Stray Chapter 68: Illusion of life
"Really?"
Xia Ran squinted her eyes slightly, and then quickly regained her expression.
"Maybe it's because you were too focused, Hikigu, so you didn't hear it..."
After a whole day, I didn't get used to it very much at the beginning, and occasionally in the middle stage, when I was busy with my own affairs, I would forget to maintain the release of the whispering technique. By this time, he was basically used to it.
The maintenance of the soft voice requires continuous consumption of mental energy, but the consumption speed is very slow...
It can be said that apart from speaking directly, all Xia Ran's actions are completely silenced, unless his actions cause too much noise, people outside the magic influence can still hear it.
It's just that the definition of such a loud noise would never include footsteps.
Therefore, when the distance is far away, although it is not within the influence range of the soft sound technique, Hikigu's hearing is not sharp enough to catch the slight footsteps at a distance of tens of meters.
And when he got close, he was already under the action of a mysterious magical power. It should be an inaudible sound, but he still couldn't hear it.
"Yes, is that so?"
Hikigu got up from the ground and patted the dust on his trouser legs, but he obviously didn't agree with such a perfunctory explanation, and was still a little shocked.
"Of course... well, the application form is here, fill it out, don't waste your time."
Xia Ran did not intend to explain to the other party in detail, but just walked straight into the activity room and put the copy in her hand on a table, and the rest took the book and pressed it. live aside.
Hikigu subconsciously looked at all the movements of the other party, and then subconsciously looked at the other party's feet.
It shouldn't be a ghost, there are clearly shadows, although they are faded a little, but this should be a problem with the lights, and there are footsteps now... Could it be that I really are aging before I get old, and my ears are not good make it?
"Hey, what are you thinking... Come and fill out the form, or are you going to delay until the end of get out of class, Hikigu?"
Seeing this, Xia Ran raised her eyebrows, reached out and tapped the table to make a sound.
"Ah? Oh, oh, sorry..." Hikigu was interrupted, hurriedly responded, and daringly walked over, sat on the chair, looked at the application form in front of him and said Pick up the pen.
Xia Ran didn't give guidance by the side, anyway, people with normal IQ can write this kind of form by themselves. If not, there are notes at the bottom of each column!
He just walked over and opened the window, then dragged another chair out and sat down. He silently took the book that he had placed in the activity room before, opened it, and quietly.
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Hikigu, who has been looking at him cautiously, can't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Since the other party is so careless reading under the setting sun slanting in from the window, it means that he is really not a ghost, right?
But then, he was amused by his own inexplicable thought. Ghosts can't exist in the first place, right? What happened to you just now, why are you thinking like this?
Some things are like this. After I react, I will feel that I am inexplicable...
This is the case with Hikigu. Just now, his thinking inevitably fell into the direction of supernatural thinking because of the observation of certain phenomena, even if reason knew that it was impossible.
And until now, he seems to have found strong evidence that something is impossible, and there seems to be enough evidence to suggest that there is a more scientific explanation, although he himself is not too willing to admit it.
However, reason regained the upper hand once again, making him realize how ridiculous his brain circuit just now was.
But is it really that simple?
At least, his subconscious still has some doubts... The seeds have been planted, and they are waiting for some time to take root and sprout.
"Student Xia Ran... Did something happen to you? It seems that you are in a bad mood all of a sudden?"
The relaxed Hikigu glanced at the application form, and then glanced at someone who was quietly there, always feeling that the other party seemed to be suddenly cloudy.
I don't know what's going on. After thinking about it, it should be that something happened when the other party went to get the application, and it was probably the kind that made the other party very unhappy.
"No, I'm not in a bad mood...Student Bikigu." Xia Ran raised her head and said lightly, "As you can see, I'm very happy now."
"Yes, is it?"
It's not like that at all! But Hikigu could only laugh a few times, and a drop of cold sweat dripped from his forehead, and he stopped talking. This person obviously didn't want to talk about this topic too much.
However, it's not that he can't reluctantly make up his mind because of the general situation. After all, the information and clues are very abundant. Xia Ran just went to Class J in 2nd year to find that Yukinoshita... Forget it, I still don't make up my mind. .
It's too dangerous for these top castes to fall in love and kill each other. It's better if you don't know some things. You'd better fill out the form and go back.
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At half past three in the afternoon, the school bell rang on time.
Many students who did not participate in club activities, or participated in the Homecoming Club, usually left the school directly if there were no other arrangements.
Xia Ran was alone in the activity room of the service department, quietly reading a book. When the bell rang, he put down the book in his hand, raised a finger, rubbed his eyebrows, and yawned.
Maybe it's because he's been releasing the soft voice technique all the time today, and he also spent a class in the kyudo club to use the λ-driver system, so his mental power is depleted faster, and he's about to see him now. bottom.
Probably since he started adding some points to his mental attribute value, he felt the feeling of being exhausted for the first time in this period of time, tired, sleepy, wanting to sleep...
However, this is what he wanted to see. Only through repeated squeezing and quenching will his spiritual power grow faster and become stronger and stronger.
The first person to arrive at the event room was actually Hikigu, although it seemed reluctant on the surface——
Xia Ran had some doubts, did Mr. Hiratsuka know that this guy's personality was awkward, and he might have slipped away if he didn't pay attention, so he stared at him after class and forced him to come to the club.
It's not that he made an unreasonable association, but it's a very likely thing.
A few minutes later, Yukinoshita Yukino appeared in the activity room.
The girl with a cold expression frowned and looked at Hikigu for a while with a look similar to scrutiny, then turned to look at someone on the other side and asked, "Who is this person?"
"Hikigu Hachiman...Is that the name?" Xia Ran first glanced at her strangely, and then replied as if she didn't notice anything, "It's the new member who joined today, Yukinoshita. Minister."
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Student Hikigu, who was about to pull out a smile, suddenly became stiff. What does it mean to be called by this name? Can't you use a certain tone?
Perhaps because of being called the minister, Yukinoshita raised his eyebrows: "Why would he want to join the service department?"
"This is not what I want to join..." Hikigu turned his face away and muttered softly.
"Because Mr. Hiratsuka felt that he had no friends and was always alone, he looked pitiful, so he recommended a course of treatment to see the effect." Xia Ran calmly answered the girl's question.
"What is a course of treatment? Don't say that our club looks like a sanatorium..." Yukinoshita sighed, "And if that's the case, wouldn't it be as pitiful as Xia Ran-san?"
"...Well, Yukinoshita, you don't seem to have any friends either." Xia Ran twitched the corners of her mouth and reminded kindly.
"Don't talk too much!"
Yukinoshita said lightly, and then looked at Hikigu, who was on the side: "Is there anything special about him? Why does he always feel that even his eyes have rotted, is he really a student of our school? ?"
——Is this woman's eyes so poisonous...
Hikigu couldn't help but get tangled up. Could it be that his eyes have rotted to such an extent that anyone can see it at a glance?
Hey, is that all you care about?
"A special place? Oh, oh, of course there is, and it's more powerful than Qigu..." Xia Ran thought for a moment, then nodded vigorously, and said with an expression of admiration.
The tone is very positive, full of Biqigu's trust.
Hikigu was stunned for a moment, and then he was moved by this new classmate.
He obviously doesn't have confidence in himself, but the other party trusts him so much... ah, that's great! Finally, someone is willing to believe him and discover his advantages!
Because he was so moved, Bikigu felt like he was about to burst into tears, and subconsciously pricked up his ears to hear Xia Ran's positive comments on him.
"He has a hernia! I heard him say it before, and it seems to be very powerful..."
Of course the voice sounded...
Smashed the dream of a dead fish-eye boy in an instant...
The latter's whole body suddenly turned gray like in the animation.
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"Wait, that's what makes him special to you?"
This time, even Yukinoshita seemed startled. She stared at Xia Ran in disbelief. Is there something wrong with this guy's head?
At this moment, a faint knock on the door interrupted the farce.
"Please come in." Yukinoshita's cold voice sounded.
"Hit, disturbed." It was a girl's voice, which seemed to be a bit sharp because of nervousness.
The next second, a girl opened the door a little, and then sneaked in through the small space, as if she didn't want to be seen by anyone. She had shoulder-length wavy brown hair that swayed with every step she took.
"It was Mr. Hiratsuka who asked me to come here..."
Her gaze kept wandering, like she was inquiring, until she met Hikigu Hachiman who was bent forward in frustration, and suddenly screamed in a low voice——
"Why, why are you here?!"