Chapter 52: Void, The Unrestrained and Free-spirited Blood-colored Cherry Blossoms, Five Degrees of Sentiment

  A ray of morning sunlight crept in from the window and spilled onto the bed, where two people were still fast asleep. The cat king, who had been sleeping soundly, furrowed his brow and slowly opened his eyes, which were still heavy with sleep. He flipped over, feeling something beside him, thinking it was their family cat, Carubin. But when he opened his eyes, the scene before him made his body stiffen instinctively, and his eyes flashed with intense puzzlement - how did a girl end up on his bed?

  Long eyelashes, a straight nose, and plump lips made him want to take a bite. The bangs framed her small forehead, and her skin was as white as milk, but not in an unhealthy way. She looked like a real-life SD doll. A few red clouds floated on Long Ma's face as he stared at the girl's face for half a day, feeling like he had seen it somewhere before. He didn't know if it was because she felt his gaze, but the girl moved and opened her eyes. Her large brown eyes were misty from just waking up, making them look exceptionally cute and pitiful, causing Long Ma's heart to skip a beat. The girl rubbed her eyes with her fist, and her unique reddish-brown eyes became exceptionally clear but also looked very empty.

  "Long Ma, good morning." I just woke up and found that Long Ma was already awake, so I politely asked him for the morning.

  “……”

  "? Looking at Long Ma in confusion, who had been stunned for a while, she gently patted his face to see if he was sleep-talking.

  "Are you a girl?"

  "Bang——"

  "The boys have gotten up!!" Ryoma Echizen carelessly pushed open the door, and then saw an exceptionally cute girl sleeping next to his own son?! He tactfully retreated, closed the door, and muttered to himself "Seriously, you should say something before doing that sort of thing..."

  "Smelly old man, what did you say?!"

  "Color old man, Lunzi Auntie, I'm taking Kalubin out." Holding Kalubin in my arms and getting ready to leave, because they all found out that I'm a girl, so I had to change back into women's clothes...

  "Oh? The young lady is going out, might as well bring the young man along."

  "Yes, Kaito, take Ryoma with you. At your age, you should be going out and exercising."

  Glanced at the old man who was reading a newspaper, it's obvious that he was hiding that kind of indecent book in the newspaper again. And Aunt Lian, don't smile so strangely every time you see me and Long Ma! (A ambiguous smile)

  "Uncle Ren, the old man is hiding a bad photo album in the newspaper again." He pointed at Ryota Nakadai with an expressionless face and then dragged Ryoma away aimlessly.

  "Koshiro Ryoma!!!" With Ryon's aunt's angry roar, I and Ryoma made a smooth exit, while poor Koshiro Ryoma, his treasured photo album would be baptized once again.

  …………

  I crouched in a certain park with a feather duster and played with Kalubin, while Ryoma sat on a wooden chair not far away drinking grape-flavored Ponta.

  "... You'll be returning to Japan soon, won't you." Ryoma's voice broke the gloomy atmosphere, his tone was flat and indifferent, as if he didn't care about anything. It was a question, but it sounded like a statement of fact. The white cap was pulled down low, hiding his expression.

  "En, jī tiān hòu jiù huí qù le."

  Translation: "Yeah, I'll be back in a few days."

  "A loud rumble" interrupted the conversation between the two people, and the ground also began to shake with the sound.

  The scene before me was struck by lightning, a hideous monster with its mouth wide open and greedily gazing at humans. There is an empty hole on the chest, representing their inner emptiness, and a bony mask on their face. However, the humans below did not panic due to the sudden appearance of the monster, as if they were unaware of its existence...

  This, isn't this Hollow? Aren't Hollows from Japanese anime? How can they appear in America? Oh, right, this is a crossover world, so it's normal for Hollows to appear in America too.

  "Hey, Akira... can you see that? That strange thing." Ryoma stared blankly and pulled the girl's sleeve, wondering if he was seeing things.

  "Don't worry, Ryoma, someone will come to collect him soon." Just then, a Death God wearing a black kimono appeared and swung his Japanese sword at Mukuro. After Mukuro's mask was sliced open and he disappeared, the Death God grumbled for a bit before disappearing as well. I couldn't help but be impressed - that Death God was pretty quick on the draw, taking out Mukuro in an instant.

  "......Kurenai, what was that thing just now?"

  "That is vengeful spirit, after a person dies, the soul becomes a spiritual body. Due to their reluctance to leave the world or other obstructive factors, they cannot ascend to heaven and wander in places that attract them. Some of them, after years of bitter suffering, or accelerated by external factors, eventually fall into vengeful spirits."

  The dragon horse nodded knowingly and pointed to the park that had been messed up. "What's going on?"

  "Don't worry, those scientists will definitely say it's because of the underground pipeline explosion."

  Staring at Long Ma, looking left and right, Long Ma's soul is very pure, no wonder that virtual just stared at him with a hungry gaze. (Some virtual will come to the human world to devour human souls, especially pure souls are rare delicacies in their eyes.)

  I removed the pendant from around my neck, a silver chain with a milky white stone that was almost transparent. I liked this stone very much, it was something I had been wearing since that world, although I had already forgotten how I got it. By infusing the protective power of Archangel Michael into the stone, it would be able to help Ryumyo avoid being possessed by evil spirits and also ward off ghosts and other things. Although I wanted to put an Alice crystal in his body, if I did that, wouldn't Ryumyo have been caught by the Alice Academy before he even entered middle school?

  "Put this on and don't take it off, you wouldn't want to be attacked by that thing from just now, would you?"

  "... You still have a lot more work to do." Although he said that, he resignedly put it on anyway.

  "Will you still come to America?"

  "It shouldn't be, but I'll see you again when Long Ma enters the national team, right? But by that time, are you sure you'll recognize me? Don't forget, you never make an effort to remember anyone's appearance, and you'll forget in just a few days."

  "Got it! I'll definitely remember."