"How about you show mercy to your subordinates......"

"What nonsense are you talking about? I tried my best. ”

"You lied ......"

"Fool, how can I beat someone I like and can't get up?"

After saying that, Ye Ya suddenly looked away shyly.

Xia Jing's heart suddenly raced, and he was confused by Ye Ya's small movements.

Xia Jing hurriedly shook his head in his heart.

However, there is still no way to treat Ye Ya as an ordinary girl.

His thoughts about Fang Yuan still firmly bound his heart.

Then again, is that called mercy?

This is no joke. If what Ye Ya said is true, then no matter how hard he practices, he is still vulnerable in front of the Deer Clan, isn't it? It was hoped that at least it would not become a stumbling block to others—and perhaps in the end, it would still be in vain.

"It's in vain to practice, and it's really hard to teach people."

"Not necessarily."

Ye Ya gently comforted Xia Jing, who sighed.

"Your top priority right now is not to allow yourself to be slaughtered like before. It doesn't matter if you can't win. When you learn to fight with me and others, you'll at least be able to resist. ”

"Alas. Is that really the case? ”

"What's more...... You don't have to worry too much, but I'll be able to protect you alone. ”

Ye Ya smiled carefree. The consistent straightforward way of expression made Xia Jing not know how to react. It was very embarrassing.

However, at the same time, I also feel that I am an incompetent wreck.

- Maybe you don't care, I don't want to.

As a boy, when I hear that I want to be protected by a girl, I feel uncomfortable in my heart. Indeed, these guys are not human, and they are very different from Xia Jing's basic abilities, and it is no longer a matter of male and female.

But......

Ye Ya's body was originally Fang Yuan's.

The thought of the girl sitting alone in the corner of the classroom made Xia Jing feel uncomfortable. I have to hide behind that insecure person with my own fear, and I still can't do it.

At that time, the regret that it was too late to save Fang Yuan has always made Xia Jing feel deeply regretful. Because of this, Xia Jing hoped that he would at least not be too late to catch up with that moment again.

And it's not just Fang Yuan.

Xia Jing knew it all two weeks ago.

This guy - Ye Ya even if he seems to be determined, there is actually a fragile part in his heart. So there had to be someone to support her, and be careful not to let her break due to the sudden rebound.

is different from Xia Jing's thoughts about Fang Yuan, it is a completely different feeling.

“…… What a hassle, alas. ”

"What are you complaining about? I'm going to protect you, it's too late to be happy, what's the trouble. ”

"That's not the case."

"Huh?"

Ye Ya tilted her head with a puzzled look.

Xia Jinghui smiled faintly and looked up at the sky from the verandah. The cold wind of winter blows on the hot body and feels very comfortable, as if as long as you are not careful, you will fall asleep unconsciously.

- I mean, this guy said something that would make people blush.

Realizing that the reason for the heat on his face was not just because of exercise, Xia Jing sighed.

No matter which angle you look at, it's really hard to look at the future.

But I won't regret it.

for I have made an oath.

Decided to get involved in this ridiculous controversy of inhuman beings who have suffered even from the fish in the pond.

If I retreat here, it will definitely be the regret of my life. Only this is certain.

In just half a month, four missing people appeared.

This is the chaos that the Deer Clan has brought on this town.

Naturally, there is panic on campus. The commotion spread not only through the town, but also throughout the city. Local newspapers have been discussing the incident and stirring up a lot of hype.

However, the scale of the turmoil did not develop as much as Xia Jing expected.

At most, it will stay at the level where it will be noticed by the local newspaper. On the TV side, only local news programs came to cover the news, and today, two weeks later, there is no sign of the police. Although an inconspicuous story titled "The whereabouts of four female students at a local private high school are unknown" was published in a small corner of the national newspaper pages, it was inundated with the hot topics that happened every day in the blink of an eye.

Perhaps such an outcome is nothing to fuss about. There are about 100,000 missing people in the country every year, and there should be no shortage of collective disappearances. Unless the presence of the deer clan spreads out in the sun, the mere disappearance is nothing more than a mundane thing that can happen anywhere.

While feeling relieved, Xia Jing felt a slight chill.

Boomers, like this number that is not a problem in a national sense, continue to produce missing people. But in reality, those who disappeared were not runaways. Fang Yuan, Lizi, and the three people who died two weeks ago not only never came back, but not even a corpse remained. It's like dripping a drop of oil on the surface of a pool, small in scale, but irreversible corrosion.

From the point of view of the hierarchy of the human race as a whole or the state as a self-governing body, it is a trivial and insignificant disease. However, from the perspective of those involved, it is a fatal and terminal disease that cannot be cured.

At least, including Xia Jing and her missing teenage friends, several people in the school have been ravaged by the disease. Of course, except for Xia Jing, other people who are sick have no way of knowing that it is an incurable disease.

It's mid-March. Not only are the third-year students graduating and leaving the campus, but the first- and second-year students are also becoming impetuous, because of the upcoming spring break. Xia Jing couldn't help but wonder if the actions of the prosperity faction had been calculated in advance, in order not to let the patients realize that they were sick.

For example, the students in Class A of Xia Jing's first year, they seem to have long forgotten that there was a missing person named Fang Yuan in their class. Xia Jing couldn't stand this phenomenon.

Although there are occasional gossip that Li Qi and Qiu Yin's transfer may be related to the disappearance, it has now changed to an atmosphere where they will be promoted to the second grade in a week anyway.

"Hey, I don't know what will change next year."

Even his evil friend Li Mu looks like he has never been obsessed with Qiu Yin, and recently began to talk about this kind of marginal topic.

“…… I don't know. ”

Xia Jing replied stunned as usual. It's Monday afternoon, and it's a very life-like scene.

"Anyway, all you care about is whether there are cute girls in the class."

"Don't talk nonsense, you black-hearted devil."

Li Mu frowned, and then puffed up his chest.

"However, the number of cute girls is also the point."

"You're hopeless."

Xia Jing shrugged and sighed. However, it is not a good thing for Xia Jing that he can simply cut off his attachment to Qiu Yin. Frankly, I didn't want to talk about that crazy woman at school.

Then again-

Including the matter of Qiu Yin, I didn't expect the school to go through so many situations, but it can slowly stabilize in just one month. According to Anno's information, the guys who belonged to the prosperity faction also returned to school with a look of distraction. After all, if they take too long of leave, they will inevitably attract curious eyes from outsiders, so it is not surprising that they will return to school.

According to the list provided by Anno, there are five students of the Deer Clan in this school besides her.

Among them, there are two people who belong to the main family, namely Yasuno in the same class and Shinoda in the third class C. Natsu Jing hasn't met a character named Shinoda yet. She doesn't seem to come to school very often for many reasons. I've heard that I'll find an opportunity to introduce myself in the near future, but so far I haven't had that opportunity.

There are four people who are prosperous: Lan Yi in Class B in the second year, Ah Ye in Class D in the second year, Li Hua in Class A in the third year, and Ah Dai in Class B in the third year. Among them, Xia Jing has not seen Lan Yi and Li Hua yet.

Regardless of the faction they belong to, the third-year students will no longer come to school because of the graduation ceremony.

I don't know what it looks like, and Xia Jing is very uneasy. Needless to say, if it's your own people, I don't know what kind of guys those two enemies will be. Although I have asked An Ye and Ye Ya, I still don't know how to grasp it. Xia Jing himself also thinks that after all, seeing is still the basis for it.

So the problem at the moment lies with the remaining person - Ah Ye in Class D of the second year.

That day, I helped Xia Jing in the art classroom and asked if I was the one who was enlightened.

To add insult to injury-

Not long after that, Xia Jing asked Wang Chuan tactfully. I thought things couldn't be so coincidental, but it turned out that it could only be said that creation made people.

Wang Chuan's childhood sweetheart is a girl named Ah Ye.

"That's right."

However, if you want to see her as a prosperous faction hostile to your own side, there are still some doubts about her, and Xia Jing hopes to know more about her person.

Now, two weeks later, the situation is gradually stabilizing, and it may be a good time. Xia Jing looked at Wang Chuan, who was flipping through the magazine opposite, and threw the topic to Li Mu with ulterior motives.

"Speaking of cuteness, I've heard of it...... Wang Chuan's childhood sweetheart seems to be a big girl."

Wang Chuan raised his head with a "huh".

At the same time, Li Mu also muttered blankly.

"You say...... What ......?"

"What do you say, Wang Chuan? You seem to have said she's cured, right?"

"Uh, I said that...... Where did you hear that rumor?"

Wang Chuan behad suspiciously fiddling with his bangs.

Even if you want to break your head, you can't imagine the picture of this evil friend with a narcissistic complex and a baby-faced face with that girl who exudes the smell of a very disciplined discipline commissioner. Xia Jing couldn't help laughing.

"I'll just say I've heard it."

And while pretending not to know, he replied, "Is it at all? Is she really as pretty as she was rumored?"

「…… Hey, Wang Chuan."

Li Mu pushed away Xia Jing, who asked the question, and glared at Wang Chuan.

"Is what he said true?"

Even Wang Chuan, who always pretended to be calm, couldn't help but cringe in fear from that murderous gaze.

"I don't really know. Beauty and ugliness are very subjective, right......?"

"If the rumors are true, am I your enemy?"

"Why did you jump the needle so suddenly?"

"No jump! Where to jump! It should be said that it is completely logical!"

Li Mu was completely annoyed and angry.

"What? Childhood? Is that the one? Have you been in love since you were a child or something? Or is it a marriage contract decided by both parents? Less kidding! You bastard...... Is this stimulating me who has just experienced a heartbreaking parting with Qiu Yin, and I am feeling sad? Are you laughing at my dejected appearance?"

"I really don't know how to complain about you......

"Your delusional power is too strong, Li Mu. What is the marriage contract decided by the parents of both parties? And also...... You said you were sad about Qiu Yin's transfer? I think you're the usual stupid face with an empty head."

Although Xia Jing kindly complained hard for Ying, Li Mu's momentum showed no signs of declining.

"The point is, didn't we make an appointment to have a girlfriend together when we entered school......

"Eh, Xia Jing, do we have an appointment like that?"

"I haven't heard of it."

"Hey! Black-hearted glasses, what do you say we are going to do with this traitor!"

After shouting, Li Mu hugged Xia Jing's shoulders for some reason.

- Huh? Am I of your country?

This atmosphere is really hard to speak, so he said that there are girls who are proposing to him.

"Forget it, it's not a human anyway." While thinking about this kind of thing, Xia Jing sighed that the topic was almost in a wonderful direction.

"Okay, Li Mu, don't be in such a hurry."

Xia Jing comforted the evil friends who were in a state of excitement on the side, and tried to correct the direction of the topic.

"Wang Chuan is right. I haven't seen it with my own eyes, so who knows if it's a sister?"

「…… Huh, Xia Jing?"

Wang Chuan was dumbfounded. An expression that didn't expect the attack to come from this direction.

I'm sorry, Wang Chuan. Basically, I'm not from your country.

"Hey, Anno."

Xia Jing called out to An Ye, who happened to be nearby, chatting with his classmates.

"Well, what?"

"What do you think? You've seen it, Wang Chuan's childhood sweetheart."

「…… What?"

There was a question in the headless way, and Anno couldn't react for a while.

"Hey, classmate Wang Chuan, do you have a childhood sweetheart?"

"Wow, what an accident~"

The other two girls who were with Anno were interested first.

「…… Xia Jing, did you hear that it was from Anno-san?"

"Huh...... Wait a minute, Xia Jing, you-"

Seeing Wang Chuan's suspicious appearance of tilting his head in annoyance, Anye seemed to understand what Xia Jing meant.

At the same time, he glanced at Xia Jing with sharp eyes.

"Don't stare at me like that."

Her eyes were asking: What the hell are you doing?

Although Xia Jing shrugged his shoulders as if he was pretending to be a gag, there was still a hint of uneasiness about whether such an approach was appropriate.

The classmates in the class have nothing to do with the deer clan, and Xia Jingzhi is worried that if his plan continues to progress, it will seriously affect his friends, and it is difficult to ensure that they will not be put in danger.

- No, don't worry, it should be feasible.

Just as Xia Jing clenched his fists at the bottom of the table, trying to wave goodbye to his thoughts, Li Muyi stood up with determination.

"Okay."

"Huh, how? What do you want to do?"

Wang Chuan's whole person was like a vivid portrayal of the two words of embarrassment, as if he had a bad premonition with a needle, and the words that came out of Li Mu's mouth were completely in line with Xia Jing's plan.

"Let's go find out."