Night, rocky shore.

The night has arrived, and the moon shines on the sparkling sea level, making the sea surface shimmer.

A large group of students were gathering at the entrance to the cave, led by a female teacher holding a candle and many candles on the table next to the teacher.

The evening breeze blew the smell of the sea, making the flame of the candle tremble slightly, and the group present also felt a burst of coolness.

It's a great night to practice your guts.

"You've been waiting for a long time."

The female teacher looked at the large group of students in front of her, smiled and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, now we will start the long-awaited test of courage. ”

"Yay!"

"Yay!!"

Hearing the teacher's announcement that the courage test was about to begin, the students present cheered and couldn't help but show anticipation on their faces.

One of the most anticipated is Naoko, who is keen on all kinds of supernatural events and ghost stories, and has been looking forward to this test of courage for a long time.

Sakura, who was the complete opposite of her, was taking a deep breath, as if she was silently building up her mind to relax and reduce her fear.

"There's a little river in here, and if you cross the bridge over that river, you'll get to a small temple, and you're going to put candles in it, understand?"

After the teacher explained the specific process of the activity, the students also responded one after another, saying that they understood.

Hearing this familiar process, Sakura's heart was filled with a little fear again, because the process that the teacher said was exactly the same as the horror story that Naoko told last night.

Although these horror stories are all similar, she just can't help but think about them.

Sakura: QAQ

Woo...... I'm even more scared.

"The students will be divided into groups of two or three."

As soon as these words came out, the students took the hands of the people around them and formed a group, and the teacher continued: "There is only one road in the cave, and the small temple is the end of that road, so students don't have to worry about getting lost, and they should come back as soon as they put down the candles." ”

"Yes!" ×N

"So, here we go."

Seeing the eager expressions of the students, the teacher did not say anything more and asked the group to enter the cave in batches.

After all, if a large group of students poured in at the same time, the good intimidating atmosphere would be gone.

"Group 1."

"Yes!"

"Next group."

"Yes!"

……

Seeing that the team in front of her was getting smaller and smaller, Sakura's already frightened pupils trembled, and she couldn't help but murmur, "It's going to be our turn soon." ”

Chiyo, who was teamed up with Sakura, smiled slightly and squeezed Sakura's hand: "Don't worry, there must be a teacher in charge of scaring us." ”

As soon as Zhishi finished speaking, Naoko, who was standing in front of them, suddenly turned around, clasped her hands together and said expectantly: "The more terrifying the hope, the better." ”

Hearing this, the blood on Sakura's face gradually faded, and the whole person was about to stiffen, and she was already afraid, but Naoko also said such things to scare her.

"Wow, Kinomoto-san's whole face is blue." Yamazaki, who was standing behind Sakura, poked his head and couldn't help but say.

The little wolf next to Yamazaki also poked his head: "Are you afraid?" ”

"Hehe, it's impossible not to be afraid, maybe there are really ghosts eating children inside."

Sakura, who found that she was scared, seemed to be a little cute, and Natsuyu, who was also standing next to Yamazaki, smiled and scared in an eerie tone.

"Woo !!"

As soon as these words came out, Sakura covered her ears in surprise and squatted down in fear, like a hamster shrunk into a ball, and the whole person was pitiful.

"Don't scare her."

Li Xiaowolf, who covered his ears again because of Sakura's exclamation, glared at Xia Yu dissatisfiedly, this was the second time his ears were destroyed.

I don't know what to be afraid of, obviously I can do magic, and I just need to destroy the other party when I encounter an evil ghost.

"It doesn't matter." Chiyo squatted down and took Sakura's hand: "It's already us, I'll accompany you." ”

After saying that, Chiyo picked up Sakura, picked up a candle from the table next to him and walked towards the cave, and Sakura could only follow with a frightened face.

"Hmph, what's there to be afraid of."

Looking at Sakura, who had been scared until she entered the cave, Li Xiaowolf snorted lightly and was a little dissatisfied.

As a Kulo magician, how can he be afraid of ghosts, and she is still a little girl.

"Next group."

After nearly a minute, the teacher spoke again.

"Alright, it's our turn."

Yamazaki said with a smile, and then took the lead in walking forward, Xia Yu and Li Xiaowolf also hurriedly followed, the three of them were a small group.

After entering the cave, there is no cold moonlight, and the cave is even darker.

The only source of light was the small candle in his hand, and the dim candle light could not illuminate much of the place, and he could only see the road under his feet.

"It's a bit of a terrifying atmosphere, classmate Li and classmate Xia, are you afraid?"

Yamazaki walked ahead with a candle, and there were no other sounds in the cavern, only their own footsteps.

This foils make it seem even more silent in the dark.

"What's there to be afraid of, I've been in darker environments than this."

Li Xiaowolf didn't mean to be scared at all, it was just a little dark here, and the strange feeling from yesterday disappeared today, so he didn't have any fear at all.

"If there are ghosts, it can still interest me."

"Oh, it's worthy of classmate Li, it's very courageous." Yamazaki sighed and asked, "What about you, Mr. Xia?" ”

"Me?" Xia Yu stretched out his index finger and scratched his cheek, he didn't feel anything, it was better to go to a haunted house than to walk in a dark cave.

"I have the same idea as classmate Li, unless there is a ghost, there is nothing to be afraid of."

"It's amazing, I didn't expect you guys to be quite bold."

Yamazaki sighed, he also wanted to encourage the scared people, but the three of them turned out to be quite bold.

"Wow !!"

Suddenly, a white sheet with a grimace sprang out of the corner, and a ghost screamed from its mouth.

The sudden scene stunned the three people who were moving forward for a moment, but all three of them were very calm, and none of them showed a frightened expression.

"Woo woo woo ......"

The white sheets were still waving their arms and screaming, but the three of Yamazaki just watched each other perform quietly.

Yoshiyuki Terada: "......"

Seeing that no one gave the reaction he wanted, Yoshiyuki Terada felt like a fool while he was still performing.

"Really, aren't you afraid?"

Terada Yoshiyuki tore off the white cloth draped on his body with some frustration, and looked at the three students in front of him who were not cute at all and said helplessly.

"Wow, that scared the hell out of me."

Xia Yu decided to give the teacher a face, and pretended to be frightened with a calm face.

Yoshiyuki Terada: "......"

"Really, it's really more fun to scare Kinomoto."

Yoshiyuki Terada took the scaring white cloth, and then got out of the way: "But I'm the first level, and there are even more scary ones behind, be careful." ”

"Okay, goodbye, teacher."

After saying goodbye to the teacher, the trio moved forward again, walking and walking, Yamazaki suddenly said: "I was really a little scared just now, but I didn't react for a while, classmate Li and classmate Xia, you are so amazing, they are all calm." ”

"It's just a small trick to scare people, nothing to be afraid of."

"Of course, after all, who am I, there is no one in this world who can scare me!"

"Haha, it's really your style of answer."

Yamazaki walked ahead, smiling and saying, but as he walked, his figure suddenly became illusory.

In the next second, the lamp suddenly fell to the ground, and the candle went out, and the only light source disappeared.

"Yamazaki!"

As soon as Yamazaki disappeared, Li Xiaowolf hurriedly reached out and grabbed it, but he didn't catch anything, as if Yamazaki, who had been staying with them, was just a phantom, and now that the time for the phantom was up, it dissipated.

"Gone?"

Xia Yu also looked around suspiciously, stretched out his index finger and made a "fluorescent flash", and the white light lit up to illuminate the cave, but Yamazaki's figure did disappear, after all, the lamp that fell on the ground could not be faked.

"Sure enough, there's a weirdness here, let's go find ......"

Li Xiaowolf felt it carefully, and sure enough, he felt the strange aura he had sensed last night, and just as he proposed to go to Sakura, the light in the cave suddenly dimmed.

“！”

Li Xiaowolf turned his head suddenly, and Xia Yu, who was next to him just now, also disappeared, and disappeared without warning.

"Damn, what the hell is this!"

Li Xiaowolf's face was anxious, it was clear that Xia Yu had the same magic as him, but he would also disappear, which meant that he could also disappear in place at any time.

No, we can't sit still!

Thinking of this, Li Xiaowolf picked up the candle on the ground, lit it with the flame spell and used it as illumination, and then took a step and strode towards the interior of the cave.

He's going to find Sakura to find out if the Kuro cards are messing around.

At the same time, the interior of the cave.

At the wooden bridge.

Sakura looked at the wooden bridge that had already ignited a raging flame, and she was at a loss.

Just now, Zhishi, who left with her, suddenly disappeared on the wooden bridge, and the candle she was holding also fell onto the wooden bridge and lit it.

In addition to Zhishi, Chiharu and others, who came in before them, also disappeared in front of her eyes, disappearing without a trace.

Suddenly she was alone, and Sakura had completely lost her cool, but at that moment, she suddenly heard footsteps.

Sensing that there were still people, Sakura hurriedly ran towards the source of the sound, and before she could go far, she saw Li Xiaowolf, who was also running anxiously.

Without thinking about it, Sakura hurriedly pounced: "Zhishi, and everyone ......"

"It's all gone, isn't it?"

Hearing this, Sakura burst into tears and hurriedly nodded.

"Yamazaki and Natsuyu, who were in the same group as me, also disappeared." Seeing Sakura so flustered, although Li Xiaowolf was also anxious in his heart, his expression was very calm.

Because he knew that in this situation, he had to be calm, otherwise the two equally flustered people could only be more flustered.

"Is it a ghost? Did the ghost make them disappear? ”

"It's not!"

"But ......"

"Calm down!" Li Xiaowolf put his hands on Sakura's shoulders and said seriously, "If you calm down, you should be able to feel it." ”

Looking at Li Xiaowolf's resolute expression, Sakura snorted, reached out to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, and put her hands on her chest and closed her eyes to perceive.

She can't panic, now it's just her and classmate Li!

As her heart calmed down, Sakura's perception gradually became clearer, and in the next moment, she felt a familiar magical aura.

"Is it the breath of the Kuro card?"

Although she knew that it wasn't the ghost, but the Kuro card was doing the trick, Sakura still sobbed in a panic, and the loneliness and helplessness surrounded her like a shadow.

"Give."

Suddenly, a handkerchief appeared in front of her eyes, and when she looked up, it was the handkerchief handed out by Li Xiaowolf.

"Thank you......"

"Don't cry anymore."

"Well, I'm sorry."

Sakura wiped the tears from her face with a handkerchief, and her panicked mood dissipated a lot with Li Xiaowolf's words, and she smiled at the little wolf with red eyes.

"You're so gentle."

"Hmm......" Sakura's sudden words made the little wolf couldn't help but blush again, and he could only turn his head away pretending not to care: "I'm just afraid of seeing others cry." ”

"But if it's the Kuro cards that make everyone disappear, then where are the Kuro cards?" After stopping sobbing, Sakura began to think as well.

"It's okay, I have a solution."

Li Xiaowolf took out a pendant and shook it, the faint light lit up, and the compass that was looking for the Kuluo card appeared in his hand.

As Li Xiaowolf whispered a mantra, the compass instantly shot out a beam of light, which pointed straight at the end of the cave.

"Near the small temple!"

"Let's go!"

After putting the compass away, Li Xiaowolf held a candle and led Sakura back to the inside of the cave.

Feeling the gloomy atmosphere around her, Sakura couldn't help but say, "What kind of cards will it be?" ”

"I don't know, anyway, we have to go over and have a look."

Listening to the wolf's calm words, Sakura couldn't help but feel a little strength from her body.

"By the way, can I ask you a question?"

"Ask what?"

"Why did Li collect the Kuro cards?"

In response to this question, the little wolf did not stop and calmly replied: "In order to avoid disasters from befalling the world." ”

When Sakura heard this, she couldn't help but say, "Kuro cards...... When its seal is lifted, disaster will follow. ”

Hearing Sakura say this, the little wolf turned his head to look, "Did you listen to what Rubelos said?" ”

"Hmm!"

"The Li family has kept several magic books written by Kulo, one of which was written by Kulo himself."

The little wolf stopped, looked at Sakura seriously, and said, "And there is a passage that says, 'When the seal of the Kulo card is completely broken, disaster will befall the world...... I pray from the bottom of my heart that on the day of calamity, I will never come to ......'. ”

Looking at the little wolf's serious expression, Sakura couldn't help but feel a little touched in her heart: "......What does that disaster mean?"

"I don't know."

The little wolf shook his head: "According to the records, Kulo has a rather strange personality, and a small thing can't shake him, and a person like that would actually pray that disaster will never come......"

"That's why I, the inheritor of the Li family, has the highest magic power, so I came here to collect the Kulo cards."

As if sensing that her responsibility was heavier, Sakura hurriedly said, "But Xiao Ke also said that disasters vary from person to person, and maybe there will be no disasters." ”

"According to you, is it possible that there will be a more terrible disaster because of the difference in people?"

In the face of Li Xiaowolf's words, Sakura puffed out her cheeks with some dissatisfaction, and then stared at Li Xiaowolf like this.

Suddenly stared at by such a stunned star, the little wolf somehow felt that he was shy again, he hurriedly turned around and said, "Forget it, you must not understand what I'm talking about." ”

Suppressing the throbbing in his heart, he took a big step and ran forward: "Anyway, the most important thing now is to find the Kurot card!" ”

"Uh-huh!"

Sakura replied as she hurriedly followed.

Within a few moments, the two of them were back in front of the wooden bridge again, but because of the flames just now, the wooden bridge had been completely burned.

The little wolf took out his compass again, and this time, the beam of light pointed directly at the small temple.

"Is it there?"

"That's right, the question is how do we get to it?"

Sakura estimated the distance and asked curiously, "Can't you use flying cards?" ”

"No, in order not to be discovered by the Kuro cards, it is better for us to approach as carefully and quietly as possible."

Hearing the little wolf's words, Sakura nodded: "I'll give it a try." ”

As she spoke, Sakura took out the previously sealed float card from her pocket, and although the float card was not as fast as the flying card, it was better to be quiet.

After unlocking the wand, Sakura threw the floating card and clicked her wand on the card: "Cover us, take us to the target." ”

"Float!"

In an instant, the floating sign turned into a pink streamer, enveloping Sakura and the wolf, and then the two floated out of thin air and slowly floated towards the opposite bank.

On the way to the past, the little wolf also said by the way: "If you don't know what card the other party is, you must first find out where the card is, but my compass can't identify the exact location." ”

The little wolf said next to him, and Sakura nodded as she listened.

When the two landed on the opposite bank, the figure of the little wolf suddenly became illusory, and seeing this scene, Sakura couldn't help but feel her heart.

"Mr. Li!"

"Calm down, if the card happens to be using ability, it should make it easier to find out where the opponent is." The little wolf hurriedly admonished.

"But, but ......"

"Concentrate your spirit, do you want everyone to really disappear and not come back?" After saying this, Li Xiaowolf disappeared completely.

Seeing that Li Xiaowolf had also disappeared, Sakura shook her head fiercely: "Don't!" ”

Sakura then clenched her wand in her hand, closed her eyes and listened, and the next moment, she sensed an unusual position in the empty cavern.

"The cards are in that place!"

With that, Sakura ran quickly towards the small temple at the end, and then opened the door of the small temple.

In an instant, cyan smoke floated out of the door, and looking at the sweeping smoke, Sakura slammed down the wand in her hand.

"Revert to your old self - Kuro cards!"

Ding——!

The illusory pale blue card appeared, accompanied by pale blue ripples, and the cyan smoke that appeared turned into a human form, and was then sucked into the card.

A few seconds later, the scene was empty, and the cards floated into Sakura's hand.

"Elimination?"

Sakura looked at the card she had in her hands and couldn't help but pronounce the name of the card.

"Is that the one who made everyone disappear?"

Suddenly, a familiar voice came from the side, and Sakura looked at her in surprise that it was Li Xiaowolf, who had just disappeared, who came to her side.

"Mr. Li!"

Surprised, Sakura threw herself directly into Li Xiaowolf's arms.

"Hey, what are you doing?!"

Sakura's sudden move caught Li Xiaowolf off guard, and his originally calm face instantly turned red: "Let go of me!" ”

Sakura, who was pushed away, was not annoyed, she smiled and handed over the cards in her hand: "This card is yours, if it weren't for you, I would have cried all the time, and I couldn't do anything." ”

Looking at Sakura, Li Xiaowolf shook his head lightly and turned around: "That card is yours." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Li."

"Hmm...... You are welcome. ”

(End of chapter)