Ghost School

Special Episode 14: Kagusa's Past 3 (Izumi and Kei)

"..."

Now there is a meeting between good spirits in the castle of good spirit leadership.

"Master, I think the leader of the evil spirit must be eliminated!! If it continues like this, our territory will be controlled by another territory, which means that the Master can disappear"

"Yes, Sir! We can't let him continue to enjoy this. The status of the leader is not for fooling around!!"

"Really! Eliminate the leader of the evil spirit!"

"Dispelse! Vanish!!"

The good spirits are now very noisy forcing Kagusa to issue orders to eliminate the leader of the evil spirits.

This made Kagusa angry.

"Enough, you!!" Shouted Kagusa, and the situation instantly became silent.

After the situation calmed down, Kagusa answered the thing they had been fussing about.

"I understand you guys are proposing that for the advancement of this region. But you can't put forward your emotions like that. Try to see things after"

"If we eliminate the leader of the evil spirit, then what happens? Areas that do not have a leader of evil spirits will be more easily attacked by other regions" explained Kagusa

"But Master, we can still give him to another evil spirit to become the leader. No one will reject it!" Refute the other

"And the spirit returned to being the leader of the evil spirit now, like that?" Kagusa

"They're evil spirits, their minds we can't guess. If just give it as you suggest, the same thing will continue to happen"

"We need to look carefully for a new potential leader of the evil spirit. After finding it, it had just vanished the leader of the evil spirits just now"

"You understand? If we eliminate it hastily without any plan, it's the same as giving this territory to the neighboring region just like that which now continues to fight for power"

The state of being silent as if the spirits felt guilty for their previous proposal.

"alright. This time we'll finish up here"

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**

Kagusa's spirit is 52 years old, and 32 years old is the leader of good spirits.

Now the school that became the place where he went to school during his life experienced success and became an elite and prestigious school, inversely proportional to his former school which was an ordinary school.

Amidst Kagusa who was thinking about how to advance the territory, she accidentally saw a student who was being bullied by another student on the side of the school.

"Look at that trash! Though he was trash, but it turned out in the first medal. He's a lucky piece of trash"

"Death him. Young master Kirian and Maeru will definitely not remain silent"

"Hihi~ I if I were Arato it would have killed himself first rather than face a life like this"

"True~ Not really live kek gitu~ Mending all die so do not experience suffering. Thankfully I now live a good life~"

That was the conversation of the disciples near Kagusa who were also watching the bullying from a distance.

"...."

"You can talk like that because you haven't felt death... Alive... Life is the thing I look for, but in the end I still can't get it. You guys really don't know gratitude..."

"I'm sure... The boy was like that too. He kept on surviving. Resisting the pain of wanting to live... Those of you who live well from birth have no right to speak like that" Kagusa muttered

Kagusa glanced beside him and saw a boy being beaten by another group of male disciples.

The curious Kagusa finally decided to take a closer look.

"Sneaky ways what are you doing, huh?! You shameless!!"

"When it's been good to be given a free ride and eat good food, really ungrateful!!"

"Die there!!"

The sight made Kagusa remember something.

Something terrible and a memory he desperately wants to erase.

"Partner... The previous leader of the evil spirit was also ganged up like that... Until he finally disappeared...." Kagusa Mumbles

"How is... If the fate of the child is the same... Like my partner?"

Suddenly Kagusa felt goosebumps all over her body as she remembered the last second of her colleague.

Kagusa did not know the bullied boy. But as soon as he saw it he remembered his evil spirit friend and so felt responsible for helping him.

"What's the boy's name?"

Kagusa remembered the previous disciple said her name was Arato and was ranked first. So Kagusa decided to see him on the notice board.

Kagusa also knows the boy's long name is Arato Izumi.

"Arato Izumi, yes. I'll keep an eye on you"

Since then, Kagusa keeps an eye on Izumi and she finds out about some of Izumi's plots in the bully.

..."Basic lowly! You're just hitchhiking in our house, you know!"...

..."How dare you be one step ahead of Ian?! You challenged Ian, huh?! Ian's the best in this school!"...

..."Damned monster!! Go all the way there!! You want to kill us with your curse, just like you did with our Mama?!"...

From the 3 clues, Kagusa deduces that Izumi lives in the same place as the bully, and because the bully feels that Izumi is just an outsider who is not their family, so Izumi should have kept the lows of them from anything. Also the other reason for their hatred was likely because their mother died and Izumi was indirectly involved.

Then came the thought in Kagusa's mind.

"Is there really no one to side with this Arato Izumi? Out of the hundreds of people in this school, none? What about the teachers? Did they really not know there was such a severe bullying in the school environment?" Thought Kagusa

After investigating it a bit, Kagusa also knows the cause.

"It turns out that one of the bullies was the principal's son. The other 3 were the sons of the director of a large company and they were cousins. So the students sided with them and the teachers turned a blind eye to it for not looking for trouble" Kagusa thought

"God... I thought this school really became more advanced with time, but it turned out to be more dilapidated and filled with immoral humans. Could they all attack one student like this?"

Kagusa wants to help him. But it couldn't because he was just a celestial spirit that had no body.

While Izumi was hiding from bullies in the school warehouse, Kagusa sat next to her accompanying Izumi.

"I know you can't see me. But at least you're not really alone now" Kagusa said

That was all Kagusa could do for Izumi now.

Then suddenly....

"!!!"

Kagusa jerks.

"There are evil spirits in hiding! Is he going to attack me?!" Thought Kagusa and stood by her surroundings.

But after that Kagusa did not feel the presence of the evil spirit anymore. It seems that the evil spirit knew that Kagusa was aware of her presence, so she decided to leave.

"Who is that spirit? Do I need to go after him?" Thought Kagusa

And in the midst of Kagusa contemplating pursuing the spirit or not...

Brak!!

The barn door was broken down by a group of students.

"Hey, hey~ It's no fun if you keep running like that~"

"Hurry out and clean our shoes!"

"You wasted our time just looking for you. You need to be taught a lesson!"

They also kicked Izumi simultaneously in the warehouse.

Kagusa was just speechless looking at the bullies not having that heart.

After they were satisfied kicking Izumi until her body trembled, they pulled the collar of her back shirt and dragged her out.

"Danger... Very dangerous..." Kagusa Mumbles

"I'm sure this has happened a long time ago. This didn't happen twice"

"Dead..."

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**

The next day, in the castle of good spirit leadership...

"What's? A way to save people?" Ask Kagusa's subordinates

"Yes. Something happened and the man needed help, but no one cared about it. I feel sorry for him"

"Well... There's nothing we can do to humans... We're dead, leader. What can we do? Our world and they are different"

"We also cannot appear in front of humans carelessly. And if possible, there are people who are afraid to see us"

"...."

"Is there really nothing I can do?" Thought Kagusa

Kagusa was also aware of that. She knew there was nothing a spirit could do for a normal human like Izumi other than just watching her.

"..."

"I'm sorry, Arato Izumi"

*

Despite his leadership duties, Kagusa's days are now filled with him seeking a successor to the evil spirit leader and watching over Izumi.

And more and more Kagusa is increasingly worried about Izumi until Kagusa thinks Izumi can die at any time.

"They don't even hesitate to use sharp objects to hurt him. It's too late to be jealous. Adults should also be responsible for resolving this issue"

Kirian, Maeru, Rio and Rusen are now back on Izumi's desk.

Once satisfied, the 4-year-old went out of class.

Kagusa came closer to Izumi. Because of the gnawing, the jacket Izumi was wearing came off, and her collar became loose. Because it was visible wounds on his hands and around his neck and chest.

"His hand was already full of cuts and bruises. His face also had a lot of bruises. It was only fitting that he wore a jacket all this time, so at least the wound on his hand could be covered"

Kagusa was very sorry to see Izumi.

"How is... If I try to give him my powers..." Kagusa Mumbles

Kagusa channeled her powers into her hands and gave them to Izumi to heal her wounds. But it was futile. Kagusa's power refuses to enter Izumi's body because Izumi is a normal human who does not have the power of the sixth sense.

"It can't, yes..."

Then, Kagusa felt the same evil spirit as before not far from where Kagusa and Izumi were.

"He's coming again. This time I won't just let it go!!" Thought Kagusa and went straight after the evil spirit.

As soon as Kagusa was in the corridor, it appeared that one of Izumi's bullies, Rusen, had fallen while walking while the students were bustling through the corridor.

"Ouch, Ruu. Be careful when you walk. The shame is not your own, you know" Rio said annoyedly

"I suddenly fell by myself" Denied Rusen

"Don't make excuses!"

Kagusa looked around, and found the evil spirit she was looking for at the end of the corridor.

"This is the evil spirit!" Thought Kagusa

Kagusa immediately teleported and attacked the evil spirit quickly.

Zungg!!

Kagusa's attack was easily repelled by the evil spirit.

"This attack is indeed not my strongest attack, but it is at least enough to fight a top-tier spirit. He easily fended it off, meaning he was at the master level" Kagusa thought

Kagusa immediately retreated and kept her distance from the evil spirit.

"Explain to me what's the reason you've been watching me lately?!" Shouted Kagusa

The evil spirit only smiled as if it was holding back a laugh.

"What are you laughing-"

Kagusa flinched and did not continue her words as soon as she looked at the face of the evil spirit carefully.

"You're very disrespectful, good spirit leader. Suddenly attacking like that when I'm doing nothing, there's no other meaning unless you're looking for a storm with me"

"You..." Kagusa Mumbles

"Right, I haven't introduced myself yet, huh. My name is Kei, the right hand of the evil spirit leader"

"By the way, we've also met before at the border when the previous evil spirit leader vanished, right? Long time no see"

Kagusa's emotions intensified as soon as she knew she was one of the spirits that had eliminated her partner.

"Basic is shameless!! So now you want to eliminate me as well after you've eliminated my friend?!" Shouted Kagusa

"Pff! Ahahaha!!"

Kei laughed loudly hearing that.

"Ah, I'm sorry. I can't help it anymore" muttered Kei and still chuckled

While Kei was still laughing, Kagusa attacked Kei again. This time he used his great strength.

Duars!!

There was an explosion and smoke started to billow. As soon as the explosion subsided and the smoke began to dissipate, Kei was seen resisting Kagusa's attack.

"It seems like there's been a misunderstanding. I'm not interested in good spirits at all"

"Then why are you watching me?!" Shouted Kagusa

"That's also you misunderstood. I wasn't looking at you, but that bully kid"

"Arato Izumi?!" Kagusa thought in shock

"What is your purpose in paying attention to it?! Warn me! If you mess with that kid, I won't stay quiet!!" Kagusa Shouts.

"The evil spirit is different from the good spirit. The good spirit can do nothing to the living. But if it was an evil spirit, he could incite humans to commit crimes to his own satisfaction. For some things also evil spirits can injure humans because of its power that comes from revenge"

"If he is the right hand of the leader of the evil spirits to mark Arato Izumi as his target, the situation is even more dangerous than I thought" Kagusa thought worriedly

"God. You misunderstood all these situations, yeah. Take it easy, I have no intention of killing the boy"

"You can't be trusted!" Kagusa said firmly and further strengthened her strength to suppress Kei.

Trang!!

Kei brushed off Kagusa's attack and retreated to keep his distance.

"If I look again, you're also interested in the boy. Then I'm on your side too"

"Don't joke!!" Shouted Kagusa and threw an attack at Kei

Zras!

The attack was repelled by Kei.

"i'm serious. People like them in this school, I hate it so much. They're all immoral"

Kagusa grinned at Kei's words.

"You're the one who wiped out my friend talking about morals? How funny!!"

"For me, you're no different from those bullies Arato Izumi! You both gang up on one person just for your own satisfaction. You have no right to talk like that!!"

"...."

"As much as you want to say what, that's not important either"

"Master is waiting for me. Then I'll go first"

Kei left in front of Kagusa.