Chapter 253: You Still Dare to Make Excuses!
Boom—!
A massive gravity enveloped the entire area.
The place where Luke and Nene were located was not a certain training ground within the campus, but an independent area specifically cleared out and isolated.
This area had now been officially opened to Nene by Director Kurono, serving as a training ground for her and him to use.
"I really feel more and more like you aren't human."
Nene looked at Luke's figure moving freely back and forth in the gravity field, complaining while tossing the pebbles in her hand over at high speed.
"I'll accept that as a compliment for now."
After dodging the incoming pebbles with a sideways tilt, he exerted force under his feet and instantly appeared behind her.
His fluid footwork and swift speed showed no signs of being affected by gravity in the slightest.
Luke's right hand reached toward the kimono sash at Nene's waist, while he spoke with a bit of helplessness:
"Speaking of which, even though you acted so shy the last time I tried to grab your sash."
"Why do you still have to make the sash the target of the training now?"
"Aren't you afraid I'll actually pull it off?"
"W-Who's shy!!"
Nene spun around and dodged the boy's right hand.
Like Luke, she was not using magic for reinforcement; the two were skirmishing, relying purely on their physical capabilities.
Although she wasn't bearing massive gravity like Luke, those smooth, flowing movements also displayed her extraordinary martial arts achievements.
Having successfully dodged his sneak attack, Nene did not choose to pull away; instead, she slid her feet and leaned directly into the boy's embrace, forcefully smacking the folding fan in her hand toward the top of his head.
"I'm doing this for your sake."
"Think about it, I'm wearing a kimono. If the sash gets pulled off, there's absolutely nothing underneath, you know~"
"How about it? After fantasizing a bit, are you immediately filled with motivation all over?"
"In order to improve your training results, I have sacrificed my own body, you see~"
Smack—!
Luke, holding the Starfall Sword in his left hand, used the hilt to knock the folding fan away and said exasperatedly:
"I really should thank you for that..."
"My, my~ No need to be so polite~"
"..."
Too lazy to pay attention to her, Luke did not speak again.
Taking advantage of this opportunity where the distance between them was extremely close, the Starfall Sword in his hand was suddenly unsheathed!
A godspeed Battojutsu!
The sword light flashed, and the blade of the Starfall Sword closed in on Nene's sash in a split second.
However, things naturally wouldn't go so smoothly.
Right at the exact moment the blade was about to touch the sash, an iron fan was placed horizontally in front of the blade.
Clang—!
The sound of metal clashing rang out.
And Nene also used the force of his attack to flash away and widen the distance.
Luke wasn't surprised by this in the slightest.
Despite how lightly she spoke, in reality, she had absolutely no intention of letting him touch her sash.
Offering fanservice?
Heh, Nene simply wanted to tease Luke.
Under the rule where using magic to reinforce the body was not allowed, the gravity-burdened Luke fundamentally couldn't touch her.
Even if some unexpected situation truly occurred, she could instantly increase the gravity multiplier to restrict his movements.
Therefore, this condition was purely meant to mess with him, the purpose being to take revenge for the grudge of him 'flirting' with her back then.
Luke, of course, also knew this perfectly well.
However...
Things were not as simple as Nene imagined.
Luke looked at Nene, a hint of a wicked smile lifting the corners of his mouth.
...
Meanwhile, on the other side.
In a small, dark room, a purple-haired girl was tied up with rope and forced to sit on a chair.
On the table in front of her was a small desk lamp; the slightly dim light was the only light source in this room.
Five burly men surrounded the purple-haired girl.
The burly men's expressions were all fierce and malicious, their brows tightly furrowed as they roared at the girl:
"Confess honestly! You stalked the victim Kurogane Ikki! Right!"
"You were arrested on the spot! Do you still dare to say you didn't!"
While the questioning voices rang in her ears, the desk lamp was also lifted up, its light shining directly on her face, incomparably blinding.
Heavy pressure and nervousness continuously oppressed the girl.
"N-No, I didn't want to stalk him..."
The words the girl desperately squeezed out of her throat were interrupted before she could finish them.
"You still dare to make excuses!!!"
"QAQ Eek!"
"You stalked him for a week! That's a fact!"
"This girl actually still dares to play dumb!"
"Anyway, we must torture her! We must thoroughly torture her!"
"N-Nooo!!!"
"Ahhh... ah?"
Waking up from the nightmare with a start, the girl blankly stared at the pure white ceiling of the infirmary.
It wasn't until the smell of medicine drifting into her nose thoroughly awakened her that the girl finally relaxed.
'Thank goodness, what just happened was only a dream...'
Just as the girl thought this and breathed a sigh of relief, a voice entered her ears.
"Whipping, pulling out nails, gouging out eyeballs, dripping wax, death by a thousand cuts..."
The girl somewhat stiffly turned her neck and looked in the direction of the voice, only to see a silver-haired girl continuously muttering cursed words by her ear.
"Burning at the stake, water torture, wooden horse, drawing and quartering, dragged through the streets... ah, you're awake?"
"Um... you seemed to be muttering some terrifying things just now..."
"What nonsense are you saying? It seems you had a nightmare. That's great... ah, no, Brother, that person from earlier has woken up."
Following Shizuku's call, Ikki, Stella, and Arisuin walked in from outside.
"My, you're already awake. Shizuku's healing magic really is amazing."
The first to speak was Arisuin.
Just now, Shizuku had used the excuse that casting healing magic could not be disturbed to kick them out, and now, sure enough, the person had woken up in no time.
"Good thing Shizuku was here. How is it? Does it still hurt?"
The second half of the sentence was directed by Arisuin to the purple-haired girl lying on the bed.
And at this very moment, the girl also finally recalled her current situation.
"Ah... no... I'm already fine. T-Thank you all for bringing me to the infirmary..."
'This stalker is actually quite polite...'
In the face of the girl's thanks, this thought simultaneously rose in the minds of Ikki and the others.
But what made them a bit puzzled was that, for some unknown reason, the girl's line of sight never focused on them; instead, it wandered everywhere.
"I-I am third-year Ayatsuji Ayase. P-Please take care of me..."
"Ayatsuji... Could it be?!"
The moment Ikki heard this upperclassman announce her name, he asked with some surprise.
"Could it be that you are a relative of the famous. 'Ayatsuji Kaito', Senpai?!"
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