The Crisis World XX

Chap. 107: Research!

After yesterday's unusual sparring and me not believing that I could lose against Herlin in a sword fight, we came to two conclusions

The conclusion was that if I have not been able to increase my stamina capacity, then it is not yet time to carry out a destructive attack that has a high destructive power.

Because of course it requires great stamina and high accuracy. And for now I will rely on the sword skills and agility of movement that has always been my mainstay.

Then the second conclusion has nothing to do with yesterday's sparing, anyway. But we decided to follow our classmate who looked suspicious, his name was Hanasaki Yurei.

Herlin—then we were all attracted to him because he made a strange question to Herlin.

"The one who always follows you .. does he belong to you?"

Thanks to that question, we ended up following him during the break this time.

**

Hanasaki-san as usual during the break she sat in front alone and had no friends she could chat with. Then after a while he just sat quietly, he began to move and took the bento and walked out of class.

"He's moving. Come on, Herlin."

"Yes." Yeah."

Hanasaki-san walked in the hallway leading to the lower stairs and we walked behind her from a considerable distance. We peeked at the turn of the hall so that only our heads were out, and there were currently four heads peering.

"Senpai why follow, anyway?" my many.

"Ehehehe .. looks exciting, which is why I'm interested."

We all stared flatly at Mei-senpai who showed an innocent smile. "So that's the kid you're talking about? It seems normal" said Mei-senpai looking at Hanasaki-san who was walking away.

"Of course if from the outside it is like a normal person, is this Senpai stupid?"

Jamb...

Herlin's words again pierced right into Mei-senpai's heart. Blood also comes out from the mouth of Mei-senpai who looks like she wants to die from being ridiculed by someone younger than her.

"Sorry ...," said Mei-senpai limp.

"Senpai don't die now, Black Rain is lacking people, you know," I said.

While Anna-san who was also following Hanasaki-san and from earlier noticed we could only laugh softly at the behavior of the three of us. And without us noticing, Hanasaki-san had already walked quite a distance while we were joking.

"Stop it, we'll lose track of it" Herlin said.

"You're right."

Finally we both followed Hanasaki-san back down and out of the main building. It is rare for people to eat to leave the school building, I only know Hanasaki-san is like this.

Then Hanasaki-san stopped at the parking lot where the students used to park their bikes. He looked for an empty spot among the parked bicycles and found it.

He began to open his food and enjoy his quiet and quiet hours of rest. This is certainly not the best place to eat, but it can still be used because there is a roof made of black mica that keeps the sunlight blocked so that anyone under it does not overheat.

It's been a few minutes we've been waiting for him to eat his provisions, but there's nothing strange about his movements and behavior. Maybe Hanasaki-san is a little strange, even though she does not show that she is an Exception or anything.

"Looks like he's not an Exception," I muttered.

"Yes, there's nothing weird about him."

"I seem to be suspicious without meaning."

Mei-senpai and Herlin also agreed with my opinion. It seems like this investigation ended without the answer we all wanted, my stomach even rumbling because it hasn't eaten since the break bell rang.

"Let's go back to class" I asked.

"California"

"Can't!"

"Hn? Anna-san?" Just as we all wanted to go back, Anna-san suddenly shouted to stop us.

"We can't just leave it alone, can't you see that Hanasaki-san is eating alone? We should take her too."

So anyway. Anna-san did not want to leave Hanasaki-san alone and wanted to take her to eat with us.

"But are you sure that suddenly we just take her for granted?" ask Herlin.

"That's .. of course it's okay, right?"

"I think he has his own reasons." Mei-senpai then added the words from Herlin. "And we can't just force it."

"So-about that ...."

Anna-san finally undoes her intentions. I know he's well-intentioned, but good intentions for us aren't necessarily good for others. We also have to listen to the opinions of the people we want to help. Yeah, at least that's what I think.

But just as we wanted to go back to the classroom to eat, the group of people came from the other direction towards Hanasaki-san. The entourage of women whose faces are no stranger to me—because they are my classmates.

The real Hanasaki-san was already aware of their existence but as if it was not grinding and still enjoying the food, and of course it was not liked by them.

Braakh...

"??!!"

One of them suddenly threw out the provisions in the grasp of Hanasaki-san so that it fell onto the asphalt and the side dishes and rice in it scattered everywhere.

Not stopping there, the same person then pulled the collar of Hanasaki-san's shirt so that her legs tiptoed. Mei-senpai who saw him did not want to stay still and wanted to go straight out and beat them all up, but Herlin held him back.

"Damn it ...! He thinks he's great! Hn—?!"

"Don't you, Senpai."

"Did you just shut up when you saw him being treated like that?!"

"Please wait a minute."

Mei-senpai did not understand why Herlin had told her to stay here, I was actually the same. But Mei-senpai finally relented and returned to paying attention from afar.

Back at Hanasaki-san, her face was quite calm and even expressionless as she was treated like that. Then the woman holding his collar began to speak to him.

"How dare you ignore me!"

"...."

"Tch! You already know that if I wanted your money, if you gave it to me straight away, this wouldn't happen!"

"I have no money" Hanasaki-san replied softly.

"What?! Oh! Check him out!"

His other friend then obeyed his orders and started checking the various bags of Hanasaki-san's clothes, but there was indeed no money at all.

"He really has no money."

"Tch!"

Bruuch...

After learning about it, the woman immediately took off Hanasaki-san's collar violently which made her fall on the ground and they all just left her.

While we all did nothing and are still hiding here. Mei-senpai was already very upset and wanted to get out immediately, in contrast to Anna-san who looked frightened by the group of women earlier.

And despite being treated like that, Hanasaki-san did not reply and stood up and cleaned her dirty skirt. He also took back his empty lunchbox because it had splattered on the ground.

"Do you want to keep hiding there?"

"You know what?" ask Herlin.

"Your conversation is so loud, how could I not know." Hanasaki-san still continued to clean up the remnants of the soil stuck to her lunchbox.

"But they can't hear it."

"Okay, it's none of my business."

After the box was cleared, Hanasaki-san walked away from here and left all of us who still had questions on our minds.

"If you know, why don't you yell for help?!" ask Mei-senpai.

"...." - ".Hanasaki-san who had walked far enough did not reply. But his steps stopped as if he wanted to say something.

"Are you willing to be treated like that by them?!"

"...."

"You know we have enough power?!"

"... No need."

"Hn?"

"I don't need your help. I don't need your powers. I can take care of my own business."

"Huh?! 'Can', you say?! With such a chaotic appearance you say 'can'?!"

In the position of his back to us, Hanasaki-san whose face was not clearly visible then clenched her teeth as if holding back anger. He should have known that his own strength was not enough to fight them all.

But Hanasaki-san did not answer Mei-senpai's question and could only harbor all of her feelings alone. Until the moment Anna-san started calling her name.

"Ha-Hanasaki-san, I—"

"Don't talk to me! Don't you dare talk to me!"

Hanasaki-san looked back and looked at Anna-san with a sharp look, even though we could all see tears at the end of her eyes. Anna-san who was stared at like that was of course shocked and frightened.

But the look in the eyes was not long and Hanasaki-san again hid her face while several times wiping away the tears that had not fallen with her hands.

"Oi! Why are you suddenly yelling at Anna-san?"

"I don't need your help. If you help me but don't get to the root, you better not help me at all."

After speaking like that, Hanasaki-san then walked quickly leaving us all in this parking lot.

"You okay, Anna-san? What the hell is he?"

"I-I'm fine."

There was even an unnecessary debate. We all got no answer as to whether he was an Exception or not, and now it seems like it will be harder to approach him.

"How about this, Herlin?"

"So, it's more complicated than I thought."

This small-scale investigation ended in zero results. The answer is not obtained, the break time is cut. Hah ... was really unlucky.

**

The school bell has rung, the children in class B are also getting ready to go home and clean their tables, and so is Hanasaki-san.

Quickly and without waiting for anyone else after he had a break, he got out of the classroom and went home.

Home yourself. This has been the case for a long time, as Hanasaki-san is always alone and has no friends. On this almost twilight day and surrounded by students from his school as well as from other schools, he continued to walk regardless of them.

Eventually, he came to an open garden.

"It looks like I can wash it here" he murmured.

He then went straight to the garden sink and washed the food from earlier he brought in a dirty state. In the silence and quiet atmosphere in this empty garden, he had a moment to daydream.

He remembered the incident earlier where there were classmates who approached him and tried to help him. But as he recalled Anna-san's face, he immediately clicked his tongue in annoyance. Just by appearing in his memories alone, it had already upset him.

"It's all his fault."

"Meong~"

"Hn?"

His daydreams instantly crumbled when he heard the sound of a cat. Hanasaki-san tried to find the source of the sound and found some kittens who then ran away hiding into the bushes.

After making sure the box was clean, Hanasaki-san placed it briefly on the sink and approached the kitten earlier. And when he opened the bushes, he saw three kittens in a cardboard box.

He then crouched down and stretched out his hand. Although she was scared, but after realizing that Hanasaki-san was harmless, the kittens immediately licked Hanasaki-san's hand.

"It looks like you guys were dumped by someone, huh? I'm sorry, but I can't take you guys home."

Srkc... Srkc...

There was a strange sound right in front of Hanasaki-san and as she looked in front of her, something was right in front of her eyes.

A person with a smashed face and blood coming out from his nose, mouth, and eyes looked back at Hanasaki-san who was less than ten centimeters away.

"They .. mine ...." The creature tried to speak to Hanasaki-san.

"So you're the owner?"

But Hanasaki-san was not afraid at all and instead asked back to the creature.

"You ... can see me ...?"

There was no reply from Hanasaki-san and she immediately stood up and intended to leave from there. But before that, he briefly spoke to her once more and gave a gentle smile to her.

"I understand. Take good care of them, will you?"

"B ... Yes ...."

Hanasaki-san then took back her dry lunchbox and continued on her way home. But without him noticing, there was someone watching him from a considerable distance.

"It turns out he is not an Exception, only someone who can see ordinary ghosts" said Herlin.

He then took his Smartphone and called someone. Someone he rarely calls and calls. After waiting for a while, the person finally picked up his phone.

"Hello ... A herlin? Tumben once you called me."

"Caramel, are you free on Sunday? There's something I want to do and I need your help." The person Herlin called was Caramel.

"Help? More tumbens. Can't you ask Iraya for help?"

"No, your powers are more useful for this one. It's a woman's business anyway."

"Rusan women? Yeah, I don't mind anyway. You just tell me what you need."

"I understand."

Herlin then turned off his phone. This time, he tried to settle this matter without Iraya's help. Because he was convinced that Hanasaki-san had a reason for hating Anna-san.

Seriate