Chapter 129: Bad News from Tamamo-no-Mae, Hachishaku, Do You Want Power?
When Yoru crossed the finish line, the PE teacher pressed the stopwatch in his hand.
He looked down at the number on the stopwatch and was completely dumbfounded.
"Nine... nine point six seconds!?"
Hearing the PE teacher's exclamation, the students and teachers present were all stunned.
"Holy crap, really?"
"Nine point six? You must be joking, right?"
"But... Yoru-kun's finish indeed had a gap visible to the naked eye compared to others; this is too fast."
"First in the grade, and also so good at sports? No justice!!!"
...
The members of the Super-Quant Club gathered together. Mai and other internal members didn't show any surprise.
This was normal.
Yoru's powerful combat foundation came from the physical fitness far exceeding human limits after devouring thousands of evil spirits, creating a huge gap with ordinary people.
Other things like evil spirit power weapons and combat techniques were just icing on the cake.
100 meters in 9.6 seconds?
This was running with restraint.
If he really used his full strength as Hiratsuka Shizuka said, it would probably be two or three seconds.
"So strong, Yoru-kun."
Hearing Marin's praise for Yoru, Kawasaki Saki blushed slightly, her tone seeming a bit shy.
"Mmhmm... o, okay."
Mai standing beside her frowned slightly.
No, what are you embarrassed about here?
Yoru isn't your lover.
Why are you getting shy here?
Yukino looked at Yoru chatting and laughing with the PE teacher after crossing the finish line, showing a few complex colors in her eyes.
In terms of sports...
She seemed to be inferior to him by more than just a little bit.
After being tortured (verbally) by Kazusa that day, Yukino still felt unconvinced in her heart.
After all, she was a very competitive person.
But this was the second time Yukino encountered such a powerful opponent without any shortcomings, making her desire to compete almost obliterated.
The first time she felt this frustration was because of her sister Haruno.
"Congratulations to Yoru-kun from Class 1-A for successfully breaking the Sobu High school record in this 100-meter dash!"
This was the Summer Sports Festival, not the Olympics, so naturally, there were no preliminaries, semi-finals, finals, etc.
Of course, no medals either.
Listening to the announcement from the host station, Hiratsuka Shizuka wearing a long tracksuit faced the envious eyes of surrounding teachers, looking very proud, crossing her arms over her chest, as if talking to herself.
"Aiya, I told him to run slower and save some face for students from other classes. Why doesn't this kid listen to advice?"
Kirisu Mafuyu standing beside Hiratsuka Shizuka looked speechless.
She looked at her good friend, thinking weren't you the one who told him to use full strength?
Pretending now?
Forget it, having such an excellent student, it's normal for Shizuka to be proud.
"So troublesome."
Yoru rejected the pie (promise) drawn by the PE teacher about letting him join the Track and Field Club, representing Sobu High in the national competition, and becoming a professional athlete in the future, walking straight to the rest area by the track.
Why run when having nothing to do?
The art style is different; this isn't a sports anime.
Not going, not going.
The trouble Yoru mentioned wasn't the trouble of breaking the school record.
But the trouble of precisely controlling his body to break the school record with a speed result that wasn't so eye-catching, just right.
It seemed now it could only be said to be unsatisfactory, still slightly insufficient.
100 meters in 9.3 seconds was too shocking to the world.
As for why there was a 0.3-second error?
Because it wasn't an electronic timer but a manual one.
The PE teacher's reaction speed to press the timer was 0.3 seconds slow.
"Yoru, drink water~"
Mai moved first, unscrewing a bottle of mineral water, looking like a virtuous wife and loving mother, handing it to Yoru.
Seeing this scene, the male students around were about to have bloodshot eyes.
That was the national beautiful girl actress, Sakurajima Mai-senpai!
This kid was too lucky.
Seeing Mai move so quickly, Rio frowned, thinking this guy is really despicable.
So fast to strike!
I can't show weakness either!
"Yo... Yoru, w... w... wipe sweat."
Rio took out the towel prepared long ago. But doing such an intimate act as wiping sweat for a boy in public made her feel unprecedentedly nervous.
"Eh, eh..."
Rio closed her eyes nervously, holding the towel in her hand, rubbing fiercely on Yoru's face.
Feeling the force on his face, Yoru complained speechlessly.
"No, are you scraping wall putty here? Stop wiping; gonna wipe me to death."
Rio blushed awkwardly and withdrew the towel in her hand.
She glanced at Miko, sending a subtle look, the hint already very obvious.
Attack (A) up!
Miko just stood there with her head down, looking shy and embarrassed.
Rio rolled her eyes.
With such a teammate, how to win?
She looked at Mai squatting beside Yoru, resting her chin on one hand, staring at Yoru generously without fear of surrounding gazes, feeling a sense of despair in her heart.
What a powerful opponent.
Actually using this way to declare sovereignty at this sports festival?
Such deep scheming, such strong psychological quality, such decisive attack!
A powerhouse who has been an idol actress is indeed terrifying!
Rio was in a desperate situation, couldn't help looking around, hoping to find a helper capable of changing the battle situation.
Yukino, Kazusa, Marin, Amano Hina, Kawasaki Saki, Yui...
Wait a minute.
Yui Yuigahama?
Yui Yuigahama!
"Yui, come here quickly."
Rio pulled the dazed Yui over, pushed her glasses frame, and said meaningfully.
"Yoru broke the school record; don't you want to say something to him?"
"Eh?"
Looking at Rio's eyes and listening to her meaningful tone, Yui froze for a moment.
Immediately after, she suddenly showed a panicked look, waving her hands repeatedly, even retreating two steps, actively staying away from Yoru.
"No... no, I absolutely have nothing to say. Rio, don't think too much; I don't want to say anything to him!"
This confused Rio.
She thought, did I misunderstand?
Obviously, in the group chat last time, it was so late, and Tuanzi and Yoru were still together.
Could there be nothing going on?
Why is Tuanzi reacting with such fear when I ask for off-site assistance to fight Mai now?
Shouldn't be?
Seeing the scene before him, only Yoru could understand what happened.
Simply put.
These two were unique (Jue Huo'er).
One, Rio, wasn't good at figuring out others' inner thoughts.
The other, Yui, was overly gentle, fearful and apprehensive.
Now their versions didn't match.
Rio's side was gathering to fight the Great Demon King Mai, bullying the few with the many to fight the BOSS.
Yui still thought now was the single-player competitive PVP.
Just then, Hachishaku-sama suddenly floated behind Yoru, lowered her body, and whispered.
"Boss, someone... ah no, a spirit is looking for you."
Yoru didn't answer, just nodded slightly. After all, talking to the air in public was too strange.
After following Hachishaku-sama away from the playground to a remote corner of the campus.
"Yoru-kun, you finally came."
Tamamo-no-Mae, holding an oil-paper umbrella and wearing a plain kimono, stood there.
"Oh, so it's you."
When hearing Hachishaku's report, Yoru could roughly guess it was Tamamo-no-Mae looking for him.
After all, the only strange existence considered an ally of the Super-Quant Club was her.
"Why did you run out of the Otherworld?"
Tamamo-no-Mae sighed faintly, like an abandoned resentful woman, looking at Yoru with resentful eyes, complaining softly.
"Yoru-kun, you haven't come to find this concubine (Qie Shen) for a long time."
Facing such a peerless female demon like Tamamo-no-Mae, using such a resentful and complaining tone, such a soft and sweet voice to say this sentence, if it were a normal man, his bones would probably go soft.
Yoru was also a man.
But, he wasn't normal.
"Stop barking."
Yoru's short three words stunned Tamamo-no-Mae directly.
"When I want to eat you one day, I will take the initiative to find you."
Hearing this, Tamamo-no-Mae squeezed out a smile reluctantly, retreating two steps quietly, distancing herself from Yoru.
Although she didn't witness it with her own eyes, she heard a little from the little demons under her about the battle that happened in the Otherworld two days ago.
A ten-meter-tall Titan Evil Spirit fused with the power of a "Door."
Even without rational thinking ability, relying solely on its own power, it could become a hegemony in the Otherworld.
Although Tamamo-no-Mae reached a contract with Yoru, it didn't include the clause of helping him when he encountered danger.
As a Great Yokai who had lived for hundreds of years, she obviously wasn't the kind of existence holding kindness towards humans and willing to sacrifice for them, so naturally impossible to intervene in the battle.
But unexpectedly for Tamamo-no-Mae.
Yoru, as a human, actually won.
And according to the report of those yokai hiding in the dark at the scene...
Won very easily, the scene was very cruel.
That Titan Evil Spirit...
After being torn apart by Yoru with bare hands, was eaten raw by him directly.
Tamamo-no-Mae knew Yoru was strong.
But she really didn't expect him to be this strong.
Where exactly was the upper limit of the opponent's strength?
Realizing Yoru's unfathomable depth, Tamamo-no-Mae's attitude also changed accordingly.
Originally she thought the two were in an equal cooperative relationship.
Now...
She was going to start licking (bootlicking).
Correct.
Tamamo-no-Mae was just that realistic.
"There is an important message; this concubine thought to notify you first."
Tamamo-no-Mae's attitude was very respectful. A solemn look appeared on her peerless face with a cinnabar mole.
"Recently in the Otherworld, many powerful evil spirits disappeared."
Hearing this sentence, Yoru also frowned.
"So, they collectively passed through 'Doors' to the real world?"
Tamamo-no-Mae pursed her lips and smiled gently.
"You are truly exceedingly intelligent; so quickly you..."
"Bastard (BYD) blowing nonsense, right?"
Before Tamamo-no-Mae finished, Yoru interrupted directly.
"Disappearing from the Otherworld, of course coming to the real world; where else could they go? Treat me like a fool to coax, huh?"
"Uh..."
Tamamo-no-Mae didn't expect that facing the flattery of a peerless beauty like her, the opponent could actually be so tough.
Tch.
Truly not a simple character.
Tamamo-no-Mae didn't dare to provoke him, just squeezing out a smile reluctantly.
"Um... this concubine just wanted to remind you. So many powerful evil spirits appearing in the real world at the same time, this concubine feels they are likely coming for you and those few beside you."
Hearing this sentence, Yoru pondered in his heart.
Only a few people had been to the Otherworld with him.
Miko, Rio, Yui, Mai, and Amano Hina who was involved in the battle last time.
A total of five members.
"Since you took the risk to appear here actively..."
Yoru looked at Tamamo-no-Mae and smiled.
"Then you must be here to provide me with a solution, right?"
"This concubine has exactly this intention."
Since deciding to release goodwill to Yoru, preferably getting his protection one day in the future when encountering danger, Tamamo-no-Mae wouldn't hold back anything.
She stopped smiling and spoke slowly.
"This concubine feels... if you want to protect those who have been to the Otherworld with you and become targets of evil spirits..."
"Why not sign a contract with them, giving them the right to summon you at the critical moment of life and death?"
Hearing Tamamo-no-Mae's words, Yoru's eyes didn't fluctuate at all, just asking back calmly.
"I am a human. Contracts cannot be signed between humans, right?"
This was the basic rule of contracts.
Humans and humans cannot sign contracts with strong binding force that exact a price once violated.
Only between humans and spirits, or spirits and spirits, could this be done.
Of course, there was also a prerequisite.
Ordinary humans couldn't observe "Spirits." To sign a contract, they could only sign with those yokai possessing physical bodies like the Nura Clan.
Simply put.
Yoru, as a spirit medium, shouldn't be able to sign contracts with those five members.
"Is that so?"
Tamamo-no-Mae revealed a meaningful smile and whispered.
"Compared to evil spirits, do you really think you are more inclined to humans?"
"Oh, seen through by you; then it's fine."
Hearing Yoru's very indifferent reply, Tamamo-no-Mae froze for a moment.
Looking at his calm, expressionless eyes without fluctuation, she couldn't help emphasizing again.
"Um, this concubine said compared to humans, you should be more inclined to ev..."
"Need you to say? I don't know myself? Hmm?"
Yoru had absolutely no patience to listen to Tamamo-no-Mae finish this sentence.
After all, he knew best what kind of existence he was.
There was a basic rule.
Only evil spirits could devour other evil spirits to become stronger.
Humans couldn't do this.
Miko and Rio were examples. As spirit mediums, they could let their soul true bodies devour evil spirits to become stronger; this belonged to a tricky method.
Spirit mediums, to put it bluntly, were humans capable of driving soul-type idealistic abilities.
Yoru was different.
After all, he was someone who had died once.
After awakening spiritual ability, he became a constitution half human and half evil spirit.
In other words.
Regarding him as an evil spirit itself was also no problem.
Precisely because of this, when signing the contract with Tamamo-no-Mae, the human name didn't take effect.
The name of the Soul True Body, End of the Eight Million, could also be considered his other True Name.
"However..."
After finishing, Tamamo-no-Mae added meaningfully.
"Signing a contract, if not with absolutely trustworthy people, is trapping oneself (spinning a cocoon around oneself). Are you sure those girls around you won't harm you?"
"Come out."
Unexpectedly for Tamamo-no-Mae, hearing her sentence containing the deep meaning of sowing discord, Yoru just uttered two words softly.
In an instant, the Pale Ghost Hand appeared suddenly, pressing Tamamo-no-Mae directly to the ground.
The black sharp nails, which looked sharper under the sun, rubbed gently on her eyebrow.
At this moment, Tamamo-no-Mae felt the strongest fear in her life.
"Little Tama."
Yoru squatted on one leg in front of Tamamo-no-Mae, patted her head, and revealed a kind smile.
"I am very happy you came to remind me."
"But I don't like your habit of sowing discord."
"Change it in the future."
As a yokai, Tamamo-no-Mae's nature was charm and sowing discord.
Not intentional.
Just occupational disease acting up.
Hachishaku-sama looked at Tamamo-no-Mae pressed to the ground by the Pale Ghost Hand, with a bit of pity in her eyes, but also an inexplicable gloating.
Good, good, good.
Like to act up?
Tamamo-no-Mae, you have today too!
"So... sorry."
Tamamo-no-Mae was really scared.
Logically speaking, she was very valuable to Yoru; he wouldn't kill her here.
But from the first time Tamamo-no-Mae met him, she realized a problem.
This human's mind wasn't normal.
A simple madman wasn't scary.
What was scary was a madman holding a weapon.
"That's right."
Yoru patted Tamamo-no-Mae's face and smiled.
"Remember next time, don't do it again. Otherwise, I'll have to taste you."
After the Pale Ghost Hand released, the corner of Tamamo-no-Mae's mouth raised a charming smile, speaking subconsciously.
"Compared to letting you taste this concubine, this concubine wants to take the initiative to taste your..."
"Starting again, huh?"
Hearing Yoru's sentence, Tamamo-no-Mae's face changed. She hurriedly lowered her head, whispered an apology, and left quickly as if escaping.
She was so flustered that even her white fox tails were exposed.
After Tamamo-no-Mae left, Yoru leaned against the wall, murmuring to himself.
"Hmm... collective action of evil spirits... it seems there is some powerful existence behind directing..."
"However, improving the strength of club members as soon as possible is the top priority."
"But if too frequent, their bodies can't bear it."
Speaking of this, Yoru suddenly looked up at Hachishaku-sama standing there.
The latter felt an ominous premonition in her heart.
"Hachishaku."
"Do you want to gain Power?"