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"So that's it, Takuma was doing such interesting things when I wasn't here."
Inside the Association Clubroom, Gokou said with interest.
"As the person who repeatedly bounced on the edge of a near-death experience, I don't find it interesting at all," Asakura said speechlessly, looking at the girl.
After several days of practice, Gokou had finally initially mastered the technique of controlling the cat-shaped puppet, and now she could make the puppet perform a very complete tap dance.
So at this time, the girl had entered the second stage of Magic training.
She closed her eyes, seemingly holding back her strength silently.
A moment later, two fluffy cat ears popped out of the girl's head with a puff.
"Oh, she succeeded on the first try!" Asakura was a little surprised.
"Because I had that experience before, although it was passive, I did experience the feeling of human body transformation."
Gokou also touched the cat ears on her head with great novelty.
Although it was the second time, because she had been mostly worried and scared last time, she hadn't really seriously felt the sensation of growing cat ears.
It's worth mentioning that while the cat ears grew, the girl's human ears did not disappear.
"So, are you listening in four channels now?" Asakura asked curiously.
"How should I put it, it just feels like my hearing is sharper and more three-dimensional… Eek?!"
Before she could finish speaking, Asakura had already curiously reached out and pinched her fluffy ears.
This made the girl's cheeks flush red, and her expression looked a little bit ashamed and angry: "Even Takuma cannot casually touch a girl's body!"
"Sorry, because your ears were twitching, and they felt really good, I unconsciously…"
Asakura chuckled, trying to gloss over it.
Also, the texture was indeed very good, for your information.
"Honestly," the girl sighed, and without much fuss about the matter, she forgave Asakura: "So, is Takuma still helping that senpai learn how to bake biscuits?"
"Not really."
Asakura had originally thought that guiding Yui Yuigahama in baking biscuits would be a long-term battle, as the results of that day could hardly be called successful; no, to be precise, whether it even counted as 'results' was debatable.
Of course, he also had no intention of continuing to waste time and energy on this matter. After suffering such a biochemical attack, he was even more wary of Yui Yuigahama's biscuits than of Nine-Turned Intestines that retained the original flavor of the large intestine.
Let Yukino Yukinoshita worry about this kind of thing.
It should have been like this…
"Yuigahama came to the club room twice, and after making no progress, she hasn't come back," Asakura shook his head.
Yukino seemed a little concerned about it, but Asakura wasn't interested, so he didn't follow up.
"She really lacks perseverance."
Gokou commented sharply.
However, as someone who could stubbornly tackle Magic and master the first stage in just two or three days, she was certainly qualified to say that.
"Most ordinary people are only passionate for three minutes. Rather, if everyone had extraordinary perseverance and dedication to a single goal, then humanity would have long since burst out of the Kuiper Belt and looked out at the galaxy, instead of being stuck in this small patch of atmosphere as we are now."
Asakura clapped his hands indifferently and said, "Alright, today's training is pretty much done here."
"Is that all?" The girl asked, puzzled. "I feel like I can practice for a while longer…"
"This stage of human body transformation must be approached with greater caution and patience, otherwise, you might leave yourself with irreparable damage."
Asakura said.
And Gokou also recalled the scale-like skin on Asakura's arm, so she didn't insist further.
"This ability is quite interesting," the girl shook her head, and her fluffy triangular ears swayed with her movements: "It's very convenient for cosplay; recently, many characters have cat ears… But then the cat ear headbands I bought before would go to waste. Should I sell them secondhand online~"
"I'll pay double the price, sell them to me," Asakura said suddenly.
"Huh, Takuma, you want that?" The girl looked at her in surprise.
Because it's a personal accessory, it might have residual Magic on it, which could be used as emergency energy.
However, saying that sounds a bit like there's an ulterior motive, so it's better to choose a more normal and wholesome excuse.
"Because I want the original flavor," Asakura said, as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
"…Sometimes I feel like I completely can't understand Takuma's thought process."
The result was a scornful look from his junior.
After seeing Gokou off, Asakura planned to check the Service Club activity room and then go straight home if there was nothing. However, on the way, he ran into Hiratsuka Shizuka, who looked deeply worried.
This older beautiful teacher (unmarried) usually wore a brave and unrestrained expression—after all, any dissatisfaction was almost immediately vented with her fists—so it was quite rare to see her with worry written on her face like this.
Asakura hesitated for a moment, and to avoid unnecessary trouble, decided to pretend he hadn't seen her and take a detour to leave. However, Hiratsuka Shizuka spotted him and blocked him a step ahead.
"Asakura, I just happened to be looking for you."
"I don't watch TV, don't subscribe to newspapers or milk, and I'm not interested in strange religions…"
"Am I a door-to-door salesperson! Don't give me useless nonsense!"
Hiratsuka Shizuka glared at him sternly.
This made Asakura give up the idea of joking around and wait for her to continue.
"You know Yuigahama, right?" Hiratsuka Shizuka asked.
"Hmm, that's Yui Yuigahama, right? The one who wears an apron and looks very domestic, always eats in small bites, has a small mole above her right collarbone, wears loose home clothes, and prefers desserts over simple meals at family restaurants?"
Asakura nodded: "Not familiar."
Hiratsuka Shizuka scrutinized him for a moment before continuing: "Yuigahama hasn't been to school for two days."
"Is that so?" Asakura was startled.
He had thought that the other party had simply grown tired of baking biscuits and therefore hadn't continued to come to the club room to learn baking. But it turned out she hadn't come to school at all?
"But shouldn't you contact her parents about something like this?"
"Her parents are on a business trip abroad and cannot be reached for now. I went to her house, but found nothing…" Hiratsuka Shizuka replied sternly. "Yesterday, Yukino found out about this and also went to Yuigahama's house to help look for her."
"You told Yukino yesterday, but you're only telling me today… It seems that for Hiratsuka-sensei, Yukino is more trustworthy than I am, huh?"
"That's not the point. What I want to say is," Hiratsuka Shizuka continued, "Yukino didn't come to school today either. Do you know anything?"
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