Chapter 140 The Second Player

Naoya Zenin is also a direct descendant of the Zenin family. When Hanayamain Haruna was at the Zenin family, she was able to see him often.

In fact, Hanayamain Haruna has never liked Zenin Naoya. In her eyes, that guy is a mentally ill man. At the beginning, he was always inexplicably arrogant, and in front of her, he looked down on her like "Woman, I am blessed to have you in my eighteen lifetimes", and it was only after she couldn't bear it anymore and beat him up that he stopped looking at her with that look that she hated so much.

After that, he seemed to have changed from a "masochist" to a "masochist". He said all kinds of nonsense to her while rushing to find her.

The name that Zenoya mentioned several times in front of her was "Zeno Shinji".

Hanayamain Haruna also knew this name - she "remembered" that when "she" was a child, there was a handsome boy who had helped the Zenin family but was inexplicably bullied "badly". The boy's name was also, "Zenin Shinji".

With this look, and especially this figure—there’s no doubt about it!

"I said I would definitely remember it - 'I' and Brother Shen'er met each other when we were kids, right?"

Once Fushiguro Shinobu's identity was confirmed, Hanayamain Haruna's slight vigilance and precautions were completely removed. She relaxed again and smiled brilliantly at Fushiguro Shinobu, with curiosity in her eyes: "Shinobu, did you change your last name after leaving the Zenin family?"

"Oh my, I didn't expect that Miss actually still remembers it?"

Fushiguro Shigeru's smile was full of surprise and amusement, but his expression was still nonchalant and indifferent: "But Zenin Naoya? Who is that?"

"Is there anyone in the Zenin family who still remembers me? That's really disgusting."

Seeing that Fushiguro Jyoujiro didn't take Zenin Naoya seriously at all, and remembering that when Zenin Naoya mentioned Fushiguro Jyoujiro in front of her, his face was full of admiration and longing as he shouted "Jyoujiro-kun", looking like a die-hard fan, Hanayamain Haruna suddenly fell silent.

So Zenoya has worshipped Fushiguro Shinobu for so long, but Fushiguro Shinobu has no idea he exists?

——It’s confirmed, Zenin Naoya is indeed a masochist, right?

"Tsk - but I have nothing to do with the Zenin family now, and no matter who they are, they have nothing to do with me. My last name is Fushiguro now, and I can't afford to be called 'Shinji-ge' by the young lady."

Fushiguro said impatiently, "Tsk!" and looked at Hanayamain Haruna with a playful look. His smile suddenly turned frivolous and dissolute, with an inexplicable charm: "But if you want to see me, Miss, I am always welcome."

Obviously, this sentence is just an ordinary, polite and serious statement when it is spoken by Fushiguro Shigeki, but when it comes out of his mouth, it carries a certain ambiguous sexual aura, which makes people imagine.

——How did Fushiguro Shiji become like this? It's so easy to imagine something else with just one sentence? Is he really not a gigolo?

Hanayamain Haruna's face was unconsciously flushed, her eyes became a little evasive, and her voice was a little stuttering: "Well, I'm just a little curious... Actually, just call me Haruna!"

"Ah, I have something else to do now, so I'll leave first. See you later when you have time - Goodbye, Miss."

Without saying anything, he just snorted slightly, waved casually at Hanayamain Haruna and Saikai Haruto, then picked up Kokuroe with one hand and strode away without looking back.

——Originally, he was thinking of cheating them both. But he didn't expect to meet Hanayamain Haruna, so he decided to leave immediately. If he didn't leave, he felt that the air would become disgusting.

However, although Hanayamain Haruna is still as annoying as before after not seeing him for so many years, he also seems to have undergone some subtle changes.

The way she looked at him was... so interesting.

ha.

He will have new fun from now on.

I wonder if the Zen monks will know? ... No, they definitely won't know.

Oh yeah, that’s even more interesting.

Fushiguro Shigekiru took Fushiguro Megumi and left in big strides.

"Ah, Fushiguro-kun and Xiaohui, goodbye." Saikai Haruto smiled and waved to Fushiguro Megumi who was lying on Fushiguro Shigeru's shoulder. After seeing Fushiguro Megumi also stretched out her little hand and waved to him on Fushiguro Shigeru's shoulder, his smile deepened a little, revealing the dimples on his lips and two fangs. He looked particularly sunny and cute.

——It doesn’t matter, there is still a long way to go.

When Fushiguro Shijiro and Fushiguro Megumi gradually walked away and disappeared in the crowd, Saikai Haruto, who had been serving as a background, stepped forward and waved in front of Hanayamain Haruna, who was still subconsciously following Fushiguro Shijiro, and teased: "Haruna? Haruna, Fushiguro-kun has already left? Come back to your senses!"

"Ah-what? I'm not distracted!"

Hanayamain Haruna came back to her senses and explained to Saikai Haruto in an embarrassed manner: "I was just wondering what happened to Shinji during the years since he left the Zenin family."

But the more she tried to explain, the more obvious it seemed.

Saikai Haruto was in a good mood, still smiling and teasing: "Eh? Really? Looking at Haruna's expression, I almost thought that Haruna fell in love with Fushiguro-kun at first sight."

...Ah, it seems like my "flower infatuation" has become a little obvious without me noticing?

Hanayamain Haruna was startled for a moment, then her mind suddenly came to its senses. She turned to look at Saikai Haruto, and saw that there was only a teasing expression on his face and nothing else, as if he was just saying it casually as a joke. She heaved a sigh of relief.

Well, she said that Igarashi Yuuki had always been a naive person who had no idea about relationships and couldn't even tell the difference between "friendship" and "love". How could she suddenly become so enlightened?

And even though she was a bit of a nymphomaniac, that didn't prove that she was a fool - Fushiguro already had a child, so the little spark that had just ignited in her heart naturally died out in an instant.

Hanayamain Haruna waved her hand casually, "Hey, Yuuki, what are you talking about? Shinji and I are relatives! It's just that I haven't seen him for many years, and I suddenly found that he has changed a lot, so I was a little surprised and didn't react for a while."

Well, after all, it used to be 2D paper and comic-style, but now it’s 3D real-life modeling, so the change is of course huge.

"Oh, so that's how it is."

The "silly naive" of course chose to believe without hesitation. Saikai Haruto nodded trustingly, and seemed to believe what Hanayamain Haruna said. He asked curiously, "But I see that Fushiguro-kun doesn't seem to like the Zenin family... But it seems that you and Fushiguro-kun have a good relationship, Haruna? Why is that?"

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, his expression changed, and he suddenly became extremely serious and alert: "Well, wait...if it involves the secrets of the Zenin family, which cannot be told to outsiders casually, then classmate Haruna, you'd better not tell me!"

Hanayamain Haruna was speechless: "Yuuki, what are you thinking about? You and Satoru have watched too many Taiga dramas together, right? This is not a TV drama, there are no messy secrets!"

Saikai Haruto blinked and let out a sigh of relief in an exaggerated manner: "Because, Haruna-san, didn't you say that the Zenin family is one of the 'Three Great Families' in the world of curse arts? Then there must be a lot of family secrets that can't be told to others, and if you know them, you will be silenced... Isn't that right?"

"There is no such thing - no, there should be." Hanayama Haruna quickly changed her words and added: "But the matter of Shinjiro should not be included here, and there is nothing wrong to say."

Hanayamain Haruna found the serious expression on his face amusing and her hesitation was no longer a concern.

She said frankly, "Brother Shin'er, I don't know much about him. I only know that he is about ten years older than me. He is completely 'bound by heaven and curse'. Although this has given him an extremely strong body, he has not had any curse power since he was born. He is completely unable to exorcise cursed spirits. Therefore, he has never been taken seriously by the Zenyuan family. He left the Zenyuan family after he became an adult, and I have never heard of him since then."

"Although he has no magical powers, his strength is still very strong..."

Hanayamain Haruna recalled the countless corny compliments that Zenin Naoya had said to her about Zenin Jiner, which gave her goosebumps. She continued unconsciously, "As for the Zenin family, they have always attached great importance to sorcery, so Jiner-san must have hated the Zenin family so much and left as soon as he reached adulthood, right? I didn't expect to meet him here by chance, and he's already married with children."

Although Hanayamain Haruna herself has never seen Jin'er's strength and is not sure how strong he is, for example, Zenin Naoya, who is not as strong as her but is also considered a very powerful sorcerer, when people mention him, they almost want to treat him as the strongest person in the world. Then Fushiguro Jin'er may not be that weak - after all, although Hanayamain Haruna did defeat Zenin Naoya, she did not make him show that kind of expression to her.

"As for me... maybe it's because I helped Shinji when I was a kid living in the Zen temple, so he remembers me?"

Hanayamain Haruna said happily, nodding as she spoke, as if to increase her credibility: "And I'm not a member of the Zenin family... After all, my last name is not Zenin, but Hanayamain."

Well, no matter how you think about it, this is the only reason, right? Hanayamain Haruna is quite confident.

Did Hanayamain Haruna really not realize the deep malice that Fushiguro Shigenori harbored towards her?

Although he seemed to be smiling and in a good mood, Saikai Haruto swore that Fushiguro Shinobu's malice towards Hanayamain Haruna was clearly in his eyes, and it was so full that it was about to overflow.

But she didn't notice it at all?

Although he was testing her, after hearing Hanayamain Haruna's affirmative and confident answer, Saikai Haruto was speechless for the first time, and his heart was filled with confusion.

Ah, as expected, even "memories" cannot necessarily be fully trusted... The attitude that Hanayamain Haruna thought Fushiguro Shiori had towards her and the attitude he just witnessed with his own eyes can be said to be completely different.