Chapter 6, Part 5

Airi Matsuzaka has just learned how to break the [curse of love].

It was as if the moment of destiny had arrived, the time had come, and it naturally appeared in her mind.

This infuriated her.

It's as if she was being controlled and manipulated, her life was made a mess, and in the end, a happy ending was forcibly imposed on her.

Completely passively accepting the information forced upon her, Matsuzaka Airi was jolted awake from her light sleep, burning with anger yet utterly helpless.

[marry]

The answer given was so straightforward, making it seem like this kind of thing is very simple.

You must be joking.

After so many years of terrible relationships, you expect me to erase the past? And nothing will happen?

Rubbish.

Unable to quell the anger, one can only let it boil over.

Matsuzaka Ai believes she has every right to be angry; there's no reason to prevent it from existing.

Are these experiences justified?

She wished she could kill everyone right now.

The world never gave her a choice, giving her a cursed body and a knight, leading a life of petty squabbles.

It seems that fate found her life rather dull.

Then, adding to the difficulty, Amamiya Emi appeared out of nowhere.

Then, seeing her pitiful state, they offered her a solution to her problem that seemed like a permanent solution with no side effects.

How could that be?

You've messed everything up for me, do you really think I can restore things to what they were before?

If Yuichi hadn't died, I might have followed this route to reach the ending.

It's too late.

Airi Matsuzaka inexplicably felt that telling her the solution at this time was like giving her some buffer time.

If she were to appear right after Yuichi's death, she might collapse to the point of suicide, and wouldn't have the patience to wait even a second to analyze the truth.

Airi Matsuzaka is no longer the fragile little girl who would panic at the slightest burst of information. The shift in her role from prey to hunter has made her capable of handling any unexpected event.

No matter how serious the matter was, she just needed some time to process it.

Soon, Airi Matsuzaka lay back down on the bed.

The important thing right now isn't to consider marriage to break the [curse of love], as she certainly won't get married. What's more important now is to conserve her energy and prepare for Amamiya Emi's tragic end.

Then go find Yuichi.

She has arranged everything in a very orderly manner.

Therefore, the sudden method to lift the curse only gave her an opportunity to vent her emotions; it was actually not important.

Airi Matsuzaka had never thought about anything related to romance.

After all, her survival situation was already complicated enough because it was closely related to her love life, and she didn't want to cause any more trouble.

When survival is a problem, where is there time to satisfy spiritual needs?

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Xia Youjie hasn't seen Matsusaka Airi since their last meeting.

That's not entirely accurate. Xia Youjie mostly just brushed past Matsuzaka Airi, and rarely even caught a glimpse of her.

She's incredibly good at hiding; it's like she has radar installed. She always manages to escape at the perfect moment, leaving Xia Youjie sighing and arriving a step too late every time.

This suspenseful feeling, this sense of just missing out, made Xia Youjie think that perhaps Airi was playing a trick on him.

However, Airi is not that kind of person.

The truth of the matter might be like this ↓

He arrived just in time to catch the slippery little creature, but he was still far inferior to her in terms of speed.

Although their physical skills are not bad, their manipulation abilities are really incomparable to those of assassins.

Speed ​​specialist, stealth master.

master.

He would certainly win in a head-on battle, but the problem is that Airi Matsuzaka also knows the principle of running away if you can't win.

In short, she was too slippery.

Airi Matsuzaka, disguised as Shun, moved around without ever leaving a trace that anyone could track—she was as clean as air, leaving no trace whatsoever.

But each time, Xia Youjie was able to find Matsusaka Airi's identity by following his vague inspiration.

Airi, who suffers from aphasia, rarely has her emotions captured, but Xia Youjie does imagine her inner monologues.

That's probably ↓

...Here we go again.

...Run!

Is Xia Youjie a tracking radar?

To put it simply, if we were to compare Airi Matsuzaka to an animal, we would choose between a cat and a dog.

If you were to analyze Airi Matsuzaka using normal human thinking, many people would see her as a solitary and mysterious cat.

She's still the kind of dream cat you can't forget at first sight.

But that's not actually the case.

Airi is like a dog.

This is certainly not an insult to her.

A stray, vicious dog, neither trusting nor befriending people, wanders the streets, and one day dies in a corner.

If we find someone trustworthy again, it should be a perfect fit for the dog's personality.

Clingy, extremely clingy.

Xia Youjie's analysis was very logical and clear; even without being involved in Airi's past, one could actually know the answer.

Even if Airi doesn't speak or communicate, she is completely unguarded when it comes to information.

She didn't realize that she had no secrets left.

All her behavior suggests that she is a naive, cute, and easily fooled little rascal.

Anyone with a modicum of intelligence can figure it out.

However, given how slippery Airi is, as long as she isn't discovered by Gojo Satoru, she'll be safe.

Given Gojo Satoru's personality, he'd probably be captured and taken back as soon as they met.

There's no way to escape it.

This isn't his usual area yet, so it's still quite safe for now. Hopefully, Airi's good luck will last.

He didn't want Airi to be entangled with a man with a terrible personality like Gojo Satoru.

Absolutely.

Xia Youjie assured him, based on his past friendship with Gojo Satoru, that he would definitely take Airi away the moment they met.

To be more aggressive, it's not impossible to knock them unconscious and take them away.

She's already pretty crazy, and with the added buff of [Curse of Love]... she'll probably keep Airi locked up in the high school until her attitude softens.

Let's not think that far ahead. Even the stubborn Airen's survival is still a question.

Will I be able to see Airi again after next week?

It's hard to say.

To prevent his imagination from coming true, Xia Youjie still sent Aili a text message.

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Due to the special nature of my work and profession, my phone is always kept on silent, and I only turn it on when I have free time to check for any entrusted information.

A letter from a stranger.

Click to open.

Avoid Gojo Satoru.

Xia Youjie's name was noted at the end.

She closed her phone and turned it off.

Xia Youjie wouldn't approach her for no reason, even though she often felt it was unnecessary.

However, the information provided was always correct.

Gojo Satoru...

She knew this person; in fact, everyone in this circle, whether a curse master or a sorcerer, knew this person.

[Strongest]

Xia Youjie is a top-level expert; if even he says this…

He is a high-risk individual.

Airi Matsuzaka never contacts anyone except for those she commissions, with Natsuyuki being an exception. Currently, Natsuyuki is the only person she has encountered whom she cannot defeat and can only run away from.

Fortunately, she ran fast, and Xia Youjie couldn't catch up.

If it's Gojo Satoru...

...I've never seen her before, there's too little information to make a comparison, but she's definitely going to run away.

Why did Xia Youjie suddenly remind her of this?

Is Gojo Satoru coming?

...Should she run away now?