Shortly after, outside Aragaki Girls’ High School, Tsukiyomi Ruri and the other three watched as the yankees were taken away by the police.
“I can’t believe the supernatural incidents at school were just created by coincidence because of those yankees.” Izumi Shirayuki said with a look of admiration.
She was very satisfied that things could be resolved for such a reason.
“Ruri-san, where are you going?” Mizuhashi Yuzuki called out at that moment.
Tsukiyomi Ruri, who was already turning to leave, said without looking back, “The school board members are here and probably want to ask why we were at school so late at night. I don’t want to deal with that. You all handle it.”
Upon hearing this, Mizuhashi Yuzuki’s eyes lit up. “Shirayuki-senpai, as our Senpai, I’m leaving this matter to you.”
She clearly didn’t want to stay and face the ensuing situation either, so after saying that, she decisively ran off.
As the Club President, Izumi Shirayuki’s mouth twitched. She obviously couldn’t run, so she could only grab Inoue Keiko. “Inoue-san, stay with me a little longer, okay?”
Inoue Keiko: “…”
…
The weekend arrived. Without needing to go to school, Tsukiyomi Ruri turned into a stalker.
Her target was, of course, Inoue Keiko.
Dressed in her uniform, she arrived near an apartment complex and looked up at the five-story building before her.
‘Inoue Keiko seems to live on the third floor? Very well.’
Trees were planted on both sides of the road surrounding the apartment. In this season, the branches were especially thick with leaves, rustling loudly in the wind.
Tsukiyomi Ruri scanned the area and chose the tree with the densest foliage. Taking advantage of the early morning when no one was paying attention, she slipped up into the tree and pulled out a pair of binoculars.
From there, Tsukiyomi Ruri looked towards Inoue Keiko’s residence from afar. Because she had chosen a very good angle, she could take in the entire view of Inoue Keiko’s room. At that moment, Inoue Keiko was tidying up her bedroom, looking exceptionally diligent.
Peeping was quite a boring thing to do, but Tsukiyomi Ruri didn’t mind.
Not long after she began observing, Tsukiyomi Ruri saw Inoue Keiko’s expression change, and then Inoue Keiko came directly over and pulled the curtains shut.
‘Did she notice me?’
Tsukiyomi Ruri froze.
Frowning slightly as she thought for a moment, Tsukiyomi Ruri developed another theory.
In her hand, a white card materialized—it was the N-Grade Ability Card, [Updraft].
She looked at the card and decisively used it, but deliberately suppressed its energy, creating only a very small gust of wind that lifted the curtains of Inoue Keiko’s distant bedroom.
Inside the bedroom, it was empty!
“As I thought, she entered the Reincarnation World!” Tsukiyomi Ruri’s gaze sharpened.
At regular intervals, Reincarnators are forcibly sent by the Reincarnation Space into different Reincarnation Worlds to carry out missions. Of course, they are told about this in advance. Reincarnators need to prepare within a set time and confirm their teleportation once ready.
Furthermore, no matter how much time is spent in the Reincarnation World, the exact same amount of time passes in reality.
After thinking it over, Tsukiyomi Ruri simply leaped out of the tree, scaled the wall, and slipped through the window into Inoue Keiko’s bedroom.
Luckily, it was still very early, and there were hardly any people outside. No one would witness Tsukiyomi Ruri’s actions.
Once inside Inoue Keiko’s bedroom, Tsukiyomi Ruri checked the room, which carried a girlish vibe. She found nothing related to Reincarnators—it looked like a perfectly ordinary girl’s bedroom.
Tsukiyomi Ruri then opened the bedroom door and stepped into the living room, looking around, but still found nothing.
‘It seems Inoue Keiko lives alone. Because she’s a Reincarnator who has to enter Reincarnation Worlds from time to time, is it inconvenient for her to live with her parents?’
Tsukiyomi Ruri pondered.
The Reincarnation World. There was a time when she, too, frequently ventured into those various worlds, participating in adventure after adventure, slaughter after slaughter. But it seemed now, she no longer needed to enter the Reincarnation World.
Seeing that there was nothing worthwhile in Inoue Keiko’s room, Tsukiyomi Ruri left. After leaving, she used [Updraft] again to blow away all the traces she had left behind, ensuring that Inoue Keiko wouldn’t discover anything upon her return.
But, many Reincarnators die in the Reincarnation World. Would Inoue Keiko even come back?
The answer was yes!
Tsukiyomi Ruri returned to the tree outside and waited the entire day. It wasn’t until dusk that she saw Inoue Keiko reappear.
The curtains of that bedroom were pulled open again. Inoue Keiko, looking somewhat tired, sat down on her bed and then took out her smartphone, tapping away at it.
Besides that, Inoue Keiko was also tapping at the empty air in front of her, due to using the Reincarnation Panel. After Reincarnators complete missions given by the Reincarnation Space, they receive Reincarnation Points. The Reincarnation Panel connects to the Reincarnation Space’s shop, where things like Ability Cards and Equipment Cards can be exchanged for.
Tsukiyomi Ruri could understand manipulating the Reincarnation Panel. After all, everyone uses it to improve their strength right after returning. But why was Inoue Keiko also constantly using her smartphone? And she used her phone even more frequently, as if the phone held something more valuable.
Intuition told Tsukiyomi Ruri that it was something related to Reincarnators.
As she pondered, the sky grew darker and darker.
Feeling her stomach rumble, Tsukiyomi Ruri descended from the tree and left silently.
…
On Sunday, Tsukiyomi Ruri secretly observed Inoue Keiko for another day, but this time she found nothing.
Until Monday arrived, and Tsukiyomi Ruri came to school.
“Tsukiyomi-san.”
Hearing someone call her, Tsukiyomi Ruri, sitting at her desk, looked up and saw Izumi Shirayuki appear at the classroom door, waving at her.
Although she didn’t know what Izumi Shirayuki wanted, Tsukiyomi Ruri still walked over.
“Where’s Mizuhashi-san?” Izumi Shirayuki glanced inside the classroom and asked Tsukiyomi Ruri.
“She took the day off and didn’t come,” Tsukiyomi Ruri answered, then asked, “Is something the matter?”
A look of intense excitement shone in Izumi Shirayuki’s purple eyes. Curiously, she said, “Did you know? That supernatural event at our school is still ongoing. Over the weekend, one of our school’s security guards apparently encountered a strange situation with desks and chairs floating around at night. I heard the guard was so scared he quit on the spot.”
After the school had been used as a base by yankees invading at night, several security guards were added specifically to watch the school at night. But after just one weekend, these guards all resigned, citing ghosts in the school as the reason, causing quite a stir.
