Why are there only loser heroines around me?

I didn't expect that although Xiaoju is not good at making friends, she seems to be very good at theory.

However.....or these letters were not sent for some unknown reason.

Perhaps these things written on the stationery were not "letters" but something like "essays". Yanaijian glanced at them hastily and found that the writing and wording of many letters were quite good. If they were writing letters, the main consideration would definitely be the ease of understanding of the text, and few people would bother with the writing style. Therefore, these letters might not have been intended to be sent from the beginning.

"——Ah~" Yanami sighed and said, "I always feel that it would be a pity to throw these things away. Why don't you keep them, Xiaoju? Wouldn't it be nice to keep them as memories? When you grow up and look back at what you wrote, you will definitely feel very touched, right?"

Ukyo said, "But maybe these things are a dark history for Xiaoju. It's normal for her to not want to see her dark history again, right? Or... Xiaoju might be ready to say goodbye to the past. If that's the case, why not say goodbye cleanly and throw her past away completely."

........

The two threw the box into the trash can in the playground.

Many sports clubs were holding activities, and Ukyo saw Naoya Ogawa again, who was performing a sword show with several of his disciples.

"Yana~, Xiaoju~" Lemon waved at the two of them from the track and field team booth not far away.

Lemon's face was covered in a purple mask, and the track and field team's booth sign read, "You too can compete with the track and field mask and win luxurious prizes!"

"Xiaoju!" Lemon pointed at him in a rather handsome manner and said, "We haven't run together in a long time. With long-distance running, once you slack off, your cardiopulmonary threshold will drop quickly. If I were to compete with you now, maybe I could cheat and win! What do you think, Xiaoju? Let's compete with each other one last time!"

With a lot going on lately, his running frequency has indeed decreased. Due to some unavoidable reasons, he often removes his long-distance running plan every night from his schedule.

There seems to be nothing wrong with going for a run after a long absence.

But his pace won't drop much just because he hasn't practiced for a few days.

The track and field team gifts were cooling spray and Aquarius, seemingly insignificant items to him. The sight of the cooling spray brought back memories of that day in the gymnasium warehouse. Yanami volunteered to track down the murderer who locked up the gymnasium warehouse, but there's been no news to date. Perhaps she'd already forgotten about it.

"Let's run 1500 meters." Lemon said suddenly.

"it is good."

Yana saw that she had already grabbed a piece of Aquarius and a cooling spray. The people from the track and field club stopped her and said, "What's wrong with you? Your friend hasn't won yet! Be careful!"

Yanaijian made a face at her and said, "Those two are my friends! I'll help whoever wins~"

"This..." The member of the track and field team was stunned for a moment, and couldn't think of anything to refute. However, the thing that broke her inner defense might be Yanami's cute face.

Lemon specializes in 1500-meter track and field running, and she has a very clear and skilled physical plan on how to complete this distance.

But Ukyo is different.

The 1500-meter distance was not enough for him to plan his physical strength; he could even speed up throughout the whole process.

The members at the track and field team's booth opened their mouths wide, and at the beginning they were all complaining that this person was "アホウ阿浩 (silly AC)", but after 500 meters, when Ukyo had not slowed down, they all looked like they were slapped in the face, and their slightly opened jaws could not be lifted up at all.

Because it is rare to find someone who can maintain a constant acceleration in 500 meters.

After 1000 meters, he was already two and a half laps behind Lemon. The track and field team coach excitedly tugged at a team member's clothes and said, "Time! Is anyone timing it?"

This was an entertainment competition, so naturally no one was timing.

Ukyo's time was definitely within the world record of 3 minutes 26 seconds 00. As far as their perception of time was concerned, when Ukyo crossed the finish line, only two minutes might have passed.

What's the concept? It's no longer a matter of whether to record it or not. He's simply superhuman! His cardiopulmonary function is probably more than twice that of a normal person.

"Hmph~, give it to me!" Seeing that the fox was taking advantage of the tiger's power, Yana snatched the cooling spray and Aquarius from his teammates in the track and field club.

They didn't care about the bottle of sports drink at all now, and they no longer had any eyes for Yana. Several boys who practiced physical education flew out from the stall with one hand on the railing and surrounded Ukyo who had just finished running.

"How did you do that? How on earth did you do that? Why can't you slow down?!"

"Come join the track and field team! You were born to do track and field!"

"Idiot! Are you Ishifugao? How come you don't even recognize Ukyo? He's a psychic detective. How can psychic detectives be the same as us ordinary people?"

No one cared about Lemon, who was firmly thrown away by Ukyo.

She almost ran the entire course alone, because she had no "reference point", and Ukyo's speed was an invisible pressure on a runner, so her results were not even as fast as before.

Lemon finished crossing the finish line, holding her knees and gasping for breath, then looked up at Youjing helplessly.

He is still like this... No matter what he does, he will become the focus of the crowd. In comparison, the person behind him becomes a complete supporting role.

"Here~" At the back of the empty playground, someone handed Lemon a bottle of Aquarius Lemon to replenish her energy.

"Yana?"

"It's me~, haha, what's with that surprised expression on your face?" Yanami seemed to have anticipated that Ukyo would become the focus of the crowd, so after finishing her run, she came straight to Lemon with a drink and said with the tone of a veteran, "Don't worry, take it. Even the supporting actors should learn to stick together for warmth."

Lemon took the drink and subconsciously said, "So Yanai is also a supporting role?"

"Hehe!" Yanaijian smiled meaningfully, "I am an evolved green leaf. If I used to be just a maple leaf that could be seen everywhere on the roadside in autumn, now I am a camphor tree leaf!"

Lemon asked innocently, "Does it make any difference?"

"Of course!" Yanai said, "A pound of Camphor tree leaves can be sold for 40 yen! And! After a while, I will also become a sun-like existence!"

Lemon looked at the sun that Yana was pointing at.

What happened all of a sudden? It was like my blood was boiling for no apparent reason.

"Yanami, what are you doing?" Ukyo's voice came from the side. He had escaped from the siege of the crowd, and his face was obviously unhappy. Perhaps those people were too enthusiastic, making Ukyo, who suffered from "crowd alienation syndrome", feel uncomfortable.

"Mass alienation" is a disease Yanami made up himself, because Ukyo can always isolate himself from the crowd inexplicably. Even if he is in the center of the crowd and everyone's discussion is focused on him, he will be separated from the crowd by a thin veil invisibly. When he wants to leave, no one stops him and no one notices him, as if it is some kind of strange rule.

"I'm coming!" Yanami caught up with Ukyo with his hands behind his back.

They had agreed to go eat Okonomiyaki together.

.......

.....

Ukyo put a big bag of candies on the table. These were all given by people who came to take photos with him. The midday sun was very warm. He asked Yanami if she wanted to eat more candies. Yanami shook her head, so Ukyo gave all the candies to the little girl who was helping the boss collect money at the Okonomiyaki stall.

"Ahem." A girl wearing sunglasses suddenly inserted herself between the two of them.

For some reason, Chihaya Asagumo suddenly changed into a British-style long trench coat, with the four blue bow ties of the Ishifu uniform visible on her chest. She wore the "Kagotachi" used exclusively by Toyohashi exorcists on her waist, and her light brown eyes under her sunglasses revealed a wise gleam.

"Ukyo Exorcist, I know you're investigating something, and I happen to have the information you're looking for."

Chihaya Asagumo was also in the Night Watch channel, and Ukyo had asked a psychic detective in the United States to help him investigate the warehouse matter in the group, so it was not surprising that Asagumo knew about this.

Not long ago, Ukyo had just received information from his colleagues, but Chihaya was not aware of it, so she naively thought that her information was still "first-hand".

But Ukyo wasn't sure whether Chao Yun's information was different from his.

So he ordered an Okonomiyaki for Chaoyun as well.

Chao Yun ate happily. It seemed that she had chosen meal time to come here just to exchange a meal with You Jing. There was no "price" when exchanging information between them, and everyone always shared it for free.

"You've probably seen Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities, haven't you?"

Having said that, a lot of information is equivalent to being made public invisibly.

It seems that Chaoyun's information is the same as his.

Ukyo's information came from Iwanaga Kotoko, and the message she sent him was just the title of the drama.

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities is a Cthulhu drama that's widely circulated among the general public. It's not that hardcore or difficult to understand, and many people even watch it twice or even three times. This drama has a very deep impact on the memories of ordinary people, and it fully meets the conditions for the advent of "weirdness" in the supernatural resurgence.

After the paranormal resurgence began, the show was officially banned.

But for those who have seen it, it will still leave an impression in their minds.

Ukyo also remembered the general plot of the play——

In the 16th century, the technology and economy of the European continent were far less developed than they are today, so traveling long distances was only a privilege for European nobles and gentry. In order to highlight their wealth and knowledge, they invented a special way of collecting.

The nobles called it the Cabinet of Curiosities.

In this treasure cabinet, there are precious collections brought by traveling nobles from foreign countries, as well as rare treasures collected by some wealthy tycoons. Some brave noble knights will also store the remains of demons they have killed in the cabinet as collections.

Each noble had a different personality and knowledge, so some bizarre and mysterious collections gradually appeared in the cabinet of curiosities.

"Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities" tells the story of those "strange" aristocratic collections.

With this title of the drama, all the information becomes clear.

The first story in the play tells the story of "The Devil in the Warehouse".

The protagonist Nike is a classic American redneck and a Vietnam War veteran, but his unsatisfactory life gradually turns him into an inferior white man. At the beginning of the story, he photographed an abandoned warehouse.

Ukyo temporarily uses "demon" to represent the monster in the first episode. Although this is a Cthulhu-style story, Ukyo vaguely remembers that the Cthulhu flavor of the first episode is not pure. The various weird symbols in it are like simplified or improved versions of the exorcism spells in the Bible.

There is also an inverted five-pointed star symbolizing Satan in the play.

Asagumo said, "The demon in the first episode might be scary to ordinary people, but I remember it wasn't very fast and its strength wasn't very strong, so holy water and salt should be enough to deal with it."

"What I'm more worried about is the show 'Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities.' If someone takes a fancy to the monster in the first episode, it means someone will also be eyeing the monsters in the later episodes. Arrogant humans always think they can control creatures they don't understand well, but the end result is often self-defeating."

You Jingdao: "Most Americans are not optimistic. Their fear of the resurrection of the supernatural is a bit excessive. In order to fight terror, they will do anything. Some people even want to use terror to fight terror. My American colleagues told me about an unknown organization. The people in this organization firmly believe that—

How can mortals resist the invasion of the resurrected spirits? How can they humbly survive in this precarious world? The answer can only be to evolve into a part of the indescribable greatness of the gods!

You Jing said calmly, "People in every country react differently to terror. Rather than embracing unknown terror, our Indian colleagues are praying to their own gods for protection, while those in Europe are trying to find ways to combat terror from their ancient heroic epics. They say there have been a lot of tomb robbers in England lately."

"The British began studying magic, the Americans tried to embrace the great and indescribable, and the Japanese placed their hopes on high school students who awakened superpowers. The responses of people from different countries to disasters all fit my stereotypes of these countries."

"But the British haven't made much progress in their research into magic, while the Americans have embraced the unspeakable, and most of them have ended up losing themselves. Since the start of the psychic resurgence, the US has seen the highest number of missing persons and deaths. Only those who 'dig deep into the ancient art of Qi training' are truly practical. The Taishang Laojun's spells can truly exorcise demons. On this trip to America, I wonder if Laojun can pardon the Western ghosts in Hell."

"Cough cough cough~~" Yanajian was suddenly choked by the Okonomiyaki. She rarely heard Ukyo talk so many words at once. She felt that Ukyo's tone seemed a little angry, but she couldn't understand why he was angry.

 …

...

Youjing helped many people complete the card collection task in the afternoon.

Until the familiar song "Firefly Light" sounded in my ears.

This song is played at the end of every last class at Shifu High School. Generally speaking, the moment this song comes out often means the end of the day.

So on Saturday, what this song foreshadows naturally becomes the end of the Shihu Festival.

Ukyo didn't stay in the academy for even a second.

Even though Yanami was reluctant to see the festival end, it was time for them to leave.

The only person in the academy who knew that they would be leaving for the United States was Chao Yun.

They didn't even tell Xiaoju about this.

Ukyo had long ago cleared Tamaki and Tsukinoki out of the Night Watch channel. Now that Night Watch was more focused on professionalism, there was no need for half-baked psychic detectives to appear in it.

Xiaoju is treated the same as his two seniors. If she can pass the special test of second-level swordsmanship in the future, Ukyo will consider letting Xiaoju rejoin.

He did this not only to highlight the professionalism of the channel, but also to eliminate insiders. After all, ordinary people like Yumu are not as tight-lipped as professionals, and they may leak information inadvertently, so not letting them know more about supernatural things is a way to protect information. At the same time, ordinary people should not have too much contact with the dark side of the world.

If those two guys really failed to get into college, Ukyo could give them a job opportunity for the sake of their friendship.

But now, they should worry about how to continue their studies.

..........

.....

Yanami received a commission on the plane.

"Arthur", a well-known hardworking hunter in the circle, heard that Youjing was going to the United States, so he wanted to ask him to help the local "official investigator" solve a problem, which happened to be related to the warehouse they were investigating.

The general situation is that local investigators are also searching warehouses on a large scale. This matter has become a hot topic after a large number of detectives were killed. Local investigators found a warehouse in a small town called "Avalon". There were many shields in the shape of inverted five-pointed stars in the warehouse, and the warehouse was filled with a large number of dead rats.

They didn't dare to act rashly. They needed an expert in studying demons, and this expert had better be a ruthless person who could chop demons with a knife, because if something unexpected happened during the investigation, the expert who didn't know physical skills would be fed to the demon immediately.

The Avalon Arthur was referring to wasn't the important island from the Arthurian legend, but rather a small town on Catalina Island southwest of Los Angeles, a place Ukyo had searched for on the plane.

How should I put it? It's beautiful, at least that's what the description says. It's very simple and has a very pastoral feel.

Yanami and Ukyo found completely different travel guides. She saw a lot of negative reviews, with foreign tourists complaining about the poor accommodation conditions and the locals' tendency to urinate and defecate anywhere. When strolling in the countryside, one must always pay attention to their feet, otherwise...

"Uh..." Yanami was scratching his head frantically beside Ukyo, "We might need to buy a few more pairs of shoes. I saw in the guide that it's very cold in town right now, so we might need to buy a couple of extra windbreakers."

As for why it had to be a trench coat instead of a leather jacket or windbreaker or other autumn attire, it was because Yanami felt that a legendary detective should wear a trench coat, a beret, and finally a monocle. If he had a wrist crutch that concealed a knife, it would be even more perfect.

In addition, before she came, she went to the constant temperature refrigerator in Ukyo's house and took out the "First Embrace Blood" that Grand Duke Landau had given her last time.

In case of unexpected situations, this thing can be used to save your life. If you are fatally injured, drinking a mouthful of the first blood will not only revive you to full health, but your physical fitness will also be comprehensively enhanced.

Yanami placed the "First Embrace Serum" in a rechargeable constant temperature suitcase. Apart from being a bit heavy and inconvenient to carry, it had no other disadvantages.

After checking the strategy guide, Ukyo closed his eyes and rested.

The journey was long and it was impossible for him to not sleep.

So Yanami waited quietly by the side, and when she felt that Ukyo had fallen asleep, she pretended to fall asleep too.