Zongman: I am the only boy in the school, H is crazy

A fan fiction of the anime, Su Lu, travels to Sakura Butterfly Academy, which is a girls’ academy with only girls. The principal is a woman, the teachers are women, and the security guards are also women.

He is the only male!

The principal is Boa Hancock

The Vice Principal is Tsunade.

Head of History, Robin.

Ocean teacher, Nami.

Mikasa is a security guard in the Security Department.

The students include Hinata, Yuno Agatsuma, Rikka Takanashi, Mai Sakurajima, Kaguya Shinomiya, Nanami Momozono, Kanade Tachibana, Asuna, Emilia, Sunako, Erina Nakiri, Rinrincho Shirouiin, Mitsuha Miyamizu, Nezuko, Hime Oikawa, Sakura Haruno, Reiko Akimoto… The female characters in the anime are all students, etc.

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Girls transform into items in an uncertain time, and each transformation takes anywhere from two minutes to two hours.

Every transformation makes you more beautiful.

Zongman: I am the only boy in the school, H is crazy
Chapter 1 Sakura Butterfly Girls’ Academy
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Su Lu stood in front of the carved iron gate that looked more like an admission ticket to heaven than a school gate. He felt as if his life had just been thrown into a juicer and spun hundreds of times, with juice splashing everywhere.
“Sakura Butterfly High School for Girls”.
A few elegant gold-plated characters flashed with an unquestionable brilliance, which hurt his eyes.
He looked down at his new dark blue uniform dress, which was so big that it could almost fit another version of himself, and had the same gorgeous petal and butterfly pattern – although he preferred to call it a pullover sack.
She looked like a cheap plastic doll that had been mistakenly stuffed into Barbie’s closet. He looked up again to confirm the name of the school and took a deep, deep breath.
It’s not Su Lu who is wrong, it’s this world!
His memory of the previous second was still frozen in the dilapidated rental house, where he was holding a bowl of instant noodles and reading comics. The next second he opened his eyes, he was hanging on this body. Before he could recover, a golden admission letter with a gemstone (suspected to be artificial) border was directly shoved in his face.
In the lower right corner of the notice, there is a gorgeous and absolutely tough signature – “Boa Hancock”.
Yes, that’s the Empress from One Piece who is so strong that she can throw warships like bowling balls and who despises men to the core!
Enrollment was unreasonably simple. The original owner had clearly already completed all the complicated paperwork. He simply had to brace himself for this male body, feeling lost and forced to enroll in this legendary “Daughter Kingdom,” where even a male fly would be annihilated on the spot.
Inside the school gate, the blooming cherry blossoms weighed down the branches. When the wind blew, pink and white snowflakes mixed with butterfly-wing-like petals fell down, so beautiful that it looked like a dream with ten layers of filters.
Girls walked by in twos and threes, wearing the same, but noticeably more fitted, uniforms of various colors. Some were as cool as the moon, others as bright as the sun, each with their own unique charm. Names flashed through his mind like a barrage of words: Is that Asuna? Nakiri Erina! Shiro Oniin Rinrincho?! Oh my god, is that Tachibana Kanade floating by? He even thought he caught a glimpse of a pink-haired girl with a… pig’s head onion pinned to her head? This combination was too hardcore!
The visual impact was comparable to a nuclear explosion. Su Lu felt like a peddler who had strayed into a giant jewelry fair, his pockets full of glass beads, his eyes filled with priceless diamonds, and he had to worry about being kicked out by security at any moment.
The air was sweet, almost greasy. He hunched his shoulders, adopting the most lewd posture of his life, trying to pass through the sea of ​​flowers and butterflies.
Just as half of his foot touched the cold marble floor inside the door—
“Discovered! Source of highly abnormal male hormone reaction! Unregistered anomalous factor! Morphological confirmation: Male juvenile upright primate (speculated)! Threat assessment: High risk of sexual contamination spread! Execute cleanup plan – Alpha!”
A low, flat female voice with a metallic friction sound suddenly rang out, and her speaking speed was as fast as a machine gun.
“Varied……?!”
Su Lu didn’t understand the string of high-speed professional terms at all, and just felt his scalp bursting.
A powerful gust of wind bore down overhead! A blue figure flashed from the towering cherry blossoms in front of them with lightning speed! As swift as a hawk swooping down on its prey! Its movements were so swift that a blurry afterimage was left behind. From its waist, a silver, three-dimensional mobile claw shot out, clacking into the height of the opposite building!
“Roar——!” An extremely oppressive roar resounded through the sky!
He didn’t have time to react before a powerful force toppled him over, his vision spinning. His back slammed hard against the cold ground, nearly causing his internal organs to shift, the pain so intense he could see black.
A set of three-dimensional mobile restraints that flashed with cold light and were full of science fiction seemed to have life. They wrapped around his body seven or eight times and in the blink of an eye, he was tied up like a premium meat dumpling for the Dragon Boat Festival. Not to mention his hands, even a finger could not move.
“Ahem… Which good school… has ‘Male Expulsion Plan’… as its school motto… It’s… difficult to breathe…” Su Lu was like a fish out of water, struggling in vain with every inch of tightened flesh, and squeezing out protests intermittently.
The weight on him didn’t lessen at all. A cold and unwavering female voice rang out from above:
“Warning: Male lifeform has entered a Level 1 sterile area. This behavior poses a serious contamination threat. Pursuant to Appendix B to Article 127 of the Regulations on Emergency Response to Sakura Butterfly Abnormal Risks, the use of non-lethal suppression methods is authorized.”
Su Lu struggled to raise his deformed face and, through his dizzy vision, looked at the culprit who had caused all this. She was a short-haired girl with a sturdy and agile figure and eyes as sharp as a sharp saber.
“Mikasa?!” Sulu’s mind finally caught up with his eyes, and he called out her name in a distorted voice. That murderous stance, that three-dimensional maneuverable gear, and that roar just now…
The girl who was suppressing him – Mikasa Ackerman from the Sakura Butterfly Security Division, with her eyes like a hawk locking onto its prey, scanned his face, which was now filled with panic, up and down without any emotion, as if she were inspecting an object.
“The pollution source has been initially stabilized. Waiting for instructions from the executive department.” She reported to a miniature device on her collar, her voice cold and devoid of any humanity.
Soon, he was dragged across the campus by two female security guards, also wearing similar combat vests and with frosty faces, as if they were carrying discarded items. Wherever they passed, it was as if they had dropped a bomb of spiritual pollution.
“Eh—a man?!”
“Impossible! Has the system been hacked?”
“It’s so dirty! Stay away from me!”
“Back off! My pollen allergy is starting to act up!”
“Male contamination alert! Requesting purification spray!”
The girls’ screams of fear, disgusted discussions, and chaotic retreats came like a surging wave.
It was as if Su Lu wasn’t a person, but some kind of radioactive garbage or a walking source of infection. Eyes of inquiry, surprise, contempt, and even panic converged on him, as if they wanted to burn holes through him.
The originally sweet cherry blossom scent in the air seemed to deteriorate in an instant, and was infiltrated by a faint “strange smell” that belonged to a purely masculine existence, causing those faces as delicate as porcelain dolls to frown and cover their mouths and noses.
He was “escorted” all the way and finally fell heavily and without mercy in front of a mahogany door heavy enough to withstand the impact of a tank.
There was a sign hanging on the door. There was no job title on it, only an extremely gorgeous signature in gold-stamped cursive script.
A name he knew well enough to give him nightmares: Boa Hancock.
The door was pushed open roughly.
A huge force came from behind, and Su Lu was thrown in like a sack. He rolled twice in a panic before finally stopping.
A low, subdued, and magnetic female voice spoke coldly, “So, explain…why…in this pure place ruled by my Ai family, would there be a male worm…such an eyesore?”
The sound was not loud, but it seemed to carry the cold current of Siberia and penetrate deep into the bone marrow.
The cold and overwhelming sense of oppression instantly filled this huge office that was decorated in an exaggerated and ornate manner, like tangible mercury.
The expensive, smooth marble floor reflected the intricate Baroque frescoes on the dome. The air was filled with a subtle, oppressive feeling of superiority, mixed with a refreshing fragrance. Further away, there was an expensive Persian carpet, but Su Lu was temporarily unable to enjoy it.
Su Lu’s heart suddenly sank, and he raised his head as if he had been electrocuted, looking towards the source of the sound.
At the end of the field of vision, behind a huge desk that was comparable to the throne of an ancient king, sat the empress of this academy.
She was reclining in a high-backed armchair, wearing a gorgeous dark cloak that made her skin look whiter than snow.
The slender calves were casually placed on the other leg, and the pair of pointed crystal high heels on the feet seemed to be able to easily pierce one’s heart.
Her presence itself is a visual storm – long black hair like a waterfall, a pair of breathtakingly beautiful eyes embedded in a face that is so delicate that it is suffocating.
There was no petrified love in her eyes as rumored to be seen when looking at men. Instead, there was only a bottomless coldness with obvious displeasure and a hint of…incredible scrutiny.
“Boa Hancock…” Su Lu’s mouth was dry.
“Bold worm! How dare you look me in the eye?! Who allowed you to raise your eyes?!” The cold empress seemed to have been stepped on in an instant. Her eyes suddenly became sharp, and an invisible, intimidating aura suddenly pressed towards Su Lu like a real tide.
The latter’s breath was choked, and he felt that his fragile bones would be crushed at any time.
He almost used all his strength to suppress the instinct to lower his head immediately. He clenched his teeth tightly and no sound came out of his throat.
“Hancock, save your energy.” A slightly hoarse, teasing female voice rang out from the side, breaking the icy air. On the other side, a very… “broad” figure reclined casually on a large leather sofa.
The woman was wearing a robe similar to a doctor’s white coat, with the collar open and her long, smooth burgundy hair casually draped.
She was shaking a large-looking wine bottle in her hand, and her lazy yet sharp and wild almond-shaped eyes looked up and down at Su Lu on the ground with interest. It was not like she was looking at a person, but more like she was evaluating a rare top-quality steak, thinking about which part to cut.
His heroic aura can even rival that of the empress behind the desk.
“Don’t scare the experimental material right away. It was finally delivered to your door, look at the basic data…” She licked her rosy lips and pinched her knuckles hard, making a crackling sound, “Tsk tsk, it’s very fresh and tender.” The fiery gaze seemed to be able to peel off Su Lu’s skin.
“Tsunade-sama!” Sulu practically screamed. The Fifth Hokage! The legendary Princess of Konoha! Why was she here? What kind of a hellish den of gods fighting and demons meeting at this school?!
Su Lu felt like a Chihuahua that had strayed into an exhibit of rare and ferocious animals. “Refund! Now! Immediately! Immediately!”
He used all the remaining consciousness after being frightened to control his body, struggling to get up, trying to show a little negotiating attitude under the pressure of two powerful women, and forced out the most humble smile in his life towards the beautiful principal with a frosty face who held the power of life and death over him:
“Principal… Principal! I was wrong, I was really wrong! I was just a passerby who walked into the wrong film set! Look… isn’t that transfer procedure officially in effect yet? Or is the withdrawal procedure simple? I’m getting out of here right now! I won’t pollute this holy land in the slightest! Please expel me!”
“Fire?” A hint of sarcasm appeared on Boa Hancock’s beautiful face, and her eyes were so cold as if she was looking at the filth in the gutter.
She gracefully raised a hand clad in a long black gauze glove and tapped the tabletop with her fingers. Strands of terrifying black and red lightning swirled around her fingertips! The air seemed to be ionized, emitting a crackling sound.
Su Lu felt that his hair was about to stand up due to the static electricity.
“What a foolish worm! How dare you dream of escaping my clutches?” Her voice was low and slow, carrying the pressure of a supreme ruler’s judgment. “Article 1, Supplementary Clause A of the ‘Sakura Butterfly Core Management Agreement’: ‘Once accepted and registered, you are considered a member. Unless violating the Supreme Prohibition or unanimous resolution, no member on campus has the right to expel any member.'”
A cruel sneer curled up at the corner of her mouth. The black and red electric light danced and condensed restlessly at her fingertips, carrying an aura of destruction. “…The agreement only states ‘never expel,'” her voice suddenly became softer and more dangerous. “But it doesn’t specify…will some small, unspoken ‘accidents’ happen between members? For example, being smashed into a pulp by the giant crystal chandelier falling from the ceiling? Or falling into the pressure cooker in the zero-gravity cooking classroom that can steam a dinosaur? Let me think…there must be some places where the surveillance is broken…”
Su Lu’s blood froze. This was a blatant death threat! How could this be a female principal? This was a professional killer in disguise!
“No, no, no! Principal, calm down! I suddenly feel that this school is particularly good! Especially…especially suitable for a good boy like me who loves learning!” He immediately slid on his knees on the spot and almost knocked his head on the ground, “I will stay! I will stay even if I die! I am the Sakura Butterfly’s nail house! The kind that can’t be driven away!” A wise man never suffers a loss in front of him, saving his life is the first priority!
“Hmph, you’re a sensible worm.” The deadly lightning on Boa Hancock’s fingertips subsided slightly, but her eyes remained as cold as ice. “Then lie down obediently… and give me…”
“Rules that get in the way!”
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The lazy voice suddenly exploded from the side.
Before Su Lu could recover from the fatal threat, he felt a golden figure flash before his eyes. A mixture of the aroma of wine and the scent of some aggressive carnivorous animal filled his nose. A huge sense of oppression instantly enveloped him!
Fifth Hokage Tsunade! She had teleported from the sofa to Sulu’s side without knowing when, and squatted down.
That beautiful wine-red face was almost right in front of him, and deep in the beautiful eyes was undisguised ecstasy, greed and the extreme excitement of a scientific research madman who had discovered a new world!
“The agreement is dead! The materials are alive! It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!” Tsunade’s voice sounded a little sharp because of excitement.
Without waiting for anyone to react, she roughly grabbed Su Lu’s arm with such force that Su Lu felt as if he was being clamped by the iron claws of an excavator.
Move as fast as lightning!
Whoosh! A terrifying syringe, thick enough to draw blood from an adult rhino, flipped out of her hand!
The needle tip flashed with a terrifyingly cold light! The movement was so fast that only an afterimage remained!
Phew!
The thick needle tip pierced the skin on Su Lu’s wrist without hesitation.
“Ouch!!” An unprecedented, intense pain from being forcibly inserted by a huge foreign object instantly pierced Su Lu’s nerves! He even wondered if the needle could directly penetrate his bones!
No waiting! No hesitation!
Sizzle—
The bright red and sticky blood poured into the transparent blood collection tube like a torrent of oil squeezed out by a powerful pump!
A thick needle filled with blood was instantly removed and replaced with a brand new, terrifying syringe! The extraction continued!
“First tube! Basic vitality sample! This guy is quite vigorous…excellent purity!”
Tsunade muttered excitedly at a rapid pace while observing the rapidly rising blood line.
Puff! Puff!
Tsunade’s eyes brightened as the second tube of blood filled rapidly, making a scalp-numbing, sticky sound.
“The second tube! Genetic potential carrier! This base… is ten thousand times better than Orochimaru’s crappy materials!”
“The third tube!! The core of aging neutralizing factor research! My hope of becoming ten years younger is betting on you! Fill it up…for me!” She stared at the dark red liquid that was rapidly filling up again, her breathing became heavier, her eyes as fanatical as a hungry python staring at the fat sheep that was about to be eaten.
The inner wall of the thick syringe even produced spiral patterns of blood due to the fast pumping speed!
“Ugh…ah…let…let go…” Su Lu’s voice had already faded. The violent extraction made his vision black out, his limbs cold, and cold sweat instantly soaked through his newly put-on school uniform. It felt like the part of his body that belonged to “vitality” was being frantically drained by that terrifying syringe, like a deflated balloon.
The fanaticism in Tsunade’s red eyes was like a raging hellfire.
Less than twenty seconds.
When the third thick syringe was instantly filled with dark red thick plasma, Tsunade pulled out the terrible huge needle with reluctance, her movements as neat as pulling out a weed.
Click, click.
Three heavy syringes filled with fresh blood were casually thrown onto a silver tray nearby, making crisp clash sounds.
The bright red liquid swayed gently on the wall of the tube, so dazzling that it made Su Lu dizzy.
Tsunade casually threw a piece of gauze stained with the pungent smell of disinfectant on the needle hole on Su Lu’s bleeding arm without even looking at him.
She snatched up the tray and clutched it tightly in her arms, as if it weren’t just blood, but a rare treasure capable of reversing life and death. Her eyes burned intently at the vials of blood, a sickly flush of alcohol and extreme excitement plastered across her face. “Ha! The key to rejuvenation! I’m definitely… definitely going to succeed this time!”
Tsunade rushed like a gust of wind, carrying her “blood-and-sweat trophy” towards a tightly closed white metal door deep in the office with a huge “No Entry” warning sign printed on it.
The door closed the moment she entered. After a slight click, one could faintly hear excited, almost hoarse roars from inside and the humming sound of some huge machinery preheating and starting.
The office was dead silent, with only Su Lu’s heavy, suppressed breathing as the sound could be heard.
He collapsed on the cold floor, feeling his entire arm go numb and lose all feeling.
The expensive carpet on the ground absorbed the few drops of blood dripping from his wrist.
“…You lowly worm! Your existence is a disgrace to my Perfect Academy. That woman Tsunade…”
Behind her desk, Boa Hancock’s cold gaze swept over the disheveled Sulu on the ground, her tone filled with undisguised disgust, “She only cares about her experiments. As for me, I want to maintain the absolute purity of this pure realm!”
Her elegant fingers gently rubbed her temples, as if enduring some intense discomfort. “The male factor… is too dirty. My observation Haki is experiencing intense discomfort due to this…”
Just then, there were three rhythmic knocks on the office door.
“Come in.” Hancock said coldly.
The door opened a crack.
A figure in a fitted professional suit and skirt slid silently in. Tall and slender, with blue-black hair tied back, her face was delicate and cool, like a sculpture, and she was holding a clipboard.
Those deep eyes were as calm as an ancient well. The moment he entered the door, his gaze swept over Su Lu on the ground very naturally, as if he was passing by an insignificant piece of furniture.
Su Lu instantly confirmed her identity from her iconic hair color and calm aura.
Director of the History and Intelligence Department, Nicole Robin!
“Principal,” Robin said, her voice gentle yet undeniably professional. She bowed slightly to Hancock and handed over the report in her hand. “A preliminary plan for handling newly discovered…abnormal life samples, as well as a compliance assessment report for existing regulations, has been jointly completed by Lady Tsunade, Captain Mikasa, and my department. Please review it.”
Hancock didn’t take the report. He raised his chin slightly, his eyes still fixed on Su Lu sharply: “The simplest conclusion.”
Robin remained unfazed, answering calmly, “Under the current regulations, forced expulsion does present legal difficulties. However, the regulations provide for ‘special response plans for when irreversible environmental damage caused by on-campus personnel (including the spread of male contamination) could trigger an uncontrollable escalation of risks,’ which allows for… broad interpretation.” Her tone was flat, as if she were stating a weather fact. “In theory, a reasonable… ‘accidental’ incident resulting in sample damage could be considered a non-expulsion solution and would carry weight in crisis assessments. Lady Tsunade also suggested that before any accidental damage occurs, full biological potential be extracted to its maximum potential to optimize its use as a scientific research resource.”
Every word conveyed a cold, ominous tone, as if he were being treated as an object or even garbage.
“Heh.” Hancock let out a short, cold chuckle. The coldness in her eyes grew even stronger, and her fingertips flashed with dangerous black and red light again.
She didn’t look at Robin, her gaze fixed on Sulu like a barbed icicle. “Did you hear that, worm? This is the only value of your staying in this academy…waiting for a legitimate ‘accident’ born out of the preservation of purity.”
Su Lu’s heart sank into an icy cave. How could this be a women’s college? This was clearly Auschwitz in a rosy disguise!
He was the only prisoner left to be slaughtered! They were even conferring on the size of the noose and urn!
At this moment, a commotion was heard from far away outside the door, with the faint sound of chaotic footsteps and the suppressed screams of girls.
“oops……”
“Hinata-chan again…quickly grab the box!”
“What is it this time? Last time it turned into pudding!”
Boa Hancock frowned delicately, and a hint of obvious impatience and disgust flashed in her eyes.
The next second, the heavy mahogany door to the office was flung open. Several girls stood at the doorway, looking panicked, their eyes evasive as they glanced at the principal and then towards the back of the office.
“Why are you making so much noise?! How disgraceful! Do you want to be expelled?” Hancock’s cold gaze swept over like a whip, scaring the girls so much that they trembled.
One of them, Yuno Agatsuma, a quiet girl with short pink hair and glasses, mustered up her courage, pointed in a direction inside the office, and said in a trembling voice: “Principal! It’s bad! Hinata-san she…she…”
Boa Hancock’s eyes suddenly followed her direction—
Not far from the desk, on the edge of a huge, ornate carpet, near the corner of the wall…
An extremely delicate, light purple glutinous rice dumpling (daifuku) with a faint sweet fragrance?
The glutinous rice dumpling is round and plump, covered with a layer of delicate rice flour, and there is a dark red trace similar to red bean paste in the center, which looks extremely delicious.
It just sits there quietly, out of place with the expensive and gorgeous carpet.
Almost at the same time, Su Lu also saw the dumpling with a strange style that suddenly appeared.
It’s Hinata?!
That delicate, frail young lady of the Hyuga family? The girl who blushed whenever she spoke to Naruto… turned into… Daifuku?! What a bizarre setting!
“How disgraceful!” Boa Hancock slammed the table and stood up! Her beautiful face was first filled with shock, then a thick, almost tangible rage! An extremely terrifying, invisible pressure, tinged with murderous intent, suddenly enveloped the entire room!
The air seemed to freeze like a block of iron, making it suffocate! The floor seemed to tremble slightly under her anger.
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Su Lu is closest to the ball.
An extremely inappropriate and illogical thought suddenly flashed through his newly bled brain: This dumpling looks… like it might be delicious? And Hinata-san’s dumpling, rolling into a place like this is too pitiful…
Almost without thinking, his body seemed to be pulled by an invisible thread – he stretched out his hand, with a numb trance after being frightened continuously and a little bit of weak instinct of kindness, trembling, wanting to touch the innocent ball that rolled on the corner of the carpet.
Just when his fingertips were less than an inch away from the round and tempting glutinous rice skin…
“Ants!!!!”
A bone-chilling, furious scream, like the precursor to a volcanic eruption, ripped through the frozen air! Like a level 12 mental storm, it instantly exploded!
Su Lu felt like a small boat being hit by huge waves in a storm, and he was blown away by an invisible force that was unstoppable and filled with pure hatred and destructive will!
boom–!
He was powerless to resist, his body flying backwards like a broken sack, slamming heavily into the cold wall! The immense force of the impact nearly blinded him, and he nearly passed out! A sweet, fishy smell surged in his throat.
The whole world seemed to be instantly switched to the slow motion filter of a bloody horror movie!
At the edge of her vision, all that was left was Boa Hancock’s eyes, which looked deep and terrifying due to her extreme anger, and were almost burning with the flames of hell!
Her tall figure stood upright in rage like a burning spear of judgment, her long hair seemed to be blown up by invisible static electricity, and a tangible black and red air wave lingered around her!
The expensive crystal chandeliers in the office flickered wildly, making dangerous crackling sounds, and even tiny cracks appeared on the bases of expensive sculptures!
Those breathtakingly beautiful eyes were fixed on Sulu’s damned right hand, which had nearly touched Tuanzi and was now drooping limply. The hatred and rage in those eyes, as if looking at a blasphemer who had just desecrated the supreme holy object, were enough to scare hundreds of millions of ordinary people to death on the spot!
An invisible but terrifying will as cold as needles – the top-level “Observation Haki” that represents the ability to see through the flaws of all things and predict the future trajectory, with naked destructive intentions, firmly pinned Su Lu to the floor!
“Filthy, inferior male worm…” The Empress’ voice no longer held the coldness and distance it once held. Instead, it trembled, distorted by an extreme, physiological repulsion and a violent murderous intent. Every syllable carried the scent of blood and bone-crushing. “Your very existence is the greatest blasphemy against the world! How dare you… how dare you use your filthy claws… to touch the pure petals… of my garden?!”
She took a sudden step forward! The crisp sound of her high heels hitting the ground was like the drumbeat of a death sentence!
The entire space seemed to be unable to bear the pressure of her step!
“Aijia…” Her voice suddenly rose, piercing the roof and resonating in the dome. “…I will personally turn you into the floor! Wax! of this pure land!!!”
The raging murderous intent was like a flood, completely breaking through the dam of reason! The black and red Armament Haki was like a living thing, madly growing, condensing, and entwining from her fingers! In an instant, it formed the shape of a huge and ferocious axe of destruction!
With a sharp whistling sound that cut through space! There was only one target – that damned, despicable, male hand on the ground!
Su Lu’s pupils instantly shrank to the size of a needle tip! That was an extreme alarm stemming from the instincts of life! He was going to die!
He really would be chopped into pieces! He wanted to struggle, to scream, but he couldn’t even move a finger! The rotten smell of death had penetrated his nostrils! The tangible murderous aura was like ice, freezing every inch of his muscles!
At the moment when the scarlet blade formed by the breath of destruction was about to tear through flesh and blood—
Buzz——!
A subtle yet extremely clear strange wave, like the most precise mechanical prompt sound, spread in the absolute silence.
The light purple glutinous rice dumpling (Dafuku), which had been lying quietly on the carpet less than half a meter away from Su Lu’s “criminal” hand, suddenly had a circle of soft, pearly white light on its surface.
The faint light carried an indescribable breath of life, like ripples caused by a stone thrown into the water.
puff……
An extremely slight sound, like the bursting of a dream bubble, was heard.
The light faded.
Where is the trace of the tempting dumplings on the carpet?
Only Hinata’s thin and frail figure was kneeling there, looking a little confused.
She seemed still immersed in her brief object form, unable to fully react. A faint, shy blush graced her cheeks, her lavender eyes somewhat unfocused. Her white, pearly fingers unconsciously pressed against the spot where her “dumpling” form had touched the carpet…? It seemed as if a trace of carpet fiber still lingered.
The murderous aura that was violently sweeping through the office suddenly stopped.
It was like a basin of cold holy water was suddenly poured on a powder keg that was about to explode.
The terrifying scarlet energy blade that was hanging above Sulu’s hand, which was only a hair’s breadth away from chopping his arm and shoulder into dumpling filling, suddenly stopped in mid-air.
The violent torrent of energy rolled and roared unwillingly, but it could not drop even a little bit.
Boa Hancock’s whole body was still tense like a fully drawn bow, and the dangerous aura around her had not dissipated.
She looked down at Su Lu, who was lying on the ground with a face as pale as paper, as if he had just returned from a trip to the gates of hell. She then looked at Hinata, who had just regained her human form and was obviously in very good condition, even radiant (her skin was more supple, her eyes were clearer, and after a brief trance, her whole person exuded a fresh, pure beauty as if thoroughly washed by spring rain). Her beautiful eyes, as deep as a cold pool, narrowed tightly, and the surging anger and bloodthirsty coldness in them had not completely subsided.
“Hinata-san, are you okay? How do you feel?” Robin had already moved to Hinata’s side without leaving a trace, his voice as gentle as usual, as if he had not felt the murderous intent just now at all.
“Is it… Robin-sensei?” Hinata seemed to have finally come to her senses. Seeing who was beside her, her cheeks instantly flushed even more. She lowered her head and frantically adjusted the hem of her skirt. “Very…very good! I’m not feeling any discomfort! Thank you for your concern, sir!” Her voice was thin and soft, with a slight tremor and shyness from having survived a disaster. But anyone could see that she was in excellent condition, even more beautiful and transparent than before the transformation.
“…Very good.” Boa Hancock’s voice finally rang out again, colder than the Arctic wind. But the destructive energy that was about to erupt, like an active volcano being forcibly suppressed, slowly dissipated from her fingertips.
However, the crystal chandelier in the office was still swaying slightly, and the light cast flickering, unfathomable shadows on her beautiful face.
Her gaze slowly moved away from Hinata and fell back on Sulu, who was slumped against the wall.
That look was cold and hateful, as if looking at a stubborn stain that had defiled the temple, yet it also carried a hint of extreme complexity and suffocation, a feeling of being bound by huge rules and unable to be crushed immediately.
“It seems… my definition of you as… ‘abnormal'” she said, her words enunciated, each syllable as if ground between sharp teeth, “requires a more… ‘precise’ assessment.”
Sulu pressed his back against the cold wall, the sweat on his skin almost freezing. He looked at Boa Hancock’s eyes, the raging rage and undisguised murderous intent suppressed by the vast rules (protocols), and felt a chill run from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
“Mikasa!” Hancock suddenly spoke coldly.
Almost as soon as she finished speaking, the office door opened again. Mikasa Ackerman, clipboard in hand and a businesslike expression on her face, appeared silently at the doorway again.
“Take this worm…” Hancock waved her hand in disgust, as if to drive away a pile of unsightly filth. “Take it away! Throw it into the spare storage room of the logistics department! No one is allowed to approach without my personal order! Including you (looking at Robin who was trying to say something)!” Her eyes swept over the still pale Sulu on the ground again, her eyes as if she was looking at a dead mouse waiting to be dissected on a laboratory table. “…Until I thoroughly understand the true nature of this ‘contract loophole’…keep him for now.”
Raise him? Su Lu’s heart was filled with despair and wailing. How could this be called raising someone? This was clearly a suspended death sentence!
Mikasa walked over expressionlessly, and with a sharp and forceful movement, she pulled the special strap that bound Sulu (the strap was still there! Even tighter than before!).
Su Lu felt like an animal being dragged to the slaughterhouse. He was almost being dragged across the cold and smooth floor that reflected his desperate reflection, and was being dragged towards the door without any dignity or roughness.
The moment before being dragged out of the mahogany door frame that symbolizes supreme authority and terrifying purgatory.
Su Lu’s neck was as stiff as a petrified statue, but he could still barely look back.
Deep in the office, Boa Hancock still stood proudly behind the huge desk.
The gorgeous sunset outside the window shines through the huge stained glass, casting a magnificent and distorted screen of light and shadow behind her, as if crowning this beautiful tyrant.
Her bottomless dark eyes, piercing the void, once again pinned him to the ground. The complexities of what lay within them were incomprehensible—boundless, raging rage, the ultimate distortion of physical disgust, the murderous intent of a queen whose authority had been challenged…
But in the deepest part, Su Lu seemed to vaguely catch a trace of… extremely tiny, fleeting contradiction and confusion, like a precision instrument forced to stop?
Perhaps it was just an illusion caused by his excessive fear.
The heavy mahogany door closed silently before his eyes, blocking out the last rays of light and completely ending his slim hope of survival.
Chapter 4 Cherry Butterfly Promise (Old Version)
Chapter 4 Cherry Butterfly Engagement Picture and Text
The door to the utility room was a special metal door that Mikasa kept a spare key for, and it was heavy enough to withstand the impact of a battering ram.
When the door closed mercilessly behind him, there was a dull and soul-shaking “bang” sound. Su Lu felt like he was locked in a huge coffin that was about to sink into the Mariana Trench.
The only source of light was a single energy-saving light bulb, no more than five watts, hanging from a dusty rafter.
The light was as dim as the sigh of a dying old man, sparingly illuminating a small area in the center. The outlines of the huge debris stacked to the ceiling appeared huge and oppressive in the hazy halo, like a monster crouching on the edge of darkness, ready to devour its prey.
The air was filled with a mixture of strong rust, old sawdust and some indescribable pungent chemical smell (he suspected it was a leak of an old experimental reagent), making it almost impossible to breathe.
Sulu tried to move, trying to break free from the damn restraints on his body, but Mikasa’s craftsmanship was obviously from the most sophisticated mechanic, and it was just right –
It can not only perfectly restrict every joint movement that may pose a threat, but also ensure that his blood circulation is smooth and he will not be immediately disabled.
The technical content is hopelessly high.
“…It’s hellish difficulty from the start…” He slid down with his back against the cold, rough brick wall. The rough wall rubbed against the fibers of his uniform, making a slight rustling sound.
He looked down and saw the needle hole on his wrist where Tsunade had roughly drawn blood. In the dim light, the skin was swollen and red.
The numbness in my arms hasn’t completely subsided, leaving behind a hollowed-out, soft, and weak feeling.
At the tip of his nose, he could still smell the faint fishy odor of the few drops of blood that had been absorbed by the luxurious carpet.
value.
He remembered the understatement in Robin’s cold report – his only value was to wait for a “reasonable” accident, or to be squeezed dry of his last bit of biological potential by Tsunade before the accident, turning into a line of data in the experimental report.
Outside the door, there was deathly silence.
But Su Lu could “feel” that through the heavy metal door, outside the narrow field of vision formed by the door frame, there must be a humanoid sentry – Mikasa Ackerman.
This strongest soldier, who can glide silently among the treetops with his three-dimensional maneuvering device, is like a precision instrument that blends into the shadows when on guard.
He even suspected that Mikasa was using some extremely concealed equipment at this moment, through a tiny hole in the door panel, to lock her hawk-like eyes on him in the darkness, assessing his breathing rate, analyzing whether he could still support the next “sample extraction”, or… waiting for a certain order to be issued, and then giving the most efficient “non-lethal suppression” at any time.
The air seemed to condense into an invisible block of lead.
There was absolute silence, with only the sound of my own heavy, suppressed breathing and the muffled thump of my heart beating like a drum in my chest.
Every heartbeat seemed to be counting down to his death.
I don’t know how long it took, maybe only a few minutes, maybe a century.
There was no movement outside the door.
Just as Sulu’s nerves were constantly tense and groaned with strain, and his eyelids began to droop,
An extremely weak yet unusually clear energy fluctuation, like the high-frequency hum of some ancient instrument before it was activated, penetrated the thick door panels and the mountain of debris barriers and accurately entered Su Lu’s eardrum.
He shuddered, his head jerking up, his cloudy eyes instantly focused on the area below the door where a faint light was invading. Was there light outside the door? And it seemed… flickering? Changing?
Almost at the moment this thought arose.
Puff! Puff! Puff!
Without warning, a series of muffled thuds, like the sound of overripe fruit falling, with a strangely soft texture, exploded in the darkness of the corridor outside the door! The sounds were so dense that it was as if someone had dumped a basket full of fresh stuffed toys!
Along with this strange sound, a strong warm current mixed with various rich aromas suddenly rushed in from under the door!
The mellow aroma of hot cocoa, the sweetness of fresh strawberry cake, the rich fragrance of high-quality perfume powder, the burnt aroma of roasted coffee… these various rich and choking, completely different smells, like a tidal wave, violently broke through the polluted air in the utility room and spread in an instant!
Su Lu was suffocated by the sudden tsunami of smell and his nasal cavity was itchy.
It felt like I had plunged into a giant dessert exhibition and was drowned.
He stared at the crack of the door with his eyes wide open in disbelief. What was going on outside?!
Then, an even stranger and more shocking scene occurred—
Several “things” of various shapes, flashing with strange brilliance, were squeezed in from under the door unexpectedly!
It was so fast, as if someone fired a shot through the crack in the door, but what came out was not a bullet, but… a gift?
The first thing that caught my eye was a donut with a soft cream halo and covered in tempting pink icing?
It’s round and just the right size for an adult to hold, and it smells of sweet roasted butter and caramel, warm from the oven!
It suddenly rolled onto the empty floor in the middle of the utility room, spinning around.
Following closely behind, a slender, delicate lipstick, as translucent as a ruby ​​and tipped with a sparkling diamond… lipstick? It slid gracefully in, carrying the rich, high-end scent of powder, and lay quietly next to the donut.
The third one… was actually one that was still slightly steaming, with the golden fat just starting to sink…
An espresso cup?! There was still half a cup of piping hot espresso left in it!
Su Lu was completely petrified.
His eyeballs nearly popped out of their sockets from the shock.
This sudden change in style caused his fragile sanity to instantly shut down.
Donuts…lipstick…coffee?!
Did the group of female classmates outside accidentally spill something at his door while having a picnic?
Or… is it that damn “transformation” again? !
“Hinata turned into Daifuku…they…turned into…these things?”
An absurd and creepy thought, like a cold poisonous snake, suddenly darted into Su Lu’s frightened brain.
He immediately recalled the scene in Boa Hancock’s office – when Hinata turned back into a human, her face instantly glowed with radiance, as if washed by moonlight, and when the principal saw this scene, the forcibly suppressed, more violent and more aggrieved anger in his eyes.
“This transformation… is a normal occurrence across the entire school? And… the transformed items… look…”
His eyes swept over the ornate and exquisite “specialties” on the ground, which were obviously worth a lot of money. He swallowed hard through his dry throat, “…They all seem quite ‘high-end’?”
Hinata’s Daifuku is a high-end Japanese confectionery, the donuts on the ground are from a high-end dessert shop, the lipstick is a top-tier luxury brand, and the coffee is made from top-quality beans…
At this moment, a chaotic and suppressed commotion was heard in the corridor outside the door, which was filled with warm light.
“Ah! Quick! Get the gift box! Where’s my lace?!”
“Oh my God! This is too sudden!”
“Shh…keep your voice down! The principal said to keep quiet!”
“But Takanashi-chan…she’s turned into a limited edition co-branded lollipop! She’ll melt if left out for too long!”
The footsteps became chaotic and fragmented, mixed with the sound of fine fabrics rubbing against each other and the clinking sound of something being carefully sorted out.
Su Lu felt like he was watching a bizarre pantomime.
The group of girls outside the door, who were usually proud, cold or fierce, were now busy like waiters cleaning up a wedding scene.
Carefully “collecting” those “gifts” that suddenly fell from his former classmates! Just imagining that scene gave him goosebumps.
“…What the hell is this place…a mental hospital…”
Su Lu felt that his worldview was being repeatedly crushed and reorganized.
Just then, he heard the movement outside the door seemed to be getting closer.
A slightly cold, businesslike female voice sounded, without any fluctuations in her tone:
“Security Patrol Log Update: Mikasa Team Record. Time: 6:07 PM to 6:20 PM. Area: West Section of the Logistics Corridor. Event: Multiple students experienced a sudden transformation of Category VII items (samples: high-sugar pastries, decorative cosmetics, hot beverages). Item Verification: Items appear intact, undamaged, and their value remains high. Status: Transformation Completed. Handled by the Student Discipline Committee for registration and temporary storage in accordance with the ‘Precious Item Storage Regulations’. Handled by: Mikasa Ackerman. Additional Notes: During the transformation, all energy fluctuation indices remained below threshold, did not exceed normal environmental loads, and did not trigger spatial stability alarms. The energy field in the utility room where the target individual (Sulu) was located was stable, with no overflow or interference detected. Follow-up: Entering standard dormant maintenance procedures.”
The voice delivered an emotionless report that was extremely detailed and logically rigorous, like an operating manual.
It was Mikasa who was in charge of watching over him! Even in such a chaotic situation, she managed to record and handle the “emergency”! Her calmness, precision, and efficiency, far from bringing a sense of security, instead sent a deeper chill through Sulu’s bones.
This school is not only absurd, but also terrible!
All its absurd behaviors are wrapped in a cold, solid framework of rules, like a wild beast covered in sophisticated steel armor.
And Mikasa is the sharpest and most ruthless rivet on this armor.
The noise outside the door seemed to gradually subside.
The lights dimmed.
Darkness and even deeper silence enveloped the utility room again.
Those “specialties” – the greasy donuts, the expensive lipstick, and the coffee cup that was rapidly losing its temperature – still lay quietly in the center of the floor of the utility room.
Their existence was so inappropriate, yet so real and glaring that it reminded him of the unimaginable and strange nature of the Sakura Butterfly Academy.
“The value coefficient remains high? In good condition?” Sulu muttered, chewing over the cold words in Mikasa’s report. His eyes swept over the “items,” and an unprecedented curiosity crept into his heart like a vine growing in a dark corner. “The transformation… will become more and more beautiful… These items are so exquisite… Does this mean…”
His eyes rested on the slightly warm donut.
Just after the conversion, the butter aroma emitted is extremely tempting.
His stomach was already churning in protest from hunger and fear.
When people are under extreme pressure and despair, their rationality is always the first to break, especially after their basic survival needs have been ignored for more than ten hours.
A thought suddenly and without warning flashed through his mind – if Hinata becomes more beautiful after turning back into a human… then what will happen if he takes a bite of this newly transformed donut?
The next second, even he himself didn’t realize what happened.
The body trapped in the special straps, following the biological instinct’s extreme desire for carbohydrates and sugars, actually took a small step forward in an extremely twisted, crawling worm-like struggling posture!
His head, like some kind of arthropod that had lost control of its body, suddenly dived towards the ground in front of him at an extremely strange angle!
Target: The sinfully fragrant donut in the middle of the carpet!
Just when his cracked lips were about to touch the crystal-clear and sweet frosting—
Boom!
There was a dull thud! The only dim light bulb in the utility room went out!
Darkness instantly swallowed everything! At the same time, a cold, hard touch slammed into his forehead!
It wasn’t the soft touch of a donut, it was the cold feel of metal! It was the heavy door panel!
A low humming sound like an ancient bell being struck did not come from the outside world, but exploded inside his skull!
That buzzing sound is not a sound wave, but a physical impact of a torrent of information forcing its way into the brain!
Countless cold, broken fragments of words and sentences that carried the power of binding laws poured into his blank ocean of consciousness like a flood.
Each character carries the imprint of a golden chain, heavy, solemn, and imbued with an irresistible will.
[Absolute prohibition: …Individual: Sulu…Forbidden!][Forbidden to purposefully contact any individual undergoing transformation! Clear intent is prohibited… Consequences…][…Permanent vital signs reset to zero…]【contract!】
[Effective…immediate effect…forced intervention…]The information flow was chaotic and violent, yet it carried an undeniable core message: No touching! No contact with explicit intent! Violation is death! He had crossed the bottom line of the rules themselves! This was the contract’s mandatory “warning”!
The severe pain from the impact on his forehead made him see stars!
The golden talisman information flood was like countless poisoned ice needles, piercing his mental barrier fiercely! His soul was buzzing with shock!
“Uh…”
Su Lu let out a suppressed groan of pain. His head felt like it was being hammered by a battering ram. His consciousness instantly became blurred, and his ears were filled with a sharp buzzing sound.
His body could no longer support itself and collapsed to the ground like a puddle of mud. Darkness, like an icy tide, quickly drowned his remaining consciousness.
That sweet donut was so close, but now it seemed as if there was an insurmountable abyss between them.
His last vague impression was a hint of the sweet and fishy taste of rust in his mouth, which came from the wound on his forehead.
His body was unable to move. His consciousness was fading. Before he completely passed out, Su Lu used up his last bit of strength and carved a bright red word into his mind:
contract!
contract!!
contract!!!
This damn thing, dragged him into this endless hell, but it was like a sword of Damocles hanging over everyone’s head – the Sakura Butterfly Contract!
Its loopholes, its constraints, his only way out, seemed to lie at the core of this paradox… it could only be understood, not explained.
?…
“Hey, worm. Are you dead?”
A female voice so cold that it could freeze the air cut into the depths of Su Lu’s still buzzing brain like a knife.
“…” He tried to make a sound in response, but only managed a weak breath.
His vision gradually focused, and the dazzling white light made him squint suddenly.
The dim light bulb in the utility room was roughly unscrewed by a bony hand wearing a half-finger tactical glove.
Under the light, there was that handsome but expressionless face – Mikasa Ackerman.
Her eyes were as sharp as a sniper rifle with infrared locking sights, accurately scanning Su Lu who was slumped by the door.
“No signs of vital signs failing. Mild concussion? No skull abnormalities.” She mechanically reported the assessment conclusion, her voice flat. “Additional report points: The subject has obvious self-harm tendencies (voluntarily intending to hit hard objects). Recommendations include increased monitoring frequency and mandatory anti-collision protection measures (such as wearing a helmet or mask). Recorder: Mikasa Ackerman.”
Su Lu: “…” He wanted to cry and laugh at the same time.
Self-harm? Hitting a hard object? Wasn’t it all caused by the backlash of that damned, unreasonable contract?
Now I have to wear an iron helmet?
What about human rights?
Chapter 5 Billion Baileys’ Orange Head (Old Version)
I’m the only boy in the school, H is crazy: Chapter 5 Billion Bailey’s Orange Head Picture and Text
Mikasa clearly didn’t need his answer.
As she said this, a hand reached out like a pair of pliers and grabbed a buckle on Sulu’s vest. With a “swish”, the straps that were suffocating him slipped off his shoulders in an instant and fell on the dusty ground, raising a small cloud of dust.
“?!” Su Lu was stunned.
Freed? Although his arms were still a little numb from the lack of blood circulation due to being bound for so long, a large amount of fresh (albeit polluted) air suddenly rushed into his chest and abdomen, causing him to breathe heavily involuntarily.
“Get up. Clean up.” Mikasa said simply and to the point, kicking a long-handled stiff brush and a worn plastic bucket (half filled with muddy dirty water) to his feet. The muffled sound of the bucket hitting the ground was particularly harsh in the quiet utility room.
“Clean up your area within an hour.” She nodded with her chin at the huge piles of debris and the thick dust on the ground.
So, the so-called “temporary maintenance” refers to a combination of slave labor and prisoners?
Su Lu climbed up while enduring the pain in his body and the dizziness in his head, thinking sadly.
The door was shut tightly behind Mikasa again.
He was the only one left in the utility room, with a bucket of dirty water, a brush, and a few “specialties” still lying glaringly in the middle of the floor, seemingly emitting a faint fragrance – donuts, lipstick, and coffee cups.
He looked at them and his heart tightened.
The dull pain from his forehead hitting the metal door, the buzzing aftereffects of rules being forced into his brain, and the death-threatening “contract warning”… all clearly reminded him of the consequences of his rash touch just now.
That time with Hinata, it was because he was completely unaware and really wanted to protect her, but what about this time?
Is this just greed seeking death? The contract’s judgment of “intention” is so cold and unreasonable!
He didn’t even dare to look at those things for a second. He quickly picked up the stiff-bristle brush, turned around and walked towards the huge and dirty abandoned instruments in the corner, and began to scrub them vigorously and mechanically.
The cold, dirty water soaked his trouser legs and cuffs.
The dust was stirred up by the brush and filled the dim light.
He scrubbed silently for an unknown amount of time. His back and waist ached, his arms felt heavy, and the smell of dust all around him made him cough repeatedly.
Just as he paused for a moment, holding onto the rusty instrument rack to catch his breath—
puff!
A furry, round object rolled down from a dark corner high on the shelf without any warning!
Su Lu’s heart suddenly stopped beating! He stepped back as if by reflex!
But the object didn’t fall quickly, and there was no energy fluctuation! With a thud, it landed right in front of him on the still-wet ground he had just roughly scrubbed.
“…” Su Lu looked closely and his body froze.
Is that a… ball of yarn?
It was a very ordinary old ball of yarn, the kind used for hand-knitting. It was a warm ginger color, slightly dampened by dirty water from the ground, making it look a little faded and unremarkable.
There was no trace of any energy fluctuation, just like an ordinary piece of garbage that had been forgotten for a long time.
Su Lu let out a long, silent sigh.
The tense nerves relaxed a little.
It doesn’t seem to be a transformation, just an ordinary old ball of yarn that has unfortunately rolled over.
He looked at the wet ball of thread, which was lying alone in the sewage, like an abandoned little life, and a familiar feeling of pity for its own kind suddenly welled up in his heart.
A similar, vague thought flashed through his mind as Hinata transformed into a Daifuku and rolled to his feet.
“Tsk…” He muttered, perhaps because of tiredness, or perhaps because of that ridiculous bit of pity.
He casually wiped his hands, which were covered in rust and dust, on his pants (although the pants themselves were even dirtier), bent down, and with the side of his relatively clean fingers, carefully and as far as possible avoiding direct contact with the ground, gently touched the outer edge of the wet ball of yarn, trying to move it to a slightly cleaner and drier place nearby.
The moment my fingertips were about to touch the slightly damp and soft surface of the ball of yarn—
Buzz————!!!
This time, the warning within Sulu was incredibly clear and sharp! A violent pulse of information, carrying an icy will of judgment, instantly shot through his body like a high-voltage current along his fingertips!
A golden contract rune silently exploded deep within his mind: [Intent to Interfere… Judgment Effective! Level 2…]This is earlier than last time!
The contract seemed to have established a closer connection deep in his spirit!
Before his fingertips even touched it, simply because of his “intention” to help that insignificant ball of yarn, the punishment mechanism was instantly activated!
All the muscles in Su Lu’s body instantly stiffened as iron under the heavy pressure of the law!
My fingers were less than half an inch away from the ball of yarn, but I couldn’t move forward any further! It was as if there was an invisible steel wall filled with lightning in front of me!
Just as his whole body was paralyzed, the heavy and solid metal door of the utility room…
It was unexpectedly blasted open by an indescribable, overwhelming force from the outside!!!
There were no explosions, no groaning of twisting metal.
The sturdy door, like a block of butter dropped into water, silently… melted away? A massive hole, with incredibly smooth edges, appeared, as if it had been cut by a laser in an instant!
The dazzling light and fresh air (even with a strong aroma of coffee) rushed in instantly!
In the light, a tall, upright figure descended like a demon from hell, blocking the huge “doorway” that suddenly appeared, completely swallowing up the light in the corridor outside the door, leaving only a silhouette full of destructive oppression!
The pure black luxurious dress almost blended into the deep shadow of the corridor behind her, and only the pair of pointed crystal high heels on the ground reflected the pale light.
His slender arms hung at his sides, and between the fingers of one of his hands, a few strands of black and red light twisted and entwined like living things. Under the distorted light, the air emitted a high-frequency, trembling sound as if it was being torn apart.
A dead silence like absolute zero descended.
Even the dust was frozen in the air.
Su Lu’s blood froze.
It’s the Empress! Boa Hancock!
Her eyes opened at the junction of shadow and halo, and there was no longer cold anger or hatred in them, but a kind of…pure to the extreme, like looking at some kind of vicious virus that must be physically eliminated…a deep cold murderous intent!
She obviously caught the subtle moment of intention just now, and the counter-activation wave of the contract could not be hidden from her top-level observation Haki.
“…Filthy insect…” Boa Hancock’s voice was low, yet as harsh and cold as a thousand icicles scraping against glass. Every word carried a chill that could chill the soul to a crisp. “I’ve just had some second thoughts about your ‘specialness’.”
The pair of eyes flashing with scarlet blood in the shadows, like the crosshairs of a scope, accurately and firmly locked onto Su Lu’s fingertip, which was still frozen in mid-air, less than half an inch away from the ball of yarn!
“Perhaps…” She uttered the following words slowly and clearly. The black and red light suddenly expanded, enveloping her entire forearm. Its energy level soared! “Letting a small part of your limb…be discarded early would be more beneficial to everyone’s…physical and mental health?”
The air seemed to have turned into a thick and heavy liquid mercury! The destructive force brewing in the black and red light compressed every inch of space!
A sharp, deadly whistling sound began to faintly echo! It was the precursor to energy being compressed to the extreme, reaching the critical point of explosion! Her fingers curled slightly, ready to strike!
Su Lu’s pupils shrank to the size of a needle tip! Death!
This time it was real, undeniable death! Directly targeting a part of his body!
The warning of the contract was screaming wildly, trying to stop this obvious intention to kill, but the pure, almost tangible murderous will in the empress was violently tearing at the invisible “no expulsion” shackles!
She seemed to be declaring with her actions: Rules can be bent! She doesn’t care about the cost!
She wanted to chop off his dishonest hand with her own hands and stuff him into the urn she carefully selected!
Just as the fingertip light containing deadly destruction was about to shoot out and accurately explode Sulu’s palm –
“Lady Hancock! A sudden change in the peak of spatial disturbance has been detected! The source is… Zero-Gravity Experiment Area No. 3! Lady Tsunade is urgently requesting assistance!”
A quick and calm female voice, like a precise mechanical broadcast, suddenly cut into this frozen death situation!
It’s Robin!
Her voice was smooth, but the moment she announced the location (Zero-Gravity Experiment Area No. 3) and her name (Tsunade), it was so precise, like a stone thrown into a frozen lake, causing an almost imperceptible ripple on the cold surface of murderous intent.
Boa Hancock’s movements froze for a very brief moment…!
The violent black and red lightning wrapped around her arm seemed to have a momentary unstable energy fluctuation due to this brief interference!
It’s this stagnation of less than one hundredth of a second!
Crash——!
There was a clear and loud noise coming from outside the door, as if glassware was shattering to the ground!
It was also accompanied by Tsunade’s thunderous roar that was absolutely impossible to ignore:
“Nami!!! The anti-aging substance I just purified–!!! I poured it all over the ceiling! Your orange head worth a billion berries is now only worth a broken pickle jar!! Mikasa! Mikasa! Pin down that damn navigator! I’m going to use her blood to temper my temper today!!!”
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Boa Hancock’s movements froze for an extremely brief moment, almost impossible to capture with the naked eye.
The black and red lightning wrapped around her arms, twisting and turning like bloodthirsty snakes, suddenly twisted and dissipated! It was like the core of some solid ice was instantly struck by an invisible hammer!
That was not a physical stagnation, but a pure murderous intent that was enough to destroy everything and burn everything. It was forcibly broken by a much larger and instantaneous aura of “disaster”!
In her beautiful eyes, which were burning with scarlet fire of destruction, the unstoppable edge was forcibly torn open a crack, which was extremely briefly covered by a kind of astonishment of “unreasonable and seriously insufficient prediction” and the instantaneous outbreak of more violent and anxious rage of the “secondary target pollution source”!
Tsunade! Nami! Her damn laboratory! And that priceless (at least in Tsunade’s budget) anti-aging substance?!
“Waste! All of you are waste!” Robin’s broadcast, as precise and rigid as a cold weapon, caused a nuclear explosion-level interference in Boa Hancock’s consciousness, which was comparable to a hundred Den Den Mushi roaring “Idiot! Idiot! Idiot!” in her ears at the same time.
This was an unplanned, high-priority target, which seriously interfered with her elegant plan of “instantly rendering harmless” the male worm in front of her!
At this moment, it was like the gears of fate were forcibly twisted!
Boom—!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A terrifying roar far more destructive than the one Robin reported, like the roar of a giant beast sleeping deep in the earth that was awakened, violently tore through the air from the end of the corridor and smashed through the thin wall of the utility room like a sledgehammer!
This sound wasn’t just the explosion of air! It was the ultimate cry of matter being instantly twisted and torn apart!
What followed was a turbulent flow of several extremely intense and violently conflicting energies—
A violent, fiery torrent of explosive life force, like a magma eruption (belonging to the enraged Tsunade);
A sharp and fierce torrent like thousands of invisible wind blades cutting through the air at high speed (a counterattack from Nami’s struggling weather stick);
A huge material “annihilation” shockwave (the core product of Tsunade’s heartbreaking experiment) was created by the instant ignition and volatilization of a mixture of countless high-level herbs, mineral essences, and some kind of forcibly purified chaotic life force essence.
And… an absolutely unignorable force, as thick and solid as ten-thousand-year-old black ice, but instantly enraged by the massive energy clash, boiling and erupting—a force of absolute physical annihilation formed by top-level Armament Haki! (Tsunade’s desperate, absolute physical isolation instinct)
These numerous devastating energy storms instantly lost control, collided, annihilated, and detonated a second time within the extremely small space!!!
The entire logistics area, no, the entire Sakura Butterfly Academy sank suddenly like a sinking whale!
The solid ground beneath his feet was no longer a support, but a blanket being shaken crazily by the giant! A powerful low-frequency shockwave, powerful enough to shatter an ordinary person’s internal organs, swept across the ground at a rapid speed!
Creak, creak—bang! bang, bang, bang!
The huge piles of discarded instruments and equipment boxes above Su Lu’s head groaned under the heavy weight, and their metal structures were twisted to the extreme and on the verge of breaking!
Dust poured down like a cascading waterfall, showering us with dust! The dim little lightbulb hanging from the beam swung wildly like a disco ball on drugs, its light flickering and distorting!
Boom! Crash!
A huge pile of rusty gears, taller than a person, piled up against the corner of the wall, collapsed with a loud bang!
The heavy metal parts rolled and fell towards Su Lu like an out-of-control bowling ball! With a devastating momentum!
“!!!” Cold sweat instantly soaked Su Lu’s back!
The restraints that Mikasa had untied now became life-saving shackles! He almost relied on his body’s instinct to rub against the ground, bursting out with a will to survive that exceeded his limit, and he rolled and crawled to the side in a panic!
BANG! BOOM BANG BANG! BANG!!!
Heavy cast iron gears, broken drive shafts, sharp metal fragments mixed with pungent rust powder fell on the place where he had just collapsed like a small landslide!
The heavy impact dented and cracked the dusty, hard tiles, leaving spiderweb-like cracks! The flying debris tore through his trouser legs!
Smoke and dust filled the air, and visibility instantly dropped to a minimum! The utility room had become a separate part of the symphony of chaos and destruction!
The thick metal door that the Empress had silently “melted” a big hole in with her power was violently lifted up by the violent energy shock wave in the corridor, as if it was kicked away by a giant!
The huge door panel caused the air to tear apart, and with the sharp sound of metal deformation and tearing, it slammed hard into the wall opposite the utility room with a clang! It embedded itself deeply in it!
Light! Dazzling light and thick smoke poured in!
Su Lu was choked and coughed violently. Through the turbid smoke and dust, his eyes were fixed on the door!
Boa Hancock has disappeared!
The place where he had just fallen and struggled was too close to the door! The moment the light poured in, he could see with incredible clarity the area at the end of the corridor outside the door, towards Tsunade’s laboratory—that wasn’t the corridor of an academic hall at all!
It looked like a pressure cooker that had been stuffed with a bomb and had just exploded!
Large swathes of strange, semi-solid substances, as thick as liquid gold or as gorgeous as solidified rainbows, are smeared on the smooth high-grade alloy walls and ceilings like ink splashes. They sizzle as if they have life, emitting dizzying strange vapors into the air!
Broken glass, twisted test tubes, and charred remains of precision instruments were scattered everywhere like shrapnel!
Even more terrifying was the fact that at the center of the violent energy conflict, there seemed to be traces of a terrifying “battlefield”:
There were several deep pits on the ground, as if they had been smashed in by giant brass knuckles, with spiderweb-like cracks around the edges (Tsunade vented her anger by stamping her feet);
The air was left with traces of turbulent flow, like a tornado passing through, left behind by high-speed rotation (Nami’s weather stick was out of control);
There are also large patches of strange marks on the wall, as if concentrated sulfuric acid was splashed and instantly frozen by extreme cold (the scene where Tsunade’s broken heart blood potion was mixed with violent chakra and domineering to be annihilated)!
And at the end of that hellish backdrop, there was a glimpse!
A terrifying Valkyrie (Tsunade), tall and with long wine-red hair dancing wildly like burning flames, and with violent chakra and murderous intent all around her that almost materialized into a crimson skeleton, was tightly strangling the neck of a navigator (Nami) who was struggling desperately, with a terrified look in his eyes and his short orange hair standing on end!
Her other hand was raised high, her knuckles entwined with materialized azure chakra flames (medical ninjutsu used in vivisection)! The air around her was violently distorted by her rage!
There is also a warrior (Mikasa) with disheveled black hair, eyes as sharp as an eagle, and a torn uniform, but he still suppresses Nami’s arms and weather stick from behind!
“If I don’t squeeze you into ten million bottle caps of orange essential oil today!!! I’m not Tsuna…”
“Waaaaah, let me go, you violent witch! My oranges… my money!!” A violent brawl scene full of powerful aesthetics!
And then… nothing happened!
The huge and heavy metal door panel with a hole “melted” in it, driven by the terrible shock wave, slammed against the wall like the guillotine of the god of death!
But in that ten-thousandth of a second, before the door completely blocked the view!
Su Lu’s visual nerves seemed to be pierced by a strong electric current, and he captured the scene at the edge of the doorway with incredible clarity.
A tall, slender figure (Robin), with blue-black hair tied into an elegant bun and wearing a professional skirt suit, stood firmly outside the door! She seemed completely unaffected by the violent impact.
The posture is elegant and calm, like the only undisturbed safe haven reef in the center of the storm.
Her face was slightly tilted toward the chaotic point where the energy conflict erupted, and the delicate profile of her face remained calm under the flickering light.
It seems that she is carrying out her “recording” mission. But!
Just when the door was about to close!
Robin’s arm, which seemed to be hanging casually at his side, moved slightly.
Her arms instantly stretched and lengthened like a precisely folded mechanical structure!
It wasn’t an extension in the physical sense, but rather an instantaneous spatial shift in the position of the arm! It transcended physical limitations! The five slender fingers, like those of a top surgeon, moved at an almost invisible speed, extremely naturally and subtly—
Facing the inside of the doorway, where Su Lu was currently lying prostrate, he lightly bent his fingers… and flicked them?!
No sound. No drafts. No energy fluctuations.
The only thing that changed was the old ball of ginger-colored wool that rolled on the wet ground, covered with dirty water and dust, and had a warm color!
Driven by Robin’s “fingertips” that transcended space and distance, as light as nothing but extremely precise—
The ball of yarn was lying alone next to the wet and cold footprints that Su Lu had just struggled to avoid, which had not yet dried up.
The round, warm ball of wool… seemed to be blown across the tips of grass by the slightest breeze.
Gently…
Scrolled a bit.
This roll just happened to roll its inconspicuous, forgotten woolen body into the last ray of light before the light was slowly blocked by the heavy door panel. At the same time… it also rolled into the blind spot at the edge of Su Lu’s vision, who was crawling on the ground, still in shock, with his face covered in dust… and his eyes were wide open due to extreme tension!
Su Lu even thought he heard the extremely slight friction sound of the soft wool rubbing against the wet ground.
Then, the light was completely cut off.
BANG!!!!
The heavy door with a huge hole in it, carrying an unstoppable force, slammed fiercely into the opposite wall like a guillotine! Completely sealing off this “tomb” that had just experienced a disaster! The huge impact made Sulu’s eardrums buzz!
The smoke and dust are still spreading.
The dim, threateningly extinguished light bulb finally stopped its frantic swinging, its halo feebly illuminating the messy ground. The smell of rust, burning, pungent medicine, sewage, and dust mingled with the lingering scent of the terrifying energies that had erupted and been sealed outside the door.
Dead silence.
Absolute silence.
Su Lu curled up in the small and safe triangular space formed by a pile of collapsed equipment in the corner. His heart was still beating wildly in his chest. Every breath brought choking dust and his lungs were burning with pain.
My back felt cold, the thin fabric of my school uniform soaked with cold sweat from fear. The needle pricks on my wrists left by Tsunade stung with my heartbeat.
Although the aftermath of the explosion was terrifying, the mountain of gears that was heading towards him had been avoided.
The slammed door blocked out the sounds of Tsunade, Nami, and Mikasa’s Shura-like fight outside (as well as Tsunade’s one-sided rampage and slaughter), and also temporarily blocked out the Empress who was like a walking disaster.
He was… safe for now? He only meant he wasn’t immediately physically destroyed.
But just now… that last scene I saw before the door closed… that Robin… that ball of yarn? What was that movement she made?
Su Lu swallowed hard, his throat feeling like it was filled with hot gravel.
The feeling of surviving a disaster is like the brief ebb after a tsunami, empty and cold.
His mind was in a mess, filled with the loud noise of metal colliding, Nami’s screams, Tsunade’s roars, and… Boa Hancock’s eyes burning with the fire of destruction, which were just a millimeter away from crushing his fingertips and soul.
He lowered his head almost subconsciously, his eyes scanning the ground eagerly in the dim light – looking for the ball of yarn that had just rolled into the edge of his blind spot!
Right next to him, at the edge of the small shelter piled with collapsed equipment, next to the shallow, wet and cold footprints that had not yet been completely covered by the subsequent dust –
Found it!
The warm ball of old ginger wool now lay quietly next to a pile of broken glass and rust.
It looked inconspicuous, covered with dust and dirty water splashed by Su Lu’s struggle. A small part of the wool was soaked in the tiny puddle of sewage, making the color appear even dirtier, like a dirty little ball of wool abandoned in a garbage dump.
It was less than ten centimeters away from Su Lu’s feet.
Su Lu’s breathing suddenly stagnated.
He stared at the ball of thread, his heart as if being gripped by an invisible hand.
Cold sweat slid down his forehead, mixed with the dust, and left cold mud marks on his cheeks.
Robin’s move…
Was it a warning? A reminder? Was it… unintentional?
Why this broken ball of yarn?!
That thing… what is it? Just ordinary garbage? Or… a relic transformed by some unlucky student?
“Don’t move anything!”
Boa Hancock’s cold and violent warning sounded in her mind again, like a steel spike hitting her skull.
But at the same time, another voice was silently shouting in the depths of his confused consciousness – that contract!
That invisible cage that tightly bound every living thing in this mad academy (including him, a living, fleshy target)! Its judgment of “intended contact” was so sharp and so cold! The Empress could have killed him just now, but the accident in the laboratory forcibly interrupted her…
The lab exploded.
It’s chaos outside. Tsunade is chasing Nami. Mikasa is suppressing her.
Robin is taking notes.
The Empress… The Empress must have gone to deal with the larger-scale “male pollution spread incident” (Nami is the “pollution” in Tsunade’s eyes at this moment)…
He was alone now. Trapped in a corner on the edge of chaos. No one cared about him for the time being.
But… this ball of thread…
Su Lu’s eyes were drawn to the dirty little ball of yarn, as if by a magnet. The ball of yarn that had rolled to his feet after Robin flicked his finger.
Will the contract’s alarm be triggered by it?
Would Boa Hancock’s precise observation Haki lock onto him immediately? Was this another deadly bait she’d left behind?
Chaos swirled slowly in the small utility room like a vortex. The air was filled with the smell of ruins after a catastrophe. Tsunade’s furious roar, Nami’s terrified scream, and Mikasa’s suppressed breathing seemed to resonate in Sulu’s mind through the door.
The smoke and dust had not yet completely settled, swirling in the dim light.
The ball of thread, like a piece of amber sunk into the mud, reflects faint light.
Chapter 7: Mixed Up! (Old Version)
Zongman: I am the only boy in the school, H is crazy: Chapter 7 Mixed! Account picture text
Mikasa’s screamed warning was still stirring in her chaotic brain, like countless rusty saws pulling at her nerves repeatedly.
Su Lu suddenly looked up!
—That voice just now! That roar of utter shock and fury! It didn’t come from outside the door, penetrating the heavy metal, nor did it come from within his mind, which was dazed by the backlash of the contract!
Is… is it that ball of yarn? !
That dusty, wet, rusty, dirty, torn ball of thread? Was it coming from it?!
This thing… can “talk”?! Or has his consciousness been completely shattered by the continuous shock and energy impact?
Plur!
The ball of yarn moved again! This time, with a greater amplitude, like a distorted slime being kneaded and rubbed by invisible fingers! The ginger-colored yarn fibers suddenly expanded and contracted in the murky water, and the entire ball actually “bounced” slightly on the ground covered with dust and broken glass!
The turbid sewage was squeezed away, leaving a short-lived wet mark on the ground.
The invisible air was violently disturbed once again! A wave of impact, imperceptible to the naked eye, composed purely of the superposition of countless extremely fine vibrations, erupted with the strangely dancing ball of yarn as its core! It was not sound, but a physical distortion of space, wrapped in a sharper and clearer angry will—
【kill!】
【Threat! Clear! !】
[Command—Lock! Execute!]【Interference elimination!!!】
It’s like a cold steel needle piercing my temple!
The information flow was a hundred times more aggressive than before! It was filled with an extreme hatred for all “impure things” and a violent counterattack instinct for the disturbance of its own existence! And… the core of that intention was clearly pointing to Sulu! Locking onto him!
Su Lu’s heart was instantly crushed by an invisible hand! His blood froze! Every cell in his body screamed out a red alert!
“I…” He couldn’t utter a word. All his strength was used to resist the mental impact and the terrifying feeling of his body being pressed to the ground by an invisible force.
The contract’s warnings flashed across his mind like crazy: [Warning! Impure Contact Intent Has Taken Effect! Target Strongly Rejects! Passive Contact! Passive Response! Consequences… Forced Stripping in Progress!]The contract determined…was it him, the “male contaminant,” who intended to approach and “defile” this “pure individual” in a state of transformation? Even if he was just close!
Even if he only glanced at Robin because of that strange action?! Now its (her?!) counterattack instinct and the contract’s enforcement mechanism simultaneously unleashed, locking onto the intruder?!
The ball of yarn was still bouncing violently! Every strange rise and fall was accompanied by a silent yet violent spatial tremor and mental shockwave! The rust stains on its body were broken away a little as it “struggled”, but the overall appearance was still gray and rotten!
It seemed to be desperately struggling against something! Struggling against a force that was forcibly pulling it towards an irreversible state! Its form grew increasingly unstable, the wool at its edges seemingly softening, decomposing, and dispersing under the intense heat… emitting a faint… an extremely dim, ugly black light, like the oxidized form of inferior iron slag?!
This is definitely not beauty! This… this is deterioration!
Is this a sign of collapse?! Hinata’s fresh beauty when she transformed back into her human form, the exquisite luster of those “specialties” at the door… compared to this ball of yarn before me, emitting the stench of rust and struggling on the brink of collapse, it’s like heaven and hell!
The power of the contract is pulling it!
To forcibly strip away a transformed individual who had been tainted by “male contamination” (simply because he was near) and regress?! And to regress… viciously?! Regress into something even lesser?!
The ball of yarn was still struggling, each bounce more violently, and the mental shockwaves were like chaotic blades churning through Sulu’s mind! The edges of its shape were becoming even more blurred, and the disgusting dim black light was spreading towards the center like mold!
The contract’s chilling warning was like a death knell: […Stripping process accelerating! Target collapse risk index increasing! Unexpected form returning! Male contamination remains! Recommended implementation of secondary rule—forced destruction!]destroy?!
Su Lu’s pupils instantly shrank to the size of pinpoints! The fragment of the contract rules that had been forcefully injected into his mind flashed through his mind: [After contact, the individual is transformed… Both parties’ forms are affected by the rules… Return… Benign… Enhanced…]Both sides?! Benign?!
Just like the moment Hinata transforms back into her human form, she’s radiant! And that ball of yarn! It’s deteriorating! If it “deteriorates and returns”… will it still be the same?!
More importantly! Because of this vicious regression, the contract will directly determine that “male contamination” has caused irreversible damage! Then, as the direct trigger… the ultimate punishment of “permanently reducing vital signs to zero”… will take effect immediately!
escape?
In this small space, there is the empress watching covetously outside and the invisible shackles of the contract itself…where can I escape to?
Bet? Bet it will survive on its own?
The damned ball of yarn bounced violently once more! This time, more than a third of its surface was stained with that dull, black glow of decay!
A faint wind with the smell of iron filings spread from its core area! The breath of death crawled up Sulu’s spine like a cold slug!
Time is running out!
“Fuck!” A bloody roar that almost came out of his lungs! The string of reason in Su Lu’s mind was completely broken in an instant under the extreme threat of death!
The instinct of survival overwhelmed all thoughts like volcanic lava!
In a thousandth of a second! A near-suicidal thought, yet tinged with a glimmer of hope, split the chaos like a flash of lightning!
Since the contractual penalty is a malicious divestiture caused by the determination of “passive contact”…
Then make contact active!
And it is… a “benign” proactive contact that conforms to the logical description of the underlying rules of the contract!
Bang! Bang!
Two dull thuds like rolling stones hitting the ground!
Su Lu’s knees slammed hard on the cold, hard ground covered with iron filings and dirt!
The excruciating pain from his kneecap made his vision go black! But his momentum didn’t slow! With the final burst of strength from his waist and core, his upper body swooped down with lightning speed, like an arrow from a bow, like a vicious dog pouncing on its prey, towards the ball of yarn that was bouncing wildly on the brink of collapse!
The goal is to hold it down!
Use yourself! Cover it! Block the power of the contract to strip away!
Make contact an “active choice”!
Become a “purposeful” intervention! Become a possible “benign contact” within the vague rules of the contract!
It was a life-or-death struggle! He was risking his life to break through the cracks in the rules!
“Puff——” The soft touch hit his chest and abdomen!
The ball of wool that was wet, dusty, and smelled of rust was suddenly hugged by him and covered under his body!
In an instant, a strong feeling of dizziness and countless chaotic fragments of information rushed into his brain like a high-pressure water gun! The backlash of the contract and the dying ball of yarn’s own violent counterattack will mixed into a destructive mental turbulence that rampaged through his sea of ​​consciousness!
The cold warning in the contract was like a boiling water: [Malicious contact interference!!!][Clear intention! Active pollution! Highest penalty plan activated—!!!]【Life signs… erased! 】
Buzz————————!!
A terrifying roar, as if coming from the depths of the universe, containing the will of absolute annihilation, exploded in the core of Sulu’s soul! The shadow of the golden chain, with the power of annihilation, covered his head! The breath of death instantly strangled his throat!
it’s over?
Finished? !
Was he going to be wiped out?! In this filthy utility room?!
At this moment of 0.01 seconds!
The dirty ball of thread that Su Lu held tightly against the cold ground with his entire body, deep in the core – the core point wrapped by countless messy and dirty lines, suddenly burst out with a faint but incomparably pure halo, like the clear moonlight penetrating dirty clouds at the last moment when his body touched it!
That halo of light disappeared in a flash! As fast as an illusion!
But the moment it appeared, the ball of thread that was bouncing and struggling violently suddenly froze in an extremely strange way!
Then……
A very slight sound, like bubbles bursting underwater.
Su Lu only felt that the wet, rough and prickly thing under him… disappeared?
The texture of dirty wool and the smell of rust that were there a second ago… all disappeared out of thin air?
The texture in my arms became… warm? Solid? A strange texture with some amazingly elastic, taut super rubber mixed with… top-grade cold-rolled steel?
“?!” Su Lu’s mind was still immersed in the desperate buzzing and dying blankness of the ultimate annihilation of the contract, only his body remained stiffly kneeling on the ground with his arms covering himself.
A faint but extremely clear breath, with a mixture of grass after rain… the smell of gunpowder and the friction of steel, gently brushed across Su Lu’s forehead, which was pressed against his chest and had blood vessels exposed due to excessive force.
The air flow carries with it a hint of… a very faint, almost imperceptible… chilling sweat?
This breath?! This isn’t clothing or dirt! This is… this is the breath of a living person?!
An extremely absurd thought, which was madly confirmed by the remaining perception of the contract, split Su Lu’s chaotic and dying consciousness like lightning!
This feeling… is… is that… That short-haired, sharp-limbed, murderous figure flashed through his mind! It was Mikasa! Is that her scent?! That ball of yarn just now… is…
“Asshole…”
Chapter 8 is over! Is it really over this time? (Old version)
An icy, piercing whisper filled with rage and astonishment, absolutely human, and gnashing teeth, like an ice needle tempered with poison, pierced Sulu’s eardrum, which was numb from shock, with incredible precision at close range!
The voice was low and hoarse, and every syllable was filled with murderous intent that could freeze the soul. It was the same voice that had issued a fatal warning in the form of a “ball of thread” in his mind a few seconds ago!
At this moment, it was resounding with incredible reality from the chest of that warm and solid “thing” that his body was pressing on!
Su Lu completely froze into an ice sculpture!
Like a rusty clockwork robot, his neck creaking with difficulty, he lifted his head very slowly… upwards… with the awareness that he would be dismembered and destroyed in the next second…
All he saw… was his chest, heaving violently with fear, beneath his tattered school uniform…
Under the chest…
An arm with distinct joints, long and strong fingers, a healthy wheat-colored complexion, and wrist lines as simple and powerful as the most sophisticated combat equipment, but now covered by a layer of extremely moist and delicate new skin, like top-grade satin wrapped around alloy…?
This arm seemed to be full of terrifying explosive power, with smooth and strong muscle contours but no sense of clumsiness. The wheat-colored skin gleamed with a cold metallic light mixed with the luster of strange vitality under the dim light of the utility room!
Its front end…
It was a tightly clenched fist! The knuckles were stretched white with rage, the skin stretched to its limit, smooth as some toughest material!
The fist pressed firmly against the ground below Su Lu’s chest, and several extremely clear blue blood vessels appeared on the back of his hand, carrying a terrifying sense of power!
Up the arm…
It was a form-fitting, dark blue with a dark combat pattern, tightly wrapped around the shoulders and arms, and reshaped by some mysterious force… the cuffs of a combat jacket?!
And then… the sharp, resolute jawline… the thin lips pressed into a bloodless, cold, knife-like line…
Going up further…
A pair of eyes!
At this moment, these eyes are less than three inches away from the tip of Su Lu’s nose!
The pupils contracted to the extreme, and the whites of the eyes were as clear as the thousand-year-old ice in the high-altitude areas!
There isn’t a single trace of human emotion in it!
There was only pure, condensed, tangible anger that froze the very space like liquid nitrogen… unbelievable… rage! Astonishment! And a chilling murderous intent that threatened to incinerate everything like a volcanic eruption!!!
Sharp as an eagle! Cold as iron for a thousand years! Burning madly, the destructive fire wanted to crush the “source of pollution” before it to ashes!
Mikasa Ackerman!
She woke up!
After Su Lu made a desperate pounce and used her body to tightly “hug” the “ball of yarn” that represented her object form!
The power underlying the contract was forcibly activated and executed the “benign form return” described in the rules!
She ended the item transformation prematurely! And she returned… in a form… that perfectly matched the rules, with enhanced combat capabilities and… a “perfected” body!
She was completely awakened! On the ground in the corner of this filthy, humiliating, male body-covered storage room!
Eye contact!
Su Lu’s blood truly froze at this moment. His mind was so blank that he couldn’t even comprehend the meaning of the word “fear” itself.
Time is infinitely stretched.
He could clearly hear every heavy and desperate beat of his heart as it nearly stopped and then began beating wildly again due to extreme fear! Boom! Boom! Boom!
He could smell the strange scent that erupted from Mikasa at close range, a mixture of the crispness of fresh snow, lingering gun smoke, and something… forcibly spawned by the rules of the contract, similar to the cold light of quenched alloy!
He could even feel the terrifying heat emanating from the other person’s body, which was full of terrifying power and pressed against his chest, almost burning his skin!
That warmth does not come from emotion, but is the physical manifestation of all functions running at full capacity at the moment of return!
Even more terrifying was that he clearly “saw” his own reflection in Mikasa’s icy eyes, which were so close to him and locked onto his pupils! That pale reflection, with a dusty face and a distorted expression of fear, like a frightened quail!
After a brief period of absolute silence, like the singularity before the Big Bang.
hiss–!
Mikasa’s pupils suddenly shrank again under Sulu’s horrified gaze!
It was beyond description, sharp or cold! The world in her eyes was instantly locked onto her single target! The target’s form—utterly filthy! utterly blasphemous! It must be immediately! Immediately! Absolutely! Physically! Shattered!!!
“You…” Her teeth were rubbing and squeezing, as if every syllable was squeezed out by the force of biting her jaw!
The voice was deep and hoarse, containing a raging storm that could tear space apart! The fist resting on the ground suddenly rose up! Like a battering ram driven by the most powerful hydraulic press!
The fist peak was wrapped with the materialized, furious will of a top-level warrior ignited by extreme insult! The air was compressed to the point of making a sharp sound that could not bear the weight!
Target——Sulu’s chest!
This punch! It was enough to blast his heart and spine into a molecular state! Evaporation!
The rules of the contract?
Hancock’s orders?
All of them were burned to ashes by the pure murderous intent that burned to the extreme at this moment!
Sulu’s eyes reflected the rapidly enlarging iron fist of death that was wrapped in deadly wind pressure!
He opened his mouth, but no sound came out of his throat. Only the trachea was squeezed by intense fear, making a slight sound like a broken bellows!
It’s over!!! This time it really is…
die!!!
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Chapter 9: Clearing Failure (Old Version)
Zongman: I am the only boy in the school, H is crazy: Chapter 9 Clear Failure Picture and Text
die.
The moment Mikasa’s fist, filled with violent power and accompanied by sharp wind pressure that crushed space, was raised like lightning.
The rotten smell of death was not just an imagination, but a real, cold tentacle that strangled Su Lu’s throat in advance! Even the last bit of polluted air in his lungs was forcibly squeezed out, leaving only a suffocating vacuum!
His vision shrank to the size of a needle tip in an instant due to extreme lack of oxygen and fear. Facing the rapidly expanding destructive fist shadow that was enough to smash the entire world into pieces, his brain was left with only a pure blankness, waiting for the end.
Time stripped away all perception, leaving only Mikasa’s eyes, so close to her.
Those weren’t human eyes. They were mechanical imaging devices buried deep within the core of the Ten Thousand Years Black Ice, driven by an absolute killing instinct!
The pupils shrank into two solidified extremely cold iron beads, but the whites of the eyes were abnormally clear, reflecting Su Lu’s face, which was distorted by his near-death experience and filled with ultimate fear.
All emotions—rage, astonishment, shame, even thoughts about the contract’s rules, instinctive obedience to the principal’s orders—were instantly incinerated by a more primal, more absolute force! Only the purely material command remained: Target Confirmation. Mode: Existential Elimination. Execution Path: Shortest Physical Destruction (Chest). Energy Output Level: MAX.
No words, no hesitation, no buffer zone at all!
That strengthened fist, with its cold metallic gleam and lifelike tenacity, and its absolute power to make a permanent dent in a superalloy armor plate, was like an electromagnetic cannonball fired from a gun, tearing through the air’s final wail and mercilessly bombarding his defenseless and fragile chest!
The heavy muffled sound came as expected.
But what was heard… was not the horrific sound of bones breaking, flesh bursting, and organs turning into minced meat.
The source of the sound was right below where the fist landed—the solid, cold concrete floor covered in dust and iron filings.
Mikasa’s fist, which was powerful enough to split mountains and rocks, was less than half an inch away from Sulu’s tattered school uniform and his pounding heart!
Abruptly!
It was as if he had been locked down by an invisible, ten-thousand-ton hydraulic brake at the critical moment! The violent airflow from the fist even blew Su Lu’s hair in front of his forehead. The pressure of death solidified like fine steel, but the thin layer of cloth on his chest did not dent inwards at all!
Time strangely stood still for 0.1 second.
Not hesitation, not restraint.
It is the physical stiffness that is bound to occur when the machine is overclocked and running under extreme load and hard instructions are stuck!
Her arms!
That wheat-colored arm, reshaped and strengthened by the miraculous power of the contract, as if cast from a top-grade alloy, blending it with the perfect toughness of biological flesh, its muscle fibers instantly stretched to their limit by its own terrifying power! The reinforced skin covering it, smooth as top-grade satin yet faintly revealing a metallic texture, took on an unnatural, taut sheen!
Several bulging, cyan blood vessels beneath the skin twisted and squirmed like living, thin cords! Even the backs of the fists and the tips of the knuckles, from the instantaneous collision of energy between the output command and the forced physical stoppage, had exploded into several extremely fine bloody marks, like red-hot iron wire suddenly soaked in water! The faintest scent of blood mingled with the dust and dispersed.
And where the fist landed – the hard ground!
It wasn’t shattered by a fist, but rather by the unresolved, utterly compressed front end of that terrifying force, forcibly “pressing” it into a smooth, fist-shaped dent, as if formed by a precision mold! Deep enough to bury half a fist! Spider-web-like cracks silently spread along the edge of the dent until they were blocked by the discarded equipment piled nearby.
Space and time seemed to be forcibly paused after this ineffective attack.
Su Lu could even clearly see the cold sweat dripping down his chin, forming a small wet spot in the dust.
His lungs were on the verge of bursting from the forced breath-holding he had just taken. Now they were making uncontrollable howling sounds like a broken bellows, greedily and painfully swallowing the turbid air mixed with rust and blood.
Every time he took a breath, the nerve endings in his chest, which were almost shattered, caused severe pain.
His eyes were fixed on the Death Fist that was hovering above his chest, its fingertips just a fraction away from his school uniform.
He could feel the residual heat emanating from the edge of his fist, like a freshly tempered blade, burning the exposed skin of his neck.
Mikasa’s face, in the hazy halo of dim light and thick smoke, took on an almost inhuman coldness.
No expression.
No, there was an expression. An extremely violent intention was instantly rebounded by a more powerful invisible barrier, tearing the program apart, leaving the underlying system in chaos!
Her pupils lost focus. No longer locked, they were now scattered, frozen, like the cooling vents of a processor that had suddenly gotten stuck in an endless loop while running at high speed.
Deep within those hawk-like eyes, she clearly reflected the mottled shadows of the opposite wall, as well as the silhouette of her own temple, which was swollen and knotted with blood vessels due to the forced control of her power.
The skin beneath the eyelids, near the roots of the eyelashes, was trembling uncontrollably and at a high frequency! That was the muscle spasm caused by the nervous system’s disorder after the extremely angry will and execution authority were completely stripped away!
Her chest was heaving—not from emotional panting, but from the intense physical strain of the engine idling at high speed and the output being forced back!
Every rise and fall brought with it a low-frequency vibration that made the discarded equipment piled nearby groan under the weight! The airflow rubbed against the taut throat, making an extremely suppressed, teeth-grinding creaking sound, similar to metal components forcibly twisting and deforming in low temperatures.
“…” Her lips seemed to move.
No sound was produced. Or perhaps, at that moment, the vocal organs were temporarily detuned by the uncontrolled force that was trying to destroy them?
Next second!
Buzz——!!!
A substantial shockwave, not originating from Mikasa but from the narrow space between her and Sulu, suddenly exploded! It was like an invisible high-energy bomb being detonated at zero point and zero distance!
boom!!
A powerful shock wave exploded with the two people’s bodies pressed tightly together (actually not touching) as the center!
Like a rag doll struck by a battering ram, Su Lu felt an overwhelming force assault him head-on! His back slammed hard against the pile of discarded gears behind him! The heavy metal components groaned in pain, rubbing against each other and shifting a short distance backward, sending up a thicker cloud of dust! A sharp pain shot through his chest, a sweet taste in his throat, and he spat out a small mouthful of blood!
And Mikasa! The moment her power was forcibly rebounded, her body reacted faster than her mind! She wasn’t pushed away by the shockwave! It was more like a struggle that resulted in a loss of balance, like hitting cotton! The soles of her combat boots rubbed violently against the ground, making a harsh squeak and leaving two deep white marks!
The body was forced backward in a completely unphysical posture, instantly opening up a distance of less than two meters between him and Sulu! The posture was like a combat puppet that launched a counterattack in the blink of an eye and was instantly locked by an invisible force!
stop!
Stop forcedly again!
Her heels dug into the ground.
The two hardened concrete tiles beneath my feet were cracked in radial patterns, as if struck by a heavy hammer! The edges were raised!
Her posture assumed a strange “frozen” state—one foot forward, her center of gravity lowered, maintaining a critical stance, half attacking, half retreating! Her newly strengthened arm, now violently convulsing due to its master’s fury and the system’s control, suddenly retracted, tightly guarding her body, as if guarding against an invisible, yet tangible, and irresistible enemy!
The tiny cracks on the back of the hand oozed more light blood due to the twitching movements.
The air was filled with a strange burning smell, similar to that produced by a high-temperature circuit board overload and short circuit, mixed with rust, blood and dust.
That is the embodiment of the pheromones left after the power of the contract rules is overloaded.
Su Lu leaned his back against the cold metal ruins, his chest aching fiercely, and every breath he took caused a tearing pain between his ribs.
He stared wide-eyed at the figure two meters away, her posture frozen, her gaze unfocused and chaotic, her body radiating faint ripples of energy uncontrollably from the intense energy conflict. The source of the burning smell, besides spatial vibrations, might also be the backlash caused by the conflict caused by her own powerful power being forcibly “held back” by the rules?
It’s not that she doesn’t want to kill, but that she can’t kill!
The power of the contract! The invisible shackles that stretched over his head, firmly nailing him to this academy!
At the critical moment, he used the most violent and unreasonable method to execute its underlying directive: “Do not expel or kill registered members!” Even if that member was a living male pollution source like him!
Even if the executor is Mikasa Ackerman, one of the highest authorities in the academy and the head of the security department!
Mikasa still maintained that frozen fighting stance, full of energy yet unable to vent.
But her head, extremely slowly, with a creaking sound like a rusty bearing, turned in one direction – the arm that she was holding tightly in front of her, trembling violently due to muscle spasms, with blood oozing from the back of her hand… the arm that had been reshaped by the power of rules?
Her eyes first focused on the hideous veins and tiny ruptured wounds on her arm.
Deep within his eyes, the icy, dead silence of a fighting machine gradually faded, revealing for the first time an extremely unfamiliar, even bewildered… scrutiny? Confusion about his own existence?
Then, she extremely slowly raised her other unenhanced hand that still retained its human form (that hand was also covered in calluses, with thick and strong knuckles), and tentatively, with a stiffness that was almost like an instrument performing a self-examination, reached out towards the arm that was emitting a strange luster and was tense to the limit…
Just before her fingertips touched the taut skin that looked like it was coated with a layer of transparent metallic wax, they suddenly stopped! It was like touching a red-hot iron!
Her pupils contracted violently again! This time, it wasn’t pure murderous intent, but a complex mixture of horror and disbelief! It was like seeing an unknown parasite implanted in her body!
On the arm about to be touched, beneath the taut, reinforced skin, several tendons twitched uncontrollably and at a high frequency, like strings being plucked by invisible fingers! It was as if it had some strange life independent of her will!
“…” A deeper, hoarser sound rolled through Mikasa’s throat, a strange sound like a grinding wheel rubbing against thick leather.
Her jawline was taut, and the faint blush on her face, brought on by anger and the frustration of being locked into the system, quickly faded, leaving only a paleness that came from blood loss, a mixture of extreme shock and… some kind of indescribable physical discomfort. The look in her eyes when she looked at her arm was filled with a nauseating feeling of being severely desecrated and physically contaminated!
A cold sound, as if chiseled from the depths of a glacier, was finally ground out from between her teeth, bit by bit, with great difficulty.
Every word carried the harsh feeling of metal slag scraping against bones, filled with absolute coldness and naked declaration of intent:
“Target confirmed.”
“Threat Level: Extremely High Pollution Source (Existence).”
“Clearance failed.”
“Mode switch…”
“Continue physical isolation!”
“Execute—permanently.”
Her gaze finally shifted completely away from her “mutated” arm. Her eyes were once again firmly fixed on Su Lu!
This time, the look changed.
It is no longer pure, destructive killing intent (the contract temporarily blocks this path).
Instead, it has become a… colder, harder, more lasting, and closer to the ultimate way to deal with biochemical pollution sources – sealed isolation until the container degrades naturally!
That was the look one gets when looking at a dangerous mass of radioactive gel stuck to the sole of a shoe, impossible to shake off, impossible to crush, and yet impossible to destroy immediately! It was the look one gets when looking at a moving time bomb emitting a slow, lethal toxic gas!
It’s the look of someone looking at a pile of filth that must be handled under the highest level of biochemical isolation measures, and who feels their soul would be tainted if they even touch it!
At the moment when Mikasa’s gaze was like an icicle piercing into Sulu’s flesh and blood again——
Plop! Plop! Plop plop plop!
A series of sounds, like heavy packages being carelessly discarded, suddenly rang out from behind the corner where the two men were confronting each other, from the gaps between the piles of giant discarded equipment and debris!
The sounds were dense and chaotic, as if an invisible hand was randomly throwing stones into the garbage dump.
There were even two or three “packages” rolling down and hitting Su Lu and the hill-like gear set, making a dull collision sound.
At the same time, a mixture of strange smells, so strong that it was nauseating, filled the air – freshly baked bread with the smell of expired moldy bread?
A shoddy children’s toy, freshly opened, tossed into a chemical waste drum? The strange, pungent smell of some cheap perfume evaporated in concentrated sulfuric acid? Mixed with… a deeper, rusty, decaying smell, like dried blood?
Sulu and Mikasa turned their heads almost at the same time!
Chapter 10 A Pile of Junk (Old Version)
His sight passed through the gaps in the smoke and debris and looked into the dark corner deep inside – that was the area where the real waste scraps were piled up, which was even darker and messier than the large equipment area that Su Lu had cleaned before.
However, at this moment, on the ground in that corner that had never been carefully cleaned, a pile of junk suddenly appeared out of nowhere?!
Yes, it’s rubbish!
They have various shapes and emit an ominous faint light, or perhaps… a moldy light?
The first thing Su Lu saw was a half-deflated plastic toy train with curled corners, as if it had been gnawed by a mouse and thrown into the oven, emitting a pungent smell of burnt oil and expired grease. The low-quality paint on its surface had a dull, maroon stain, like rust oxidized.
Next to it was a… cracked, oozing with sticky brown grease like snot, with a wisp of smelly white smoke still stubbornly emitting from the crack in the center… a dirty rubber ball?
It looked like some kind of children’s toy that had been abandoned for years and was covered in unknown dirt.
Next to it, a piece of wood that looked like low-quality synthetic wood that had been soaked in water and then cracked in the sun, with curled edges and a strong smell of cheap perfume and rotting sawdust… a pad (or more like a broken drawing board?)? A few ugly spots of paint remained on it, their original color no longer recognizable.
There are more… disgusting piles of garbage with shapes that are even more difficult to define, as if garbage of different materials were forcibly glued together!
Each of these things exudes an extremely faint but absolutely clear sense of “presence”!
They were covered in an extremely turbid, dirty, almost filthy halo, like low-quality lubricant mixed with a large amount of rust powder…?!
It was completely different from the delicate desserts and lipstick that had fallen at the door! It was completely different from the pure light Hinata had when she transformed, and even from the vitality mixed with the cold metallic light when Mikasa had just returned!
This is a pure, cursed smell filled with decay, corruption, and degradation!
This disgusting smell, this visual impact filled with the “untouchable” decay attribute! Su Lu’s stomach was churning, and he almost vomited on the spot!
He instantly understood the cold message embedded in the contract’s rules: […Unexpected form returns! Male contamination remains! Recommended implementation of secondary rules—forced destruction!]This was the kind of degradation he’d nearly triggered! This was the kind of form the contract deemed a serious contamination residue, requiring immediate physical removal! And now… this form, untouched by anyone… had erupted in a massive explosion?!
Mikasa’s breathing seemed to pause for a moment. Her eyes, which had just been filled with shock, disgust, and murderous intent at the thought of her own contamination, suddenly contracted when they came into contact with the “transformation waste” emitting a low-quality, foul light in the darkness!
That look…changed.
If I had previously looked at Su Lu with disgust and the cold determination to permanently isolate him from a highly polluting source.
So at this moment, seeing that pile of waste being automatically converted in batches…
Deep within her eyes, like the core of an extremely cold ice field, for the first time, a clear crack, a crack belonging to human thought, appeared! A kind of… extreme confusion? Absurdity?
It was like witnessing a carefully maintained perfect system being forcibly stuffed with a basket of stinking garbage by unknowable chaos!
The appearance of these “transformed wastes,” the chaotic nature they inherently carry, and the unexpected rules implied by their massive outbreak…are violently impacting her inherent cognitive system! Their very existence is the greatest mockery and defilement of the “pure” rules! The foul aura they carry, even more than Sulu, the purely male source of pollution, makes her feel…a kind of rejection that’s close to physical collapse?
Her gaze lingered very briefly between Sulu’s face filled with horror and despair, and the transformed waste residue that kept falling “plop” in the darkness and exuding a smell of corruption…?
An extremely obscure and subtle cognitive conflict arose, one that perhaps even she herself was not aware of – the pollution of this “living pollution source” that caused the rule mutation, and the pollution of these suddenly emerging, large-scale degraded waste residues… seem… to be different?
The cold fragments of the contract’s rules flashed through her mind, which had been frozen for a moment by the conflict: […The vicious form has returned…Forced destruction…!]There was almost no warning!
Mikasa suddenly raised her strengthened arm, which had been protecting her body and was now slightly cramped due to the stalemate!
Not attacking Sulu! Instead, he aimed directly at the dark corner deep in the debris pile where the transformed waste was still falling!
Her fingertips were pressed together like a knife, carrying the resolute will to tear apart all decay and destroy all filth!
The murderous aura wrapped around his fingertips condensed into a sharp edge! As if summoned by an invisible force, the armed color domineering aura instantly covered the front half of the wheat-colored arm!
Make the metallic skin appear deeper, with an absolutely hard and destructive texture almost like black steel!
Buzz!!!
A destructive energy fluctuation that was purer than the previous spatial shock and more directly targeted at the “target filth” instantly condensed at her fingertips!
Target: The dark area that keeps dropping dirty waste and all the transformed waste in it!
Execution: Secondary rules! Forced destruction!
Mode: Physical annihilation (Qi Jin)!
Just as the destructive force that could vaporize the steel ingot was about to burst out from his fingertips, wiping out that area along with all the filthy waste—
“Oh my goodness~ What a tense ‘supply storage’ ceremony!”
A female voice, with obvious teasing and a tone as flat as the most advanced mechanical synthesized sound, suddenly broke into this dead end where destruction was about to befall!
Nico Robin!
She didn’t know when she was standing on the edge of the hole at the door of the utility room that was smashed by the huge metal door!
Her posture was as elegant as a lady in an oil painting, one hand holding the edge of the cold metal door frame, and the other hand gently supporting her iconic clipboard.
There was a stylized, professional smile on his face, as eternal as the Mona Lisa portrait, which could almost be called “standard”.
It was as if the Shura field outside with Tsunade running wild and Nami crying had never existed.
Her eyes scanned the dimly lit utility room with precision. First, she caught sight of Mikasa, who maintained a strange posture, and the destructive light gathering at her fingertips. Then, she caught sight of Sulu, who leaned against the ruins, his mouth filled with blood foam. Finally, her gaze landed precisely on the dark corner deep inside, where the low-quality transformed waste kept “plopping” and falling.
“Ah, record update.” Robin’s voice was like an emotionless scanner reading out the results, and the formulaic smile on his face deepened subtly. “In the backup logistics room, in the eastern corner, there is an explosive growth of ‘unstable material flow’. Form: low-grade transformation residue (unexpected type). Density: Medium. Physical properties: fragile and easily degradable. Chemical properties: inert. Preliminary speculation: redundant products of natural decomposition triggered by the breakthrough of the environmental pressure threshold?”
Her voice was flat, and each word hit reality like a cold rivet.
Mikasa, who was gathering her strength, paused for a moment! The destructive energy that was about to burst out from her fingertips paused slightly.
The pair of eyes that locked onto the filthy target like a precise radar turned to Robin who suddenly appeared at the door.
The pure intention of destruction in his eyes showed a blank area of ​​logical interference caused by the forced “reporting” by the higher-level observation system.
Robin didn’t seem to care about the energy in her fingertips that was ready to be released. His eyes swept calmly over Mikasa’s wheat-colored arm, which was strengthened and transformed by the rules and was still slightly spasming, and his tone was flat:
“Team Leader Mikasa, your duty log appears to have a new entry that can be supplemented. Target Area (Sulu) Transformation Event Handling Record Point: ‘Individual Number – Sulu, inactive interference triggers the forced return of the passively transformed specimen (Individual Number: Mikasa Ackerman).’ Upon return, the specimen’s physical function data (directed to: arm enhancement dimension) showed significant abnormal elevations (+37% muscle fiber density, +91% skin tissue toughness threshold, +210% instantaneous output peak strength). Status: Benign (compulsory determination based on contract rules). Note: The specimen has minor localized muscle damage (capillary oozing in three areas on the back of the right forearm) due to mild loss of control over strength output…”
She read out a report that had nothing to do with her, her eyes fixed precisely on the tiny bloody marks on the back of Mikasa’s hand.
“…Also,” Robin’s gaze naturally shifted again to the pile of conversion waste in the darkness. Her smile remained unchanged, but her tone subtly took on a formalized “reminder.” “The new unstable material flow in this area is classified as low-threat, conventionally classified waste according to Appendix D of the Disposal Regulations (Logistics Area Management Regulations – Supplementary Rule 12 c). Should its disposal and physical annihilation be prioritized according to that treatment sequence?” She tilted her head slightly, her tone questioning in a formal tone. “Tsunade-sama’s laboratory accident has just triggered a Class A energy shock response. The ‘highest priority physical liquidation authority’ authorized by the principal is still in effect for this incident. The energy field stability index here (pointing to the waste pile) is only… Class D (harmless)?”
Like the most precise algorithm robot, she emotionlessly piled a series of cold data, rules and regulations, and authority levels on Mikasa’s pure will to kill, which only wanted to wipe out all filth immediately.
Waste disposal? Lower priority than Tsunade’s rampage outside?
Destroy this filth? It seems… not covered by the “highest priority physical liquidation authority”?
The destructive energy condensed at Mikasa’s fingertips showed obvious signs of attenuation and dissipation.
The absolute murderous intent in her eyes, locked on the filth, was dissipated by this series of icy rules. Her gaze once again swept between Sulu (the living source of contamination), her own arm, which had been transformed but also damaged (a constant reminder of pain), and the pile of constantly falling, stinking transformation waste (classified as D-level harmless garbage by the rules).
A strong sense of…absurdity, chaos, and even a hint of extreme suffocation of being manipulated by the rules, finally overwhelmed the instinctive impulse of physical destruction under the gaze of Robin’s formulaic smile.
Her arm, brimming with destructive energy and poised to strike, slowly, with immense resistance, and with immense reluctance… lowered. The energy at her fingertips silently dissipated into the surrounding dust.
Her gaze refocused, not at the waste, nor at Sulu, but as if penetrating the wall, fixed on the direction of Tsunade’s laboratory outside!
That was the target area within her authority, which was ordered to be covered by the “highest priority physical clearance authority”! A high pollution source that also exuded the threat of chaos (Nami)!
A violent airflow was suddenly compressed and pushed! Mikasa’s body instantly started from its solidified state with an explosive force far beyond the limits of ordinary humans!
There’s only one goal: the corridor outside! Tsunade’s laboratory!
She was like a ferocious beast that had broken free from invisible chains!
The explosive force even created a vacuum channel that instantly split the smoke and dust! The figure was as fast as an elongated black line, instantly disappearing in the chaotic light and shadow at the door!
Outside the door, Tsunade’s furious roar, Nami’s desperate scream, and the muffled sound of Mikasa’s intervention and suppression instantly became clearer and more piercing! A new battle, or rather, a unilateral violent sanction, broke out again!
In the utility room, Robin still stood elegantly at the damaged part of the door, the formulaic smile on his face unchanged, as if he was just watching a job transfer that complied with the rules.
Her eyes lightly swept over the pile of transformation waste that was still falling in the corner, as if to confirm its “harmless” status.
Then, her gaze passed over Su Lu, who was leaning against the gear ruins, his body covered in blood and dirt, with a numb and dull expression, very briefly, like the fine adjustment of the most precise lens.
There was no warmth in that gaze, no emotional fluctuations.
It’s like recording a special piece of garbage that has been contaminated but still stubbornly holds on to a certain recording value.
She withdrew her gaze and turned gracefully.
The footsteps were neither hurried nor slow, calmly sinking into the chaotic and turbulent light and shadow in the corridor.
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Chapter 11 Sulu Transformed into an Item [Collect] (Old Version)
The world seemed to be muted.
The ferocious beast that Mikasa transformed into rushed out of the door with a sharp sound that tore through the air, and was instantly swallowed up by Tsunade’s even more terrifying roar and the sharp sound of some metal equipment disintegrating for the second time.
Tsunade’s roar was like being pressed on the loudspeaker of hell, penetrating the door and wall and reaching her brain: “Orange scum! I’m going to put your worthless little head into a centrifuge and turn it to the maximum speed!!! Mikasa! Tie it up tightly…”
The glaring light and chaotic sound waves remaining outside the hole in the door frame were firmly blocked by the edge of the deep pit created by the heavy door panel – it was more like the background noise of some cruel world.
The utility room fell into an eerie, completely isolated silence.
Only dust slowly fell in the dim light, visible in the swirling beams of light, like gray snow of death.
Su Lu leaned his back against the cold and hard ruins of gears, and every breath he took was accompanied by a sharp pain like tearing between his ribs.
The taste of blood in my mouth was so strong it was bitter.
The empty, dizzy feeling brought by the three tubes of blood drawn by Tsunade was like cold waves hitting the edge of his drowsy consciousness.
The filthy transformation waste in the corner seemed to have stopped falling.
Those heaps of scrap that exuded the odor of rust, mold, and inferior chemicals—half-deflated plastic trains, cracked rotten rubber balls, fragments of decayed drawing boards…when the brief light swept over them, they revealed an indescribable… calmness?
The faint, dirty halos on them were like dying will-o’-the-wishes, no longer active. They just quietly immersed themselves in the smell of corruption, becoming an organic part of the ruins.
Robin was long gone.
That cold, formulaic smile and those words that precisely cut through authority were like an icicle wedged into the frozen mud, leaving a clear mark in his chaotic mind.
Physical annihilation…should this processing sequence be followed first?
Tsunade’s laboratory… is the highest priority target for elimination.
And he… Su Lu… together with the newly appeared pile of waste under him, was just “D-level harmless garbage”.
Harmless? Trash?
…
“…” A short breath came out of his throat almost uncontrollably.
It sounded like a desperate laugh, or like the groan of lungs burned by the air.
He raised his head with difficulty.
His gaze passed over the mess on the ground and turned to the transformed waste slag deep in the corner.
They were as quiet as dead maggots.
No threat? But their very existence… that strong smell of corruption and deterioration… and the strange scene of their sudden and massive outbreak just now…
Just when he was extremely nervous and stared at the waste!
An extremely subtle, yet sharp, numb feeling like a needle suddenly shot up from the top of his tailbone!
It was like a sewing needle with a weak electric current piercing his spinal cord! The feeling was so fleeting, so quick that he almost thought it was an illusion caused by extreme tension!
But then!
An indescribable feeling of…emptiness?
He transformed? He began to transform?
No, it’s more like the physical sense of reality is rapidly diluted!
The scene at the edge of my vision…huge piles of rusted gears, cold, oil-stained metal wall panels, the flickering glow of dim light bulbs…
The edges of all solid shapes began to strangely… tremble? Wave? Like looking through a layer of heated, inferior glass, or like distorted reflections in ripples of water!
Buzz——buzz——!
The subtle, sharp numbness was no longer a single sensation, but instead spread out in rows and continuously along the spinal nerve bundle, like miniature electric shock waves! Each shock was accompanied by a more intense “diluted” of physical perception!
Sulu looked down at himself in horror!
The skin around the purple needle prick where Tsunade had drawn her blood… the wrinkles of the rough school uniform fabric… the dusty back of his hand… his fingertips…
Vague!
Everything in the sight is shaking and blurring at high speed, losing the sharp boundaries of the entity!
He raised his hand—the movement became slow and sluggish in his eyes—and spread out his palm!
In the dim, swaying light…
Palm lines…skin texture…bones…muscle contours…all were melting! Not a physical melting, but a “dissolving” of information!
His hands were rapidly “deconstructing” in a way beyond his cognition!
The outlines of all solid objects in the field of vision are squirming, deforming, and penetrating each other crazily!
The abandoned gear set is entangled with the cold outline of the wall at the visual information level!
The texture boundary between the dust on the ground and the air completely disappeared!
In the blurred vision, the rotten rubber ball emitting a corrupted glow actually expanded and spread its dirty halo, even seeping into the dim shell of the half-deflated train next to it!
The information level of the entire world has lost its boundaries!
Solid? Liquid? Gas? Color? Smell? Texture? All the elements that make up sensory reality are being smashed and stirred at high speed!
The buzzing sound in my mind was amplified to the point of being deafening!
It’s not an illusion! A contract! Another contract?!
The forcibly implanted cold rule fragment flickered wildly in the core of consciousness!
With a cold logic of enforcement!
Fragments of the information stream fell like snow from an avalanche: […Contactors…passively involved…statuses overlapping…][…Conversion rules…Forced compatibility…Inhuman…][…Form: Energy (Inert/Stable)…Forced Lock!]Energy? Inertness? Stability? What kind of explanation is this?!
“No……”
Su Lu struggled to squeeze out a few broken syllables from his throat, but his body collapsed uncontrollably.
The collapse of visual information made him lose all spatial references, and he was overwhelmed by dizziness and a strong feeling of vomiting!
The complete collapse of his physical perception seemed to strip away all the foundations of his existence as a “human”!
The vision darkened completely.
It’s not fainting, it’s more like all sensory information is forcibly stripped away and compressed into an infinitesimal origin without any light or heat!
Absolute darkness, absolute nothingness!
In the center of this absolute nothingness—no time, no space, no concept of “consciousness”—
An extremely weak particle of light, as tiny as the first match lit in an absolute vacuum.
No, not light.
To be more precise, it is a kind of…information point of existence.
It spread out extremely slowly, without being bound by any rules.
No more sight. No more touch.
It transcends all five senses.
For the first time, Su Lu “felt” himself in this absolutely transcendental way.
He is… an extremely tiny, yet incredibly complex and sophisticated… information model?
The core is a few faint golden “threads” that are so weak that they are almost dissipated, representing the mark of his core life. They are fragile and slender.
Surrounding this core of life are countless layers of complex structures, slowly swirling like a cosmic nebula, emitting information of varying colors and textures… an information filter? A barrier? A shell?
The outermost layer is an extremely dark, constantly wriggling and deforming black mist-like information layer (a contract mark?) that is covered with a thick layer of greasy, rusty dust.
Inside, close to the golden life thread, are several relatively “active” information energy flows: a light red information flow (physical trauma information?), a turbid gray information cluster (emotions of fear and emptiness?)…
This… is the entire configuration of his “existence” at this moment?
He was forcibly compressed by the contract into… energy… or should we say “information entity”? Stone!
Buzz——
A grand, cold logical will, like billions of gears slowly grinding on a fine steel millstone… forcibly intervened in this nothingness.
It’s a contract!
It is like an invisible giant hand spanning countless dimensions, forcibly “pinching” this tiny, fragile, glass-model-like existence configuration!
The huge pressure of information processing came down instantly!
Su Lu felt that his fragile lifeline was about to be crushed by this brutal pressure! The remaining glimmer of light in his core of consciousness swayed wildly!
[Life Mark: Locked (no loss).][Male Pollution Core: Locked (cannot be expelled).][Morphological compatibility: …matching the optimal solution…][… Adaptive rewriting of transformation rules…][Forced output: …portability…inert stability…]The grand will, like the coldest engineer, began to drastically reshape this “model” that had just been forcibly molded!
Crack! (The sound of information breaking)
The outermost layer of black mist information, which looked like greasy, rusty, and grime, was forcibly stripped off!
It was not shattered, but more like being pulled out of silk threads, stretched and flattened, turning into an extremely thin, translucent information film like plastic wrap, tightly covering the entire shell of the model!
The light red information flow and turbid gray emotional information group that constitute the basis of “body” information are forcibly compressed and solidified!
The pale red was compressed into a compact, semi-solidified “gel” (a pain seal?), while the murky gray was forcibly squeezed into an extremely small, constantly and irregularly pulsating gray… ball? (a despair seal?)
The most critical core transformation is here!
Those thin, pale golden threads representing life were forcibly pulled by a powerful external force… outward!
Direction—stick to the black, filthy information gel and gray emotional balls that had been forcibly compressed and flattened! Pull it over forcefully!
Buzz! The golden thread of life shrieked under the weight! It seemed as if it would break at any second!
Just at the breaking point——
An extremely faint, almost imperceptible gray-white ripple appeared on the surface of the modified, cicada-wing-thin black information membrane.
It’s like throwing a grain of sand into calm water.
Immediately afterwards, the black information membrane covering the outer layer strangely and spontaneously melted into a hole the size of a needle tip!
Now is the time!
Those strands of light golden life threads seemed to have life, and suddenly “drilled” out through the tiny gap!
Like a drowning person finally poking their nose out of the water, they escaped the path that was being forcibly pulled towards the filthy core!
At the same time, an extremely faint strand of structure belonging to the outer black information membrane… automatically, like a magnet… wrapped around the end of the dragged life thread?
The end of the tiny cluster of golden life threads that was “absorbed” on the outer layer of the membrane immediately stopped struggling and instead stabilized, emitting a… faint but pure aura of life?
They are like a few tiny, almost invisible golden dust particles embedded outside the black membrane.
The main body of the golden life thread, which was mostly “trapped” in the membrane and not pulled out, immediately shrank back to the safe position at the core of the model like the tide. It was still weak, but no longer in danger of breaking.
It’s as if nothing has changed.
But the tearing feeling on the verge of collapse deep in Su Lu’s consciousness… disappeared in an instant?
Instead, there was a feeling of extreme suffocation and heavy pressure, of being forced to be fixed, forced into a small container. A feeling of being locked in, of being stereotyped.
Chapter 12 Transformed into Stone (Old Version)
The entire tiny energy-information model, under this rough processing and the strange self-healing of the membrane holes, was eventually… forcibly shaped into a highly compressed… grotesque form with forcibly isolated and stable internal and external information structures.
Like a strange… stone… wrapped tightly in a low-quality black oilcloth, its interior encasing a small piece of solidified red glue and a swirling gray ball, its exterior adorned with a few faint golden glints? Or perhaps, an extremely low-quality, poorly sealed energy battery? It barely met the contract’s standards for “inert stability” and “portability”?
The grand will of the contract seems to be quite “satisfied” with this forced “melon” shape.
It slowly withdrew its force of squeezing and transforming this fragile creature.
The faint light at the core of Sulu’s consciousness flickered violently for a few moments after the terrifying transformation pressure disappeared, finally stabilizing with some effort. His senses remained in a strange, highly suppressed and compressed state of “stability.”
He couldn’t move, couldn’t perceive any specific form, and even “thinking” became like being through thick frosted glass.
He is just a consciousness trapped in “stone”.
A “portable inert energy body” forcibly created by the rules of a contract.
All the information in the field of vision (if it can still be called a field of vision) is still a chaotic and blurred block of color and a flow with dissolved boundaries.
But this state of extreme compression and information isolation only lasted for a few extremely brief seconds… or perhaps a few minutes? Time lost its meaning here.
The sounds from the outside world…or rather…the fluctuations of information began to penetrate the extremely repressed “stable” state and were transmitted in a distorted manner.
No more Tsunade’s furious roars or Nami’s screams.
But a kind of… strange vibration?
Is the ground shaking?
With a uniform and powerful frequency! Every step triggers a shock wave on the information level like a huge rock!
Heavy! Steady! Like a precise battering ram, it continuously strikes the ground!
Footsteps!
An energy source… emitting an extremely intense, sharp energy, like steel under the scorching sun, was approaching! Powerful, cold, and imbued with absolute physical force! The location of this “stone” was interacting with the approaching energy source in a very subtle, incomprehensible way.
The footsteps… stopped… right in front of the “stone”… or the location where “Su Lu” existed?
Sulu’s consciousness was violently disturbed by the confinement of the “stone”. His extremely compressed senses felt the direct pressure of a huge presence! He tried to see clearly outside, but the visual information was still a chaotic flow of color blocks and energy lines.
Then——
Something… covered with a tough, smooth, powerful information flow, with a slightly elastic texture… in a completely covering posture, from above, slowly… enveloping the entire information area where his “stone” existed?
There was no sense of squeezing. Instead, the tough, smooth surface seemed to form a new, relatively “safe” container, enveloping this “stone” of his.
It was an extremely… strange tactile sensation. Tough, smooth, warm, with a subtle, regular elasticity. And there was also a faint vibration of a terrifying muscle mass, like a high-strength steel cable twisted together, covered by reinforced skin, in steady motion…
The line of sight…or rather the “perception” of the information layer is completely blocked by this new covering.
Falling into complete…darkness with a strange elastic texture?
Then!
A more intense sense of movement suddenly hit me! It was no longer the steady approach from before!
It was a high-speed, precise, instantaneous start! A massive acceleration of information flow impacted his “stone” form! It was like being crammed into the steel compartment of a high-speed train!
The chaotic visual information was completely stretched and distorted into a sea of ​​flowing lines during high-speed movement!
The sounds from the outside world (information disturbance) become more vague and sharp, like an explosion transmitted through water!
Tsunade’s roar and Mikasa’s instructions seemed to blend into the sound of the violent air friction during the high-speed movement…
move!
Continuous, intense movement!
Under the impact of the extremely fast information flow, the tiny consciousness in Su Lu’s “stone” completely lost his sense of direction and thinking ability.
He could only instinctively curl up in the tiny space formed by the “stone” and the “new container” full of elasticity and vibrating muscles, like a doll stuffed into the core of a washing machine and on the verge of falling apart.
After an unknown amount of time—impossible to judge in this time-distorted state—the frantic, high-speed movement suddenly slowed and stopped.
Absolute stillness.
The tough, smooth, elastic substance covering the “stone” and isolating him from all external perceptions (the tactile information was still clear) began to move slightly… or rather… adjust its posture?
The area of ​​existence information within which he was confined… underwent a slight spatial displacement?
Next moment!
The darkness that blocked the view suddenly faded away!
The visual information had finally been recondensed! Although it was still compressed, like observing through frosted glass with myopia increased by a thousand degrees, it was finally able to form a basic image with extremely severe edge distortion!
Light! Dazzling yet blurry light!
It wasn’t the dim light of a utility room, but rather… something like outdoor daylight? Or… light?
He… was “taken” out?!
The blurry and shaking vision quickly focused!
An extremely clean surface, with the cool, gleaming sheen of a high-grade alloy…? Like some kind of metal testing bench?
It’s extremely close to his “stone”!
Two… straight lines, as if drawn with the most precise ruler, with a cold, hard metallic gleam, dark blue… trouser lines?
up……
Dark blue combat pants with dark textures, tightly wrapped around the outline of strong thigh muscles?
And then upwards…
A black belt buckle with cool, clean lines?
A tight combat belt? A flat, firm abdomen with gently undulating lines of power and rhythm?
The hem of the dark blue combat jacket falls naturally as you stand, outlining a powerful transition at the waist and hips?
This angle…
The faint consciousness in Su Lu’s “stone” was like being struck by a bolt of lightning! That familiar…huge information flow with the sharp breath of high-temperature steel!
Those heavy, precise footsteps! And those last sightings in the utility room, covering up… combat pants and combat jacket cuffs?!
Mikasa Ackerman?!
She brought him… out of the utility room?!
Now… she was standing in front of a clean metal table (some kind of equipment inspection table for the security department?), and he… this “stone” energy body, forcibly shaped by the rules of the contract, was being held in her hand (that tough, smooth, and elastic wrapping material was her palm?!), placed on the table? !
Buzz————!
Deep within the core of consciousness, the gray ball of fear, forcibly compressed and sealed by the contract, instantly expanded and spun madly! The emotional message of despair almost broke through the thin layer of suppression of the contract!
Why would she take it out? To inspect it? And then physically destroy it?!
Sulu tried in vain to “turn” his “stone” consciousness body which could not move at all, in order to see Mikasa’s expression clearly!
That was definitely a cold gaze that confirmed the value of the “garbage” once again and crushed it completely!
But within the distorted and chaotic boundaries of his visual information, he caught a closer picture—
Above the countertop.
A hand with distinct joints, wearing tactical half-finger gloves, with clean and powerful lines, exuding a sense of strong power, is hovering right above the “Sulu Stone”!
That palm…is not completely still!
It was trembling… very, very slightly…?!
A tiny trace of blood, with a rusty and strangely burnt smell?!
The blood was not fresh.
It came from… the outer edge of the palm near the wrist… those few tiny scars that were judged as “minor injuries” by the contract rules and that Robin had accurately pointed out… the tiny scars caused by ruptured capillaries?!
At this moment, below those tiny scars, above the slightly raised wrist bone, on the smooth skin… there was an extremely tiny, dark spot… the size of a grain of rice… that was visible under the skin?
The black spot trembled very slightly with the palm of my hand…
Like a living thing… it moved extremely slowly…?!
Chapter 13 The Stone in Mikasa’s Pocket (Old Version)
Chapter 13: The Stone in Mikasa’s Pocket (with pictures and text)
The miniature information model representing “his own form of existence” in Su Lu’s consciousness core vibrated violently!
The few tiny golden dust particles stuck on the outer black information membrane – the final fragments of the imprint of life, suddenly lit up as if being pulled by something!
Mikasa’s hand hanging in the air… suddenly paused!
The extremely slight muscle spasms and tremors caused by the loss of control over the power transformed by the contract… stopped instantly?!
It was as if those cracks and the wriggling black spots underneath had suddenly lost the source of power that caused her discomfort?
The change is extremely subtle.
Su Lu’s own perception was extremely confused.
He wasn’t even sure if this was a chaotic hallucination just before his collapse.
Just then—
drop–
A cold, clear electronic sound, like water drops falling into a smooth metal container, rang out in the quiet space.
Very light.
Very penetrating.
Immediately following, a gentle, programmed, sweet, yet emotionless female voice suddenly echoed throughout the room, its tone matter-of-fact:
“Campus announcement: Dear students and respected faculty and staff, good afternoon. Today, the routine cleanup task for ‘Campus Beautification Day’ has begun. Please go to the designated drop-off points and sort and discard any unnecessary items. Please note—”
The sweet voice paused slightly, its tone still gentle, but its content carried an unquestionable, cold, prescriptive logic:
“—The transformed form must meet the ‘value threshold stability’ (≥ Grade C) before it can be naturally degraded or recycled through the campus’s processing system. ‘Degraded Form’ (test code: Grade D) below this standard, due to its inertia stability and strong physical plasticity, has been specially approved by the Office of the President (Boa Hancock) following a proposal from the Logistics and Technology Department (No. B74-S-088): Authorization has been granted for the conversion of these materials into daily functional maintenance tools for the campus—use as supplementary materials for some durable (non-core contact) components.”
Mikasa’s hovering hand remained motionless, like the most sophisticated robotic arm.
In the corner of the countertop, a small, embedded information screen silently lit up with a faint blue light. Lines of cold, textual instructions scrolled rapidly across it… along with a crudely sketched illustration? It seemed to be a diagram of how a “D-Class Degraded Item” could be simply reshaped and modified… and inserted into the frame of some object…?
The consciousness within Sulu’s “stone” churned violently! Renovation? Supplemental materials?! He was a “degraded form”! D-class trash! They were going to…melt him into…a broom? A dustpan? A doorknob?!
But at this moment——
Beep! Buzz——
Near the metal table where he was, a hidden functional point projected a very dim blue circular scanning beam, which instantly penetrated the “stone” information body wrapped around him and Mikasa’s palm, which was covered with scars, slightly bloodshot, and hovering in the air!
The scan was completed extremely quickly!
The sweet broadcast voice that had just sounded rang out again, with the logical confirmation of “recognition successful”:
“One unit of degraded material meeting D-Class material modification standards detected. Status: Stable. Associated unit: Logistics and Security Department Duty Post (Mikasa Ackerman).” The voice remained gentle and pleasant. “Recommended treatment plan priority (real-time): Based on the current portability requirements of duty personnel and the optimization of temporary storage space, the adaptation plan selected is: Small Standard Container Containment Module. Modification instructions have been sent to the terminal (number: Mikasa Ackerman-PDA).”
Bound to…Mikasa? Adaptation solution…Small Standard Container Containment Module?
Su Lu had no time to understand the terrifying meaning behind this cold notice!
Mikasa’s hand, which had been suspended like a sculpture,…moved!
She snapped her fingers together! Her target—the “stone” lying quietly on the metal table, where his consciousness resided!
Without giving him any time to react, the hand, brimming with power and slightly bloodshot, instantly closed like the most precise trap!
pack!
Absolute package!
The palm skin, covered with a tough, smooth, slightly elastic texture, and even a layer of information about the bulging veins, pressed down again, absolutely tightly! Sulu’s existence was completely enveloped in a darkness… with a slight sweaty body temperature, a slight tremor of muscles, and as hard as a rock cage!
He was completely grasped by the hand that belonged to Mikasa Ackerman?!
“Hmm…” A desperate gasp, suppressed to the utmost, yet unable to escape from within the “stone,” exploded silently within Sulu’s core consciousness. His senses were completely cut off! Only the thin membrane of the contract separated him from the sense of being squeezed by a tremendous force! Like a prisoner locked tightly in a living steel cage!
Right after!
A faint rustle of clothing, mixed with the crisp clatter of metal buckles, reached his highly compressed senses. That clenched hand (the cage) was moving… seemingly towards… her… side?
Then–
brush!
That hand, clenched into a fist, was tucked into the military-style carry-on pocket with an extremely smooth, ergonomic, and perfectly fluent movement… on her dark blue combat jacket… below the chest… with a slanted opening?!
Darkness! Absolute darkness! A message with the rough touch of tough cloth!
And the steady, powerful heat from her body, transmitted through her clothes, like the low hum of an engine…? And that powerful heartbeat… a subtle yet heavy, metallic vibration?!
That heartbeat and rhythmic beat… was incredibly clear! It was like the only background sound in his entire world at that moment!
He was stuffed into…Mikasa Ackerman’s breast pocket? !
Like a duty log… casually tucked into a security guard’s pocket? Or… a modified parts package… just approved for storage?!
A tremendous, absurdly cold chill, accompanied by an inescapable sense of absolute power, completely froze Su Lu’s remaining shreds of consciousness. The few tiny golden dust particles of life imprinted on the outer surface of the information membrane, surrounded by absolute darkness and the mechanical heartbeat, flickered like a candle in a gust of wind…
final……
Solidified within the fabric texture within the pocket, it became a dim, almost bleak speck of light, as if stained with inferior fluorescent paint… a tiny, dim spot? It couldn’t even illuminate itself.
He became part of the pocket of Mikasa Ackerman’s duty uniform.
A registered…D-class portable inert energy body.
A kit of raw materials for rebuild parts.
An item…belonging to the Chief of Security.
Chapter 14 Where is that boy? (Old version)
Absolute darkness.
Not a ray of light could penetrate this heavy fabric cage. Sulu’s presence was compressed into a stone form, tucked into Mikasa Ackerman’s breast pocket, clinging to the hidden pocket on the inside of her uniform. Every breath—if this highly compressed state could still be called a breath—carried the heavy smell of fiber and a cold blend of metal and leather.
Mikasa’s heartbeat.
This is the only clear existence in the darkness.
Stable, powerful, and operating as regularly as the piston of a precision steam engine.
Each beat was transmitted through the uniform fabric and pocket lining to Sulu’s stone form that was forcibly compressed by the contract, forming a strange rhythm with slight vibrations.
Boom. Boom. Boom.
The sound of her heartbeat was not as soft as that of an ordinary person, but instead had the hardness of some kind of metal forging, as if what was beating in her chest was not a flesh and blood organ, but a red-hot anvil that was constantly hammered into shape.
Sulu tried to move, but the contract’s suppression prevented him from even the most basic form change. He was just a consciousness trapped in the stone, forced to accept all the fragments of information transmitted from the outside world.
Footsteps.
Mikasa is walking.
It wasn’t just any ordinary pace, but rather the purposeful, singular rhythm of a soldier. Each step was precisely the same, and the force distribution upon landing was incredibly precise. The moment his boot soles touched the ground, Su Lu could feel a subtle vibration—not cement or tile, but more like some kind of metal grid floor?
Duty record, 14:37.
Mikasa’s voice suddenly boomed from above, eerily close. It wasn’t the volume of everyday conversation, but rather the muffled recording of a soliloquy. The sound waves pierced the fabric of the pocket, forming distinct ripples in Sulu’s compressed senses. There was no emotion in the voice, only a statement of pure fact: D-Class energy body contained. Status: Stable. Location: Standard left chest pocket.
Was she recording his status? The golden dots of light clinging to the outer information membrane of Sulu’s consciousness core flickered faintly. D-Class Energy Body—was that his official name in the system now? A registered item?
The footsteps continued.
The sounds outside began to grow more complex. In the distance, there were faint sounds of girls talking, laughing, and the hum of some kind of machinery. These sounds were filtered through the fabric of the pocket and became indistinct, but Sulu could sense that Mikasa was passing through a busy area—perhaps the central square of the campus?
Hello, President!
Good afternoon, President!
Suddenly, a series of clear greetings came from different directions, with a noticeable increase in volume and a clear sense of awe and worship. These voices penetrated the barrier of the pocket and formed a clear sound wave pattern in Sulu’s perception.
President?
Boa Hancock?
Sulu’s core of consciousness suddenly contracted. The student council president who ordered his physical annihilation? Mikasa paused. From the subtle shifts in her body angle, Sulu could sense she was performing some kind of formality—perhaps a standing attention salute?
“Duty report?” a voice called out. It wasn’t Hancock’s rumored arrogant tone, but rather an unexpectedly calm one, even a hint of fatigue.
Today’s South District patrol has been completed. Mikasa’s voice remains robotic. No unusual events: zero. One D-class item in storage. Registered.
There was a brief silence. Sulu could feel Mikasa’s body tense slightly—was it a state of alert? Or some subtle tension?
“Where’s that boy?” The president’s voice suddenly lowered, but Su Lu’s compressed perception captured it more clearly. Tsunade’s laboratory had submitted three applications requesting experimental materials.
Each word was like an icicle piercing the core of Sulu’s consciousness. Experimental material? They’re still looking for him! Tsunade wants to use him for experiments!
“No target found.” Mikasa answered without hesitation. According to surveillance footage, the target was last seen in an abandoned storage room in the West District before disappearing. It’s speculated that they may have left the school illegally.
Lies. Such clean lies. Sulu could almost imagine Mikasa’s expressionless face as she said this. Why would she protect him? He was clearly in her pocket right now!
“Hmph.” The president uttered a meaningful hum and continued his search. The source of the contamination must be eliminated. The principal had issued a deadline—tomorrow’s sunset. If it wasn’t found, a school-wide decontamination program would be initiated.
Purification process? What did that mean? Sulu felt an instinctive fear. That didn’t sound like a gentle measure at all.
“I understand.” Mikasa’s voice remained unchanged.
Footsteps echoed again, this time two people crossing paths. The Guild Master’s steps were light and graceful, while Mikasa’s were heavy and precise. Sulu could feel Mikasa’s body turn in another direction, continuing her patrol route.
The next moment was a blur. Mikasa seemed to be on some kind of routine patrol, stopping every once in a while to record something. Trapped in that dark pocket, Sulu could only piece together information from fragments of sound from the outside world:
The sound of the clock tower in the distance; the students’ whispers about the boy’s sudden disappearance; a teacher loudly reading the notice of preparation for campus purification; and Mikasa’s mechanically precise heartbeat, always present in the background.
After an unknown amount of time, Mikasa suddenly changed direction and entered a space with a distinctly different sound. The echoes became shorter, and the air was filled with the hum of electronic equipment and the smell of some kind of disinfectant—Security?
Identity Verification: Mikasa Ackerman. Clearance: Class A. A synthesized electronic voice chimed in, “Welcome back, Chief.”
The sound of a metal door sliding open. Mikasa took a few steps forward, and then—
A sudden burst of light pierced the darkness! The pocket was opened! Su Lu was grabbed by the hand wearing a tactical glove and exposed to the cold white light!
Visual information flooded in instantly! Although his contract-compressed perception made everything seem like looking through frosted glass, Su Lu could still barely discern this was a small, cramped room filled with surveillance screens. A secret room in the security department?
Mikasa’s face was close. Her always icy face now looked exceptionally pale under the light, a faint blue hue beneath her eyes—a sign of fatigue? Her eyes, still sharp as a knife, were fixed on the stone in her palm—on him.
Can you hear me? She suddenly spoke, her voice so low that it was barely a movement of her lips. If you could understand, the outer light would flicker once.
Su Lu was shocked. Was she communicating with him? Did she know he was conscious? Those few golden dots of light stuck to the outer information membrane—the fragments of his life mark—flickered violently and uncontrollably!
Once. A distinct flicker.
Mikasa’s eyes narrowed slightly, and she gave a barely perceptible nod. “Very good. You are now a registered D-Class energy entity, my duty item. The system deems you harmless.” She spoke rapidly, “Keep this state. Any abnormality will trigger the purification protocol.”
How much did she know? Sulu’s light flickered uneasily. Did she know he’d been contracted into this form? Did she know he could sense the outside world?
Mikasa suddenly placed the stone in front of a strange device on the table – it was a device with a ring-shaped scanning head and a groove in the center that was perfect for accommodating his current form.
Standard containment procedures. She spoke to the air, her fingers rapidly typing something on the device’s keyboard, beginning an energy body stability test.
The device hummed, and a flash of blue light swept across Sulu. But Mikasa’s hands were simultaneously doing something else—her fingertips tapping a complex rhythm on the edge of the keyboard. Morse code?
Drip-drip-drip-drip.
Su Lu suddenly understood. It was a routine matter, but in reality, she was communicating with him in code! The series of taps translated into: Safe Status.
The blue light scan concluded. The device spit out a small slip of paper. Mikasa glanced at it and blankly read out the results: Energy Body Stability: 98%. Compatibility: Excellent. Long-term containment in the current carrier is recommended.
Long-term containment? Sulu’s light was almost frozen. Did this mean he would remain in this stone form forever? Would he always exist as Mikasa’s duty item?
Mikasa’s hand lifted him up again. This time, there was a subtle difference in her grip—no longer a businesslike one, but a thoughtful, almost gentle one. Her thumb unconsciously rubbed the stone surface, brushing against the few faint golden dots.
A strange tactile sensation suddenly flooded Sulu’s consciousness—not through physical contact, but some deeper, energetic connection? In that instant, he seemed to penetrate the suppression of the contract and directly sense Mikasa’s energy field: powerful, sophisticated, like a web woven from countless sharp metal wires, but at its very core, there was a tiny, almost imperceptible crack?
A dark, sticky energy seeped from the cracks—the backlash of the contract? The minor damage Robin had mentioned?
The connection lasted less than a second before being severed. Mikasa seemed to sense something, and her brows furrowed slightly before returning to a stern expression.
Containment complete. She said to the surveillance camera somewhere in the room, stuffed Su Lu back into her breast pocket, and turned to the next stage of her duty.
Chapter 15 Mikasa’s bed sheet has red flowers [Please collect] (Old version)
Zongman: I am the only boy in the school, H is crazy: Chapter 15 Mikasa’s bed sheet has red flowers [Please collect] picture and text
Darkness fell again.
But this time, Sulu’s feeling was completely different. Mikasa knew he was conscious.
She was protecting him. And—that crack in the energy field—was she also being harmed by the contract?
Footsteps were heard.
Mikasa left the security room and returned to the campus. Sulu could feel that she was heading towards a certain place – her pace was a little faster than usual, and her heartbeat rhythm also had a subtle change?
Suddenly, a completely new voice interrupted.
A micro communicator that is not from the outside world but directly connected to the inside of the pocket?
“Duty Officer, this is the monitoring center.” A female voice said, “We’ve detected a 0.3% deviation in your heart rate. Are you experiencing any abnormalities?”
Can it even monitor heartbeat deviations?
Su Lu felt a chill. This school’s surveillance system was terrifyingly tight.
Negative. Mikasa’s voice came from above, vibrating the inner wall of the pocket. D-Class energy body adaptability test is underway. Physiological readings are within the expected fluctuation range.
Received. Please continue mission. Communications severed.
Mikasa’s footsteps suddenly changed direction and she entered a space where all sounds were clearly isolated—an elevator?
Su Lu could feel a slight sense of weightlessness, and then a downward movement.
When the elevator stopped and Mikasa stepped out, the ambient sound changed completely.
In the distance there was the roar of large machinery running and the gurgling sound of some liquid flowing.
There was also a strange, metallic, damp feeling in the air.
Verification passed. Another electronic voice sounded, “Sub-basement Level 3: Technical Processing Area.” Warning: No entry for those below Level A clearance.
Underground technical processing area?
Su Lu became nervous. Why did Mikasa bring him here?
Footsteps echoed down the metal corridor, finally stopping in front of a door.
Mikasa could clearly hear the sound of keys entering the password. The door opened, she walked in, and then –
Bang!
There was the sound of a door being slammed shut, followed by the hum of some kind of electronic jammer being activated.
“Safe.” Mikasa’s voice suddenly relaxed. She took Su Lu out of her pocket and placed it on a metal table. The surveillance cameras here undergo a routine three-minute maintenance every night. “That’s all the time we have.”
We? Su Lu’s light flashed wildly.
Is Mikasa really on his side?
Under the light, Mikasa’s face looked particularly tired.
She took off one of her gloves, revealing a hand covered in tiny scars—those scars were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye, but new wounds were also constantly appearing.
The contract backfired. She explained briefly, her eyes fixed on the light spot on the stone. “You are the same, just in a different form.”
Her fingers lightly touched the surface of the stone, just covering the few spots of light.
A strange energy began to flow again, this time stronger than before.
Su Lu’s consciousness suddenly received a series of fragmented images:
—Mikasa stood in the center of a huge contract formation, signing some kind of agreement with a blank expression;
——Boa Hancock sneered and embedded a black crystal into Mikasa’s chest;
—Robin was typing something into a terminal nearby, his eyes flickering with strange data streams;
——And…in Tsunade’s laboratory, there are rows of specimens immersed in unknown liquids, with similar energy characteristics to Sulu?
The screen cuts off.
Mikasa’s breathing quickened slightly, and she retracted her fingers: The energy connection can’t last too long. It will be detected.
Su Lu’s light spot flickered rapidly.
He had so many questions: What did those images mean? Why was he being shown these? What were those specimens in Tsunade’s lab?
“Listen.” Mikasa lowered her voice. “You are now a D-Class energy entity, my duty asset. This is the only identity that will keep you alive. But the system performs a deep scan every night. If it detects any signs of conscious activity…” She didn’t finish, but her meaning was clear.
The light dimmed.
So even in this form, he’s still not safe?
Mikasa suddenly pulled out a small metal box from her waist. When she opened it, she found several stones inside that also emitted a faint energy – but the light from those stones was a lifeless grey, without any signs of life.
Standard D-class energy body. She explained briefly, “Take cover. You need to temporarily shut down your consciousness during the scan and blend in.”
She wanted to mix him with those unconscious energy bodies? Su Lu’s light spot fluctuated violently.
What if he shuts down his consciousness and can’t wake up again?
Mikasa seemed to understand his fear.
Her finger touched the light spot again, and this time it conveyed only a simple message: trust.
A sharp alarm suddenly sounded!
Warning! Unauthorized energy fluctuations detected! Area lockdown activated! An electronic synthesized voice echoed throughout the space.
Mikasa’s reaction was astonishingly fast.
Su Lu felt dizzy and then was stuffed back into the familiar pocket.
Mikasa’s heartbeat quickened, but her voice remained eerily calm: “Duty Officer Mikasa Ackerman, conducting nighttime equipment inspection. Clearance code: Alpha-Tango-7-9-0.”
There was a silence.
Then an electronic voice responded: “Verification passed. Abnormal energy reading detected. Please cooperate with verification.”
Energy reading source: D-Class energy sample carried on duty. Mikasa’s voice was steady. Stability testing in progress. Report automatically uploaded to the central system.
A longer silence.
Sulu could feel Mikasa’s body tensed like a bow, ready for the worst at any moment.
Verification completed. The electronic voice finally announced that the warning was lifted. Reminder: Deep scan will begin promptly at 23:00. All D-class energy bodies must enter a dormant state.
“Understood,” Mikasa replied briefly.
Footsteps sounded again, this time leaving quickly. The elevator felt slightly weightless as it ascended.
Then there was another long walk, and finally they stopped in a new space – the smell here had Mikasa’s personal characteristics: cold metal, leather care oil and some very light pine scent.
Her dormitory?
Su Lu was taken out and placed on a simple metal rack.
It was a small but tidy single room, with the walls covered with various duty equipment and training schedules.
Mikasa stood in front of him, taking off her duty jacket, revealing the tight black vest underneath – her weapon was upright, and the muscles of her arms were like finely sculpted steel, but the tiny cracks had spread to her elbows.
Before 11 PM, she stared directly at the stone. “You must enter complete hibernation. Otherwise, the scan will reveal problems.”
There was a rare hint of tension in her voice. Could she control it?
Su Lu’s light flickered for a moment – affirmative.
He doesn’t know how, but he’ll try.
Mikasa nodded, then did something astonishing—she lifted the stone and gently pressed it against her forehead for a moment, an almost reverent gesture.
Live on. She said, her voice almost inaudible, “You are the only variable.”
He was then placed in a small metal box, surrounded by samples of inanimate D-Class energy entities.
At the last moment before the lid of the box was closed, Su Lu saw that Mikasa’s face looked extremely tired and determined under the dim desk lamp.
But this time, Su Lu knew he was not completely alone.
23:00 sharp.
A deep scan begins.
Sulu forced his consciousness to sink to the deepest depths, imitating the state of the lifeless stones around him. In the last moment before completely shutting down, a question flashed through his mind:
Why did Mikasa say he was the only variable?
Mikasa, sleeping naked on the bed.
Su Lu’s consciousness became restless, and he finally jumped out of the box and went into the bed.
Mikasa slept soundly.
She had a dream about a strong man.
Under the cherry trees.
The cherry blossoms fall one by one.
She was as white as snow, wrapping him like a white cloud.
Banging against the closed door.
The door opened, and there was a waterfall, grass, and little red flowers.
After midnight.
Mikasa found the stone on the bed and red flowers on the sheets, and she knew it was not a dream, but real.
She was angry.
He picked up a stone and threw it out of the window.
Chapter 16: Being thrown away [Collect] (Old version)
Wake up in the middle of the night.
Sanli recalled the scenes in her dream.
A broken picture. Blurred and unclear, with the distorted texture unique to dreams:
——Mikasa stood on a blood-red training ground, the claws of the three-dimensional mobile device in her hand deeply embedded in the ground;
—A vague figure (was it him?) stood opposite her, his posture strangely contorted;
——The chains of the contract stretched out from the void and wrapped around Mikasa’s arms, leaving bloody marks deep enough to see the bones;
——The blurry figure suddenly pounced on her, and the moment it touched her, the contract chain made a sound of breaking under the heavy weight!
The dream suddenly switched:
-Mikasa was pressed into a pure white space, and the figure (now it was clearer, it was indeed him!) covered her in an extremely intimate posture;
—Her expression was no longer her usual stern one, but a mixture of anger, shame, and some indescribable confusion;
—The chains of the contract are crumbling, and the fragments are falling like black snowflakes;
——She suddenly raised her hand and pushed the figure (him!) away!
Sulu’s consciousness was forcibly pulled back to reality—if this state could still be called reality. Did Mikasa turn over in her sleep? Or did she do something else? The metal box was knocked to the ground with a crisp thud!
The lid of the box was suddenly opened! Under the glaring light.
Mikasa’s face appeared above—but her eyes were wrong. Not the sharp, cold look of waking life, but a lingering confusion and anger from dreams.
Her breathing was heavy, beads of sweat covered her forehead, and the arm that had been hit by the backlash of the contract was twitching uncontrollably.
Dirty…filthy… She squeezed out the word from between her teeth, her voice so hoarse that it didn’t sound like her own.
The next second, her hand—the hand with scars and cracks of black energy—grabbed the stone (him!) from the metal box and, without the slightest hesitation, threw it at the dormitory window with all her might!
The sound of shattering glass was as piercing as an explosion in the silent night.
Su Lu felt dizzy, and his stone form drew an arc in the air, passing through the cold night wind and falling into the unknown darkness.
Falling. A long fall.
puff.
There was a soft, muffled sound. The stone had landed on some soft surface? Grass? No, it felt more delicate… like… cloth?
Huh?
A female voice, as soft as a feather, sounded from a very close distance. There was surprise and curiosity in her voice, and the tone was so soft, as if she was afraid of disturbing anything.
Su Lu’s light dots flickered violently due to this sudden change. Although his stone form restricted most of his perception, those few golden dots of light could still capture some vague information:
——Under the moonlight, a pair of almost transparent white hands carefully held him up;
—The lavender, crystal-clear eyes stared at him closely;
—And that faint body fragrance, with the scent of cherry blossoms and herbs…
Hinata! Hyuga Hinata!
What a beautiful stone… She murmured softly, her fingertips gently stroking the surface of the stone, just brushing against those few spots of light, which would glow…
The unexpected touch suddenly brightened Sulu’s light for a moment. Hinata seemed to notice this change, her eyes slightly widened in surprise, and then she smiled shyly.
“Do you like being touched?” she whispered, her voice filled with childlike innocence. “Like this?”
Her fingertips gently brushed the stone again, this time searching more deliberately for the bright spots. When she touched them, Sulu felt a strange flow of energy—unlike Mikasa’s sharp energy field, Hinata’s energy was warm and gentle, like a spring stream.
How interesting… Hinata held the stone up to the moonlight and observed it carefully. It looked like fragments of a star…
She glanced around, as if to make sure no one had noticed. Above the dormitory building, Mikasa’s window remained wide open, but there was no other movement. Shards of glass lay scattered at Hinata’s feet, gleaming dangerously in the moonlight.
I can’t leave you here… Hinata whispered to herself, carefully holding the stone in her palm, someone would step on it.
She turned lightly, her white nightgown fluttering slightly in the night breeze, like a veil woven by moonlight. Su Lu could feel her moving – crossing the quiet campus path, climbing the stairs of the dormitory building, and finally stopping in front of a door.
There was the sound of a key turning. The door opened, and a warm smell filled the room—a mixture of light incense, clean sheets, and a certain sweet, peculiar smell of a girl’s boudoir.
I’m back… Hinata whispered, even though there was obviously no one else in the room, look what I found?
The lights in the room flickered on. Sulu’s light shrank slightly at the sudden brightness, then gradually adjusted. Hinata’s dorm was much cozier than Mikasa’s—lavender wallpaper, a neatly arranged desk, and a row of small succulents on the windowsill. Several soft pillows piled on the bed, one even featuring a chibi-style portrait of Uzumaki Naruto?
Where should I put you… Hinata tilted her head in thought, her cheeks flushed slightly with excitement. She looked around the room, and finally her eyes fell on the small shelf at the head of the bed – there were several exquisite small boxes there, which seemed to be used to store jewelry.
She walked over and carefully opened one of the empty boxes. Inside was a soft purple velvet. “Is this okay?” she asked, not really expecting an answer. “It’s very soft, won’t bump into you.”
Sulu’s light flickered—he couldn’t help it, but Hinata seemed to take it as a response. She smiled happily and gently placed the stone in the box, adjusting it so he could see into the room.
“Good night, little star,” she whispered, running her fingers over the stone surface one last time. “See you tomorrow.”
The lights were off. Moonlight streamed in through the gaps in the curtains, casting mottled shadows in the box. Sulu could hear Hinata’s gentle movement as she climbed into bed, followed by the rustling of the quilt. Soon, her breathing became even and long—she fell asleep.
Su Lu’s light flickered faintly in the darkness. From Mikasa’s dorm to Hinata’s bedside, this dramatic shift was hard for him to process. Why had Mikasa suddenly thrown him out the window in her dream? What did that dream mean? And now, he was in the hands of the shyest girl in school. What would happen next?
More importantly, the deep scan is complete, but the system could detect anomalies at any moment. How will Mikasa react when she wakes up? And how will Hinata react to this glowing stone?
The moonlight shifted, shining on the stone. The few golden dots absorbed the faint light energy, seeming to shine brighter than before. Sulu felt that the contract’s suppression had indeed loosened at night—though not enough to allow him to regain his form, his perception seemed to have increased.
He looked at Hinata, who was sound asleep. Under the moonlight, her face was as pure as a child’s, her long silver-blue hair spread across the pillow like a flowing galaxy. Who could have imagined that this girl, who blushed even when speaking in the daytime, would be so natural in her conversation with a stone, even bringing it back to her bedroom?
Suddenly, Hinata turned over gently in her sleep, and one hand unconsciously stretched out the quilt, pointing to the small box at the head of the bed. Her lips moved slightly, as if she was saying something, but no sound came out.
Sulu’s light focused on her. A strange feeling came to his mind—Hinata’s energy field had become unusually active in her sleep, and… it had an inexplicable resonance with his? Like two waves of different frequencies suddenly syncing up at a certain point?
Between Hinata’s eyebrows, the Hyuga family seal, usually hidden by her bangs, lit up for a moment in the moonlight! It wasn’t just a reflection, but an extremely faint blue light that shone from within!
At the same time, Sulu’s golden light spots flashed violently and uncontrollably! An unprecedented energy flow was established between the two – not the cold suppression of the contract, nor the sharp connection of Mikasa, but some kind of more… primitive resonance?
Hinata’s eyelashes fluttered slightly, but she didn’t wake up. The mark between her eyebrows flickered a few times before gradually returning to normal. The energy connection also weakened, until only a faint aftertaste remained.
Sulu’s light gradually calmed, but deep within his consciousness, a turbulent wave had already begun to stir. What did this resonance mean? Why did Hinata’s Hyuga family mark react to his presence? What secrets did this seemingly shy and fragile girl hide?
Outside the window, the moon was temporarily obscured by passing clouds, plunging the room into a deeper darkness. Sulu’s light also dimmed, entering a state of alert dormancy. Tomorrow, when Hinata woke, a new chapter would begin—and what would Mikasa, the warrior who had treated him as a variable and then abandoned him, do?
In the last clear moment of consciousness, Sulu’s light spot captured a subtle detail: under Hinata’s pillow, a corner of paper was exposed – there seemed to be some kind of complex formation diagram drawn on it? There was also a line of small words next to it, but the light was too dim to recognize.
Only the first few words were faintly discernible: Contract Breaking…
Chapter 17 Good Morning, Little Star (Old Version)
The morning light was as sweet as honey, seeping into the room through the gauze curtains and casting a mottled halo on Hinata’s dressing table.
Su Lu’s light spots sensed the change in light and gradually awakened from their alert hibernation. The few golden light spots flickered faintly, like the fading morning stars.
Um……
A soft moan came from the bed.
Hinata turned over, her long silver-blue hair spread out on the pillow like a flowing galaxy, and the two rabbits shook.
Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she slowly opened her lavender eyes – so clear that they could reflect the entire world.
Good morning, little star. She whispered to the air, her voice still sweet with sleepiness.
Then, as if remembering something, he suddenly propped himself up, his eyes searching for something anxiously.
Hinata breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the stone in the small box beside the bed, her lips curled up unconsciously. She reached out and gently picked up the box, her movements as careful as if she were handling a rare treasure.
You are still here. She whispered to the stone, her fingertips touching the spots of light. Last night was not a dream.
Sulu’s light flickered slightly at the touch. Hinata’s eyes lit up immediately, like a child discovering a new world. She held the stone closer, her nose almost touching the surface.
Can you really understand me? She asked in a low voice, her voice full of unconcealed excitement, flickering once for yes, twice for no, okay?
The light flickered.
Hinata covered her mouth, her cheeks flushed with excitement. “Oh my God!” she whispered, almost whispering, “I knew you weren’t just any stone!” She suddenly glanced warily at the closed door, her voice lowered even further: “Are you… a magical creature? Or a cursed prince?”
The light hesitated and flashed twice – no.
“Not a prince…” Hinata muttered in disappointment, then cheered up again. “Then where did you come from? Were you left there?”
Hinata’s expression softened instantly, with a look of heartache: Poor little thing… She gently stroked the surface of the stone, it’s okay, I will protect you in the future.
Protect? Sulu’s light flickered slightly. This girl, who looked like she could be blown down by a gust of wind, said she wanted to protect him? But a warm feeling still rose uncontrollably in the depths of his consciousness – this was the first time someone had spoken to him in such a tone since he turned to stone.
Suddenly, footsteps were heard outside the door. Hinata sat up straight like a frightened deer and quickly hid the stone in her pajamas pocket. She hurriedly made the bed, and just as she finished, there was a light knock on the door.
Hinata-san? Are you up yet? A gentle female voice called out, “Breakfast time is almost here.”
“Right away!” Hinata stammered, her cheeks flushing even more red from her earlier panic. She glanced down at the stone in her pocket, gestured for silence, and quickly began to change her clothes.
Su Lu’s light immediately dimmed – although he was just a stone now, basic etiquette still made him choose to avoid it. The darkness in his pocket gave him room to think.
Hinata’s innocence and kindness surprised him, but what concerned him more was the brief moment of resonance they had last night. Why did the Hyuga family mark react to him? And what was that piece of paper under his pillow that said “Broken Contract”?
“Okay, let’s go have breakfast.” Hinata’s voice came from above. She had already changed into her school uniform – the Sakura Butterfly Academy girls’ uniform looked particularly pure on her, and the bow at the collar swayed gently with her movements.
She carefully transferred the stone from her pajama pocket to her uniform pocket, considerately placing a soft handkerchief under it.
It might shake a little, so bear with it, she whispered, as if the stone itself were actually feeling discomfort.
Su Lu’s light flickered in response. This feeling of being treated tenderly was so strange, yet strangely familiar. In the old world, who would consider the feelings of a stone so carefully?
The sounds of girls laughing and chatting could already be heard in the corridor. Hinata took a deep breath, straightened her back – this action made her look about a centimeter taller – and opened the door.
Good morning! She greeted the students passing by, her voice a little louder than usual, as if to cheer herself up.
Ah, Hinata-san! A lively girl with twin pigtails came bounding over. “You look so good today! Did you sleep well last night?”
Very, very good! Hinata nodded, her fingers unconsciously touching her pocket to confirm the safety of the stone.
I heard there was a big commotion in the security department last night. The girl with twin ponytails lowered her voice and said, “Captain Mikasa seemed to have lost something important. The entire South District was turned upside down!”
Sulu’s light suddenly shrank. Mikasa was looking for him! Was it because of that dream, or because the contract’s surveillance had detected something unusual?
Really? Hinata’s voice was slightly nervous. What did she lose?
Who knows, it’s probably just something for duty. Twintails shrugged, but it was rare that Captain Mikasa, who was as perfect as a robot, would actually lose something…
They walked and chatted until they soon reached the dining hall. The Sakura Butterfly Academy dining hall was spacious and bright, with a large floor-to-ceiling window overlooking a forest of cherry blossoms in full bloom. The girls sat in groups of three or four, and the air was filled with the sweet aroma of bread and jam.
Hinata took the plate, hesitated for a moment, and chose a corner seat by the window – there was plenty of light but few people here, which made it convenient for her to secretly observe the stone in her pocket.
“Do you want something to eat?” she asked quietly, then realized her silly question and blushed all the way to her ears. “Ah, what am I talking about? How can a stone eat?”
The light flickered twice, as if laughing at her.
Hinata smiled too, her eyes curved into crescents. She carefully rolled up a mouthful of scrambled eggs with her fork, then suddenly thought: Oh, right, what should I call you? I can’t just keep calling you Stone, can I?
The light stopped for a moment. Su Lu hesitated. Should he tell her his true identity? Would this innocent girl believe that he was the only boy wanted by the entire school?
At that moment, there was a sudden commotion at the restaurant entrance. The girls were whispering to each other, and some even gasped.
Hinata turned her head and the fork in her hand fell onto the plate with a clang.
Mikasa Ackerman stood in the doorway.
She was dressed in her full duty uniform, the metal parts of her three-dimensional maneuvering device gleaming coldly in the morning light. Her hawk-like eyes scanned every corner of the restaurant, finally stopping at Hinata’s area.
Sulu’s light spot instantly tensed. Even through the fabric of his pocket, he could feel that familiar, tangible pressure. Mikasa was looking for him! And she might have already locked onto Hinata in some way!
Hinata’s fingers clenched the napkin tightly, her knuckles turning white. But surprisingly, she didn’t look away, instead she raised her chin slightly to meet Mikasa’s gaze – this small act of defiance was already extremely bold for her.
Mikasa walked over, the sound of her boots clacking against the marble floor like the drumbeat of judgment. The girls around her automatically made way for her, whispers rising and falling.
Hinata Hyuga. Mikasa stood in front of the table, her voice as cold as iron. “Where were you at 23:17 last night?”
I, I’m in the dormitory. Hinata’s voice was soft but clear. The lights were already turned off at that time.
Someone saw you appear in the cherry blossom forest below the dormitory. Mikasa’s eyes were like knives. What did you pick up?
Hinata’s body trembled slightly, but her hands remained firmly placed above her pockets, like a small barrier. I-I just couldn’t sleep, so I went out for a walk. I-I didn’t pick up anything special…
Mikasa’s eyes narrowed slightly. She suddenly leaned forward, hands on the table, and approached Hinata: “Lie.” The word seemed to be squeezed out from between teeth. You know the consequences of concealing duty items.
The restaurant was completely silent. All the girls held their breath, watching this unequal confrontation. Hinata’s face was as pale as paper, but her back remained straight.
I, I really don’t know what you are talking about, Captain Mikasa. She said softly but firmly, “If I find anything important, I will definitely hand it over to the security department.”
Mikasa’s pupils constricted. She seemed surprised that this girl, who normally stuttered, would dare to lie to her face. The air between them seemed to freeze, tense enough to spark.
Oh my, are you bullying my students so early in the morning, Captain Mikasa?
A lazy yet sharp voice interrupted. Robin appeared behind Mikasa without her noticing, holding a steaming cup of coffee in her hand, with that unchanging formulaic smile on her face.
History Department morning reading time is about to begin, Hinata-san. She looked at Hinata with a meaningful look, “Have you prepared your report on ‘The Evolution of Ancient Contracts’?”
Hinata stood up as if she had been pardoned. “Ready, ready! I’ll be right there!” She bowed hastily to Mikasa, grabbed her bag, and was about to leave.
Mikasa’s hand shot out like lightning and grabbed Hinata’s wrist: Wait——
Captain Mikasa. Robin’s voice suddenly dropped a few degrees, carrying a certain undeniable authority. “Security has no right to detain students without evidence.” “Need I remind you of Article 1 of the Sakura Butterfly Student Bill of Rights?”
Mikasa’s fingers tightened slightly, and Sulu could feel Hinata’s pulse beating wildly under her fingertips. But eventually, she loosened her grip.
I’ll find it. She whispered, her eyes lingering for a second on Hinata’s pocket, wherever it was hidden.
Hinata practically ran away. Only after she rushed into the history classroom and closed the door did she lean against the wall, breathing heavily, beads of sweat oozing from her forehead.
No, it’s okay… She stroked the stone in her pocket, as if to comfort it and herself, we are safe…
But Su Lu’s light knew this wasn’t over. Mikasa’s eyes told him—she knew. That dream, that impulse to throw him out the window, and now this almost obsessive pursuit, were not accidental.
The contract is influencing her behavior. And the piece of paper under Hinata’s pillow may be the key to unlocking all this.
The history classroom was strangely quiet. Robin stood at the podium, fiddling with an antique fountain pen, her eyes shifting thoughtfully between Hinata and her pocket.
Today we are going to discuss, she suddenly said, her voice soft but with a force that could not be ignored, the loopholes and variables in the contract.
The pen spun around between her fingers, and the tip of the pen flashed a cold light in the sunlight.
And, how to use them.
Chapter 18 Hiding in the Basement (Old Version)
The tip of Robin’s fountain pen drew a cold arc in the sunlight, like some obscure signal. The classroom was so quiet that one could hear the sound of falling cherry blossoms outside the window. Hinata sat in the second-to-last row, her fingers unconsciously stroking the stone in her pocket, her breathing so light she could barely hear it.
“The loopholes and variables in the contract,” Robin repeated, her eyes sweeping across the twenty or so girls in the audience, finally stopping at Hinata’s slightly reddened ear. “Who can tell me what the most dangerous variable in the contract is?”
A girl wearing glasses raised her hand: “It’s an unregistered anomalous individual, teacher. For example, the stray cat that sneaked into the campus last week and triggered the decontamination procedure of Garden No. 3.”
Correct, but not comprehensive. Robin tapped her pen lightly against the podium. The more dangerous variables were those that had been registered by the system but had acquired abnormal properties due to some error. Her voice paused subtly, like—
The pen suddenly pointed to the specimen cabinet in the corner of the classroom. There was a transparent container filled with some strange blue crystals.
——Experimental sample No. 047, which was labeled as a D-class inert energy body but retained complete consciousness.
Hinata’s body trembled violently. Sulu’s light flashed violently in her pocket.
Did Robin know? How did she find out? More importantly—what was this Experimental Sample 047 she was talking about? Were there others like him?
In today’s practical class, Robin put down his pen and took out an antique wooden box from under the podium. We will analyze three historical cases. Hinata-san.
Hinata, who was called, jumped as if she had been electrocuted: Yes, yes!
Please come to the front and help me open this box. Robin’s tone was calm as usual, but there was an elusive light in his eyes. Your Hyuga bloodline should be able to sense the seal on it.
A small murmur of surprise echoed through the classroom. Hyuga bloodline? Seal? These words weren’t often heard in the daily curriculum at Sakura Butterfly Academy. Hinata’s face paled instantly, her fingers clutching the hem of her clothes. But she didn’t refuse. Instead, she took a deep breath and slowly stood up.
Sulu could feel her heartbeat through the fabric of her pocket, as rapid as a frightened deer.
As Hinata walked towards the podium, Robin’s eyes were always fixed on her pocket – to be exact, on the stone in her pocket.
Don’t be afraid. When Hinata walked to the side of the podium, Robin said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, I know what it is. I won’t hurt it.
Hinata’s pupils suddenly contracted. Her lips trembled as if she wanted to say something, but in the end, she simply reached out her hand silently and pressed it against the strange pattern on the wooden box’s surface. It was a complex pattern with a small, eye-shaped groove in the center.
The Hyuga blood can unlock most ancient seals, Robin instructed softly, only a single drop is needed.
Hinata hesitated for a moment, then finally bit the tip of her index finger. A drop of bright red blood oozed out and dripped into the groove.
The wooden box resonated softly, and the lines on its surface gradually lit up with blue light. With a soft click, the lid slowly opened.
Inside are three stones of different shapes.
The first piece is dark red, and its surface is covered with honeycomb-like holes, as if it has been corroded by some strong acid; the second piece is a translucent light green crystal, and there seems to be a wisp of floating smoke sealed inside; the third piece is pure black, smooth as a mirror, but strangely does not reflect any light.
In Case 1, Robin donned gloves and carefully removed the red stone. Three years prior, a girl had been transformed into a fire elemental crystal in an experimental accident. The system determined her to be a Class D energy body, but she retained some emotional memories.
She placed the stone on a specially designed display stand and adjusted the lighting angle. Under the strong light, a faint red light could be seen flowing inside the stone.
Three months later, the stone, unnoticed, burned down half the chemistry lab. Robin’s voice was eerily calm. The reason? She’d overheard her crush’s plans for a date with someone else.
The classroom erupted in uproar. Hinata’s hands unconsciously covered her pockets, as if protecting the stone inside from such a horrible fate.
Case 2. Robin picked up the green crystal. Two years ago, the swimming club member, transformed into a normal water elemental carrier, retained her full consciousness and could even communicate with the outside world through water vibrations.
She shook the crystal gently, and the smoke inside danced, forming a vague pattern – a human face twisted in pain.
She disguised herself as unconscious during the system scan, but attempted to escape through the water system late at night. The result? Robin placed the crystal, triggering a high-pressure purification process, and dissolved in the sewer pipe.
A chill swept through the classroom. Su Lu’s light flickered violently at these terrifying precedents. Is this the consequence of being discovered? Being labeled a D-class energy entity by the system while retaining consciousness?
Robin’s hand reached for the third black stone: As for this one—
Suddenly, the classroom door was pushed open!
All eyes turned to the door.
Mikasa Ackerman stood there, the metal parts of her three-dimensional mobile device gleaming coldly in the sunlight.
Her gaze pierced the podium like a sharp sword, accurately locking onto Hinata and the open box.
Teacher Robin. Her voice was like the grinding of an iceberg. The principal urgently summoned her. Regarding the incident of the missing energy body last night.
Robin calmly placed the black stone back into the box without a pause. “What a shame! Looks like the case study will be delayed.” She turned to Hinata. “Please help me get the box back to the podium. We’ll continue next class.”
Hinata hurriedly closed the lid of the box and, under Robin’s meaningful gaze, pushed the wooden box back under the podium. As she turned to leave, Robin suddenly leaned over and whispered in her ear:
There’s an error in the seventh line of the diagram under the pillow. The ancient Hyuga family characters and modern runes cannot be mixed.
Hinata froze in place, as if struck by lightning. But Robin had already straightened up and walked towards Mikasa with a smile: “Lead the way, Captain Mikasa. I hope the principal didn’t wait too long.”
Mikasa took one last look around the classroom, her eyes lingering on Hinata’s pocket for a second before turning and leaving.
The classroom suddenly exploded with the girls talking about this sudden interruption.
Hinata! A girl with a ponytail ran over and asked, “Are you okay?” She looked so pale!
I, I’m fine… Hinata forced a smile, but her hands were tightly pressed on her pockets. She was just a little dizzy…
Do you want to go to the infirmary?
No, no need! Hinata shook her head in panic, I’ll just go back to the dormitory and rest for a while!
She rushed out of the classroom almost as if escaping, jogging all the way back to the dormitory, and after locking the door, she leaned limply against it, gasping for breath.
Her hand trembled as she reached into her pocket, carefully took out the stone, and held it in her palm.
She, she knows… Hinata’s voice was filled with tears. Teacher Robin knows that you are not an ordinary stone… and Captain Mikasa… what should we do?
Sulu’s light flickered, but he couldn’t offer a valid response. Too much information swirled in his mind: those failed cases, Robin’s suggestive hints, and the blueprint under his pillow… What exactly was Hinata planning? Why did Robin know about the blueprint?
Hinata suddenly stood up, walked quickly to the bedside, and pulled out a folded parchment from under her pillow. She placed the stone next to the paper and carefully unfolded the drawing.
It was an extremely complex magic circle, with an eye-shaped pattern similar to the one on the wooden box at its center, surrounded by dense ancient characters and runes. Hinata Juanxiu’s notes were also written on the edge of the diagram, recording various formulas and trial dates.
The seventh line… Hinata’s fingers trembled as she drew a line of runes. Teacher Robin said this was wrong…
Sulu’s light focused on the line of runes. Even if he didn’t understand this kind of magical text, he could see that this line was out of tune with the overall style – rougher, more modern, like a patch added later.
Hinata suddenly gasped: “I understand! This is not ancient Hyuga language, this is…” Her voice was so low that it was almost inaudible. This is the monitoring rune of the Security Department!
She flipped the drawing over and examined it carefully under the light. Faint traces of ink were visible in the fibers of the parchment—marks made with a special ink.
They are watching me… Hinata’s face turned pale. This drawing has been scanned…
Sulu’s light flickered wildly. What did this mean? Did the security department know Hinata was researching contract cracking? Was Robin’s hint a friendly warning, or another form of probing?
Hinata suddenly crumpled up the blueprint and stuffed it deep into her desk drawer. Her hands were shaking, but her eyes were surprisingly firm: “It’s okay… I remember all the runes… I can redraw it…”
She turned to the stone and gently stroked the light spots: You, you understand what I say, right? You are not an ordinary energy body… You are… She bit her lip. You are the missing boy, right?
The light stopped for a moment, then flickered – yes.
Hinata’s eyes widened and tears welled up in her eyes: I, I should have thought of it earlier… The only boy in the school suddenly disappeared, and then I picked up the glowing stone… She wiped her eyes with the back of her hand, what’s your name?
The light spot couldn’t answer this question. Hinata seemed to realize it too. She thought for a moment, then suddenly took a notebook from the bookshelf and flipped to a blank page.
I, I read the letters, and you flash and stop at the corresponding letter, okay? She suggested, A…B…C…
Just like that, after nearly half an hour of difficult communication, Hinata finally spelled out his name:
SULU…Sulu?
The light flickered excitedly. Hinata’s face broke into a smile, but it was quickly replaced by worry: Sulu-san… y-how did you become like this?
This question was too complex to answer with a single flicker. Sulu’s light dimmed. Hinata seemed to understand. She sighed softly: “It’s okay… We’ll find a way.”
She suddenly stood up, took out a small cloth bag from the depths of the closet, and poured out a few strange stones and herbs: I, I have been studying the secrets of the contract… The ancient books of the Hyuga family mentioned similar situations…
She placed the stone in the center of a small silver plate, surrounded it with the materials, and began to chant an ancient spell in a low voice. As she chanted, the materials gradually emitted a faint fluorescence, forming a halo around the stone.
Su Lu suddenly felt the contract’s suppression loosen a little! The golden dots of light became brighter, and he could even slightly change the distribution of the light dots on the stone’s surface, forming a simple pattern!
It worked! Hinata exclaimed in surprise, but then her face changed – the fluorescent light suddenly turned a dangerous red, and the material began to smoke!
She immediately stopped chanting and frantically extinguished the small flame. When the smoke cleared, Sulu’s light returned to its original dim state.
I’m sorry! Hinata bit her lip in frustration, I, I made a mistake on a syllable…
The light flickered twice, indicating that it was okay. Hinata’s eyes turned red: “But, but we have to hurry… Captain Mikasa and Teacher Robin are already suspicious… If the principal knew…
Before she finished speaking, a shrill alarm suddenly sounded outside the window! Then the campus broadcast:
Emergency Notice! The entire school is now on Level 1 Alert! All students must return to their dormitories and await further instructions! I repeat, this is not a drill!
Hinata rushed to the window and lifted a corner of the curtain. The scene outside made her gasp—dozens of girls in special uniforms were deployed throughout the campus, holding strange devices that seemed to be scanning something.
And in the distance, on the rooftop of the administrative building, a familiar tall figure stood there, his long sea-blue hair dancing wildly in the wind.
Boa Hancock.
In her hand, she held a ball that flashed a dangerous red light, and her eyes scanned the entire campus with a sharp gaze.
Energy tracking… Hinata’s voice trembled. They are looking for you…
Sulu’s light nearly extinguished in fear. Hancock herself? The Empress who could petrify people with a single glance? If she were discovered hiding here with Hinata…
Hinata suddenly turned around and quickly packed up all the suspicious items. Finally, she hid the stone in a small cloth bag embroidered with the Hyuga family crest, hung it around her neck, and stuffed it into her collar.
I, I know a place… She said firmly that there is a barrier left by the Hyuga family that can block energy detection.
She took a deep breath, opened the dormitory door, and cautiously looked in. The corridor was empty, and all the students had returned to their rooms as instructed.
Hinata tiptoed out of the dormitory, down the fire escape, and finally came to an old wooden door marked “Equipment Room – No Entry.” She took a hairpin from her bun and gently turned it in the keyhole.
The door opened, revealing a small room filled with cleaning supplies. Hinata locked the door and moved a few mop buckets aside, revealing a barely perceptible crack in the floor. She traced a complex symbol along the crack with her finger.
The floorboards slid open silently, revealing a flight of stone steps leading down.
The secret passage left behind when the Hyuga family participated in the construction of this school… Hinata explained in a low voice that it leads to the basement of the old school building.
She carefully stepped onto the stone steps, and the floor quietly closed behind her. Darkness enveloped everything, and only the faint light emitted by the stone in the cloth bag illuminated Hinata’s pale face.
Don’t be afraid… She seemed to be saying to Su Lu, or comforting herself, we will be fine…
The stone steps seemed to have no end, going down, down, deep into the darkest and most secret place of Sakura Butterfly Academy.
Chapter 19 Stone turns back into man and turns back into stone (old version)
Darkness, like thick ink, engulfed Hinata and Sulu. Stone steps stretched beneath their feet, seemingly leading to the very core of the earth. Hinata’s fingers clutched the cloth bag at her chest. Sulu’s light shone faintly through the fabric, illuminating a small area just in front of her nose.
The ancestors of the Hyuga family… Hinata’s voice trembled in the darkness. When they participated in the construction of this school, they left some secret passages.
Her footsteps echoed in the narrow corridor, and she took each step carefully, fearing that it would trigger some ancient mechanism. Sulu could feel her heartbeat through the bag, as rapid as a frightened rabbit.
This place should be able to block energy detection… Hinata explained in a low voice that the core of the barrier is just below the old school building.
The stone steps finally came to an end. Hinata’s hands groped along the damp wall, searching for something. Suddenly, her fingers touched a raised brick.
Found it! She cheered softly and pressed down harder.
Click——
A secret door slid open silently, revealing a spacious underground space. The air was filled with the scent of mold and some kind of herb, mixed with a faint odor of rust. Hinata stepped inside, and the door behind her automatically closed, completely isolating them from the outside world.
Su Lu’s light became brighter due to the sudden opening. Hinata took him out of the bag and held him in her palm. Under the weak light, the outline of this underground space gradually became clear.
It was a circular stone chamber, approximately ten meters in diameter, its walls covered in ancient runes and murals. In the center sat a low stone platform, upon which sat a bronze sundial, its hands rusted and broken. Dust-covered wooden boxes and pottery jars were stacked in the corners.
This is… Hinata’s voice was filled with awe, the secret altar of the Hyuga family.
She walked slowly towards the central stone platform, her fingers gently stroking the mottled carvings: ancient books recorded that this was where the ancestors studied soul transfer and form transformation.
Soul transfer? Form transformation? Su Lu’s light flickered violently at these words. Could this be the reason why the girls at Sakura Butterfly Academy suddenly turned into objects?
Hinata seemed to understand his question and nodded slightly: Yes…the school’s contract power may come from some ancient technology here.
She carefully placed the stone in the groove in the center of the stone platform—and the shape fit perfectly! As the stone was placed in, the lines along the edge of the groove glowed faintly with a blue light, but quickly faded.
Not enough energy… Hinata bit her lip and thought, she needed more…
Her eyes swept around and suddenly fell on an unremarkable bronze box in the corner. Carved on the box was an eye pattern—exactly the same mark on Robin’s wooden box!
Hinata walked over quickly and lifted the box with great effort. The dust kicked up, causing her to sneeze slightly. When she opened the box, she saw twelve crystals of various colors neatly arranged inside, each emitting a faint glow.
Elemental Resonance Stones! She whispered in surprise. Ancient texts mentioned that these could amplify soul energy!
She carefully removed three crystals—red, blue, and green—and arranged them around the stone platform in a triangle. Then she knelt before it, folded her hands, and began to whisper an ancient spell.
As the spell progressed, the three crystals gradually lit up, their light flowing like liquid toward the central stone. Sulu felt a surge of warm energy, the contract’s suppression loosening! His light grew brighter, nearly piercing the stone’s shell!
Hold on… Fine beads of sweat oozed from Hinata’s forehead, but her voice was firm. I could feel… the chains of the contract loosening…
Suddenly, the stone chamber shook violently! Dust fell from above, and the runes on the wall lit up blood-red one after another! Some ancient defense mechanism was triggered!
Oh no! Hinata screamed, someone is interfering with the barrier from outside!
The shaking became more and more intense, and a piece of rubble fell from the ceiling, almost hitting Hinata. She hurriedly grabbed the stone and crystal and rushed to a small door on the other side of the stone chamber.
This way! Quick!
Behind the door was a narrow tunnel. Hinata bent down and entered. The stone chamber behind her had begun to collapse! She ran desperately, her panting echoing in the tunnel. Sulu’s light flickered in her clenched hands, trying to give her a little comfort.
At the end of the tunnel was a stone wall. Hinata desperately slapped the wall, searching for a possible mechanism. As the sound of collapse behind her grew closer, her palm accidentally pressed against a slightly concave stone brick.
The wall rotated and threw her into another space!
Hinata fell heavily to the ground, and the stone in her hand rolled aside. She ignored the pain and immediately crawled over to pick it up again.
Is everything alright? she asked anxiously, checking the stone for damage.
A light flickered, signaling safety. Hinata breathed a sigh of relief and looked around. It was a smaller stone chamber, with a clear pool in the center. The water was as calm as a mirror and emitted a faint blue light. More runes were engraved on the walls, but the patterns here were older, some even blurred.
This is… Hinata’s voice was filled with awe. The Fountain of Souls? The sacred pool mentioned in ancient texts that could reflect one’s true form?
She approached the pool cautiously and gently placed the stone on the stone platform at the edge. Ripples began to form on the water, but strangely, there was no wind to stir them.
Legend has it that if you place the transformed object into the pool, it can temporarily return to its original form… Hinata’s voice trembled with excitement. Do you want to try it?
Su Lu’s light flashed wildly – yes! This was his chance to regain his human form!
Hinata took a deep breath, picked up the stone in both hands, and slowly dipped it into the pool water.
Instantly, the entire pool erupted in a dazzling blue light! The water surface churned and boiled, and the intense energy fluctuations caused the entire stone chamber to tremble! Hinata was knocked to the ground by the shockwave, but she still stared at the direction of the pool—
In the blue light, a vague human outline is taking shape!
Water splashed everywhere, and a naked young man stood up from the pool, staggering and kneeling at the edge. His black hair was wet and stuck to his forehead, his chest was heaving violently, and his eyes were full of disbelief and shock.
I… I’ve recovered? Su Lu’s voice was hoarse, as if he hadn’t used it for a long time.
Hinata’s face instantly turned red like a ripe apple. She turned around hurriedly: Su, Sulu classmate! Are you okay?
Su Lu then realized his condition and immediately curled up: S-sorry! Is there any clothes I can wear?
Hinata frantically dug out a gray cloth robe from an old wooden box in the corner of the stone room – perhaps it was left by an ancient priest. She closed her eyes and handed the robe back.
Thank you, thank you. Sulu took the robe and quickly put it on. The fabric was rough but clean, barely enough to cover his body. I, I can do it.
Hinata then turned around cautiously, but still didn’t dare look directly at Sulu, staring at the ground evasively: This, this is only temporary… Ancient books say that the effect of the Soul Spring can only last for a short time…
Su Lu looked down at his hands—real, warm, human hands. He tried to move his fingers, feeling the touch of every inch of skin. This simple freedom, at that moment, was so precious that it made him want to cry.
Hinata-san, he said solemnly, “Thank you. If it weren’t for you, I might have been a stone forever.”
Hinata’s face turned even redder, and she twisted the corner of her clothes nervously: I, I just did what I should do…
Suddenly, the light in the pool began to fade, and the water surface returned to calm. Su Lu felt a strong dizziness, and his fingers began to become transparent!
No! It’s time! Hinata screamed in horror.
Sulu stumbled, trying to grab something, but his body had already begun to transform into light again: Hinata! If I turn into stone again—
He didn’t finish his words. In a flash of blinding blue light, his body shrank and deformed again, eventually transforming back into the stone with the luminous spot, tumbling to the edge of the pool.
Hinata immediately picked it up, tears welling up in her eyes: “Sulu-san? Are you okay?”
The light flickered faintly in response, but it was noticeably dimmer than before, as if this brief recovery had consumed a great deal of energy.
We have to find a way to prolong this effect… Hinata wiped away the tears from her eyes and carefully put the stone away. There must be more clues in the ancient books…
Just as she was about to look for an exit, the walls of the stone chamber suddenly shook again! This time, the vibrations were mixed with the sound of some kind of machinery running—it wasn’t a natural collapse, but someone was forcibly breaking through the barrier!
They found this place! Hinata’s face turned pale instantly. It must be the energy fluctuation that exposed the location!
She looked around frantically and found a narrow staircase leading up to the other side of the stone chamber. Without thinking too much, she grabbed the stone and rushed to the stairs, climbing up two steps at a time.
At the end of the stairs was a rusty iron door. Hinata pushed it open with all her might, and dazzling sunlight instantly poured in—they had arrived at an abandoned pavilion in the hills behind the school! The pavilion looked like an ordinary landscape structure, but it turned out to be the exit to a secret passage!
As Hinata stepped out of the pavilion, she heard hurried footsteps and shouting in the distance:
The source of energy fluctuations is in the back mountain!
Block all exits!
Lord Hancock personally ordered that the energy body be found at all costs!
Hinata’s heartbeat was nearly pounding. She looked around and saw the densely wooded hills behind her, which might offer a temporary hiding place. She gritted her teeth and rushed into the woods.
The branches scratched her uniform and skin, but she ignored the pain and knew she had to run, the farther the better. Sulu’s light flickered faintly in the bag, as if cheering her on.
Suddenly, a figure appeared in the woods ahead! Hinata almost screamed, but then she recognized the familiar figure—
Robin.
She stood under an old cherry tree, her back to Hinata, as if she had anticipated her arrival.
Luo, Teacher Robin… Hinata’s voice trembled and her steps stopped involuntarily.
Robin turned around slowly, still with that elusive smile on his face: The secret passage of the Hyuga family is indeed well-deserved of its reputation.
Her eyes fell on the bag Hinata was clutching. What was the effect of the Soul Spring? Brief but impressive, wasn’t it?
Hinata’s blood almost froze: You, you know…
I know much more than you think, Hinata-san. Robin took a step forward. For example, I know that the stone is the missing boy Su Lu. I know you are researching ways to break the contract. I also know –
Her voice suddenly dropped: – Captain Mikasa is on her way, and the backlash of her contract has made it impossible for her to fully control her actions.
As if to confirm her words, the unique metal friction sound of the three-dimensional mobile device came from the distance, getting closer and closer!
Are you going to hand us over to them? Hinata’s voice was filled with despair.
A mysterious smile played at the corner of Robin’s mouth. “If I were going to do that, I wouldn’t be waiting for you here.” She suddenly pulled out a small bottle from her bosom. It contained a bright blue liquid. “Tears of Memory,” she said. “It can temporarily block the contract’s tracking.”
Hinata took the bottle hesitantly: Why, why are you helping me?
Everyone has secrets, Hinata-san. Robin’s gaze grew long and profound, including mine. She suddenly turned. “Now hurry up and follow the stream down to the back wall of the old school building. There’s a drainage pipe there, big enough for you to get out.”
The sound of the 3D Maneuvering Gear was already approaching! Hinata no longer hesitated, bowed deeply to Robin, and then ran in the direction she indicated.
Robin stood there, watching Hinata disappear into the woods. When Mikasa appeared on the other side, she calmly went to meet her.
Captain Mikasa, her voice back to its usual calm, completed the search on the east side, nothing found.
Mikasa’s eyes were sharp as a knife: “Why are you here?” The surveillance shows that you should be in the administration building.
The principal asked me to check the barrier nodes in the back mountain. Robin remained calm, saying that the energy fluctuations might have damaged the protection.
Mikasa’s eyes flashed with suspicion, but she didn’t say anything more. She just coldly ordered: “Continue searching. That energy body can’t just disappear out of thin air.”
Of course. Robin nodded slightly and watched Mikasa leave. Her eyes drifted towards the direction where Hinata disappeared again, and she whispered to herself:
The variables have been activated. Let’s see how long this rotten system can hold up.
Meanwhile, Hinata had found the drainage pipe Robin had mentioned. She crouched down inside the damp, dark pipe, groping her way forward in the darkness. Sulu’s light flickered faintly but steadily in her palm, like a flame of hope in the darkness.
We will escape, Su Lu-san. She promised softly, her voice echoing through the pipes. I promise.
Chapter 20: Escape from Sakura Butterfly Academy (Old Version)
I’m the only boy in the school, H is crazy: Chapter 20 Escape from Sakura Butterfly Academy
The darkness of the sewer pipe, like a physical entity, squeezed Hinata’s every breath. Her knees ached against the rough concrete, and her uniform, soaked with seeping sewage, clung to her skin. But her hand remained tightly clasped around the bag on her chest, where Sulu—the stone with a faint glow—was held.
Almost there… Hinata encouraged herself quietly, her fingers groping forward on the wet tube wall.
Finally, a glimmer of light appeared ahead. Hinata sped up her pace until her fingers touched the metal fence of the pipe. Through the gap in the fence, she saw the outside world—a wasteland overgrown with weeds, and in the distance, the old school wall. Beyond the wall was freedom.
Great! She was so excited that she reached out to push the fence.
Not moving at all.
Hinata’s heart sank. She pushed with all her might, but the fence creaked desperately, showing no sign of budge. The rusted iron railings, corroded by years of rain and moisture, were still strong enough to hold back a petite girl.
No, no… Hinata’s voice was tinged with tears, and her fingers scratched at the fence in vain. Behind her, in the distance, footsteps and shouts could be heard – the pursuers were approaching.
At this moment, the stone in the bag suddenly flashed violently! Su Lu’s light spot tried its best to send a signal, pointing to a corner on the right side of the fence.
Hinata followed the instructions and spotted a crack in the concrete wall. The edges were jagged, as if struck by something. She immediately crawled over and dug at the crack with her fingers. The damp concrete was softer than she’d imagined, and she quickly carved a small hole.
Enough, big enough! She was ecstatic, carefully stuffed the bag through the hole, and then began to squeeze out herself.
Concrete fragments at the edge of the crack scraped her uniform, leaving a few bloody marks on her arms. But Hinata gritted her teeth, endured the pain, and inched out. When her shoulder finally passed through the hole, she lost her balance and fell heavily to the grass outside.
Pain… Hinata curled up, but quickly forced herself to get up. She checked the bag and confirmed that the stone was safe, then immediately crouched and ran towards the wall.
The wall was taller than expected, and its surface was smooth with no support. Hinata looked around anxiously and found a crooked tree not far away, its branches leaning towards the top of the wall.
From, from where can I climb over… She muttered to herself and was about to run towards the tree when suddenly –
Dark follower, you finally escaped the cultists’ pursuit!
A clear yet dramatic voice sounded from behind. Hinata was so frightened that she almost screamed. She turned around and saw a petite girl standing in the weeds.
The girl had long purple hair, an exaggerated eyepatch on her right eye, and a modified uniform with metal ornaments of unknown significance adorning the hem of her skirt. Her left eye shone with a strange light, and in her hand she held a long, peculiarly shaped black umbrella, pointing it at Hinata with an exaggerated gesture.
Rikka Takanashi.
Sakura Chou Academy is a well-known middle school student with second-year syndrome. He is obsessed with his own fantasy world all day long and claims to be looking for a strange girl with an invisible boundary.
“K-Kato-san…” Hinata’s voice trembled, and she subconsciously hid the bag behind her. “Why are you here?”
Rikka lowered her voice mysteriously: “I foresaw this happening! When the Shadow Council launched Project Destruction, I sensed the distortion of time and space!” She suddenly leaned in, her eyepatch almost touching Hinata’s face. “And you, heir of the Hyuga family, fleeing here with the star fragments, is fate!”
Hinata’s heart nearly stopped. Star fragments? Did Rikka know about the stones?
I, I don’t know what you’re talking about… Hinata took a step back, her back against the cold wall.
Rika smiled mysteriously and suddenly pulled out a strange device from her bosom—an instrument that looked like it was made from a scrap radio and a few cans.
“The Fel Detector doesn’t lie!” she declared solemnly, pressing a button on the device. After a shrill cacophony, several LED lights on the device began to flash wildly, pointing directly at the bag in Hinata’s hand. “Look! The energy fluctuations of the star fragments are resonating with the barrier!”
Hinata’s face paled. Rikka’s toy could actually detect Sulu’s presence? How was that even possible?
The stone in the bag suddenly flickered again, as if trying to convey something. Hinata summoned up the courage to ask, “K-Kid, what are the star fragments you’re talking about?”
A soul crystal from another world! Liuhua opened her hands and made an exaggerated gesture of embracing the sky. She was imprisoned here by evil forces. Only through the Key of Eternity can her true power be released!
She suddenly lowered her voice, her expression unusually serious. “Hinata-san, I know what that was. Last night, I saw the whole thing through the Evil King’s True Eyes—Captain Mikasa threw some kind of luminous object out the window, and you picked it up.”
Hinata’s breathing almost stopped. Rikka really saw it! This seemingly crazy girl actually witnessed everything!
I, I… Hinata’s lips trembled, not knowing how to respond.
Liuhua suddenly grabbed her hand. “There’s no time! The Shadow Council’s pursuers are approaching!” She pointed into the distance—there were indeed several figures searching the edge of the wasteland. We must activate the teleportation array immediately!
Before Hinata could react, Rikka had already dragged her towards the crooked tree. She pulled a roll of chalk from her skirt and deftly began to draw a complex magic circle on the ground. While most of the pattern looked like it was copied from an anime, Hinata was surprised to find a few genuine ancient runes interspersed among them.
T-These symbols… Hinata’s eyes widened.
From page 666 of the Dark Magic Book! Rikka proudly announced, pulling out various strange little objects from her pockets—a raven feather, a few colored glass beads, a rusty gear—and placing them at the key points of the magic circle.
The stone in the bag suddenly flickered violently, the light almost penetrating the fabric. Su Lu seemed to have a strong reaction to Liuhua’s arrangement.
Look! The star fragments sensed the ritual! Rikka exclaimed excitedly, taking Hinata’s hand. “Now, place the fragments at the center of the formation, and let’s chant the spell together!”
Hinata hesitated. This seemed ridiculous. How could a chalk magic circle drawn by a middle school girl with a second-year syndrome really help Sulu? But the footsteps of the pursuers were getting closer, and she had no other choice.
Ok, alright… Hinata tremblingly took the stone out of the bag and carefully placed it in the center of the magic circle.
Rikka solemnly raised her long black umbrella: “In the name of the Evil King’s True Eyes, summon the power of chaos!” She began to chant a spell that mixed lines from anime and her own language.
Hinata closed her eyes in despair and began to chant the incantation. But the moment she opened her mouth, a strange impulse made her change her words—she chanted an ancient incantation recorded in the ancient books of the Hyuga family!
A miracle happened.
Several correct runes on the magic circle suddenly lit up blue! Surprised, Rikka paused her spell, stunned by the scene before her. The small objects she had haphazardly placed began to vibrate, raven feathers moving without wind, and swirling patterns appeared within the glass beads.
The most amazing thing was that the stone in the center began to float, and the light flickered rhythmically like breathing, becoming brighter and brighter!
Hinata-san! Rikka’s eyes widened. You, you really can do magic?!
Hinata herself was stunned, but instinct drove her to continue chanting the ancient spell. As the spell progressed, the light from the stone began to spread, forming a cocoon of light that enveloped the entire magic circle.
A scream came from the distance: “Over there! There’s an unusual energy reaction on the back wall!”
The pursuers discovered them.
There’s no time! Rikka suddenly recovered from her shock, she grabbed Hinata’s hand and said, “Complete the ceremony quickly!”
Hinata chanted the incantation faster and louder. Within the cocoon of light, the stone began to change shape, stretching and twisting, gradually forming a vague humanoid outline!
He, he’s recovering! Hinata exclaimed in surprise.
But at that moment, a dark shadow flew over from a distance! It was the grappling claw of the 3D Maneuvering Gear! Mikasa Ackerman dropped from the sky like the Grim Reaper, charging straight at the magic circle!
No! Rikka screamed and dove into Mikasa’s flight path. The two of them collided heavily and rolled to the ground.
The magic circle’s cocoon of light began to flicker unsteadily. Hinata’s spell was interrupted, and she looked in horror at the impending collapse of the ritual and the approaching pursuers.
“Student Sulu!” she cried desperately.
The blurry figure in the light cocoon seemed to hear her call and stretched out a translucent hand. Hinata grabbed that hand desperately –
boom!
A blinding white light burst out, and everyone was knocked over by the shockwave. When Hinata opened her eyes again, the magic circle had disappeared without a trace, and in her hand—
Holding a warm human hand.
Sulu knelt before her, completely naked, but in human form! His eyes widened in shock, his lips trembling as if he wanted to say something.
But the recovery only lasted a few seconds. His body began to glow again, becoming transparent, and transformed back into the stone that fell into Hinata’s palm.
No! Hinata shouted desperately.
Hinata! Run! Rikka’s voice came. She had already broken free from Mikasa’s grasp and was pointing towards the wall. I’ll hold them back! Use that!
Hinata then noticed that the explosion had created a gap in the wall! Without even thinking, she grabbed a stone and rushed towards the gap.
Behind her came Mikasa’s roar and Rikka’s exaggerated shouts of dark magic. Hinata didn’t dare to look back, and ran desperately, passing through the gap in the wall and rushing into the outside world.
free.
She did it. She escaped from Sakura Butterfly Academy with Su Lu.
But at what cost? What will become of Rikka? What does that brief recovery mean? And where to go next?
Hinata’s pace slowed down, tears blurring her vision. She looked down at the stone in her hand, the light flickering faintly but firmly, as if telling her: no matter what, they are together.
In the distance, the setting sun cast a blood-red glow over the road of escape. Hinata wiped away her tears, carefully put the stone away, and walked towards the unknown.
Chapter 21 Nezuko’s Plan (Old Version)
Chapter 21: Nezuko’s Plan (with pictures and text)
The afterglow of the setting sun painted the escape route with a layer of blood, and Hinata’s footsteps gradually slowed down on the deserted path.
Sweat soaked her uniform, and her silver-blue hair stuck to her pale cheeks.
She leaned against an old locust tree, panting, and with trembling fingers she took out the small cloth bag containing stones from her collar.
I, we escaped… she whispered, her voice trembling with disbelief.
The light in the bag flickered slightly, as if responding to her. Hinata raised a tired smile, but it was quickly replaced by worry.
She looked around—this was a wasteland area outside the hill behind the school, overgrown with weeds, and in the distance she could see the outlines of several houses. It was getting dark, and she had to find a place to stay for the night.
First, find a safe place… Hinata muttered to herself, hid the bag again, and was about to move on –
Hmm…
A soft whimper came from the bushes behind him.
Hinata froze and slowly turned around. The bushes rustled, and a petite figure staggered to its feet.
Nezuko-san?! Hinata’s eyes widened.
Emerging from the bushes was Nezuko, a first-year student at Sakura Chou Academy.
She wore a shortened uniform skirt, her long pink hair tied into two cute buns, and she held a bamboo tube in her mouth – this was her signature ghost class representative look. It was said that because of some special physical condition, she often appeared and disappeared on campus, and was nicknamed “ghost” by the students.
At this moment, Nezuko’s big pink eyes were staring straight at Hinata, or more precisely, at the place on her chest where the stone was hidden.
“Hmm! Hmm!” Nezuko suddenly became excited, pointing at Hinata’s chest and making indistinct sounds.
Why are you here? Hinata subconsciously took a step back. Is the school looking for you?
Nezuko shook her head, then suddenly took out a small piece of paper from her pocket, with the words “Abnormal energy detected, brought back as ordered” written on it crookedly.
Hinata’s heart almost stopped.
On orders? On whose orders? Was Nezuko here to arrest them too?
Before she could react, Nezuko had already rushed forward and grabbed Hinata’s wrist! Her strength was amazing, not at all like her petite appearance.
No, no! Hinata struggled, but Nezuko’s hand was as firm as an iron clamp.
“Hmm!” Nezuko shook her head seriously, and with her other hand she pulled out a strange device from behind her back. It looked like some kind of energy tracker, which was now flashing red light like crazy, pointing directly at the cloth bag on Hinata’s chest.
It’s over. I’ve been discovered.
Hinata’s tears welled up, but she suddenly remembered something that Rikka had stuffed in her before leaving – it was a small cloth bag that looked like an amulet.
This, this is… Hinata took advantage of Nezuko’s inattention and reached into her pocket with her other hand.
Nezuko suddenly let go of her wrist and reached for the bag! At this critical moment, Hinata suddenly took out the amulet and slapped Nezuko in the face!
A burst of pungent chili powder exploded from the amulet, and Nezuko’s eyes were instantly irritated to the point of tears streaming down her face.
She let go of Hinata, covered her face, and squatted down, whimpering in pain.
I’m sorry! Hinata apologized in panic, but her instinct to escape drove her to turn and run.
She stumbled through the bushes, her heart pounding like a drum. Behind her, she heard Nezuko’s angry grunts and hurried footsteps—she was chasing her!
Hinata’s physical strength has reached its limit, and her breathing is as heavy as pulling a bellows.
She knew she couldn’t hold on for much longer. Just then, a stream appeared before her, with a rickety wooden bridge across it.
Cross, cross the bridge… Hinata gritted her teeth and rushed onto the wooden bridge, but just when she ran to the middle of the bridge——
Snap!
The dilapidated bridge plank broke! Hinata screamed and fell! She instinctively protected the cloth bag on her chest. At the last moment before falling into the stream, she saw Nezuko standing on the shore with a look of triumph on her face.
The cold stream water instantly drowned her.
The water was rushing, and it was rolling over and over. Hinata struggled desperately, but the force of the water was too strong.
Her head hit a protruding rock hard, and her vision went black…
In her blurred consciousness, she felt someone grab her arm and pull her out of the water…
When Hinata opened her eyes again, the blinding white light made her close them immediately. Her head ached, her throat burned, and every muscle in her body protested.
Wake up, wake up? A familiar voice came.
Hinata turned her head with difficulty and saw the white ceiling of the infirmary and Nezuko standing beside the bed.
The pink-haired girl was soaked, but she had a victorious smile on her face, and the small bamboo tube in her mouth swayed gently with her breathing.
Wow! She proudly held up a piece of paper: [Successfully captured the fugitive].
Hinata’s heart sank. She had failed.
Got caught and brought back.
Where’s Su Lu? She reached for her chest in fear—the bag was gone!
Looking for this? A cold voice came from the door.
Mikasa Ackerman stood there, holding the cloth bag embroidered with the Hyuga family crest in her hand.
Her uniform was also wet, obviously she had participated in the rescue – or capture.
3. Captain Mikasa… Hinata’s voice was trembling.
Mikasa didn’t respond, but strode to the bed and turned the bag over – the stones inside rolled onto the white sheets, and the light flickered faintly.
Explain. Mikasa’s voice was like the arctic wind.
Hinata’s lips trembled, but she couldn’t utter a word.
How could she explain it? That this was a boy who had been turned to stone? That they had tried to escape the school? That Rikka’s magic circle had briefly restored him to human form?
No, no… She could only shake her head weakly.
Mikasa’s eyes grew sharper. She reached out, picked up the stone, and gently spun it between her fingers. “The principal has ordered that all abnormal energy bodies must be turned over to the Security Department for unified processing.”
Deal with it? The word almost made Hinata’s blood freeze.
She knew what that meant – the specimens soaking in Tsunade’s lab came to mind.
No! She suddenly jumped up from the bed and tried to grab the stone back, but Mikasa dodged it easily.
“Hyuga Hinata,” Mikasa said, her voice emotionless. “You’ve violated school rule 17: carrying an unregistered energy object. The penalty is three days of confinement, plus mandatory cleaning service.”
She turned to Nezuko and said, “Take her to the detention room. I will deal with this energy body myself.”
Nezuko nodded and reached out to pull Hinata. Hinata looked at the stone in Mikasa’s hand in despair. The light flickered faintly, as if saying goodbye to her.
At this moment, the campus radio suddenly sounded:
Urgent Notice! All on-duty personnel must assemble immediately in the Administration Building! I repeat, all on-duty personnel must assemble immediately in the Administration Building!
Mikasa’s brow furrowed. She hesitated, then tucked the stone into her pocket. “We’ll deal with it later.” Nezuko, follow orders.
After saying that, she strode out of the health room.
Hinata slumped on the bed, tears streaming silently. She had failed.
Su Lu will be dealt with, and she can’t do anything…
Nezuko handed her a tissue and then another note: [Stop crying and come with me].
Hinata followed Nezuko out of the infirmary with a blank expression. The hallway was deserted; it looked as if all the students had been summoned somewhere. This was strange; usually, such emergency gatherings wouldn’t include ordinary students.
Nezuko led her through several corridors, but did not go to the confinement room. Instead, she turned to a remote garden – the school’s famous Jingsi Garden, which was rarely visited.
“Hmm!” Nezuko suddenly stopped and pointed to a pavilion deep in the garden.
Hinata looked at her in confusion: No, not going to the confinement room?
Nezuko smiled mysteriously, then took out a new note from her pocket: [Captain Mikasa is too rigid. I let you go].
Hinata’s eyes widened: You, you want to let me go? Why?
Nezuko wrote again: [That stone, it is very special. I can feel it. It should not be destroyed.]She suddenly reached into her pocket and pulled something out—the cloth bag embroidered with the Hyuga family crest! Hinata looked at it in shock: But, but Captain Mikasa wasn’t…
Nezuko shook her head proudly and wrote: [Switch. She took an ordinary stone. I’m giving this back to you.]Hinata took the bag tremblingly and opened it carefully – the stones inside were safe and sound, and the light spots were flashing happily as they saw the light of day again!
Thank you! Hinata was so excited that she almost hugged Nezuko, but the pink-haired girl took a step back and shook her head seriously.
She added: “But I can’t take you out of the school. The barrier has been strengthened. You must hide it and wait for the opportunity.”
Hide? Hinata looked around. Jingsi Garden was indeed a secluded place, but hiding Sulu here was too dangerous. If the gardeners or patrolling security guards found him…
Nezuko seemed to see her concerns and wrote: [It’s not hidden here. It’s hidden with someone. Someone who won’t arouse suspicion.]She pointed to the distance—a girl was sitting alone on a garden bench, reading a book. The sunlight filtered through the leaves, casting dappled shadows on her short blond hair.
That was Reiko Akimoto, the secretary of the student council and an excellent student known for her rigor and low-key attitude.
“Akimoto-san?” Hinata asked in confusion. “But will she help us?”
Nezuko smiled mysteriously and wrote, “She doesn’t know she’s helping. Put the stone where she can find it. She likes collecting pretty stones and will bring it back to the dorm.”
Hinata hesitated.
Is it really okay to use Akimoto like this? But right now, there seems to be no better choice. At least, hiding with Akimoto is much safer than being dealt with by Mikasa.
Ok, alright… Hinata finally nodded.
Nezuko patted her shoulder and wrote: [Now, I have to send you to the detention room. Otherwise, you will be suspected. See you in three days.]Hinata took a deep breath, took one last look at the stone in the bag, and then quietly walked towards where Akimoto Reiko was. When she passed a bush, she pretended to trip and took the opportunity to drop the bag on the grass within Akimoto’s sight.
Ah! She made a deliberate sound to attract Akimoto’s attention.
Hinata-san? Akimoto closed the book and walked over with concern. Are you okay?
No, nothing! Hinata waved her hands frantically, she just stumbled…
Akimoto helped her up, and his eyes were immediately attracted by the cloth bag on the grass: Is this yours?
No, no! Hinata quickly shook her head. I, I should go to the detention room! Nezuko-san is waiting for me!
With that, she walked away quickly, her heart pounding. Had the plan worked? Would Akimoto pick up the bag?
Akimoto’s voice came from behind: Huh? What is this?
Hinata didn’t dare look back and followed Nezuko out of the garden. As she turned the corner, she took one last peek—Akimoto had already picked up the bag and was curiously opening it.
Hmm! Nezuko nodded with satisfaction and pushed Hinata forward.
The solitary confinement room was in the basement of the administration building. It was dark and damp, with only a hard bed and a simple toilet. After Hinata was pushed in, the door slammed shut behind her, and the click of the lock tongue was like the sound of a hammer in judgment.
She slid to the ground, tears welling up again. Is Su Lu safe now? How will Qiu Ben treat him? If she just put the stone on the shelf as an ordinary collection, it would be fine, but what if she found something unusual in it…
Hinata curled up on the hard bed, exhaustion and fear finally overwhelmed her. In the last moment before she fell into sleep, she seemed to see a light of stone flickering in the distance, as if telling her: Hang in there, I’ll wait for you.
Three days.
She only had to make it through three days of confinement.
Then, no matter what, she would find Sulu and continue their escape.
In the sunset of Jingsi Garden, Akimoto Reiko was holding the beautiful glowing stone, a satisfied smile on her face. She carefully placed it in her schoolbag and hummed a song as she walked towards the dormitory building.
Chapter 22: Stone Hits Liuhuatou (Old Version)
Chapter 22: The Stone Hits the Six Flower Head
Reiko Akimoto’s dormitory is a typical top student style – a tidy desk, books arranged by color, and a schedule accurate to the minute hanging on the head of the bed.
She hummed a little tune as she placed her schoolbag on the chair and carefully took out the cloth bag embroidered with the Hyuga family crest.
“What beautiful embroidery!” she murmured, her fingertips tracing the delicate Hyuga clan crest. As she untied the string, a faint light leaked through the cracks in the bag, illuminating her light brown pupils.
This is… Akimoto gasped, staring at the softly glowing stone in his palm. The light flickered rhythmically, like breathing, casting flickering shadows in the dimly lit bedroom.
As the student council secretary, Akimoto was well aware of school rule 17: carrying unregistered energy bodies was a serious violation. But at that moment, an inexplicable attraction prevented her from turning the beautiful stone over to security.
“Just keep it for now,” she muttered to herself, placing the stone on the small dish beside her pillow. The light seemed to flicker faster, as if responding to her.
Akimoto followed her schedule, completing evening self-study, washing, and stretching before bed. When she finally turned off the lights and lay down, the stone became the only source of light in the room. She gazed at it sideways, and before she knew it, she fell asleep…
The dream begins as a blur of colors and sounds.
Gradually, the scene became clearer—she was standing in a grove of cherry blossoms, petals falling like snow. In the distance, a blurry figure was walking toward her.
“Who are you?” Akimoto heard himself ask.
The figure drew closer, finally stopping in front of her. It was a boy she had never seen before, with long black hair and eyes that shone like the stone beside her pillow. He was wearing an unfamiliar uniform, his tie hanging loosely, and a faint smile played at the corners of his mouth.
My name is Su Lu. The boy said, thank you for picking me up.
Akimoto felt dizzy. The dream was too real—she could smell the cherry blossoms, feel the breeze against her cheeks, even hear her own racing heartbeat.
Su Lu… She repeated the name, and a sense of familiarity came over her. Have we met before?
The boy—Sulu shook his head and took a step forward. They were so close that they could feel each other’s breath. Akimoto found that he couldn’t retreat, nor did he want to retreat.
Haven’t we seen it now? Su Lu said with a smile, reaching out to brush away the cherry blossom petals that had fallen on her shoulder. His fingertips brushed against her neck, causing a shudder.
The dream suddenly shifted, and they were standing on the school rooftop. Su Lu leaned against the railing, the setting sun gilding his silhouette. Akimoto found himself unconsciously walking toward him.
She heard herself say Article 17 of the school rules that carrying unregistered energy bodies without permission is a violation of discipline.
Su Lu smiled: So are you going to hand me over, top student?
This name made Qiu Ben’s heart tremble. She had never allowed anyone to call her that, but at this moment she felt an inexplicable sweetness.
I… She was about to answer when Su Lu suddenly leaned forward and put his mouth close to hers.
Hmm!
Akimoto suddenly opened his eyes. It was already daylight. Sunlight shone through the gaps in the curtains, and the stone beside his pillow still emitted a faint glow.
She sat up, her cheeks burning and her heart beating abnormally fast.
What a strange dream… She muttered to herself, reaching out to touch the stone. The moment her fingertips touched, fragments of last night’s dream came flooding back like a tide—the encounter in the cherry blossom forest, the conversation on the rooftop, and the unfinished dream that was about to happen…
“Ah!” Akimoto screamed, pulling her hand back as if burned. Her face flushed crimson, her breathing quickened. As the strict student union secretary, she had never had such a… such an ambiguous dream.
This is not right! She jumped out of bed, grabbed the stone and was about to put it in the drawer, but stopped at the last moment. Some irresistible urge made her look at the light in her palm again.
The frequency of the light flashing was miraculously synchronized with her heartbeat.
No, this is too weird! Qiu Ben shook her head violently, as if to get rid of those inappropriate thoughts. She walked quickly to the window and pushed it open——
It’s better to throw this kind of thing away!
She threw the stone out of the window with all her might and watched it fall in a glowing arc toward the bushes below.
Ouch! That hurts!
A familiar cry of pain echoed from downstairs. Akimoto’s eyes widened—it was Rikka’s voice! She hurried out the window and saw Takanashi Rikka squatting by the bushes, her eyepatch tilted to one side, the glowing stone tumbling to her feet.
“Rikka-san?” Akimoto stammered, “Are you okay?”
Liuhua raised her head, her single eye flashing with shock and ecstasy: This, this is… Sulu-kun? !
She grabbed the stone, shaking with excitement: I finally found it! Did that idiot Hinata lose Sulu-kun?
Akimoto’s heart skipped a beat. Su Lu? The same name as the boy in his dream? No, impossible…
“Rikka-san, do you recognize this… stone?” she asked tentatively.
Liuhua smiled mysteriously and hugged the stone tightly to her chest: “Of course! This is the most important contractor of our Evil King’s True Eye!”
She suddenly lowered her voice: Akimoto-san, you didn’t tell anyone that you picked up Sulu-kun, right?
Akimoto shook his head subconsciously: No, no…
Great! Rikka breathed a sigh of relief. If Team Leader Mikasa or Teacher Tsunade found out, Sulu-kun would be finished!
She turned around and was about to run, but Qiu Ben hurriedly shouted: Wait! That…Sulu, what exactly is it?
Rika stopped and turned back with a mysterious smile: He is not something, who is he – the only boy in the school.
After saying that, she ran away quickly with the stone in her arms, leaving Akimoto standing in front of the window, with the dream and Rikka’s words echoing in his mind.
The only…boy in the school?
Meanwhile, in the confinement room, Hinata suddenly woke up from her sleep with a sharp pain in her chest. She covered her heart, feeling an inexplicable strong sense of unease.
Su Lu…are you okay? She asked softly, but no one answered.
Outside the iron door of the basement, there was the sound of a key turning. Her confinement was over, but Hinata didn’t know that she was about to face a test even more severe than her confinement—because Mikasa Ackerman had discovered the truth about the stone that had been swapped…
Chapter 23 Safe (Old Version)
Rikka Takanashi ran all the way with the stone in her arms, through the secluded paths of the campus, and finally hid in her secret base often visited – an abandoned garden tool shed. The shed was filled with various magic props she collected, and the walls were covered with hand-painted runes and spells.
Safe! Liuhua locked the door breathlessly and carefully placed the stone in a box covered with purple velvet. Sulu-kun, are you okay?
The light flickered faintly, as if in response. Rikka breathed a sigh of relief, removed her eyepatch, and wiped the sweat from her forehead. Her right eye was intact, though its pupil was slightly lighter in color than her left. This was the only true basis for her Evil King’s True Eye setting.
That idiot Hinata actually lost you! Rikka muttered to herself while rummaging through various bottles and jars, “If my dark energy detector hadn’t sensed your fluctuations, you might have been handed over to that top student Akimoto!”
She dug a strange device from among the debris—a radar-like structure cobbled together from scrap metal, dotted with tiny flashing lights. Rikka adjusted a few knobs, and the device began to hum sharply, then flashed red as it pointed in the direction of the stone.
As expected! Rikka jumped up excitedly. The contract’s suppression was weakening! The magic circle’s effect was still lasting!
She frantically dug out a tattered notebook, scribbled with the results of various magical experiments. Turning to the latest page, she saw a magic circle similar to the one Hinata had set up in the garden, with the following inscription beside it: Soul Fountain + Hyuga Bloodline + Evil King’s True Eye = Release Contract Suppression?
Just a little bit more… Rikka thought while biting the end of her pencil. The last ritual was interrupted, but if I could try again, maybe I could make you fully recover!
The light on the stone flickered rapidly, as if giving a warning. But Liuhua misinterpreted the signal: “You think this is feasible, right? Okay! Let’s do it tonight!”
She pulled a crumpled campus map from the bottom of her suitcase and drew a few red circles on it: These locations have the strongest energy nodes and are most suitable for arranging the ceremony. However… her voice suddenly dropped. Captain Mikasa and the security staff must be looking for you everywhere. We must be careful…
Just then, there was a sudden knock on the tool shed door! Scared, Rikka nearly screamed. She hurriedly stuffed the stone into her arms and grabbed a pair of garden shears as a weapon.
“Who, who is there!” she shouted bravely. “The domain of the Evil King’s True Eye User cannot be violated!”
A gentle female voice came from outside the door: Mr. Takanashi, it’s me.
Rikka froze—it was Robin! How had the history teacher found her way here? Her mind raced, trying to think of an escape route, but the tool shed had only one door and a tiny window; there was nowhere to go.
I, I’m not here! Rikka shouted in vain.
A chuckle came from outside the door. “That’s a pity. I wanted to tell you the secret of the Contract Stone.”
Rikka’s breath hitched. The Contract Stone? She looked down at the stone in her arms. The light was flickering wildly, as if issuing a warning.
How, how do you know… Rikka’s voice trembled.
I know much more than you think. Robin’s voice remained calm. For example, I know Hinata Hyuga stole the energy body from the security office. I know you just recovered it from Reiko Akimoto. I also know—her voice suddenly lowered—that you plan to try to break the contract again tonight.
Rikka’s hands clung to her mouth, trying to stop herself from screaming. How could Robin know all this? Was she being watched?
Open the door, Takanashi-san. Robin’s voice was firm and unyielding. If you want to save that boy, you need my help.
Liuhua hesitated. Robin was a teacher, and logically she should be on the side of the school. But her intuition told her that this woman was no ordinary person. In the end, her concern for Sulu overcame her fear, and she trembled as she unlocked the door.
Robin walked gracefully into the tool shed, her eyes immediately fixed on the bulge in Rikka’s bosom. She was wearing a casual dress instead of her teacher’s uniform, looking more casual than usual, but the sharpness in her eyes remained undimmed.
“A wise choice,” she said, smiling and closing the door. “Now, let’s talk about how to save your friend.”
Liuhua took a few steps back warily: Why are you helping us?
Robin didn’t answer directly, but took out an ancient book from her handbag. On the cover was an eye pattern similar to the Hyuga family crest, but the pupil was inlaid with a small red gem.
“Because, like you, I want to break this corrupted contract,” she whispered, turning the pages to reveal densely packed notes. “This school’s history is darker than you can imagine, Kotori-san. And those students who have been transformed into objects are just the tip of the iceberg.”
Rikka’s curiosity was piqued, and she couldn’t help but lean in to take a closer look at the book. Robin turned to a page that showed a complex magic circle and a piece of history beside it:
When Sakura Butterfly Academy was first established, the seven founders signed an eternal contract to protect this land with pure power. But as time passed, the contract was distorted and became a shackle that bound the soul…
Seven founders? Rikka asked doubtfully, aren’t there just Principal Boa and the others?
Robin smiled meaningfully: “The current management is only the successor of the contract, not the true founder. Among the original seven was the ancestor of the Hyuga family – this is why Hinata’s bloodline can temporarily weaken the power of the contract.”
She pointed to a small pattern at the bottom of the page – it was the prototype of the magic circle that Rikka had just drawn in her notebook!
“Your intuition is spot on, Kotori-san,” Robin said approvingly. “This formation can indeed remove the contract’s suppression, but it lacks a key element.”
“Wh-what element?” Rikka asked anxiously.
Robin didn’t answer immediately, but looked at the stone in her arms: “First, I need to confirm its condition. Can I take a look?”
Rikka hesitated for a moment, and finally carefully took out the stone, but did not hand it directly to Robin. Instead, she placed it on the workbench between the two of them.
The light became unusually active as Robin approached, as if expressing some complex emotion. Robin carefully observed the pattern of the flashes and suddenly whispered: He recognized me.
Huh? Rikka’s eyes widened in surprise. Sulu-kun knew Mr. Robin?
Not exactly. Robin shook his head, but he remembered my hint in the utility room. I had deliberately let him go then.
She took out a folded piece of paper from the book, and when she unfolded it, she found a detailed diagram of a magic circle, several times more complex than the versions of Rikka and Hinata. In the center was a special symbol – an eye wrapped in chains.
This was the complete Contract-Breaking Formation. Robin explained that it required three key elements: the soul resonance of the Hyuga bloodline, the energy guidance of the Evil King’s True Eye, and—she pointed to the center of the pattern—the blood of the Contract’s successor.
Rikka gasped. “You, you mean we need the principal’s or Captain Mikasa’s blood? That’s impossible!”
“It’s not impossible, it’s just dangerous,” Robin said calmly, adding that tonight was the perfect time. With the main force of the Security Department assigned to deal with the newly discovered energy fluctuations in the South District, the principal’s office would be empty—Boa Hancock had to attend an emergency meeting of the board of directors.
She looked at Rikka, her eyes more serious than ever: Are you willing to take the risk, Takanashi? To save that boy, and to unlock all the secrets of this school?
A resolute light flashed in Rikka’s single eye. She stood up straight, her right fist clenched against her chest. “In the name of the Evil King’s True Eye, I accept this challenge!”
Robin nodded with satisfaction and pulled a small bottle from his bag. It contained a bright blue liquid. “This is the Tears of Memory, which can temporarily block the contract’s surveillance.” “Tonight at midnight, bring Su Lu to meet me in the basement of the old school building.”
She handed the bottle and the blueprint to Liuhua, took a last look at the stone on the workbench, and whispered, “Hold on, Su Lu. Freedom is just around the corner.”
After Robin left, Rikka immediately began preparing for the night’s operation. She carefully hid the stone in her underwear pocket—where she thought it would be the safest place—and began studying the complex blueprint.
Need moon grass, silver powder, and… dragon blood? Liuhua frowned. Where can I find these?
The stone suddenly flickered violently, as if reminding her of something. Rikka followed the light’s lead and looked towards an old box in the corner of the tool shed—it contained discarded materials she had borrowed from the chemistry lab last week.
After searching for a while, she was pleasantly surprised to find several bottles labeled with silver nitrate and hemoglobin: Perfect! These could replace silver powder and dragon’s blood!
Time ticked by, and Rikka was so engrossed in preparing the materials that she didn’t even notice the darkness. It wasn’t until the school bell struck nine that she realized there were only three hours left until the operation.
I have to go find Hinata! Rikka hurriedly packed up her things, hid the stone, and quietly slipped out of the tool shed.
The campus was unusually quiet, with fewer security patrols than usual, confirming Robin’s intelligence. Rikka, under cover of darkness, slipped to the confinement room.
The door to the confinement room was ajar, and there was no one inside. Rikka’s heart sank – where was Hinata? Had she been discovered?
Chapter 24 Run [Collect] (Old Version)
A soft whimper came from around the corner. Rikka turned around alertly and saw Nezuko standing there, waving at her desperately.
Nezuko? Rikka asked quietly, “Do you know where Hinata is?”
Nezuko nodded and handed her a note: [Captain Mikasa took her away. Under questioning. Dangerous.]Rikka’s blood ran cold. Interrogation? What had Mikasa discovered?
I must save her! Rikka said firmly, without Hinata’s bloodline, the ritual cannot be completed!
Nezuko hesitated for a moment, then wrote: [Follow me. I know a secret passage.]The two quietly passed through several hidden corridors and finally stopped in front of a seemingly ordinary wall. Nezuko pressed a loose brick on the wall, and a secret door slid open silently, revealing a narrow passage behind it.
“Hmm!” Nezuko motioned for Rikka to follow.
The passage was dark, damp, and smelled of mold. Rikka followed Nezuko closely, her heart pounding. The stone in her arms emitted a faint but steady light, as if offering silent support.
After walking for about five minutes, they heard vague voices up ahead. Nezuko stopped and pointed to a small hole in the wall—a hidden observation port.
Liuhua leaned closer to the small hole and saw a scene that made her blood freeze——
In the interrogation room, Hinata was tied to a metal chair, her face as pale as paper.
Mikasa Ackerman stood before her, holding the ordinary stone that had been swapped in her hand, her voice as cold as ice:
Last chance, Hyuga Hinata. Where is the real energy body?
Hinata’s lips trembled, but her eyes were unexpectedly firm: I, I don’t know…
Mikasa slammed the stone to the ground, sending shards flying everywhere. “You lied! The surveillance footage showed you gave it to Rikka Takanashi!”
Rikka nearly screamed and quickly covered her mouth. They’d been discovered? But why was Mikasa still interrogating Hinata instead of just arresting her?
Nezuko tugged at her sleeve and wrote: [Captain Mikasa has been ordered to interrogate Hinata personally. No one else is allowed to interfere. Lady Tsunade wants Hinata’s blood sample.]Blood sample? Rikka suddenly understood – Tsunade was also studying the special characteristics of the Hyuga bloodline! They had to rescue Hinata as soon as possible!
At this moment, the door of the interrogation room was pushed open, and a tall figure walked in – it was Tsunade! She was holding a syringe in her hand, with a chilling smile on her face:
Since we can’t get anything out of him, let’s just take the blood. The principal has already approved the special sampling procedure.
Hinata’s eyes flashed with fear, but soon became firm: You, you won’t succeed… The contract has begun to loosen…
Tsunade laughed. “Just your limited Hyuga bloodline? Don’t be naive.” She walked towards Hinata, holding up the syringe. “Once we analyze your DNA, we’ll be able to perfectly replicate your bloodline’s characteristics. We won’t need these unstable keys anymore.”
Rikka knew she couldn’t wait any longer. She turned to Nezuko and gestured eagerly: Is there any way to save her?
Nezuko bit her lip and thought for a moment. Suddenly, her eyes lit up and she wrote: [Create chaos. Lead them away.]She pulled a small bottle from her pocket, which contained some fluorescent green liquid: [Smoke bomb. I’ll throw it in, you save people.]Rikka nodded vigorously. Nezuko took a deep breath, quietly pushed open the secret door a crack, and rolled the bottle into the interrogation room.
A thick green smoke instantly filled the room! Tsunade and Mikasa could be heard coughing and cursing:
Who is it!
Alert! Intruder!
Nezuko gestured to Rikka and ran in another direction, deliberately making noise to distract the pursuers. Rikka took the opportunity to sneak into the smoke-filled interrogation room and groped her way to Hinata.
“Rikka-san?” Hinata whispered in surprise.
Don’t talk, I’m here to save you! Liuhua quickly untied the restraints and helped Hinata stand up. We must leave immediately!
The two stumbled towards the secret door, and Mikasa’s angry roar came from behind: Stop!
A hook whizzed by, glancing off Rikka’s arm and leaving a trail of blood. She gritted her teeth, enduring the pain, and pulled Hinata through the secret door, slamming it shut before the hook could strike again.
Run! Liuhua gasped, they will find this passage soon!
Hinata nodded weakly but firmly, and the two of them ran wildly in the dark passage. Behind them, heavy crashes and the sound of metal rubbing were getting closer and closer – Mikasa was forcing her way through the secret door!
This way! Liuhua found a fork in the road based on her memory. After many twists and turns, they finally emerged from the fireplace of an old school building.
The school’s sirens blared through the night sky, and searchlight beams swept across the area. Rikka and Hinata hid in the bushes to catch their breath, temporarily avoiding pursuit.
“Where’s Su-Sulu-san?” Hinata asked anxiously.
Rikka patted her chest: “Here, we are safe.” She took out the stone, and the light spot immediately became brighter when it saw Hinata.
Hinata’s eyes moistened. “Great…” She gently stroked the stone, then suddenly remembered something. “Rikka-san, we have to go to the old school basement! Teacher Robin is waiting there! She has a way to cancel the contract!”
I know! Liuhua nodded, but the security department must have blocked the place!
Hinata bit her lip, a look of determination flashed in her eyes: There is a way… The secret passage of the Hyuga family can lead directly to the basement, but…
But what?
But it requires my blood to activate it. Hinata said softly, and once it is used, the entire Hyuga barrier will be shaken, and the principal and others will immediately sense it.
Liuhua’s single eye gleamed with determination in the moonlight: Let’s take a gamble! There’s no turning back anyway!
She took Hinata’s hand: In the name of the Evil King’s True Eyes, I swear to protect you until the last moment!
Hinata nodded with emotion, and the two of them, under the cover of darkness, crept towards the old school building. The stone in their arms radiated a warm light, as if silently supporting their decision.
The gears of fate are turning at an accelerating pace. Midnight is approaching, and the shackles of the contract are about to face an unprecedented challenge. And at the center of it all is the stone that carries the boy’s soul, and the girls around him who are desperate to save him.
Chapter 25 Thank you [Collection] (Old version)
The moonlight was obscured by dark clouds, plunging the campus into an eerie darkness. Rikka and Hinata pressed against the wall, each step cautious. In the distance, the security office’s searchlights swept across the ground like the eyes of a giant beast, and occasionally the piercing sound of an intercom could be heard.
“This way!” Rikka lowered her voice and pulled Hinata past a patrolling group of girls. They hid behind a dense clump of azaleas, holding their breath until the footsteps faded away.
Hinata’s wrist was still bleeding—the wound left by Tsunade’s syringe. She tore off a piece of her sleeve to bandage it briefly, her face pale from blood loss, but her eyes were remarkably firm.
The old school building is just ahead, she whispered, but the main gate is definitely guarded.
Rikka narrowed her single eye, observing the distant building in the dim light. The old school building was a Victorian-style red brick structure, entangled in vines, its windows mostly broken, like a sleeping monster. As expected, two heavily armed security guards stood at the main entrance, their energy detectors beeping from time to time.
“Come with me.” Hinata took Rikka’s hand and walked around to the back of the school building. There was a dry well there, with the Hyuga family crest faintly engraved on the wall.
This is… Rikka looked at the well in surprise.
This is the secret passage left behind when the Hyuga family participated in the construction of the school. Hinata explained, taking a hairpin from her bun and gently running it along the lines of the well wall. Bloodline verification is required.
She pressed her bleeding wrist against the lines, and blood flowed along the incisions, gradually filling the entire pattern. Suddenly, a low rumble erupted from the well wall, and a stone slab slowly moved away, revealing a pitch-black passage.
“Go in quickly!” Hinata urged. “The bloodstains will trigger the alarm and they’ll find this place soon!”
The two men entered the passage, the stone slabs silently closing behind them. The passage was pitch dark, with only the faint light emanating from the stone Su Lu illuminating the short distance ahead. The air was filled with the smell of mold and some ancient herb, and the walls were covered with inscriptions of unknown meaning.
These runes… Rikka reached out and touched the markings on the wall. They were the same as the ones on the drawing given by Teacher Robin!
Hinata nodded. “This is an ancient Hyuga family sealing technique. It’s said that my ancestors tried to break the contract but failed, leaving only these secret passages.”
They walked along the winding passage, their footsteps echoing in the narrow space. Suddenly, Hinata stopped and covered her wrist in pain.
“What’s wrong?” Rikka asked with concern.
There’s too much blood… Hinata leaned weakly against the wall. I might need to rest…
Rikka gritted her teeth, took out a handkerchief from her pocket, and re-bandaged Hinata’s wound: “Hold on! We’re almost there!”
At this moment, a strange humming sound emanated from deep within the passage, as if some ancient machinery had awakened. Runes on the walls lit up one after another with a faint blue light, illuminating the entire passage.
Someone activated the core mechanism! Hinata said in surprise, it was Teacher Robin!
The two quickened their pace, eventually arriving at a massive metal door. Intricate magic circles were carved into the door, with an eye-shaped recess at its center. A strange, flickering light shone through the cracks, and Robin’s voice could be faintly heard chanting.
Hinata took a deep breath and pressed her bleeding wrist against the groove on the door: In the name of Hinata, open the passage!
The metal door swung open with a deafening roar. A blinding blue light streamed out, forcing the two to squint. When their vision returned, the scene before them left them stunned—
In the center of the basement was a massive circular stone platform, engraved with a magic circle identical to the one Robin had drawn. Robin stood at the center of the circle, cradling an ancient tome and chanting an incantation. The magic circle was partially activated, and the runes moved across the stone platform like living creatures, emitting a frightening wave of energy.
Even more surprising was the presence of several familiar figures standing around the stone platform—Nezuko, Akimoto Reiko, and even Tsunade’s assistant, Shizune! Each of them held an object: Nezuko held a small bottle filled with a dark red liquid; Akimoto held a crystal; and Shizune held a strange silver feather.
You’re here! Robin looked up, a rare look of urgency on his face. Come in! The barrier has been triggered, we don’t have much time!
Rikka and Hinata hurried into the room, the metal door closing automatically behind them. The air in the basement seemed to freeze, filled with some ancient and powerful energy.
What’s going on? Liuhua stammered, “Why are they all here?”
Robin walked over quickly and took the stone from Rikka’s hand. “I contacted all those who secretly opposed the contract.” Nezuko brought Mikasa’s blood—which she had collected during the chaos; Akimoto found the Hyuga family’s lost soul crystal; and Shizune stole Tsunade’s Memory Feather.
She placed the stone in the center of the magic circle, and the surrounding runes immediately gathered around like sharks smelling blood.
“Now, Hinata,” Robin said seriously, “take your place. She pointed to a special symbol near the center of the formation. We need your blood to complete the ritual.”
Hinata took her designated position without hesitation. Robin pulled a ritual dagger from his robes and slashed Hinata’s palm. Blood dripped onto the rune and was immediately absorbed, causing the entire magic circle to glow even brighter.
“Lihua, you stand here.” Robin pointed to another key node. Your Evil King’s True Eye is the key to guiding energy.
Liuhua stood solemnly, took off the blindfold, and revealed her lighter eye. Surprisingly, that eye actually emitted a faint purple light!
Robin began to walk around the circle, chanting ancient incantations. As she passed each person, she took an item from them: the vial of Mikasa’s blood from Nezuko, the Soul Crystal from Akimoto, the Feather of Memory from Shizune. Finally, she returned to the center and placed the items around the stone in a specific order.
The magic circle’s light grew stronger, and the runes began to wriggle like living things, gradually forming a three-dimensional energy field. The basement walls began to vibrate, and dust fell from the ceiling.
The final step, Robin’s voice barely audible over the energy storm, requires direct intervention from the Contract Heir!
She pulled out a small silver device from her bosom—it looked like some kind of communicator—and pressed the button on it: Now!
An unexpected voice came from the other end of the communicator: I understand.
Rikka and Hinata looked at each other in shock—that was Mikasa Ackerman’s voice!
“Teacher Robin, you, you contacted Captain Mikasa?” Rikka asked in disbelief.
Robin smiled mysteriously: Not everyone in the Security Department blindly obeys the contract. Mikasa had long discovered the distortion of the contract and had been waiting for the opportunity to resist.
As soon as the words fell, the whole school suddenly shook violently! The roar of an explosion was heard in the distance, followed by a shrill alarm.
Mikasa attacks the central control room, and Robin calmly explains that this will temporarily disrupt the contract’s monitoring system, buying us time to complete the ritual.
She turned to the stone at the center of the magic circle and began to chant the final incantation. Under the spell, the blood, crystal, feather, and Mikasa’s blood gradually merged into a swirling ball of liquid light that completely enveloped the stone.
Hold on, Sulu, Robin whispered, this is the final test.
The ball of light grew brighter and brighter, eventually becoming as blinding as a miniature sun. The basement shook even more violently, and the stones on the walls began to peel away. Suddenly, a bolt of black and red lightning struck from the ceiling, striking the center of the magic circle!
The Covenant strikes back! Robin yells, Everyone, hold your position!
Lightning raged through the magic circle, attempting to destroy the ritual. Blood flowed from Rikka’s single eye, and Hinata nearly collapsed to her knees, but they both gritted their teeth and persevered. The stone within the orb was undergoing a startling transformation—cracks appeared on its surface, and light burst forth from the cracks!
He’s almost recovered! Robin’s voice trembled with excitement. Hold on a little longer!
At that moment, the basement door was shattered by a tremendous force! Amidst the smoke and dust, a tall figure stepped in—Boa Hancock! Her long hair danced wildly in the energy storm, and her eyes burned with cold fury.
Traitor! Her voice was like the arctic wind. How dare you break the sacred covenant!
Robin met her gaze fearlessly: “The contract has been twisted, Boa. You know this better than anyone.”
Hancock sneered, raised her hand, and condensed black and red destructive energy at her fingertips: You lowly worm, are you worthy enough to comment on the contract?
The energy beam shot straight into the center of the magic circle! Robin had no time to stop it, and the ritual was about to be destroyed.
A blue figure suddenly rushed out from the side, blocking the attack! It was Mikasa Ackerman! Her 3D mobile device was smoking, blood was flowing from the corner of her mouth, but her eyes were as firm as steel.
Mikasa! Hancock’s voice was filled with shock for the first time. You betrayed me?
Mikasa stood up with difficulty: “I have never betrayed you, Principal. I am only loyal to the true meaning of the contract – to protect students, not to enslave them.”
Hancock’s eyes flickered with hesitation, but were quickly replaced by coldness: “Foolish! Without the constraints of the contract, the world will fall into chaos!”
She raised her hand again, this time aiming for Mikasa’s heart! At the critical moment, an unprecedentedly bright light suddenly erupted from the center of the magic circle! Everyone was forced to close their eyes—
When the light faded, an incredible scene appeared before everyone:
A figure stood in the center of the magic circle.
A naked teenager.
Su Lu.
He is back.
A complete human form, a real body, no longer a glowing stone. He opened his eyes, a familiar light flashing in his pupils, and looked around, finally landing on Hinata and Rikka.
Thank you, his voice hoarse from long silence, thank you for not giving up on me.
Hancock’s expression froze.
She stared at Su Lu, the energy beam at her fingertips trembling slightly: Impossible… the contract was broken?
Robin stepped forward. “It’s not about breaking, it’s about repairing. The original intention of the contract was to protect, not to bind. You know this better than anyone, Boa.”
Hancock’s eyes began to waver, and some deeply buried memory seemed to be awakened.
She slowly lowered her fingers, and the black and red energy gradually dissipated.
At this moment, the entire basement suddenly shook violently! Huge cracks appeared in the ceiling, and rocks began to fall!
The contract core has collapsed! Robin shouted, “The old school building is about to collapse! Everyone, evacuate immediately!”
Mikasa rushed to Hancock: Principal, we have to leave!
Hancock seemed to be in a trance, letting Mikasa pull her out. Robin ordered the others to evacuate quickly, while she stayed behind to help Sulu, who had just recovered.
Can you walk? she asked with concern.
Sulu tried to take a step, but nearly fell down. The long period of petrification had severely atrophied his muscles. Liuhua and Hinata immediately ran over, holding him up on both sides.
Let’s go together! Rikka said firmly.
The four of them stumbled towards the exit, the roar of collapsing buildings echoing behind them. When they finally rushed out of the old school building, the entire building collapsed behind them, raising a cloud of dust.
The campus was in chaos. Students ran from their dormitories, watching the scene in horror. Security officers stood there, bewildered, awaiting instructions. In the distance, flames and explosions could still be heard from the administration building.
Su Lu raised his head weakly and looked at the campus where he once lived as a stone. Now he finally got to know it from a human perspective.
“Is it over?” he asked softly.
Robin shook his head: No, this is just the beginning. The shackles of the contract have been broken, but the real challenge has just begun.
She looked into the distance – Mikasa was helping the dazed Hancock walk towards the medical room; Nezuko and Shizune were organizing the students to evacuate; Akimoto Reiko was looking at this side from afar with complicated emotions in her eyes.
You need to rest, Robin said to Sulu, and then we still have a lot of work to do.
Liuhua suddenly cheered: “The prophecy of the Evil King’s True Eye has come true! The dark contract has been broken, and light has returned!”
Hinata couldn’t help but smile, even though her wrist was still bleeding and her face was as pale as paper. Tears welled up in Sulu’s eyes as he looked at the two girls who risked their lives to save him.
Thank you, he said again, his voice choked with emotion, I will never forget this.
In the distance, the first rays of dawn’s sunlight penetrated the clouds and shone on the cherry blossom trees on campus. The petals fluttered in the morning breeze, like ribbons celebrating a new life.
A new chapter of Sakura Butterfly Academy begins.
Chapter 26 Principal Hancock Accepts a Boy (Old Version)
The bell at Sakura Butterfly Academy rang seven times, heralding the start of a new day. Sunlight streamed through the infirmary’s curtains, casting warm patches of light on the pristine white sheets. Su Lu slowly opened his eyes, adjusting to the long-lost morning light.
He had been in the infirmary for three days since that terrifying night. Muscle atrophy, malnutrition, contract backlash… Tsunade’s stern face listed a long list of diagnoses, making it clear to everyone that he needed time to recover.
Are you awake?
A soft voice came from the bedside.
Sulu turned around and saw Hinata sitting on a chair, holding a book in her hands. The morning light gilded her silver-blue hair, and her lavender eyes were filled with concern.
Hmm. Sulu tried to sit up, Hinata quickly put down the book and helped him lean against the head of the bed. How long have I slept?
All night long. Hinata handed him a glass of water and said, “The doctor said you are recovering much faster than expected.”
Sulu took the cup of water, and his fingertips accidentally touched Hinata’s hand. They both flinched as if they had been electrocuted. Hinata’s face instantly turned red to her ears, and she lowered her head to fiddle with the corner of her clothes. Sulu coughed sheepishly to cover his embarrassment.
This subtle atmosphere had been there since he was rescued. Every time Hinata came to take care of him, there was always an indescribable emotion between the two of them – like gratitude, or like some deeper emotion.
Um… Su Lu broke the silence, how is the situation at school?
Hinata looked up, her eyes lighting up. “Principal Hancock issued a notice yesterday officially recognizing your student status! He also changed the school rules to allow you, a male student, to enroll!”
Sulu’s eyes widened. “Really? She… accepted it?”
Yes! Hinata nodded vigorously. Although the announcement was worded in an official manner, saying that this was a necessary adjustment after the contract was repaired, everyone understood what it meant.
She hesitated for a moment, then added: “However, some girls still find it difficult to adapt… After all, the school has been an all-girls school for hundreds of years…”
Su Lu smiled bitterly: “I understand. Suddenly having more boys would definitely be a lot of inconvenience.”
But, there are also many classmates who support you! Hinata hurriedly said that Totoro has organized a Sulu support club, which already has more than 30 members!
Su Lu almost choked on the water: What? A fan club?
And Akimoto-san, Hinata continued, not noticing Su Lu’s embarrassment. As the student union secretary, she proposed to arrange a separate dormitory for you, right next to the old faculty building, a little far from the main campus, but very quiet…
Hinata was interrupted by the door being flung open. Rikka rushed in, her eyepatch tilted to one side and a piece of paper waving in her hand.
“Sulu-kun! Big news!” she shouted excitedly, then noticed Hinata was there too and blinked. “Oh, Hinata, you’re here to take care of Sulu-kun so early?”
Hinata’s face turned red again: I, I just…
Okay, okay, no more jokes. Liuhua shoved the paper in front of Su Lu. “Look! Just approved by the principal’s office! You’re officially a member of Sakura Butterfly Academy! The kind with a student ID!”
Su Lu took the document, which clearly printed his name, student ID, and class—Class A, Grade 1, alongside Hinata and Rikka. Boa Hancock’s signature was ornate and solemn in the lower right corner.
This… Su Lu’s voice was a little choked. Thank you. Without your help, I couldn’t…
Stop! Liuhua made an exaggerated gesture to stop him. The Evil King’s True Eye User didn’t need to thank him! This was fate!
She suddenly leaned closer to Su Lu and lowered her voice mysteriously, “However, there’s a small problem. Even though the school has accepted you, some girls are still… well… curious about you. You might want to prepare for some stares.”
As if to confirm her words, a burst of whispers and laughter suddenly came from outside the infirmary window. Su Lu turned her head and looked through the gap in the curtains. She could vaguely see a few girls hiding behind the bushes, secretly looking over here.
It has been like this since yesterday. Liuhua spread her hands helplessly. After all, you are the first boy since the school was founded, and everyone is very curious.
Hinata looked at Sulu worriedly: Will it cause you trouble?
Su Lu shook his head and smiled: This is much better than being stuffed into my pocket like a stone.
The three of them laughed, and the atmosphere became much more relaxed. At this moment, the door of the infirmary was pushed open again, and an unexpected figure appeared at the door –
Mikasa Ackerman.
She was still wearing her iconic duty uniform, the metal components of her three-dimensional maneuvering device gleaming coldly in the morning light. But unlike before, the sharpness in her eyes had lessened, replaced by a complex emotion.
The laughter in the room suddenly stopped. Rikka subconsciously stood in front of Sulu’s bed, and Hinata nervously stood up. Sulu calmly looked at Mikasa, waiting for her to speak.
Su Lu, Mikasa’s voice was softer than I remembered, the principal wants to see you.
There was a moment of silence. Liuhua asked cautiously, “Why? Didn’t you say you accepted him?”
Mikasa glanced at her. “It’s the formal enrollment process. The principal needs to personally confirm some details.” She turned to Sulu. “Can you walk? Or do you need a wheelchair?”
Su Lu threw back the quilt and tried to stand up. His legs were still a little weak, but much better than yesterday: I could walk.
Mikasa nodded and turned towards the door: See you in the administration building in ten minutes.
After she left, Liuhua immediately got furious: Could this be a trap? That old witch Hancock might be thinking—
Rikka-san! Hinata raised her voice, which was rare. No, you can’t call the principal like that!
Su Lu patted Liuhua’s shoulder: “It’s okay. If they wanted to harm me, they could have done it that night.”
He put on the school uniform prepared by his bed – a specially tailored boys’ version. Although it was just a simple white shirt and dark blue trousers, it was already a breakthrough in the school’s history.
I’ll go with you. Hinata suddenly said, her voice soft but firm.
I’ll go too! Liuhua immediately agreed, the Evil King’s True Eye User must protect the contractor!
Su Lu felt warm in his heart and nodded: Okay, let’s go together.
Mikasa was waiting in front of the administration building. Seeing the three of them arrive, she raised an eyebrow but said nothing, turning to lead the way. Walking through the long corridor, Su Lu noticed the portraits of past principals on the wall—all women, stretching all the way to the principal’s office at the end.
Boa Hancock’s office door was ajar. Mikasa knocked gently: “Principal, Su Lu is here.”
Come in. The voice that once frightened Sulu came, but now it was a little tired.
Inside the office, Hancock stood by the window, her back to them. Sunlight filtered through the stained glass, casting a dazzling array of light and shadows on her. She was still breathtakingly beautiful, but her intimidating presence had diminished considerably.
Hinata Hyuga, Rikka Takanashi, she didn’t turn around, you guys are waiting outside.
Rikka was about to protest, but Mikasa had already grabbed her arm: the principal wanted to speak to him alone.
Sulu nodded to the two girls, telling them not to worry, and then walked into the office alone. The door closed gently behind him, leaving only him and Hancock in the room.
Silence lasted for a few seconds, and Hancock finally turned around. Sulu was surprised to find that her eyes were no longer filled with cold contempt as he remembered, but with a complex scrutiny.
Su Lu, she called him by his name, do you know why I want to see you?
Su Lu shook his head: I don’t know, Principal.
Hancock walked over to her desk, his fingers stroking the surface. “For three hundred years, Sakura Butterfly Academy has been a purely female space. Every brick and stone, every rule here, is designed to protect the growth of women.”
She raised her head and looked directly at Su Lu: “And now, because of the repair of the contract, I have to accept a man entering this space. This is… not easy for me.”
Su Lu listened quietly without interrupting.
But Hancock’s voice softened slightly, and Robin made me understand one thing – the original intention of the contract was not to exclude, but to protect. To protect all those who seek knowledge and growth, regardless of gender.
She picked up a folder from the table and handed it to Su Lu: “This is your official admission document and student ID. From today on, you will enjoy the same rights and obligations as other students.”
Su Lu took the document and was a little unbelievable: Thank you, Principal.
Don’t be too quick to thank me, Hancock’s eyes suddenly sharpened. There are some special rules you must follow. For example, your dormitory is separate and has a curfew after 10 pm. You are not allowed to enter the girls’ dormitory without reason. There are special arrangements for physical education classes and changing times…
She listed a long list of rules, and Su Lu wrote them down carefully. Finally, Hancock paused, and her tone became subtle: “And the most important point – it is forbidden to develop any intimate contact with female students beyond a classmate relationship…”
Su Lu’s face suddenly became hot: I, I can’t…
Hancock snorted coldly: I hope so. She walked to the window, her back to Su Lu, and said, “You can go now. Remember, any violation will be severely punished.”
Sulu bowed and turned to leave. Just as he was about to step out the door, Hancock suddenly spoke again:
He turned around.
Hancock didn’t turn around, and her voice was so soft that it was almost inaudible: Welcome to Sakura Butterfly Academy.
The sunlight filtered through the stained glass, creating a halo around the principal’s tall figure. At that moment, Su Lu seemed to see the softness deep within the heart of this proud woman.
Thank you, he said sincerely, and then closed the door gently.
Outside, Hinata and Rikka immediately surrounded them. “How’s it going? What did she say? Did she give you any trouble?”
Su Lu shook his head and raised his student ID card: Everything went well. I am officially a student of Sakura Butterfly.
Rikka cheered, drawing the attention of several girls in the hallway, while Hinata smiled softly, her eyes sparkling with joy.
Mikasa stood not far away, watching this scene, and the corners of her mouth rose slightly: I’ll take you out.
Walking out of the administration building, the campus was bright and sunny. The cherry blossoms had long since withered, but the lush green trees rustled in the breeze, as if welcoming a new beginning.
Sulu Jun! A crisp voice suddenly came from the side.
Akimoto Reiko stood by the path, holding a sheaf of documents. Her blond hair gleamed in the sunlight, and she wore a polite smile. “Here’s your class schedule and dorm key. As the Student Union Secretary, I’m responsible for helping you adjust to campus life.”
Her gaze stayed on Su Lu’s face for a few seconds, then quickly moved away, the tips of her ears slightly red.
Thank you, thank you. Su Lu took the document and suddenly remembered the night he spent by Qiu Ben’s pillow – although as a stone he didn’t actually feel it, the memory still made him feel a little embarrassed.
“Oh, by the way,” Akimoto added, “if you have any questions, you can always come to the student union office to see me.” She paused. “Any questions are fine.”
Rikka narrowed her eyes, keenly aware of something, but remained silent. Hinata lowered her head, unsure of what she was thinking.
Mikasa cleared her throat: “It’s time to go to class. Sulu, your first class is history. Teacher Robin is waiting for you.”
Teacher Robin? Su Lu asked in surprise. She teaches history?
Not only that, Mikasa said meaningfully that she had also specially applied to be your mentor and would be responsible for answering all your questions during the adaptation process.
As they walked towards the teaching building, more and more girls noticed Su Lu, and whispers rose and fell. Some looked at him curiously, some peeked shyly, and some pointed excitedly.
“It seems you’ve really become a celebrity,” Rikka teased.
Su Lu lowered his head with a wry smile and quickened his pace. At this moment, a girl suddenly rushed out from the crowd and blocked their way!
Are you that boy? She looked Su Lu up and down, her eyes flashing with excitement. Wow, he’s really different from girls!
Liuhua immediately stood in front of Su Lu: Hey, hey, keep your distance!
More girls gathered around and asked questions:
Do men really need to shave every day?
Are you stronger than girls?
I heard that boys don’t like to be clean. Is it true?
Su Lu was at a loss for words, with cold sweat oozing from his forehead. At this moment, a majestic voice came from the back of the crowd:
That’s enough.
The crowd immediately quieted down and parted ways. Mikasa Ackerman stood there, her eyes cold: “School Rule 23: Harassment of classmates is prohibited.” Do you need me to remember your name?
The girls immediately scattered, leaving only Su Lu and his group standing there.
Thank you, Captain Mikasa. Sulu breathed a sigh of relief.
Mikasa nodded, turned around and continued to lead the way. Rikka leaned over to Sulu’s ear and whispered: It seems that our Captain Mikasa is very special to you~
Su Lu was confused: What’s so special?
It’s nothing~ Rikka blinked mysteriously, and the Evil King’s True Eye saw an interesting line of fate!
Hinata walked a little further back, watching the backs of Sulu and Rikka interacting, her fingers unconsciously twisted together. Her eyes were gentle and complex, as if she was hiding something unspoken.
The sun shines on the four of them, casting shadows of varying lengths. The history of Sakura Butterfly Academy has turned a new page, and the story of Su Lu and these girls has just begun.
Chapter 27 It’s really a boy, the only boy (old version)
The history class bell rang, and Su Lu stood in front of the classroom door, his fingers unconsciously adjusting his collar. This was his first class as a full-time student, and nervousness crawled under his skin like an ant.
Nervous? Rikka tilted her head to look at him, a cunning glint in her single eye. “Don’t worry, although Mr. Robin looks serious, he’s actually a very nice person.”
Hinata nodded slightly, her cheeks slightly red: And, and we will sit next to you.
Su Lu took a deep breath and pushed open the classroom door. The once noisy classroom suddenly became quiet, and more than forty pairs of eyes turned to him. The air froze for a few seconds, and then a whisper broke out.
Really a boy
My hair is shorter than I thought.
The uniform looks weird on him…
Su Lu’s ears felt hot, and his eyes unconsciously searched for an empty seat. At this moment, a gentle voice came from the podium:
Student Su Lu, your seat is in the third row by the window.
Robin stood there, her long black hair hanging down her shoulders, a faint smile on her lips. She pointed to the center of the classroom – where Hinata and Rikka were already sitting, leaving an empty seat in the middle.
Su Lu walked over quickly, trying to ignore the curious looks from the people around him. When he passed a desk, a girl suddenly stretched out her foot.
“Be careful!” Rikka shouted.
Su Lu stumbled, but managed to hold onto the table in time. He turned to look at the mischievous girl, who was flipping through her textbook as if nothing had happened.
Ignore her, Rikka lowered her voice, that’s the Discipline Committee Chairman, Kiryuin Satsuki, who is famous for hating boys.
Sulu silently memorized this hostile face and walked to his seat. Hinata glanced at him worriedly and quietly pushed a note over to him: [Are you okay?]He shook his head and smiled back. Hinata’s face immediately turned red and she lowered her head to pretend to turn the pages of a book.
Today we continue our discussion of the spirit of contract in medieval Europe. Robin’s voice brought everyone’s attention back to the classroom. “Can anyone tell me what the essence of a contract is?”
Guilongyuan immediately raised his hand: It is a legal document that constrains the behavior of both parties.
Correct but not comprehensive. Robin’s eyes swept across the classroom and finally landed on Su Lu. “New classmate, what do you think?”
Su Lu was caught off guard by his name being called, and his throat tightened. Over forty girls turned to look at him, and the classroom was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
I… I believe the essence of a contract is trust. He carefully considered the words. Without trust, even the most stringent terms will be distorted, just like…
He suddenly stopped, realizing that he had almost said “like the Sakura Butterfly’s Contract.”
Robin’s eyes flashed with approval: “That’s a good point. As Su Lu said, the soul of a contract is trust, not bondage.”
She walked to the blackboard and wrote a few key words: When contracts lose their foundation of trust, they become tools of control. History is full of examples of this…
Su Lu gradually relaxed and immersed himself in Robin’s vivid narration. It was not until the bell rang that he realized how quickly time had passed.
The next class was physical education, and Rikka was packing her bag, but Tsunade-sensei had given you special permission not to attend the girls’ classes and to study in the library instead.
Su Lu breathed a sigh of relief – he really couldn’t imagine himself attending a girls’ physical education class.
In the corridor, students walked in groups of two or three to the next class. Su Lu noticed that although there were still curious glances at him, they were no longer as frequent.
“Student Su Lu!” A clear voice came from behind.
Akimoto Reiko trotted over to catch up, her blonde hair gleaming in the sun. “This is the student union welcome package.” She handed over a delicate paper bag containing a campus map, club guides, and…
She suddenly lowered her voice: “A special pass. It lets you use the little library on the west side after school, where it’s quieter and less crowded.”
Su Lu took the bag, and his fingertips accidentally touched Qiu Ben’s hand. They both shrank as if they had received an electric shock, and Qiu Ben’s ears immediately turned red.
Thank you, thank you. Sulu stuttered.
You’re welcome. Akimoto glanced at him quickly, then quickly looked away. If you have any questions, you can come to me… I mean, the student council.
She left in a hurry, her back looking a little flustered. Liuhua nudged Su Lu with her elbow: It seems that our top student secretary is interested in you~
“Rikka-san!” Hinata scolded softly, but her eyes were a little dim.
Su Lu coughed awkwardly: Don’t talk nonsense. She was just doing her duty.
Really? Rikka winked mischievously. “Then why are you the only one given a special pass? The other students don’t get that treatment.”
Su Lu didn’t know how to respond, so he had to change the subject: What is your next class?
Mathematics. Hinata answered softly, on the third floor of Building B.
Then I’ll go to the library. Su Lu waved and said, “See you at lunch?”
The two girls nodded and watched him walk towards the library. Rikka suddenly leaned over to Hinata’s ear and said, “Hinata, if you don’t take the initiative, Sulu-kun will be snatched away by someone else.”
Hinata’s face instantly turned red like a ripe apple: I, I don’t know what you are talking about!
The West End Library was indeed eerily quiet. Sulu pushed open the heavy oak door and found it nearly empty. Sunlight filtered through the stained-glass windows, casting dappled shadows on the ancient bookshelves.
He found a seat by the window and opened the gift package Akimoto had given him. In addition to the brochure and map, there was also a handwritten note:
【Student Su Lu:
I’m usually the only one studying in the West District Library in the afternoon. If you need a quiet study environment, you’re always welcome.
—Akimoto Reiko]The handwriting was neat and beautiful, just like Akimoto’s meticulousness. Su Lu put the note back into his bag, and a warm feeling welled up in his heart. In this unfamiliar environment, he was truly lucky to have met so many people willing to help him.
He pulled out his history textbook and began reviewing what Robin had said. But after just a few pages, he felt drowsy—his body, still recovering from fatigue, was still prone to fatigue. Sulu’s eyelids grew heavier, and he eventually fell asleep on his desk.
In his dream, he returned to the night he turned to stone. In the darkness, someone gently touched him, their warm fingers bringing a strange sense of comfort…
Su Lu? Su Lu?
A gentle call brought him back to reality. Su Lu looked up dazedly and saw Akimoto Reiko standing in front of him, her golden eyelashes almost transparent in the sunlight.
Oh! I’m sorry! He sat up straight and wiped the corner of his mouth. I fell asleep…
Akimoto smiled slightly: “Lunch break is almost over, I thought you might need this.” She handed over a sandwich and asked, “You haven’t had lunch yet, have you?”
Sulu’s stomach protested at the right time, and he took the food awkwardly: Thank you, you are so considerate.
No, you’re welcome. Akimoto’s face flushed slightly. As a member of the student council, it was his duty to take care of the new students.
She sat down across from him and opened her lunchbox. The two of them ate their lunch in silence, the sunlight filtering through the stained glass windows casting colorful spots of light on the table between them.
Um…Su Lu broke the silence and asked, “Why are there so few people coming to the West District Library?”
Akimoto paused. “This used to be part of the old school building, and something happened there. The students think it’s haunted.” She chuckled self-deprecatingly. “How childish, isn’t it?”
Su Lu shook his head: “Everyone is afraid of something. For example, I still don’t dare to go near Tsunade’s laboratory.”
Akimoto chuckled, then quickly covered his mouth, as if surprised at his own loss of composure. But he couldn’t hide the smile in his eyes: Tsunade-sensei is indeed… special. Last time, to test a new potion, she turned the entire Chemistry Club into hamsters for an entire day.
Is this true? Sulu’s eyes widened.
Really. Akimoto nodded. Those girls would now instinctively hide melon seeds when they saw them.
Chapter 28 Boys and Girls Conflict (Old Version)
Chapter 28: Boys and Girls Conflict
The two smiled at each other, and the atmosphere became much more relaxed.
Su Lu discovered that when she took off the serious appearance of the student union secretary, Akimoto was actually a gentle and interesting girl.
Oh, Akimoto, something just occurred to me. Are you free after school? I’d like to show you around campus. Some places… freshmen tend to get lost easily.
Just as Su Lu was about to agree, the door of the library was suddenly pushed open. Hinata and Rikka were standing at the door, holding lunch boxes in their hands.
Sulu-kun, we brought you…ah. Rikka’s words stopped abruptly, and her one eye glanced back and forth between Sulu and Akimoto. It seemed someone had gotten there first~
Hinata stood behind Rikka, the lunch box in her hand trembling slightly. Her eyes fell on Akira, then quickly looked away, as if she had been burned.
Hinata, Rikka! Sulu stood up, Akimoto-san just
We just met by chance. Akimoto calmly took over the conversation and elegantly packed up his lunch box. “I have work to do in the student union, so I’m leaving now. Su Lu, remember to consider my proposal.”
She nodded to the three of them and calmly left the library. The moment the door closed, Liuhua immediately jumped in front of Sulu: “What proposal? What are you planning?”
Just showing me around the campus. Sulu explained helplessly, taking the lunch box from Hinata. “Is this for me?” “Thank you, although I’ve already eaten…”
Hinata lowered her head, her voice so soft that it was almost inaudible: “It’s okay… Akimoto’s sandwich must be better than mine…”
Only then did Sulu notice that Hinata’s lunch box contained carefully crafted sandwiches and fruits arranged in the shapes of cute animals. His heart suddenly sank – this clearly took a lot of thought.
Who said that! He grabbed the lunch box and said, “I can have another one!” The lunch box Hinata made looks amazing!
He took a big bite and gave a thumbs-up: “Delicious! Much better than what Akimoto bought!”
Hinata’s face lit up instantly, her eyes sparkling with joy: Really?
Of course! Sulu stuffed his mouth with food and said incoherently, “This is the best sandwich I have ever eaten!”
Rikka covered her mouth and laughed secretly: Hinata, your face is redder than a tomato~
Hinata practically buried her face in her chest in embarrassment. Sulu pretended to focus on the food, hiding the burning in his ears. The sunlight filtering through the stained glass windows tinted the moment with a dreamlike hue.
The afternoon classes were uneventful. When the school bell rang, Su Lu packed his bag and wondered whether to go back to the dormitory or look for Hinata and the others. Just then, a note slipped out of his textbook:
[After school, please come to the garden behind the West District Library. I have something important to tell you. —E]E? Akimoto? Su Lu frowned in confusion. Why so secretive? But out of gratitude for Akimoto’s help, he decided to go along.
West End Gardens was even more secluded than I’d imagined. Tall shrubs formed a natural barrier, and in its center stood an abandoned, moss-covered fountain. The setting sun gilded everything, and the air was filled with the fragrance of grass and trees.
Akimoto-san? Su Lu looked around. Are you there?
The bushes rustled and a figure walked out – but it was not Reiko Akimoto.
Guilongyuan…classmates? Su Lu took a step back cautiously.
The head of the Discipline Committee, Guilongyuan Satsuki, stood there, holding a thin stick like a pointer in his hand, a sneer on his face. “You didn’t expect that, a boy?” “E” wasn’t Akimoto, but the abbreviation for Enforcer.
Su Lu’s heart sank: What do you want from me?
Warning. Ghost Dragon Academy, take a step forward. Don’t think that just because the principal accepts you, you can do whatever you want. Sakura Butterfly is a girls’ school and will always be.
The thin stick in her hand suddenly stretched out and turned into an electric baton: “Stay away from Hinata and Akimoto. They are the pride of the school and should not be polluted by outsiders like you.”
Su Lu clenched his fists: “I haven’t polluted anyone. We are just normal friends.”
Friends? Gui Longyuan sneered, “I saw the way you looked at them. Boys are boys, their heads are full of dirty thoughts.”
She suddenly swung her baton, and the lightning drew a dangerous arc in the air: A lesson for you, so that you will remember your place!
Su Lu instinctively raised his hand to block, but the pain he imagined did not come. A petite figure suddenly rushed out from the side and blocked his way!
Hinata?!
Hyuga Hinata stood there, with her arms open, protecting Sulu. Her eyes burned with a rare anger: “Guilongyuan classmate, please stop!”
Gui Longyuan was stunned for a moment, then became even more angry: Hinata, are you crazy? Protecting a boy?
Sulu is our classmate! Hinata’s voice trembled with excitement. You have no right to treat him like this!
Gui Longyuan’s expression twisted: Have you been brainwashed by him? Or… a hint of malice flashed in her eyes. Have you developed a relationship that cannot be revealed?
Enough! Sulu pulled Hinata behind him and said, “If you have anything to say, come to me. Don’t insult Hinata!”
Guilongyuan raised his baton: That’s exactly what I want!
Just as the conflict was about to break out, a majestic voice came from the garden entrance:
Guilongyuan Satsuki! Put down your weapons!
Everyone turned to look. Mikasa Ackerman stood there, the grappling hook of her 3D mobile device already aimed at Kiryuin’s wrist.
Captain Mikasa… Kiryuin’s momentum instantly weakened. I’m just fulfilling my duties as a discipline committee member…
Abusing your power and threatening your classmates—is that what you call fulfilling your duties? Mikasa questioned coldly, lowering her weapon and immediately reporting to the principal’s office.
Guilongyuan glared at Su Lu unwillingly, but finally threw down his baton and left angrily.
Mikasa came over and checked Hinata and Sulu: Are you okay?
It’s okay, thank you Captain Mikasa. Sulu breathed a sigh of relief, why are you here?
Patrol. Mikasa answered briefly, her eyes flicking between the two of them. “Next time, don’t go to such a remote place. You won’t always be this lucky.”
She turned and left, her back as straight as a pine tree. Hinata finally breathed a sigh of relief, her legs weakened and she almost fell. Sulu quickly supported her: Hinata, are you okay?
No, it’s okay… Hinata’s face turned red again, but this time she didn’t avoid Sulu’s support. I’m just… a little scared…
Sulu looked at her trembling eyelashes and flushed cheeks, and a strong desire to protect her surged in his heart: Thank you, Hinata. If it weren’t for you…
I, I just happened to pass by… Hinata quietly defended herself, but the determination in her eyes betrayed her. Seeing that Guilongyuan-san was following you, she felt something was wrong…
Su Lu suddenly understood something: That note… was written by you? E stands for… Emi (the romanization for Hinata)?
Hinata’s eyes flashed with surprise, and then turned into a shy admission: I, I heard that Guilongyuan classmate was going to cause trouble for you… but I didn’t dare to tell you directly…
She raised her head, her lavender eyes filled with sincerity: I’m sorry, I have to do this in this way…
No, I should be the one to say thank you. Su Lu said softly, thank you for protecting me.
The distance between them gradually closed, the setting sun blending their shadows together. Hinata’s breathing became rapid, and Sulu could smell the faint scent of cherry blossoms in her hair…
A cough! A deliberate cough interrupted the ambiguous atmosphere.
Liuhua stood at the entrance of the garden, hands on her hips: “Is it the wrong time for me to come? Or is it the perfect time?”
Hinata jumped away like a frightened rabbit, her face flushed so red that it looked like blood was dripping out. Sulu also coughed awkwardly: Rikka…why are you here?
The Evil King’s True Eye sensed the fluctuations in the fate line! Rikka waved her arms dramatically. It seems I saved the innocent duo who were about to cross the line~
Rikka-san! Hinata stamped her feet in shame and anger.
Su Lu smiled helplessly, but the tension in his heart dissipated a lot. As the sun set, the shadows of the three people were stretched very long, intertwined, as if foreshadowing their future entangled destinies.
Chapter 29: Anticipation [Collection Request] (Old Version)
The afterglow of the setting sun stretched the three of them. Hinata’s blush hadn’t faded yet, and her fingers twirled the hem of her skirt nervously. Rikka’s eyes flicked between the two of them, a sly smile playing on her lips.
So~Rikka drawled out, am I interrupting some important moment?
No, nothing! Hinata’s voice suddenly rose an octave, then retreated. We were just…discussing…uh
Discussing how to deal with the threat from Guilongyuan classmate. Sulu took over the conversation at the right time and gave Hinata a way out. Thanks to Hinata’s wit, otherwise I might have to go to the infirmary.
Rikka sighed exaggeratedly: “Alas, Hinata is just too shy.” She suddenly leaned closer to Sulu and lowered her voice. “But I’ll tell you a secret, Hinata has secretly practiced the secret taijutsu of the Hyuga family! If they had really fought just now, that guy Guilongyuan might not even know how he fell down~”
“Rikka-san! Hinata stamped her feet anxiously. No, don’t say that…”
Sulu looked at Hinata’s petite body in surprise: Really?
Hinata lowered her head and whispered softly: “Just some self-defense techniques…”
Rikka laughed heartily and put her arms around their shoulders. “Alright, alright! It’s almost dark if this keeps up! Let’s go get dinner! I heard the cafeteria has a special strawberry daifuku tonight!”
Without a word, she pushed them toward the cafeteria. Sulu and Hinata were forced to walk side by side, their arms occasionally touching, then pulling apart as if struck by lightning. Rikka snickered beside them, her single eye gleaming with the glint of a successful prank.
The cafeteria was bustling with people, with girls gathering in groups of three or four to eat. When Su Lu and his companions walked in, the noisy chatter suddenly subsided, and countless eyes were cast at them.
Don’t pay attention to them, Liuhua said nonchalantly, the novelty will wear off after a few days.
She pulled the two of them to a corner seat and sat down. Hinata offered to get the food and hurriedly escaped the awkward atmosphere.
Hey, Sulu-kun, Rikka suddenly became serious. Do you really like Hinata?
Su Lu almost choked on his own saliva: W-what?
“Don’t play dumb,” Rikka narrowed her single eye. “The Evil King’s True Eye can see through all illusions! Your attitude towards Hinata is obviously different.”
Su Lu was silent for a moment, his eyes unconsciously following Hinata, who was queuing for food in the distance. Her long silver-blue hair glowed softly under the cafeteria lights, and her profile was as delicate as porcelain.
She… is very special. Su Lu finally whispered, “When I was still a stone, she was the first person who really cared about me.”
Rikka’s expression softened. “Hinata is indeed very gentle. But you have to know that she’s not the only one in this school who has a crush on you.”
Su Lu looked at her puzzledly: What do you mean?
Akimoto Reiko, Captain Mikasa, even… Rikka lowered her voice mysteriously, “Teacher Robin. They all have varying degrees of interest in you.”
Sulu’s face instantly turned hot: This is impossible! Captain Mikasa wanted to kill me!
That was in the past, Rika said meaningfully, the contract changed a lot of things, including people’s hearts.
She wanted to say something else, but Hinata had already returned with a tray of food, a shy smile on her face: No, I didn’t know what you liked, so I just took a little bit of everything…
The plate was indeed piled high with all kinds of food, from curry rice to tempura, and even a small bowl of red bean soup. Su Lu’s heart was hit hard by this clumsy thoughtfulness.
“Thank you, they all look delicious,” he said sincerely.
The three of them began to eat, and the atmosphere gradually became relaxed. Rikka talked non-stop about her latest Evil King True Eyes adventure plan, Hinata occasionally whispered to correct her exaggerated parts, and Sulu was amused and laughed frequently.
Just then, a dinner tray plopped down on the empty spot at their table.
Do you mind if I join in?
Akimoto Reiko stood there, her short blond hair neatly tucked behind her ears, the student council secretary badge gleaming on her collar. Her tone was polite and distant, but the expectation in her eyes betrayed her.
Of course I don’t mind! Hinata quickly moved aside to make room for Akimoto.
Akimoto sat down gracefully, his eyes lingering subtly between Sulu and Hinata for a second: I heard that something…unpleasant happened in the West Garden just now?
Liuhua raised her eyebrows: News spreads so fast, Mr. Student Union Secretary.
“Kiryuin met me on the way to the principal’s office,” Akimoto explained in a calm voice. “She was very emotional and said some…inappropriate things.”
Su Lu put down his chopsticks: Is she okay?
Akimoto looked at him in surprise: You care about her? She just wanted to attack you.
I just don’t want things to get out of hand, Su Lu sighed. After all, I just arrived at the school and don’t want to cause trouble.
Akimoto’s expression softened. “You’re even more… considerate than I thought.” She paused. “Don’t worry, Captain Mikasa has already reported the situation to the principal.” Guilongyuan has been suspended from his position as head of the Discipline Committee and will receive a week of psychological counseling.
Hinata exclaimed softly: Is this so serious?
Threatening a classmate is a serious violation of discipline, no matter who the target is. Akimoto’s voice carried the authority of a student council secretary, and the principal emphasized this point.
She turned to Su Lu, her eyes filled with mixed emotions: “Principal Hancock asked me to tell you that Sakura Butterfly Academy will not tolerate any form of bullying. As a member of the school, you have the right to enjoy the same protection as other students.”
Su Lu was a little surprised: Thank the principal for me.
I will. Akimoto nodded, then changed the subject. “By the way, regarding tomorrow’s freshman welcome party, the student union needs a few volunteers to help set up the venue. Are you interested?”
Liuhua immediately raised her hand: The Evil King’s True Eye is ready to serve the campus at any time!
Hinata also quietly expressed her willingness to help. Naturally, Sulu had no objection.
“Great,” Akimoto said with a smile. “See you in the auditorium tomorrow afternoon at 3:00. I’ll prepare the work assignments and snacks.”
Her gaze lingered on Su Lu’s face for a second longer, then quickly shifted away, focusing on her own plate. The atmosphere at the table shifted subtly, and Liuhua, keenly aware of the mood swings among the three people, curled her lips into a playful smile.
After dinner, the four of them walked towards the dormitory area. The moonlight cast a shadow on the cherry blossom path, adding a touch of romance to the night.
See you tomorrow then. Akimoto stopped at the entrance of the girls’ dormitory and said goodbye to the three of them.
Her gaze finally fell on Su Lu: “Student Su Lu, your dormitory is in Room 201 of the old faculty building. Do you need me to take you there?”
No, thank you. Su Lu politely declined. Captain Mikasa had already shown me the way this afternoon.
Akimoto nodded, turned around and walked into the girls’ dormitory. Rikka yawned exaggeratedly: “I should go back to study my dark magic!” Hinata, you can take Sulu back to the dormitory. He may not be familiar with the night road yet.
Huh? B-but… Hinata stammered, trying to refuse.
That’s it! Rikka had already skipped away, not forgetting to turn around and wink at the two of them. Goodnight~
Sulu and Hinata were left standing there, and the atmosphere was a little awkward for a moment.
Well…I can go back by myself…Su Lu scratched his head.
Hinata took a deep breath, as if she had made up her mind: No, no! The campus is very complicated at night, it’s easy to get lost! I, I’ll take you there!
Her voice grew softer and softer, but her steps were steady as she headed towards the old faculty building. Su Lu followed her pace, and the two walked side by side in the moonlight.
The night breeze was gentle, carrying the warmth of early summer. Fireflies twinkled in the grass beside the road, like scattered stars. Hinata’s silver-blue hair shimmered in the moonlight, occasionally picked up by the wind, brushing against Sulu’s arm and bringing with it a faint scent of cherry blossoms.
The stars are so bright today. Su Lu looked up at the night sky, trying to find something to talk about.
Hinata also raised her face: Hmm… much brighter than usual…
There was a moment of silence. Both of them slowed down their pace, as if wanting to prolong this time alone.
Hinata, Sulu suddenly spoke, thank you for saving me today.
Hinata’s face turned red again: This is nothing… Anyone would do the same…
No, not everyone can do that. Su Lu said seriously, you risked offending the head of the Discipline Committee to protect me, this… this means a lot to me.
Hinata paused, the moonlight illuminating her delicate profile. Her fingers twisted nervously, but her eyes remained resolute: Because, because Sulu-san is also very important to me…
These words were like a stone dropped into a calm lake, stirring up ripples between the two of them. Su Lu’s heartbeat quickened, and a warm feeling spread in his chest.
Hinata, I…
Ah! We’re at the dormitory! Hinata suddenly pointed ahead, interrupting what Sulu was about to say.
Indeed, the old faculty building was already within sight. Standing alone on the edge of campus, surrounded by dense trees, the two-story building looked somewhat eerie. Only the warm light shone through the window of Room 201, Su Lu’s room.
Then I’ll go back first! Hinata said hurriedly, turning around and about to leave.
Wait! Su Lu subconsciously grabbed her wrist. It’s so late, it’s not safe for you to go back alone. Let me take you back to the girls’ dormitory.
Hinata’s wrist was slender and warm, trembling slightly in his palm: But, but…
No buts. Su Lu said firmly, I can’t let you walk alone at night.
Hinata’s eyes flickered with emotion, and she nodded gently. Then the two of them walked back the way they had come, this time in a much more relaxed mood. Hinata whispered to Sulu about the buildings and history they passed by, and Sulu listened intently, occasionally amused by her adorable quirks.
When they returned to the girls’ dormitory, it was almost curfew. In front of the dormitory building, a familiar figure was waiting under a streetlight.
Captain Mikasa? Sulu exclaimed in surprise.
Mikasa Ackerman straightened up, the metal parts of her 3D maneuvering device gleaming coldly in the moonlight. “All students must be back in the dorms ten minutes before curfew.” Her voice remained cold, but without the usual edge. “Hinata, you’re late.”
I’m sorry! Hinata bowed quickly and said, “I’ll go back right away!”
She said goodbye to Su Lu in a hurry and trotted into the dormitory building. Mikasa’s eyes followed her back, then turned to Su Lu: You too, it’s time to go back to the dormitory.
Sulu nodded: “I’ll go back now. Thank you for your reminder, Captain Mikasa.”
He turned to leave, but Mikasa suddenly called him: Wait.
Su Lu turned around and looked at her in confusion. Mikasa hesitated for a moment, then pulled a small bottle from her pocket. “This is… an ointment for muscle aches. Tsunade-sensei asked me to give it to you.”
Su Lu took the bottle, feeling the coldness. “Thank you. Thank you, too, Teacher Tsunade, for me.”
Mikasa nodded slightly and turned to leave. But after taking a few steps, she stopped again, turned her back to Sulu and said: Tomorrow…be careful of Guilongyuan. Although she was suspended, she still had many followers.
Sulu felt warm in his heart: “I will pay attention. Thank you, Captain Mikasa.”
Mikasa didn’t respond, and her figure quickly disappeared into the night. Su Lu held the bottle of ointment, feeling a mixture of emotions. This girl who once wanted to kill him was now concerned about his safety?
Back in the dorm, Su Lu washed up quickly and lay down on the bed. The room, though old, was spotlessly clean, and the sheets smelled of sunshine. Outside the window, a bright moon hung high in the sky, and fireflies danced among the trees.
The scenes of today kept flashing through his mind: Hinata’s petite back blocking his way, Akimoto’s gentle smile in the library, Rikka’s mischievous wink, and even the subtle concern in Mikasa’s eyes when she handed him the ointment…
This school, once hostile to him, now gave him a strange sense of belonging. Those girls, from their initial rejection to their current acceptance, even…something more complicated?
Su Lu turned over and buried his face in the pillow.
What will happen at tomorrow’s freshman welcome party? He thought about it with both anticipation and trepidation, and gradually fell asleep.
The moonlight filtered through the gaps in the curtains, casting a silver streak on the floor.
In a corner unknown to Su Lu, an ancient diary was being turned over by slender fingers, recording a secret about contract and fate…
Chapter 30 Spring Dream! Start Now (Old Version)
Chapter 30: Spring Dream!
Moonlight flowed like water through the gaps in the curtains into Dormitory 201. Su Lu turned over in his sleep, and the sheets slipped off, revealing his strong shoulders.
The dream was like a soft veil, slowly wrapping him up.
He dreamed that he was standing in a cherry blossom forest, and the pink and white petals were falling like snow.
In the distance, there was the sound of running water and the faint sound of a musical instrument. The air was filled with a sweet fragrance that made one’s heart flutter.
Su Lujun
A familiar yet unfamiliar voice came from behind. Su Lu turned around, his breathing instantly stagnating.
Hinata stood there, but she looked nothing like the shy girl he remembered.
She was wearing a lavender silk nightgown, the sheer fabric accentuating her breathtaking curves.
The hem of the skirt only reaches the middle of the thigh, revealing the slender white legs; the V-neckline is just right, vaguely showing the delicate collarbone and a hint of seductive shadow.
Her long silver-blue hair was no longer tied into a conservative bun, but cascaded over her shoulders, gently swaying in the breeze.
What made Su Lu’s heart beat faster was her expression – the pair of lavender eyes that always dodged him were now looking straight at him with unprecedented confidence and charm.
Her cherry lips were slightly parted, and the breath she exhaled seemed sweet.
Hinata? Sulu’s voice was a little tense. Why…are you dressed like this…
Hinata chuckled, her voice lower than usual, with a seductive magnetism: Don’t you like it?
She took a step forward, her toes tapping on the petal-strewn ground, her posture as graceful as a cat.
The straps of her nightgown slid down an inch as she moved, revealing more of her snow-white skin.
Su Lu’s gaze was attracted uncontrollably, and his Adam’s apple rolled up and down.
I…I…He was incoherent and his mind was blank.
Hinata took another step closer, close enough that Sulu could smell her sweet scent, close enough that he could feel the heat of her breath against his neck.
In my dreams… I can be my true self. Hinata whispered, her fingertips lightly stroking Sulu’s arm. No need to be shy, no need to hide…
Her touch was like an electric current, making Su Lu’s skin hot.
The senses in the dream were unusually clear. He could feel the warmth of Hinata’s fingertips, see the twinkling eyes under her long eyelashes, and even hear her accelerated heartbeat.
Hinata, I…Sulu mustered up the courage and reached out to touch her cheek.
The moment their skin touched, they both trembled slightly.
The cherry blossom rain fell more heavily, and the pink and white petals swirled around them like a natural curtain.
Hinata’s eyes were filled with tears and her lips trembled slightly: Sulu-kun… do you like me?
This question hits the heart.
Sulu stared at her, the dream magnified all his emotions, making him unable to think about any complicated concerns.
Yes. He heard himself say, his voice firm and gentle, I have loved you since the moment you picked me up from the grass.
Hinata’s eyes instantly filled with tears, but they were tears of joy.
She stood on tiptoe, parted her lips, and slowly approached…
Just as their lips were about to touch, a shrill alarm sound tore through the dream!
Su Lu sat up suddenly, his forehead covered with cold sweat and his heart beating wildly.
I looked down at my crotch and realized I had ejaculated!
Outside the window, the sun had just risen, gilding the campus. The touch of the sheets and the cool morning air reminded him that everything that had just happened was just a dream.
Spring Dream
It’s just a dream… Su Lu murmured to himself, but he felt a sense of loss and…an unspeakable restlessness.
He took a cold shower to try to calm himself down.
But the images in the dream lingered—the feel of Hinata’s silk nightgown, her warm breath as she approached, and those purple eyes that no longer dodged…
Damn…Sulu buried his face in the towel, it was so embarrassing.
At breakfast, Sulu deliberately avoided the corner where he usually ate breakfast with Hinata and Rikka, and sat alone at the edge of the cafeteria.
He wasn’t ready to face Hinata, especially after a dream like that.
What are you hiding here for?
A voice came from above. Su Lu looked up and saw Liuhua standing in front of the table with her hands on her hips, her single eye narrowed into a slit, a mischievous smile on her lips.
Good morning. Su Lu pretended to be calm and said, “I just… want to change the taste.”
Rikka raised an eyebrow exaggeratedly. “Oh? So you went from having breakfast with Hinata to just eating bread alone?” She leaned in closer, lowering her voice. “Are you having a wet dream?”
Sulu almost choked on the bread: W-what?
“Stop pretending,” Liuhua said, shaking her finger proudly. “The Evil King’s True Eyes can see through all dream fluctuations! The energy was unusually active last night.”
Su Lu’s ears instantly turned red as if they were about to bleed: I don’t know what you are talking about…
Okay, I won’t tease you anymore. Rikka suddenly became serious, but you have to be careful, dreams are sometimes not just dreams.
She lowered her voice mysteriously: In this school, the line between dreams and reality… is very blurred.
Just as Su Lu was about to ask, Liuhua turned and headed for the food area, leaving him bewildered. The line between dream and reality was blurred? What did this mean?
Su, Su Lujun…
A whisper came from the side. Sulu turned and saw Hinata standing there, tray in hand. She was wearing her usual school uniform, her silver-blue hair neatly tied into a ponytail. She looked as innocent and lovely as ever—except for a suspicious blush on her cheeks.
Good morning. Hinata lowered her head, her voice even softer than usual. Can I sit here?
Sulu’s brain short-circuited. The overlapping of dream and reality left him momentarily unsure how to react. Hinata seemed to misunderstand his silence, her eyes slightly reddened. “S-Sorry! I’m sorry! I’m bothering you! I’ll…
No! Please sit down! Su Lu stood up suddenly, and his movement was so big that he almost knocked over the coffee cup. I just… was a little distracted.
Hinata sat down cautiously, and the atmosphere between them was subtle and awkward. Sulu stole a glance at her and suddenly noticed a detail – Hinata’s ears were red, her fingers were twisting the hem of her skirt nervously, and she would glance at him from time to time and then quickly look away.
Could it be… that she had a similar dream? What did Rikka mean by the dream fluctuations?
Hinata, Sulu mustered up the courage to speak, did you sleep well last night?
Hinata’s spoon clattered onto the plate. Her face instantly turned as red as a ripe apple, and she stammered, “It’s alright… I had a… strange dream…”
Su Lu’s heart beat faster: What, what kind of dream?
Hinata lowered her head almost to her chest: No, I don’t remember…
Just then, Rikka came back with a mountain of food: Wow, you two are so red in the face that you can fry an egg!
She sat down nonchalantly, deliberately squeezing in between the two of them: “Today is the big day for the freshman welcome party! You can’t act like this!”
Sulu and Hinata breathed a sigh of relief, yet also felt a tinge of disappointment. Breakfast continued as Rikka continued to discuss the Evil King’s True Eye’s prophecy, and the atmosphere gradually returned to normal.
But Sulu couldn’t help but pay attention to every little movement of Hinata – the white skin on the back of her neck when she lowered her head, the slightly pouty lips when she drank juice, and the panicked yet sweet look in her eyes when her eyes occasionally met his…
All of this reminded him of that dream, of the confident and charming Hinata in that dream. And now, the Hinata sitting before him, though still shy, seemed to have undergone some inexplicable changes.
After breakfast, the three of them walked to the auditorium for the freshman welcome party. On the way, Rikka suddenly remembered something and said, “By the way, Hinata, did you stay up late in the library again last night? I woke up in the middle of the night and saw your bed was empty.”
Hinata’s body stiffened noticeably: “Huh? No, no… I was sleeping the whole time…”
Really? Rikka narrowed her eyes. “That might be my hallucination~”
Sulu noticed that Hinata’s reaction was a little strange, but before he could think about it, he had already arrived at the auditorium. The venue was decorated gorgeously and warmly, with a banner welcoming new students hanging on the stage, and Akimoto Reiko was directing the student council members to make the final preparations.
Ah, you’re here! Akimoto’s eyes lit up when he saw the three of them. He just needed help placing the seating cards.
She walked over quickly, her blonde hair gleaming in the sun. When her eyes fell on Su Lu, the smile on her lips deepened slightly: “Student Su Lu, could you please help me move these materials?”
Of course. Su Lu nodded and followed Qiu Ben to the backstage.
The backstage was filled with all kinds of props and decorations. Qiu Ben handed Su Lu a stack of beautifully printed programs, and their fingers touched inadvertently, then quickly separated.
Thank you for coming to help. Akimoto’s voice was softer than usual. As the student council secretary, I’m grateful.
Su Lu shook his head: This is what I should do. After all, you prepared such a grand welcome party for me.
Akimoto’s eyes lit up: You know?
Know what?
Nothing. Qiu Ben quickly changed the subject, By the way, I heard that Guilongyuan gave you trouble yesterday?
Su Lu nodded: “It’s been resolved. Captain Mikasa handled it well.”
Captain Mikasa is indeed very reliable. Akimoto pondered, but… you have to be careful of the people from the Kiryuin faction. They are very opposed to boys entering a girls’ school.
She suddenly took a step closer and lowered her voice: Especially today, they might…
Before he finished speaking, the curtain backstage was suddenly lifted, and Hinata and Rikka walked in.
Sulu-kun, Akimoto-san, Hinata whispered, Rikka said the stage banner needs to be adjusted…
Her eyes fell on the close distance between them, and her voice gradually became quieter. Akimoto naturally took a step back and resumed the formal posture of the student union secretary: “Okay, I’ll go check it out.”
She nodded to Su Lu and walked towards the stage. Liuhua came over and nudged Su Lu with her elbow: Hey, how does it feel to be alone with the top student secretary?
We are just working, Su Lu said helplessly.
Hinata stood aside, her fingers twisted nervously. Sulu couldn’t help but look at her, and the scene from his dream resurfaced. He quickly looked away, but noticed that Hinata’s ears were red again.
Strange… Rikka suddenly muttered to herself, staring at Hinata with her one eye, your energy field…did something happen last night?
Hinata jumped like a frightened rabbit: “No, nothing! I, I’ll go help Akimoto-san!”
She hurried away, her back looking extremely flustered. Rikka stroked her chin, thoughtfully: Interesting… Very interesting…
What’s wrong? Sulu asked.
Liuhua smiled mysteriously: Some things are better left to the parties involved to discover for themselves.
The welcome party started soon.
As a special freshman, Su Lu was invited to the stage to receive a welcome from the entire school. The audience was filled with girls, and all sorts of gazes were directed at him, some curious, some scrutinizing, some friendly, some hostile… making him feel uneasy.
President Hancock’s speech was brief and official, but at least it was not overtly hostile.
Then there were various performances and welcome programs, and the atmosphere gradually became lively.
When Qiu Ben announced the last part – the wishes of new students, Su Lu was invited to the center of a small magic circle on the stage.
This is the tradition of Sakura Butterfly, Akimoto explained. Freshmen stand in the wish array and make a wish. It is said that the wish will be heard by the school elves and will be more likely to come true.
Su Lu stood in the center of the magic circle, hesitant and unconvinced. The magic circle immediately lit up with a soft light, enveloping him.
“Please make a wish, Sulu-san,” Akimoto said with a smile.
Su Lu closed his eyes, and various scenes of the past few days flashed through his mind – Hinata’s gentle smile, Rikka’s exaggerated antics, Akimoto’s serious eyes, and even a hint of concern in Mikasa’s coldness… and the principal of the cold storage… Robin… Nami… Tsunade… all these graceful women!
So!
I hope… he thought to himself, I can have all the girls in this school, and be with all the girls… forever.
The magic circle’s light suddenly grew stronger, and the audience exclaimed in surprise. Su Lu opened his eyes and saw countless tiny points of light converging towards him, like fireflies on a summer night.
Even stranger, Hinata, standing in the audience, also had a similar shimmering light. It was faint, but it was there. Their eyes met through the light, Hinata’s filled with surprise and some indescribable emotion.
This is… Akimoto looked at this scene in surprise, soul resonance?
The whole audience was in an uproar.
Principal Hancock stood up from her seat, a complex emotion flashing in her eyes. Teacher Robin smiled knowingly and whispered something to Mikasa beside her.
Liuhua danced excitedly in the audience: “I knew it! The threads of fate are beginning to intertwine!”
The light gradually faded, but that wonderful sense of connection remained in Su Lu’s heart.
He looked at Hinata and suddenly became extremely certain that last night’s dream was not just a simple dream.
Hinata’s blushing cheeks and sparkling eyes seemed to be telling the same secret.
Chapter 31 System Binding! How to capture 432 girls? (Old version)
Zongman: I am the only boy in the school, H is crazy: Chapter 31 System Binding! How to attack 432 girls?
The light of the magic circle gradually dissipated, but suddenly a strange electronic sound rang in Sulu’s ears:
[Ding! Strong desire fluctuation detected! ][The love strategy system is being bound…][Binding successful! Host: Su Lu. Target: All female students at Sakura Butterfly Academy.]Su Lu froze in place. The voice seemed to echo directly in his mind, too sharp to be an illusion. The cheers and applause from the audience grew distant, and translucent text boxes began to appear at the edge of his vision:
[Main Mission: Conquer All the Girls in the School (0/423)]【Time limit: three months】
[Success Reward: Become a campus idol and gain the admiration of all girls][Failure Penalty: Permanently transformed into a toilet in the women’s restroom (consciousness retained)]Wha…what?! Sulu yelled, drawing confused looks from those around him.
[System prompt: The mission has taken effect, please complete it actively. The current list of attackable targets has been generated, please check it.]A series of girls’ avatars and names rolled in front of Sulu’s eyes like a waterfall: Hinata, Rikka Takanashi, Reiko Akimoto, Mikasa Ackerman, Boa Hancock…even Tsunade and Robin!
Wait! This isn’t a wish I made! Su Lu roared in his heart, I never thought of conquering all the girls in the school!
[System Response: The result of the wish analysis is to establish a deeper connection with all those who care about me. This system has been optimized to a more specific goal.]This is not the same thing at all!
“Sulu-san?” Akimoto’s voice brought him back to reality. “Are you okay?” His face looked grim.
Su Lu then realized that everyone was looking at him. He forced a smile: “No, nothing, just a little… shocked.”
The welcome party ended with applause. Su Lu walked off the stage in a daze, the horrific punishment for failure replaying in his mind. Turning into a toilet? And retaining consciousness? This was more terrifying than death!
Sulu-kun! Hinata and Rikka came over with worried looks on their faces. You don’t look right.
I’m fine. Su Lu tried to stay alert, but… I suddenly had a headache.
Liuhua narrowed her single eye. “It’s not just a normal headache, is it? The magic circle’s reaction just now was too abnormal, and… She leaned close to Sulu’s ear and said, “I saw the data flow around you, like some kind of system binding.”
Su Lu was shocked: Can you see it?
The Evil King’s True Eyes are omnipotent. Rikka wiggles her fingers triumphantly, then becomes serious. However, this time the energy is strange, unlike the magic used in school…
Hinata looked at the two of them worriedly: What happened?
Su Lu hesitated for a moment and decided to confess: I seem to be bound by some kind of system, which requires me… He paused with embarrassment,… to conquer all the girls in the school, otherwise I will become a toilet.
Hinata’s eyes widened: Toilet?!
I knew it! Rikka slapped her thigh. It’s a love strategy system! The curse system that was created by a legendary perverted magician!
She grabbed Su Lu’s arm and said, “This thing loves to twist people’s wishes. You said you wanted to establish a connection with people who care about you, and it understood it as establishing a romantic relationship with all girls!”
Su Lu was about to cry, but she had no tears: What should I do? Can it be lifted?
Liuhua stroked her chin and thought: Theoretically, it is possible, but we need to find the core of the system… The problem is that it usually parasitizes the host…
Hinata suddenly interrupted: I, I remember that the ancient books of the Hyuga family mentioned a similar case… It takes tears of sincerity to break the curse…
Tears of sincerity? Sulu and Liuhua said in unison.
Hinata nodded, her face slightly reddened: “It’s just the tears shed by someone who truly loves the host… But it must be pure love, without any impurities…
Su Lu’s heart sank. This condition sounded even harder than conquering all the girls in the school. He had only just started school, so how could anyone truly love him?
Wait, Rikka’s eyes suddenly lit up. The system asks you to capture a girl, but it doesn’t say you have to succeed, right? Just try to approach her and build some affection, right?
Su Lu checked the system description: [Strategy definition: Make the target develop a romantic tendency towards the host, with the favorability reaching above 80].
I need to make them feel good about me… Su Lu said in despair, 423 people in three months, this is simply impossible!
Not necessarily! Rikka smiled mysteriously. The system didn’t say you couldn’t ask for help. The Evil King’s True Eyes decided to form a special task force to save Sulu-kun from the fate of the toilet!
Hinata also plucked up the courage: I, I will help too!
Su Lu looked at the two of them with emotion: Thank you…but this is too dangerous, I don’t want to implicate you.
What nonsense are you talking about! Liuhua put her hands on her hips and said, “Have you forgotten who saved you from your stone state?”
As the three of them were talking, Akimoto Reiko came over and asked, “What are you discussing? You look so serious.”
Rikka’s eyes rolled, and she suddenly pulled Akimoto aside, explaining the situation in a low voice. Akimoto’s expression went from surprise to seriousness, and finally he nodded: “I understand. As the student union secretary, it is my duty to help students solve their problems.”
She turned to Su Lu, her blonde hair gleaming in the sun. “I’ll help you create opportunities within the student union. Let’s start with the executive committee members; they’re more receptive to new things.”
Sulu was stunned: You…you believe such a ridiculous thing?
Akimoto smiled slightly: I have seen stranger things than this in Sakura Butterfly Academy.
Thus, an absurd yet serious plan to save Su Lu began. The four found a secluded corner and began to formulate a strategy.
First, Liuhua is like a little general directing the country. We need to classify the goals. According to the difficulty, they are divided into four levels: S, A, B, and C.
Akimoto expertly pulled up the student list: C-rank were average students, not particularly hostile to boys; B-rank were neutral; A-rank were those who had aversions to boys but could communicate; S-rank…
The S-level includes Kiryuin Satsuki and her extremist faction, Rikka takes over, and there are also high-difficulty targets such as the principal and Tsunade teacher.
Hinata added quietly: 3. Captain Mikasa should be considered A-level… Her attitude towards Sulu-kun has softened a lot…
Su Lu watched them discuss this seriously, and a warm feeling welled up in his heart. Even in such a ridiculous situation, these girls stood by him without hesitation.
So who is the first target? Akimoto asked.
Everyone’s eyes turned to Hinata. Hinata’s face instantly turned red like a ripe apple: “Eh? Me, me?”
Of course! Liuhua said confidently, your favorability has obviously exceeded the limit! The system should have a prompt, right?
Only then did Sulu notice that there was indeed a progress bar with the number [Favorability: 92/100] next to Hinata’s avatar on the system panel, and the status was displayed as [Conquered].
Wait, Sulu asked in surprise, why is Hinata’s favorability so high? We’ve only known each other for a few days…
Hinata lowered her head, her voice as soft as a mosquito: “Maybe it’s because…that dream…”
Dream? Akimoto and Rikka asked in unison.
Su Lu’s face instantly flushed. Was that ambiguous dream just his fantasy?
I, I had a dream too… I could barely hear Hinata’s voice, and I dreamed of being in a cherry blossom forest with Sulu-kun…
Liuhua whistled: “Wow, dream synchronization! This is the highest form of soul resonance!”
Akimoto’s expression changed subtly, but he quickly regained his composure. “In that case, Hinata-san has already been conquered. Next, we should try a C-rank target.”
Chapter 32 Yuigahama Yui (Old Version)
I’m the only boy in the school, H is crazy: Chapter 32 Yuigahama Yui picture and text
She pointed to a girl named Yuigahama Yui on the list: she was the president of the cooking club, had a cheerful personality and was very open to new things.
The plan was thus finalized: Akimoto would arrange exchange activities between the cooking club and the freshman representative (that is, Su Lu) in the name of the student union to create opportunities for contact.
After the meeting, the four of them went their separate ways.
Su Lu returned to the dormitory, collapsed on the bed, and stared at the ceiling in a daze. Everything that happened today was too bizarre, and he even wondered if he was still dreaming.
[System prompt: Host negativity detected, activation of incentive program]A sharp pain suddenly swept through his body! Su Lu curled up on the bed, feeling every inch of his muscles twitching.
What’s even more terrifying is that his lower body began to become stiff and his skin gradually took on a porcelain-like luster!
Stop! Stop! Su Lu shouted in pain, I will try my best!
The pain disappeared immediately, and the changes in his body also quickly subsided. Su Lu was covered in cold sweat and gasping for breath.
This is not a joke, the system will really turn him into a toilet!
[Warm reminder: The next punishment will be more severe. Please actively complete the task.]Su Lu gritted his teeth, but there was nothing he could do. He had to take this ridiculous task seriously.
The next day, as planned, Su Lu participated in the cooking club’s activities.
Yuigahama Yui is a lively girl with a pink bun, who shows great curiosity rather than hostility towards Sulu’s existence.
“Boys really can’t cook?” she asked, tilting her head, kneading the dough skillfully.
Not all boys can’t do this. Su Lu took the dough she handed over and tried to imitate her movements. It’s just that I’m clumsy.
Yuigahama was amused by his clumsiness: “It’s okay! I’ll teach you!”
She stood behind Su Lu and taught him the technique of kneading dough. This close contact made Su Lu a little embarrassed, but for the sake of the mission, he had no choice but to continue.
When the activity ends, the system prompt sound will sound:
[Yuigahama Yui Favorability +15, Current Favorability: 35/100]The first battle was a victory! Su Lu breathed a sigh of relief, at least it proved that this method was feasible.
In the following days, Sulu began a crazy strategy journey with the help of Akimoto, Rikka and Hinata:
Under Akimoto’s arrangement, he participated in the reading club of the literature club and discussed poetry with literary girls; under the name of Rikka’s Evil King True Eye User, he joined the Supernatural Research Club and listened to the girls’ stories about campus ghost stories; Hinata took him to the tea ceremony club controlled by the Hyuga family and established connections in an elegant atmosphere.
At the end of each day, Su Lu would check the system panel. Two weeks later, he had successfully improved the favorability of more than fifty girls. Although most of them were still far from reaching the standard of successful capture, at least there was hope.
However, the good times did not last long.
On Monday of the third week, as Su Lu walked into the classroom, he felt an unusual atmosphere.
The girls gathered in twos and threes, whispering to each other. When they saw him come in, they immediately stopped talking and gave him strange looks.
“What happened?” Su Lu asked Liuhua in a low voice.
Liuhua’s expression was unusually serious: “Something’s wrong. Someone’s spreading rumors that you’re a playboy who seduces girls.”
She handed over a note that read: [Warning to all girls: Freshman Su Lu is harassing students under the guise of friendship. The Discipline Committee is investigating.]The signature is: Guilongyuan Satsuki.
Wasn’t she suspended? Su Lu asked in shock.
In name only, but she still has quite a few followers. Rikka bit her lip. This was a problem. Many girls’ favorability might drop…
Sure enough, over the next few days, Su Lu clearly felt the girls’ attitudes turning cold. On the system panel, the favorability ratings that had been rising began to decline, with some even falling into negative territory!
To make matters worse, Akimoto told him that the student union had received multiple complaints demanding that Sulu’s rights to participate in club activities be restricted. Even Principal Hancock, who had remained silent, had summoned him.
Student Su Lu, in the principal’s office, Hancock looked down at him and said, “My acceptance of your admission does not mean tolerance of inappropriate behavior.”
Su Lu was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead: Principal, those are all rumors! I have never –
“Where’s the evidence?” Hancock interrupted him coldly. “Guilongyuan provided testimony from at least ten girls.”
Su Lu was speechless. He couldn’t possibly say he was completing a task in the strategy system, could he?
Hancock announced that from today onwards, you will be restricted from participating in any club activities unless accompanied by a teacher or student union officer.
This was undoubtedly a fatal blow to Su Lu’s mission. When he left the principal’s office, his steps were as heavy as if they were filled with lead.
[Warning: Progress is seriously behind schedule. At the current rate, mission failure rate: 99.8%]The system’s prompt was like a death knell. Su Lu thought desperately, is he really going to become a toilet?
Returning to the dormitory, Su Lu found someone standing at the door – Mikasa Ackerman.
Captain Mikasa? Sulu forced himself to cheer up. What’s wrong?
Mikasa’s expression remained stern, but there seemed to be a hint of complex emotions in her eyes: Regarding those complaints… I have something to say.
She handed over a folder. “This is the result of my investigation. All the girls who accused you are members of the Guilongyuan faction. Their statements are highly consistent, as if they were rehearsed.”
Su Lu opened the folder, which contained Mikasa’s handwritten investigation report, detailing the contradictions in each accusation.
Why…why are you helping me? Su Lu asked in surprise.
Mikasa was silent for a moment. “Because… the contract has changed.” There was a rare hint of uncertainty in her voice. “I can sense that the school needs to change. And you… might be the catalyst.”
She turned to leave, then stopped. “Oh, by the way, the Security Department is recruiting volunteers for the night patrol tomorrow night. It’s nominally about maintaining campus safety, but in reality… it allows you to meet more girls.”
Sulu’s eyes lit up: Thank you, Captain Mikasa!
Mikasa nodded and walked away. After taking a few steps, she suddenly turned back: “Sulu… be careful. Guilongyuan will not give up easily.”
Watching Mikasa’s departing figure, hope rekindled in Sulu’s heart. Perhaps, with the help of his friends, he could really accomplish this impossible task?
He opened the system panel and looked at the 423 girls’ names. The road ahead was still long, but at least he wasn’t fighting alone.
Chapter 33 Misaki Sato (old version)
The night was as dark as ink, and the bell tower of Sakura Butterfly Academy rang ten times. Su Lu, wearing the spare duty uniform provided by Mikasa, stood at the door of the security office waiting for the night patrol group to be assigned.
The uniform was a little too big, but at least it made him look like a regular volunteer.
The list has been confirmed. Mikasa’s voice came from behind you. You have been assigned to Area C, responsible for patrolling around the old school building.
Su Lu turned around and saw Mikasa standing there, the moonlight outlining her tall figure.
Her uniform was simpler than during the day, and the metal parts of her three-dimensional maneuvering gear shone coldly in the moonlight.
District C? Su Lu recalled the campus map. Isn’t that the most remote area?
Mikasa nodded. “Because of this, the likelihood of encountering the Kiryuin faction is minimal.” She handed over a walkie-talkie, “Contact us immediately if anything happens.” Channel 3 goes directly to me.
Sulu took the intercom, and his fingertips accidentally touched Mikasa’s hand. Unexpectedly, Mikasa did not retract her hand immediately, but let this brief contact last for a second.
Thank you. Su Lu said sincerely, you took a big risk to help me.
Mikasa’s mouth corners rose slightly: It’s my duty.
She turned and walked towards the other patrol members, her figure quickly disappearing into the night. Su Lu gripped the intercom tightly, a warm feeling welling up in his heart. This girl who once wanted to kill him was now his ally.
Area C was indeed remote. Su Lu walked along the stone path outside the old school building, the flashlight beam tracing a faint path in the darkness. The night wind rustled through the treetops, occasionally punctuated by the chirping of insects.
[System prompt: Approaching target detected]Su Lu was stunned, and the system panel automatically expanded, showing a new name: [Sato Misaki, Favorability: 5/100].
Around the corner ahead, a petite figure was walking slowly. It was a girl wearing glasses, holding several thick books in her arms, and she looked like she had just returned from the library.
Good evening. Su Lu greeted politely. Are you still studying so late?
The girl was startled, her eyes widened behind her glasses: “Ah! You, you are that boy!”
Su Lu took a step back, afraid to scare her. “I’m a patrol volunteer. Do you need me to take you back to the dorm? The campus isn’t very safe at night.”
Sato Misaki looked at him warily, but soon relaxed: I, I heard that you are a playboy
That’s a rumor. Su Lu smiled bitterly and said, “I just want to integrate into school life normally.”
Sato hesitated for a moment, then suddenly asked, “Then why do you participate in so many club activities?” Someone counted that you participated in at least ten different clubs in two weeks.
Su Lu was speechless for a moment. He couldn’t possibly say he was completing a strategy mission, could he?
Because… I want to know everything about this school. He chose his words carefully. As the first boy, it is my responsibility to build a bridge of communication.
Sato’s eyes lit up. “That answer… is more profound than I thought.” She pushed her glasses up. “I’m from the news agency, doing a report on boys’ adaptation to girls’ schools.”
[Sato Misaki’s Favorability +10, Current Favorability: 15/100]Su Lu was delighted. It seemed that honesty actually won people’s favor!
As they chatted along, Sato gradually let down her guard. When they dropped her off near the girls’ dormitory, she even offered, “Can I interview you? Maybe I can help clear up some misunderstandings.”
Of course! Su Lu quickly agreed and said he was welcome anytime.
[Sato Misaki’s Favorability +5, Current Favorability: 20/100]The first battle was a victory! Su Lu felt much more relaxed. It seemed that patrolling at night was a wise decision.
Over the next two hours, Su Lu encountered several more girls returning home late. With Sato’s example in mind, he approached them with greater confidence, introducing himself as a member of the newly formed campus safety volunteer group. While most of the girls were curious, they exhibited basic courtesy.
[Shimizu Riko’s favorability +5][Takahashi Yuu Favorability +8][Suzuki Airi Favorability +3]Although the increase was not large, it was at least a positive development. Su Lu was thinking about how to expand the results of the battle when the intercom suddenly rang:
Attention all patrol members, suspicious individuals have been spotted in the East District. Please increase vigilance. Repeat, suspicious individuals have been spotted in the East District.
It was Mikasa’s voice, but there was a sense of urgency in her tone that Sulu couldn’t understand. He was about to respond when a dark shadow suddenly pounced from the side!
Su Lu was slammed against the wall, and his flashlight and intercom fell out. A leather-gloved hand grabbed his throat, and in the darkness, Gui Longyuan Satsuki’s cold face gradually became clear.
Good evening, boys. She sneered, it seems that Captain Mikasa has given you a lot of special care.
Su Lu struggled, but Gui Longyuan was incredibly strong. Her knee pressed against Su Lu’s abdomen, making it almost impossible for him to breathe.
Let…go…Su Lu squeezed out a few words with difficulty.
Gui Longyuan leaned close to his ear, his breath as cold as a knife: “Do you think you can fool everyone with a few fake certificates? I know what you are doing – using that decent face to seduce girls and fulfill your disgusting collecting habit!”
Her words startled Sulu. A collecting addiction? Did Guilongyuan know about the system?
I don’t know what you are talking about…Su Lu tried to argue.
Lie! Gui Longyuan suddenly tightened his fingers. “I saw your list! 423 girls’ names, each with a number behind it! Are you grading them? Pervert!”
So that’s how it was. Gui Longyuan had somehow seen the system panel but misunderstood its meaning. Su Lu felt both relieved and despaired—relieved that she hadn’t discovered the truth about the system, and despaired that this misunderstanding was almost impossible to explain.
That’s not…what you think…Su Lu’s voice was hoarse.
Gui Longyuan’s eyes became more dangerous: I originally just wanted to drive you away, but now… I have changed my mind.
She drew a short knife with a cold gleam from her waist: Sakura Butterfly doesn’t need boys, never.
The tip of the knife was against Su Lu’s throat, and the cold touch made him stiffen. At this critical moment——
Whoosh! Clang!
A flash of silver light passed, and Kiryuin’s short sword was knocked away, deeply embedded in the nearby tree trunk. Mikasa Ackerman appeared beside the two men like a ghost, the claw of the three-dimensional mobile device still dangling in mid-air.
“Giryuin Satsuki,” Mikasa’s voice was colder than a blade. “Assaulting a classmate with a weapon is a crime in progress. You are under arrest.”
Gui Longyuan let go of Su Lu and turned to face Mikasa: Captain Mikasa, you betrayed our oath! The Security Department’s duty is to protect the purity of the school, not to be a nanny for boys!
The Security Department’s responsibility is to maintain order and enforce school rules. Mikasa responded calmly, “Your current behavior has seriously violated Articles 9 and 17 of the school rules.”
Guilongyuan sneered: “School rules? They are just shackles that bind the weak!” She suddenly pulled out a small bottle from her sleeve and slammed it to the ground!
A thick, purple smoke erupted instantly, enveloping the entire area. Su Lu coughed violently, his eyes burning with pain. He could vaguely hear the sounds of fighting and metal clashing, but his vision was completely obscured by the smoke.
Captain Mikasa! Sulu groped forward, but was tripped by something and fell heavily to the ground.
The smoke gradually dissipated, and Su Lu reluctantly opened his eyes, seeing Mikasa and Gui Longyuan fighting fiercely. Mikasa’s three-dimensional mobile device drew a silver track in the moonlight, while Gui Longyuan held another short sword and moved as fast as a ghost.
Run! Mikasa shouted to Sulu during the battle, “Go inform the principal!”
Sulu struggled to get up, but saw that several followers of Guilongyuan had surrounded them from all directions. They were surrounded!
System! Su Lu cried out desperately in his mind, is there anything you can do to help me?
[Emergency Detection. Host life is threatened.][Temporary Unlock: Charm Burst Skill (One-time)][Effect: Temporarily increases the host’s favorability by 30 points for the surrounding targets, lasting for 10 minutes]Use it! Use it now!
A strange energy erupted from Su Lu’s body, spreading out like invisible ripples. The girls around him suddenly stopped, their eyes becoming confused.
Gui Longyuan also felt something was wrong, and her movements slowed down for a moment: What… is going on…
Mikasa seized the opportunity and knocked Kiryuin to the ground with a beautiful roundhouse kick!
Tie him up. Mikasa ordered, and several patrol members who had regained consciousness immediately stepped forward and tied up Guilongyuan with special ropes.
Su Lu slumped to the ground, cold sweat drenching his back. The effect of the skill began to fade, and the girls shook their heads in confusion, seemingly confused as to why they had hesitated.
Only Mikasa walked up to Sulu unaffected, stretched out her hand and pulled him up: What did you do?
Chapter 34 This is not very moral [Please collect] (Old version)
Su Lu didn’t know how to answer.
Mikasa suddenly leaned close to his ear and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: No matter what it is…thank you.
Her breath brushed against Su Lu’s earlobe, with a barely perceptible tremor.
Only then did Sulu notice that Mikasa had a wound on her right arm, with blood dripping down her fingers.
You are injured! Sulu exclaimed.
Mikasa glanced at the wound and said nonchalantly: “It’s just a minor injury.” She pulled a small bottle from her waist, poured out some powder and pressed it on the wound. It was Tsunade’s special hemostatic powder.
After Guilongyuan was taken away, Mikasa simply handled the scene and then personally sent Su Lu back to the dormitory.
The night grew deeper and the campus was so quiet that only the sound of their footsteps could be heard.
That skill…Mikasa suddenly asked, was it given to you by the system?
Su Lu looked at her in surprise: Do you know about the system?
Mikasa nodded: “Rikka told me. She said you’re under some kind of curse system and need to conquer all the girls in the school or you’ll turn into a toilet.”
Sulu smiled bitterly: Sounds ridiculous, right?
At Sakura Chou Academy, absurdity is the norm. Mikasa’s tone was unexpectedly calm. “I’ve seen girls transformed into desserts, library books arrange themselves into mysterious symbols in the middle of the night… a toilet curse is nothing.”
Su Lu couldn’t help laughing: So I’m lucky?
Mikasa glanced at him. In the moonlight, her eyes were much softer than usual: At least… you met us who are willing to help you.
They stopped at the bottom of Su Lu’s dormitory. Mikasa hesitated for a moment, then suddenly said: “Regarding the system task…if you need it, I can help.”
Su Lu was stunned: What do you mean?
Mikasa’s face seemed a little red in the moonlight: What I mean is… if improving my favorability helps you… I won’t object.
[Mikasa Ackerman Favorability +20, Current Favorability: 45/100]The system prompt surprised and touched Sulu. He was about to say something when Mikasa turned and left, her back as straight as a pine tree, with only the blush on the tip of her ear revealing her emotions.
Back in the dormitory, Su Lu lay on the bed, thinking back to the thrilling encounter tonight. Although he almost lost his life, he gained a lot – not only did he unlock the system skills, but he also unexpectedly gained the support of Mikasa.
He opened the system panel and checked the progress:
[Captured: 1/423 (Hinata)][Favorability 50+: 3 people (Rikka, Akimoto, Mikasa)][Favorability 20+: 15 people]Total progress: 4.5%
It was still a long way from the goal, but at least there was hope. Su Lu closed his eyes, and exhaustion soon brought him to sleep.
In his dream, he came to the cherry blossom forest again. But this time, it was not Hinata who was waiting for him, but Mikasa. She was wearing the same duty uniform, but she was less cold and hard than before, with a touch of softness. She extended her hand to Sulu, with a rare smile on her lips.
The next morning, Su Lu was awakened by a hurried knock on the door. He opened the door sleepily and saw Rikka and Hinata standing outside with excited expressions on their faces.
Big news! Rikka waved a piece of paper, announcing that Guilongyuan had been officially expelled! The principal also issued a new notice, strictly prohibiting any form of bullying!
Hinata added: “And, moreover, Sato Misaki’s report was published this morning! The title is “Misunderstanding and Truth: The First Boy’s Journey”…
Su Lu took the newspaper and saw that two entire pages were filled with positive reports about him, with several photos of him studying hard in club activities.
This… this is awesome! Sulu was ecstatic. Sato-san is so awesome!
[Sato Misaki’s Favorability +25, Current Favorability: 45/100][Due to media coverage, the average favorability of all girls in the school increased by +10]The system prompt made Su Lu even more excited. It seemed that the power of public opinion was indeed strong!
Rikka blinked mysteriously: There’s even better news~ The Evil King’s True Eye User has already formulated a strategy plan for the next stage!
She pulled a roll of posters from behind her back and unfurled them with a rustling sound: Sakura Butterfly Academy’s First Campus Cultural Festival! A three-day, three-night, school-wide event! All clubs will participate, and there will be various performances and competitions!
Hinata blushed and added: Aki, Akimoto-san said that you can be arranged as a special guide to lead you around the various exhibition areas…
Su Lu’s eyes lit up. This was a perfect opportunity to improve his favorability! During the cultural festival, he could legitimately interact with all the girls in the school!
But… Rikka suddenly became serious. Although Guilongyuan was expelled, her followers are still there. You must be careful.
Su Lu nodded. Yesterday’s danger was still fresh in his mind, and he would not take it lightly.
“Oh, right,” Hinata whispered, “about that system… I looked up the ancient texts of the Hyuga family. The legend of the Tears of Truth is true, but the conditions are very harsh…
She hesitated, her voice becoming even softer: “We need… the tears of someone who truly loves you, and they must be shed when the host’s life is in danger…”
Su Lu’s heart sank. This meant that even if someone loved him, they would have to wait until he was near death to verify the authenticity of that love. This condition was simply too harsh to be true.
Don’t worry! Liuhua patted his shoulder. The Evil King’s True Eye had foreseen seven possible solutions! The first one was——
She suddenly pulled a bottle of strange purple liquid from her pocket: an improved version of the love potion! Just one drop will make girls’ affection for you skyrocket!
Wait, Su Lu took a step back, isn’t that unethical?
It’s not permanent! Liuhua rolled her eyes. The effect is only for 24 hours, enough time for you to brush up your favorability!
Hinata also whispered: “In extraordinary times, extraordinary measures are used… It’s better than becoming a toilet…”
Su Lu looked at the two girls’ concerned eyes and felt a warm feeling in his heart. They were even willing to go against their own principles to help him.
“Thank you,” he said sincerely, “but I want to try the legitimate way first. If that doesn’t work… I’ll consider the potion.”
Rikka pouted: It’s up to you~ But if the progress is less than 10% before 12 noon on the first day of the cultural festival, I will add something to the water you drink!
The three of them laughed together, the atmosphere light and cheerful. Outside, the sun shone brightly, and a brand new day dawned on Sakura Butterfly Academy. Preparations for the cultural festival were in full swing, and Su Lu’s strategy mission was about to reach a crucial turning point…