Chapter 43 Chapter 43 Hundred Stories (End)
Yuyin looked at him carefully and confirmed that Jibe was not just showing off and was really fine, then she felt relieved and looked into the room.
Thanks to her arrow, the cursed spirit had disappeared without a trace. The members of the tennis club stood in groups of three or four, all with joy on their faces.
Yuyin suddenly remembered that she had to hide her identity, and she knocked her forehead in distress, but her hand accidentally hit something hard, making a crisp sound.
Only then did she realize that the mask she had worn at the previous demon hunter gathering was still hanging on her head. She quickly pulled the mask down to cover her face.
On this side, Yuushi Ozuki had just finished comforting his frightened partner, and when he turned around, he saw that there were suddenly some more people on Atobe's side, including the strange girl who had suddenly appeared before.
Of course, at the moment when he discovered the chaos and weirdness, the strange girl and the two people who appeared out of nowhere were nothing. What caught Oshitari's attention was instead the look on Atobe's face. It seemed as if he suddenly realized something and yet tried to remain calm. It seemed that something special must have happened in the short time when he didn't notice it.
Based on his experience of more than two years of getting along with Atobe, Inuzaka could conclude that Atobe was also not at peace at the moment, and was even a little entangled.
"Atobe," Oshitari's gaze swept across the masked girl and the seemingly harmless boy, landing on the azure girl. He asked suggestively, "Atobe, who are these people?"
Since he chose to stand with Atobe, it was highly likely that they already knew each other. Wearing a mask meant he didn't want to reveal his identity, but that outfit seemed...
Such thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, and Obito suddenly remembered that Saionji Tamon, who was sitting with Atobe in the afternoon, was dressed like this.
Inuzuka pushed his glasses up, feeling that he had seen through some truth, and didn't dare to say anything more.
Hearing Oshima's question, Atobe coughed lightly and said, "These two..." He paused, thought for a moment, and then said, "These two are demon hunters. They found something wrong here and came to rescue us. As for this one..." Atobe withdrew his gaze from the Aoandon and said to Oshima unhappily, "You guys are playing Hyakumonogatari and you still have the nerve to ask me, huh?"
Hearing Atobe's accusation, Oshitari dared not retort, nor would he shift the blame to the younger generation who initially advocated playing Hyaku Monogatari. He could only smile bitterly and said, "If I had known that there were really monsters in this world, I would have stopped them even if I had been labeled a coward."
Seeing that the situation here had stabilized, Natsume gently stroked Madara's neck. The big monster lowered his body to make it easier for the boy to turn over. After Natsume left his back, he turned back into a lucky cat and jumped onto Natsume's shoulder.
Atobe witnessed the entire process of the huge monster transforming into a strange fortune-beckoning cat and raised an eyebrow: "...So it's a cat."
Now it was Tamane and Natsume who were surprised. Tamane asked directly, "Can you see him?"
Atobe was a little surprised: "I can see it."
"No, no," Yuyin quickly changed the wording to be less misleading, "I'm asking about the state of the great monster that you were able to see his original form before?"
Atobe said as a matter of course: "Of course you can see that."
"Strange... ordinary people shouldn't be able to see it. If you don't believe me, ask them." Yuyin then turned to Oshitari and pointed to the place where Madara's former prototype was and asked, "Was there anything here just now?"
Oshitari subconsciously thought that it was indeed the voice of Saionji Tamao. When he heard her question, he shook his head without thinking.
Yuyin said to Atobe, "Look?"
Before Atobe, who had no idea what this meant, could ask, Natsume offered his opinion: "Could it be that this student also has the ability to 'see monsters'?"
Thinking of this possibility, Natsume looked at Atobe with a bit of sympathy as if he had met a fellow being.
"So monsters are generally invisible, and being able to see is a kind of talent?" Atobe quickly deduced the truth from their conversation.
"That's true. Ordinary people can't see it..."
Yuyin fell into deep thought. It was clear that when the flower elf suddenly appeared before, Tetsuya was completely unaware. Could it be that he suddenly woke up after being attacked this time?
When ordinary people are attacked by cursed spirits, they can briefly see the existence of cursed spirits. The green light of the Qingxuande is essentially a kind of ghost fire, so the Qingxuande that emits green light can be seen by ordinary people.
Thinking of this, Yuyin asked Qingxingdeng to remove the green light temporarily.
"Disappeared?!"
Mukai Taketo had to face the fact once again that the girl was not human. Oshitari looked at the empty space and tried his best to keep a straight face and not appear too panicked.
"It's clearly still here," Atobe pointed at the Aoandon with his tennis racket and asked his teammates, "Can't you see it?"
Yue Ren shook his head violently, and Oshitari nodded and said, "Atobe, in my opinion, there is really nothing there."
Atobe moved towards the others, and everyone, including Karachi and Shishido Ryo, shook their heads to indicate that they couldn't see it.
"strangeness……"
Before Atobe could wonder about the difference between himself and his teammates, Yuyin's eyes fell on the racket in his hand. In her perception, the racket was filled with a faint layer of spiritual power. Although the amount was not large, it was extremely pure. She immediately thought of something and her eyes lit up.
"I know why!" Yuyin stretched out her hand and said, "Atobe, give me the racket."
Then Oshitari saw Atobe handing her the racket without hesitation. Although Atobe did not have the temper of a rich young master, such as the habit of not liking outsiders touching his things, this was the racket that was most closely related to his beloved tennis. You know, normally even to teammates, Atobe would not lend his racket easily (of course, the fact that the tennis club has countless spare rackets is also a reason).
Ozaki pushed up his glasses and calmed down. He glanced at his startled partner and his teammates who were unaware of the situation. He felt so lonely in the world where he was the only one who had discovered the truth.
Yuyin had no idea how much drama Inuzaka had imagined in just this short action. She was just confirming her guess.
After the racket completely left his hand, Atobe finally showed a look of surprise. He looked solemnly at the place where Aoandon was originally, but there was no one there at the moment.
"So the condition for being able to see is holding the racket?" Atobe pondered.
Yuyin thought for a while and said, "We are still missing a control group." She turned to Ozaki and said, "Please ask this student to try..." She got stuck in the middle of her words. She couldn't just call out Ozaki's name. "Please ask this student to try it." As she said that, she was about to hand him the racket.
"Let him try it with his own racket."
Atobe reached out to retract the racket, but it happened to rest on the back of Yuyin's hand. Feeling the delicate touch of his fingertips, Atobe subconsciously retracted his hand, but Yuyin just let go of his hand, and the racket fell to the ground with a "clack".
"Sorry," Yuyin didn't expect him to lose his grip, so she bent down to pick up the racket and handed it back to him, "Take a look and see if it's broken."
"Nothing." Atobe said sullenly, not even glancing at the racket. His abnormal behavior had nothing to do with the racket, it was just because...
Shinobu, who saw through everything but kept silent, held his forehead and decided to go get the racket himself.
Not only Oshina, but other members of the tennis club were also asked to conduct an experiment to see if they could see monsters by holding a racket.
As it turns out, not everyone can see ghosts when they hold a tennis racket. This is indeed Keigo Atobe's unique ability.
Finally, Atobe and Oshitari made a guess that perhaps it was because Atobe's outstanding insight was enhanced when he held the tennis racket, so he was able to see the ghost with his own eyes.
After getting the result, Atobe and his teammates all breathed a sigh of relief, for different reasons.
The teammates were relieved because the demon hunter (Yuyin) told them that demons with malicious intentions would generally prioritize bullying people who could see them, because that would be the only way to get feedback for their evil deeds.
The reason why Atobe breathed a sigh of relief was that his "Yin Yang Eyes" was at least a controllable skill and would not cause too much interference to his normal life. According to Saionji, as long as he didn't encounter any intruding monsters while playing on the court and they didn't discover that he could see them, the situation would not be too bad.
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It's already late at night, but there's still a lot of follow-up work to be done.
Yuyin only then realized that in addition to the members of the tennis club, there were also many servants of the Atobe family in the villa, but when she thought that this was the Atobe family villa, this was just a matter of course.
Fortunately, in order to enhance its own abilities, the cursed spirit could only devour the members who were playing the Hundred Story game first. Although there were many people in the villa, the others just fainted under the cursed spirit's powerful cursed spiritual pressure.
After asking the others to move to the intact next room, Yuyin, holding the candlestick, accompanied by the host, Atobe, set out to find the butler who was said to be going to start the backup power supply. No matter what they were going to do next, it would be more convenient to continue with the butler's presence.
The crisp sound of footsteps echoed in the long corridor, accompanied by the whistling sound of the wind. Yuyin glanced at the two large holes she had just passed. One was formed by the previous battle between Qingxuande and the cursed spirit, and the other was made by a large monster in the human world when she was in a hurry. She turned her head and said to Atobe beside her, "I just realized that you have been really unlucky lately."
With all the damage done in the war, the cost of repairing the villa alone would not be less than eight figures.
"Ah, a little."
Atobe responded absentmindedly. He could see Yuyin's profile from the corner of his eye. After leaving the room, she lifted up her mask. At this moment, under the flickering candlelight, it had a unique and subtle beauty.
As knowledgeable as Atobe is, of course he knows about the existence of the suspension bridge effect. If he had any unusual feelings when he was rescued just now, he could have attributed it to the suspension bridge effect. Now that he has been out of that situation for a long time, Atobe really can't convince himself that it was still the suspension bridge effect at work.
If it weren't for the suspension bridge effect, when did he start to care more and more about Saionji Gyoon?
Even though Tobe is always capable and decisive, he couldn't help but hesitate when love came knocking on the door.
"The world is not very safe now. How about you ask my senior brother to make some exorcism arrangements for your villa? Although it won't be immune to all evil, it can at least provide some preventive measures." Yuyin was seriously trying to find a solution for Tebe.
To be honest, what happened today is not just because the members of the tennis club played Hyaku Monogatari, but because the people who played Hyaku Monogatari are members of the tennis club.
To be more specific, it is because these teenagers have been practicing tennis for a long time, and they have more spiritual power than ordinary people. Naturally, they will attract unnatural beings nearby. Among them, Jibe, who has the strongest spiritual power, is the most affected.
When Yuyin thought about the fact that he could now even see monsters and ghosts (although he needed to hold a racket), she knew that it would be difficult for him to live in peace in the future.
After all, seeing is the first step to establishing a connection. Once the connection is established, it is difficult to sever the connection with that world.
"Your senior brother?" Atobe thought of the young man he had met once before at the Ginza restaurant. When he heard Yuyin mention the other party in such an intimate tone, he couldn't help feeling a little jealous.
"Mr. Chang? I'll consider it."
Suddenly, as if he had figured out some eternal problem, a confident smile appeared on Atobe Keigo's face again.
"The backup power supply is in the basement. Butler Yamaoki should be there." Atobe reached out and took the candlestick from Yuyin's hand, illuminating the staircase on the other side. "Go this way."
Yuyin nodded. Of course, the host, Atobe, was more familiar with the road.
"The stairs here are quite high, so be careful when you walk."
Atobe leaned over to remind her, and before Yuyin could say it was okay, he extended his hand to her and said, "Forget it, I'll hold your hand and walk." After that, he took her hand very naturally.
Yuyin was slightly stunned. In the study of relations in the island nation, holding hands has a special meaning between friends of the opposite sex. But then she remembered that Atobe came back from the UK and received a Western education since childhood. It was not surprising that he acted like a gentleman in this situation.
But it was the first time that Yuyin was treated as someone who needed protection, so she still felt a little uncomfortable. She tentatively pulled her hand away. Of course, Totoro didn't hold it tightly, but just held it lightly.
"No need," Yuyin coughed lightly to hide her discomfort, took out the talisman paper and said, "I can use this for lighting."
She whispered a spell, and her spiritual power flowed over the spell on the talisman paper, immediately bursting out a bright light, illuminating the stairs leading to the basement clearly and clearly.
Atobe didn't express any dissatisfaction with her pulling her hand away. It seemed that it was just the habitual gentlemanly behavior of "taking care of a lady".
He looked at the talisman paper in Yuyin's hand for a few seconds and asked curiously, "How did you do that?"
"This is an illumination talisman," Yuyin introduced, "but to use it, you must at least be able to control your spiritual power."
The flow of spiritual energy in Atobe's body is entirely based on instinct. The most powerful moment of spiritual energy surges is when he uses his tennis skills. In normal times, he is no different from ordinary people. Atobe also heard about this from Yuyin.
Atobe shrugged, his words nonchalant: "Looks like I can't use it now."
He did not bring a racket on this trip. At this moment, the crisis in the villa has been resolved, and with Yuyin, a powerful warrior, by his side, Jibe really does not need to bring a racket to protect himself. However, considering his usual independent and self-reliant personality, this is somewhat abnormal.
Atobe sneered in his heart. It turned out that before he thought it through, his heart and body had already made their own choices. It was not difficult for him to admit this.
"Let's go."
Atobe turned around and walked down. No matter what, the most important thing now was to find the housekeeper Yamaoki, otherwise a group of people would have no place to stay in the villa with a power outage at night, and he would be embarrassed in front of Saionji Tamon. After all, in his imagination, this should have been a perfect reception by the Atobe family, but the reality at the moment was too far from it.
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The author has something to say: There is no official name for the steward of the Atobe family yet. I saw someone on Baidu answer that it was Yamaoki, so I adopted it directly.
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