Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today

Chapter 17: Rendezvous, Hisuhito and Nana Ming

Hishito Kugi looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka in front of him. No matter how you looked at her, she was a super cute girl. She was completely different from Kugisaki!
"Hello, my name is Knotweed Hisahito, please give me some advice!"

He greeted Fujimaru Ritsuka warmly, and then asked curiously:

"Are you also a first-year student, but why haven't I seen you before?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka replied:
"Hello, I'm Fujimaru Ritsuka, please give me some advice. Because I only entered school these two days."

"So it is."

Knotweed Hisahito was suddenly stunned, and then he quickly asked:
"What about Fushiguro and Kugisaki? Have you met them? How are they now?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded and said:
"Well, I have met them. They are now preparing for the next exchange meeting between sister schools in Kyoto."

"Bilary also told me about you."

Hishito Kizumi said unexpectedly: "Hey, what did she say about me?"

"She said that you died in a battle with a curse spirit, so she and Fushiguro-san would work together for your sake. But I didn't expect to see you here."

"There are many reasons for this."

Knotweed Hisahito scratched his head, not knowing where to start.

At this time, Gojo Satoru interjected with a smile:
"Anyway, our Knotweed classmates are in the state of suspended animation! We plan to wait until the day of the exchange meeting to give them a surprise, so please keep it a secret."

"That's it, please keep it a secret for me!"

"Ok, I see."

Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded in understanding, looking at the bright smile of Japanese knotweed Yuhito in front of him, and held a moment of silence for him in his heart.

On the other side, Nanami Kento said to Gojo Satoru without any pretense:

"The mission that Knotweed and I carried out this time is definitely not at the level that a novice conjurer who performs a mission for the first time should be exposed to. I think your choice to let her participate in this mission is extremely irresponsible."

"It's really a harsh criticism."

Standing next to the serious Nanami Kento, Gojo Satoru's frivolous temperament became more and more obvious. He smiled and said:

"But don't underestimate Ritsuka-san, she is very strong."

"No, I'm not talking about strength. But forget it, no matter what I say, you won't change your mind, right?"

"Yes, that's it! So please~!"

Gojo Satoru happily patted Nanami Kento's shoulder and said, 'You still understand me! ' look.

Then, he smiled at the people in front of him and said:

"I still have things to do next, so I'll leave this to you, then..."

As he said that, he made a 'bye' gesture and then disappeared in front of them in an instant.

Everyone was used to Gojo Satoru coming and going without a trace. Looking at the place where he disappeared, Nanami Kento sighed imperceptibly, then looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka, bowed and said hello seriously:

"First meeting, Fujimaru-san."

Fujimaru Ritsuka responded equally politely:
"This is our first meeting, Nanami-sensei. Also, just call me Ritsuka, because calling me Fujimaru sounds like calling me a boy's name."

"Okay, Ritsuka-san."

At this time, Knotweed Hisahito quietly approached Fujimaru Ritsuka, and thoughtfully helped Nanami Kento add:

"Because Nana Ming is not a faculty member, you don't need to call him teacher. You can call him Nana Ming."

So Fujimaru Ritsuka changed his words very naturally:

"Okay, Nana Ming."

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Nanami Kento pushed up his glasses silently, choosing to pretend that nothing happened, and continued:

"I will be responsible for you during the next period of time. I know that students like you are at their most lively, but I also ask that you obey the most basic orders during the mission."

"Yes, I understand." Fujimaru Ritsuka responded.

"Then let's get straight to the point."

"Okay, everyone please follow me."

Itichi Kitaka brought everyone to the nearby combat conference room belonging to the magic world.

This is a small room with several chairs, a blackboard and a TV screen.

Itachi Chitaka posted a map with many things marked with a red pen on the blackboard, and then told Fujimaru Ritsuka the whole story of the mission.

Yesterday, a curse attack occurred in a movie theater. During the investigation, they encountered several monsters transformed from humans, and speculated that the person behind the two incidents was likely to be the same person.

Based on a series of clues, they found a suspect——

A young student, Yoshino Junpei, who attended the same high school as the victims and was sitting in the same movie theater as the victims on the day of the incident.

Today, Hisato Kizune and Kitaka Itachi are about to set off to investigate Yoshino Junpei.

It turns out that we have already reached this part.

Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at Yoshino Junpei escaping from the movie hall in the surveillance video, thinking deeply in his mind.

Suddenly, her thoughts wandered.

Speaking of which, he is Bartholomew Roberts' type.

"Ritsuka-san, your mission is to investigate Yoshino Junpei together with Kugaweed-san and the others, and find out his relationship with the victims and his relationship with this incident. Do you understand?"

"understand!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded in agreement, and then asked:
"In other words, Nana, do you want to investigate the more dangerous other side by yourself?"

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As soon as these words came out, Ichijie Gao and Kizuna Hisahito looked at her in surprise, wondering how she noticed it.

Nanami Kento's movements also paused, but his expression could not be seen through the glasses.

Yesterday it was Knotweed's classmate, and today it's Ritsuka's classmate. Are all students today so sharp?

While thinking, he nodded and admitted:
"That's true, but this is the decision and arrangement I made as the person in charge of the mission. Do you think there is any problem?"

something wrong.

According to the original work, Nanami Kento will have his first confrontation with the super-level cursed spirit in this investigation, and the outcome will be a retreat with minor injuries.

But she was afraid that her arrival would cause a butterfly effect, turning the showdown to an unknown outcome.

So she said:

"no problem."

"But I hope Nana Ming you can bring this with you."

With that said, she took off the bracelet on her right hand, handed it to Nanami Kento, and said with a smile:
"This is my amulet. If you bring it, Nana Ming, I can be considered as providing a help."

"Ah, it turns out there is such an operation!!"

Knotweed Hisahito suddenly understood, and then he quickly began to search for anything on himself that could be used as a talisman.

Sadly, no such thing exists.

So Yuhito Knotweed looked at Nanami Kento pitifully, like a puppy that had done something wrong.

Nanami Kento ignored Knotweed Hisahito's tricks. He looked at the rope handed to him by Fujimaru Ritsuka——

Different from the very expensive bracelet on Fujimaru Ritsuka's left wrist, this string of bracelets seems to be woven from the white hair of some kind of animal. It looks quite simple in appearance, like a hand-knitted piece given by a friend with mediocre skills. Taste.

In the end, Nanami Kento decided to take over the rope.

"Then, thank you for your thoughtfulness, I will take it with me for the time being."

(End of this chapter)