With hundreds of years of modern civilization development and the control of supernatural forces comparable to gods, the rules in all aspects of this world have long been planned perfectly without loopholes.
For example, the Heaven Observation Association, as a behemoth that has ruled the world for hundreds of years, has the ten strongest individuals suppressing everything from above, with countless powerful cultivators, awakened beings, espers, and otherworldly creatures joining it.
It is a behemoth even more terrifying than ancient mythological forces like the Underworld and the Heavenly Court.
As for why those cultivators and espers would willingly do these things, it was naturally driven by profit.
The information in the phone vaguely introduced that a battle three hundred years ago seemed to have shattered something, causing the cultivation environment of this world to be unfavorable for those who practiced demonic, angelic, and immortal arts.
On the contrary, espers and awakened beings mutated from humans appeared in large numbers and could increase their strength without relying on the cultivation environment, which was also one of the reasons why forces like demons and angels had not invaded the human world again in recent years.
And the so-called profit was the original crystal that could be exchanged for task points within the Heaven Observation Association. The original crystal contained extremely pure primordial energy that anyone could absorb, and its effect was several times better than cultivation.
As for the source of the original crystal, it seemed to come from a place called the Ruins Battlefield. Looking at the prompt on the phone that his permission was insufficient to view the information about the Ruins Battlefield, Sorata shook his head and put away the phone.
A smile appeared on Sorata's face. "Thank you for me to Buchou Rias."
Without doing anything, he had easily come into contact with information that was upper-level even for many ordinary espers and supernatural beings. It was too easy, and this was Sorata's purpose in choosing to join this research club.
The identity of the next successor of a Duke family among the seventy-two pillars of demons in the Underworld was not just for show.
"We're all members of the Occult Research Club, Kanda-senpai, you don't need to be so polite. Besides, Buchou is usually very good to us. You'll know once you've been around longer."
Speaking of Rias, a light of incomparable admiration and love appeared in Kiba Yuuto's gentle eyes.
Sorata, who didn't have any ill feelings towards Rias and the others in the first place, nodded with a smile, then stood up. "It's getting late, so I won't keep you here, Kiba. I'll treat you to a meal sometime."
"Senpai is treating me to a meal!" Kiba Yuuto was stunned for a moment, then quickly thanked him. "Then Kiba will thank you in advance. Whenever Senpai is free, Kiba will definitely be at your beck and call."
"...Okay." Sorata, who had originally just said a polite remark, only then remembered that this wasn't Xia Country, and they didn't use polite formalities...
Bang bang...
"Ouch..."
After Kiba Yuuto dispelled the barrier, Sorata opened the door, and immediately Misaki Kamigusa and Shiina Mashiro, who had been eavesdropping at the door crack, fell to the floor. Jin Mitaka, standing behind them, shrugged.
"Uh... what are you doing?" Sorata looked at Shiina Mashiro and the others getting up speechlessly.
Misaki Kamigusa first looked at Sorata blankly, pretending not to know anything, with a "who am I, where am I" expression, then suddenly slapped her forehead. "Oh dear... it seems it's my duty today, Junior, I'll go cook."
After saying that, she ran off and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Wait a minute, Misaki, I brought back squid. Let's make grilled squid balls later," Jin Mitaka called out nonchalantly after Misaki ran off, chasing after her.
"..."
Only the honest Shiina Mashiro looked at Sorata with a plain expression, then looked at Kiba Yuuto, and then back at Sorata.
"Stop turning, your head will fall off if you turn any more," Sorata said, placing a hand on Shiina Mashiro's head with a helpless look.
After seeing Kiba Yuuto off, Sorata turned around and saw the three of them looking at him in unison. Knowing that their curiosity wouldn't subside if he didn't say something, he shook his head helplessly.
"It's nothing, Kiba just came to deliver this phone to me. It's a benefit from the research club, everyone gets one." As he spoke, Sorata held up the phone and waved it in his hand.
"Wow, this looks like the latest succubus K series customized version from Trident Mobile Phone Company! It's not available on the market, I've always wanted one but couldn't buy it!" Misaki Kamigusa pounced over and snatched the phone from Sorata's hand excitedly.
Saying that, Misaki Kamigusa looked at Sorata with a pair of pitifully large eyes, her tone very gentle. "Junior, isn't Senpai very good to you?"
Sorata recalled the scenes when Misaki Kamigusa used to suddenly get the urge to take him by taxi or even by plane to go play and eat everywhere during vacations, and he couldn't help but nod.
"Senpai, apart from often causing some headaches, you are indeed very good to me."
"Good Junior, Senpai hasn't taken care of you in vain. This honest attitude is very good," Misaki Kamigusa patted Sorata's shoulder happily. "This phone costs about 100,000 on the market. How about I buy it from you for 500,000?"
"One million."
Just then, Shiina Mashiro suddenly spoke, looking intently at the phone in Misaki Kamigusa's hand.
Well done. Misaki Kamigusa invisibly gave Shiina Mashiro a "good cooperation" look.
After knowing that this phone was given to Sorata by the Occult Research Club, the two geniuses tacitly decided to get rid of this thing that might strengthen Sorata's connection with the Occult Research Club.
"Mashiro, where did you get the money?" Sorata looked at Shiina Mashiro strangely, because as her caretaker, he only received 10,000 yen in living expenses from Chisaka Haruka every week.
As for the reason, Chisaka Haruka said that it was still money she took out of her own pocket.
Because she had a falling out with her family over privately coming to Japan to study and draw manga, Shiina Mashiro's money was all controlled by her parents, so she was actually as penniless as Sorata.
"Borrowed from Misaki," Shiina Mashiro said calmly.
"Mm-hmm... no problem, but I'll offer two million," Misaki Kamigusa nodded first, then held up two fingers in front of Sorata's eyes, tempting him.
Sorata retorted, "Do you guys think this is an auction?"
"This is provided by the Occult Research Club. Wouldn't it be a joke if I sold it? If you really want one, I can ask Buchou's company to produce one for you." Shaking his head, Sorata took the phone from Misaki Kamigusa's hand.
Although he didn't have much money now, Sorata didn't care much about this matter. Otherwise, he only needed to spend a little mental energy to easily get tens or hundreds of millions to use.
Money was dispensable to him. Everyone complained that they didn't have enough money simply because their desires couldn't be satisfied.
For Sorata, it didn't matter whether he ate delicacies cooked by a private chef every day or ordinary meals. Of course, if the conditions were met, it would definitely be better to live more comfortably.
Moreover, Sorata prided himself on being a person who followed the rules, essentially a good person, and generally wouldn't actively break the rules unless he was in a bad mood.
"Kanda, I heard that including you, there are only five people in that research club, and three of them are rare beauties. You need to hold yourself together," Jin Mitaka said from the side, not wanting things to be too quiet, 'kindly reminding' him.
Immediately, Shiina Mashiro's eyes changed slightly, and a hint of irritability and discomfort arose in her heart.
"Eh... what are you guys doing?" Just then, Chisaka Haruka, carrying a handbag, also returned.
"Haruka-sensei is back!" Jin Mitaka said with a smile, "We were just chatting with Kanda about the Occult Research Club he joined."
"By the way, Sensei, you should know the identity of the president of that Occult Research Club, right? Why did she suddenly transfer to Suiko High?"
"I don't know much about those transfer students either. I only know that the principal personally handled their transfer procedures. Their identities should not be simple."
Chisaka Haruka first shook her head, then looked at Sorata. "Kanda joining that club, I've also heard about it from Koharu. Speaking of which, Kanda, why would they take a liking to you?"
Immediately, everyone in the Sakura Dormitory except for Akasaka Ryuunosuke, who was always holed up in his room, gathered in the living room, looking at Sorata with an interrogating air.
Sorata shrugged. "Guess."
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2 Bonus chapter
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4 Bonus chapter.
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