052 The God of Wisdom Maintaining Order
"Anyway, since you two both agreed, that's great."
Iwanaga Kotoko's face lit up with joy. She gently clasped her hands together and said with a cheerful smile,
"Just today, when I returned from the dungeon, a few yokai came to ask for my help. They said that a particularly powerful and uncommunicative evil spirit had recently intruded into the place where they originally stayed, and they wanted me to eliminate it so they could return to a peaceful and stable life."
Yuuki Asuna nodded upon hearing this, saying noncommittally,
"An evil spirit, huh... Where is it? Tomorrow is Sunday, so there's no school. If it's within Tokyo, we should be able to resolve it on the same day, right? It'll be a good opportunity to familiarize ourselves with the new skills."
"It's within Tokyo!"
Iwanaga Kotoko smiled and said a place name.
"That place is..."
"The high school in Tokyo, Private Toyosaki Academy."
...
The next day, Sunday morning, outside Private Toyosaki Academy.
"Why..."
Yuuki Asuna looked at Iwanaga Kotoko, who was wearing a half-face masquerade mask, a Western-style dress, and a top hat, making her look both exquisite and gorgeous. Then she looked at Asagiri, who was wearing a black casual outfit and a gray mask, which was the Diplomat's exclusive equipment, the "Ever-changing Mask." She couldn't help but sigh.
"Why... why are you two dressed so gorgeously, while I'm wearing a mask, sunglasses, and this baseball cap? I look like a perverted stalker!"
"Indeed."
Asagiri nodded, examining Yuuki Asuna, who was wearing a tracksuit, a black mask and sunglasses, and a baseball cap. If you ignored her bright flaxen long hair, it would be hard to even tell her gender. He said with a teasing smile,
"You're completely different from me and Necro in terms of style. For example... we look like a mysterious villainous organization from a shonen manga, while you... well, you look like you ran out of Rapelay 3."
"Although I don't know what Rapelay 3 is, from your tone, it doesn't sound like anything decent..."
"Impudent!"
Asagiri frowned slightly, crossed his arms over his chest, and said righteously,
"That is a pioneering masterpiece that opened up a new era in both graphics and gameplay! How can you make such a hasty judgment!?"
"The more you say that, the more I think it's not decent."
Asuna sighed slightly, looking at the wall in front of her, which was nearly four meters high. She first stepped back a distance, then activated her skill, Wind Blessing. With a burst of acceleration, she pushed off the wall slightly and directly stood on top of it.
Asagiri, on the other hand, didn't even need a running start. He just jumped vertically, grabbed the edge of the wall with one hand, and pulled himself up in an extremely cool and stylish posture.
"Hey, wait..."
Iwanaga Kotoko on the ground looked up at the two standing on the wall and said with a speechless expression,
"You two... you don't think I can jump up there too, do you?"
"Don't worry, I'll pull you up."
Asagiri squatted down, extended his hand to Iwanaga Kotoko on the ground, and said with a smile.
"Hand me your leg."
"Leg?"
Yuuki Asuna was a bit confused, thinking that at a time like this, shouldn't he be saying "hand me your hand"? Who pulls someone by handing over a leg? What kind of posture is that, an invincible handstand?
"Okay."
But Iwanaga Kotoko's next move made Yuuki Asuna completely dumbfounded.
She first bent down, detached her prosthetic left leg, then held up her prosthetic limb, handing the other end to Asagiri. This way, she bridged the height difference. After being pulled up by Asagiri, she sat down and began reattaching her prosthetic limb.
"No, you guys…"
Yuuki Asuna couldn't understand, but was greatly shocked.
There's this way to do it?
So, when you said "hand over the leg", this is how you hand over the leg?
Yuuki Asuna wasn't surprised that Asagiri would have such a strange idea. What shocked her the most was that Iwanaga Kotoko instantly understood what Asagiri meant.
These two... really have good chemistry.
After jumping to the ground on the other side and finally infiltrating Private Toyosaki Academy, Asagiri looked around and confirmed that the location they had climbed over the wall to was the sports field of Private Toyosaki Academy.
And according to those Yokai, the Banshee that terrified them mostly wandered within the library of Private Toyosaki Academy.
After confirming their location, Asagiri led Iwanaga Kotoko and Yuuki Asuna forward.
Because it was Sunday, there were no teachers or students in the academy. Although some high schools open their facilities to the public during holidays, that's limited to public schools. Private Toyosaki Academy naturally wouldn't do that.
Otherwise, they could have just registered at the entrance to enter the school. Why would they go to the trouble of climbing over the wall and even having Iwanaga Kotoko perform a leg-detaching maneuver?
"Speaking of which, with our current strength... are we sure we can eliminate that Banshee?"
"No problem."
Hearing Yuuki Asuna's slightly worried question, Iwanaga Kotoko nodded slightly and said calmly.
"In the real world... no, I should say in our world, it's basically impossible for a Banshee as powerful as the Floating Corpse Evil Spirit in the instance dungeon to appear."
"After all, if a Hotel had consecutive drowning incidents among guests, it would definitely be shut down for investigation, and no guests would continue to stay. During the search, the body submerged in the water tank would quickly be discovered, and after the body is dealt with, the Banshee would also dissipate."
...
After arriving at the building where the Private Toyosaki Academy library was located, Iwanaga Kotoko was about to say something when a beast-like shriek suddenly came from the top of the stairs.
"Roar!!!"
The next second, a black figure rapidly darted out from the top of the stairs, pouncing straight towards Iwanaga Kotoko, who was walking in front and had already stepped onto the stairs.
"Necro, be careful…"
Before Yuuki Asuna could finish speaking, Iwanaga Kotoko slightly bent down and, with a very graceful, almost gymnastic posture, backflipped down from the top of the stairs, landing steadily on the ground and dodging the black figure's attack.
"Snap."
And at the moment she leaped, there was also a crisp cracking sound from the prosthetic limb's connection, and it fell to the ground with a clatter.
"It broke again…"
Asagiri walked over, picked up the prosthetic limb, and handed it to Iwanaga Kotoko.
"Here, your leg."
"Okay, thank you, Leader."
After Iwanaga Kotoko took the prosthetic limb, she raised her hand to straighten her beret, standing there on one leg.
She raised her head and looked towards the top of the stairs, at the terrifying monster. For the first time, she showed a very serious expression. There was no emotion in her deep purple eyes; she just looked at the opponent indifferently, speaking softly in a calm tone.
"Both the human world and the Yokai world must maintain basic order. I am the God who protects this order, and you…"
"Have crossed the line."