Volume 8 Chapter 9 (1/2)

Chapter 9: The Past Intersection

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I was not surprised at all that I would be caught

It's only if I didn't get caught that I would be surprised, I really mean it

Gasai turned around and beckoned to me I had no choice but to accept my fate, recover my steps that were about to head in the opposite direction, and walk toward him

When I got near the balcony ledge, I heard a faint noise from outside

”Did you follow ?”

Senior Gasai's voice brought me back to reality, ”Uh…no” It's not like I have a question all the tiht?

”If there's nothing in particular, it's better to go to sleep early” Pausing for a bit, he once again shi+fted his gaze over to the balcony ledge ”After all, with the situation as it is right now, if you don't first keep up your physical strength…it won't be so easy to deal with those things outside”

Outside?

I followed senior Gasai's gaze and looked outside, and for a second, rew numb

It was completely black outside, as if ink was poured all over the sky and ground Within the blackness, the sounds of water and ripples could also be heard

But the thing that caused row numb wasn't those Instead, above the ripples, I sawaround, and it looks like a hu the hostel from a distance away

”Right now, there's a barrier blocking the fog's invasion but once it's e into, so before the sun rises, all we can do is get a good rest” He turned around, his purple eyes seeht ”Chu, this is completely different from the previous competitions If you really can't do it, no one will say anything about it”

I nodded I also understand my oorth

Perhaps to everyone, I was just a passerby who accidentally became involved in this competition, the kind that you wouldn't expect to er will definitely be the first one to be told to run away and not interfere by everyone

”I' that you're not fit to participate in this competition Inyou to be the backup player couldn't be a better choice” As if he saw through hts, Gasai lifted up the corner of his lips ”I' this to be polite, but rather, you really do have the strength to participate One day, when you reach the highest point in the school and look back at the past, you will think so too It's just that the you right now isn't able to see this”

In fact, I think he really is saying this to be polite I don't even knohether I can graduate fro back at the past And maybe, by the time I do reach that level and look back, I'd probably see an overwhel number of deaths and the like, which just so happens to create the first school record for the person with most deaths

”I won't be able to do that…I can't even properly use an explosive char the competition” I don't know if it's because of how late it is or because of a psychological reason, that I very naturally issued words that sounded a lot like complaints to senior Gasai ”I feel like, I' me here…is very weird”

That's right, having me here is very weird

”Chu, about a couple of years ago, I thought about the sa as you” Senior Gasai walked over to the nearby sofa and sat down Then he pointed to the e me to also sit down ”At that ti at all”

”But one way or another, you will definitely becoins that were considered to be quite powerful, no norant newbie that I aht!?

”I spent six years in the Yukino Clan” Gasai didn't answerelse ”Within those six years, because I wasn't a suitable heir, I didn't have any tutors instructing, math and whatnot However, she didn't mention any other matters about the Yukino Clan It was probably also due to this that I almost didn't know about the Yukino Clan's line of work and their spiritual abilities, much less the existence of the school”

Nn, sounds rather like a nor up

”After six years, one day, my mother took me back to the Yakushi+ji Clan, and on the seventh day, she died during the disaster of the assailant's attack on the Yukino Clan Leader I suppose Chifuyu should have already told you this”

I nodded Basically, Chifuyu even told ered till she left

”On the eighth day, I was living in a world that I didn't understand Mother's corpse was quickly disposed of, because regardless of whether she was a Yakushi+ji or a Yukino, a corpse can reveal many secrets, so the body had to be destroyed as soon as possible” As if he was talking about so totally unrelated to him, Gasai's expression didn't fluctuate at all ”Back then, I was a lot younger than you, and just like that, I was kicked into this different world I didn't even have a chance to back out, because this is the blood that floithin my body”

”Compared to you, I was even s”

Maybe I was a little shocked

I didn't know that Gasai would suddenly talk about his own origin, and would never have guessed that they ht've had a harder time than me

”At that time, I didn't inherit the Yukino Clan's bloodline Afterof the eye in the Yakushi+ji Clan, and in just a short night, after I woke up, the world I saas already completely different from before”

I suddenly felt a little syh I didn't knohat kind of childhood he had, but after hearing him now, maybe I was a lot luckier than he was After all, I've been seeing ghosts since I was little It wasn't unexpected at all, so instead, when I arrived at the school, I was slightly able to accept sos there

This is a bit different fros all of a sudden

”You can also understand that feeling of the things you've learned being nooutside the balcony, Gasai said an affirmative sentence that was also my answer ”After I studied in the Yakushi+ji Clan for five years, I learned about the school through randfather, and after middle school, I entered the school to continue on with my studies”

Middle school?

Then that's a lot earlier than I did

”Later on, I met Icy Flame in the school, and I was pretty much in the same situation that you are in” Gasai ss ”Icy Fla, no th would make one clearly feel that he has been left far behind, and he would so beside a bunch of strong people”

That's right, I currently feel like that too

I' people like an ant within a herd of elephants that could flattenhappy

”Due to Icy Fla high school, I went to test for robe levels Although I failed a couple of times, I was finally able to catch up to their footsteps” S as he looked at me, Gasai patted my shoulder ”Your hidden ability is so htly You will stand beside everyone faster than I”

I know that senior Gasai said all of these to help cheer me up

I really know it

”I'm sorry I even s I lack are called courage and confidence It's just that I still couldn't grab onto those two things, causing a lot of people around me to try desperately to cheer me up

Gasai was still s by yourself is much too hard I have seen such a person before, so I don't want you to struggle alone either If there really is anything, you have to say it so that everyone can know Everyone here will help you, and it's fine even if you want to scream for help”

Uh…I think I still won't dare to screa

”Dong dong” sounds of little footsteps ca

With a ”pa,” the lights in the saloon turned on, and the surroundings becaain turned to look at senior Gasai He was already giving off that usual gentle but slightly estranged feeling

If this was the situation just now, I guess I probably wouldn't have dared to say anything

No wonder so to chat with so and atood, I can still somewhat understand this point

”What are you guys hiding over here for?” That little pillow-fighting kid finally noticed that herafter him ”The people in the room are about to sleep”

Xiao Ting jumped onto the sofa and bounced on it a few ti down I noticed that the braids on her head were all in a messy pile, with feathers stuck inside them There's a ninety-nine percent chance that soht just now until the air was full of snowflakes flying around

I re's hair has always been taken care of by senior Gasai

Also noticing that her hair was scattered into a ed her braids that came loose and looked at senior Gasai ide eyes, before she started scooting her butt over to her master

”Co immediately sat over there happily and even untied all her braids on the way, until her long hair hung down around her shoulders

Very unbelievably, the little black snake MeiMei now looks no different from an ordinary kid

Gasai very naturally helped tie her hair back into its original style that had several round braids The whole process took only a few s were silent and still Even a pin drop could be heard very clearly

Right now they look just like the s

In fact, they shouldn't be not that different froh not that similar either

”Alright” Gasai let go of his hands, and the little girl very happily jumped off the chair

”Then, it's ti bounced over in front ofand Master's turn to stand guard”

Stand guard?

That's right, I've heard theuard and the like ”I can help stand guard too” At least I can still do the kind of thing like waking everyone up when I see soht?

”Listen, you!” Xiao Ting suddenly put her hands on her hips, and sternly stretched out an eyesore of a finger and pointed it at my nose ”Go, to, sleep”

She gave me three very simple and neat words

This caused me to really want to make fun of this brat

Then I alsoher forehead ”Right now, it should be ti little MeiMei”

There is a story that went like this: Soot about the true nature of wild animals and recklessly went to provoke the wild aniot bitten back

I suppose, that story should be talking about me

”Ga——”

Xiao Ting, who got poked, opened up her bloody mouth in a second In that second, I saw a black throat, and heaven was just before my eyes

”Xiao Ting, you can't do this”