.

For more than a decade, every day was filled with exhaustion, not only physically but also mentally.

Only taking a bath and watching stress-relieving videos before bed can help her relax a little.

If it were the cold and ruthless Kaguya from before, who only knew how to exploit others, she would still have an excuse to comfort herself.

But since the third semester of her first year of high school, Kaguya's personality began to change. She became more and more "ordinary" and began to care about others, no longer hiding her emotions.

Although he hasn’t changed his habit of bossing people around, he has gradually started to rely on himself.

"Sigh, Miss has really become so adorable, but you're making me feel overwhelmed..."

Hayasaka shielded her eyes with her forearm and breathed deeply into the humid air of the bathroom.

The more gentle the young lady became, the heavier her guilt became.

Recently, Hayasaka has occasionally felt a heavy weight pressing on her shoulders, and once even made her, who has a super high stress tolerance, have thoughts of leaving this world.

That incident really startled her. She didn't know why she suddenly had such a thought, which led her to ask the young lady for a day off to talk to her mother and gradually adjust herself.

"Chirp chirp... chirp..."

She seemed to hear the sound of a toy being squeezed. Hayasaka Ai lowered her arm, looked around, but found nothing.

"Are you too tired? That must have been tinnitus." Hayasaka Ai closed her eyes again.

Amidst the rising steam, a large goldfish, about ten centimeters long and with red and yellow stripes, seemed to be swimming in the air. Two round eyes on its belly were moving around, occasionally making a "chirp...chirp..." sound.

……

The next day was Thursday.

Students have resumed regular classes, and the student council's work is proceeding smoothly.

Despite bearing the psychological pressure from Kaguya Shinomiya and the mental pressure from Chika Fujiwara, Yu Ishigami did not suggest going home to work.

At 3:50 PM, only Shangguan Yun, Shinomiya Kaguya, and Ishigami Yu remained in the student council.

After spending some time in the student council, Fujiwara Chika went to the board game club, saying she was going to develop a new game and bring it over for everyone to play together next week.

With the work mostly done, Shangguan Yun was drinking the black tea that Kaguya had brewed for him. Kaguya was sitting on the sofa organizing documents, while Ishigami Yu was wearing headphones and leaning against the sofa playing games.

Shangguan Yun and Shinomiya Kaguya had no objection to Ishigami Yu playing games in the student council, because Ishigami had already done his job very well, and the two were very tolerant of their junior.

'Ishigami is much more reliable than a certain Fujiwara-kun…' This is a shared opinion between the two.

Shangguan Yun recruited Fujiwara Chika into the student council because he knew about her family background, her cheerful personality, and that she was said to be very capable.

Of course, the main reason was Fujiwara Chika's relentless pursuit of Kaguya in order to be with her...

Although she couldn't offer much help at work, Fujiwara Chika was responsible for maintaining relationships between the student council and students, and she played a significant role in that.

After finishing her black tea, Kaguya put away and washed the teaware.

After Kaguya returned, Shangguan Yun felt it was about time and said to the two of them, "Let's call it a day for today's student council work. I have something to take care of and need to go back first. Shinomiya, I'll leave the rest to you."

"Don't worry, President, I'll handle it."

Although she was a little curious, Kaguya didn't ask the president what she was going to do; she just needed to do what the president assigned her.

Ishigami took off his headphones, said goodbye to Shangguan Yun, and then put his headphones back on to immerse himself in the game.

Arriving at the school gate, I followed the direction I sensed, and half a minute later...

"Young Master Yun, it's been a long time." A beautiful woman in her early twenties bowed slightly to Shangguan Yun and opened the car door for him.

"Long time no see, Sister Qingtang," Shangguan Yun replied with a smile, getting into the car.

"Young Master Yun, have you missed us?"

Sitting in the driver's seat, the woman who looked exactly like Qing Tang turned her head and smiled at Shangguan Yun.

"Yugiri! Don't be so disrespectful!"

Qingtang frowned and glared at her younger sister. Although they were twins, their personalities were completely opposite.

The older sister, Qingtang, is very serious, while the younger sister, Xiwu, is lively and cheerful, even daring to joke about Shangguan Yun.

"Sister Qingtang, please don't mention Xiwu anymore. I really miss you all after not seeing you for so long."

"How are things with my brother? If he's feeling tired, I'll tell him to let you rest for a few days, and you can come back in another month."

"Thank you, Young Master Yun. We usually have plenty of time to rest, and the work there isn't very tiring. We generally don't have any conflicts with creatures from another world."

"Young Master Yun, you only call Qing Tang Sister, but I'm clearly the same age as her, so why do you only call me Xi Wu?"

Xi Wu glared angrily, but she was glaring at the car window; she really didn't dare to glare at Shangguan Yun.

Shangguan Yun smiled at Xiwu, "Are you sure you want me to call you 'sister'?"

"Um...no need, calling me by my name is fine, calling me 'sister' makes me sound old."

"Since we don't need it, let's set off."

"Oh……"

Looking at her sister who had been humiliated, Qing Tang had a hint of a smile in her eyes.

Although Yugiri can be a bit erratic at times, her driving skills are still very impressive; she's both fast and stable.

Shangguan Yun squinted and quickly arrived at the place his brother had mentioned.

It wasn't a hotel or restaurant, but the residence of the head of the Karasuma Group.

When the car arrived at the gate of the mansion, there were already people waiting outside. The person in the lead was his older brother, Shangguan Jin.

Standing next to Shangguan Jin was an old man, his body somewhat hunched, who looked very old.

Beside the old man was a woman with wavy silver hair and an outstanding temperament.

Chapter Six: Vermouth Wants to Know

The two brothers look very similar; they are the kind of people who can't take their eyes off them at first glance.

Shangguan Yun's eyes are blue, while Shangguan Jin's eyes are fiery red, as if flames are reflected in his pupils.

Because he was considerably older than Shangguan Yun, the 27-year-old Shangguan Jin looked more mature.

However, Shangguan Yun, who knew his personality well, did not agree.

"Xiaoyun, how's school life?"

Shangguan Jin smiled and said to Shangguan Yun as she got out of the car.

"It's great, it's been a long time since I've experienced what it's like to be a student."

Shangguan Yun's lips curled into a slight smile as he looked at the old man beside Shangguan Jin.

"This is the head of the Karasuma Group, Old Master Karasuma Renya," Shangguan Jin introduced.

“Mr. Yun, it is an honor that you and Mr. Jin accepted my invitation. This is Vermouth, you can also call her Chris Vineyard.”