Sako jumped up and hit the ball onto the opponent's court. The whistle signaled the end of the practice match.

Sako stretched her wrist and turned her head. She saw a familiar grayish-blue figure outside the volleyball court's fence.

Why is that person here?

The boy stared at Zuo Zi, and the corner of his mouth under the hood pulled up into an ambiguous smile.

Zuo Zi smiled at Fen Ling Ling who was handing her water. After tactfully rejecting her, she turned her head. The boy was still standing in the same place.

After greeting her teammates in the volleyball club, Zuo Zi walked over hesitantly.

Under the black hood, his grayish-blue hair was messy and covered his pale skin. His pale lips were unhealthily white.

Fen Lingling looked at the backs of Zuo Zi and the strange boy from afar.

… That person doesn't look like he's from our school.

Sako walked silently with the boy on the school's path. The early autumn wind was cold and blew the maple leaves on the ground.

"You didn't come back after so long, so I had to come see you personally."

Phyllostachys Amoena turned to look at the girl walking beside him. Her long black hair was tied into a ponytail and her cheeks were slightly red after exercising.

She seemed to be having a good time here.

Phyllostachys Amoena's heart was filled with bubbling black water. Suppressing his desire to touch her, Phyllostachys Amoena cracked open his dry lips. "Come back with me, Sako."

The plan that the black fog was nagging at him was thrown to the back of his mind like an annoying maggot. He hated the long and tiresome waiting and talking. He just wanted Sako to stay by his side. He couldn't stand it for even a second.

"Go back?" Sako looked at the boy who was half a head taller than her and asked hesitantly, "Are we going back to the orphanage?"

Phyllostachys Amoena frowned. "What are you talking about? Of course we're going back to Sensei."

He reached out and touched the girl's forehead with the back of his hand. "Are you okay? Did you become dumb after staying with the enemy for so long?"

Enemy?

Before Sako understood what he meant, she heard the sound of a boulder falling from the distance.

Sako turned around and saw a cloud of dust and white fog spreading from the distance.

"What's going on?"

Zuo Zi frowned, and there was a faint sound of panic calling for help.

"Ah, just a gift." Phyllostachys Amoena smiled as if he didn't care.

"A gift?"

Zuo Zi looked at the young man standing in front of her, smiling like an ordinary boy. His frail body was wrapped in a wide sweater, so empty that it was as if a gust of wind could blow him away.

Zuo Zi took a step back. For a moment, she felt that the boy's appearance seemed to have become unfamiliar.

Phyllostachys Amoena, who was left alone, looked at Sako's back as the smile on his face gradually disappeared. Something seemed to be slipping away from his hand.

He didn't like this feeling.

Large pieces of rubble fell to the ground. Sako immediately saw Fen Ling standing helplessly in the middle of the collapsing house, her long pink hair dancing in the air.

Sako blinked to the girl's side and protected Fen Ling in her arms.

After bringing Fen Ling to a safe place, Sako didn't have time to comfort her. She turned around and looked at the Minotaur who was recklessly attacking the defenseless children. Without hesitation, her black pupils turned into scarlet Sharingan.

Takeshi's limbs stiffened as he looked at the person smiling sinisterly in front of him. The man was two stories tall. Hot air kept coming out of his nose. Every time he swung his fist, he could easily punch through reinforced concrete walls.

His pupils constricted involuntarily. His palms burst into bright flames due to the large amount of sweat.

The tauren had just noticed the ant-like child at his feet. He let out a loud laugh and waved his hand, looking as if he wanted to pick up the child from the ground.

The flames in his hands began to crackle. Bright flames burned in his orange-red eyes.

"Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!"

Huge flames rose behind the Minotaur like a prairie fire. Takeshi put his hands behind him and exerted force with his feet. The explosive force turned his body into a small cannonball. His right hand clenched into a fist. Takeshi's eyes flashed beautifully. "Die!"

The Minotaur roared angrily.

The flames burning on his body made him anxious. He waved his arms and pushed Takeshi to the side.

Turning around, he lowered his head and glared angrily at Zuo Zi, who was standing in front of him. He sneered, "Little brat, go to hell!!

Don't try to be a hero in your next life!! "

Just as he raised his thick leg, the Minotaur seemed to have tripped, and his huge body fell backward.

"Who told you to try to be a hero here!!!"

The Minotaur's body was tightly bound. The spinning magatama in his eyes gradually disappeared into his dark eyes. Sako heaved a sigh of relief.

Sako and Takeshi, who were dragged into the office by the Minotaur like two small shrimps, stood in front of the desk and looked at each other.

"Who do you think you were facing?

Do you think this is child's play?!! "

…

"Call the parents!!"

Sako looked at the closed door in front of him. He rubbed his nose and obediently stood against the wall outside the office as punishment.

"Hey, didn't you say you don't have a personality?!"

Takeshi held it in for a long time. He looked at Sako who was standing in the corner and finally couldn't hold it in anymore.

Sako rubbed his ears and helplessly rubbed his head. "I really don't have a personality."

"Who are you lying to?!!" If you don't have a personality, then the fire he saw was set by a ghost!!

"It's Ninjutsu, Ninjutsu, I'm a ninja." Sako raised a finger and waved it as he said perfunctorily.

"Ah!

Are you a chuunibyou?

Are you looking down on me if you don't use a personality when you fight me?

Hey! "

Takeshi couldn't help but grab Sako's collar. He lowered his head and glared fiercely at Sako.

"Hey, I saved your life. Is it really okay for you to be so rude to your savior?" Zuo Zi squinted her eyes and smiled as she spoke in this posture.

"What are you talking about!!!

I didn't ask you to save me!!

No, there is no such thing as a savior!!! "

Takeshi couldn't help but tighten his grip on Sako's collar and roared angrily. What bullshit savior, he would never admit it!

"Takeshi, shut up!!!" The Minotaur's angry roar came from the office.

"Hmm?"