But thinking about the Nekomata's soul merged within her body, Yukino realized that this setting was quite strange.
Suddenly, without any warning....
Her body underwent a strange change.
Cat ears, a cat tail, and heterochromatic eyes!
"Wh...?!!"
Yukino felt a sudden, inexplicable sense of danger, which triggered the Nekomata's stress response within her.
"Yukino, you, why are you wearing revealing clothing... and running outside?"
Haruno felt like the alcohol had gone to her head and she was hallucinating.
"Oh-ho?"
"Is this the power of the Dark Demonic Cat?" Rikka expressed calmness.
"Huh?"
Touka, the only one present who was completely clueless, widened her eyes in astonishment.
"This feeling, it's like there's something...!" Rukia's face was full of vigilance.
"Calm down, it's just some ghosts." Tenya continued drinking tea.
"???"
Touka was utterly confused.
No, buddy?
Calm down and it's just ghosts, how did you put these two words together?
"I, my current appearance..."
Yukino subconsciously quickly covered her ears and hid her tail.
"Don't worry, I've helped you conceal your Aura."
"Now, besides us, no one will see your appearance."
Tenya applied Aura Concealment on Yukino in her cat-girl form.
"So that's how it is..."
Yukino glanced at her sister sleeping soundly in her arms and immediately let out a sigh of relief.
What she didn't notice was that Haruno's closed eyelids twitched slightly.
"Why are you all so calm?" Touka had an expression of disbelief.
"Calm down, Holy Adjuster."
"With the Evil King's True Eye User here, there's no need to be surprised."
Rikka took off her eyepatch, revealing her golden pupils.
"Rikka, you, your eyes... That's not colored contacts?"
Touka's eyesight was very good, and she could tell at first glance that her younger sister wasn't wearing colored contacts, those golden eyes looked real.
"Heh heh~ Now you believe I'm the Evil King's True Eye User, right?" Rikka put her hands on her hips and nodded.
To demonstrate her power, she even levitated the tableware on the table, making it float in mid-air.
This completely dumbfounded Touka.
Hey, hey!
Isn't that Chuunibyou?
You're doing it for real?!
"Rikka, don't show off your abilities casually."
"You'll scare Touka-san like this."
Tenya said this, then activated his Sharingan, carefully observing the anomalies in the sky.
"...I think your eyes are scary enough too!" Touka was speechless with shock.
Rukia said, "Tenya, stop joking!"
"How should we deal with so many anomalies?"
Rukia looked up at the sky with a solemn expression.
What she saw was a swarm of bizarre-shaped anomalies, moving slowly across the sky like a thick black cloud.
"..."
Yukino had already witnessed anomalies twice firsthand and had mentally accepted the objective fact that ghosts existed in the world.
However, the sheer number of anomalies before her still made her scalp tingle.
"The anomalies didn't provoke you, so why are you bothering with them?" Tenya put away his Sharingan, having no intention of taking action.
"This..."
Rukia was momentarily speechless.
Rikka said, "It's truly a shame, Shinigami Rukia."
"We are not messengers of justice."
Rikka knew Tenya's personality well. He wasn't the type of man who liked to meddle in others' affairs.
"But..."
Rukia hesitated to speak further, but upon careful observation, the direction the group of anomalies was heading was an uninhabited wasteland.
It seemed like they wouldn't cause any impact?
"Within three years, I will make this place..."
Kiyomi closed the folding fan in her hand, pointing towards the vast, dark, and desolate wasteland across the river.
Then she made a passionate declaration, "Into the most luxurious resort in all of Chiba, no! In all of Japan!!!"
With that, the banquet successfully concluded.
"I need to properly process what happened tonight." Touka rubbed her temples, looking very tired.
"Well then, let's go home!"
Rikka held her sister's left hand and Rukia's right hand, her face beaming with a happy smile.
"Goodbye, Yukinoshita." Tenya waved goodbye.
"Mhm~"
"Well then, good night."
Yukino awkwardly raised her hand and gave a small wave.
She thought to herself, 'This is how friends say goodbye to each other, right?'
'Is he shy about even this?'
'So cute~'
Tenya heard Yukino's thoughts and showed a pleased smile.
"Shy about what? Where am I shy?"
"Hmph!"
"Meaningless..."
"Let's go!"
Yukino turned around and left in embarrassment and anger.
.....
The next morning
Monday, time for school.
"Good morning, Tenya-kun."
"Good morning, Megumi."
"Hmm~ When did you start calling me by my name?"
"Is that not okay?"
"It's okay, Tenya-kun ."
The daily conversation with Megumi was plain and comfortable.
"My morning magic is a bit lacking..."
Rikka, who was slumped on her desk, sleepy, had her ahoge on top of her head wilted.
"You slept with Touka-san last night and got overly excited, right?"
Rukia covered her mouth and chuckled, stating the reason for her lack of sleep.
"So that's it, how about this."
"You can come sleep at my place, my bed is quite big."
Tenya suggested with a serious face.
"Eh, um~ Isn't this sexual harassment?" Megumi gave her usual retort.
Yui performed her unique greeting, "Yahallo!"
"Tenya-kun, Rikka-san, Rukki~"
Tenya returned the same greeting, "Yahallo~"
"Today's Yui is full of energy as always."
"Yo! Good morning, Tenya."
Surprisingly, this was the first time Yumiko had taken the initiative to greet him.
"Wh-what's with that?"
"You look very surprised!"
"Aren't we friends?"