Chapter 132: In Search of the Archery Club...

"By the way, where is the Kyudo club?" Although he had identified his destination, Lan Se, who had left home without buying a map, suddenly turned into a stone statue. The school was not large, but finding the Kyudo club was not a simple task.

"Kendo club?" Looking at a group of guys waving bamboo swords around, Lan Se remained very calm. Having already experienced such excitement in the previous world, he was absolutely not foolish enough to ask if there was a "Senior Saeko" here.

"Look! It's Senior Saeko!" Just as Lan Se was about to turn away, a student suddenly shouted.

"What! There really is one? Where? Where is she?" Lan Se’s first reaction was to jump in directly through the window, then place both hands on a male student’s shoulders and ask.

"Are you new here? Watch closely, the senior is coming." At this point, Lan Se gulped hard and stared fixedly at the doorway.

A bronze-skinned woman holding a bamboo sword walked in from the door with great composure.

"Look... hey! Where did he go?" The student had intended to show off and teach the guy behind him, but to his amazement, when he turned around, he found no one there.

"Ghost!"

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"I will never believe in anything again..." A burnt-out Lan Se leaned against the wall, his whole body radiating a sense of utter decay.

"Huh? The guy from this morning?" Just as Lan Se was preparing to let himself wither completely and grow mushrooms on his body, a slightly surprised voice reached him.

"Hm? Oh! The young lady from this morning, good afternoon." After exchanging greetings, Lan Se continued his withering plan. "By the way, do you know where I can buy mushroom spores around here?"

"Spores? What do you want those for?" Ayako suddenly found that her train of thought could not keep up with Lan Se's mental leaps.

"Hm? Nothing, it’s just that if possible, I’d like you to help me buy some so I can plant them on myself." Lan Se moved his head with great effort, then, perhaps due to a lack of energy, collapsed once again.

"Pfft! Are you an idiot?" Hearing Lan Se's words, Ayako immediately clutched her stomach and laughed unladylike, roaring with laughter.

"It’s nothing, I’ve just lost all hope for this reality! This is the second time already—what happened to the promised Senior Saeko?" Lan Se expressed that he had no motivation left.

"You idiot, if you have no motivation, then come take a look at our clubroom." At this moment, because of the earlier commotion, Lan Se’s concealment had been broken, and Ayako, in an imposing manner, grabbed Lan Se’s cloak and dragged him away under the gaze of countless onlookers.

"Hey, hey! Take it easy! Cloaks are expensive, you know." Lan Se didn't really care where he was going, but being dragged like this felt very humiliating.

"Good grief, come to think of it, your cloak is really an eyesore." Upon hearing Lan Se's words, the other party suddenly stopped, then crouched down to stare at him.

Under that aggressive gaze, Lan Se couldn't help but lower his head, but what he didn't expect was...

"What happened to the promised B83?" Lan Se thought this was unscientific; the internet said it should be B83, so why did it feel off?

"You look pretty good, why cover yourself up?" Before Lan Se’s internal storm could end, Ayako's voice rang in his ears.

"Hm?" Only then did Lan Se feel something was wrong—he felt as if something was missing from his head.

"Of course I have my reasons for covering up." Lan Se rolled his eyes and put his hat back on.

"But I am quite curious about what kind of relationship you and Rin actually have." At this point, Ayako suddenly leaned in close.

"Do girls like you also care about gossip?" Lan Se stood up, brushed off his clothes, and rolled his eyes in a way she couldn't possibly see.

"Tch, what do you mean 'girls like me'? But for the sake of gossip, I’ll let you off for now. Tell me." The other party was very bold and didn't care about Lan Se's words at all.

"Nothing much. I suppose I’m hired; I have to protect her for a while." Although he was wearing his cloak, he had returned to normal, and a certain aura emanated from him. Under this pressure, no one called the police. Although Lan Se still felt very uncomfortable, at least he could communicate normally now.

"Hm? Protect? Has Rin encountered some trouble?" Ayako’s ears twitched upon hearing Lan Se’s words, and for a moment, Lan Se wondered if it was just his imagination. "Is such a range of motion really possible for a human?"

"But can you really protect Rin?" The other party didn't believe in Lan Se at all. After all, although Lan Se was taller than average, his body lacked the exaggerated muscles of the legendary "Men in Black," so he didn't look like a bodyguard at all.

"Is this enough?" Lan Se suddenly remembered the item he had carried with him from the start and took it out. Due to its mysterious nature, it meant little to those who weren't human, but for intimidating ordinary people, it was far more effective than any Green Dragon Crescent Blade.

"A gun?" The object Lan Se pulled from under his cloak startled the other party, but she quickly returned to normal and looked at Lan Se with disdain. "Just a model gun. You think you can bluff me with this?" Ayako’s expression at this moment made Lan Se sweat; if this expression were in a Yakuza film, it would definitely be more intimidating than his.

"You'll know if you try." Since Lan Se wanted to scare her, he decided to go all the way, taking out the magazine and spilling the bullets out.

*Click, click.* The constant sound of metal clattering left the energetic Ayako stunned.

"Believe me now?" Seeing Ayako frozen in shock, Lan Se felt an instant sense of satisfaction.

"Where is your integrity? A dignified Heroic Spirit actually going around scaring girls." Just then, a voice suddenly rang out in Lan Se's mind.

Although he didn't know who said it, Lan Se instantly felt like he was falling apart.

"I am an idiot, to actually do something like this..." The grey-and-white, crumbling Lan Se appeared again. But to his disbelief, Ayako’s behavior after recovering was completely beyond his expectations.

"Hey, hey, lend it to me to play with!" Lan Se felt her gaze was incredibly familiar, just like Tian Yi looking at delicious food.

"I don't mind, but..." Lan Se regretted it instantly. He was just about to use the excuse that ordinary people couldn't illegally possess firearms, but she didn't give him the chance to finish, snatching the gun from his hand with a speed he hadn't even perceived.

"Fine, since you're so stingy, let's have a duel. The stake for the duel will be this gun." The energetic girl, having no idea what she had imagined, stuffed the pistol into her school bag and made an incredible declaration.