Chapter 8

"Are you taking me for a fool?" With a look of disdain, Haruhi Suzumiya pointed around the room, "To actually install invisible lights at home, how boring."

Kyuumei felt that it was his mistake to go and talk to the panel that only answers questions again.

"Am I a ghost, do you believe it?" After a moment of thought, seeing the other party's determined stance to stay and extort him, Kyuumei felt he had to get rid of her quickly!

However, if the panel could focus on her, could it be that this girl is really God?

Forget it, even if he had to call her boss here, he didn't know if the mysterious shop had the ability to deal with such an existence, but he would send her away in the safest way possible!

In front of Haruhi Suzumiya, Kyuumei looked around, picked up the teacup on the coffee table, and, in her confusion, retreated to the door and smashed it hard against his own head.

"Hey! Are you crazy?"

Even with God-like abilities, Haruhi Suzumiya, who had no clear understanding of her own power, was immediately panicked by Kyuumei's suicidal act, then surprised, then shocked, and finally, when the cup hit the ground with a clatter, she was overjoyed...

"You, you, you... really aren't human? This can't be a magic trick, or an illusion, right?" Reacting a bit too much, Haruhi Suzumiya jumped up, ran to Kyuumei's side, and asked excitedly. She clearly saw the poor cup that Kyuumei had smashed against his head pass right through it and shatter on the ground.

Obviously, 'innocently' ignoring the dangers of human nature, as she ran towards Kyuumei, he took the opportunity to sidestep, and as the overexcited girl stumbled, he pushed her from behind.

"Bye~"

"Damn it! I'll remember you! Wait for the punishment from your captain!!!" The echo of her roar lingered behind the door, making Kyuumei scratch his ear and glance casually at the empty, windowless room behind the door.

How can you punish me from a different dimension? Captain? What captain?

"Oh?" Feeling much lighter after sending away the trouble, Kyuumei floated towards a bright object. It seemed the girl had left her phone here?

The phone, which had no signal until Haruhi Suzumiya spoke, now miraculously had a signal...

【Name: Haruhi Suzumiya's Phone】

【Type: Other】

【Attribute: Communication】

【Quality: Artifact】

【Note: Haruhi Suzumiya's phone, which can communicate in any situation with an incredibly strong effect!! Don't forget to charge it and pay the bill...】

【Forced Collection Cost: 4000 Source Power】

【Convertible Source Power: 2500】

The panel also explained to Kyuumei.

"Artifact quality... Are things in other worlds really this crazy? It's just a phone!!"

At the same time, this phone wasn't his, but Haruhi Suzumiya's, and it had an owner. Of course, this didn't mean Kyuumei couldn't use it, just that he couldn't store it as a card for easy carrying.

Isn't this a bit excessive?

Of course not! This phone carried the essence of another world, and if taken to another world, it could be considered a virus and would be rejected. Storing it as a card would be like converting it into a 'universal item.'

This was the magic of the mysterious shop; otherwise, if Kyuumei took this phone to another world, he would also be affected, suffering strong rejection from that world, such as a negative buff that lowers all attributes...

At the same time, converting items to source power also incurs a loss, with at least half of the source power lost. The conversion value shown was already discounted, and Kyuumei suspected that the missing part was being embezzled by the mysterious shop...

Playing with the phone in his hand, what can I say, it really looked and felt like a regular item. With just a slight force, this 'fragile' artifact would be ruined.

"Is this thing really an artifact!?"

【Absolutely genuine, you can refer to the cup used by God being called the Holy Grail...】

"Uh?" Scratching his head, Kyuumei felt a bit helpless as he glanced back at the door. The information from the panel was quite subtle. A cup used by God, so the phone in his hand?

"Is it already dark outside?" Stumbling, Haruhi Suzumiya quickly surveyed her surroundings. Without a doubt, she was back where she started. From the sky, it was clear that her experience in that mysterious place had lasted for a few hours!

"Uh-huh!!" With an indescribable look of excitement, Haruhi Suzumiya exclaimed, "It's really true, it's amazing!! I have to find that place!!"

"You mean, you really appeared from there?"

Holding a can of drink, the boy with a bewildered face muttered to himself, pointing at Haruhi Suzumiya, who was acting strangely at the entrance of the girls' restroom, "There was no one in there before..."

"Kyon..." A soft, weak voice made the boy stiffen, "You actually went into the girls' restroom?"

"..." The bewildered boy was stunned for a moment, then quickly shook his head, "No, no, no, no! I'm not a pervert, how could I go into a place like that! Senpai, please don't misunderstand!"

As he spoke, he couldn't help but pull on the quiet, petite, fair-skinned girl with short hair standing beside him.

"Uh-huh."

A simple, extremely brief response.

At the same time, Haruhi Suzumiya, who had been lost in her own world since returning, also noticed the boy and girl waiting in front of the girls' restroom. Ignoring the girl, she focused on the boy.

"Hey! Kyon, are you planning to do something perverted this late?"

"..." Scratching his head in exasperation, Kyon's head tilted to one side, "I was waiting for you! I would have gone home long ago if not. Where were you?"

"Where? A great place, of course! No way! I have to find it again! Right, how did I get in there before?" With an excited expression, Haruhi Suzumiya kept going in and out of the girls' restroom.

"..." The emotionless girl pushed her glasses up, the lenses flashing with a cold light, watching Haruhi Suzumiya's actions in silence.

"What are you doing? Did you lose money in there?"

"That's not it, why can't I just 'whoosh' and be there again?" After multiple failed attempts, Haruhi Suzumiya's face showed signs of frustration, completely ignoring Kyon's question, "It's impossible, why can't I do it!"

"Hey, what exactly happened? Where did you go before?" Haruhi Suzumiya had already been 'missing' for a few hours.

"A strange shop, you know? I actually saw a ghost!" Mentioning the ghost, she couldn't help but show a hateful expression, "Damn it, they actually pushed me!!"

"Pushed you!?" Kyon's mouth twitched, "And saw a ghost? Are you saying our school has a new urban legend? The girls' restroom..."

As he spoke, he glanced at the emotionless girl beside him. Ghosts, really nothing to worry about, right?

"I'm serious!" Seeing Kyon's disbelieving face, Haruhi Suzumiya looked angry.

"Alright, alright, maybe the door to this toilet connects to hell or something, and someone occasionally stumbles in." Kyon waved his hand, "Like in a novel, let's go, the school is already closed."

"..." Clenching her teeth, Haruhi Suzumiya turned around, "I will definitely find that place again and show you all!"

Huh? She's angry.

Watching Haruhi Suzumiya stomp away, Kyon leaned in and whispered to the emotionless girl, "Yuki, could what Haruhi said be true?"

"Haruhi Suzumiya did indeed disappear from this world for a while."

"Ah...?" Kyon's mouth hung open in shock, his bewildered expression making the entrance to the girls' restroom seem strange. Could something really come out of there?

Before he could ask more questions, Haruhi Suzumiya returned, "Kyon, phone, give me your phone."

Before she finished speaking, she was already searching Kyon's body and snatched his phone from his pocket, "I left my phone there, if I call, it should connect."

Quickly dialing a number, Haruhi Suzumiya pressed the phone to her ear, waiting expectantly. When the phone finally connected with a beep...

"Ha! It connected! Now you have to believe me!"

"Whether the other side answers is another issue."

"Shut up!" Interrupting Kyon, Haruhi Suzumiya's face was fierce, "If they don't answer, death penalty! Death penalty!!"

Kyuumei's eyebrows twitched slightly as he looked at the phone with the incoming call display. It actually connected, truly worthy of being called an artifact?

Should he hang up?

No, better to recycle this phone directly, even if it was his first piece of pink equipment...

"Hello...?"

"Yay! It connected!!" Shouting, Haruhi Suzumiya immediately pressed the speaker button, and Kyuumei's voice came from Kyon's phone.

"Tell me what's happening there!" Haruhi Suzumiya commanded into the phone.

"Hello, this is the Transdimensional Affairs Office. What service do you need? Press 1 for messages, press 2 for business, press 3 for information, press the hang-up button if you dialed the wrong number..."

"I'm sure the guy on the other side is extremely bored." Hearing Kyuumei's voice, Kyon immediately responded.

"I'm sure you're about to be in trouble." Kyuumei's voice slowly came through.

"Trouble!" Seeing the lights in the hallway and the approaching footsteps, Haruhi Suzumiya immediately realized it was the security guard on patrol.

"Run quickly, don't hang up the phone."

Hmm, Kyuumei's hearing was good, and the phone's communication quality seemed unexpectedly strong. With the speaker on, he could clearly hear the distant footsteps approaching...

It was easy to deduce that Haruhi Suzumiya had come from somewhere and returned to the same place. Where was she? At school!

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