The ti rewound to last night, inside Ye Shiyu and Bai Yi's room at the JAL Hotel.
The three of them gathered together again after the teacher's roll call, beginning their second round of comparing notes.
The the was very clear: Spencer.
"Speaking of which, my superpower had absolutely no effect on Spencer before. It was even more exaggerated than when I was in your Jiejiè, Sakuramiya," Bai Yi said.
"Yes, she has... broken my Jiejiè on more than one occasion."
After speaking, Sakuramiya Hitomi and Bai Yi turned to look at Ye Shiyu.
"I've never used my hypnosis on her directly, but her strength is terrifyingly huge. It's clearly not normal..."
It could only be said that the three of them simultaneously guessing Spencer was also a superpower host was not without reason.
The three of them had suffered setbacks at Spencer's hands more than once, leaving a deep impression on all of them.
Their superpowers had very little effect on her...
And she possessed physical strength that defied common sense.
"Hmm... then should we try to sound her out tomorrow?"
Hearing this, everyone actually had a rough idea in their hearts.
Thus, Bai Yi, who was wearing a face mask, pondered for a mont before making the proposal.
Sakuramiya Hitomi glanced at her face, which was so white from the mask that her features were indistinguishable, and pointed out the key issue.
"We can't just consider whether she is a superpower host, we also have to consider what to do if she is one."
Hearing this, Ye Shiyu understood without words.
"You an..."
"I was thinking, if An Le knows we have superpowers and understands them very well, would she also know that Spencer has superpowers?"
Bai Yi seed to understand and clapped her hands together.
"Ah, so we can find out through An Le whether Spencer actually has superpowers or not!"
"..."
Upon hearing Bai Yi's answer, Sakuramiya Hitomi sighed, rendering her speechless.
Only Ye Shiyu stared intently at Sakuramiya Hitomi and stated the correct answer.
"You're saying that if An Le is going to make a move against us, she will also make a move against Spencer."
"Exactly."
"...You want to win Spencer over to deal with An Le together?"
Sure enough, talking to a smart person was different.
She only had to say one sentence, and Ye Shiyu could fully grasp her intentions. It was effortless and saved a lot of trouble.
No wonder there was a saying that an excessive gap in IQ makes communication impossible...
In fact, sotis it wasn't impossible to communicate; it was just that for the conversation to continue, the smart person had to tirelessly explain everything over and over again.
"That's what I was thinking, but..."
Hearing this, Bai Yi finally managed to interject.
"But, she and An Le are good friends! Why would she join us to deal with her?"
"..."
The two of them fell silent again, simultaneously looking at Bai Yi.
"They used to be, but not anymore."
Eventually, Sakuramiya Hitomi let out a sigh and explained.
"I heard that An Le has already quit the Doujinshi Society. Plus, didn't you notice that Spencer didn't even dare to sit on the Class C bus when coming to Sakura Country?"
"..."
Even her answer was completely wrong, causing Bai Yi's face to flush red.
She felt exactly like the caveman in that internet : Two Top Students Comparing Answers After a Test, While I Listen Beside Them.jpg!
"Then what are you 'but, but, but' about! What exactly is the 'but'?!"
"But, given Spencer's level of idiocy, whether we can actually reach a cooperation agreent is still a problem."
Pinching her chin, Sakuramiya Hitomi continued.
"The bigger the idiot, the less they weigh the pros and cons, and the more they like to make decisions based on their emotions.
"We were at odds with her before, so it's really hard to say if she will cooperate with us...
"Regardless, let's at least give it a try tomorrow."
The ti returned to the next morning, inside the bus.
After Ye Shiyu's straightforward question, Spencer held tightly onto the doll in her arms and suddenly fell into deep thought.
'Superpowers...'
'Could it be that they are talking about that suspected What the Hell Mode bestowed upon by Santa Claus?'
Regarding the Modifier, although Spencer completely didn't understand it, she could still occasionally sense its existence.
Otherwise, during the Club War, she wouldn't have tried to seize other people's things to recover her stamina and enhance her attributes to win.
But this was only limited to "occasionally."
If you asked her, Spencer would definitely be able to rember it.
However, the mont she encountered a situation, she would likely toss it completely to the back of her mind and entirely forget to utilize it.
Therefore, Spencer thought for a long ti before finally confirming what Ye Shiyu was talking about.
She hugged the Golden Bomb Pig in her arms a little tighter and looked at Ye Shiyu vigilantly.
"Why should I tell you, huh?"
She really was!
As soon as these words ca out, there was no need for explanations. The three of them instantly knew she actually had superpowers.
Ye Shiyu imdiately looked back at Sakuramiya Hitomi and Bai Yi behind her, and Sakuramiya Hitomi nodded at her.
Seeing this, Ye Shiyu stood up and let Sakuramiya Hitomi sit next to Spencer.
"Spencer, you've never thought about telling anyone else about this, and that's good."
Nodding, Sakuramiya Hitomi patted her flat chest and said to Spencer.
"However, since we brought this up, you should also realize that we are the sa kind of people as you, right?"
"..."
'That's right...'
Hearing Sakuramiya Hitomi bring it up like this, Spencer was slow to catch on, belatedly realizing that she seed to have never considered telling anyone else about this.
Including her mother and Yan Huan.
She couldn't explain the reason why, but her instinct, which could naturally identify lies, told her:
Doing so would result in very severe consequences.
Only at this mont, her instinct, which was like a piggy sense, did not trigger any danger alarms.
In other words, discussing this with the three girls in front of her wouldn't bring about the serious consequences that telling Yan Huan would.
Thinking up to this point, Spencer looked at the peacock, red-crowned crane, and goshawk surrounding her and asked in confusion.
"So, what do you guys want to do?"
"Spencer, we... did have so friction in the past, but I am willing to let bygones be bygones now, because there are more pressing matters before us..."
"What do you an, let bygones be bygones?"
Sakuramiya Hitomi looked at Spencer with a forced smile and patiently explained.
"It ans we are turning the page. I won't pursue what you did to before."
"Hah? You have the nerve to pursue ? It was clearly your own fault that I discovered the evidence of your surveillance on Yan Huan! I didn't do anything wrong, hmph!"
"..."
As soon as she said this, Bai Yi, who was sitting to the side, looked at Sakuramiya Hitomi with a face full of disbelief.
Even Ye Shiyu narrowed her eyes, sweeping a dangerous glance at her back view.
Bai Yi gave Sakuramiya Hitomi a sidelong glance and complained, "Sakuramiya Hitomi, you're seriously creepy..."
"..."
And upon hearing this, Sakuramiya Hitomi's face instantly turned red.
Red from anger.
The corners of her mouth twitched as she struggled to maintain her smile. She felt like a rat dragged out of the gutter and interrogated, extrely uncomfortable.
"Fine... that was my fault... but I've turned over a new leaf now..."
Bai Yi remained unconvinced, but when Ye Shiyu heard this, she couldn't help but feel incredibly familiar with those words.
She seed to resonate with them.
"...Hmph."
Spencer watched the figure of the peacock before her contort, knowing that she was telling the truth, so she didn't press the matter further.
Seeing Sakuramiya Hitomi flushed and left speechless by Spencer's retort, Ye Shiyu had no choice but to step in and answer her previous question.
"We are here to invite you to cooperate."
"You guys need my help with sothing?"
"...Understanding it that way isn't wrong."
"Hmm... then I suppose that's fine. For the sake of you being Yan Huan's older sister, I'll treat you as an older sister too. What do you need my help with?"
"..."
When those words ca out, Ye Shiyu's hands gripping the armrests of her seat began to tremble.
'What do you an "I'm Xiao Huan's older sister", so "you'll treat as an older sister too"?'
'You say that as if you and Xiao Huan have so special relationship, allowing you to share his relationship with ...'
"Pfft!"
Seeing Ye Shiyu's face darken, Bai Yi almost couldn't hold back her laughter.
So, she grabbed Ye Shiyu's hand—which was trembling uncontrollably from exerting too much force—and comforted her.
"She didn't an anything by it, she just wants to build a good relationship with us..."
In fact, Bai Yi was right. Spencer had indeed thought of what Yan Huan had said and wanted to build a good relationship with them to maintain the Study Group.
She absolutely didn't want to be expelled, so she was working hard on both her studies and her interpersonal relationships.
However, unintentional words—or speaking the honest truth—sotis just didn't sound very pleasant.
Seeing that Spencer had taphorically slain two top generals, leaving both Sakuramiya Hitomi and Ye Shiyu speechless, it was up to Bai Yi, the core of the alliance (self-proclaid), to step up and invite her.
"Look, you scared the kid so much she's hugging her doll against the window... Eh? Wait a minute, when did you buy this doll? I didn't see it at all yesterday."
"This?"
Spencer paused slightly, looking down at the doll in her arms.
"Yan Huan bought it for last night, though I don't know why he wanted to buy a gift..."
Ba-thump~
The smile on Bai Yi's face stiffened instantly, and her eyes turned red.
Don't ask; if you ask, it's just plain jealousy.
"Yan... Yan Huan bought it for you?"
"Yeah."
Bai Yi gasped in shock, her ntality completely collapsing.
"Don't cooperate with her anymore! What's the point of cooperating?! I'm afraid I'll die of anger from her before we even face An Le!!"
"An Le?!" Upon hearing the na coming from Bai Yi's mouth, Spencer, who had been a bit shy when ntioning the gift Yan Huan gave, instantly changed her expression.
Seeing her reaction, Sakuramiya Hitomi imdiately cald down, realizing sothing.
Promptly, she raised her hand, stopping the exasperated Bai Yi from throwing a fit behind her, and asked Spencer.
"Just as I thought... Spencer, An Le used her superpowers on you too, didn't she?"
"..."
"Ah, as expected, President, there are so many girls giving you matchmaking gifts..."
On the Class A bus, Yan Huan sat by the window holding several gift bags, with Yabashi Ki sitting next to him.
On the other side sat Ashley and Yurianna from the Student Council.
With the exception of Sakuramiya Hitomi, everyone from the Student Council was present.
"Eh, I obviously blocked all those girls, so how were they still able to get down there and give you gifts?"
What a joke, how could you possibly stop those incredibly resourceful Modifier Hosts?
Ashley cupped her chin in boredom. Watching Yurianna snapping pictures everywhere with her phone and an instant cara hanging around her neck, she couldn't help but stretch her hand out toward Yabashi Ki out of boredom.
"Hey, Yabashi, do you have any snacks? Give so."
"Here, Pocky biscuit sticks. That will be 200 yen, please."
Yabashi Ki was still watching Yan Huan sort his gifts and handed over a box of snacks without even looking her way, extending his other hand to collect the coins.
Before coming here, they had exchanged quite a bit of foreign currency to use.
"Tch, so petty. Just give it to ."
"No way, I already gave you cookies last night, didn't I?"
Listening to the banter beside his ear, Yan Huan neatly folded the shopping bags one by one and stored the gifts inside them.
The record from Bai Yi, the clothes from Ye Shiyu.
It was just these remaining two...
'Who exactly gave which one?'
Yan Huan looked at these two black cat-related gifts and couldn't help but ponder.
One was black cat cultural and creative rchandise, and the other was a set of very expensive co-branded black cat peripherals...
Yan Huan had always liked black cats because the cat he raised in his previous life was black.
This was evident from how he frequently used cat emojis and slept hugging Myau-chan every night.
However, if he was forced to compare the two gifts, Yan Huan still slightly preferred the more practical black cat peripherals.
'Were these... given by Sakuramiya?'
Yan Huan glanced at the price of the peripheral set and subconsciously thought so.
Co-branded items usually carried a higher price tag than regular products, and these peripherals didn't seem to be from an ordinary brand.
After carefully putting away the set of peripherals like a treasure, Yan Huan turned his head to look at the cultural and creative rchandise gifted by An Le.
As he looked at it, he suddenly thought of sothing and turned to look at Yabashi Ki.
"By the way, Yabashi..."
"Yeah, what is it, President?"
Yabashi Ki opened the chocolate biscuit sticks. There were two packets inside. He handed one packet to Ashley and Yurianna, while he and Yan Huan shared the other packet.
He had just chewed a stick when he heard Yan Huan call his na.
Looking at Yan Huan beside him, he saw him ask with complete seriousness.
"Do you have any apps for reading doujinshi?"
"Pfft!"
This question hit Yabashi Ki so hard that he nearly choked.
"Cough, cough... Cough, cough..."
"What the heck is wrong with you? Choking on a chocolate stick..."
"I have water here!"
Over there, Ashley complained, while Yurianna grabbed an unopened bottle of mineral water and handed it to Yabashi Ki.
This really couldn't be blad on Yan Huan.
As an experienced driver in his previous life, he was incredibly knowledgeable and naturally knew how to find these kinds of things without needing a teacher.
But in this life, he grew up in Linn. Linn didn't have those commonly used dostic apps, and he hadn't really read them in this life, so he had no choice but to seek guidance from Yabashi Ki.
"Asking about doujinshi in public, President, you are truly this!"
Unable to bear the choking any longer, Yabashi Ki took a sip of water and imdiately gave Yan Huan a thumbs up.
Yan Huan couldn't be bothered to explain. They were both veteran degenerates anyway, so there was no point pretending to be innocent.
"Cut the crap, just give a source. I need to find a few doujinshi."
"...I usually use DLsite. You want to look there, President?"
Yabashi Ki took out his mobile phone, opened a website, and handed it to Yan Huan. But as he spoke, he muttered again.
"However, if the artist you're looking for is from Sakura Country, there might not be translated versions available. You'll have to go to so forums to find translated resources..."
"Alright, let look first."
Yan Huan took his phone, but as soon as he tapped the search bar, the search history below popped up.
"Loli."
"Reverse R*pe."
"Bratty Child."
Upon seeing these records, the corners of his mouth stiffened, and he raised his eyes to look at Yabashi Ki in front of him.
However, he saw Yabashi Ki adjust his glasses without blushing or skipping a heartbeat, and making a "shh" gesture, leaving everything unsaid.
"..."
Yan Huan had to hand it to him, and could only continue searching for what he wanted.
"Pingxi..."
As soon as he entered the author's na, a whole string of oto-oriented works popped up.
'There are actually this many?'
Yan Huan roughly counted and saw that there were about four or five books signed by "Pingxi."
Moreover, without exception, they were all based on the the of childhood sweethearts.
Putting aside the famous "Pleasure Purgatory," what else was there...
"Reunion After Growing Up! My Childhood Friend Turned Into a Sadistic Vampire?"
It told the story of a countryside female lead who, after moving to the big city for a few months and struggling to adapt to urban life, reunited with her childhood sweetheart.
However, she didn't know that her childhood sweetheart had already beco a gorgeous vampire mingling in high society.
The female lead, completely oblivious, reconnected with him, only to end up being thoroughly devoured by him.
"Royal Princess, Falling to the King~"
It told the story of a princess who, driven to a dead end because her country was besieged by an enemy nation, risked sneaking out of the city to seek reinforcents from another powerful country.
After a difficult journey, she finally arrived, only to discover that the monarch of this powerful nation was the childhood sweetheart she grew up with...
The monarch weighed the benefits and decided to deploy troops, but privately proposed an additional condition to the princess...
To serve him with her body for a whole month.
"..."
Looking at those doujinshi, all uniformly priced at a few hundred yen, Yan Huan blinked.
These stories seed to share a certain commonality.
He morized the na of the website, planning to buy them when he got back to check out their contents.
Imdiately after, he silently exited the page, completely deleted the search and browsing history, and only then returned the phone to Yabashi Ki.
"Thanks, I found it."
"You actually found it?"
Yan Huan nodded, not saying much. He just looked out at the scenery outside the window and complained.
"Are we not there yet? We've been on this bus for so long."
"It can't be helped. We're going to Nara to play today, after all, so it takes an hour."
"Nara, huh..."
Yan Huan nodded, but for so reason, he suddenly thought of Sakuramiya Hitomi's personal female bodyguard.
'Her na was also Nara, right?'
Nara, sowhere.
As several buses uniformly drove into the parking lot, the Nara deer on the nearby lawn, who were currently being fed deer crackers, smacked their lips and looked toward the road.
In fact, their attention wasn't drawn by the buses, but by the white convertible Porsche with a roaring engine.
That Porsche had been trailing behind the buses, but with a sudden acceleration, it entered the parking lot a step ahead of them.
Following that, the Porsche perford a tail spin and parked right in the middle of the parking lot.
Vroom~
A handso, pink-haired young man wearing sunglasses flipped out of the car in one smooth motion.
He swept his gaze over the buses in front of him, crossed his arms, smiled with disdain, and shouted.
"Yan Huan!! Get your ass off the bus right now!!"
Clack~
The next second, the door of that bus slowly opened, revealing the space inside.
As soon as he saw the bus doors open, the young man nad Sakura Jing acted as if facing a formidable enemy, his brows furrowing slightly.
He stared dead at the bus door. Several seconds passed, but what he saw instead was an old grandmother leaning on a crutch, shakily stepping off the bus.
"Ah..."
The old grandmother, wearing reading glasses, raised her eyes to look at the sakura-haired young man parked in the middle of the parking lot, chewing with her toothless mouth as she spoke.
"My oh my, what a handso young man..."
"Huh? Why... why is it... an old lady? Isn't this a Far Moon Academy bus?"
Seeing that everyone getting off those buses was exclusively elderly people, Sakura Jing snatched off his sunglasses and asked them.
The old grandmother leaning on her crutch shakily walked past him, acting as if she hadn't heard a thing.
anwhile, the few old grandmothers behind her sized him up while shaking their heads and sighing.
"So handso..."
"It's just a pity his brain doesn't work too well."
"He doesn't even know he went to the wrong parking lot."
Sakura Jing stared blankly as the grandmothers walked past him one by one. He scratched his head and hurriedly looked at his mobile phone.
"That's not right, Mama said it was this parking lot..."
But as he kept looking, Sakura Jing seed to realize sothing, and blue veins instantly bulged on his forehead.
"Mama!!!"
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