Shura Field?

The hospital room wasn't very spacious.

Inside, a girl curled up in the blankets was crying, her eyes red and swollen.

The girl's small hands, clutching the blankets, were deeply embedded in the fabric, held tight.

Her burly father standing before her was filled with apologetic guilt and pity.

"Dad..."

"Father..." the girl, with red-rimmed eyes, choked out as she looked at the messy hospital gown by the bed, "I want to transfer schools."

Her fingertips, already buried deep in the blankets, sank in a little further.

Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi hugged the blankets tightly, as if trying to bury her head in them as well.

She wanted to escape—

She didn't want... or rather, she didn't dare to see that demon again.

Just recalling those beautiful, crimson eyes and the girl's sparkling, upturned lips would make Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi involuntarily recall everything from her dream.

The girl, like a bare fruit, hugged herself, showing a natural, innocent smile that made her feel... ashamed and unbearable from the bottom of her heart. "I'm going to eat now."

The girl said this devoutly to her food.

That kind of sweet smile would probably be liked by many people.

If... the food wasn't herself.

Her whole body trembled uncontrollably, curling up. Her knuckles were already aching from clenching so hard, yet she still gripped the blankets tightly.

Soga Ishikawa Irube looked at his daughter, curled up like that.

His expression suddenly became very helpless.

The man carefully sat down by the hospital bed. Even so... Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi felt the entire bed sink.

This was the school hospital of Shiritsu Megumi Garden Academy, after all.

The academy had its share of Metal Transformation students who were quite overweight, so the hospital bed's quality was quite good, preventing it from collapsing on the spot.

Although he was genuinely a Mental Ability User, Soga Ishikawa Irube looked more like a bulky, physically enhanced individual.

His crimson eyes, slightly tinged with orange like Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi's, gazed at his daughter, who was curled up in the covers, looking like she had been crying buckets. The man's expression gradually softened.

He reached out and carefully touched Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi's head.

His hands were too calloused.

He could no longer feel the soft tenderness of the girl's cute face, which made Soga Ishikawa Irube a little regretful.

However... more than regret, he was worried about hurting his daughter with his heavy-handedness.

That's why he was so careful, touching Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi as if she were some fragile treasure.

The sobbing stopped, and Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi looked up at her father with teary eyes.

Because of her arrogance and insolence, it felt like it had been a long time since she had been this close to her Father.

"If you want to transfer schools, then transfer," Although he didn't know what exactly had happened between his daughter and Miss Youzi.

But... no matter what, as a father, he always had to protect his daughter as much as possible.

When he had previously heard that Little Kiyomi had provoked Miss Youzi... Soga Ishikawa Irube had even prepared himself to kneel before Young Lady Toyura, to kneel before Soga Lie.

He didn't ask for more reasons.

There was no need.

Soga Ishikawa Irube said softly, "Have you thought about where you want to transfer?"

"Do you want to leave Guangzheng District?"

"Or... do you want to leave Tokyo?"

Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi bit her lip.

Honestly... the moment the words left her mouth, she regretted them a little.

Although she hated Su Youzi, hated her immensely, but... but... she was the young lady of the Soga Ishikawa family.

People of the Ishikawa family couldn't be cowards who fled from battle.

Yes... it was absolutely like that.

It definitely wasn't... that the other party had already grabbed the chains of the collar around her neck.

She just... just had a tiny bit, really only a tiny bit, of fear about what would happen if she ran away and was caught again.

Her crimson eyes were a little unfocused.

Moreover... the girl bit her lip, conflicted.

Actually, from Su Youzi's perspective, wasn't she the villain?

Just like the simple-minded, innocent villainess in a novel.

After jumping out and taunting, she was lightly disciplined by the other party, and then fell into an anomaly, becoming an Anomaly.

Anomaly...

Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi suddenly recalled something.

Historically... a Ability User who became a Second Sequence Anomaly through Descent into Anomaly.

Only one has ever successfully returned from the Abyss.

That is the "Seat of Evil," whose body was always suffused with a strong anomalous aura even after returning.

For no reason... Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi suddenly thought of the dream, of the colossal Black Throne that forcefully entered her Mental Domain with an aggressive stance, leaving her no room to rest.

If Su Youzi hadn't eaten the anomalous crystals on her body.

Would she... have been able to return from the Abyss?

Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi's heart had already formed an answer.

Although the process was humiliating... dark and lightless... the result allowed her the chance to curl up in Father's palm once more.

She slowly shook her head, "Never mind."

Soga Ishikawa Irube looked at the girl who seemed to be sulking and gently shook her head.

He didn't understand girls' thoughts.

This kind of thing... it would be best to wait for Madam to return and let Madam handle it.

In front of the training hall, the young girl trembled as she maintained a deep bow, standing before Su Youzi.

"I owe Su Youzi a life."

"But... I will definitely work hard to make her pay for the humiliation Su Youzi brought me..."

A familiar, sweet and sour fragrance, so familiar it was etched into her Mental Domain, entered Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi's nose.

She looked at the girl's straight legs in front of her, her body already starting to tremble.

Her earlier ambition and determination, her heroic words, hadn't even finished before the small boat named Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi was completely crushed.

But--

This was the feeling.

The girl's knees knocked together, and her delicate fists clenched.

Ever since returning from the Abyss, Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi felt an emptiness in her chest.

Like a hollow doll.

No matter how she tried to fill that heart, it was always in vain.

Staring blankly at the ceiling late at night, the girl... suddenly thought of Su Youzi's devilish smile.

Dejected, Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi finally decided to follow Saotome Yukina and wait for Su Youzi.

Su Youzi listened with a smile to the notification of "Combat Record" arriving in her ear.

Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi was different from Kujo Ryuko.

Su Youzi's attitude towards girls was also a little more 'mean.'

Beside her, Saotome Yukina's sky-blue ahoge stood straight and sharp like a drawn sword.

This damnable woman!!!

Why is she looking for Senior Youzi again?

And... calling her Big Sister.

Did Senior Youzi allow her to call her that!

Just a mere branch family member, damnable, damnable, damnable!

The little rabbit tightly hugged Su Youzi's arm, almost embedding it into her embrace.

"Sister Kiyomi?" Su Youzi asked with a rather wicked smile, "What is this for?"

"Mmm..." Her beautiful eyes refocused.

Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi slowly pushed herself up, looking at Su Youzi.

"Please..."

"Please, Elder Sister Yuzu..."

"Teach me Mixed Martial Arts."

Saotome Yukina froze, her sky-blue eyes meeting Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi's.

Even though she was completely embarrassed in front of Su Youzi.

When looking at Saotome Yukina, the girl's crimson eyes were still full of arrogance.

"Just a mere Healer--"

Like a sword, her ahoge stood bolt upright, and the little rabbit's cheeks puffed out.

"What's wrong with being a Healer... Stick your head over here, I'll give you a BUFF!!!"