Chapter 113: You Are Truly Not Afraid

"This is the only thing I can do."

He looked back at this laboratory.

Ren Amamiya didn't know who the people who died in these laboratories were, or what experiences they had had before.

However, they had perished.

The moment they died, all traces of their past were also erased.

If you don't know, just act as if you don't know.

Eliminating the final obsessions left behind by the deceased is at least better than their traces remaining here in a muddled state.

Ren Amamiya knew he was meddling.

But sometimes, he just couldn't act as if he hadn't seen it.

"Going back."

With a flash of fire, Ren Amamiya had already disappeared from this drug dealers' base.

Every few thousand meters, a flash of fire appeared once.

In less than half a minute, Ren Amamiya had already appeared near the hot spring inn.

Just like the way he left, he opened a spiritual door and returned to the hot spring inn.

Walking into the hot spring inn, Ren Amamiya first smelled himself.

Good, using the gray fog to isolate it was effective.

Thinking this, Ren Amamiya walked toward the central main hall, wondering if they were still gathered there.

Just right, as he walked over, he happened to hear Iroha Saginomiya's voice.

Hearing those words from Iroha Saginomiya, Ren Amamiya was slightly stunned, and then a trace of distress flashed across his face.

He had been seen.

The power level of the Source Castle is still very high; basically, those without certain abilities cannot see through it at all.

Even those with certain abilities, as long as they don't possess the corresponding level, also cannot see the gray fog of the Source Castle.

Unless Ren Amamiya was seen by someone with certain abilities while he was using his power.

Because he had actively lowered his level, the power acting on the evil spirits was accidentally seen.

Fortunately, there are very few people with this ability.

At least on this island, there was only Iroha Saginomiya.

Ren Amamiya shook his head slightly and walked over openly.

"Talking about me?"

The girls who were suddenly interrupted were all slightly stunned.

For a moment, many girls were stunned, except for one person who wasn't afraid at all and even hopped over to Ren Amamiya.

"Amamiya, what exactly is the power you obtained?"

"..."

Ren Amamiya sighed.

"You are truly not afraid at all, Fujiwara."

"What is there to be afraid of!"

When saying this, Chika Fujiwara didn't show any fear, but instead puffed out her chest as a matter of course.

"Amamiya wouldn't harm us."

"Besides, do you think we here would be afraid of you?"

After the girls present calmed down, they couldn't help but laugh.

Indeed, fear—they really weren't afraid.

If they were really afraid, why would they have gathered together earlier?

Kaguya Sigong shook her head; sometimes she was quite grateful that this troublesome person, Chika Fujiwara, could change the atmosphere of the scene.

"Compared to fear, we are actually more concerned about what you saw in the back mountain that made you so angry."

"Also, your movements were a bit too big."

"Miss Iroha was scared to death seeing your movements."

"According to her description, it's hard for us to imagine what exactly happened to make you produce such large movements."

These words were the truth.

Ren Amamiya could also hear it.

"The back mountain... I did indeed see some things."

"And it was indeed because I suddenly saw those things that I thought about dealing with those evil spirits."

"The methods were slightly out of line."

Kaguya Sigong was not surprised by this.

He saw some things in the back mountain, which led to some impulsive actions.

"Ren Amamiya, can you tell us?"

"...That is not something you need to know."

"No, that is exactly what we need to know."

Facing Ren Amamiya's refusal, Kaguya Sigong did not back down but continued to strive for this issue.

"Ren Amamiya, you yourself have said that our future fates will be intertwined."

"Then there are some things, even if we don't want to know them, that we have a right to know."

"Some things don't need to be kept bottled up by you, Ren Amamiya; we can also share your pressure."

Kaguya Sigong's words were not radical at all, but she was striving with Ren Amamiya in a reasonable way.

Ren Amamiya himself knew these words.

"I have never denied what I said."

"We are connected because of the diary, which makes our fates intertwined."

"However, this matter is too much for you."

Kaguya Sigong shook her head slightly.

"Isn't the problem of 'too much' the same for you, Ren Amamiya?"

"I have decades more life experience than you."

"That's ordinary life experience, right? Aside from those experiences, Ren Amamiya, you and we are the same, aren't we?"

Reasonable and well-founded, leaving the inarticulate Ren Amamiya not knowing how to refute for a moment.

"Hehe~ Amamiya, you better confess quickly."

"Kaguya is best at verbal attacks; on this point, you are definitely no match for Kaguya."

"..."

Looking at the inexplicably proud Chika Fujiwara, Ren Amamiya laughed helplessly.

"You are truly a good friend of Sigong."

He shook his head slightly.

"Forget it for now, let's talk about it later."

"In half an hour, after a bath, I will talk about the things you want to know."

"However, Miss Maria, don't prepare meat tonight."

"And Sanzenin, you..."

"I am not a child."

Hearing that she was to be excluded, Nagi Sanzenin gave a direct negative answer.

"Iroha is my best friend."

"There are some things she knows but has been hiding from me; I cannot keep pretending I don't know."

"I also need to know some things."

What could Ren Amamiya say to this?

He looked at Iroha Saginomiya and saw her shaking her head helplessly.

Ren Amamiya knew that this time, Nagi Sanzenin definitely wouldn't want to be excluded.

This made Ren Amamiya look at Miss Maria with some apology.

"I am very sorry, Miss Maria; starting tonight, you might have to put in more effort."

"After she hears and sees it, she will probably pester you tonight."

To this, Maria shook her head, not caring at all.

"Please don't worry, Mr. Amamiya."

"This situation with Nagi is considered quite normal."

— Author's Notes —

PS: New book is out, seeking data.