Chapter 163
As they walked, Venti acted as a guide, introducing Zhongli and Ying behind her.
"Moreover, there are many, many countries in this world. There are only seven countries on the Teyvat continent, but there are hundreds of countries in this world!"
"With so many countries involved, won't it be chaotic?"
"There is indeed some chaos, or rather, extreme chaos in some places. The war has never stopped. This is probably why Li Yue has always emphasized that there can be no rule by men."
Venti shrugged.
"But the country we are in now is peaceful, and its history and culture are very similar to Inazuma's, especially my friends who have an Inazuma vibe."
As they were talking, the four gods had already arrived at the bus stop outside the park.
"This is where we board the bus; we'll be taking a bus from here to our destination."
Venti glanced at the timetable on the bus stop sign.
"A bus will arrive in about five minutes. You can ride by inserting coins. Remember to insert coins later."
"Coin insertion?"
Zhongli and Ying both looked at Venti with curiosity.
"It means paying for the ride. By the way, do you have any money on you? I mean, money in this world."
Venti explained while asking the others questions.
The three gods who were asked the question all shook their heads in unison, and then asked Venti in return.
"Didn't you say it would be fine to just hand it over to you? Don't you have any money?"
"..."
Venti fell silent.
276. Can you see me?
On the Teyvat continent, the four gods standing together couldn't form a single Mora. Venti was always broke and in debt, spending all her money on alcohol. Zhongli always forgot to bring money. Raiden Ei never needed to carry money, as someone always paid for her. Nahida, on the other hand, had never touched money since birth.
This was the case on the Teyvat continent, and now that they've come to Japan, they're even less wealthy. The four gods standing together can't even scrape together a single yen.
After discovering they had no money on them, Venti and her friends rushed back to the park, found Li Yue was still there, and asked Li Yue for tens of thousands of yuan. Only then did they feel relieved and return to the station to wait for the bus.
As for where Li Yue's money came from, the royalties for the first volume of the novel had already been paid to Eriri, so Li Yue naturally took a cut directly from Eriri.
After giving Venti and the others tens of thousands of yuan to spend, Li Yue also set off.
His destination was Chiba, a region that had produced a large number of works featuring sister complex and slice-of-life youth stories! Of course, his ultimate goal was Chiba Municipal Sobu High School, located in Chiba Prefecture, which is also the setting of My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU.
The distance between Tokyo and Chiba is quite far, and taking a car would be too troublesome, so Li Yue used Anemo element to propel herself through the air, following the map on her phone, and flew directly towards the location of Sobu High School shown on the map.
This was the first time Li Yue had used Anemo element to fly, and it had to be said that this feeling of flying was far more advanced than Bleach running forward in the sky.
Li Yue spent more than ten minutes flying all the way to the location of Sobu High School, and then used invisibility to land.
"Well then, let me see where this plot is at."
Using his invisibility ability, Li Yue wandered around Sobu High School, searching for the main characters.
"I remember that Yukino was in Class J of the second year, while Hachiman was in Class F of the second year."
Since she didn't know the current timeline of the story, Li Yue searched according to the time when the story took place, looking for the location of the protagonist's classroom from outside the classroom door.
However, when Li Yue first found the 2nd grade F group, it was lunchtime, so many students had left the classroom, and Li Yue did not see Hachiman Hikigaya in the classroom.
However, Hachiman Hikigaya, he saw another person that Li Yue knew.
Yumiko Miura is a well-known character in My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU. Queen of social life in Class 2-F, the pinnacle of social life Goddess, and the most popular girl in Class 2-F. Her specific characteristics are that she tends to talk loudly and has beautiful blonde hair, which is likely dyed considering that her parents are not foreigners. In addition, the hair around her ears is permed into curls. Curly hair and blonde hair are very distinctive features.
Based on these characteristics, Li Yue confirmed that the other party was Yumiko Miura, which meant that the current time was still during their school period, and the story had probably only just begun.
Hachiman Hikigaya is an unusual otaku who spends his lunch break sitting in his seat observing the people around him, except when he's eating. He doesn't usually go out during lunch breaks, and if he does, there are only two possibilities: either he's been called out by the lovely Shizuka Hiratsuka, or he's joined the Service Club and is participating in club activities.
After confirming that the Hachiman Hikigaya Club was inside the classroom, Li Yue left immediately and began searching for the legendary Service Club.
"I remember the Service Club was in a special building, and there was nothing written on the doorplate."
If that's the case, it would be more troublesome to search from inside the stairwell, since Yukino usually keeps the doors closed so you can't see inside from the outside. But the windows are open, so you can look for her from the courtyard through the windows!
Li Yue went straight out of the stairwell, floated into the school's central courtyard, and began scanning the windows from top to bottom.
"Oh, I found it."
I easily found Yukino Yukinoshita with a quick scan, because she was sitting right next to the window, so I spotted her immediately.
"And they're all there."
Not only under the Yukino, Li Yue also saw Hachiman Hikigaya and Yui Yuigahama.
The entire trio from the Service Club are present, which means the plot has progressed to a certain stage.
"Let me think, what would make it fun?"
Through the window, you can clearly see that Yukino is chatting with Yui. Yukino's expression is rather indifferent, while Yui looks very happy. As for Hachiman Hikigaya, he is still the same as always, with his dead fish eyes, but you can feel a sense of ease from him. He probably feels more relaxed in the Service Club than in the classroom, since he has no one to talk to in the classroom.
Seeing the pleasant atmosphere among the three, Li Yue thought for a moment.
"Got it!"
Li Yue came up with an idea and then disappeared from the spot.
Inside the Service Club, Yukino and her two companions were eating and chatting. The lunch break wasn't particularly long, but it was enough for them to rest for a while in the activity room.
"Xiaoxue, thank you so much for coming to my class last time. I talked to Youyuzi about it, so now I can come and play with you every day."
"It's good that we've talked it out, but Yuihama- san, could you please keep a little distance? There's no need to get so close."
"No, Xiaoxue's voice is so soothing. The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and Xiaoxue has a cool feeling about her."
"Please don't talk to me as if I were a snow woman."
Yui Yuigahama, all smiles, dribbled past Yukino Yukinoshita and clung to her arm. Yukino Yukinoshita, looking helpless, tried to distance herself, but the result was obvious: she couldn't create distance, nor could she get Yui Yuigahama to leave her. With her relatively independent personality, she couldn't resist Yui Yuigahama's overly familiar nature.
Sitting opposite them, Hachiman Hikigaya was quite content watching the two beautiful girls cuddling in front of him. He had no lewd thoughts; he was simply enjoying the beautiful sight of the girls cuddling. Of course, he had to be careful about his expression, or he would receive a stern warning from Yukino Yukinoshita if he laughed too loudly.
"Speaking of which, it's about time, isn't it?"
"Lunch break is almost over, you should go back to the classroom quickly."
"Oh! Then come back during the club activities this afternoon!"
Yui Yuigahama stood up from her chair with great energy.
"Xiao Qi, let's go back."
"I've already told you, don't call me that anymore."
Hachiman Hikigaya scratched the back of his head and stood up helplessly. The two of them left the activity room one after the other.
After the two left, Yukino Yukinoshita packed up the books she had brought and got up to return to her classroom.
Click click click—
After Yukino got up, a strange sound suddenly came from the back of the classroom. Yukino Yukinoshita turned her head in confusion and saw a terrifying black shadow standing in the far corner of the classroom. As if sensing Yukino Yukinoshita's gaze, the black shadow slowly turned its head, staring with its blood-red eyes and grinning.
Can you see me?
277. Yukino
What is this thing? Why is it in the classroom? And it looks terrifying!
Can you see me?
Can you see me?
Blood-red eyes stared at Yukino Yukinoshita. Yukino Yukinoshita's body was completely stiff, and she dared not move at all, not even blink. Cold sweat even began to flow down her forehead.
She couldn't speak, she absolutely couldn't speak. Although she didn't know what it was, her intuition told Yukino Yukinoshita that she absolutely couldn't answer it, or she might die!
"It seems you can't see me."
The terrifying black shadow's face was almost touching Yukino's, but after muttering something, it turned and left Yukino.
"Ah~~ I'm hungry."
Under the Yukino, the dark figure crawled along the ground, slowly approaching the stacked desks next to it, and then reached out and pulled out a Little Ichi dark figure from inside the desks.
Yukino could make out the general shape of the Little Ichi dark shadow; it was a black cat, but unlike the cats she usually saw, it had blood-red eyes and didn't look like a living creature.
"You can see me! Haha, you can see me!!"
"Meow~~~!!!!"
The Yoruichi, pulled out, began to struggle frantically, but it couldn't break free from the large hand holding it. The large hand's sharp claws lifted the Yoruichi high, and then the shadowy figure opened its mouth wide.
Could it be that it wants to!
Yukino the dark figure, then watched as it released its paws, and the Yoruichi fell directly into its large mouth.
Click—
The large mouth closed, and blood splattered all over the ground.
Crunch, crunch—
The sound of bones being bitten through came from the large mouth. The dark figure chewed a few times and then swallowed what was in its mouth.
The shadowy figure, having finished swallowing, lowered its claws and then passed directly through the classroom wall, leaving the Service Club.
After the Yukino Yukinoshita plopped down in a chair and began to gasp for breath. She had barely dared to breathe and almost suffocated herself.
"What is it? If I answer, will I be eaten?"
"Or was it just my imagination?"
Yukino spoke, she touched her back and found that the back of her school uniform was completely soaked. She had been sweating not only on her forehead but also on her back. She was completely drenched in sweat.
"Yes, it's a hallucination, it must be a hallucination."
Yukino Yukinoshita patted her own Hirano to comfort herself, but when she looked down, she saw blood splattered on the ground and her eyes widened. This was the blood that had splattered when the dark figure ate the Yoruichi. It wasn't fake; it was real blood.
"Is all of this... real?"
What's going on? The world I've lived in for over a decade suddenly feels so unfamiliar. That thing looks like some kind of evil spirit, but shouldn't such things be urban legends? And urban legends are just fake things, so how can they actually exist?
Wait, it just went out!
Yukino quickly stood up, then walked to the door and opened the classroom door.
!
After the door opened, Yukino saw a pair of large, blood-red eyes pressed against her face. The huge, dark figure that had left the classroom earlier was standing at the doorway.
Can you see me?
Can you see me?
Blood-red eyes stared directly at Yukino Yukinoshita's face, mouth agape as it asked her a question.
Yukino's body stiffened instantly again, and sweat began to bead on her back from the tension.
It actually blocked the doorway! It didn't believe it couldn't see it and came back! That was a test! This dark figure is very clever; it was testing me!
"You can see me, right? You must be able to see me!"
It mustn't know that it can see it, or it will be eaten! Absolutely mustn't let it know!
For some reason, Yukino Yukinoshita suddenly calmed down at this moment and immediately began to think of a solution.
That's right, the key! The key!
"Strange, the key isn't on the door. Where is it?"
Yukino pretended to look for her keys and started rummaging through her pockets. After searching for a while, she found the key to the activity room in the pocket of her school uniform skirt. She took out the key, turned her back to the huge dark shadow, pulled up the classroom door, and then inserted the key to lock it.
"Okay, that's good."
After locking the door, Yukino Yukinoshita turned around, forcibly ignoring the huge dark shadow beside her, and walked towards the classroom.
However, to her surprise, the shadowy figure followed her and headed towards the classroom.
No, we can't bring this into the classroom! If we bring it into the classroom, it might hurt the people there!
She started thinking about where to take this thing, but before she could decide, people appeared in the hallway.
"Oh, Yukino, haven't you returned to the classroom yet?"
A middle-aged female teacher wearing a white coat appeared before Yukino.