Under Sato's supervision, Yui's learning efficiency rose in a straight line. Her brain was running at full speed without the slightest pause.
"I… it's finally over!"
When Sato finally announced the end, Yui collapsed onto the desk, completely limp.
I… I've become a salted fish!
Mio secretly took out her phone and glanced at it, a flash of shock passing through her mind.
Six hours!
It only took six hours for Yui to fully absorb the math and physics knowledge from the past two months. That was just too terrifying, wasn't it?!
Sato looked at Yui and said, "Right now you've only relearned the previous material. If you want to truly absorb and solidify it, you'll still need to do some practice problems yourself. Before the exams, just work on some problems from time to time to reinforce it."
"Tha… thank you…"
Yui lay on the desk and weakly expressed her thanks. Her eyes were dull, half-lidded, her mouth slightly open, as if her soul had already drifted out of her body.
Sato nodded, then looked up at the sky outside the window. Before he knew it, it was already evening again.
He sighed inwardly, then shifted his gaze toward Mio and the others.
"It's getting late. How about we head back?"
Mio also looked up at the sky and nodded. "It really is getting late. We should head back too."
"Huh? Everyone's leaving already?"
Hearing this, Yui finally pushed herself up from the desk, looking a bit dazed.
Clearly, after several hours of high-intensity studying, she was on the verge of studying herself silly.
Sato smiled and said, "Yeah, I've got two cats at home waiting to be fed."
"Huh? Cats!"
…
The sun sank in the west, the afterglow like blood.
From west to east, the sky's colors gradually shifted from orange-red to a fading gold. The drifting clouds were dyed orange-red with golden edges, the colors growing lighter the farther east they stretched, until they finally turned into a dull bluish-gray like heavy lead.
"Hmm…"
After leaving the station, Sato slowly stretched.
He glanced up at the sky, then walked toward his apartment. The rush hour had already passed, and in the residential area, countless lights were lit. There were hardly any people or cars on the road.
With his hands in his pockets, his shadow stretched long beneath the setting sun.
Hm?
After walking along the empty road for a while, Sato suddenly sensed something and turned to look behind him.
The street behind him was empty, without a single person in sight.
He turned back and continued walking, his expression unchanged, but his eyes gradually narrowed.
Behind him… someone seemed to be following him?
Without drawing attention, he opened the system and loaded the system, Pirate Module, beginning to use Observation Haki.
Since loading such a high-level power system consumed energy, he usually only kept the basic Fighter Master module active. But this time, he felt the person behind him was unusual.
The Pirate Module was a complete power system, encompassing the finest abilities of an entire world.
After selecting the Devil Fruit ability, the three types of Haki were successfully loaded as well.
Activating Observation Haki, Sato quickly detected a figure secretly watching him from the corner of the intersection behind him.
However…
"A child?!"
Sato suddenly opened his eyes in surprise. Through Observation Haki, he clearly saw the figure following him.
What he had not expected at all was that it was just a child, at most an elementary schooler.
However… the child's appearance and the aura she emitted were quite unexpected.
Dragon horns. A dragon tail. The aura of a dragon.
That child was a… dragon?!
Sato suddenly stopped and turned to look at the intersection not far away. "Come out. I've already noticed you."
Behind him, there was silence.
Not coming out?
Sato rubbed his head in slight frustration. After thinking for a moment, he continued walking toward Aoyama Apartments.
Whoosh!
Behind him, the sound of something cutting through the air rang out, caused by rapid movement.
When Sato turned to look again, a small figure was hiding behind a utility pole, peeking at him. The moment she saw him turn around, she quickly hid back behind the pole.
Do you really think I can't see you?
Sato couldn't help but smile at the sight. He shook his head and walked toward the pole.
Well, she is just a kid.
When the little one peeked out again, Sato was already standing right in front of her, quietly watching.
"Oh…"
The little girl opened her mouth, staring blankly at Sato in front of her.
"Why are you following me?" Sato crouched down and asked.
The little girl had beautiful hair that gradually faded from white at the top to a mysterious purple toward the bottom. A pair of gray dragon horns extended from both sides of her head.
Her round little face had a pair of bright blue eyes, and combined with her chubby body, she looked especially cute and vacant.
"You have Lady Tohru's scent on you."
The little girl spoke expressionlessly. She was the quiet, emotionless type.
Tohru?
Sato was taken aback and looked at her with some surprise. "You know Tohru?"
The little girl hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
"What's your name?"
"Kanna… Kanna Kamui!"
After the little girl said her name, Sato calmly opened the system's collected character profile and began checking the information.
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Name: Kanna Kamui
Job: None
Race: Dragon
Age: 14562
Threat Level: A
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This little one really was a dragon?! And a dragon with the same power level as Tohru?!
But… what was up with that age?
Sato took a deep breath and looked at the expressionless little girl in front of him, his heart shaken.
This girl was actually over fourteen thousand years old?!