Chapters 1 to 8 have revised some of the dialogues and narratives, and the encounters and abilities gained in Nightmare Space have also been overhauled, so please re-read them for those who have already read them. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoIn addition, the names of the five abilities that Bai Ze has have have also been revised, and the situation is now as follows: Regency = Ingest; Concealment = Concealment; For the remaining three abilities that haven't been awakened, check out the descriptions in Chapter 8 for yourself, or reconfirm them when you write about them later.

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At this moment, Bai Ze walked up the straight, high and long straight slope, although this hill is only about ten meters high, so this ramp is not comparable to the ramp in front of the gate of the Yanagiji Temple that I saw in Fuyuki City before, but if ordinary people walk up without stopping, they will also be so tired that they will be so tired that they can rest for a while in front of the "torii" that looks like a torii gate at the end of the stairs, so that they can ease their strength.

However, for Bai Ze today, such a ramp with no more than 100 steps and two small platforms in the middle is really not challenging, and he has already stepped on the trail that leads directly to the money box in front of the gate of the shrine before he feels sore.

On both sides of the road not far in front of him, there are two fox-like stone sculptures on opposite sides, and even a small children's playground has been set up in the open space on one side to attract children from the neighborhood to come and play. Sit and chat.

Although it was still early in the morning and there were no tourists, the empty field in front of the shrine was not deserted, and three or four snow-white foxes were chasing each other and frolicking, adding a bit of vitality to the loneliness of the early morning, and also refreshed Bai Ze, who was originally slightly depressed because of the surrounding environment.

The fox here seems to have lived with humans since childhood, and is not afraid even when it sees a living person, although it does not immediately lean over to please it because of the instinctive vigilance of the creature, but it is not far away, standing on the side of the road five or six meters away and blinking round eyes at the young man who is walking slowly.

Speaking of Bai Ze when he was a child, he actually often ran here to play, after all, the mountains and forests near this shrine have many small animals because of the protection of the government, and it is the most suitable place for children to come into contact with wild animals in addition to the zoo.

The boy who has been very fond of all kinds of fluffy little animals since he was a child, even if he doesn't have much free time from class at the moment, he still cautiously approaches the past, and these little foxes are really not afraid of people at all, and they seem to realize that Bai Ze has no malicious intentions, so they stand in place obediently and do not run away, nor do they dodge the palm of the young man's outstretched hand.

Stroking the little fox's soft and dense slightly harder hair, the young man's face couldn't help but show an extremely tranquil and gentle smile, even the little fox who didn't understand humanity couldn't help but be stunned after looking up and seeing this faint smile, and then became more well-behaved and sticky - there is a saying called Xiang from the heart, although Bai Ze's appearance is not handsome, but with the continuous improvement of his "Lingpersonality", his temperament is also increasing day by day, so that when he shows his emotions, It is easy to affect other creatures around you.

In fact, even before the teenager improved his "spiritual personality", his smile already had some kind of magical power, he was loved by children and the elderly since he was a child, and his smile that seemed to have the power of charm has an inseparable relationship, in fact, his smile is not surprising, only because Bai Ze's guy's emotions are frank and pure, and when he laughs, the emotional appeal that goes straight to his heart is far stronger than others, so he has an unusual charm.

The time saved by crossing the back hill from the back mountain was basically all consumed on these little foxes, and even the buns he had brought with him that he had not finished his breakfast were also contributed to these little ones—which made it almost impossible for him to ring the bell when he arrived at the door of the class.

The class is bustling at the moment, although they have only seen each other for two days, they seem to have a lot of topics to talk about, and at this moment, Bai Ze's seat is being occupied by a few girls who are chatting with his childhood sweetheart at the same table.

When he approached, the girl who was originally sitting in his seat immediately stood up, after all, class was about to start, and it would take a lot of time to sort out the books and prepare the homework to be handed in, so she was very understanding and gave up her seat. The other girls who were around Qu Lingyun seemed to have lost their interest in chatting because of Bai Ze's arrival, so they also left one after another.

"Didn't you leave early today? Why did you come here until class was about to go? ”

After waving goodbye to the friends who had returned to their respective seats, Qu Lingyun turned around and stared at the young man sitting next to him with a bit of anger and asked.

"Huh?" The young man who was flipping through the book in his bag looked up suspiciously, and for a moment he didn't understand what the girl meant.

"I was going to wake you up in your room before breakfast, but I found that you had already gone out, so I simply ate and left, but I didn't expect to see you now."

Qu Lingyun looked slightly annoyed, which made Bai Ze a little confused.

"What? Are you looking for me? ”

Thinking about the girl's actions in the past two days is quite inexplicable, so the young man is also a little unclear about her true intentions, thinking about it, thinking that maybe she has something to find herself, so she cares so much about his whereabouts.

"Hmph, ignore me, bothered!"

When the girl saw Bai Ze's ignorant appearance, she became angry, and suddenly twisted her head and stopped talking.

Although Bai Ze was still confused, the girl sitting in the front row was twisting her head to listen to the conversation between the two of them at the moment, and when she saw that the topic was at an impasse, she smiled slightly, and from her expression, she seemed to have a little understanding of the reason why his childhood sweetheart was in a bad mood.

This girl's name is Xia Wanying, and she happens to be a member of the track and field team like Qu Lingyun, so it is very likely that she knows some "insider" that others don't know - and from the fact that she still hasn't looked away at the moment, it can be seen that she actually wants to "talk".

She can also be regarded as a beautiful girl in the class, but because she is slightly thin and has a baby face, she still looks like a primary school student and loses a little points, but compared to Qu Lingyun, who can be used as a "memorial in the world", she is still half a head taller.

"Xiao Xia, do you know something?"

Bai Ze has a good relationship with the girls in the class, so it is natural to ask about it.

"Hehe, although I really want to tell you, I'm worried that Xiaoyun will be unhappy."

Even though she put on such a posture of seeking Qu Lingyun's opinion, the irrepressible "desire to talk" in her eyes was already about to come out, and even Bai Ze's childhood sweetheart himself, who was the party concerned, couldn't bear to keep her silent.

"Hmph, it won't be worse than it is now, and besides, there's nothing worth hiding and tucking in."

Although Qu Lingyun's tone was still full of anger, Xia Wanying, who had received the "permission", had already begun to tell it eagerly - judging from the fact that the girl did not leave for an excuse, it seemed that she was also happy to see a friend help her "explain".

"Speaking of which, when we came out of the locker room in the gymnasium after training before, we happened to run into that talented girl from the neighboring class who came in from the back door of the school - and they asked us to bring you a message, saying that today's noon appointment was canceled, and we will contact you another day or something."

Listening to the rather strange words and playful winking from Xia Wanying, and looking at the increasingly aggressive gaze from Qu Lingyun at the same table, the young man only felt that something was wrong.

Although Bai Ze already knew something at this moment, it seemed that his childhood sweetheart had a lot of opinions about the contact between him and Ye Kexin, but he only felt that the girl seemed to be overreacting, and he didn't think that this was something that should be taken so seriously.

"So what? It's just that there's something to meet at school to talk about, and besides, isn't this already canceled? Why are you still angry? ”

Bai Ze asked a little tentatively, in his impression all along, Qu Lingyun has always been a cheerful and lively girl, although the other party sometimes seems to be a little too concerned about his own issues, but that is just the relationship between the two of them has always been like a brother and sister, Qu Lingyun, who was born a few months earlier than him, always took care of him as a younger brother when he was a child, but now the relationship between the two of them has been slightly estranged this year, made him suddenly a little unaccustomed to himself, the childhood sweetheart who suddenly became eager.

Xia Wanying's eyes rolled, and she realized the crux of the problem between Ye Kexin and Bai Ze, since her friend couldn't open her mouth at the moment, so she volunteered to take over the topic for her.

"This matter shouldn't have been told to you, in fact, Ye Kexin's reputation in our girls' circle is not good, it is said that she was unclear with several seniors in the high school when she first entered the school, and there are always people who see her traveling with those seniors during holidays and weekends, and there are even worse rumors that Xiaoyun is so concerned about the communication between the two of you, just because she doesn't want you to suffer."

Xia Wanying's explanation in a low voice suddenly made Bai Ze understand why his childhood sweetheart had been nervous since he knew that Ye Kexin had a connection with him during this time.

Speaking of which, if he knew that Qu Lingyun had an ongoing connection with a playboy he had heard of, then he would have thought that he would only become more nervous and panicked than the girl - maybe he would have done something more radical.

Although Bai Ze heard the explanation from Xia Wanying, he then thought of the many trivial things he had heard from Ye Kexin, and combined them with the two things of contact with the senior seniors and going out with her, and her experience as a demon summoner and her predecessors exploring the "inner world" in many areas of the city, which made him not really believe the "statement" in the rumors of the girl - but even so, he still inevitably had some "mind" for Ye Kexin.

The importance of the spiritual cleanliness of junior high school boys is far beyond the imagination and expectation of others, just as junior high school girls think that those "house things" that have been popular for many years are filthy things, and even if they mention it, they feel tainted; When Bai Ze hears the topic of some out-of-scale strange ** friends, he will also have a feeling of extreme discomfort of swallowing cockroaches raw or being crawled all over his body by snakes, and even just seeing "holding hands" will trigger this physiological disgust - maybe girls of the same age can regard the so-called "turbid love" as a kind of fashion and romance, but for boys of the same age, they can't wait to kill the heroine who did this kind of thing directly to feel happy.

This made him see through the source of the rumors and part of the truth, but this still couldn't let him go through the "interaction" between Ye Kexin and those senior seniors, after all, isn't it easier to germinate some "intense emotions" in that dangerous environment? Even if he was only skeptical about it, it was still enough to lower the label he put on the girl in his heart - in other words, if he was still a little close to Ye Kexin's admiration, then now he can't help but subconsciously keep a little distance because of this.

It's just that even though he has understood the reason for the "abnormality" of his childhood sweetheart during this time, the strange feeling that haunts his heart still makes it difficult for him to immediately reconcile with the girl calmly - to put it bluntly, this is the problem of the young man's indelible face, and this problem is basically no one can overcome.