Chapter 56: The Unscientific Move

  "But since it's a tender face type, makeup doesn't matter either?"

  Why bother? Why do humans always make the same mistakes and repeat the same tragedies? Don't they know that trouble comes from the mouth?

  "I've already passed the age where I need to wear makeup." Wait a minute... huh? Why does it feel weird somehow?

  "How old are you, anyway? You look so gloomy." Haruhi Suzumiya's face was filled with excitement, perhaps all sorts of mischievous ideas were brewing in her mind.

  Annoying!

  "Not big, just over a hundred, still small." She hummed softly, and this time it was Suzumiya Haruhi's turn to have her mouth twitch.

  "Cheater!"

  "Oh no? I've been found out."

  "Hmm!" With a slight hum, Suzumiya Haruhi found a piece of paper to sit on the ground and sat down. After thinking for a while, "You say we make an appointment for a COS plan?"

  "It doesn't matter, just being normal is fine." In an instant, Jiǔ Mìng realized what she might be getting at and decisively brushed off the suggestion, "I'm only good at playing ghosts, nothing else!"

  " Forget it."

  Next was just waiting, and in the meantime, apart from Asakura Ryouko not being very well-behaved and struggling in her backpack before being violently suppressed by Nagato Yuki, nothing else happened.

  "It's really uncomfortable wearing someone else's clothes." Ah Xū brought a long-sleeved shirt, anyway he wasn't afraid of the heat, so a long-sleeved one was just fine.

  "I'm still not used to lending my clothes for others to wear."

  "I am a ghost."

  The two people have a height difference, but fortunately, Jiu's slender build makes up for it, and the clothes don't feel too small when worn.

  "Ah ah. Perfect." Looking at the shadow on the ground, Haruhi Suzumiya smiled and nodded, now the Nine Lives were completely unnoticeable.

  "First, I won't mention the pitiful expression you had when I changed clothes. Anyway... just get me a hat or something, from the side view." Jiǔ Mìng pointed to his own forehead from the side, hoping that Xi wouldn't make any obvious 'bugs' with his makeup, so the only non-transparent areas were his face, neck, and hands up to his palms. From the side view, Jiǔ Mìng's head was still a bit semi-transparent except for his face...

  Nagato Yuki rummaged through her small bag for a while and pulled out a sun hat... it was as if she had a four-dimensional pocket or something.

  After taking the hat handed over by her and putting it on, Jiǔ Mìng's appearance became almost indistinguishable from normal.

  "Alright, let's go, Municipal Pool! GO! GO! GO!" Haruhi Suzumiya shouted out in a loud voice after waiting with great difficulty for the grand opening.

  "There seem to be not enough bicycles."

  Two bicycles, five people and a ghost... it seems like no matter how you look at it, there aren't enough vehicles.

  "Hmm, although I'm light enough, if it's not crowded on the bus, I'll just walk instead."

  So the seating arrangement was simple, with Nagato Yuki's slender body sitting slightly to the outside on the back seat, leaving just enough space for Suzumiya Haruhi to stand. As for Akane Higashikata... well, her figure is too good, and basically there's no room left when she sits down.

  The whole way, riding a bike might be too boring, and Haruhi Suzumiya, standing up, seemed to have no motivation to talk after being sunburned. Koizumi watched as the nine-tailed fox ran alongside with an incredibly leisurely pace, its physical strength enough to make athletes die of shame.

  "How light you are?"

  "21 grams." Nine Lives yawned and replied nonchalantly, making it up as he went along, "Don't believe me? In fact, it's just a little lighter than that weight, 10.4 grams..."

  Remove the decimal point and change the unit of weight to jin, which is his pre-mortem body weight.

  "...On a windy day, you'll definitely become a kite!" Ah Xū was astonished by Jiǔ Mìng's weight, which felt no heavier than a piece of paper!

  "No, the wind that can blow you away may not be able to move me." Jiǔ Mìng shook his head, jokingly saying that as a ghost, it was unscientific enough, because being too light and being blown away by the wind was an unlikely scientific event for him.

  Who has heard of ghosts or spirits being blown away by the wind because they are too light?

  Although Jiǔ Mìng wanted to be blown away, it was easy, as long as he was willing. If he wasn't willing, what could 10 grams of weight do?

  Withstanding strong winds of 7-8 levels without moving is not a big deal.

  "This is too unscientific!"

  Just then, Haruhi Suzumiya, who had already taken an interest in the topic, seemed to have a confirming idea, and under the will of some deity, a fairly strong gust of hot wind suddenly appeared out of nowhere on that sweltering day.

  Jiuming stood there like an ordinary person, letting the strong wind blow past him. Even his hair, which was exposed under his sun hat, was gently blown by the wind. What's more surprising is that Jiuming really didn't get blown away!

  "Look, I'm just unscientific on the move."

  "Stop the car!" Witnessing all this, Haruhi Suzumiya immediately started shouting to stop, because she saw a weight scale in a clothing store that was passing by, and she decided to conduct a 'fun' exploration of Mikuru's nine lives, so she let Yuki stop the car.

  ………

  "Cough, let's hurry up and go." Jumping down from the scale, Jiǔ Mìng hastily said that. The curious service staff who had come over to watch now had a "I've seen a ghost" expression on their face. How could such a big person weigh less than one jin? Are you kidding me or did I just see things?

  Or is this thing broken?

  Seeing is believing, no matter what they said, the few people who were originally a bit skeptical have completely believed it.

  "Seriously, I've wasted so much time." Glancing at the clock, it was already 2:30. Haruhi Suzumiya waved her hand, "Let's hurry up."

  Outdoor swimming pool... Jiǔ Mìng feels that apart from that one time when he was an intern, he has never seen so many people before. Most of the people who come here are young boys and girls. Hmm, all sorts of swimsuits are on display. Ah ha, it's great to be alive, being young is great.

  "It's no good being the focus of attention." Nine Lives muttered to himself, finding a place to sit down. As for going into the water? Ah, don't be ridiculous, how could that be possible?!

  Everyone here is wearing swimsuits, and he's the only one who hasn't changed clothes, naturally drawing attention to himself. However, since people come here mainly to have fun, there aren't many eyes on him for long.

  "The taste of this disinfectant water, it's really something!" Koizumi came over after changing into her swimsuit, and Kyon turned his head to look at her, whistling involuntarily.

  "Not bad."

  The praise of the nine lives had just fallen, and she was eager to jump into the water without hesitation, completely ignoring the 'No Diving' warning sign on top of the nine lives.

  "......" Alright, shrugged his shoulders, Jiuming shifted positions and sat under the tree shade with a faint smile, gazing at the girls in the swimming pool, youth...

  "Hey! Be careful!!" A splash of water was coming straight for him, and Kyouya's eyes twitched as he quickly dodged it. The culprit, Suzumiya Haruhi, was now standing in front of him with a mischievous grin on her face.

  "The water temperature is great, aren't you really coming?"

  "... I'm afraid of water." The words floated away, and some people who heard Jiǔ Mìng's words couldn't help but look at him strangely. Jiǔ Mìng also seemed carefree, meeting their gazes before sitting back down again. Anyway, they didn't know him, and he didn't know them, so what did it matter if he felt like a weirdo?

  In just a few days they will forget themselves, why bother?

  "You're going to get punished!" Perhaps it was because seeing Kurenai sitting alone was too lonely, soon after, Suzumiya Haruhi found him again. At the same time, a water balloon playing on the surface of the water came flying towards him with a few water trails. Kurenai didn't even lift an eyebrow, and with a backhand swing, the incoming ball flew back in a parabolic curve.

  With a low, strange cry, the nine-tailed beast looked up and saw that the ball had been thrown back on the correct trajectory, but somehow it was the weak and timid Jiraiya who got hit.

  Not far away, Ah Xū looked at him with a hint of hostility in his eyes...

  "Actually laid hands on Shi Jiu Lu Xue sister... wait a minute, I'm coming too!"

  "What's with this inexplicable fervor of yours, youngster? Rather than saying it's for standing up for your senior, it feels more like... *cough*... a certain insect has crawled into your brain. Ah, adolescence, adolescence indeed."

  "I'll join in too." With a chuckle, he said to Jiuming, and Guquan Yishu and A Xū also got into the water.

  "Just a dozen or so." With a dismissive look on her face, she beckoned to Haruhi Suzumiya and the others, "Come on!"

  Haruhi Suzumiya has once again gathered two little loli 'members' who came from who-knows-where, a total of six now...

  "What the f**k! You're cheating!" As soon as they started acting, Jiǔ Mìng suddenly got furious. Six people each holding a ball in their hands, where's the one we agreed on?!

  "What I say goes, humph, take it!!"

  Six balls flew in six parabolic arcs, each one thrown with such precision that the nine lives of the players seemed to flash by in an instant. The fingers of the players moved swiftly, releasing the six balls which flew out and then flew back into their hands, even before some of the players had a chance to retract their throwing arms.

  "It feels like I'm a dolphin trained in a pool to catch balls." Ah Xū subconsciously said a fitting metaphor, staring at the ball that flew back into his hand with a tangled expression.

  "Pity you can't catch with your mouth." Nine Lives' ears perked up, and he retorted with a sentence. The next moment, his neck felt cool, and he was beheaded!

  Touching the swimming ring on his neck, Jiǔ Mìng's eyebrows jumped slightly. This swimming ring was a rare treasure.

  It's actually hiding dark troops, it's really despicable!

  Just as Jiǔ Mìng was about to jump up and counterattack, he suddenly became stunned for a moment. At this time... the mysterious shop had new customers again!

  He scratched his head. Even if a mysterious customer suddenly appeared at the shop now, he couldn't do anything about it because in this world, he couldn't enter the mysterious shop!

  Unless he can complete his mission and leave this world, but for now it's impossible. He found out from Nagato Yuki that the next 'mission' is to accompany Suzumori Kasuga!

  Play until she starts school!

  *Sigh* It seems like the world is going to start another cycle if things don't go well. I mourned the misfortune of this world once again... Anyway, it seems like I've forgotten something since coming here...

  "Waaaah! How despicable, locking me in the closet!!!!!" Inside the dressing room, a series of eerie banging sounds came from Nagisa's locker.