Chapter Fifty Nothing Happened Again

  "Can't you beat her?"

  "…That's no idle talk!" Jiǔ Mìng's mouth twitched, if he could have won the fight, he wouldn't have been so tense just now.

  "It's really embarrassing, can't even beat a girl..."

  Kyon saw Haruhi's nine answers come back so quickly that there was no demonstration at all, and he couldn't help but curl his lip.

  "It's too serious to take things out of context! Isn't it normal to lose a fight?!?" Jiǔ Mìng didn't think this was anything to be ashamed of, after all, his opponent was a demon who had lived for who-knows-how-many years, while he himself had only spent a few years training in the mysterious shop.

  It's already pretty good to have a decent amount of martial power at the beginning, let's just be content with that for now. This isn't an invincible style, where you can crush all sorts of existences as soon as you appear on stage. We'll take it one step at a time, and eat our meals one bite at a time.

  "She's a monster, you're a ghost, doesn't sound like much of a difference, anyway neither of you are human."

  "That's right." Jiǔ Mìng surprisingly nodded in agreement, not being human didn't matter. "Let's put our identities aside for now and just talk about this year... The other party might be an old antique, while I'm still very young."

  With what just happened, Haruhi and the others didn't have any more enthusiasm to continue playing either. The Ninth turned this place back into its original large hall environment... how should I put it...

  Why is it that when you're just wearing a swimsuit at the beach, you can be so bold and confident, but as soon as you change into indoor clothes, you become shy again?

  Nine lives ignited his own arm, silently watching Asahina Mirai, who was covering her lower body with one hand and hugging her chest with the other. Huh? Did the swimsuit in the room just become...?

  Hmph.

  "Ah! Whatever, it's a happy thing anyway. Forget it." After changing clothes, Haruhi Suzumiya led the others to the door and turned around to wave at Kyon, "See you tomorrow!"

  "Goodbye..."

  Well, see you tomorrow!

  It seems that it won't be too deserted here from now on, and for a considerable period of time, it will be in a state of 'unrest'.

  Forget it, anyway this thing is not something annoying, just pay more attention to what might happen today.

  End of the month...

  The mysterious shop deducted 1000 points of 'source' and left only nine lives. At this time, the nine lives converted another 1000 points of 'source' in advance. He didn't have a strong compulsion to hoard wealth, but with a slightly guilty conscience, he stopped each time after saving just enough to meet the mysterious shop's deduction indicator.

  Anyway, it doesn't make much difference whether you save more or less, it's just a matter of wasting one minute or not wasting time.

  "Do you want to see?" The quiet girl sitting on one side reading a book noticed Jiǔ Mìng's gaze and asked softly.

  "Kurusu myth...". The ninth life slightly looked at the content of the book in Nagato's hand and was about to raise his head, not very interested.

  If he wants to read myths, it's better for him to go dig up a copy of "Journey to the West" to take a look.

  As for why she stays here, it's also a recent thing. After Nagato Yuki was able to 'freely' come here, it's like she found a new toy or something, and she really does run here every day. As an observer, Nagisa Hazuki has also discovered some problems.

  Every time Haruhi Suzumiya uses the invitation card to come here, a 'void' with 'suction power' is generated beside them during the transition process. It's harmless to humans and the suction power doesn't seem to target objects either. After multiple observations, Koizumi temporarily came up with a conclusion.

  That 'void' absorbed is probably the 'source' that Jiǔ Mìng said, and the amount of absorption is not even a drop in the ocean compared to the entire world, let alone causing any harm, just like how losing a few strands of hair won't kill a person.

  Kadokawa's notice left Konomi perplexed, unfortunately he was only a partial administrator of the permissions here, not the controller with the highest authority. He couldn't understand it no matter what, and neither could he do anything about it. Perhaps it was some kind of byproduct of crossing over?

  After all, it's time and space travel, must break through the dimensional wall...

  Just like when a fish tank is broken, the fish will rush out and the water inside will also flow out from the crack.

  Nagato Yuki often comes here as a 'guest' for no reason, her purpose is not hidden, it's very simple, to observe the trends of this place, it's very mysterious, and the observation she needs to do takes a long time.

  "En." Nagato nodded, the topic was over, and the hall returned to its previous tranquility. Kuroba licked his mouth and lay back on his exclusive sofa, where a layer of high-energy crystal underneath slowly overflowed with energy that made him feel very comfortable.

  It's just that the high-energy crystal storage capacity also decays much faster than normal, no big deal, at worst I'll just go exchange a new batch by the end of the month.

  Anyway, with the value of a high-level energy crystal, one is enough to support his 'business volume' for a long time.

  "I'm leaving." The girl who was quietly reading a book stood up after glancing at the time.

  It's already ten o'clock.

  "You, you must have come here directly from school, right? It's so late, and walking at night isn't good either. If you don't mind, why not stay here?" Nine didn't realize the implication of his words, having no experience interacting with girls before.

  Nagato told him about his identity and proved his good intentions, after which Kyuubi would no longer harbor malicious intent. He had no family.

  "I've gotten used to sleeping here, so the bedroom has always been empty."

  "......Thank you."

  "You're welcome"

  Waved his hand, Jiuming yawned and changed into a comfortable posture, another quiet night.

  "What!!!! Haruhi actually stayed here last night!!!!!" The Nine Lives tilted his head to the side, and the loud voice of Hikaru Nara right next to his ear made him feel like his eardrums were severely damaged.

  "What's got you so excited? You're running to me at the crack of dawn."

  Rubbing her own ears, Kyouko said with a hint of complaint, while at this time Haruhi Suzumiya had already run to Nagato Yuki's side, circled around her several times, and like a pervert, touched her all over several times. The three girls were really tolerant, standing there watching Haruhi's molestation without any reaction...

  "How boring, can't you take me to see this world of yours?"

  Alright, this proposal isn't the first time Haruhi Suzumiya has asked, especially after learning that the world Yuki Nagato is currently in charge of is a world with various special abilities.

  "Hey, can you see any exit doors around here? You're not a ghost."

  "Cut the crap, you're definitely hiding something from me! Hmph, now tell me about your ill intentions towards my family!" With a nonchalant hum, Haruhi Suzumiya expressed her dissatisfaction with Mikuru's response once again, then directly wrapped her arms around Mikuru's neck and rubbed her face against hers, "Hehe, this adorable three-nothing..."

  "Halt! I am a ghost!"

  "You have hands, don't you..."

  "The topic suddenly became off-color." Jiǔ Mìng's mouth twitched as he walked over and tapped her forehead.

  "Where is it? I'm also a normal high school student. As an ordinary girl, I naturally have needs too. What's wrong with learning about related knowledge?"

  "What's wrong with me?" Kyoumo rubbed her head in a bit of pain, the girl in front of her, no matter what you say, should have some feminine shyness, now not only is Suzumiya Haruhi talking about this topic as if nothing's wrong, even Nagato Yuki is very calm.

  Now that I think about it, he seems to be the only abnormal one.

  Have I fallen behind with the times?

  "Hey, want to come to my world and play?"

  Kunimi thought he had underestimated her jumping thinking, just now shouting to give Nagato Yuki back 'justice', and now it's like this.

  "No time, let's talk about it later."

  The proposal was rejected, and Haruhi Suzumiya immediately became unhappy. "You actually refused! Tell me how you plan to take responsibility for Mikuru's situation!"

  "Oh no!? I didn't do anything, why should I be responsible?"

  "She stayed overnight at your place!"

  "I lay on the couch all night." Nine lives tugged at his ears.

  "It's bad for Yui's reputation if it gets out!"

  "Who would spread this around? And I'm not that kind of person with evil thoughts all over my mind..."

  "Hmph, let's go." With that, the cool and collected Haruhi Suzumiya stomped her foot and dragged Mikuru Asahina away with a heavy gait, leaving Koizumi standing alone in the same spot, lost in thought once again.

  "Hmm, thinking back to just now, I seem to have been a bit petty? Gently pinching the hair in front of my forehead, Jiǔ Mìng shook her head and thought, next time we meet, let's exchange some pleasant words."

  With that thought, Jiǔ Mìng's gaze shifted to the door. The closed door opened a small gap, and out came a mysterious creature with a large tail and two white-red striped bands resembling tails in its ears, smiling. What was this? A mutated cat?

  "Make a contract with me and become a magical boy, you have great potential..."

  Her eyes narrowed involuntarily, and Kuyou thought that this strange white creature was staring at a vacant spot - the place where Suzumiya Haruhi and Nagato Yuki had been standing before.

  "Get out! I'm not in a good mood!" A cute white creature, like a cat but not quite, with a smile on its face, walked out from behind the door. Seeing Jiǔ Mìng (Nine Lives), it opened its mouth and said something that made him feel awkward. What's wrong with this adorable creature?

  He couldn't see any normal emotions in the eyes of this strange white creature, even when it smiled, what was expressed was more a lack of emotion, indifference. In Jiǔ Mìng's view, it wasn't even as good as a stray cat!

  Jiu Ming kicked the white creature that could only talk back with a swift kick, and it was kicked back without any loud cries or roars, just like an inanimate object, walking in and rolling out.

  He didn't think it was a good thing that this strange creature would require him to sign some kind of contract as soon as he appeared.

  Intuition...

  After sending away this mysterious creature, Jiǔ Mìng was inexplicably relieved that Suzumiya Haruhi and the others had left a step earlier. Otherwise, if they had encountered this thing, who knows what kind of sparks would have been struck, something Jiǔ Mìng didn't want to see.

  He could see that Haruhi Suzumiya yearned for the 'extraordinary' attribute, and with a playful mind, she really started communicating with this white creature...

  Always feel that once such a situation occurs, it is a huge disaster.

  I'm a bit regretful for not taking him down earlier.