Chapter 120: Taste of a God, Joining of the Weather Child
"True... God?"
Hearing this sentence from Yoru, the internal members of the Super-Quant Club all changed their expressions.
Since he emphasized it was a "True" God, it meant it definitely wasn't an existence like the Golden Goat Head in that shrine, which could be easily dealt with.
They just didn't understand.
Was there any causal relationship between recruiting a new member who could control the weather and possessed powerful spiritual abilities, and becoming enemies with a God?
Seeing the girls looking puzzled, Yoru explained.
"Amano Hina's spiritual ability is different from ours."
"Her ability to control the weather is highly likely obtained by signing a contract with an unknown God."
"Of course, Amano Hina herself doesn't seem to know this at this stage."
"But one thing is certain."
"The more times she uses her ability, the closer her body will be to disappearing."
"Until finally, she will be taken away by that God in the sky and become a living sacrifice to restore the weather of Sakura Prefecture to normal."
After saying this, Yoru looked at the members of the Super-Quant Club present and smiled.
"So, whether to recruit this Amano Hina to become one of our internal members, and whether to become enemies with a True God, is not something I can decide alone."
"Now, tell me your opinions."
Although Yoru asked this, he could actually predict what kind of answers he would get.
The clubroom fell silent.
After a long while, Kazusa spoke in a cold voice.
"I didn't understand a word of what was said."
"Forget it, doesn't matter."
"I listen to Yoru."
Loyal dog Kazusa expressed her opinion.
She didn't understand and didn't care.
Originally, she joined the Super-Quant Club just to have a justifiable excuse to look at Yoru.
Although she could see Yoru in the classroom, Kazusa wanted to stay by his side even during lunch break now.
The next one to speak was the very opinionated Miss Sakurajima Mai.
Her answer was simple.
"Since Amano Hina encountered such a thing, we can't sit idly by."
Rio pushed her glasses frame and said faintly.
"True God? I really want to see with my own eyes more truths hidden in this world."
Yui, who was still dazed, finally came back to her senses, nodding repeatedly in agreement.
"Mmhmm, Amano Hina-san is too pitiful; we must help her."
In the end, only Miko hadn't expressed her stance yet.
Her golden eyes flickered with complex colors as she spoke slowly.
"A God needing living sacrifices? This isn't a God at all."
"This is an evil spirit that will be slain by us."
Hearing Miko's words, Yui's cute face showed admiration.
"Miko, that sentence was so cool!"
Miko shook her head helplessly, stroked Yui's head, looked at her like looking at a mentally challenged person, and said gently.
"Yui, please be normal. You make me feel very ashamed like this."
"Eh... indeed very cool, I didn't talk nonsense."
"Cool is fine."
Miko responded perfunctorily, then turned her gaze to Yoru.
"Then... it's time for you to make a decision, Captain."
Yoru scanned the members in the clubroom and smiled.
"Since that is the case..."
"Let's set Amano Hina as the new member of the squad."
"And, I can taste the flavor of a God by the way."
Rio couldn't help complaining.
"The latter one is the main reason, right?"
"Don't mind these details."
"You are really a starving ghost reincarnated."
....
After the meeting ended, Yoru stood up first and smiled at Yui.
"Let's go."
"Eh?"
Yui was somewhat surprised.
"Letting me go together?"
Yoru replied matter-of-factly.
"Of course. You are the image ambassador of our Super-Quant Club. Just relying on your appearance and temperament can make people feel that this girl isn't very smart, thereby lowering their vigilance. This is your unique skill."
Yui sighed, helpless: "Do I look that silly?"
All members spoke in unison.
"Yes."
After Yui and Yoru left the clubroom together, Rio saw Miko still staring at the door in a daze, couldn't help but tease softly.
"You aren't even jealous of Yui, are you?"
Miko shook her head.
"Not really."
Her golden eyes flickered, murmuring.
"I just feel Yoru seems to have changed somewhere."
"Changed?"
Looking at the puzzled Rio, Miko nodded slightly.
"When he first met me, he said a sentence."
"If it doesn't involve strange phenomena, he won't care."
"But the predicaments of Kawasaki-san and Kitagawa-san have nothing to do with strange phenomena."
Hearing Miko's words, Rio froze for a moment, then laughed dumbfoundedly.
"Isn't this normal? People change."
"Just as he influenced us, we also influenced his original thoughts in this process."
"Isn't that what so-called comrades are?"
Miko pursed her lips and revealed a smile.
"Rio, you have changed too. The old you wouldn't say such sentimental words."
Rio was slightly embarrassed by Miko's teasing.
Looking at those bright golden pupils staring at her with a smile, she suddenly felt a bit guilty.
"Miko, I have something I want to..."
"No need to say it."
Miko held Rio's hand and smiled gently.
"Some things are better left unsaid but understood. We are friends, right?"
...
Half an hour later, the familiar McDonald's.
"Eh?"
Yui looked at this McDonald's fast food restaurant, which she had visited with Yoru and Miko before and was very familiar with, surprised.
"Amano Hina... is right here?"
"Correct."
Although Yui was a bit dazed sometimes, she had no problem with intelligence.
She didn't believe that it was a simple coincidence that there was a different kind of spirit medium in this McDonald's, which she and Miko had visited with Yoru before.
Probably from the first visit, Yoru was probing Amano Hina's ability, right?
Yui guessed right.
Yoru's first visit to this McDonald's was indeed not a coincidence.
He was probing Amano Hina's ability.
At that time, Miko summoned Hyakume, but Amano Hina, who was on the second floor and passed by them, showed no abnormality.
Perhaps the opponent was like Miko, able to see but very good at holding back.
But the greater possibility was that Amano Hina didn't possess the ability of "Observation."
After all, although both called spirit mediums, Amano Hina and the Super-Quant Club members didn't seem to belong to the same power system.
"Being able to sign a contract with a God and obtain the ability to affect the world's weather."
Yoru led Yui into the McDonald's while speaking.
"Proves she is at least a gifted person with the aptitude to become a spirit medium at the same level as Motsuya Miko."
Yui pursed her lips, remaining silent.
She felt like that classic meme now.
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The moment Yoru and Yui pushed the door open and entered McDonald's, Amano Hina, wearing an employee uniform and standing behind the counter, noticed the two immediately.
When seeing Yoru's face clearly, Amano Hina froze for a moment, then ran out from behind the counter immediately, holding a thick envelope wrapped in kraft paper in her hand.
"Guest, you left something here last time."
Looking at the envelope handed over by Amano Hina, Yoru just waved his hand and smiled.
"This is just the reward for your help last time; how can there be a saying of returning it?"
"Ah?"
Amano Hina froze, hurriedly shook her head.
"But I don't remember helping you with anything?"
Just as her voice fell, the smile on Yoru's face disappeared suddenly.
He looked straight into Amano Hina's eyes and said softly.
"Really not?"
Listening to this certain tone and being looked at by Yoru like this, Amano Hina immediately felt very nervous.
She was just an ordinary fifteen-year-old girl. Facing the aura of the Number One Exorcist of Kyoto, having lied already, she naturally felt panicked and at a loss.
"Yoru, don't be like this."
Feeling the oppression emitted by Yoru, Yui frowned slightly, reached out and pulled his sleeve, then took two steps forward, walked close to Amano Hina, smiled sweetly, and greeted.
"Amano Hina-san, we aren't bad people. If convenient, can we find a place to chat?"
You don't say.
Seeing Yui dressed fashionably, looking cute, emitting a gentle aura, and smiling sweetly, Amano Hina immediately felt less nervous.
In comparison....
At such times, Yoru's image was indeed a bit inferior to Yui's.
Although he was handsome, when relaxed, he always gave a feeling of frivolity, laziness, and slightly unserious.
If serious, he would make people feel a bit nervous.
Still, Yui, the image ambassador of the Super-Quant Club, had more affinity in this regard.
"Then... okay."
Amano Hina hesitated slightly, finally nodded.
"There are few customers on the second floor now. I can tell the manager, but at most ten minutes, after all, I am still working."
Yui nodded with a smile.
"Okay, no problem."
....
After arriving on the second floor, Amano Hina first poured a cup of cola and a cup of hot drink inside the counter, brought them up on a tray, and placed them on the table.
"My treat."
"Thanks, Hina."
Yui took the hot drink, having a very good initial impression of this Amano Hina.
She heard from Yoru and Rio.
This girl, who looked even younger than her, wasn't well-off financially, even having to drop out of school to work to afford her younger brother's tuition and living expenses.
Even so, she still treated Yui and Yoru, whom she wasn't very familiar with, to drinks out of her own pocket.
This must not be a bad child.
Amano Hina sat opposite Yoru and Yui, pursed her lips nervously, and asked tentatively.
"What exactly do you want with me? You... aren't people from the welfare agency, right?"
Yoru rolled his eyes, saying grumpily.
"Do you think we look like them?"
Amano Hina answered honestly.
"Don't look like."
"Then why ask?"
Yui nudged Yoru under the table with her elbow, smoothing things over.
"She just wanted to confirm; why are you so fierce?"
Yoru glanced at her.
"You truly are soft-mouthed after eating someone's food (hesitant to speak against them)."
Then, Yoru looked at Amano Hina sitting opposite and revealed a kind smile.
"Don't misunderstand. Actually, I am the same as you."
"The same...?"
Before Amano Hina could ask, she saw Yoru spread his right hand on the table. A ball of thick black energy suddenly emerged in his palm.
In less than a breath, that ball of thick black energy formed an exquisite little bear doll.
"This is!?"
Amano Hina's pupils shrank in shock.
Besides herself, there was actually someone else in this world possessing special abilities incomprehensible to ordinary people?
"You... you too?"
Seeing Amano Hina's surprised expression, Yoru couldn't help sighing in his heart.
This girl is really innocent.
Thinking about it, in the original plot, Amano Hina didn't cover up much about the ability to bring sunny days either.
If it were Light, before admitting he had abilities, there would definitely be another round of pulling, probing, and gaming.
Yoru felt he still liked simple and innocent beautiful girls.
"Although the types are different, anyway, we are both special people; you can understand it like this."
Yoru said faintly, then looked at Yui beside him.
"Yui, you explain our plan to her. I (Zhen) am tired."
"Okay."
Yui didn't feel it was troublesome.
On the contrary, whenever this time came, she felt she could finally be useful, eager to try, and wouldn't decline at all.
"Hina."
Yui chose to call her by her first name to close the distance with Amano Hina.
"We hope you can come to Sobu High... no, specifically, come to Class 1-A of Sobu High to study, join our club, and become one of us."
Hearing this, a hint of loneliness flashed in Amano Hina's eyes. A slightly forced smile with bitter meaning appeared on her face.
"My family... had some changes a while ago. Can't afford tuition. And if I go to school, no one can help pay my brother's tuition."
On the way here, Yui had already communicated with Yoru.
At this time, facing Amano Hina's financial embarrassment, the Super-Quant Club image ambassador Yui showed the calmness of a general.
"This is easy to handle."
"We will communicate with the school authorities to waive your tuition at Sobu High."
Amano Hina was skeptical.
"But... my grades aren't particularly excellent; probably can't meet the scholarship requirements..."
"This is no problem."
Yui smiled.
"Since we said we can waive your tuition, we can definitely do it."
What is this called?
Yui borrowing Yoru's power.
With Yoru's status in the eyes of the Sobu High authorities, let alone waiving one student's tuition.
Even if he reached out to ask the Sobu High authorities for money, as long as it wasn't an overly outrageous amount, the school would definitely give it.
And don't forget.
The Super-Quant Club had more than just Yoru, this one big shot.
Wealthy Rio, Yukino—daughter of the Chiba Prefectural Assembly member and construction company president, Kazusa—daughter of the world-class pianist Touma Youko.
Former national idol actress Mai.
Looking at the entire Sobu High, no club could compare with the backgrounds of these Super-Quant Club members.
Waiving a student's tuition was simply a piece of cake.
"But..."
Amano Hina still looked very troubled.
"My brother's tuition and our living expenses, I must work full-time to barely afford them."
"Relax, relax."
Yui patted Amano Hina's shoulder, looking confident as if everything was under control.
Just as Amano Hina thought the other party was going to make some grand speech next, she saw Yui look at Yoru, stick out her tongue, smile embarrassedly, and say.
"Our omnipotent Captain-sama will definitely think of a solution, right?"
Yoru complained.
"Coquetry (Acting spoiled)? Useful?"
Yui clasped her hands together, looking like praying, saying silily.
"Hehe, please, Captain-sama."
For a girl like Yui with a cute appearance and lovely personality...
Coquetry was indeed useful.
Yoru looked at Amano Hina sitting opposite, his slender fingers tapping the table lightly, making rhythmic sounds.
"You don't need to worry about money. Although we are just an ordinary club formed by high school students, we have quite a few sources of income, enough for you to bear your brother's tuition and both of your living expenses."
Amano Hina opened her lips, very skeptical in her heart.
But listening to Yoru's certain tone, for some reason, she subconsciously felt the opponent wasn't lying.
Just as Amano Hina was still hesitant, not knowing how to choose.
Yoru spoke slowly, throwing out a killer move.
"As long as you agree to join, the money in the envelope in your hand counts as advanced from the club activity fund."
"Also, our club's principle is mutual help among members."
"Aren't you always worried about you and your brother being sent to welfare institutions and forcibly separated?"
"As long as you join, I can also help you solve this matter."
Hearing Yoru's last sentence, Amano Hina's face changed. After a long silence, she finally nodded.
"Then... okay."
"I join."