"Tohka, hurry up. We're falling behind" Shido called out.
Ever since they got off the plane, Tohka felt like soone was watching her. But no matter where she looked, there was no sign of anyone spying on her. Instead, while Tohka was busy looking around, the rest of the class had already moved far ahead.
"Shido, how about trying to contact the Fraxinus?" Mikoto suggested.
Losing track of your tour group on a trip was usually a huge hassle. But for Shido and the others, they had an airship following them. Even though Kotori was reportedly at headquarters for a eting, sothing as simple as finding a group of students and giving directions shouldn't be a problem.
"No good, I can't reach them."
Shido tapped his earpiece, but the Fraxinus gave no response.
"Strange... oh well. If my mory serves right, we should go this way."
"Yeah, I was thinking the exact sa thing, Senpai. We should be right."
While one person's mory might be unreliable, if both of them pointed in the sa direction, it had to be correct.
"Ugh..."
Just then, Tohka looked up at the sky.
Following the girl's gaze, Shido and Mikoto realized the clear sky was rapidly changing.
The sky grew dark, dark clouds swirled violently, lightning flashed among them, and fierce gale-force winds swept across the island, making it difficult to even stand.
"Wh-What's going on?"
No matter how you looked at it, the weather changed way too fast. Shido stared in disbelief.
"Shido, watch out!" x2
However, right at that mont, both Mikoto and Tohka scread at the exact sa ti.
"Uwaa!"
Mikoto grabbed Shido's collar and yanked him backward, while Tohka pushed him forward.
Crash!
A trash can, sent flying by the storm, smashed heavily into the exact spot Shido had been standing just a second ago. Unfortunately, that spot was now occupied by Tohka, who had tried to push him out of the way.
"Gyupu!"
Letting out a weird cry, Tohka crumpled limply to the ground.
"Tohka! Tohka!"
Shido rushed forward, calling out to the unconscious girl.
"We have no choice. Shido, put Tohka on your back. We need to get out of here right now."
"Yeah... huh?"
Just as Shido hoisted Tohka onto his back and prepared to move, his eyes caught two figures clashing violently in the sky.
"Spirits."
Mikoto also looked up and confird the true identity of the two figures.
At the sa ti, the clashing pair unleashed their strongest attack yet. A terrifying hurricane blasted toward Mikoto, Shido, and the unconscious Tohka.
"Tsukuyomi!"
Mikoto instantly deployed her barrier, blocking the violent gale completely.
Shortly after, the two Spirits landed nearby, glaring at each other.
"Hehehehehe... Truly impressive, as expected of my other half. To think you could fight to a draw with a record of 25 wins, 25 losses, and 49 ties. However, that ends today."
"Objection. The one who will dominate this 100th battle is not Kaguya, but Yuzuru."
Wearing Astral Dresses that looked like sothing out of bondage gear, the two Spirits, who looked almost identical, radiated killing intent at one another. Judging from their conversation, the one with her hair tied up was nad Kaguya, and the girl with her hair in a braid was nad Yuzuru.
After arguing for a mont, the two took their stances, preparing to launch a second round of attacks.
"Stop it right now!"
Mikoto shouted.
Putting aside what would happen if the two Spirits fought to the death, Mikoto absolutely could not accept them fighting without any regard for Shido and Tohka standing right nearby. At this distance, if she hadn't put up a barrier, it would have been impossible for them to not get caught in the crossfire.
The young girl shook her Kagura bell, and a large Torii gate suddenly materialized directly in the path of the two charging Spirits.
"Uwaaaaaah!"
"Astonishnt. What is this?"
The Spirits managed to stop just in ti, barely avoiding crashing into the Torii gate.
"To dare interfere with our sacred duel... what exactly are you plotting? Answer , or I shall pierce you with this Evil Spear of Shadow that Pierces the Brilliance!" Kaguya demanded in annoyance.
"Huh? Weren't you just calling it the Dark Magic Spear that Commands the Typhoon a second ago?" Mikoto tilted her head.
"Pointing out: The na is different from before."
"Urusai! Yuzuru, shut up!"
"Question. Yuzuru does not understand why she must shut up."
Watching the two bicker, Mikoto sighed. Behind her, Shido was talking into his earpiece. Had he managed to contact the airship? But regardless...
[If they are Spirits, we can't just ignore them. Anyway... I'll try talking to them first.]
Since they were Spirits, they were Shido's targets. While silently sighing at the fact that the "Itsuka Harem" was about to add two more mbers, Mikoto asked:
"Umm, what exactly is this duel you two are talking about?"
The two were fighting, but why? She needed to figure that out first.
"Kukuku, to be able to stop us in our tracks... it seems you are also a Spirit. Very well, I shall tell you. This so called duel is... wait."
Just as Kaguya was about to explain, her eyes lit up the mont she noticed Shido.
"Hehe... I've thought of a brilliant idea. Oh Yuzuru, you and I have competed in all sorts of things to decide a victor, so many that we can't even count them anymore."
Kaguya spoke in a highly exaggerated tone: "However, there is still one thing we haven't competed in, isn't there?"
"Question. What is the thing we have not competed in?"
Hearing Yuzuru's words, Kaguya looked directly at Shido and smirked.
"Eh?" x2
Mikoto and Shido looked at each other. For so reason, both of them had a very, very bad feeling about this.
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A sudden storm had blown in during their walk, forcing the students of Raizen High School to seek shelter in the nearest building, a museum.
But when everyone finally caught their breath and did a headcount, they realized that Itsuka Shido, Yatogami Tohka, and Yakumo Mikoto were missing.
"What do we do? What do we do?"
Tama-chan-sensei was spinning in circles from panic, but with the wind blowing so fiercely, sending out a search party was just as dangerous.
Just as everyone was filled with anxiety, the museum doors swung open, and the three missing students finally appeared.
Seeing the three return safe and sound, the students breathed a sigh of relief. However, their gazes quickly zeroed in on Itsuka Shido. The reason was simple...
Not only was he carrying Yatogami Tohka on his back, and not only was Mikoto walking right beside him, but on Shido's left and right sides, two twin-like beautiful girls were clinging affectionately to his arms.
"What is it, Shido? Between and Yuzuru, I am clearly the more charming one, right? If you choose , I'll grant you the reward of kissing anywhere you like." On one side was Kaguya.
"Temptation. Please choose Yuzuru. Let us do wonderful things together. Soone like Kaguya is not worth your ti." On the other side was Yuzuru.
"Who are those girls with Itsuka-kun? I don't think I've ever seen them before."
"Did he pick up so local girls and play cosplay?"
"Yo, not bad at all, Itsuka. If you walk around the school with a sign saying 'Beat up for 1,000 yen a minute,' you'll definitely earn enough to build a house in no ti."
In an instant, everyone in the room wore an expression that clearly said, "I am feeling a profound sense of sorrow right now, and that sorrow is rapidly turning into murderous intent."
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