In the bright and clean office, light from the floor-to-ceiling windows shines onto the ground.

A young man with white hair and white clothes stood by the window, enjoying the pleasant weather. The warm light hit his face and fell on his fluttering long eyelashes. Layers of light and shadow danced on this clear-looking young man.

The peace only lasted a few minutes ago, when his partner sent him a message.

After patiently reading all the contents, the young man smiled even more deeply.

He returned to his seat and started making calls.

The call was connected very quickly.

"Good afternoon--Mr. Hat."

Axue leaned comfortably on her office chair, turning around while talking on the phone with Nakahara Chuuya.

It's a pity that Nakahara Chuuya's answer was not positive. Axue continued: "...Well, do you like to hear good morning? Or good evening? If you don't like either, do you want me to change to a foreign language? Then..."

"…What is it?"

It was clear that Nakahara Chuuya had only known him for a few days, but he had already quickly mastered the technique of cutting off the beginning and the end so that he could only listen to the key parts. "Just tell me the key parts directly."

"It's just a small matter."

Zhongyuan Zhongya did not agree casually.

"Whether it is a small matter or not, that is not for you to decide."

Axue's nonchalant laughter came from the other end of the phone.

"No, no, no, it's really a small matter. I'm just looking for a runaway kid. Is there any technician you can lend me? Or can you introduce me to a hacker or something... I'll pay you if you want."

"Of course you can, but if it's just this level of things... then I don't need to pay you."

Zhongyuan Zhongye did not keep it a secret. After confirming that they would not pose a threat to the black industry in Hong Kong, he was still happy to do such a small thing as selling a favor. "Please tell me in detail and make it clear in advance that there are some areas we will not touch."

As for how Zhongyuan Zhongye got in touch with Axue, the story begins from that afternoon.

Different from the gloomy and weird-looking man with the slit mouth, Axue is outgoing and eye-catching. As a result, a stroll in the gray area attracted a lot of fools who were ready to make a move.

Don't mention how useful the psychic abilities are at this time, you can rob the thieves without fail.

Not to mention the current office, the cell phone cards were naturally obtained through illegal channels, and brainwashing one or two people to do things for them is no problem at all.

In order to take over some scattered residual assets, he met Zhongyuan Chuye again in Leibo Street. After learning about his good behavior of robbing other gangs from the intelligence passed on by his subordinates, the two naturally exchanged contact information.

As for why this method was not used to obtain resources before, it was because Axue's partner was still a guy who "retained some humanity". Although he would not object if she did it in front of him, he would show an expression that would make Axue unhappy, so Axue chose to kill first and then report.

The biggest difference between the Snow Man and the human being in the past is that the Snow Man is a monster through and through. He doesn't care about human moral ethics at all, so he is the "lawless man" in the eyes of humans.

The worst thing is that he actually knows everything, but he always says, "I don't really understand your human rules."

It's enough to show what a bad guy he is.

"Don't worry, it's a simple thing. It's really very simple. I'll send you a post. I just want you to help me find the location of the poster of this post."

Nakahara Chuuya thought this was indeed a small matter.

"Send it to me and I'll check it for you."

After hanging up the phone, he sent the message to Nakahara Chuuya.

Axue hummed happily——

"Xiao Bai is so lucky~ Just when I was doing hunting work, someone came to give me information and money... Why don't I have this kind of luck?"

Although Xiao Bai encountered an extremely strong human when he went out, he successfully obtained from this human: enemy intelligence, communication tools, and money.

He also learned about Hanako's whereabouts from his students.

It's simply fullbo.

When I think about it, I realize that my office, money and cell phone were all earned by myself, while Xiaobai was all given by others.

Axue: I am mentally twisted and I am so jealous.

"Ah! I'm so jealous! When will I be so lucky——"

Hearing him complaining while turning his chair in the room, the man in a suit who was guarding the door, who had not been brainwashed for the time being because he had to take care of some flexible matters for Axue, began to sweat on his forehead.

This young man with handsome features is definitely not a kind-hearted snow elf, but a white evil demon Shura.

He did nothing but walked leisurely, and his companions turned into mentally distracted lunatics one after another. If they met his eyes, their souls might be shattered into dust.

He never considered himself a good man, and his hands were stained with as much blood as anyone else's. But who wasn't like that in Ferrari Street?

But he never thought that he wouldn't even have a chance to resist.

He clenched the flyer in his hand, which read: Psychic Agency.

The man in the suit shook his head in despair.

...Will exorcism work against monsters?

…

…

At the same time, at Jiuyuan House.

"The first day of business was supposed to be a good thing..."

As Hanako spoke, she took down the ugly handwritten banner on her head, which had the words "Good luck in opening the business" written on it. Hanako couldn't help but look disgusted, and pouted, "It's too ugly."

Xia Yujie said with a smile: "And the ink flew out..." He actually wanted to say that it would look better than this if he just found some reflective colored paper at a printing shop, but it would be too hurtful to directly deny the other party's feelings, so he had to hold back his laughter and watched Jiuyuan hang up the handwritten calligraphy.

Hanako crumpled up the waste paper and threw it into the trash can, exposing the truth: "...He just found a piece of paper and wrote it casually."

Jiuyuan went to school, so naturally there were only the two of them at home, so they had no reservations when it came to complaining about Jiuyuan.

In fact, Kagome was quite surprised when he knew that Kuen was going to school - he really thought that Kuen would be like those protagonists in comics who inherited mysterious powers and choose to live a secluded life at home or in the store every day.

If Jiuyuan knew about this, he would definitely say: That's because they don't have any aliases to split into. Can I split myself into several people? Do I still need to stay at home and work hard every day?

You have to give me a chance to enjoy my youth.

Even when Kuen changed into his school uniform and put on his shoes at the entrance, Kayu Kei still found it unbelievable.

In the end, Jiuyuan had to comfort him by saying, "Isn't going to school also a way to hide from the world? Who would have thought that I, who have such lofty ideals, am just a high school student who can barely pay the rent..."

Kagome: "...You don't have to tell me this."

It is too close to life and can easily make people frustrated.

Hmm... Doesn't his boss seem to have no understanding of human nature?

Jiuyuan suddenly understood something and looked like he had learned something.

In the end, he rushed to school with a piece of bread in his mouth like an ordinary high school student.

Xia Yujie was worried that he would bump into a beautiful girl and accidentally see her panties and be... Wait, stop. This is a harem work with an ordinary male protagonist, which is a bit inappropriate for a young and handsome boy like his boss.

After putting aside his idle fantasies, Xia Youjie looked in the direction where Kuen was going away.

After the only living person in the house left, the whole house fell silent.

The only sound was the rustling of wind blowing through the window slits and the occasional chirping of birds.

Peaceful and tranquil.

Then, he and Hanako have been waiting for the first job of the day until now.

It was already noon and almost afternoon. If nothing unexpected happened, Kuen would be home from school in a few hours. Xia Yujie suddenly felt what it meant to start with a failure. He wondered if the first day of business was so quiet that it would dampen Kuen's enthusiasm.

Hanako saw his doubts and said something that was not very comforting: "Don't worry, there are many people calling me."

Obviously, Xia Yujie didn't quite believe it. He asked back uncertainly: "...Is that so?"

"What's that expression on your face? Do you think I'm lying to you?" Hanako frowned. He felt like telling Geto the truth: "There are probably two people calling me right now, but I'm not going to respond to them."

This time, Xia Yujie was really confused. After all, he was a newborn soul and didn't understand any of this.

Just like there are unspoken rules in the workplace, there should also be some unspoken rules among monsters, right? he thought.

"Is there any reason for this?"

Hanako had a cold expression and he smiled with the corners of his mouth pulled, which didn't look very cute.

"…I am different from Kuen. Although he does want to treat everyone equally, exposing this world to ordinary people now will only bring disaster. You are also a human being, you should understand this, right? It is better to only select special guests."

"Special guests?" Xia Yujie knew what he meant, and he continued: "You mean... those who have strong inspiration? Indeed, they will be more receptive to this world, so it is less likely to cause trouble. I agree with your approach. Those ordinary people are not worthy of trust now."

At this point, he frowned and said, "After all, they are just a group of——"

Xia Yujie stopped talking abruptly, which made Hanako stare at him in confusion: "...a group of what?"

Xia Yujie shook his head and smiled again: "...Nothing."

...He seemed to be on the verge of saying something outrageous just now.

But what did he want to say...

"Compared to this, today is the first day of business after all, and there is not even a suitable partner?" Xia Yujie changed the subject.

Hanako was also quite helpless, he didn't want to just fill in the numbers.

Just as he was thinking about whether he should lower his standards and casually respond to the calls of one or two humans who were not up to the standard, he felt that he was being called.

A person with power.

"It's time to work." He walked leisurely to his chair and sat down, tapping the table. "It's time to go."

…

…

Yoshino Junpei's face was twisted in pain, but he tried his best to protect the last bit of his self-esteem by making his expression as less miserable as possible. However, to the abusers, the more difficult he was to tame, the more intense the bullying would become, and they would not stop until they saw the miserable look they wanted.

Or, wait until they are tired of fighting.

However, it is not so easy to deplete the physical strength of male high school students.

Even if they are tired, they still have the self-esteem to "make this guy beg for mercy miserably in front of me" and will not stop until their goal is achieved.

The self-esteem of the perpetrator and the self-esteem of the victim are playing out in this corner of the campus in a game that no spectator is interested in.

One of the boys looked a little tired, so he walked over to the side, turned on his cell phone, and started typing. The sound of his keys was so loud that Junpei Yoshino could feel the buzzing sound drilling into his head even from a few meters away.

"Oh, what is this?" He seemed to have seen something new, and pointed his phone screen at his two companions and said, "--Do you know? Xiaoyi said there is a monster in the toilet, and it seems to have spread among the same grade."

"...Huh?" Retracting his foot that was about to kick, another person said, "Isn't this an old-fashioned story, just like the Pen Fairy? It's a pity that she still believes in it."

"No, it's said to be a new ghost story. I'll send you the address."

Yoshino Junpei took a short break at halftime.

He curled up into a ball, holding his waist and abdomen. One of them sat on his bruised body and stopped him from leaving. He had to cough painfully, but it hurt his wounds. These ignorant guys might really kill him, he thought in a daze.

The boy calculated in his mind how long this one-sided domination would last, and today's portion was almost over.

…Just wait a moment longer.

The boy closed his eyes and forced himself not to see or hear.

However, random thoughts and noises still invaded his nerves.

"What is this? Hanako who loves apples? This must be made up."

"It's a bit too stupid. Well, only idiots would believe these things. Otherwise, how could I trick those idiots into bed?"

"Compared to this." The person who first saw the message seemed to have a new idea, "Isn't it a good opportunity to give it a try? Anyway, we have Yoshino..."

"Idiot, of course you have to make a wish for 100 million yen first!"

"If it's true, you might as well consider whether you'll be invisible, you idiot."

Seeing that they were about to get their necks red from a small quarrel, Yoshino Junpei closed his eyes and thought that they had better settle their quarrel and then fight.

It is a pity that even scumbags still have the so-called internal unity and friendship system.

They went as soon as they said they would and actually got some big, full apples.

Not forgetting to bring Yoshino along, the group went to the restroom in the teaching area on the second floor.

Yoshino Junpei, who was treated as a burden, was thrown aside by them and his head almost hit the water pipe.

(These guys!) The boy gritted his teeth.

"Hanako-kun, Hanako-kun, are you there--" The first boy was quite full of himself. After he finished speaking, his friends laughed at his silly look, which made him throw the apple to the ground before he could even finish his words. He said angrily, "What's the point of trying such a childish thing..."

Then he leaned against the sink and started smoking.

"What? You're so angry, are you shy?" Another person also stepped forward, and this time he finished reading the script completely, and sure enough, nothing happened.

The last remaining man had a different temperament; he was strangely cautious.

Even after his two companions risked their lives, he still avoided gods and monsters. He chose to grab Yoshino Junpei's collar and throw the bruised boy into the toilet cubicle.

"Hey, Yoshino, come and try it."

"...Huh?" This is the companion next to me, "Is this a new way of playing that you came up with?"

Afraid that his companions would see his fear and timidity of the supernatural and laugh at him, he changed his words and said, "Let Yoshino give it a try. If the monster doesn't come out, let him shout until it comes out."

Thinking that he had invented a new punishment for Yoshino, his companions started to make a fuss, and one of them smashed an apple on Yoshino's face.

"Hey, hurry up. Don't stop until the monster comes out, you hear me—"

The boy, who was sitting paralyzed on the toilet floor with his hair hanging down, was hit in the eye socket by an apple and almost shed a few tears.

He picked up the apple that had rolled down to the partition with great effort, turned his back to the group of bullies, and almost gnashed his teeth.

"Hanako...Hanako...cough..." Yoshino coughed, still a little confused.

"Hanako-kun, Hanako-kun, if you can hear me—"

(If, if there really are monsters──)

"I'll give you the apple..."

(Even if it means sacrificing my soul, please help me──)

"Please..."

(All these scums——)

As he recited word by word, the small compartment seemed to be surrounded by black shadows. The shadows climbed up along the walls of the compartment, and then formed a closed ceiling. Black smoke rose up, and a damp and sticky air descended from the top of the head. Then, the depressing atmosphere dissipated again.

With his eyes tightly closed, Junpei Yoshino didn't know what was happening. He just felt this series of changes. He didn't dare to close his eyes, for fear that if he opened his eyes, everything would return to the way it was before. He would be back in that small toilet cubicle, and look back to see those three high school students who were full of malice towards him.

He didn't know how long this silence lasted before he heard a clear child's voice.

"—You called me, but you don't even have the courage to look at me, human?"

Yoshino Junpei opened his eyes subconsciously.

The room in front of me was no longer the dirty toilet cubicle, but a room with wooden walls full of classical atmosphere. In the middle was a wooden table, and on the left, right and back were multi-layered shelves, but there was nothing on them.

Sitting in the middle was a young boy, his pomegranate-like eyes staring at him. Next to him was a boy in uniform and a fox mask.

When he saw Yoshino, the masked boy took out a booklet and started recording something.

"What's your name?" he inquired.

"Yoshino..."

Yoshino was not yet overwhelmed. Common sense and the teachings he had heard since childhood all taught him not to give his name to a stranger - let alone a strange, unknown existence.

"I want my full name." Hanako didn't mind his caution, so her words were not harsh. She said casually, "Since you summoned me, it proves that you need me. If you don't even intend to give me the trust to the extent of giving me my name, what else do you expect from me?"

"I……"

"I thought that people who took the initiative to call me were already mentally prepared." Seeing that Yoshino refused to give in, Hanako frowned.

"——Do you just want to try it out for fun?"

"I'm sorry, I'm just so... shocked. I'm Yoshino Junpei."

Yoshino thought in despair—

Between being retaliated by an angry monster and being bullied by those bad guys, maybe the former would give you more self-respect.

After getting her name, Hanako's attitude softened immediately.

To them, a name is a contract, a bond. Building a relationship starts with knowing the name. If you hide even the name, the monster will not give you anything easily.

In Hanako's shop, whether you make a wish to him or ask for something, you are asking him to "give".

If you want a powerful monster to fulfill your tiny wish, you must give up your most important thing, right?

"By the way, Xia...ah, little fox, you must entertain Yoshino-san well. This is the first guest, right?"

Being called a little fox, Geto Suguru: “…” Although he knew that it was to avoid revealing his important name, he still felt awkward.

He put aside his embarrassment, walked forward and silently pulled out a chair, motioning for Yoshino to sit down.

Yoshino sat down with his tattered body and asked, "...Am I the first customer?"

"Yes. So, you and I are destined to be together..."

Yoshino recalled how those people had not been able to summon Hanako, and he weakly raised his hand to ask -

"Um... I saw someone else called you, but why..." You didn't show up.

"Do you think I am a servant who can be summoned at will?"

He said sharply.

Yoshino's breathing hitched.

The boy continued, "It's no wonder you think so. After all, humans are conceited and selfish... They claim to be the most intelligent creatures, but they do things that even animals would disdain. When it comes to the ability to kill their own kind, even we monsters are inferior to them."

"However, you are so arrogant that you can issue orders to an unknown existence. You think that any random human being can make me show up. You think too highly of yourselves."

He snorted coldly: "Young man, you have to understand one thing - you didn't choose me, but I chose you, do you understand?"

The word "choice" made Yoshino feel a fire burning in his heart, spreading from his heart to his lungs. This realization made his breathing short, and the young man, unable to hide his thoughts, asked his doubts in a trembling voice:

"...Why...why did you choose me?"

He had a lot of thoughts in his mind, and all sorts of random thoughts were rolling all over the floor like a trash can that had been kicked over.

During the dark hours when he was being bullied, he imagined himself, like many other poor kids who had similar experiences, as the protagonist of a superpower comic book, and that he might awaken some special powers after going through hardships.

Then use this power to take revenge on those who hurt you.

This is a kind of psychological sustenance that arises in times of despair, illusory and unrealistic, but it seems that if people don't think this way, they can't survive.

——Even he himself thought it was too sad.

However, at this moment, he summoned a monster that none of his classmates could summon——

And he said that he chose himself.

How could he not have that crazy thought?

(Please...please tell me...I am different from them!)

(Even if that answer sounds... crazy!)

Seeing the emptiness in the boy's heart and the raging fire that suddenly erupted in this dead silence, Hanako's red eyes seemed to be dyed with color by the sparks, becoming even brighter and more dazzling.

"Yes, just as you thought—"

"You are different from them."

"——You are special, Yoshino-san."

The young man was sitting upright on a chair, his fists clenched tightly on his thighs.

(I am special.)

Ignoring the boy's ups and downs in mood, which were like a lone boat in a storm, Hanako began to get to the point.

"Well, Junpei Yoshino-san—"

Hanako waved his right hand, and a black ball of mist appeared in front of him. He held the mist in the palm of his hand, and sparse smoke surrounded the black ball.

"You can know anything—"

He narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Come and have some."

…

…

"…Taking a bite?" Yoshino Junpei asked subconsciously.

He clearly remembered that the content of the post on the BBS did not seem to be about occupying marijuana, but only about making a wish to Hanako.

Hanako had anticipated his reaction. He raised his eyebrows, but there was no other expression on his delicate little face.

"It's free to eat. If you want to make a wish... what can you give?"

"Anything is fine," the boy heard himself say, "...please help me realize my wish."

"You know this is a deal with the devil, boy." Hanako chuckled, seeming to like Yoshino's attitude. "Anyway, tell me your story first."

Yoshino told them what happened to him.

After saying this, the young man showed a bitter expression. The joy he had just felt from being affirmed was now completely shattered.

When I tell my story, it's like letting those memories scratch me all over again.

When he thought about how he was bullied and how he was helpless, he felt that everything was wrong.

(It must be a mistake.) he thought.

"...If I am really a special person as you said, why can't I even resist them? If there is something special about me that deserves to be chosen by you, then take it away. I just want..."

Just thinking about what?

At this point, Yoshino didn't know what to say.

When he wanted to boil this matter down to a simple wish, he couldn't find what to say.

Does he want those people to stop bullying him violently?

Or do you want to have the power to resist others?

Or do you want those people to receive the same punishment?

"I..." His lips moved slightly, but in the end he said nothing.

Hanako rested her chin on one hand and looked at the confused young man in front of her.

"Yoshino-san~" he asked, "If you just want to take revenge on those people, it's easy, but...are you satisfied with just this?"

"Of course not." Yoshino answered subconsciously, and then he was stunned.

Hanako looked at the boy who couldn't grasp his true heart and said gently, "You have to understand what is most important to you. And, first of all, you have to know one thing - you are not a coward, not a weak and pitiful insect."

"I..." Yoshino opened his mouth but said nothing.

"Everyone has a time when they are pushed to the limit and fight back desperately. You haven't done that yet because they haven't made you angry enough to retaliate at all costs."

“…Is that so?”

"Let me tell you what is the most important thing to you." Hanako smiled softly, "Imagine that there is something that you would not consider your own life and gains and losses, but would resist instinctively at the first moment - then, this is something you absolutely cannot lose."

Yoshino Junpei lowered his head in thought.

In fact, his world is neither big nor small. It consists of only him and his mother, who depend on each other for life, a house of neither size nor size, and the home-cooked meals made by his mother, as well as his occasional complaints such as "Didn't you say you would quit smoking?" and "Sorry, sorry", which are simple, boring, ordinary, and sweet complaints between parents and children.

However, such a simple world is more fragile than we can imagine.

His world seems to be a donut, which looks sweet on the outside but will break if touched.

The big hole in the middle is his scarred heart.

yes……

What if these people are not the ones bullying him?

What if he was targeted by the same people again after leaving school and entered a new round of bullying hell?

So what should he do to protect his spirit, self-esteem, body, and this simple family?

What does he want?

The boy gave a wry smile.

"Even if I knew, what should I do to prevent my world from being invaded again? I want to be able to protect myself, and I also want to punish their mistakes. I am not magnanimous enough to forgive their actions towards me. I want to punish them, but I also want to be strong enough not to let others easily control my life again..." He was a little incoherent, "...It turns out that I am actually very greedy. I didn't know that I wanted so many things."

Hanako smiled her most genuine smile yet because of his frankness.

"That's what human beings are." This time it wasn't meant in a derogatory way.

"It seems that you don't need to take advantage of it. Just treat it as a big opening bonus and do something good." Hanako said, "But first, you still have to punish those kids who did bad things--"

…

…

"The Yoshino gang...disappeared!"

"Hey, is it possible that the rumors are true..."

The thugs outside saw with their own eyes that a living person, Junpei Yoshino, evaporated in front of them for no reason. Even though they had low morals, they were still afraid of the horror and unknown appearance. One of them recalled the content of the post, saying that Hanako was a monster who could fulfill wishes.

"Yoshino wouldn't..." Thinking of this, his throat rolled, "...if he wanted to take revenge on us."

"Don't scare yourself." The braver one hammered his hand on the bathroom mirror. "He was beaten so badly by us, how could he find a powerful helper!"

"That's right... Hanako is just a little kid, how powerful can he be..." The man who wanted to agree with him suddenly stopped talking when he turned his head and saw the mirror behind him. He stared at the scene in the mirror where everything was turned upside down with wide eyes.

The mirror was upside down, and the floor was covered with black and red liquid, dirty and sticky.

No...it's not upside down, there's someone on the ceiling!

Right above their heads!

It was a black, twisted monster, opening its mouth and swallowing them down -

"Head! Head!!" He seemed to have regained the ability to speak, and shouted loudly: "There is something!!"

After saying that, he immediately crawled and ran towards the door, but the door handle would not open no matter how he turned it, and red blood was seeping out from the gap in the door. He hurriedly stepped back, but his legs went weak and he fell to his knees. The black monster above his head fell down and swallowed him.

The thing twisted as if it was digesting the food it had just eaten, and its screams eventually turned into the crisp sound of bones breaking.

“Crack.”

“Crack.”

One of the other two ran to the window and tried to jump out, but the window was also sealed. As soon as he touched the windowsill, his hands were covered in blood.

The scenery outside the window turned into a pitch-black curtain, and a pair of bloodshot red eyes were staring at him intently—

"...Where...are you...going?"

"Don't! Don't come over!!!" He was so frightened that he fell to the ground, and was naturally wrapped up by the monster that suddenly broke in through the window, and then repeated the fate of his companions.

Finally, the boy who hid in the cubicle, after hearing his companions' screams, realized that he was also in danger.

“Knock knock—”

“Knock knock knock—”

“Knock knock knock knock knock knock knock knock knock—”

Someone was knocking violently on the cubicle door. He was so frightened that his heart almost tightened, but the sound suddenly stopped.

A shadow fell overhead.

"You...are...here...ah..."

Before the monster could attack him, his eyes rolled back and he fainted.

Yoshino Junpei came out of Hanako's compartment, and those false illusions immediately turned into smoke and dissipated.

This is still an ordinary high school men's restroom, with the sun shining brightly outside the window.

One of them was foaming at the mouth, and the other was rolling his eyes, shouting "There's a ghost..."

Finally, he walked to the toilet cubicle next to him, and the person who fainted on the toilet... was so frightened that he became incontinent.

"How's it going?" Hanako's leather shoes made a clicking sound. He walked over to Yoshino and asked with a smile, "Are you relieved?"

Yoshino looked at their ferocious appearance and thought that he was being used as a punching bag by such a group of people. He felt mixed emotions for a moment.

Hanako easily put the fact in front of him: these little hooligans were not invincible, and now someone had easily defeated them and made them look very stupid.

This realization made Yoshino feel a lot more relieved.

"Yeah, I feel relieved." After saying that, he still asked, "...Are they okay like this?"

"Don't worry, I know my limits. I won't cause you any trouble."

"That's not what I meant..."

Hanako waved her hand and said, "Let's not talk about them anymore. Let's talk about another thing."

They returned to Hanako's small room and witnessed the way Hanako had just vented Yoshino's anger. Kagome had a very mysterious feeling. This was the first time he had seen Hanako's method, but he could not identify what kind of power it was.

Are those monsters just illusions, or are they real monsters summoned by Hanako?

If it is a monster, it would be a bit closer to me.

And, Geto noticed another thing.

There seems to be something wrong with him.

——He thought it would be better for those scumbags to die directly. This thought came to his mind so naturally that he even thought Hanako would kill them directly. Until the moment Hanako stopped, Xia Yujie suddenly reacted: he actually felt regretful and wrong.

He didn't understand why he had such thoughts. The only explanation might be the part of his soul that he had lost.

He must quickly find the missing part of himself... otherwise, those weird, instinctive emotions would keep surging up and make him feel irritated.

…

…

Hanako sat back in his seat, looked at Yoshino, whose expression was now much more relaxed, and began to enter the next stage.

"I've been keeping you on suspense for quite some time, you must be getting anxious, right? When I said you were special, I wasn't just saying it to comfort you."

"Yoshino-san, you have the talent to become a sorcerer."

Geto Summer looked over.

He actually didn't really believe it, because the techniques of a sorcerer are basically innate. If someone hasn't discovered the techniques by the time he reaches Yoshino Junpei's age, it probably means he doesn't have the talent in this area. In other words, he is at best just an ordinary person who can see curses.

But he was somewhat surprised by Hanako's determination.

"Xia... Ahem, you little fox want to ask me why, right?" Hanako almost called out his name again, and quickly changed his words, almost biting his tongue. He said, "Please explain to Yoshino what a sorcerer is first."

After Geto's explanation, Yoshino also fell into self-doubt.

"But, according to what Mr. Fox said, I don't have the technique..."

"No, you do." Hanako pointed out confidently, "It's just hidden.