Chapter 125: Fukada Akihiko Appears Again
I’ve made a big mistake!
This is Kazumi’s only psychological state these past two days.
Perhaps ordinary people don’t feel much, but Kazumi, who has always been sensitive to her surroundings, has keenly noticed the increasing number of guards quietly appearing around the school these past two days.
As the top academic institution in Neon and one of the few colleges nationwide to offer hero courses, the school’s security is not solely composed of the hero teachers employed within the academy. In fact, their security measures are usually top-notch to prevent these future prospective heroes from suffering too much harm.
However, in a school like this, the sudden increase in personnel is enough to pique anyone’s suspicion. Coupled with the recent increase in patrols by heroes in the neighborhood, the frequency of their patrols, and even the appearance of Shrine Maiden Priestesses on the streets, which are usually unseen, it’s hard for Kazumi not to connect all these events to that particular matter.
Kazumi also went to online forums to check for news, but it’s obvious that the excuse of “Psychic Crime Practice Activity” can only fool those ordinary people who are completely unaware.
Although she hasn’t found any concrete evidence, the young girl has a subconscious feeling that all of this was triggered by her poor little crow.
Regarding psychics, the information available online is quite vague. Fortunately, her dog seems to know a lot about it from his grandfather.
Using the “I’m afraid of ghosts,” “I can’t sleep,” and “I always feel like there’s something in the room” tactics, which are always effective for girls, along with a little bit of acting coquettishly.
Kazumi easily extracted a lot of information from Sato Shinichi, as well as the boy’s overflowing concern, which made him want to move in and accompany her.
Automatically filtering out the boy’s silly concern, the information that can be gleaned from the scattered pieces of news he provided is: [Psychics are organized and specialize in exterminating supernatural beings like Ghoul Gods] [Psychics’ capabilities are far inferior to heroes, but they are much more effective against specific creatures than heroes are], and finally, the boy’s warning: [There might be incidents related to this recently, so be careful not to do anything that might provoke Ghoul Gods].
[So, how blind are you!! Your girlfriend just told you she’s afraid of ghosts, and then you retorted by telling her to be careful because there might really be ghosts around??]
[Your brain is haunted, alright!! Normal people should be comforting me by saying these things don’t exist!]
Thinking about this, Kazumi couldn’t help but complain about her straightforward, if a bit dense, boyfriend. Perhaps only someone like her, who took advantage of him, could tolerate his silliness and stay with him. Any normal girl would have broken up with him a long time ago!
However, there are advantages to his simple-mindedness. At least Kazumi now has a good understanding of this matter. Especially the boy’s last warning; he specifically mentioned that it was news Grandpa Sato had heard from the Heroes Association recently.
With this information, Kazumi has basically confirmed that everything is her fault. The only good news is that two days have passed, and no one has come knocking on her door.
This indirectly proves that they don’t seem to have a way to quickly find her, or perhaps they can’t find her at all.
After all, the only one who witnessed her spirit linking with the Corpse Crow was that long-haired young girl. Whether she even caught that moment’s direction is another question.
As for what happened afterwards, the pile of things that were burned to ashes shouldn’t be able to find their way into her coffin hidden in another dimension.
Even so, she still needs to use her abilities as little as possible, especially at home. Although she’s not sure if they have tracking methods, Kazumi will definitely pay close attention to this aspect.
It just so happens that because she has been preparing for the test these past two days, the young girl has hardly used her abilities even once. She basically just checks her continuously growing territory each day to satisfy her eyes.
“The matter with the public cemetery hasn’t been exposed yet, but if there are psychics who can sense the aura of the dead, then exposure is only a matter of time. In that case, vigilance will be raised to another level.”
“During this period, before the storm passes, I absolutely, absolutely cannot easily expose my abilities in public anymore.”
“I still need to spend time preparing for the test. The formal test is tomorrow afternoon…”
The young girl’s left hand swiftly typed on her phone screen, replying to the message from the little flame on her phone. Her right hand, however, continued to draw and write in her notebook, with messy lines eventually forming a large black mass. Only Kazumi herself could probably understand the content within it.
This is perhaps the benefit of the two starting to video call recently. It might be because she gradually got used to video calls that Kazumi’s threshold for feelings towards Sato Shinichi was raised.
Now, Kazumi doesn’t spend the entire night chatting on her phone with her undivided attention. Although when video calling, she instantly turns into a lovesick girl, staring intently at the boy on the other end of the screen.
But now, when texting, she can manage herself a bit better, replying to messages while analyzing the current situation.
As for why Kazumi isn’t video calling her dog today?
It’s because after returning home from her part-time job last night, Kazumi saw a small note on her table written in a familiar handwriting. The general meaning was that the materials Kazumi had asked Fukada Akihiko to prepare were almost collected, and they could be delivered at the same time the next evening.
Kazumi is quite happy about this, but similarly, it’s a secret that the young girl absolutely cannot let the boy know.
After all, what Uncle Fukada is bringing over this time, besides corpses, should also include things like tombstones.
Imagine this: it’s late at night, and she’s talking to her girlfriend via video call, when suddenly the shadow behind her flickers, and then tombstones and corpses emerge.
A normal person would probably be scared half to death. And if Sato Shinichi saw it, he would probably rush over to find her without caring about anything else.
Imagining the boy’s reaction, Kazumi’s lips couldn’t help but curve upwards. She glanced at the time in the upper right corner, found an excuse, and bid her dogy goodnight early.
As if completing a task that had to be done daily, the young girl contentedly pushed her phone aside onto the table, stretched, glanced at the center of her rearranged room, and silently calculated the time in her heart.
The black shadow was still as punctual as ever. At the same time as last time, the young girl’s originally small shadow inexplicably expanded as if it were injected with energy. The jet-black shadow, like spilled ink, instantly formed a vast black shadow in the room.
And under the girl’s gaze, slowly rising from the black shadow were those tombstone-sized, ritualistic tombstones.
And, that familiar tall figure appearing not far from her?
