The next day, Zhang Yu looked at a letter in his hand and was slightly stunned.

This was just given to him by a student with a complicated expression, and at first it made him wonder, is it a love letter again? But the student who came to deliver the letter was a man.

He took it apart and looked at it, and it read, "If you don't want Lelouch to leak your identity, let's go to the playground." ”

Zhang Yu raised his eyebrows, his eyes began to become cold, and a cold glint appeared in his eyes.

Although he didn't know who was playing a prank, he was afraid that he didn't know how to write dead words.

Zhang Yu clenched the letter tightly into a ball, and then walked to the staff dormitory with an expressionless face.

After walking out of the gymnasium and passing by several buildings, I came to the staff dormitory.

As soon as he walked in, he saw ,.。

He looked at Zhang Yu, who came back suddenly, in a daze, and asked vaguely.

"Why, come back now? Don't you usually come back very late? ”

Zhang Yu shrugged his shoulders and said calmly.

"I just came back to see if there were any rats, and now it doesn't seem to be."

"Rats? Jade, you can't have a broken brain, right? Hahaha, how could there be rats. ”

Holding the pizza and chuckling, the shirt in front of him trembled, leaving a snow-white ravine.

"It's good if you don't have it, just call us if you have something. I'm going out to deal with rats. ”

Dropping such a sentence, Zhang Yu walked towards the door of the room.

“……”

Speechlessly, he looked at Zhang Yu, who came back suddenly and left suddenly.

"Bang."

The door to the room was shut, and he said with a sigh.

"What a strange man."

Her eyes were on the TV, and yes, it wasn't on. But she had seen an unusually familiar figure of a passerby in a news screen on TV before.

The boy had come looking for her.

Mao ——. the person who signed the contract.

A man with the ability to read minds.

She had already noticed that Mao's abilities didn't seem to be limited to humans.

No. C. It is also somewhat instructive that people with superpowers who possess the power of Geass that can affect the spirit of others cannot have a role in living beings other than humans.

Although I haven't tried it, the current contractor, Lelouch, should be the same. However, he, the seven-year-old Geass named Mao, was much more powerful. So she had asked him about the right time and place on that day, at the right time, when there was a proper presence by his side. A mongrel dog. It's called "tapir". Teenagers are quite fond of it.

"Mao, can you know what the tapir is thinking?"

Young Mao shook his head and replied.

"I don't know."

"Don't know?"

"I don't understand what it's saying. However, this is because tapirs can't speak. So I don't know what it's thinking. ”

"So you can still read its mind?"

"Hmm~...... But I still don't understand. Still, you see. ”

The boy stroked the brown dog's head and smiled happily. The dog also rubbed him intimately, wagging its tail desperately.

"When the tapir is happy or sad, it tells me with its body. And I can't be mistaken. ”

I didn't solve the doubts in my heart. But at least one thing she can confirm.

- He is indeed able to win the favor of animals.

Animals don't lie. No matter what kind of training the dog has undergone, it will be the first to show it bluntly when it is in a good mood or when it is bad. And those who are good at observation naturally understand. That is, there is no difference between them on the inside and outside.

Because of this, for Mao, animals are a reassuring existence. Because they are different from people, they neither disguise themselves nor hide their hearts.

I wanted to tell Mao the reason why he was close to animals until the tapir died...... No, it was the day he was killed.

The tapir was hit by a car and died. And Mao rushed up and beat the driver who got out of the car. Although at first, the other party's attitude was not bad, but he sincerely intended to apologize to them and say sorry. But Mao was still extremely angry.

I can understand Mao's mood very well.

(Ah~Ah)

(How could you encounter such an unlucky thing)

(Obviously, it was the stupid dog who ran over and sent him to death)

(I'm not responsible.)

(This dog is owned by someone, so it shouldn't make me lose money, right?) ）

(Fortunately, the other party is a child)

(Just say a little nice thing, and it should be fine.) It's not worth breaking the bill for a dog...... ）

And Mao clearly heard these words in his heart, and watched him beat the driver to the point that his nose was blue and his face was swollen. Of course. Because these are the true words of the driver's heart. In the chaos, when the driver began to use violence against Mao in turn, he rushed over.

Although they eventually knocked the driver to the ground, Mao's inner wounds could never heal.

"I don't want to hear ......."

However, under this extremely bad opportunity, Mao's Geass power became even stronger.

She had also told Zhang Yu about this, and asked him to tell the current contractor, Lelouch, that if the power of Geass was used excessively, it would gradually devour the user in contrast to its powerful effect.

And the user will eventually lose the ability to flexibly control and switch it at some point. For example, Lelouch can command others to do what he wants, and once he is eaten up by Geass, all his words will become "commands" to others.

And for Mao, who can perceive people's hearts, as long as someone is around him, he will hear their hearts. Even if he doesn't want to hear it, the evil or vile thoughts of man's heart will still get into his ears.

In addition, the range of effects of Geass will also be expanded. From the beginning of the distance of forty meters to be able to read the hearts of others, it has expanded to three hundred meters by then.

"It's noisy! It's noisy! Shut up! Shut up! ”

.。 But this means that she also has a heart that she wants to hide from him.

"Help me,......."

His screams were heard.

She took Mao away from the crowd and started the life of two people. It's a world where there's no one around to bother.

And yet—

In retrospect, it may have been a bad decision.

Letting him become overly dependent on himself, Mao put all his thoughts on her and stayed with him.

It's like an innocent child...... Stupid kids in general. He wanted a world for two, where no superfluous elements would get involved. If this is not possible, the wish will not be fulfilled.

Absolutely, forever. Why is this teenager's Geass ability to perceive the hearts of others? In other words, if it is replaced by other abilities, it may be possible to realize the contract. He clearly has that qualification. However, it is too late to say this nonsense anymore.

- Those who run away will not be able to fulfill the contract.

So, abandoned.