Um.....Are you guys still with me?

Life of a senior highschooler is sooo hard! I wanna go back when I was a kindergardener!!  >-<

Also... I appreciate it so much if anyone decided to make an x reader of either of the anime, That time I was reincarnated as a slime, High School Prodigies or The Cautious Hero.

I'll be forever grateful! I might even update prequently!😭

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"Let's make a deal! Shijima-san!" Yashiro declaired as she pointed the palette knife towards the mystery's throat.

"...You scared me" Shijima admitted rather calmly. Not bothered by the human girl's threat. She took Yashiro's hands off of her and held the one that has the knife. "You didn't think you could threaten me with a palette knife, didn't you? You can't kill someone with this."

"If you don't do what I say... I'll mess you up real bad!!" Yashiro panicked, swinging the knife rapidly.

"Hm... Do you mean that?" The fourth school mystery stopped the girl's hand from moving. "Do you truly want to leave this world? Even though, you will die if you return to the real world?"

Yashiro paused, her eyes widened in horror. "But! I still don't know if that's really the truth! I'm going to die... How am I supposed to just believe that...."

"But what if it's true?" Shijima asked. "If your death is infact near and unavoidably absolute. Then what will you do? Will you return, even then?"

Yashiro look down. Her mind went blank. Her hands holding on the iron bars trembled.

"Oh my.... Are you alright? You're trembling. Can you really say you're not sure at all?"

"But... But no matter what...." Yashiro clenched her fists from the bars and stared at the mystery with a teary but determined look. "If I can just leave this world, It'll be okay..."

Shijima's eyes widened. An Image of a girl flashed through her mind.

"Because I-"

"'Because I'm still alive', right?" Shijima quoted, making the daikon legged human, stop.

"Eh?"

"Without any basis... Saying 'It'll be okay', is nothing more than a wish. It doesn't make any sense." Shijima said. Her expression darkens. "A long time ago.... There was someone who said the same thing but no matter how much you dream, it doesn't change reality."

"....Someone who said the same thing...?" Yashiro wondered. "...Was that.... Someone special to you?"

Shijima paused for a while before answering.

"Special....Well, in a way... But even so, It's someone I can't ever meet again..."

"Want me to help you meet them?" Tsukasa asked. Suddenly appearing out of nowhere next to Yashiro, startling the two.

"T-tsukasa-kun?!" Yashiro exclaimed, backing up away from the male seventh mystery's younger twin brother.

"Why are you here?" Shijima demanded. Tsukasa floated from the ground

"You called me, No. 4." He grinned. "You made that wish right? 'I want to meet again' Your wish called me from your heart."

Tsukasa's Kokujoudai then broke through the iron bars, separating him from Shijima. "Since I've been summoned, I have no choice but to make it come true."

"Why are you doing saying that?!" Shijima scolded. "Lord Number 7 will get mad!" The fourth mystery glance at Yashiro who was on the ground. "And who knows what Lady Number 7 will do if anything happens to that human girl."

Tsukasa perked up at this and turned towards Yashiro. "Hey! You're the one who sent things in motion here, right?"

The ghost boy floated towards the girl and leaned down, smiling. "So you'll help me out, yeah? Since it was you who brought out No. 4's wish."

"...m-me?..." Yashiro stuttered out. Tsukasa then look back towards the ghost artist.

"Well then. The price is one. How about it, No. 4? I'll grant your wish."

The black wisps began swirling around them.

"Eh? That's not what I've heard..." Shijima said. But next thing she knows, both her and Yashiro were now lifted up into the air by one of the black wisps.

"Is this?-"

"Eehhh?! What?! Why me too?!" Yashiro shouted, panicking. "Tsukasa-kun! Put me down!!"

"Have a nice trip!!" Tsukasa childishly waved his hands around before clapping them together, making the two girls disappear.

"Tsukasa-kun!!"

Tsukasa grinned then turn towards the slightly open door. "You know. Amane won't be happy about this."

Hatsume walked inside the dungeon, looking around before letting out a sigh as she adjusted the hat on her head. "Tsukasa... You couldn't keep yourself from trashing this place, didn't you?"

"Where's the fun of that?" The boy laughed as he floated towards the mystery. Hatsume back away making him stop and tilt his head in confusion. "Why are you moving away from me? You're still scared of me, aren't ya?"

Hatsume said nothing. Before picking up something from the ground. She stared at the object on her hand."You're still, intact....that's good...."

"What's that?" Tsukasa asked innocently making Hatsume hide the object into her uniform.

"Nothing...." Hatsume replied. She decided to ignore her still harboring fear of the younger twin infront of her and faced him. "Say, Tsukasa. You won't rat me out to Amane, won't you?"

"Nope!" Tsukasa answered happily. His grin soon changed into a smirk as he stare back at the female seventh mystery in amusement. "Why would I tell Amane? After all this is the first time you ever went against his orders."

Hatsume let out a cold sweat. She knew that he was right. She was against with Hanako's plans for this fake world. She was secretly trying her best to lead Yashiro and the two boys towards the exit without Hanako knowing.

But it seems like it's not according to what she planned.

"Little good (Y/n) is being a bad girl~" Tsukasa said in a sing song tone. "I won't tell a single soul on what you're been doing. After all, this will be quite fun. I wonder how far you could keep this up."

Hatsume watched as Tsukasa finally disappeared into smoke. His childish laughter echoed around before fading. She then walked towards the nearest window before peaking.

"Kou and Mitsuba should still be infront of the school." Hatsume whispered frantically. She then took out the object she hid into her close fist. She began whispering a spell making whatever she was hiding glow in a faint (f/c) light. "I've given you a small boost so you could still have the strength to go towards them."

Hatsume then threw the object directly towards the direction of where the boys was suppose to be. She then whisper under her breath.

"I'm counting on you, Shijima-san....'

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Kou sat on the ground, frowning as Mitsuba stare at him.

"Hanako...Must have thought that if senpai stayed there, she would die..." Kou muttered. "That's why he did this...."

Hanako's blank expression flashed through his mind. "That may be true, but still... To stay here forever... It's just... Not right...."

Just then, Hatsume's guilty face popped out of nowhere into his thoughts. Making him clenched his fists. "Hanako... That bastard... It's obvious that Hatsume doesn't want any of this to happen... He's been forcing her to follow him."

"You know...." Mitsuba gave him an annoyed sleepy expression. "I'm still drowsy from when Smol-bean senpai sent me to sleep earlier. Not just that, she took most of my strength so I'm really tired right now."

Kou sweatdropped as the pink haired supernatural gave him a sleepy glare. "I also hit my head when I fell into the ground. It still hurts so I'd like it if I was treated with a little more kindness and consideration."

"Ah! My bad!" Kou smiled nervously. "But you're lucky that Hatsume went easy on you. If it was Hanako, you've would have felt more pain."

Mitsuba shivered at the thought. He was indeed lucky that Hatsume gave him mercy. He turned around and huffed, feeling embarrased at his own whining. "Hmph! Stupid earring."

"So high maintenance..." Kou gave him an annoyed look.

"I know you must have a lot of worries about Daikon-senpai, Honorable Lord and Lady No. 7..." Mitsuba started before hitting the young exorcist's back. "BUT YOU STILL NEED TO GET A GRIP!!"

"What was that for?!" Kou complained

"You know.... You need to stop getting shaken up so easily, if you're going to say all that tough stuff on me." Mitsuba stated grabbing Kou by his shirt. "You've gotta be able to follow through!"

Mitsuba then moved away from him while making an "Hmph!" sound. Kou stared at his former classmate in disbelief before answering. Mitsuba was indeed right.

".... You're right....Yeah, you're right..." He clenched his fist that was holding his exorcism staff and grinned. "O-kay! Alright then... Let's stop No. 4!!"

"NOOO!" The third mystery shrieked making Kou step back.

"Eh?!" The blonde gave the pink haired supernatural a confused look. "Why? Wouldn't it be better to take down No. 4 instead of Hanako? And I don't think Hatsume would fight to stop us even if we confront her."

"Minamoto-kun, are you an idiot?! That maybe true, but if it was that easy we wouldn't have this problem in the first place!" Mitsuba told him. "I'm sure Honorable Lord No. 7 would come to stop us.... And you saw how Smol-bean senpai knocked me out! She's following his orders. So if you rush in there, It'll definitely just-"

Mitsuba was cut off as something plunked his head hard. "-Backfire?!"

Kou frantically looked around, alarmed for any attacks as Mitsuba tearfully held his bump.

"Wh-what?!"

"A Bully?! Am I being bullied?!"

The two paused as a small object totter it's way weakly towards them.

"A painbrush?"

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Yashiro opened her eyes and quickly sat up. She noticed that she was laying on a bench on an unknown hallway. "Where....Am I?"

The human girl stood up and started looking around. There were doors around her with number plates above them. 'Seems like... A hospital, but how...?'

"Is...Anyone there?" Yashiro cautiously called. "No ones...here.."

"Yeah..."

"I heard..."

Whispers started echoing around her.

"Who's there!?" Yashiro shrieked. Her eyes widened when she saw the moving shadows on the wall that seems to be silhouettes of nurses and other hospital staves.

"The poor thing..."

"So young, how sad..."

Yashiro stared at the shadows in horror. How can there be shadows of people in a seemingly empty building?

"Is anyone here?!" Yashiro screamed, tears falling from her ruby red eyes from fear, as she run through the hallway. "Shijima-san! Tsukasa-kun! I don't care who!"

Her teary eyes noticed the fourth mystery standing infront of an open room, making her sigh in relief. "Shijima-san! Wh-what a relief..."Shijima was silent. "Where in the world...Shijima-san?"

The mystery remained silent, still staring at what was inside the room. Yashiro took this an opportunity to peak through her shoulder.

Inside was a hospital bed next to an open window. And laying on a bed was a girl with messy brown hair, who seems to be asleep.

But her face was identical to the mystery next to her.

"Who...Who's that?..."

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Everyone kept saying something about Chapter 70 and 71. And here I am wondering what's all that about....

It's been a while since I read the manga... What's going on?! I need spoilers!