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"An existence like me?"
Yuigahama Yui's gaze towards Gotō Hitori became even more eager.
And Gotō Hitori also curiously raised her small face, carefully peeking at Yuigahama Yui through her bangs, then, as if burned by the other's gaze, immediately retracted her sight, lowered her head again, and looked at her nose, then her chest.
"Simply put, Hitori is currently possessed by an evil spirit," Asakura said succinctly.
"That's mean, I'm not some evil spirit," 'Gotō Hitori' suddenly looked up, saying softly in a coquettish tone, as if two stars were twinkling in her lake-blue eyes.
"Why are you out again?"
Asakura asked with a frown.
"Of course, because Hitori is a good girl. If you ask her nicely, she seems to agree to anything," 'Gotō Hitori' said happily.
"Is she the evil spirit?"
Yuigahama Yui looked at the current Gotō Hitori with some surprise, her eyes full of astonishment, feeling that this evil spirit was different from the impression of evil spirits she had seen in various cultural works.
"I told you, I'm not an evil spirit. My name is Hoshino Ai. This is Yuigahama-san, right? Hello there~"
Hoshino Ai greeted Yuigahama Yui.
"You know me?"
Yuigahama Yui asked curiously.
"I can see what's happening outside even when I'm inside Hitori's body. Although it sometimes gets blurry due to Hitori's own resistance, I understand most situations Hitori encounters Isn't that amazing"
Hoshino Ai put her hands on her hips, looking proud, appearing quite innocent and cute.
"Don't be fooled by her act. Even if she's not an inherently evil spirit, this one isn't as innocent as she makes herself out to be."
Asakura warned her abruptly, making Yuigahama Yui, who had almost been enchanted by Hoshino Ai and thought she was just an innocent, cute ordinary girl, become wary.
"There's no need to be so strictly on guard, is there? I'm not a bad person, oh no, a bad ghost…"
Hoshino Ai pouted.
"Good or bad isn't distinguished by just words. Only when you fulfill your promise will I believe you are a good ghost," Asakura said.
"That's too slow! By then, I'll have already achieved Buddhahood!"
Hoshino Ai complained.
"Achieving Buddhahood successfully is a good thing," Although Asakura didn't believe in achieving Buddhahood, fulfilling a wish and allowing a ghost to have no regrets could indeed have a similar effect to salvation: "Not being able to achieve Buddhahood would be a big problem."
"Does Miss Hoshino have some regrets that prevent her from achieving Buddhahood?"
Because she had Asakura as a strong backing, Yuigahama Yui wasn't so afraid of the so-called 'evil spirit' possessing Gotō Hitori.
"Yes, I need to meet one of my fans before I can achieve Buddhahood without regrets," Hoshino Ai said: "Probably."
"Probably?"
Yuigahama Yui was a bit confused.
"Compared to such boring things, Miss Yuigahama, do you also have someone else living inside your body, like Hitori?"
Hoshino Ai changed the subject.
"No, not that, but I do have a special 'friend' though," Yuigahama Yui replied.
Just as she was about to call out Napoleon, Asakura suddenly spoke.
"How far is Hitori's home from Shimokitazawa?"
"Hmm, it would probably take about two hours by train," Hoshino Ai thought for a moment and replied.
"That far?! Does Hitori-chan live in a student dorm?"
Yuigahama Yui asked.
"Shuka doesn't have student dorms."
"Then just the daily commute back and forth takes four hours!"
Yuigahama Yui showed an astonished and incomprehensible expression.
When she chose which school to enroll in, while 'close to home' wasn't the primary consideration, she certainly wouldn't choose a school that was particularly far from home. Not just her, but most of the other people she knew were also like this, after all, the vast majority of Soubu High School students were day students, and there were only a handful of students in the school's affiliated dorms.
"Because Hitori is quite sensitive… Ugh."
Hoshino Ai hadn't finished speaking when her expression changed from bright to gloomy, though her face seemed to carry a shy feeling of 'her secret being revealed.'
The atmosphere between the two was so distinctly different that Yuigahama Yui, who had only met Gotō Hitori today and was by no means familiar with her, immediately recognized it: "Is it Hitori-chan now?"
The girl nodded frantically, not daring to speak. She had no idea how to deal with a bright and outgoing normie girl like Yuigahama Yui and instinctively avoided her.
Even Ijichi Nijika only managed to 'tame' Gotō Hitori after gradually revealing her 'mom' nature during their interactions.
"Hmm, originally, if it wasn't too far from Shimokitazawa, I would have wanted to make a slight detour... But it takes two hours even by train, so we'll have to find another way, otherwise Hitori will get home too late. Follow me, both of you."
Asakura said, leading the girls into a small alley that wasn't particularly narrow but was clearly somewhat desolate.
"What are we doing?"
Yuigahama Yui asked curiously.
"You'll know when you see it."
Asakura took a deep breath, and after confirming no one was at the alley entrance using the infrared vision from the Magic Snake, he said loudly, "Appear! Modified Ford Anglia 105E Deluxe Sedan!"
Then, a vintage green sedan suddenly appeared before the girls.
Yuigahama Yui, who was somewhat well-traveled, was fine, but Gotō Hitori, who was completely unprepared, stumbled back in fright: compared to a small flame igniting on a fingertip, this situation clearly had more visual impact.
"Alright, get in quickly."
Asakura sat in the driver's seat without further ado.
"Are we driving somewhere? Also, Asakura-kun, aren't you afraid of being pulled over by the traffic police? You probably can't get a driver's license yet, right?"
Although Yuigahama Yui obediently got into the car, she couldn't help but ask.
And Gotō Hitori, perhaps feeling she had no right to refuse, could only timidly squeeze into the back seat.
The car looked a bit cramped from the outside, and the girl had prepared herself to curl up as soon as she got in, so as not to accidentally touch Yuigahama Yui and displease her. However, once she actually sat inside, she found it surprisingly spacious. Not only could two people sit normally without touching, but the distance between them seemed so great that even reaching out and waving wouldn't touch the other person.
"If we were driving on the road, there would indeed be a risk of being pulled over, so we're going to do this."
Asakura smirked and stepped on the gas, and then the green sedan shot out with a roar amidst the girls' exclamations, soaring into the sky.
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