The Girl Who Can Hear Thoughts and the Legend That Grants Wishes.
Takanashi Rikka met his gaze, her expression somewhat puzzled.
"Meow..."
The Kuroneko seemed to have become agitated.
"It's a cat."
"What an adorable kitten!"
"Takanashi-san, can we touch it?"
At this moment, several bolder female students gathered around, wanting to pet the cat.
There's no way around it, cats are just so lovable, especially since they're so cute.
"Meow!"
The Kuroneko immediately revealed its ferocious nature, intimidating everyone and giving the girls a big fright.
Although the kittens were cute, the thought of potentially getting scratched or bitten made them decide against it.
"Takanashi-san, let it go. It'll be troublesome if the teacher finds out."
Someone else pointed this out.
"Hey, this cat seems to be in a hurry..."
Fujiwara Chika also came over.
"Fujiwara-san, do you know a lot about small animals?"
Curious voices came from the side.
"Hehehe, I have some experience in this area too. I've had my Peppa for a long time... Although dogs and cats are different, they are both animals and have some similarities in certain situations."
Fujiwara Chika pressed her hand to her chest and began to boast.
"Little kitty, come here and tell me, why are you in such a hurry?"
She gave a friendly smile and moved closer, trying to build rapport.
The Kuroneko merely gave her a disdainful look, which deterred her.
"Why!"
"I was actually looked down upon by a cat?"
"Could it be that my existence as a human is somehow inferior...?"
Fujiwara Chika was devastated; her eyes were vacant, and she knelt on the ground.
"Let's leave it to the Sage to take a look."
Takanashi Rikka felt a strange sense of familiarity with the Kuroneko, so she led it to the other side.
"Meow~! Meow meow meow meow..."
When the Kuroneko saw Hasegawa, it kept meowing excitedly.
"Could it be that it recognized the Sage?"
Takanashi Rikka.
"Sage, do you know what it means?"
"What do you mean? Isn't it just a cat meowing?"
As Hasegawa Izumi answered, she reached out to stroke the Kuroneko's fur.
The Head Pat I practiced with my Little Sister came in handy.
To everyone's surprise, the Kuroneko, which had been acting manic just moments before, suddenly calmed down, as if it were already immersed in the massage.
"As expected of Hasegawa-kun at petting cats!"
"Is this still the same mother cat from before?"
"Damn it, how can he know everything?! Is he trying to kill us all?"
The students exclaimed in surprise.
"In my opinion, it was Hasegawa's domineering aura that intimidated the cat, preventing it from making any rash moves!"
Sunohara made a figure eight shape with one hand and placed it on his chin.
"What? It's just that Hasegawa-kun is charming; even the cats like him."
A female die-hard fan nearby retorted.
The Kuroneko shook its head violently, as if realizing it was resisting this feeling.
At this moment, Hasegawa Izumi changed her approach, scratching its neck as if she were tickling it.
The Kuroneko tried to resist, but it was powerless to do so. Perhaps it had run out of strength, or perhaps it found the feeling pleasant, and gradually it gave up its resistance.
"What an exquisite technique!"
Takanashi Rikka exclaimed in admiration.
"Ding-dong..."
The school bell rang.
"Alright, little kitty, we have class now, you can go play outside."
Takanashi Rikka placed the Kuroneko at the classroom door and then closed the door.
The Kuroneko stayed at the door for a while, seemingly figuring something out, before leaving the teaching building.
[You just wait! This is utterly humiliating!]
[I, Natsukawa Masuzu, have never suffered such humiliation in my entire life!]
Natsukawa Masuzu had realized that it was impossible to rely on others; she could only place her hopes on herself.
So she ran out of the teaching building, searching for the whereabouts of her physical body.
[I hope that cat doesn't harm my health, otherwise...]
Where did that guy go?
Natsukawa Masuzu searched for quite a while but couldn't find any trace of the other person.
Suddenly, she looked up and gazed in the direction of the building.
A figure with flowing silver hair slowly walked past from behind.
[Found it!]
She quickly sped up and caught up with him.
At this moment, the Black Cat Iori, who now possesses a human form, has arrived at the back of the building, where there are various club classrooms.
It was drawn to one of the things, but its previous attempt to enter from the front was blocked by the main gate, so it turned around and came here, intending to climb over the eaves as it was used to.
Iori had already experienced swapping bodies with humans, and this human body was full of vitality and power, so she quickly climbed out of the window from below.
"Meow!"
When Natsukawa Masuzu looked up, she realized that the other person had entered her club's activity room.
After observing the abilities the other person displayed, she fearlessly leaped up and easily followed them into the club activity room.
"Ha ha..."
Then she saw the guy hugging the flower bed, his eyes glazed over, panting heavily like a lovesick woman.
That thing looks like Soul-Bewitching Grass?
[This guy probably mistook it for catnip, right?]
The girl was quite speechless.
Fortunately, no one else noticed his posture, otherwise his reputation would have been ruined...
"Snap."
Just as this thought crossed her mind, the door to the club activity room suddenly opened.
"Meow...!?"
[How is this possible!?]
Entering through the door were Hasegawa Izumi, Takanashi Rikka, and Nibuya Morika.
"Huh, the Greedy Witch, how could it be you?"
Takanashi Rikka looked puzzled.
"No, she's not Natsukawa!"
Nibuya Morika's expression changed, and he spoke warily.
"That's really true..."
Hasegawa Izumi then said something innocuous.
Takanashi Rikka noticed the stark difference in the other's demeanor and angrily rebuked, "You audacious fiend! How dare you impersonate our companion! Tell me, who are you?"
Her voice jolted Iori out of her trance.
It didn't forget its goal; steeling its resolve, it turned and bit at the Soul-Bewitching Grass.
It instinctively sensed that the plant was beneficial to it.
However, this action triggered a spell carved on the flower bed, which bounced her away.
"What a greedy little cat... oh, no."
Hasegawa Izumi made her usual playful remark, but suddenly felt a resentful gaze directed at her from the windowsill.
Oops, I accidentally let it slip...
"The Bakudō #4: binding rope."
Nibuya Morika casually used his spiritual power to create a rope-like light cord, which entangled and captured Iori.
Then, Hasegawa Izumi brought the person and the cat into contact again, turning their minds and bodies back together.
Back in her own body, Natsukawa Masuzu moved her limbs and felt everything about being human again, and couldn't help but feel a heartfelt sense of gratitude for being born as a human being.
However, when she turned and saw Hasegawa, her expression was quite resentful.
"Club President, you're so malicious! I knew it! You must have seen through it long ago! But..."
"It's time to go back to class. Let's go to the restroom together; if we stay too long, some strange rumors might start circulating."
Nibuya Morika suddenly interrupted her building up of emotions.
"Strange rumors?"
Takanashi Rikka red.
"Alright, it's M Liang. Let's talk about it after class."
Hasegawa Izumi waved quickly.
Everyone left, leaving the Kuroneko all alone in the club activity room.
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Chapter 68: The Girl Who Can Hear Thoughts and the Legend That Can Grant Wishes.
After returning to the classroom.
Everyone was curious about Natsukawa Masuzu's return, but no one had any ambiguous thoughts. Instead, based on the usual behavior of the Far East Magic Society, they guessed that he was doing something exaggerated and strange again.
"Even Natsukawa- san will be assimilated by Hasegawa-kun!"
"Perhaps, Natsukawa -san is actually that kind of person..."
Several boys sighed.
They used to think that Natsukawa Masuzu was willing to tarnish her reputation by joining that controversial club in order to reject everyone's confessions, but now it seems that they were too naive.