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However, what happened next completely shut down her brain, which had been numbed by fear.

As Gu Chuan helped her up, he subtly and gently brushed the hand that was on her shoulder back.

An invisible, unseen surge of spiritual energy, like the sharpest blade, instantly cleaved the evil spirit clinging to her back in two!

The twisted evil spirit didn't even have time to let out a scream before, upon contact with that extremely yang and powerful spiritual energy, it vanished like ice and snow exposed to sunlight, melting and vaporizing, ultimately turning into nothingness.

...disappeared?

That monster... just... disappeared?!

Yotsuya Miko stared blankly at Gu Chuan. For the first time, her eyes, which had been lifeless due to fear, revealed emotions of shock and disbelief.

He... he can "see"?!

No...that's not right! He can not only see! He can also...drive away those monsters!

"Um... thank you..." Yotsuya Miko said in a barely audible voice after she regained her balance, but her heart was already in turmoil.

"You're welcome." Gu Chuan smiled, his golden eyes, seemingly able to see through everything, calmly gazing at her. Then, in a meaningful tone that only the two of them could understand, he softly said:

"—4.2 You and I are the same."

Boom——! ! !

These words, like a thunderclap of creation, exploded in Miko Yotsuya's mind!

She suddenly raised her head, looking at Gu Chuan in disbelief, her lips trembling slightly, but she couldn't utter a single word.

“If you have any unresolved questions or need help,” Gu Chuan took out a small card with club information printed on it from his pocket and put it in her hand, “you can come to the Super Romance Club activity room at Shuchiin Academy and find me.”

"The Society for Research on Unconventional Phenomena and Abnormal Factors welcomes you to join us at any time."

Just as he finished speaking, the tram arrived at the station.

Gu Chuan waved casually at her, then turned and joined the flow of people getting off the bus.

Only Yotsuya Miko remained, standing there dumbfounded, clutching the small card that still held the warmth of his body, watching his departing figure, too stunned to recover for a long time.

106 Unconventional Research Society and New Client

Xiuzhiyuan, the old teaching building.

The activity room of the "Research Society for Unconventional Phenomena and Abnormal Factors" was as quiet as ever.

Today, only Gu Chuan and Yukino Yukinoshita were in the club. Yukino was sitting elegantly by the window, holding a thick hardcover book, her posture as graceful as a classical oil painting. Gu Chuan, on the other hand, was sprawled on the sofa, scrolling through his phone and joking with the girls in the chat group, enjoying a rare moment of leisure.

The peaceful afternoon was interrupted by a slightly hesitant, soft knock on the door.

"Please come in." Yukino closed the book, her cool voice ringing out.

The door to the activity room was pushed open a crack, and a small, black, furry head cautiously peeked in.

It is the seeds of the four grains.

She clutched her schoolbag tightly, her clear eyes filled with tension, unease, and a hint of barely concealed doubt and fear about the unknown. Her gaze quickly swept around the activity room, finally settling on the black-haired, golden-eyed boy on the sofa. As if making a firm decision, she finally mustered the courage to step inside.

"H-Hello... My name is Yotsuya Miko, and I'm a first-year student in class 3." She bowed deeply to the two of them, her voice trembling slightly with nervousness. "Excuse me... is this the Club for Research on Extraordinary Phenomena and Abnormal Factors?"

“It’s us.” Gu Chuan sat up from the sofa and gave her a gentle smile. “Welcome, Yotsuya-kun. It seems you’ve made your decision.”

Seeing Gu Chuan's all-knowing smile, Yotsuya Miko became even more nervous. Her knuckles turned white from gripping the strap of her backpack so tightly.

“Um… Gu Chuan… senior,” she took a deep breath, as if using all her strength, and finally asked the question that had troubled her for countless days and nights, “Does this world… really… really have ghosts? Why… why am I the only one who can see them? What… what should I do?”

She asked a series of questions, and by the end, her voice was trembling with barely suppressed sobs.

The fear and pressure that had been borne alone for so long, which could not be spoken of to anyone, finally found an outlet at this moment.

"Don't rush, sit down and talk slowly." Gu Chuan pointed to the sofa opposite him.

After Yotsuya Miko sat down tremblingly, he slowly began to answer her questions.

"First of all, what you call ghosts, we call evil spirits. They are the energy aggregates formed by the strong obsessions or resentments of people in their previous lives after they die."

"As for why only you can see it, we call this kind of constitution 'spiritual vision.' It's like how some people are born with good eyesight and some are born with good hearing. You just happen to be born able to see things that belong to another dimension that ordinary people cannot observe."

"Then... then what should I do to avoid being harmed by them?" Yotsuya Miko pressed, this was the question she cared about most.

“It’s simple,” Gu Chuan said, holding up a finger, “Just pretend you didn’t see it.”

"Eh?"

"Most evil spirits don't actually have the ability to actively harm ordinary people. They are more like a phenomenon that is instinctively attracted to people with intense emotional fluctuations. As long as you remain calm and ignore their presence, they will naturally get bored after a while and leave on their own."

After listening to Gu Chuan's explanation, Yotsuya Miko nodded as if she understood, but the fear on her face did not lessen in the slightest.

"Then...what if...pretending not to see them doesn't work either?" She thought of the terrifying monster on the tram that almost dragged her into the abyss. "Is there...a way to completely eliminate them?"

“Of course there is.” Gu Chuan smiled. “However, that would require a little…superpower.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he casually snapped his fingers.

The thick, hardcover book on Yukino's desk seemed to be lifted up by an invisible hand, defying all the laws of physics, and slowly floated into the air!

"—Psychokinesis."

"!!!"

Miko Yotsuya's eyes widened instantly, and her mouth opened into an "O" shape due to extreme shock!

However, before she could recover from this unbelievable scene, Yukino Yukinoshita, who had remained silent all along, merely glanced at the floating book and then gently extended her fair, jade-like right hand.

Click——!

A wisp of icy blue chill instantly condensed in the air! The hardcover book, suspended in mid-air, along with the surrounding air, was instantly and completely frozen by a layer of crystal-clear, bone-chilling ice! Then, it crashed heavily back onto the table.

"No playing with my books in the activity room," Yukino said expressionlessly, as if she had only done something trivial.

Yotsuya Miko was completely petrified.

Telekinesis...

Ice-type abilities...

She stared blankly at the two teenagers in front of her, whose every move exuded "inhuman" power. Then she thought about herself and realized that she could do nothing but passively "see" and be scared half to death. A huge feeling of grievance called "envy" and "helplessness" suddenly rushed into her nose.

Why……

Why do you all have such amazing abilities...?

And I could only watch those monsters helplessly, unable to do anything, living in constant fear...

As she thought about it, her eyes reddened, and two streams of hot tears, which she could no longer hold back, slid down her cheeks.

"Woo..."

The sudden crying startled both Gu Chuan and Yukino.

Looking at the frail girl in front of her, her face streaked with tears and her whole body trembling slightly, Yukino's heart, which was always covered by ice and snow, revealed a rare hint of tenderness.

She stood up, walked to Yotsuya Miko's side, took a clean handkerchief from her pocket, and gently handed it to her.

"Don't cry." Her voice was still cold, but with a hint of clumsy gentleness. "If you're scared... then join us."

"Once you become a member of the Extraordinary Research Society, I guarantee in the name of the president that no one... nothing can hurt you again."

Yotsuya Miko raised her tear-streaked, pitiful face and looked into Yukino's sincere and determined eyes. At that moment, the grievances and fears in her heart seemed to find their strongest support.

She nodded emphatically and took the handkerchief.

"...Mmm!" With Yukino's comforting words, Yotsuya Miko quickly stopped crying. The three exchanged contact information on the spot, and Gu Chuan promised her that she could ask him for help anytime, anywhere, if she encountered any insurmountable danger.

Having received double assurances, Yotsuya Miko finally felt completely relieved. She wiped away her tears, bowed deeply to the two of them again, and then, with her application form in hand, went to complete the formalities with light steps.

Watching her departing figure, Gu Chuan let out a long sigh of relief. While stretching his somewhat stiff shoulders, he couldn't help but mutter a complaint:

"Phew... finally done. Speaking of which, it took me a lot of effort last night to get Eriri to sleep well, and my shoulder is still a bit sore..."

It was originally just a casual complaint.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, a pair of soft, slightly cool hands unexpectedly and gently placed on his shoulders, and then slowly began to massage them with just the right amount of force.

Gu Chuan's body stiffened instantly.

He turned around and saw that Yukino Yukinoshita had somehow appeared behind him, her head bowed, and a faint blush had appeared on her beautiful face, which was always covered with frost.

"...In order to maintain my strength, I learned some basic massage techniques when I was in the zombie school."

She explained softly, her voice so low it was as if she were afraid of disturbing the tranquility of the afternoon.

The activity room fell into complete silence.

There seemed to be some subtle, ambiguous element brewing quietly in the air.

107 A SOS from Tushan and the Gate to Another World

Inside the activity room, the air seemed to freeze.

Gu Chuan could clearly feel the perfect pressure coming from Yukino Yukinoshita's soft, slightly cool hands. Her kneading movements were light, yet precisely relieved the soreness in every muscle of his shoulder.

The afternoon sun streamed through the window, casting a warm, golden glow on her long, flowing black hair. Her head was slightly bowed, her expression focused, and a faint blush crept across her usually icy, beautiful face, spreading to her fair ears.

Gu Chuan didn't move or speak, but simply enjoyed this rare and unexpected tenderness.

At this moment, Yukino's thoughts drifted back to that school filled with death and despair, overrun by zombies.

In that precarious world, they were each other's only support. To conserve their strength in endless battles and to keep each other warm in the cold nights, some actions that would seem too intimate in the normal world had unknowingly become subconscious habits ingrained in their bones.

Massaging his tired shoulders felt as natural as bandaging his wounds.

only……

When this habit is brought back to this peaceful and tranquil real world, the trust and tacit understanding that originally belonged to "comrades-in-arms" seems to... quietly ferment into something more subtle and more heart-pounding.

The atmosphere inside the activity room became gentle and ambiguous.

However, this tranquility was completely shattered by a rapid, soul-stirring system notification.

[Ding! Your group member, Little Fox Demon, has sent an urgent distress signal!]

[Little Fox Demon]: Help! Someone please save me and my sister! We've been captured by a bunch of stinky Taoist priests! They're going to sell us!

This distress message, filled with terror and despair, instantly caused a huge uproar in the [Cross-Dimensional Film Screening]!

[March 7th]: Huh?! The little fox demon sister has been captured?! What happened?!

[Little Thief Cat]: Sold?! Damn it! Are they human traffickers?!

[Gem Magician]: Calm down! Little fox demon, where are you now? Can you provide specific location information? How many of those Taoist priests are there? How strong are they?

[Little Fox Demon]: Waaaaah... I don't know where I am... My sister and I have had our demonic powers sealed by their talismans...

Gu Chuan's eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at the profile picture with the digit "Little Fox Demon".

Is it Tu Shan Hong Hong?

[March 7th]: My demonic power is sealed... What should we do? That's it! Use red envelopes! We can use red envelopes to teleport the weapon over!

On March 7th, in a moment of inspiration, just as he was about to rummage through his system inventory to see if there was anything usable—

【bite--!!!】

A more majestic and solemn system notification sound resounded in the minds of every member!

[System Announcement: Congratulations! The group has reached 10 members! The hidden feature [World Travel Portal] is now officially open!]

[Function Description: Consuming 1000 Doomsday Points will open a one-way teleportation channel to a designated group member's world, lasting for 24 hours.]

[Alicia]: Wow~ World travel function? That means we can travel to other people's worlds?

[Observer]: It seems that we no longer need to go through so much trouble.

Looking at his still plentiful points, Gu Chuan spoke directly in the group chat.

[Observer]: Little fox spirit, grant me access to your world, I'll go there myself.

[Little Fox Demon]: Eh? You...you're coming to save us?! Great! I'll start right away!

[Ding! Group member Little Fox Demon has granted you world teleportation access. Would you like to spend 1000 points to activate the teleportation channel?]

"Yes."

Gu Chuan silently recited in his heart.