Chapter 34

"Qingye, did you bring a bento today? Let's go to the cafeteria together!" It was noon again, and Shizuo Yuma, as usual, invited Qingye to have lunch at the cafeteria.

"Let's go to the cafeteria." Qingye got up from his seat and, along with Shizuo Yuma, followed the crowd heading to the cafeteria.

"By the way, why do you occasionally bring a bento?" Shizuo Yuma asked curiously.

"Um, just a whim! What's wrong with that?" Qingye replied.

"Nothing, it's just strange! Usually, people either always bring a bento or never bring one. But you, bringing a bento occasionally, I can't figure out what you're thinking." Shizuo Yuma shook his head.

"What do you want to eat today?" Qingye smiled and asked, not answering his question.

"Today? I want to eat tonkotsu ramen. What about you?" Shizuo Yuma thought for a moment and said.

"I think curry sounds good." Qingye also thought for a moment and said.

Just as they decided what to eat, they arrived at the cafeteria.

Entering the cafeteria, they first went to the vending machine to buy meal tickets. They put money into the machine, selected what they wanted to eat, and then took the ticket and change. With the ticket, they could go to the serving window to get their food.

Qingye and Shizuo Yuma queued up, bought tickets for tonkotsu ramen and curry from the vending machine, and then went to the serving window to get their food. They found an empty seat and sat down to eat.

"Ah, the broth of this tonkotsu ramen is really the best." Shizuo Yuma took a sip of the soup and said with a sigh of satisfaction.

"Hey, it's just the school cafeteria's ramen. Please don't act like that, it's embarrassing." Qingye laughed. Although he said it was embarrassing, for Qingye, who could remain calm even in the face of a collapsing mountain, saying this was more for the sake of joking with his friend.

Qingye enjoyed this kind of ordinary, mundane, and full-of-life conversation. It made him feel truly alive, rather than sitting in a cave, practicing and practicing, doing nothing and thinking of nothing, living for thousands of years without any purpose. It would be better to be reborn as a turtle, which could also live for thousands of years.

The purpose of seeking immortality is to achieve great freedom and great ease, not just to live longer.

"Hey, look, it's Sengoku Ayukashi. She's also eating at the cafeteria." Shizuo Yuma suddenly pointed behind Qingye and whispered.

Qingye turned back and indeed saw the familiar girl.

However, Qingye just glanced and turned back, while Shizuo Yuma kept craning his neck to look. Many other boys in the cafeteria were also looking, some boldly like Shizuo Yuma, and others secretly.

"Hey, snap out of it! That girl is not someone you should think about. I'm warning you to stay away from her." Qingye kindly reminded him, knowing that Sengoku Ayukashi might suddenly lose control one day. Shizuo Yuma, who had only a pair of yin-yang eyes and an ordinary physique, would be safer staying far away from her.

"Of course, I know such a beautiful girl can't have anything to do with me, but I can at least look, right?" Shizuo Yuma clearly misunderstood Qingye's meaning.

"I didn't mean what you think. I'm telling you she's dangerous, so stay away from her!" Qingye explained.

"Dangerous? What do you mean?" Shizuo Yuma was stunned and suddenly remembered that Qingye was a yin-yang master with a shikigami. No, according to his own words, he was a Taoist. But Shizuo Yuma didn't care whether Qingye was a yin-yang master or a Taoist; he could definitely see things that Shizuo Yuma couldn't.

"Think what you want, but just remember, unless you can suppress her, for your safety, don't get close to her!" Qingye emphasized.

"She's that strong?" Shizuo Yuma was intrigued.

"Anyway, just stay away from her." Qingye nodded, acknowledging it.

Sengoku Ayukashi didn't notice Qingye's presence and quickly got her food and found a place to eat.

While Qingye and Shizuo Yuma were chatting and eating lunch, and Shizuo Yuma was constantly sneaking glances at Sengoku Ayukashi, a conversation between two girls sitting nearby caught Qingye's attention.

"Is there really a serial killer? No way!" one girl covered her mouth in disbelief.

"Of course, it's become an urban legend now! It's said that since a few days ago, various people have been killed every night, and the way they died is terrifying. Even the police in charge of the case can't bear to look at it!" another girl said.

"Wow, isn't it dangerous for me to go to my evening tutoring classes?" one girl said with a fearful expression.

"It should be fine. I heard the killer only targets bad people, not ordinary people!" another girl said.

"I also heard they only kill bad people, but who knows if they'll start killing ordinary people in the future! I heard the victims had their limbs and heads cut off, or were cut in half and then decapitated." another girl said.

Hearing her words, the girls all showed looks of disgust, and those who were eating looked like they were about to vomit.

Listening to the urban legend circulating among the girls, Qingye subconsciously thought of Sengoku Ayukashi, who was eating lunch not far behind him.

Could it be her? But she hasn't targeted ordinary people and is controlling her desires, even decapitating the victims to relieve their suffering. She's doing a decent job. Should I help her more? Qingye was hesitant.

Forget it, I'll think about it more if I can't decide.

With this decision, Qingye continued chatting and eating with Shizuo Yuma.

Unbeknownst to him, on the rooftop of the school building, a blonde beauty was waiting for his appearance.

Since a few days ago, when Sengoku Ayukashi found that the tea she had prepared on the rooftop had been drunk, she had been hiding in a corner of the rooftop every noon, waiting to catch the culprit.

In her mind, the culprit would generally have the urge to return to the scene of the crime, and as long as he appeared, she could catch him.

For this reason, Sengoku Ayukashi even didn't change the lock on the rooftop door, thinking the culprit had accidentally obtained the key to the rooftop.

Thus, Sengoku Ayukashi waited day after day, but the culprit never appeared. However, she was still determined to catch the culprit.

Unbeknownst to her, the culprit she hated so much had just finished lunch with his friend in the cafeteria, feeling happy and chatting with his friend as they returned to the classroom.