The east gate of Keigunen Private Academy.
A row of white-and-orange school buses had already pulled up at the entrance.
Those were Imperial Capital University's school buses.
The reason Su Yuzu had been able to set such a late meeting time as eight in the morning with the little rabbit was precisely because Soga Yura and the others had to assemble first before coming to Keigunen Private Academy to pick up Su Yuzu and the rest.
On the bus——
Soga Yura watched the inexplicably bashful expression on Yuzu's face as she held the hand of that little rabbit who dared to scheme after her family's cabbage, and her knuckles cracked, crick-crack-crick.
She really shouldn't have just let Sakura Mai pick the people.
Even if it was for the sake of putting on a little bit of an act—needing to invite someone other than her own Yuzu to come along on the investigation operation—she still shouldn't have brought that detestable rabbit.
To avoid suspicion, even if she didn't bring along her own family's Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi,
bringing that... that girl called Mihou Sakai, or Lyudmila, seemed like it would have been a fine choice.
It just never occurred to Soga Yura.
The girls she singled out in her heart were each more troublesome than the last.
Or rather, it should be said... that of all the girls around Yuzu, not a single one was a low-maintenance lamp.
The door of the first bus in line opened, and Sakura Mai, standing at the doorway, waved her little hand at Yuzu. "Yuzu~~~"
"Let's go." Su Yuzu, holding Saotome Yukina's hand, stepped forward close behind Unohana Chiyo.
Besides Soga Yura and Sakura Mai, there was also, on the bus, a woman with quite refined features.
The woman wore a cream-white wool coat, and beneath the coat was a one-shoulder dress.
The neckline was very low, yet the hem of the skirt was very short.
The overly lovely cleavage even made Su Yuzu subconsciously glance toward the little rabbit beside her.
The little rabbit... seemed to have finally met her match.
In the past, even Ms. Unohana or Auntie Soga Ishikawa Asumi could only be said to each have their own advantages against the little rabbit.
But... the woman before her seemed truly able to go toe-to-toe with the little rabbit, trading blow for blow.
And yet, although it was very lovely... very eye-catching, as if it would draw a person's gaze right into the dim darkness beneath that one-shoulder neckline, the woman nonetheless gave off not the slightest sense of decadent allure.
On the contrary——
She was someone who, at a single glance, struck people as very gentle.
The faintly purple depths of her eyes were like a touch of starlight in the night sky, lighting up the deep void.
"Hello there~" She rose with a smile and shook hands with Unohana Chiyo. Then, with that same gentle gaze, she looked toward Su Yuzu and Saotome Yukina.
Su Yuzu put on a well-behaved, docile appearance.
"I am an astronomy researcher from Imperial Capital University, Tsukiyomi Fuya. My main research directions are stellar evolution and planetary physics."
"I'm also the chief person in charge of this mission."
Su Yuzu was stunned for a moment.
But the reason she was dazed was not because of the woman's research direction.
After all, in a surreal world like this, things like academic disciplines weren't important; what truly mattered, in the end, was still power.
And the power of the gentle teacher before her... Su Yuzu could only describe it as terrifying.
Gazing into those faintly purple, jewel-like eyes, Su Yuzu felt as though she were staring at the stars themselves.
She was strong.
So powerful that the current Su Yuzu couldn't muster the slightest thought of resistance.
In every sense of the word.
The reason Su Yuzu was dazed... was actually the woman's name—or rather, her surname.
Tsukiyomi.
Or perhaps, if described with another word, it would make one's senses a bit clearer—
Tsukuyomi.
Tsukiyomi Fuya... could perhaps also be called Tsukuyomi Fuya.
In the game, they would never bestow the surname Tsukuyomi upon a mere passerby.
With nothing more than the woman's looks, figure, and strength, by any measure she could have her own banner opened up just to swindle whales.
At the very moment Su Yuzu's thought had just settled.
[Ding——]
[Resource Procurement has been refreshed.]
[Ding——]
[Limited Pool: Tsukiyomi Fuya has been opened.]
The familiar voice of the mechanical woman sounded beside Su Yuzu's ear.
And what unfolded before Su Yuzu was an entirely brand-new Recruitment page.
On the page——
Arms spread wide, the woman hovered in the air against the night, her moon-white long hair whipping wildly.
Behind her was a brilliant, radiant full moon.
The cream-white wool coat snapped and fluttered in the wind, and the woman's pale purple eyes looked down upon Su Yuzu, as though she were a deity.
From this angle, riding the night wind, Su Yuzu could clearly capture the loveliness of the woman's figure—even the muscle lines along the insides of her thighs were clearly visible.
Gulp——
Su Yuzu subconsciously swallowed.
She wanted to Recruit, but alas, the mission hadn't handed out a Ten-Pull Headhunting voucher in a very long time.
And what's more... the paid top-up channel was completely unclickable.
Su Yuzu could only stare greedily at the woman's character art.
[☆☆☆☆☆☆]
[Guardian Who Gazes at the Starry Sky: Tsukiyomi Fuya]
[Professor of Imperial Capital University's Department of Astronomy.]
[One of Imperial Capital University's most famous beauties. She has no shortage of pursuers both inside and outside the school, but... it seems no one has ever heard any gossip concerning her.]
[Once, someone tried to use force to coerce this seemingly delicate and frail professor.]
[And then... the many students of Imperial Capital University got to see another side of this frail professor.]
[Level.59 - Celestial Body Simulation Esper.]
[…]
Hold on——
Su Yuzu's pupils widened slightly.
She looked at Tsukiyomi Fuya's level, and the girl seemed almost unable to believe it.
Level... 59?
A Fifth Sequence Esper!?
Should she say she'd expect nothing less from Imperial Capital University?
Was this the true depth of a real prestigious school?
Ever since the last time Soga Yura had very nearly run into trouble at 「Tsukimisato」, Imperial Capital University could be said to treasure Soga Yura immensely.
Tsukiyomi Fuya was already the strongest combat power Imperial Capital University could send out.
Of course——
This also had no small connection to the fact that Tsukiyomi Fuya herself held a certain degree of fondness for Soga Yura.
Had it been some girl she didn't favor as much, she couldn't have been bothered to leave her own observatory.
Unohana Chiyo gently grasped Tsukiyomi Fuya's hand.
Ms. Unohana's composure made even the little rabbit nervous.
"Hello."
As if utterly unaware of the strength of the woman before her, and without feeling the slightest awkwardness or unease over the academic gap between herself and the other party, Unohana Chiyo merely smiled politely. "I'm an ordinary P.E. teacher from Keigunen Private Academy~"
"Unohana Chiyo."
"For this event, I'll have to trouble you to look after these two children."
"Certainly." Tsukiyomi Fuya gently nodded.
But... completely beyond the little rabbit's expectations, that woman—who, though she looked very gentle, gave off an incomparably powerful aura—knit her brows after hearing the name of the 'ordinary P.E. teacher' Teacher Chiyo. "Unohana... Chiyo."
"Are you..."
Tsukiyomi Fuya had even used an honorific.
"That's all in the past now~" Unohana Chiyo shrugged her shoulders.
She gently let go of Tsukiyomi Fuya's hand and returned the courtesy with a slightly respectful air.
"For this operation——"
"I'll have to ask for your kind guidance."
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