With victory and defeat already decided, Genkai had left on her own with disappointment.
She didn't need Drake to give her the answer, and she herself had also noticed what she was lacking.
Genkai's life experience wasn't something that Drake could compare to, and there was no need for Drake to worry about her at all. So Drake had also turned around, heading home.
The next day, Drake had gone to work as usual, but had encountered Kuwabara on the way. And Kuwabara's current state... although there were large patches of bruises on his face, they couldn't cover up that smug expression.
After seeing Drake, Kuwabara had immediately waved his hand, running over, saying, "Master Drake, do you know? I fought that Urameshi guy yesterday, and I didn't lose!"
Drake had raised his eyelids, saying, "You didn't lose? Then did you win?"
Kuwabara had been stunned, raising his hand, scratching his hair, saying, "No, it was a draw!"
Drake had sighed, saying, "So what are you happy about, kid? You still can't beat Yusuke Urameshi even after training for so long, what is there to be happy about?"
Kuwabara had slammed his fist into his palm, saying, "You're right, I haven't completely defeated Urameshi yet!"
A cold snort had rung out, and the two who had been speaking had also seen Yusuke Urameshi, who had been walking over from the side with his hands in his pockets.
It seemed that Kuwabara hadn't been exaggerating, and he had indeed fought Yusuke Urameshi to a draw. The dark circles under Yusuke Urameshi's eyes and the band-aids showed that he hadn't gained any advantage either.
After glancing at Kuwabara, whose face was full of smugness, Yusuke Urameshi had continued to walk towards the school with unwillingness.
He had also begun to feel a sense of urgency, he had won every fight against Kuwabara in the past, but this time it had actually ended in a draw.
Yusuke Urameshi had even felt that if they had continued, he might have lost to Kuwabara, who had stronger tenacity.
And he had already become a spirit detective, and had learned to control spirit power. The only reason why this kind of result could have appeared was because Kuwabara's growth was faster than his.
Wouldn't that mean that he would soon be surpassed by Kuwabara if things continued like this!
Although Kuwabara was an opponent that Yusuke Urameshi acknowledged, what Yusuke Urameshi hated the most was losing to other people.
And Yusuke Urameshi was also very clear that the reason for all of this was precisely that Kuwabara had accepted Drake's guidance.
But Drake was also a target that he had to defeat no matter what, and it was really too embarrassing to go and ask him for guidance now.
'Could I ask Little King Yama to find a master for me as well!'
Yusuke Urameshi couldn't help but have this kind of thought.
Drake didn't know Yusuke Urameshi's awkward thoughts, and also didn't know that he had made Yusuke Urameshi develop that kind of idea.
Which had led to him taking the initiative to participate after Little King Yama had sent Botan to tell him about Genkai taking in a disciple later on, instead of needing to exchange a ticket to the fighting tournament like in the original plot.
But this period of time was a peaceful time for Drake and Stella to enjoy life.
After teaching Yusuke Urameshi, who had become quite inflated after returning from training, a lesson, there wasn't anything special on Drake's side.
As for Stella, she had lost her motivation to work hard, and the Fire Dragon Group's development had also stagnated.
But this seemed to have made the other big shots of the dark world feel that this was Stella "knowing when to stop," and they had felt that she wasn't a threat, and had instead distributed more benefits to her as appeasement, which had also made Stella not know what to say.
But the peaceful days hadn't lasted for long, and on this day, Drake had felt a large amount of youkai aura permeating the school as soon as he had entered the school.
The smell had been even more pungent after walking into the teaching building, making Drake, whose sense of smell was especially sensitive, sneeze several times in a row.
A thin streak of fire had flashed over, and thin black ash had fallen.
Just now, an insect that was carrying youkai power had wanted to drill into Drake's body, but had been burned to ashes by Drake's magic power as soon as it had gotten close.
Drake had frowned, and as a child who had been raised by a dragon, he had naturally been tainted with some of Igneel's temper.
This school could also be considered to be under his protection, and someone causing trouble here had made Drake feel like he had been offended.
Drake did want to see who was so reckless that they dared to break ground on his head!
Following the direction where the youkai aura was strongest, he had seen two wandering students at a glance.
They were two boys from Yusuke Urameshi's class, and they normally had a bad relationship with Yusuke Urameshi.
But their condition was very wrong right now, their skin had become dark and dull, and their eyes were also scarlet, as if they had transformed into zombies from a movie.
After seeing Drake, they had directly pounced over, and Drake had raised his hand, grabbing their necks, directly pressing them on the ground.
As expected, Drake had sensed the aura of the youkai insects in their bodies. Releasing magic power, he had directly forced the youkai insects that had been controlling them out. The two insects had transformed into ashes as soon as they had flown out.
Those two students had also quieted down, falling into a deep sleep.
It seemed that these kinds of insects didn't have too much harm apart from controlling the host's actions, it was just that they would consume a large amount of the host's energy, and they could recover with a good rest, and wouldn't leave any aftereffects.
Just at this time, Drake had heard screams, and had quickened his pace, walking over.
Below the teaching building, Drake had seen Keiko Yukimura, Yusuke Urameshi's childhood friend, and Botan, the spirit world guide, and the screams just now had been made by them.
And a group of teachers who had been possessed by the insects, including Takenaka, had been baring their fangs and brandishing their claws, chasing after the two girls.
After seeing Drake, Botan's eyes had lit up, and she had grabbed Keiko Yukimura, running over.
"Mr. Drake, help! These people have been controlled by the Demon Return Insects, please stop them."
Drake had nodded, letting the two get behind him, and had also remembered what plot this was.
A group of criminals among the youkai had gathered in a certain place in the spirit world, calling that place the demon world.
The spirit world had simply set up a barrier, surrounding that place, treating it as a prison to detain those unlawful youkai.
The heads of those youkai were four youkai who had been named after the Four Saint Beasts, and the leader was Suzaku.
The Demon Return Insects were what he had controlled with the Insect Flute, which was a treasure in his hands.
In order to leave that prison that the spirit world had set up, he had scattered the Demon Return Insects into the human world, threatening that he would throw the human world into chaos if they didn't open the barrier.
So Little King Yama had sent out Yusuke Urameshi to subjugate the Four Saint Beasts and retrieve the Insect Flute.
Who would have thought that the Four Saint Beasts' intelligence abilities would still be outstanding even though they had been locked in a barrier, and they could even sense the relationship between Keiko Yukimura and Yusuke Urameshi.
So Suzaku had controlled the people in the school, and had intended to capture Keiko Yukimura to threaten Yusuke Urameshi.
While Drake had been thinking, those people who had been controlled had also pounced over. So Drake had stepped out, and his magic power domain had encompassed everyone.
Drake had only released the minimum amount of magic power, and Keiko Yukimura and Botan, who were behind him and weren't the targets, had only felt a gust of hot wind blow past, but to the Demon Return Insects in the others' bodies, it was like they had encountered the most terrifying existence.
For a time, their instinct to survive had even broken free of the control of the Insect Flute, desperately leaving the bodies of their hosts, wanting to run away.
But how could they escape Drake's magic power domain, and they had transformed into specks of fire in mid-air.
Drake had turned his head, looking towards mid-air, and his pupils had slowly changed shape.
The spirit world - the highest floor of the demon world castle!
The pair of vertical pupils on the screen seemed to have been imprinted into the depths of his soul, making Suzaku, who ruled the entire demon world, stiffen.
"This time, I've really kicked a steel plate!"
Suzaku had said, looking at the screen that had already shattered, and there was no way that he could capture Keiko Yukimura now.
But as the head of the Four Saint Beasts, he didn't feel that he would lose to a human kid even in a head-on battle. So Suzaku had sat on the throne with a big sword, waiting for Yusuke Urameshi to come before him.
You could only say that Suzaku's experience was still too little, and he didn't know how terrifying the protagonist halo was.
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