The girl asked cautiously:
"Um, what did you want to see me about?"
Kira Yoshikage didn't answer her. Instead, he wrote a line on the paper:
"What's your name?"
"Koyuki."
A hint of unease flickered in the girl's red eyes.
After all, she had witnessed with her own eyes this young man slay a deity!
Even if it was a wild deity without a shrine, a deity was still a deity—not something a human could kill!
This person was definitely a powerful Onmyoji!
Kira Yoshikage continued writing:
"Deal with those Evil Spirits."
"I—I'll do my best!" Koyuki didn't dare defy Kira Yoshikage, so she could only nod nervously and agree.
"Can you see me?"
An Evil Spirit that resembled a market-stall auntie walked into the classroom and asked the nearest student.
And just as she asked that question, Koyuki had already walked up beside her.
"You want to steal my food?"
The auntie, whose face had been 'kindly,' spun around abruptly, instantly swelling into a four-meter-tall mass of flesh, her expression ferocious.
Koyuki took a deep breath and extended her palm.
A golden light slowly emerged.
That was the power she had stolen from the 'Deity.'
It wasn't much, but killing an ordinary Evil Spirit shouldn't be too hard... right?
A large hand wreathed in black aura slammed down toward the frail girl, and Koyuki gritted her teeth as she met it.
"Aaaah... my hand... my hand!"
Amid the Evil Spirit's screams, a golden, holy radiance burst forth, instantly 'dissolving' the spirit's arm into nothingness.
After all, the 'Divine Power' accumulated by a wild deity over centuries was no ordinary Evil Spirit could withstand.
Chapter 50: The Bunny Girl Senpai Doesn't Dream of a Golden-Haired Delinquent
When she was ordered to clean up the Evil Spirits, Koyuki actually held a grudge.
She had seen Kira Yoshikage's strength firsthand. He could easily kill even a deity, let alone these ordinary Evil Spirits. Yet he demanded she do the grunt work.
It was like a billionaire who owned a luxury car worth tens of millions, but instead insisted his employee rent a cheap taxi—with the employee's own money. And that employee wasn't even a regular hire, just an intern...
"So annoying."
Koyuki muttered under her breath.
Even though she had successfully cleared out those Evil Spirits, her already meager 'Divine Power' had been heavily drained. Worse, cleaning them up brought her no benefit, and she had no way to replenish her power.
This was a complete loss-making deal!
Muttering complaints under her breath, Koyuki passed through a wall, planning to go back and report to Kira Yoshikage—
She didn't want to be blown to ashes.
"W-Wait for me!"
With Koyuki's 'cleanup,' Sakurajima Mai, who had been surrounded by the Evil Spirits, was finally freed. Now, seeing Koyuki about to leave, she instinctively panicked and chased after her, like a drowning person watching their lifeline drift away.
Koyuki frowned, ignored her, and passed through the wall back to Kira Yoshikage's side.
"Can I go now?"
Koyuki's tone was humble, trying her best to seem insignificant.
The Bunny Girl senpai nervously followed Koyuki and was startled when she heard that almost servile tone.
And when she saw that the person being addressed was a boy who looked like a delinquent, she was even more confused.
Could it be that even ghosts were afraid of delinquents?
Kira Yoshikage didn't look at her. He just wrote in his notebook:
"Three more minutes."
"Three minutes?" Koyuki was bewildered, not understanding.
Sakurajima Mai was equally confused, but she didn't dare leave, afraid of being entangled by those Evil Spirits again.
So she could only stand there with Koyuki, waiting.
Fortunately, neither of them was ordinary. Even Nakano Mayu, who had Spiritual Sight, couldn't see them, so they wouldn't draw attention.
Otherwise, Kira Yoshikage would rather restart.
Ring-ring-ring~!
Soon, the school-wide bell for the end of class made Koyuki realize why it had been three minutes.
"Follow me."
Kira Yoshikage said flatly, rising and walking out of the classroom.
Out of fear, Koyuki could only silently endure Kira Yoshikage's pressure and obediently follow.
Sakurajima Mai hesitated for a moment, then fell into step beside Koyuki.
"What are you following me for?"
Koyuki turned her head, her tone cold.
She didn't dare talk back to Kira Yoshikage, but she showed no mercy to the girl who had taken the liberty of tagging along.
"I have nowhere to go..."
Sakurajima Mai murmured weakly.
"Then you still can't follow me!"
Koyuki stiffened her small face, feigning a threat.
"Let her come."
The man walking ahead spoke lightly.
Koyuki opened her mouth slightly but dared not argue.
The two of them and one ghost climbed the stairs all the way to the rooftop of the school building.
The rooftop door was locked, and students were generally not allowed up here.
But such a lock was clearly no obstacle for either Koyuki or Kira Yoshikage.
Kira Yoshikage sat down on the bench placed on the rooftop, gazing at the girl with a hime cut standing obediently to the side, and asked abruptly:
"Do you still remember how you died?"
"Huh?"
Koyuki shook her head blankly.
"I see."
Kira Yoshikage nodded thoughtfully, then asked suddenly again:
"Koyuki, do you want to become a Deity?"
"Deity?"
Koyuki was taken aback. "What do you mean by that?"
Kira Yoshikage looked at her calmly:
"Literally, a god enshrined by Shuchiin Academy, protecting Shuchiin Academy."
Koyuki fell silent.
It reminded her of the Deity that had once enslaved her.
That one was also the god of this school, and every year someone would offer it a sacrifice—like her.
Koyuki lifted her head, meeting Kira Yoshikage's eyes directly:
"What do I need to do?"
"Provide protection for the academy. That's all."
As long as a new 'Deity' was born, those Evil Spirits wouldn't dare enter Shuchiin Academy.
Kira Yoshikage wouldn't have to worry about those wandering Evil Spirits anymore. Perfect!
Koyuki looked skeptical. What kind of price was that? Wasn't that just what a god was supposed to do?
If she became the god of this school, of course she would protect the people who enshrined her!
The girl instinctively suspected Kira Yoshikage had some other scheme—like a price where he would take her life or soul in exchange, collecting it once her wish was fulfilled.
Koyuki had been tricked before!
Koyuki took a deep breath:
"What do I need to do?"
Even if there was a price, it didn't matter. She had nothing left to lose anyway!
Kira Yoshikage raised one finger:
"First, you need to have your own shrine."
"Second, you need to establish faith in yourself."
"Once you've done all that, you can become a Deity."
"..."
Koyuki fell silent, as if she wanted to speak but held back.
She understood everything he was saying, but the real question was—how was she supposed to actually do it?!
Kira Yoshikage seemed to sense her confusion and reluctantly offered a few more words of explanation:
"The 'deity' at the bottom of the lake was enshrined by the Shinomiya Family."
"Its death has also had an extremely adverse effect on them, so they wouldn't mind creating a new deity."
"But creating a deity isn't that easy, and creating a controllable one is even harder."
"They need to find a 'spirit' willing to cooperate—someone like you."
Japan is said to have Eight Million Deities, most of them cut from the same cloth as the 'deity' Kira Yoshikage had just eliminated.
As long as something was a spirit, as long as it could receive offerings, it could become a 'deity.'
But just like people, 'deities' were also ranked in a hierarchy.
In matters like this, ordinary people were naturally inferior to Psionic Users.
An ordinary person likely wouldn't form a 'spirit' after death, and even if they did, their spiritual body's strength couldn't compare to a Psionic User's.
The fact that Koyuki had been chosen as a sacrifice was itself proof that she was an exceptionally gifted Psionic User.
That was why her spirit had retained its consciousness after death, and why she could steal Divine Power from the deity that had enslaved her.
And if someone like her became a deity, both her potential and her power would surpass most 'deities.'
Though she still couldn't match her predecessor, who had received three hundred years of offerings, for the Shinomiya Family, who were in a hurry, she was more than enough.
Koyuki hesitated:
"But ordinary people can't see me, can they?"
"That's exactly why she's needed."
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