The next day, when Tianxia saw Kuroko,

Kuroko's translucent body floated behind Akashiji Seijuro like a spirit behind Akaji.

Akaji, on the other hand, looked like he hadn't woken up last night. His eyes were dark.

Huang Se, who had never seen Akaji like this before, secretly laughed out loud.

"Kuroko, come here for a moment."

Akaji didn't know that the real Tetsuya Kuroko was floating behind him. Instead, he called out to Tianxia, who was standing not far away from him. After Akaji called out to her, a few students who passed by looked at Tianxia in shock. It was as if they didn't know her at all.

Tianxia secretly began to worry about Kuroko's interpersonal relationships in school. What kind of student would make his classmates feel like he was a stranger?

"Was that Tetsuya Kuroko?"

"I heard him during the roll call.

But he's never been here before, right? "

"He was sitting there. I thought he was a new transfer student."

While the surrounding students were whispering about Tetsuya Kuroko,

Tianxia followed Akaji to the basketball lounge with Kuroko's body. Because it wasn't time for the team to work yet, there was no one around. Huang Se wanted to follow them, but Akaji stared at him. He was so scared that he shivered in the corner and didn't dare to go forward.

"Akaji Jun, what's the matter?"

Kuroko, who was behind Akaji, mouthed to Tianxia. Tianxia mouthed what Kuroko wanted to say to Akaji.

"You just submitted your withdrawal application yesterday and you're slacking off on your training today?

I haven't agreed to your application yet, right? "Akaji looked at Kuroko with an unfriendly gaze.

Tianxia didn't know about Kuroko's withdrawal. She also didn't know what the so-called slacking off on training meant.

It wasn't time for the team to work yet. Today's training hadn't started yet.

"Akaji Jun, I don't understand."

Kuroko, who was behind Akaji, didn't say anything. He lowered his head and seemed to be thinking about something.

It was rude not to answer the question and just keep silent.

Tianxia simply chose to play dumb.

"I saw you in the crowd today." Tianxia felt that something was wrong with this sentence.

According to Tetsuya Kuroko's hair color, it was normal to see him in a crowd of black and brown. Akaji's hair color was also enough for Tianxia to find him in a crowd of 'cannon fodder'. However, Tetsuya Kuroko reacted. He clenched his left hand into a fist and hit the palm of his right hand. He mouthed something to Tianxia.

"I don't want to practice anymore …??"

Tianxia didn't understand the last word. 'Misdirection' was an English word. Tianxia obviously didn't know what it meant. He signaled to Kuroko, who was behind Akaji. Kuroko sighed helplessly.

"Forget it, Tianxia -kun. Let me talk to Akaji Jun."

Tetsuya Kuroko's voice suddenly sounded behind him. Akaji trembled. He turned around and saw that there was no one in the lounge. That's right. Akaji thought that Kuroko was practicing 'Misdirection' and couldn't help but relax. Then who was this Kuroko in front of him?

"This isn't 'Misdirection' Akaji Jun. I'm a ghost now."

"Ghost?"

Tianxia explained Tetsuya Kuroko's current situation to Akaji. After hearing it, Akaji wasn't surprised. Instead, he frowned and began to think seriously.

"If that's the case, Kuroko, did you go home with me yesterday?

Was it also because of you that I didn't sleep well last night? "Akaji rubbed his eyes. There were obvious dark circles under his eyes due to lack of sleep.

"No, Chi Sijun. Although I'm very curious about where your home is, I was blown away by the wind on the way here. It was only this morning that I saw you at the school gate that I followed behind you. So, it's not my problem about sleeping."

Tianxia agreed with Kuroko's words. Generally, Kuroko wasn't a ghost that harmed people after death. Even if he followed Akaji home, it wouldn't affect his sleep.

"But I dreamt about you last night. There was also a thing with spikes all over its body chasing after you. It said that you stole something from it. I was dragged by you the whole night, so I didn't sleep well."

Akaji didn't look like he was lying. Kuroko was also thinking about it, but he couldn't think of when he had stolen something. Although the people in the convenience store sometimes ignored him, they always left money on the counter. Tetsuya Kuroko had never done such a thing before.

"Can I ask what the thing with spikes looked like?"

Only Tianxia seemed to have grasped the key point. It wasn't that Kuroko had stolen something, but what the thing with spikes was.

"I don't know how to describe it. For the time being, it looked like a person. The person was wearing a tattered military uniform and seemed to be holding a knife in his hand, but it was broken …" Akaji thought for a long time and only recalled bits and pieces of this. Tianxia's first reaction was to get nervous when she heard the word 'military'.

"Is there anything else?"

"Other than stealing, what else was it saying? I couldn't hear it clearly. It was too soft, but it was probably … One Period One Rise?

I checked this morning, it was a tachi … "Tianxia didn't listen to what Akaji said after that. The thing with spikes all over its body and the name 'One Period One' should be related to the Fu Mourning God, and it should look like the Time Reversal Army. Why would it come here?

And it was related to Kuroko and Akaji?

"You can tell me if there's anything you need to solve. But Kuroko, I'll reject your withdrawal request." Kuroko still wanted to say something, but Akaji asked Tianxia to leave.

Tianxia, who was still thinking about Akaji's words, was stopped by Huang Se just as she was about to bump into the fourth person.

"Little Kuroko, are you alright?

Little Akaji won't make things difficult for you, right?

You have to tell us if you've been wronged. Although I can't avenge you, I'll plead with Little Akaji. He definitely won't be so strict with you! "

Huang Se blabbered on, but Tianxia's absent-minded look didn't look good.

"No, I'm going to Akaji's house tonight."

Sensing that things in Akaji's dream weren't that simple, Tianxia turned back to look for Akaji. However, she was stopped by Huang Se.

"If you don't want to live, don't go looking for death with Little Kuroko's body!"

Huang Se was very anxious, but no matter how strong he was, he couldn't stop Tianxia who was bent on finding out the truth. Huang Se was dragged all the way to the basketball club's lounge. Tianxia, who had been knocking on the door for a long time, didn't hear Akaji's voice. She frowned and pushed the door open.

Akaji, who didn't sleep well last night, had fallen asleep leaning on the chair. Actually, he wasn't really asleep, but he was unconscious. His body was covered in an ominous black, so thick that it looked like ink would drip out at any moment. The black smoke surrounded Akaji and finally condensed into a 'monster' covered in bone spikes. The 'monster' ignored Tianxia, Huang Se, and Kuroko who were standing at the door. The 'monster' pulled out a broken long sword from its scabbard at its waist and stabbed at the 'sleeping' Akaji. Tianxia looked at the monster's body and broken sword and couldn't help but shout out its name.