Chapter 1380: NO．284：Interchapter Contradiction of Two Laws

NO．284：Interchapter Contradiction of Two Laws

In the evening, it so happened that.

Some would form groups of two or three and pick a room to chat, while those assigned to the same trainer, who train together morning and evening, would gather in the room diagonally opposite.

Thanks to the original intention of the residents who founded this place with the goal of giving each of the twelve a unique skill, each capable of astonishing the four seats, the bedrooms here have strong soundproofing.

However, these girls were not aware of this; their reason for being here was simply to find a secluded gathering spot to vent their pent-up grievances.

And yet, the bedrooms here seem to be all unlocked; pushing the door opens it.

Seeing several drunks each being sent to their own bedrooms, the most inventive of the small group, Ailisuzhi, promptly found an empty bedroom and pushed the door open to enter.

Under normal circumstances, doing this would result in Chazuo trying to stop her, while Bopang and Aizhi would each chime in, and together they would dissuade Suzi from her impolite act.

But today, the overall atmosphere in the room is not very positive.

At present, some adults are truly drunk, but the high school horse girls under the trainer's strict watch do not have this opportunity.

Therefore, they are not justified in using alcohol as an excuse to behave in ways that are unusually bold compared to usual.

Although the Caligula effect is common in every adolescent's heart, making the one who bears the nitpicking monster always eager to run around in school buildings like these, the emotions currently weighing on the girls' hearts are not the pain of unattainable desire.

Rather, that pain had already been reversed half an hour ago—when more than one person attempted to sneak away and launch an offensive, the ordeal that should have left everyone shocked and tense, gritting their teeth, became a complete joke.

A false alarm—although that's what one might say, seeing those 'old women' circling the trainer and taking advantage, while I couldn't find a reasonable excuse to intervene, my mood just wouldn't lift.

"Zhiji team member, are you going back?"

"…Do you still want to stay here?"

While tidying up her perhaps somewhat contrasting plush shoulder bag, Aimu Zhiji glanced irritably at Bopang, then at the two somewhat noisy teammates.

"Chazuo, move aside!"

"…Not moving, you're just throwing a tantrum again……"

"What do you mean by throwing a tantrum! It's only natural that a horse girl on duty doesn't want the trainer on duty to be delayed by a bunch of chaotic women!"

Perhaps this counts as her finding a reasonable excuse; although the excuse is reasonable aside from being a bit crazy, it also fits everyone's impression of Ailisuzhi.

Using her bad image in this reasonable way is not the first time for her, but as long as the plan works, who cares about repetition?

Having nothing to say on this, Aimu Zhiji didn't help Chazuo either, merely continuing to sort and check that nothing was missing from her bag.

"We still have class tomorrow, and tonight Senior Qishi will be doing a room check, so everyone should head back as soon as possible—don't count on the trainer to escort us."

"Right! We could even ask him to send us back!"

Although clearly still facing off with Chazuo, Suzi, whose ears remained sharp, suddenly stood up, her gaze toward Aizhi full of praise: "Not bad, Zhiji-kun! Now we can directly drag the trainer to the school gate!"

"When there's business, Zhiji-kun; when idle, self-torture guinea pig," Aimu Zhiji, already accustomed to Miss Suzi's rudeness, merely regarded her as another troublesome bother, and sighed wearily:

"…What's the point? Have you forgotten he can teleport long distances?"

"Mm, that is indeed a problem."

"Besides, he gave us those monster cards for everyone's safety, so he doesn't have to carefully escort us as he used to."

"Damn it, Guinea Pig Sir! You're actually scheming against us like we're a nuisance!"

"…Aren't you just a nuisance?" Chazuo, who was also unequivocal in her attack direction toward Suzi, sighed in her usual flat, low tone: "The trainer is already exhausted today; if you go up there, it'll only be counterproductive."

"You haven't seen me unleash it yet!" Suzi, brimming with confidence in her newly conceived idea, said, "Quickly move aside and let me give those old women a heavy blow!"

"……" Observing her uncharacteristically silent, Aizhi turned and asked, "Bopang, could you open the door for me? My little sister hasn't gotten up yet."

"Hmm, received."

Her spirit mediumship practice has now advanced to the stage of embodying spirits, which, compared to her usual constant possession, carries more of an enhancing meaning, and obtaining the Love Ghost card has greatly pushed forward her progress.

Love Ghost……

Instinctively glancing at her own pants pocket, Aizhi, who always carries that card close to her, really wanted to stuff it into her bag today.

The reason is simple: the atmosphere at tonight's banquet has made it unusually active.

Even until now it is still trembling, and I don't know what would happen if I let it be.

Will it attack those women and the trainer?

Blazing like crimson lotus, it seems to want to burn through the grudge in each other's hearts; precisely because I understand it well, I am all the more uncertain about what it will do.

In any case, let's leave first……

Watching Bopang hold the door open for her, Aizhi stepped half out and then turned back to ask.

"Shall we go together?"

"……" Bopang, hearing that, turned her head to glance at Chazuo and Suzi.

"If even the trainer can feel at ease with those two, why aren't you at ease?"

Understanding the meaning of that glance, Aizhi helplessly raised a hand to her forehead, then suddenly turned back—it wasn't just her; all the girls present perked up their ears and immediately followed her gaze to look out the window.

"Akane——"

Although her communication style is somewhat mechanical, Bopang, the second most outgoing in the team after Suzi, instinctively wanted to greet the trainer's girlfriend who was running up, but saw the other person dash past her side without even acknowledging her.

"What's wrong with her?" Aizhi asked from the side, and also glanced back at Suzi, whom she remembered as being most familiar with that person.

Although the runners' vision was blocked by their bangs, making it hard to see their expressions, seeing them run past like that still allowed one to sense that something was off in the atmosphere.

Especially the card in her pocket, which seemed to have jumped even more violently.

"I'm not sure," she said, fingering her chin as she watched Suzi's retreating back, "I'll go check on her."

However, she was stopped by Chazuo.

"…No, don't go."

"……" The hand on her shoulder unexpectedly exerted force; she could somewhat sense that Chazuo's condition was also out of the ordinary, not like Suzi's usual self, so instead of struggling to break free, she turned back to look at her, narrowing her eyes slightly.

"How? You're not going to say let her just stay quiet, are you?"

"…Do they have a new conflict?"

Aizhi, who sensed a fresh whiff of gunpowder from just a single sentence, whispered her question to Bopang beside her, while the latter merely stood there, tilting her head.

It seems she also doesn't know.

This is to be expected, after all, before this moment, Suzi had never shown such hostility, such... hostility toward the present Chazuo.

She knows, Chazuo is gradually becoming different from the past.

Just as Aomo would, from the increased compatibility between Chazuo and the Jiātǎnjiéè card, ponder the hidden dangers behind it.

Spending more time with Chazuo also gives more opportunities than the trainers to notice the Suzi of Chazuo, and furthermore there are records of collaborating with Qian to research monster cards.

Some experimental biases that reflect the inner heart, some changes in decisions unlike before, some small spaces that gradually become secret——In the past, she always longed to have friends; as long as the other party wished, she would ungrudgingly display those worlds of Chazuo, and she also began to have places she was not allowed to touch.

To be frank, this cannot be considered a change worthy of hostility.

One can only say that the self-awareness of individual differences finally belatedly manifested on Chazuo; but when such secrets are always somewhat associated with guinea pigs, and when that also suspicious Suzi went to find that feathered serpent to obtain information, and then noticed that Chazuo's coincidental existence, her mind already had many speculations.

Merely because the time is still short, and she cannot yet produce genuine solid evidence to speak frankly, Suzi can only keep that speculation as speculation, until tonight's banquet.

She still has no decisive evidence, but she has a far more perfect opportunity than before, enabling her to directly, in a physical sense, observe Chazuo's performance from start to finish.

An unproblematic performance, only revealing a hint of joy in the subtle reactions, let Suzi confirm a discovery:

Chazuo greatly enjoys these scenes.

Is she enjoying the splendid scene of guests and hosts enjoying themselves? Is she enjoying the disparity of topics among the various circles? Or is she enjoying the embarrassment of the guinea pig lord being repeatedly tormented by those women? Or perhaps……

In enjoying this phenomenon, does she allow the satisfaction brought by the gathering of countless darkness?

Holding the Hei'an giant's head card, the enchanting warrior Kalmira's card, just as Aizhi can feel the surging dark currents on the banquet through ghost-love, Suzi, whose card compatibility is higher, can even share that Hei'an giant's vision without changing expression.

This vision differs from ghost-love for Aizhi and from the Golden Ancient Bridge for Bourbon, but she believes Chazuo can see more clearly and finely than herself.

86.8%, the compatibility from last week's test still slowly climbing, plus the ruler of Hei'an, Cthugha—the highest-spec existence among the monster cards in this squad, both a fellow traveler and the researcher Ailisuzhi; even without knowing where the other's interests lie, she can still lock onto the extreme of the other's vision in the professional field.

No higher can it go on this level, no worse can it get than here, for to Suzi this is nothing worth mentioning.

She already has a demon trainer, and she herself is holding the Hei'an giant's card—why would she care whether her colleagues are dark or not?

Having always been seen as the team's most dangerous element, if she could confirm Chazuo's change, she could instead stage a scene of 'As a friend, I am relieved,' but that premise must not involve her other current friends.

By now, looking back at that pair of pale gold eyes, precisely because those eyes are calm without the slightest ripple, she is instead able to confirm that speculation.

"The first in the team to cross that line was you… Should I be surprised or not?"

Always the most taciturn, speaking most clumsily, behaving most obediently, treating others most sincerely……

When these traits are concentrated together, they also bring about Suzi's present lament.

Then this researcher, who believes she has figured everything out, will encounter the surprise in those eyes.

"... What are you saying?"

"I told you not to go because the new universe has passed, and… have you forgotten… that Qian's side has always had Kailifu-san."

"Uh……"