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In the forest.
"Oh no … Oh no …"
Prunus was panicking.
She looked at the monster that was seven to eight meters tall.
A strong feeling of uneasiness and fear emerged from the bottom of her heart. She froze.
Prunus's lips trembled slightly.
She looked down at her friend who was pale and unconscious. She … She had to run.
And she had to take An Qiu away from here!
But it was so scary. The monster that suddenly appeared exuded an ominous aura of death. It seemed that …
She was no match for it at all!
The monster stared at Prunus covetously as if she was its prey.
Seeing Prunus's trembling body, the monster looked up to the sky and howled. It sounded like the howl of a wolf or other wild beast.
In Prunus's ears, it was like a declaration that the monster was going to kill her.
Prunus held An Qiu in her arms with trembling hands.
She stretched out her hands and faced the masked monster.
She wanted to use her personality to do something. However, her nervousness made her unable to judge what she should do. On the contrary, the monster saw that she was moving and raised its sharp claws, which were as sharp as an eagle's claws.
It waved its claws at her mercilessly.
Prunus was startled and closed her eyes.
She hugged An Qiu tightly with both hands.
She planned to use her body to block the attack.
"Run!
You're so stupid! "
Just as Prunus was about to take the monster's attack,
An exasperated voice suddenly came from beside her. Then, it was followed by an angry voice.
It was followed by the sound of an explosion. A wave of hot air whizzed past Prunus. She hurriedly opened her eyes and noticed that the monster in front of her had been knocked down to the ground.
She was delighted and looked at the person who came. "Explode -senpai!"
"Don't giggle like an idiot. Hurry up and take that damned woman away. That damned thing isn't completely dead yet …" Boaster frowned. Without another word, he took off his sports jacket and threw it to the side. Wearing only a white undershirt, his entire body was drenched in sweat. Boaster was preparing for battle.
He stared at the monster on the ground vigilantly and calmly. When he saw that it was still struggling, he hurriedly ran to Prunus and attacked it head-on. Prunus was so scared that she narrowed her eyes. This senpai's actions were so simple and violent!
"Ao ao ao ao —" The monster that had been hit by Boisterous Tyrant rolled on the ground and struggled to get up. Seeing this, Boisterous Tyrant furrowed his brows. "What the hell is this thing? It's so sturdy …"
"Explode -senpai, this …" Prunus.
"… Okay, I saw it. It was released from the damned woman's body, right?"
A straightforward person does not resort to insinuations. He did not intend to hide the fact that he peeked at everything that happened just now.
"… Then!"
Prunus was a little hesitant. Since An Qiu was hiding here alone, she definitely did not want anyone to know about this.
"Okay, stop talking!
I understand. Let's kill this thing first! "Explode frowned and looked at Prunus." That damned woman doesn't want to be seen, right?
Let's subdue it here! "
After that, he reached out and took An Qiu from Prunus and carried her over his shoulder. Without saying a word, he placed her under a tree outside of the battle range. Then, he stood in front of her and got ready to fight.
Bai Jian stared blankly at the beige haired youth who was dripping with sweat, and felt very surprised. Usually, Explosive Tycoon would always appear to be startled, and his words would be especially rough. She didn't expect that when he really encountered these kinds of things, he would appear so calm and reliable.
With this thought, Prunus's fear gradually dissipated. Yes, for An Qiu, she had to subdue the monster here!
With this thought, Prunus immediately stood up and distanced herself from the monster.
Explode curled his lips. "That's more like it!"
Prunus: "… Senpai, you're really sharp-tongued!"
"… Shut up!"
Explode grinned and ran to the monster without saying a word. "I'll make a feint. You tie the monster up with clay at the critical moment!"
With his explosive personality, if he was not careful, he could destroy or even burn down the place. This was why Explode had no choice but to let Prunus stay. He needed her personality.
Prunus did not say a word. She held her breath and carefully went around to the monster's blind spot. Then, she observed Explode's movements from the dark. Without saying a word, he began to fight with the monster and threatened it with his personality. However, although the monster instinctively avoided Explode's explosion, the explosion did not cause any significant damage to it.
"Tsk, you're so annoying!"
Bao Hao clicked his tongue unhappily. Seeing that his normal attacks were not effective, he did a backflip to increase the distance between him and the monster. Then, he used his left hand to create an explosion to push his entire body forward and increase the strength of his kick. Then, he kicked the monster's mask.
The monster staggered a few steps back from Explode's attack. Explode locked onto this moment and shouted, "Now, white-haired guy!"
"… Not white-haired guy!"
Prunus, who had been hiding at the back, was ready. She jumped down from the tree and hugged the back of the monster's neck like a koala bear. Then, she placed her palm on the monster's body. Then, clay was produced from Prunus' palm like a waterfall and wrapped around the monster like a white rice dumpling.
Then, the tied up monster fell to the ground like a mummy and struggled with all its might.
"… Wrap it again!
Until it's out of breath! "
Explode ordered. Prunus paused for a moment and immediately made more clay. She wrapped the monster layer by layer until there were no traces of its struggle.
Explode and Prunus settled the sudden accident. The two of them sat on the ground in relief. Explode exhaled and frowned. "… Okay, you go and bring the dead woman back to the dormitory. I'll ask Teacher 13 to clean up the scene!"
Prunus nodded in agreement.
…
After that, Explode and Prunus worked together according to the division of labor. They temporarily left the giant rice dumpling.
However, without Explode and Prunus noticing, the cocoon-wrapped monster suddenly dissipated into black particles, destroying the clay shell from the inside. Then, it once again condensed into a two-meter-tall monster from the outside.
The little monster looked up to the sky and roared. Just when it was happy that it had successfully escaped, a silver light flashed in front of it. The monster only felt that its body was cut into two by a cold katana. Its mask was destroyed, and it really dissipated without any warning.
The white-haired boy in a black bathrobe appeared from the darkness and looked coldly at the dissipating black particles. He then took out the communication device he used to communicate with his companions and calmly reported, "One of them has been eliminated. The sample has been collected."
There was a rustling reply from the other side of the communication device. "… Well done!
Remember to erase the traces, or the humans will be suspicious. "
"Understood."
The boy's emerald eyes quietly looked at the white clay shell on the ground. Since the monster had escaped, it should be empty now. In order not to arouse the suspicion of those people just now, he had to do something so that the humans could retrieve the "monster".
But in fact, only they knew that the monster just now was mainly composed of Reiki. It was not easy to kill it with human weapons. It must be destroyed with the unique moves of the Shinigami and the Zanpakuto.
So, as the Shinigami, he appeared here in order to eliminate the monster and clean up the aftermath.
Thinking of this, the boy sighed and resigned himself to the task of "erasing the traces".
"The days haven't been very peaceful recently …"
He sighed softly and looked up at the peaceful crescent moon. Fortunately, this eventful night had finally returned to peace after his arrival.
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When Explode returned to the scene with Teacher 13, they had also successfully retrieved the "corpse" of the monster. In order to avoid worrying the students, Teacher 13 also concealed the matter. Originally, he knew about An Qiu's "concealing function" before she entered the school. Now, he was just helping An Qiu continue to conceal the matter.
After that, Explode also returned to the 2-A dormitory. Prunus went to the room to take care of An Qiu. Teacher 13 explained to the students that An Qiu was just not feeling well, and during the cohabitation in the forest, she would temporarily stop training and rest until she recovered.
As for Prunus, who was worried about An Qiu, she also specially made millet porridge for An Qiu at mealtime every day to help her eat it when she had not fully recovered.
Perhaps because something unexpected had happened, Anqiu was not in a good mood after she woke up. Other than the fact that she did not mention the monster to Bai Jian, she did not even open her mouth to speak much.
The only thing she said to Prunus was this sentence after she woke up, "Almond, are you hurt?"
Prunus was stunned and shook her head.
"That's good."
An Qiu looked down, still looking listless, "Don't ask me anything else. I don't want to explain it now."
Prunus did not want to force her, so she automatically shut her mouth.
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Soon, it was the fourth night of the cohabitation in the forest.
As usual, Prunus continued her work of delivering food to An Qiu. Unexpectedly, on this day, an unexpected guest appeared in the corridor.
Prunus exclaimed and subconsciously called the person's name, "Explode …"
"Shh!"
Explode rolled his eyes. Boys were not allowed to enter here, and he was a second-year student. If he was caught, he would be dead.
Prunus nodded and asked him with a mouth shape, "Are you here to see An Qiu?"
Explode did not answer directly. Instead, he took the tray from Prunus, "I'll deliver it."
Prunus nodded and knocked on An Qiu's private room for Explode, "An Qiu, I'm coming in."
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Hearing Bai Jian's voice, An Qiu, who had been sleeping soundly, crawled out of bed. She agreed softly, and when the door opened, the figure of Bao Hao appeared.
An Qiu widened her eyes and looked at Explode in disbelief, "Why are you here?"
With a straight face, Bao Hao placed the tray with her lunch on the coffee table beside her. Then, he said seriously and straightforwardly, "I was there that day. I saw everything."
An Qiu widened her eyes. She did not expect Explode to be there. She looked at Prunus outside the door and covered her face in annoyance, "… Please keep it a secret."
"Okay."
Explode nodded. He just did not like to hide things. Now that he had confessed to An Qiu, he had nothing else to say.
Thinking of this, he nodded at her again and walked towards the door.
Unexpectedly, just as Explode was about to leave the room, Prunus, who was waiting outside the door, suddenly closed the door with a panicked look. Bang! The door almost hit Explode's face.
The tyrant exploded in an instant. He was about to open the door and fight with Bai Jian outside when he heard the sound of some people talking.
"… Prunus, how is Asakura?" It was Teacher Number 13's signature voice.
"She, she, she … she's fine!" Prunus answered in a panic and blocked the door again.
— — Teacher Number 13?!
A teacher is here?
Boastful Tyrant was about to curse, but he choked back his words in an instant. Now he had sneaked out, and this was the girls' dormitory. If he was caught by Teacher 13 … Boastful Tyrant's face turned ugly, and he immediately trotted to the only window in the room. The window was installed with iron bars, and he couldn't jump out!
"What's wrong?
You don't look well. I want to go in and see Asakura … "Teacher Number 13 said with concern.
"She's not in a good condition now!
Teacher Number 13, please come back later! "Prunus explained dizzily.
Outside, Teacher Number 13 and Prunus were still chatting awkwardly. Finally, Teacher Number 13 became suspicious of Prunus. "Why do you look so weird?
Is there someone hiding inside? "
"No!" Prunus shook her head hurriedly.
"Then get out of the way. Let me go in and see!"
Teacher Number 13 was determined to suspect Prunus. Thinking of this, she reached out her chubby hand to the door handle.
Explode, who was standing inside the room, had a bad look on his face. He felt that he had nowhere to run to. He was dead meat. Would it be the deduction of marks at the end of the semester, the hell of popsicles, or the head chef of the Forest Dormitory?
In his mind, he imagined being hung up and punished by AsiaZe-sensei, and then being ridiculed by all the people in the class who made him angry. Soon, his whole face became cloudy again.
"… What are you doing!?"
However, just when Explode thought that he was going to bear the stigma of being a rapist and kneel here, he felt his wrist tighten and his head spin. When he came back to his senses, he found himself in a completely different space.
Seeing that his surroundings had suddenly become narrow and dark, Explode subconsciously wanted to curse, but he felt that his mouth was covered by someone. He came back to his senses and met An Qiu's pair of black eyes.
"Shut up if you don't want to be punished."
She said carefully, and her warm breath blew on Explode's face.
Explode's eyes widened in fear. He then noticed that he and An Qiu were hiding in the cupboard.
"My strength hasn't recovered yet, and I can only escape here with you. We're still in the room, and it'll be bad if the teacher finds us. Don't say anything."
An Qiu explained weakly, and as if she was dissatisfied with the junk in the cupboard, she pressed her body closer to Explode and pinned him against the wall of the cupboard.
With a girl's soft and fragrant body so close to him, even the brainless Explode's head was filled with profanities.
— F * ck, he was just casually thinking about it. He didn't expect that in order to not be misunderstood as a rapist, he really had to act like one!?!
Explode stuttered and wanted to resist, but An Qiu thought that he was going to explode, so she increased the strength of her hands without hesitation.
"… Shut up!" An Qiu was irritated.
Explode felt the two soft lumps on his body, and in order not to cause any awkward reactions, he immediately gave in. … Okay, I'm sorry.
Don't f * cking touch my body again.
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