Chapter 40 Chapter 40 Hundred Stories (I)
After finishing the practice match with Seigaku, Hyotei and the others took a ride back to Atobe's villa.
"It's really not easy to play against Seigaku." Taketo stretched after getting off the car and complained to Oshitari.
After these days of hard training, Yue Ren's physical strength has improved a lot. He did not encounter any physical problems in today's match with Momoshiro Takeshi. However, this does not mean that he will not be tired after the match, especially when his opponent is a power player like Momoshiro.
Oshitari pushed up his glasses and said, "You can have a big dinner to replenish your energy. I believe the chef of the Atobe family will not disappoint you."
"Of course, the chefs in my house are all Michelin-level, right, Karachi?" Upon hearing this, Atobe, who was walking in front, snapped his fingers.
Huadi: “Yes.”
Atobe stroked his hair and said, "Thank you for your hard work today. If you want to eat something, please tell the butler first. You are welcome to order."
"Long live!" All the team members cheered together.
Xiangri Yueren touched his now shriveled stomach and said, "I wanted to save some space for snacks at the night market tonight."
Hearing this, Atobe suddenly remembered Saionji Gyoen's warning to him. He paused, turned back, and said to Yueren, "Tonight, no one is allowed to leave the villa."
"Ah? Why?" Yue Ren was puzzled.
"This is my rule." Atobe waved his hand casually and walked towards the villa first.
"Sigh..." Yue Ren sighed. Since Atobe had said so, there was definitely no room for maneuver.
Oshitari patted his shoulder and said soothingly, "Since Atobe has ordered us to do so, let's hang out in the activity room tonight. I remember when you first arrived, you were very excited to see a game in the activity room."
Yue Ren's attention was immediately diverted. "Well, I like that game! The protagonist's most powerful skill is jumping. You achieve your goals and gain points by jumping high and far. Yushi, let me tell you..."
Looking at his partner who instantly became excited, Obito pushed his glasses with a smile and walked into the villa together.
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This gathering of the venue can be said to be very successful.
By the time Shizuka Chang, who was waiting for him, finished his business and got rid of the crowd that was harassing him, and retreated from the front desk, and found Saionji Tamane and Natsume Takashi hiding in a remote place, quite a while had passed and it was already dark.
Yuyin raised her glass to the seated Chang Jingsi and said, "Congratulations, Senior Brother."
Since she was a minor, the cup contained tea instead of wine.
Deba Shizuka smiled faintly, picked up the teacup and took a sip: "This is all thanks to you and Mr. Gojo."
In the demon-killing world, every family carefully preserves the techniques passed down from their ancestors, fearing that they might be discovered by outsiders. The Dechang family's current status is closely related to their unbroken tradition and the countless secret techniques they have passed down.
It is absolutely impossible for Jingji Dechang to use his own secret technique in exchange for other people's gratitude, but the "secret technique" in the world of curse is different. Using something that does not belong to him, he can gain some reputation and achieve other goals at the same time. It is like killing two birds with one stone. Why not do it?
"Mr. Deba."
Deba Shizuka raised his head and saw for the first time a look of almost reverence in Natsume Takashi's eyes. He was slightly startled and corrected himself. Perhaps this was a way to kill three birds with one stone.
"Natsume-kun," Deba Shizuka raised the corner of his lips, "What do you think of what I just said, Natsume-kun?"
Natsume praised him, which was rare. "Great! Even the cat teacher was listening attentively just now."
The lucky cat that was accidentally sold meowed and scratched him: "I'm not listening to you. I just want to hear the weaknesses of those cursed spirits, so that you won't be chased by cursed spirits next time and have to call for help again!"
"Oh?" Deba Shizuka's eyes fell on the lucky cat, and his smile became more genuine. "It's my honor to be liked by a cat."
Seeing him like this, Yuyin couldn't help but understand that her senior brother's cat-obsession problem had come back again.
Thanks to someone's excellent facial expression management, even if he likes something to the extreme, the target person will not feel anything at all. Not only will he not receive his "love" at all, but he may even mistakenly think that he has "bad intentions."
"But I didn't expect that you, senior brother, have sorted out those techniques that my senior and I told you so quickly." She thought it would take some time, or that her senior brother would force her to handle it. After all, she was the one who had crossed these two worlds and truly studied the knowledge on both sides in a systematic way.
"We have to rush like this," Deba Jingsi sighed slightly and complained, "The injury rate among the demon hunters here while solving commissions has been far too high lately. I really don't understand how the power that fuses the worlds works, and they shouldn't impart a little more 'common sense' to those people. With so many demon hunters injured out there, many commissions have been sent to the Deba family, and we can't refuse them even if we want to."
Although booming business is a good thing, everything should be done in moderation. Too many commissions are also a burden to the family. After all, the entire family has a limited number of people, and there are even fewer high-level demon hunters.
"So I think it's best to restore the order of the demon-hunting world to its former state as soon as possible. Otherwise, if things continue like this, the client might mistakenly believe that demon-hunters are inferior to sorcerers."
Especially for those high-ranking officials, once they identify and form this fixed view, the negative impact on the demon-hunting world will be long-lasting and far-reaching.
"Those cursed spirits are really annoying to humans, and even more so to demons," Madara said. He had taken the opportunity to eat a large meal at the gathering, but Natsume had forbidden him from drinking because he was afraid he would get drunk and cause trouble. Now, he was stroking his bulging belly and lying on Natsume's lap. "Recently, many little demons have come to me crying about being bullied by cursed spirits." At this point, he curled his lips, "Those guys are really embarrassing for demons."
However, Natsume stroked his fur and laughed while exposing his pretense: "But teacher, every time you see them crying, don't you rush out to help them immediately?"
Madara hummed, but didn't say anything in rebuttal because of Natsume's comfortable touch.
"It's quite late," Deba Shizuka glanced at the clock and stood up. "Tamaon, Natsume-kun, I'll take you to your room. Nanase should have arranged it."
Today is the weekend, and because the main gathering is in the evening, he arranged for overnight stay when he invited Natsume-kun. As for his junior sister, of course she has to stay here so late.
"Hey," Natsume stood up a little stiffly, "The meeting isn't over yet, is it okay for Mr. Deba to leave like this?"
"With Nanase and the others here, it'll be fine."
Deba Jingji didn't want to spend the whole night here with those people. He had already taught the techniques for dealing with cursed spirits to other members of the family, so it was completely fine if he didn't stay here.
Yuyin stood up and stretched: "Let's go, I'm getting bored here, Brother, have you prepared a midnight snack..."
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The training of Hyotei Tennis Club has always been known for its freedom. Training mainly relies on personal initiative and there is no compulsory additional training.
So after dinner, due to the ban on going out by Tezuka, everyone stayed in the activity room, some reading, some playing games, and they were very content.
After taking a leisurely flower petal bath in his huge bathroom, Keigo Atobe put on his yukata and called Kunimitsu Tezuka, who was far away in a foreign country, at the telephone station on the third floor to inform him of the situation of today's practice match.
The butler who pushed the dining table over laughed at him for always playing the bad guy and not letting others know about his good intentions. Atobe smiled and reached out to take the coffee from the cart.
"Ah, maybe I'm just suited to this kind of role..."
Before he could finish his sigh, his vision suddenly went black.
Atobe blinked and shifted his gaze to the window beside him. There was no moon tonight, but the starlight was very bright, barely providing him with a little light to see in the dark.
"The power is out?"
"I'm sorry, Master Jingwu, I'll ask what went wrong right away." The butler said calmly and immediately took out the communicator to contact other servants in the house.
After a while, he came to a conclusion and replied to Atobe, "Master, it shouldn't be a problem inside the villa. It seems that the power supply outside is cut off. I will call the power department in Karuizawa to inquire about the specific situation. For now, we can only use the villa's backup power supply."
Atobe nodded and said, "Do as you wish."
The butler returned the three mobile phones to Atobe, then found the candlesticks stored in a nearby counter, lit them and placed them on the dining table. After handling all this in an orderly manner, he said goodbye and went to check the backup power supply.
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In the activity room on the second floor.
"ah--!"
The moment the power went out, Taketo Mukai, who was holding the handle, let out a scream.
Just before the monitor screen went out, he was sprinting towards the highest game score, just a little bit away from breaking the record.
The other people in the room who were reading or watching TV also looked up, wondering what was going on.
Yuushi Ozuki turned on the screen of his mobile phone, walked to the window and took a look. The two rows of street lights in front of the villa were also dark. It seemed that the problem was not just in their room.
Shortly afterwards, the maid knocked on the door and apologized, saying that there was a power outage, and brought in a lot of candlesticks for lighting.
Xiangri Yueren turned off his phone in frustration. Looking at the phone at this brightness was harmful to his eyesight. "When will the power be restored? This is so boring."
Yuushi Oshizuka was watching a local pure love movie just now. He was watching the two protagonists pour out their hearts to each other when the power suddenly went out. Naturally, he was a little dissatisfied. "Wait a minute, Yueren, there should be a backup power supply in the villa."
When Shishido Ryo and Hiyoshi Wakaba were competing for the type of movie to watch, they both lost the draw to Obita. One of them wanted to watch Star Wars and the other wanted to watch a Hong Kong Kung Fu movie. In the end, one of them could only read a magazine and the other read a ghost story novel. At this time, the light was dim, and it was naturally not suitable to continue reading, so they both closed the books.
Hearing Oshitari's words about waiting patiently, Shishido Ryo tutted his words and sat down next to Houchotaro. Hiyoshi Raku stared at the candlestick on the table for a while, and suddenly said, "This situation is very suitable for Hyakumonogatari."
Hyakumonogatari is a folk custom unique to the island nation, which refers to the act of people sitting together on summer nights, lighting candles and telling ghost stories.
"Hyaku Monogatari..." Mukai Taketo swallowed his saliva. He was most afraid of things like strange stories. Considering the dark environment in the room, he immediately sat down next to Oshitari and held his arm tightly.
Hiyoshiruo challenged, "Isn't it possible that Mukairi-senpai is scared?"
"How, how is this possible?!" Yue Ren hid beside Inuzuka and said stubbornly.
"What do the other seniors think?"
Hiyoshiwaka asked, glancing at everyone.
Yuushi Ozuki pushed his glasses. Saying no at this time would be equivalent to admitting in front of his juniors that he was not capable, and he would only be sorry for Yueren.
He said calmly, "I'm fine."
Shishido Ryo shrugged, "That's fine with me." But he didn't forget about Chotaro. "What about you, Chotaro?"
Hou Changtaro touched his head and said, "If Shishido-senpai agrees, I have no objection."
Hiyoshi Waka looked at the remaining two people. Akutagawa Jiro was sleeping soundly on the sofa, so there was no need to consider him. There was no need to ask Takahiro Karachi at all. Without Minister Atobe present, he would not express his opinion at all (even if he was present, he would only agree with Minister Atobe's opinions).
Okay, he gave himself a silent thumbs-up in his heart, and decided to start by telling ghost stories.
"Since most of the seniors agree, let's get started."
Hiyoshi Waka stood up and placed the candlesticks that the maid had brought in earlier on the coffee table. He then asked everyone to sit on the sofa next to the coffee table and explained the rules.
"Let's start with me. Then, in counterclockwise order, we'll take turns telling stories and blowing out the candles. Well, we probably won't get to the hundredth one, so let's just talk about the phone calls."
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The author has something to say: It seems that the remaining 2500 words can only be delayed until tomorrow's payment_(:з」∠)_
How can summer be without Hyaku Monogatari? The official book says that Hiyoshi likes to read strange stories the most while Taketo is most afraid of strange stories.
I searched for Japanese horror stories to make up a ghost story, but I was the one who was scared away by the ghost pictures QAQ
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