With the end of the exam bell ringing for the last class, our summer vacation has officially begun.

Because the school was under construction, our senior year was lucky enough to skip the month-long "summer camp" that we had to participate in during the summer vacation—when it was summer camp, it was actually an extra month of classes. Those guys had been clamoring to report the school for summer make-up classes, but after all, it was just talking, and no one dared to do it. Now that the school is under construction, it is just right for those people's wishes to be satisfied.

But let's be honest, since the construction of the school, our life in the school has started to become very inconvenient – we often have to walk around the construction area for an extra five minutes to get to the cafeteria, and we have to take a detour from the south wall of the school to get to the garden. If you stay in the school until the construction of the school road is completed, I am afraid that it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction and protests from the students.

"Did you all get the list?" The homeroom teacher shouted from the podium, trying to make her voice drown out the laughter of us who had long since left the classroom.

"Hey, let's go out for a ride tomorrow?" The two boys sitting to my right didn't listen to the teacher at all, but discussed the arrangements in the open.

"Okay, I don't have much homework during the holidays anyway," his tablemate didn't lower his voice at all, "why don't you stop by and watch a movie." ”

At the same time, the two boys sitting in the corner of the back door of the classroom who threatened to catch the "Grass and Tree Demon" began to discuss their plan to catch the demon again.

"Tonight?" The boy who was a little bolder and a little shorter asked.

"Yes, it's a day early," said another boy, "and we'll meet at the school gate tonight." ”

"Oh......" I could see that the short boy was a little hesitant and still looked a little scared.

"Besides, if you think about it, if we hadn't caught the youkai first, we wouldn't have been able to get that money from the research institute!"

"Yes, it's not a small amount of money after all."

When it comes to money, both seem to be in good spirits. I don't understand why, but today's high school students are trying to get money from all kinds of places, and even risking their lives to catch demons for money.

Anyway, if they really plan to come tonight, I can take this opportunity to scare them. It just so happened that Yirui-san didn't plan to let me carry out her plan with her tonight, so I could have sneaked into the school garden alone and waited for them to come.

In the end, with the encouragement of the bold boy, the two finally reached an agreement - to come to the school at half past seven in the evening to hunt demons. In fact, normal people should not think about catching monsters like them, and they won't even believe in the existence of monsters like them.

When I got home, I briefly chatted with Yirui, intending to explain the situation to her.

"You're only putting yourself in more danger."

"Why? If I scare them away, no one will come and catch any 'grass and wood demons'!" ”

"You're stupid or not, you're only going to make the evidence of the existence of the Grass and Tree Demon in their hands more conclusive. When the time comes, it's not them who will arrest you, but the 'research institute' who will arrest you. ”

"Is it that serious?"

"Yes. If you really want to go, I can't stop you. Be careful, though. If you really want to scare them, you can mean it. ”

"Hmm."

"Actually, you want them to dispel the idea of catching the 'Demon of Grass and Trees', and the better way is to let them run for nothing without showing up. When they found out that there weren't any grass and tree demons, they naturally didn't have much interest. ”

"I think I'll have to fix them, after all, it makes me very sad to hear them discussing plans to capture the 'Demon of Grass and Trees' all day long."

"Then be careful."

Yirui is still very opposed to my plan, but what Yirui said is still very reasonable, and I think it is better to be careful.

After dinner, I went back to school without even having time to change my clothes.

"Didn't you just have a holiday? What, what are you doing at school in your uniform? ”

The security guard at the gate was very vigilant today, and in a rare way, stopped me when I tried to sneak through the school gate.

"Hey, I really have a lot of stuff, and I didn't quite move home at once, so I'll do it again. So, could you please let me in? ”

I deliberately explained to the security guard in a very respectful tone that the purpose was actually to get into the school faster and start preparing. After hearing this, the security guard reluctantly let me into the school.

It's six o'clock, it's still dark, and it's estimated that there will be an hour before night falls. I'll have to hurry up, and I'll have to fill the path at the edge of the garden with traps before nightfall. From their conversations, I learned that they were going to search every place where there was greenery. So, the amount of work to complete so many scenes in an hour was too huge, and I finally planned to deal with the garden side specifically, after all, the garden is relatively close to the school gate, and the previous rumors about the Grass and Trees Demon were all about being attacked in the garden or something, so I guess they should come here first.

I gathered all the fallen leaves near the garden and spread them on the path by the garden, and combined with the feeling I heard the sound of "rustling" on the fallen leaves last time, I thought that this would create a terrifying environment. Spread some more vines in the grass by the side of the road, so that I can tidy them up by then. According to Irry's suggestion, it was best for me to make it seem like it was happening naturally, like the wind blowing through the leaves under the trees and something, and I felt that with my reflexes and supernatural abilities, I should be able to do that.

As the night began to cover the garden, I saw two figures in the distance by the light of the moonlight.

Looks like the guests arrived early. I was pretty much done, and I hurried into the grass where I don't know how many times I had hidden.

"Why are there so many fallen leaves here? I remember when I left school after the exam, I didn't have it. ”

Even though I was in the grass, I could still hear them talking clearly.

"Isn't it windy in the afternoon? You're scared, a coward. ”

"Not really. It's just strange that there won't be so many dry leaves this season. ”

"Why are there so many things, hurry up to the garden."

"You said it could be the 'Demon of Grass and Trees' who did it?"

"Isn't that right! It means that there really is a 'demon of grass and trees' here. If you're scared, you can just stand here and watch me catch demons. ”

"Who's scared!"

I could hear the timid boy's voice change, sharper than usual, and I wonder if it represented the fear in his heart at this moment. If so, it seems that one of my goals has been accomplished, and this eerie atmosphere should dampen their interest.

"Then come with me."

The boy in front of me was getting closer and closer, and he was about to pass in front of me.

"Hurry up!" He turned back to his companion behind him and shouted, "Don't be in the back [发苶: means languid, in a daze, often used in the southern dialect." Ahh ”

It's time! The boy in front of me stepped on my plan line accurately, and I clenched my left hand into a fist, and with my right hand, I quickly controlled the rattan that had been prepared long ago and stretched out, and with a "snap", it hit him under his knee impartially.

He jerked his head down and cried out "ahhhh

"What's wrong?" His companion asked, trotting forward.

"It's okay, I don't know what hit me." He immediately regained his composure.

I used my strength to get the rattan back the moment I hit him, so he looked down and didn't see what was actually shooting him.

"This is what the 'Grass and Tree Demon' did!" He muttered to himself with some anger.

The blow stopped him from moving forward, and he turned and began to search the grass and flower beds on both sides, which forced me to move my body into the garden so as not to expose myself.

They all carried flashlights with them, and if they found them, it would probably be a bit of trouble.

"Come out, coward!" The boy suddenly shouted, "What kind of 'demon of grass and trees', is it only cowardly enough to sneak attack others behind their backs?" ”

Scold! It's still exciting. I clenched my left fist again, and with my right hand, I controlled another rattan to hit the boy's shin much faster than before.

"Ahh He crouched down in pain, "Damn! ”

"It's okay!" His companion immediately crouched down to check on the situation.

I still have a conscience, and I control my strength to make sure that I can only bring him a few minutes of pain and not let him get hurt.

"What the hell is it!" He roared, "Coward, come out for me!" ”

He was challenging me. Unexpectedly, these blows only made this guy more and more energetic, and even began to sarcastically mock me, and I felt my clenched left fist tremble.

He moved away from the grass on my side and disappeared from my sight for a moment.

Gone? I slowly moved towards the side of the path.

Suddenly, I felt a sharp blow to the head, and for a moment I lost my balance and fell to the ground. Luckily, I was on my toes and didn't scream at the sudden pain.

"Keep smashing! That's where the stuff just came out of here. ”

I didn't expect him to feel the direction in which the rattan appeared, and what I didn't expect was that they actually found so many small stones to "bombard" this place. I touched the place where my head had been hit, and sure enough, it was wet, and I could make out it as a colored liquid by the faint moonlight.

Damn it! Did you get hurt by these two guys? Heh, you can't blame me for being rude.

I moved to the side to avoid the remaining rocks, and I approached the side of the road. When I was preparing, I specially laid a lot of pine needles on the pine tree, originally I was just going to scare and scare them, but I didn't expect that I was completely angered by them, so there is no need to talk about hurting or not hurting, just hurt each other!

"Huh! Scared? He was still yelling.

"Come out, little monster!" I don't know where the courage of his partner next to him suddenly came, and he actually shouted along.

I clenched my left fist for the third time, and with precision control of a handful of pine needles to keep them in the forward direction of the tip, I controlled the force and fired them quickly.

"Wow!" They had no idea that the pine needles were shooting at them.

The pine needles were causing pain to both of them, though with the force I could control, the pine needles were not enough to penetrate their skin.

"Run!" The timid classmate said.

"Escape, stones, keep throwing!"

By the time I realized they still had stones, it was too late, and another stone hit me in the chest.

Yes! I couldn't hold back. The other side also increased the force, and the stone could be said to have caused me a piercing pain, and I threw my fists to the ground in pain.

Suddenly, there was a "whoosh" sound on the road, and the leaves on the road suddenly floated and moved as if they had been blown up by the wind. I remember that there must have been no wind just now, but now, the high-speed swirling leaves are blowing a gust of wind.

I didn't figure out what was going on, and neither did they.

"Huh?" The timid boy panicked, "What's going on?" ”

"It must be the 'Demon of Grass and Trees'." The other boy remained strong and unmoved, "It looks like we hit it with a rock just now, and it hurts like crazy!" ”

Can this also be controlled by me? It occurred to me that I was the only person in this place who could control the movement of the blades, and who else could make these lifeless blades move at high speed?

I kept the gesture I had just made, trying to move my hands to control the "leaf whirlwind". Sure enough, it worked, and under the control of both hands, the "leaf whirlwind" was completely controlled by me.

So, go for both of them!

"Coming towards us!"

"Run!"

"Well," the boy agreed reluctantly, "damn it! ”

"What kind of monster is this?"

"Who knows, we'll run separately."

There's also a strategy. After saying that, they separated and ran in different directions.

My "Leaf Whirlwind" can only track one target at the same time, because the target is a little far away, and I can't see who is who by the moonlight, so I control it to follow one of them.

"Sa-sa-" There was a sound of people rubbing against the grass beside me.

Came around from behind me. I quickly adjusted the whirlwind to fly behind me, driving the man out of the bushes, and I controlled the direction and let the whirlwind drive the two of them like a giant dancing, forcing them around the corner of the school building.

"What's going on, what's going on, what are you two sneaking around?"

The movement was indeed not small, and the security guard at the door heard the sound. I immediately lowered my hands and let the leaves fall back to the ground before the security guard's flashlight could find it.

"Run!"

"Stop, I haven't seen two people walk through the school gate."

It seems that they still climbed in through the wall on the side. I stayed still, holding my breath.

"Let's go! Don't let him shine on it. ”

The two of them slipped out of the school gate like rats, and the garden path was quiet again, driven by the light of the guard's flashlight. After the security guards had checked the scene and found nothing unusual to leave, I jumped out of the grass and used supernatural power to clean up the scene and restore everything to its original state.

Looking back, it all messed up just now. Originally, I was just trying to scare them, and I was just going to mean it, but I don't know why I completely lost control of myself under their provocation, and as a result, they completely got the evidence of the "Grass and Tree Demon" in the garden.

I cleaned the wound in the bathroom, which was no longer painful, went to the locker in the classroom and grabbed a bag of things before leaving the school.

"Why have you been so long? It's been an hour and a half. The security guard said impatiently.

"I'm sorry, because I was in a hurry yesterday and didn't even tidy it up, so it took a little longer."

I lifted the locker I was holding and showed him the bag I had brought in. If I am not mistaken, this bag should contain the extra waste materials and waste test papers from the past.

"Why are there so many strange things today! It's just a holiday. He muttered, "By the way, what's the matter with your forehead?" Wasn't it okay when you came in just now? ”

"Oh, it's been like this for a long time, I bumped it before, and the problem wasn't very big, so I didn't go to the hospital."

"Well, go back quickly, go back quickly, it's not too early."

When I got home, I tried my best to avoid my parents' eyes and went into the bathroom where the entrance turned left. I looked in the mirror and examined the wound. The wound is not very large, in fact, it is like scratching a big pimple. Now I walked to the room in fear, and if my parents saw it and asked, they would have a good reason to answer them.

I don't know if I should tell Irei about the outcome of this incident, after all, she had already warned her beforehand. If she knew that I had not only hurt myself but also completely messed up everything, I guess I would have lost her only friend. It's still eight o'clock, and at this time I should have been chatting with Yirui or tutoring her in math, but today I didn't turn on my phone to talk to her - anyway, it's already a holiday today, and Yirui shouldn't have just done math problems after the holiday and then come to ask me.

When I had almost calmed down, I went out onto the balcony and tried several times to create a whirlwind like the one I had just done, but without success. I tried to recall my posture and demeanor, but it was all in vain.

After stepping off the balcony, I fell asleep early, probably without even brushing my teeth.

When I opened my eyes again, it was already morning. On the first day of summer vacation, I slept for the first time in a long time. Just opened my eyes and habitually turned on the phone screen.

"21:32 Yirui: Tomorrow at noon, come to school."

"I'm sorry, I was so tired yesterday that I fell asleep in bed and didn't see your news." I unlocked the screen and replied.

It's nine o'clock in the morning, and I've slept for about eleven hours, so I can say that I'm resting well. The physical strength spent on using their supernatural abilities yesterday seems to have been regained, and the inexplicable gloom has almost completely dissipated.

"It's okay, today at noon, are you free?"

"Free." I didn't expect Yirui to reply so quickly, if I want to go to school with her at noon today, I will inevitably have to explain to her what happened yesterday completely, and I will die early and be born sooner, so I simply confessed to her through the screen.

"Well, that's good. Tell me honestly, did you mess up yesterday? ”

"I still can't hide it from you."

Seeing that her tone didn't mean to blame me too much, I was ready to tell her what had happened.

"I almost know everything, Zhang Yu posted a post last night describing his experience at school in detail, but fortunately, his classmates thought he was writing novels, so no one believed him."

Zhang Fang is the guy who was bolder last night, Yirui is more popular, and because of his popularity, he added Zhang Fang's friend, and he saw the news he posted yesterday.

"Looks like you're really capable of supernatural abilities." She added.

"They hit me with stones and said cruel things to provoke me, and I didn't hold back if I wasn't careful."

"Hit you with a rock? So were you smashed? ”

"Well, it's just a small hole in the forehead, and nothing else is serious."

"Hey, look at you're still playing big." She replied faster, "Don't you know who he is?" Usually he looks like he can't be beaten.,Except for the boy who followed him, no one dared to approach him easily.。 I think that if you were a normal person, you should be scared to take a detour after being whipped twice by a rattan on your feet, and he is so capable that he injured you, a 'big monster'. ”

"I still messed things up."

"Forget it, it's all over, promise me, from today onwards, don't go to school at night to fix them."

"Are they still going to school?"

"Judging by his dynamics, it should be."

"What a tough guy!"

"This summer, except with me, you are not allowed to set foot in school alone."

"Yes! Lady Eri. ”

I don't think I'll ever sneak into a school at night to do something stupid like that again, and I had a hard time yesterday. Looking back, if I had listened to Yirui's words earlier, and let the two of them find nothing yesterday, maybe the matter about the "Demon of Plants and Trees" would have been told for a while, and I would not have left such a scar.

But no matter what, the long-awaited summer vacation began, a summer vacation with Yirui-san to protect the garden, began......