Kiryoki was walking unhurriedly toward Aragaki Girls’ High School.
With her hime-style haircut and Shrine Maiden attire, she drew considerable attention along the way, but the stares grew fewer as she neared the school.
Class was in session. The students were all in their classrooms, and non-students didn’t casually approach the school grounds.
In Kiryoki’s ear, information about the deaths of the Tengu Demon General and the others arrived.
The Tengu Demon General and his group had signed a contract to join the Demon Spirit Group, so their death information would naturally be relayed to the surviving members of the Demon Spirit Group.
Now, the only one left alive in the Demon Spirit Group was Kiryoki herself.
‘Who is it? Who keeps targeting me? But whoever you are, I will make you regret this!’
Kiryoki’s eyes held a hint of madness as she let out a few low chuckles.
From all the available information, the person targeting the Demon Spirit Group was a student at the school right in front of her. But with so many people in this school, finding them wouldn’t be easy for Kiryoki. What if the number of people in this school… decreased?
It wasn’t a solution a normal person would think of, but Kiryoki wasn’t a normal person, so she thought it was a brilliant idea.
A blue card appeared in her hand.
【Dream Fragrance】: Can release a soporific incense that knocks people unconscious over a wide area, but has no effect on Reincarnators.
This was an SR-Grade Equipment Card, the second SR-Grade card in Kiryoki’s possession. However, because it only worked on ordinary people, Kiryoki had barely ever used it, and no one knew she had this Equipment Card.
But even though it only worked on ordinary people, its area of effect was large enough to render the entire girls’ school unconscious.
People who were unconscious would naturally be very easy to deal with.
‘The one who killed the Tengu Demon General is probably heading back to the school right now, aren’t they? When you return and find everyone in the school dead… what kind of expression will you make? I’m so looking forward to it. I really want to see the look on your face.’
Kiryoki gripped the card in her hand, thinking with excitement.
Inoue Keiko was listening attentively to the lecture. Although she was a Reincarnator, she was also a good student, ranking among the top in Class B.
But today, just as Inoue Keiko was focused on the lesson, she heard a thud beside her. A seated student had collapsed to the ground for no apparent reason.
Before Inoue Keiko could understand what was happening, thud, thud, thud—one student after another collapsed in the classroom. Even the teacher at the podium was no exception.
In the blink of an eye, Inoue Keiko was the only one still sitting in Class B.
Inoue Keiko: “???”
What was going on?
Though she didn’t know what was happening, Inoue Keiko panicked. She decisively slumped to the side, feigning unconsciousness.
As she fell, Inoue Keiko shakily pulled out her smartphone and sent a message to the contact labeled “Celestial Wolf Demon General”: “Lord, something seems to have gone wrong at the school. The teachers and students all fell unconscious.”
Mizuhashi Yuzuki quickly replied: “Stay hidden and don’t show yourself.”
Tsukiyomi Ruri was on her way back to the school.
On the road, she noticed an incoming message on her phone and opened it to take a look.
It was a message from Mizuhashi Yuzuki: “Lord, I received word that something has happened at our school. I suspect it’s Kiryoki’s doing. Our school is Aragaki Girls’ High School…”
“Understood,” Tsukiyomi Ruri sent a reply.
Putting her phone into her school bag, Tsukiyomi Ruri knew she had to pick up her pace.
“Swoosh!”
She channeled her energy at full power to enhance her physique, sweeping out like a gust of wind. The people she passed along the way wouldn’t have noticed Tsukiyomi Ruri moving by them at all.
With this speed boost, Tsukiyomi Ruri arrived at Aragaki Girls’ High School in an instant.
As soon as she got there, Tsukiyomi Ruri glanced toward a certain direction in surprise. Outside the wall behind the school, a group of yankees was gathered there.
This group of yankees felt awfully familiar.
The ponytailed Ane-go was shouting to her underlings: “It’s because of this damn school that I got dragged to the police station for re-education twice! I can’t swallow this insult! Can you?!”
“We can’t swallow this insult!” the underlings shouted back.
“Good! Then today, we’re going into this school to scare them and show them what we’re made of. Come on, follow me over the wall!” The Ane-go beckoned.
The yankees sprang into action.
For yankees, climbing a wall was a simple matter. The large group quickly scaled the wall and swaggered their way into the school grounds.
But they hadn’t even taken many steps before thud, thud, thud—one by one, they all collapsed.
Tsukiyomi Ruri, who had witnessed the entire scene: “…”
Were these yankees here to provide comic relief?
‘There’s a power in the air that causes people to lose consciousness.’
Tsukiyomi Ruri carefully sensed her surroundings. She could simply blow this stuff away later using [Updraft]. Right now, the priority was dealing with Kiryoki.
Beside Tsukiyomi Ruri, the scythe-wielding Faceless materialized, then swiftly slipped into the interior of the school.
Kiryoki pushed open the door to a classroom.
Seeing the students sprawled unconscious across the classroom floor, a cruel smile spread across Kiryoki’s face. She was about to begin her work.
But just then, as if sensing something, Kiryoki whirled around to look.
A scythe-wielding Faceless was floating right behind her.
“Takahashi Osamu?” Upon seeing this Faceless, Kiryoki immediately thought of Star Group’s Commander.
Kiryoki naturally knew about Takahashi Osamu’s ability. Unaware that Takahashi Osamu was already dead, she assumed he was the one who had come.
“So that’s it. The one who wiped out my Demon Spirit Group members… it was you, Takahashi Osamu? You’re courting death,” Kiryoki said, and immediately, a book appeared in her hand.
This was precisely the SR-Grade Equipment Card, 【Book of Ghosts】, the item that allowed Kiryoki to dominate among Mid-Level Reincarnators.
As Kiryoki flipped a page, ghost after ghost drifted out of the book and lunged toward the Faceless.
These ghosts were vastly different from Leona. They had no discernible, distinct appearance, just blurry humanoid shapes. Naturally, they possessed no self-awareness.
Faced with the charging ghosts, the Faceless swept its scythe through them. Each ghost that rushed forward was instantly cleaved apart.
Although their shattered forms quickly healed, the healed ghosts didn’t charge again. Instead, they surrounded the area, staring fixedly at the Faceless, waiting for an opening.
“Are you really Takahashi Osamu?” Kiryoki questioned, now suspicious after witnessing this.
