Tsukiyomi Ruri felt something was a bit strange.
Why was Mizuhashi Yuzuki absent again? And Inoue Keiko was also absent. She could understand Inoue Keiko’s absence—perhaps she had to go to the Reincarnation World for a mission again. But wasn’t Mizuhashi Yuzuki’s frequency of absence a bit too high?
Ultimately, however, Tsukiyomi Ruri didn’t dwell on these matters. She sat quietly in her seat, peacefully reading a manga.
It was currently break time. The other classmates around her had formed small circles to chat. Tsukiyomi Ruri, alone, seemed out of place. Of course, it wasn’t that no one had previously been curious about such an adorable little loli, but they were all deterred by Tsukiyomi Ruri’s face—cute, but expressionless.
If this weren’t an all-girls school but a co-ed one, there might have been some lolicon who would shamelessly try to hit on her, but since everyone around was a girl, they wouldn’t seek out trouble after being rebuffed.
“Tsukiyomi Ruri, Tsukiyomi Ruri!” Leona drifted over, calling out loudly.
Although it was daytime, there were plenty of places within the school building that the sun didn’t reach. Naturally, Leona didn’t need to stick by Tsukiyomi Ruri’s side all the time and could float around playing wherever she wished.
Hearing Leona’s call, Tsukiyomi Ruri looked up.
Ever since Leona had been by her side, she constantly circulated the energy within her body to be able to detect Leona’s presence. This practice didn’t pose any burden on her anyway.
Leona came up close and said, “Guess what I just saw? Inoue Keiko, the Reincarnator from the neighboring Class B who took leave, actually sneaked back into the school just now.”
Tsukiyomi Ruri felt a little puzzled. “What does she want to do?”
Based on her assumption, Inoue Keiko should have taken leave to go to the Reincarnation World. Had she guessed wrong?
Leona shook her head, indicating she didn’t know, and continued, “But she wasn’t the only one who sneaked in. She brought another person in with her secretly.”
“Do you know who it is?” Tsukiyomi Ruri asked.
“I don’t know. That person was wearing black clothes, black pants, a black cloak, with the hood up and a mask covering their entire face. It’s impossible to identify who it is,” Leona said, spreading her hands.
Tsukiyomi Ruri fell into thought.
At this moment, Inoue Keiko was a bit flustered.
She hadn’t expected that, just after joining the Demon Spirit Group, she would be entrusted by Commander Kiryoki with the important task of assisting the Celestial Wolf Demon General in investigating a target.
The Celestial Wolf Demon General was also someone who had recently joined the Demon Spirit Group. According to what Inoue Keiko understood, she had already reached the level of a Mid-Level Reincarnator. This was a level she could only look up to.
In the current Demon Spirit Group, not counting Commander Kiryoki herself, there were already two Mid-Level Reincarnators. They had been granted the title of Demon General by Kiryoki—although Inoue Keiko felt this seemed a bit chuunibyou, since she had joined the Demon Spirit Group, she naturally couldn’t say much about such things.
“Lord Celestial Wolf, what should we do?” Inoue Keiko asked the Celestial Wolf Demon General beside her timidly.
Black clothes, black pants, a black cloak, the hood up, and a mask covering her entire face—this was the Celestial Wolf Demon General.
In response to Inoue Keiko’s question, the Celestial Wolf Demon General answered irrelevantly, “Inoue, why did you join the Demon Spirit Group?”
The Celestial Wolf Demon General’s voice sounded full of a mechanical quality, clearly not her real voice.
Not understanding why the Celestial Wolf Demon General was asking this, Inoue Keiko hesitated for a moment and said, “I… I just wanted to find a Reincarnator team to join. I happened to see the Demon Spirit Group recruiting members, so I joined.”
The Celestial Wolf Demon General: “…”
Even the Celestial Wolf Demon General didn’t know what to say at this point, thinking that it was truly not easy for Inoue Keiko to have become a Reincarnator and survived until now.
“Since you’ve joined the Demon Spirit Group, do you understand its past?” the Celestial Wolf Demon General asked again.
The past of the Demon Spirit Group?
Inoue Keiko shook her head blankly.
The Celestial Wolf Demon General seemed to have known beforehand that Inoue Keiko didn’t know and didn’t find it strange. She slowly began to explain. “I know a bit about the Demon Spirit Group’s past. I even saw them in action with my own eyes once in a Reincarnation World.”
“Is that the reason you wanted to join the Demon Spirit Group, Lord Celestial Wolf?” Inoue Keiko asked curiously.
The Celestial Wolf Demon General gave a low chuckle. “That is indeed the reason I wanted to join the Demon Spirit Group.”
Inoue Keiko nodded. She thought maybe the Celestial Wolf Demon General had witnessed the Demon Spirit Group’s strength in the past and therefore wanted to join them?
The Celestial Wolf Demon General continued, “That mission for the Demon Spirit Group was to find a murderer hiding in a village. As long as they found the culprit, the mission would be complete. There were no other restrictions. So, during that mission, the people from the Demon Spirit Group simply massacred the entire village!”
Upon hearing this, Inoue Keiko’s face instantly turned pale. She couldn’t imagine such a scene.
She gulped and glanced furtively at the Celestial Wolf Demon General. Even having witnessed such a brutal act by the Demon Spirit Group, she had still joined?
As if not noticing the change in Inoue Keiko’s expression, the Celestial Wolf Demon General continued, “There were other Reincarnators present at the time. One had a different mission and was just passing through that village. She tried to stop the Demon Spirit Group, but ended up being killed by them as well.”
Inoue Keiko lowered her head and said nothing.
“Inoue, don’t you think she was a little foolish, daring to block the Demon Spirit Group which was clearly much stronger?” The Celestial Wolf Demon General suddenly leaned in and asked.
Inoue Keiko was extremely frightened inside. Not daring to look at the Celestial Wolf Demon General, she could only nod stiffly.
She already regretted joining the Demon Spirit Group. From the looks of it now, this was not a normal Reincarnator team at all.
Seeing Inoue Keiko’s frightened state, the Celestial Wolf Demon General said calmly, “Let’s not talk about the past anymore. Let’s continue with the mission the Commander assigned to us. This school is not small. Inoue, let’s split up and investigate.”
In Inoue Keiko’s heart by now, the Celestial Wolf Demon General was undoubtedly also a deviant figure. She was more than eager to leave her side. Upon hearing this, she immediately nodded and left with some fluster.
Watching Inoue Keiko leave, the Celestial Wolf Demon General sighed inwardly. For someone with that kind of personality to become a Reincarnator… normally speaking, she wouldn’t live long, would she?
“Why not kill her?” A voice came from the side at that moment.
The Celestial Wolf Demon General turned to look.
It was a young man dressed in a dress shirt and slacks, looking like an office worker. He wore glasses and had a displeased expression on his face.
“Koike Takuma, don’t just wander into this school as you please,” the Celestial Wolf Demon General said in her mechanically tinged voice.
“You haven’t answered my question yet, Mizuhashi. Why didn’t you kill her? You had a perfectly valid reason to kill her. You could just say you encountered our investigation target and were attacked by them,” Koike Takuma said with a dark expression.
