I, holding a long sword in my hand, only know one move

"It's too dark here, and I only brought one flashlight. Hold on tight to prevent us from getting separated!" As the only girl among the three, Sasaki-senpai is still rude to this day.

"So why not bring three flashlights?"

"Because if there are too many flashlights, there won't be such a scary atmosphere!"

"After all, I'm still afraid."

The expressions of the two people holding the knotweed tightened, and they both closed their mouths and remained silent.

Indeed, if it were not for the leadership of classmate Huzhang this time, the two of them would not dare to come even if they had no courage.

After a brief exchange, the atmosphere fell silent again. Apart from the rustle of a few people stepping on the grass, there was only the sound of wind and the occasional chirping of insects.

We are now almost halfway into the woods, and the three of us have not seen any so-called "supernatural phenomena." However, for the members of the Spiritual Research Club, whether there are really supernatural phenomena is not the point, but to find out. And the excitement of exploring the unknown and the adrenaline rush that comes from exploring supernatural phenomena.

"Senior, we have almost reached the end. Do you want to go back?"

Hezhuang looked at the forest path that had almost ended in front of him and waved the flashlight around.

Iguchi and Sasaki looked at each other, and then Iguchi suggested: "Then... today's supernatural adventure will probably end here..."

"good."

Click, as the knotweed turned off the flashlight, darkness instantly surged from the surroundings, wrapping the three of them, and accompanied by the leaves rustling in the wind, suddenly caused the two of them to scream.

"Ahhhh!!"

"Why are you turning off the flashlight? Turn it on quickly!"

"Hey, isn't the adventure over?"

"When it's over, you have to go back with a flashlight, because you won't be able to see the road clearly!"

Click...

The light of the flashlight tore through the darkness again. Looking back, the two seniors behind him were obviously sweating profusely. As a girl, Sasaki looked like he was about to cry.

"Haha... I'm sorry, I was just joking." The young man smiled and touched the back of his head, "Wouldn't it be very exciting? This ordinary adventure is not in vain."

"...Although I can consider that you were playing a prank to take care of the atmosphere, it's still a bit too scary. People thought the flashlight really broke suddenly!" Sasaki tugged on the corner of the knotweed's clothes and complained a few times. However, after this joke passed, it seemed that my fear of the dark was not as strong as before.

"Then let's go back."

"good..."

The knotweed's attempts to turn around were unsuccessful.

"Senior...senior?"

"What, what's wrong?"

"You seem to be holding me tighter. I can't even turn around."

Not only is it unable to turn around, but the range of movement of both Knotweed's arms is now restricted. The timid two people didn't seem to want to let go, so the tiger stick could only lead the two of them in a semicircle, turning around and walking back.

The behavior of the boys and girls was clearly seen by Cheng Rang, who was squatting on a tree nearby.

I originally thought there was some kind of cursed monster wandering in the woods, so I came over to take a look, but I didn't expect that it was just students who came here to participate in the courage test competition... This guy, Knotweed, is indeed the most courageous one.

But as a senior, it’s too shameful to hide behind a junior!

The corners of Cheng Rang's mouth slowly raised, and he couldn't hold back his desire to cause trouble. To put it more simply, he was full of fun...

"So how brave is this guy Knotweed?"

With this thought in mind, Cheng Rang's figure disappeared from the branch of the tree with a crash in the next second.

...

"I said...this is the path we took here, right?" Senior Iguchi looked around, feeling that the environment was getting stranger and stranger.

"Yes, because there is only one way in. It feels strange because you kept your eyes closed when you came here, Iguchi-senpai."

"Nonsense, why have I kept my eyes closed?"

Click!

With the sudden sound of branches breaking in the silence, the three of them stopped suddenly.

"Hey! What was that sound just now?"

"Senior Sasaki... don't hang on me all of a sudden..." Kizweed looked helpless. After hearing this, Senior Sasaki suddenly blushed, but fortunately the environment was dim. , no one can detect it.

Picking up a trampled branch from under his feet, the knotweed picked it up and showed it to the two people behind him.

"Look...it's just a branch. Seniors always make a fuss about it."

But unlike Senior Iguchi who breathed a sigh of relief, Sasaki's voice was a little trembling, and she pointed to the footprints where the three of them came.

"But... why did this branch appear on the footprints when we came here? There was no such thing on the route we came here the first time, right?"

"..."

"..."

After a moment of silence, the knotweed again compared the marks on the ground with the marks on the hand.

He looked at the trampled branch and opened his eyes wide.

"...Eh? It seems so. It's amazing!"

"Isn't this magical anymore?" x2

The behavior of trying to raise the atmosphere with complaints seemed to have some effect, but in the blink of an eye, the flashlight in the hand of the knotweed broke into pieces.

Before darkness and fear could fill the surrounding area, the screams of the boys and girls had already pierced the thick canopy of the tree and soared into the sky.

“—Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh help but there!!”

Chapter 7 It’s not impossible to work part-time

It turned out that Cheng Rang's prank was a success, and Polygonum Weed was one of the people who was frightened and screamed.

Fortunately, Cheng Rang immediately jumped out and revealed his identity, which prevented the two seniors from the Spiritual Research Association from fainting on the spot, who were about to suffer from hypoxia.

At the school gate, under the light of the street lamp, the boys and girls who were taken out of the woods by Cheng Rang were still in shock.

"You are such a bad person. You ran into the woods so late just to scare us?" Sasaki kept patting his chest and complained to Cheng Rang.

Jingguchi continued: "Speaking of Knotweed-san, he is someone you know."

When Cheng Rang jumped out, Hu Zhi, who was standing in front, immediately called out his name. It was obviously possible to infer that the two knew each other.

"Well, it can't be considered acquaintance. At most, it's just a meeting."

"Three hours ago."

Cheng Rang smiled and added: "I'm sorry that I broke your flashlight because of my prank! Here, I'll give you a new one. By the way, this flashlight can capture resentful spirits!"

Sasaki doubtfully took the new flashlight from the smiling man. After looking left and right, he realized that he had never seen a flashlight of this style before.

"Where did you buy this?"

"Imported from abroad, this is a good thing. How about you, can you forgive me~"

Sasaki discovered that this small black flashlight had a line of electroplated white English on it.

[Made by Scranton Foundation: RG-beta0.1.3]

A brand I have never seen or heard of.

"Forget it... It's just an old flashlight that's broken, so I don't expect you to pay for a new one." Sasaki stuffed the flashlight into his pocket and waved his hand.

Even if you say so, why don't you still accept it... He is soft-spoken and short-handed when taking advantage of others. For this reason, several people from the Spiritual Research Society did not pursue it further.

This "adventure" was well worth the money, at least I was really scared.

"But while I like things in horror novels, I'm still so afraid of ghosts. Knotweed is one year younger than you. It's not right to hide behind him all the time."

Cheng Rang said as he patted Hu Zhi's shoulder and looked at the only girl here.

Polygonum cuspidatum does not seem to be disgusted with this kind of familiar behavior, which is also related to his original character.

"It's just because I like it that I'm afraid!"

"If you are still afraid of ghosts, you are too naive, but there is nothing wrong with being naive... After you see such things as human hearts, you may not be afraid of ghosts anymore... It's getting late, hurry back Go home."

After sending away the two seniors from the spiritual seminar, Huzhang looked back at Cheng Rang who was slowly walking back with his pockets in his pockets.

"I'm talking about...Cheng."

"Um?"

"....Is not you going home?"

Cheng Rang stopped, rummaged through his pocket and took out a 500 yen coin.

"I have no money, so I'll sleep on the street tonight. What, have you figured out how to take me in for the night?"

"Ah, I have no such idea at all, it's just..."

...

Ding dong!

“Welcome~”

Huzhang took Cheng Rang to a convenience store and introduced to him: "We are recruiting night shift clerks here. Although the salary is barely normal, you can use the employee lounge for free, which is better than sleeping on the street. "

"Oh... I never thought I could still work part-time. Thank you so much for your kindness, Knotweed-san."

The smile on Cheng Rang's face couldn't be stretched.

work to earn a living? I am a fisherman who even though I am the boss, I have to work part-time? !

"I really... thank you!"

"You're welcome, then I wish you good luck with your work and I'll go home first."

Classmate Huzhang didn't seem to be able to understand the so-called "air" between "adults", but instead asked Cheng Rang to be polite.

I was just fucking like—

snap...

A can of drink was then placed on the checkout counter by the knotweed. He put it in his pocket and stared at Cheng Rang, who was standing behind the checkout counter and holding up a QR code scanner.

The extremely embarrassing air seemed to be freezing towards absolute zero. Cheng Rang mechanically grabbed the drink placed in front of him and scanned it with a barcode scanner.

I glanced at the price displayed on the screen.

"...280 yuan."

"for you."

Hu Zhi took out a few coins and handed them to Cheng Rang's hand.

“Thank you for your patronage and welcome to come again next time~”

(stuff...)

"Hey! You should put money received from customers into the cash register. Don't stuff it into your own pocket. This is a crime!"

...

Anyway, Cheng Rang finally found a job where he could pass the time and earn money.

A job where I have a bed to sleep on - thanks to this guy Hishito the Japanese knotweed.

In the next few days, Cheng Rang would wander around during the day when he got off work, looking for the cursed spirits lingering in the world and exterminating them one by one. However, since most of the curse spirits found by Cheng Rang were weak level 4 curse spirits, Cheng Rang's main quest line 1 was about to arrive three days later (4/5)

It still needs a level 4 or above spell spirit to complete it, and in addition to causing trouble with the spell spirit, Cheng Rang also "enhances feelings" with this guy Hu Zang.

Huzhang is an important figure in the main quest line 2. As long as you keep an eye on him, you can't go wrong. After all, what makes Cheng Rang worry-free is that Huzhang is also an easy-going person in nature, at least in terms of personality, he is quite likable.

Cheng Rang can naturally make others feel relaxed when getting along with him. Of course, Cheng Rang sees the same thing in the eyes of Polygonum Weed, but if it weren't for the fact that [the favorability of the human camp is fixed at 100], it would be impossible to tell.

At this moment, Cheng Rang was leaning on the platform at the intersection, staring at the time on his phone.

"It's almost time."

Looking up in the direction of the intersection, the Japanese knotweed that had arrived on time the past two days did not appear.

"Ah? Do you have a day off today? I remember that this kid comes out of school before five o'clock every day."