The girl asked cautiously:
"Um, why did you want to see me?"
Kira Yoshikage did not answer her. Instead, he wrote a line on the paper:
"What is your name?"
"Koyuki."
A trace of unease showed in the girl's red eyes.
After all, she had witnessed the boy before her kill a deity with her own eyes!
Even if it had been a wild deity without even a shrine, a deity was still a deity. It was not something humans could kill!
He was definitely a powerful Onmyoji!
Kira Yoshikage continued writing:
"Deal with those Evil Spirits."
"I-I'll do my best!" Koyuki did not dare defy Kira Yoshikage, so she could only nod nervously in agreement.
"Can you see me?"
An Evil Spirit that looked like a market-stall auntie entered the classroom and asked the nearest student.
The moment she asked the question, Koyuki had already walked up beside her.
"You want to steal my food?"
The originally 'kindly' auntie suddenly spun around, instantly swelling into a gigantic four-meter-tall mass of flesh, her expression twisted with savagery.
Koyuki took a deep breath and extended her palm.
Golden light slowly emerged.
It was the power she had stolen from the 'deity.'
There was not much of it, but killing an ordinary Evil Spirit should not be difficult... right?
A black, roiling hand slammed down toward the frail girl, and Koyuki gritted her teeth and met it head-on.
"Ahhh... My hand... My hand!"
Amid the Evil Spirit's screams, a golden, holy radiance burst forth. In the blink of an eye, it 'dissolved' the Evil Spirit's arm into nothingness.
After all, it was the 'Divine Power' accumulated by a wild deity over several centuries. It was far beyond what an ordinary Evil Spirit could withstand.
Bunny Girl Senpai Would Never Dream of the Golden-Haired Delinquent
When she was ordered to clean up the Evil Spirits, Koyuki was actually quite resentful.
She had witnessed Kira Yoshikage's strength. He could kill even deities with ease, so these ordinary Evil Spirits should have been no problem for him. Yet he had still ordered her to do the dirty work.
It was like a billionaire who clearly owned a luxury car worth tens of millions, yet insisted on making an employee rent an ordinary taxi for him, using the employee's own money. And that employee was not even a full-time worker, merely an intern...
"So annoying."
Koyuki muttered under her breath.
Although she had successfully cleaned up the Evil Spirits, the little 'Divine Power' she possessed had been heavily depleted. What was more, cleaning up these Evil Spirits brought her no benefit at all, and she had no way to replenish her 'Divine Power.'
This was a complete loss!
Still grumbling quietly, Koyuki passed through the wall, preparing to return to Kira Yoshikage and ask to be revived--
She did not want to be blown to ashes.
"W-Wait for me!"
With Koyuki's 'cleanup,' Sakurajima Mai, who had been surrounded by Evil Spirits, was finally free as well. Now that she saw Koyuki preparing to leave, she instinctively hurried after her, like a drowning person watching a lifeline drift away.
Koyuki frowned slightly and ignored her, passing through the wall and returning to Kira Yoshikage's side.
"Can I leave now?"
Koyuki spoke humbly, doing her best to make herself seem insignificant.
Bunny Girl Senpai nervously followed Koyuki. Hearing her almost servile tone, she could not help freezing for a moment.
When she saw that the person being addressed was a boy who looked like a delinquent, she was even more confused.
Could even ghosts be afraid of delinquents?
Kira Yoshikage did not look at her. He merely wrote in his notebook:
"Three more minutes."
"Three minutes?" Koyuki looked somewhat bewildered.
Sakurajima Mai was equally confused, but she did not dare leave, afraid that the Evil Spirits would pester her again.
So she could only wait beside Koyuki.
Fortunately, neither of them was an ordinary person. Even Nakano Mayu, who possessed Spiritual Sight, could not see them, so they did not attract attention.
Otherwise, Kira Yoshikage would rather have restarted.
Ring-ring-ring~!
Soon, the school bell ringing throughout the campus made Koyuki realize why he had said three minutes.
"Follow me."
Kira Yoshikage spoke indifferently, rose, and walked out of the classroom.
Out of fear, Koyuki could only silently endure the pressure Kira Yoshikage exuded and obediently follow him.
Sakurajima Mai hesitated for a moment, then followed close beside Koyuki.
"Why are you following me?"
Koyuki turned her head, her tone cold.
She did not dare talk back to Kira Yoshikage, but she showed no mercy at all toward the girl who had followed her without permission.
"I have nowhere to go..."
Sakurajima Mai murmured weakly.
"That still doesn't mean you can follow me!"
Koyuki put on a stern little face and pretended to threaten her.
"Let her follow."
The man walking ahead spoke calmly.
Koyuki's mouth fell slightly open, and she did not dare object.
The two girls and one ghost went up the stairs and eventually reached the rooftop of the school building.
The rooftop door was locked, and students were generally not allowed up there.
But such a lock was obviously no obstacle to either Koyuki or Kira Yoshikage.
Kira Yoshikage sat on a bench on the rooftop and looked at the obedient girl standing to one side, her hair cut in a Hime cut. He suddenly asked:
"Do you remember how you died?"
"Huh?"
Koyuki shook her head with a blank expression.
"I see."
Kira Yoshikage nodded thoughtfully, then abruptly asked:
"Koyuki, do you want to become a deity?"
"Divine?"
Koyuki froze for a moment. "What do you mean?"
Kira Yoshikage calmly met her gaze:
"In the literal sense. To become a deity worshiped by Shuchiin Academy and protect Shuchiin Academy."
Koyuki fell silent.
It reminded her of the deity who had once enslaved her.
That deity had also been the god of this school. Every year, people would offer sacrifices to it--her, for example.
Koyuki raised her head and looked straight into Kira Yoshikage's eyes:
"What would I need to do?"
"Provide protection for the academy. That's all."
As long as a new 'deity' was born, those Evil Spirits would not dare enter Shuchiin Academy.
Then Kira Yoshikage would no longer have to worry about those wandering Evil Spirits. Perfect!
Koyuki looked suspicious. What kind of price was that? Wasn't that what a deity was supposed to do?
If she became the deity of this school, of course she would protect the people who worshiped her!
The girl instinctively suspected that Kira Yoshikage had some other scheme, such as exchanging her life or soul for something, then coming to collect the price once her wish had been fulfilled.
Koyuki had fallen for that kind of thing before!
Koyuki took a deep breath:
"What do I need to do?"
Even if there was a price, it did not matter. She had nothing left to lose anyway!
Kira Yoshikage raised one finger:
"First, you need a shrine of your own."
"Second, you need to establish faith in yourself."
"Once you have done all that, you can become a deity."
"..."
Koyuki fell silent, wanting to speak but stopping herself.
She understood all of that. The problem was, how exactly was she supposed to do it?!
Kira Yoshikage seemed to notice her confusion, so he explained a couple of things:
"The 'deity' at the bottom of the lake was worshiped by the Shinomiya Family."
"The 'deity's' death also had an extremely negative impact on them, so they would not mind creating another deity."
"But creating a deity is not that easy. Creating a controllable deity is even more difficult."
"They need to find a 'spirit' willing to cooperate with them, such as you."
Japan was said to have Eight Million Deities, and most of them were the same kind of thing as the 'deity' Kira Yoshikage had previously destroyed.
As long as one was a spirit and willing to accept worship, one could become a 'deity.'
But just as humans were divided into different ranks, 'deities' also came in all grades.
In matters like this, ordinary people were naturally inferior to Psionic Users.
After ordinary people died, they generally could not form 'spirits.' Even if they did, the strength of their spiritual bodies could not compare to that of Psionic Users.
The fact that Koyuki had been chosen as a sacrifice already proved that she must have been an exceptionally gifted Psionic User.
That was why her spiritual body had retained its consciousness after death, allowing her to steal Divine Power from the deity that had enslaved her.
Once someone like her became a deity, both her potential and strength would surpass those of most 'deities.'
Although she still could not compare to her predecessor, who had received three hundred years of worship, she was already more than enough for the Shinomiya Family, who were eager for quick results.
Koyuki hesitated.
"But ordinary people can't see me, can they?"
"That's why we need her."