Animania: Everyone Loves Me

Time seemed to come to a halt.

Perhaps even Yukinoshita Haruno herself hadn't realized, her originally obsidian-black pupils were gradually becoming brighter.

That gaze, simply put, was like a hungry lioness, having crossed mountains and rivers, endured countless hardships, and finally found a strong lion. Controlled by the instinct to reproduce, even her eyes were practically glowing green.

Yukino did not notice this strange detail. The girl was still immersed in the joy of reuniting with a certain someone.

Ever since her home was plagued by an evil spirit, for safety, her sister had specially contacted Shizuka to help her temporarily take a leave of absence from school.

It had been quite a long time since Yukino last attended Shuka Academy, so naturally, she hadn't seen that certain someone either.

Although she believed she held no improper thoughts about Kaito-kun, just purely admired his beauty… Still, reuniting with someone familiar after a long time apart was always something worth being happy about.

"Long time no see."

The beautiful girl nicknamed "Yukino" now had a faint smile hanging on her lips, though small, it was indeed there.

"I didn't expect that today's request would actually be related to you," Kaito nodded slightly. Even before entering this building, he had already sensed the familiar aura. Should he say that the world really is small? You always meet unexpected people in unexpected places.

"Mm-hmm~ So this is Kaito-kun, huh?" Just as the two were exchanging pleasantries, the cheerful onee-san, black short hair, resembling Yukino ninety percent, but with a significantly better figure, smiled and approached, putting her hands together, "No wonder our Yukino always talks about you at home. According to my sister, it's all thanks to your care at school. That must have been hard work, huh?"

"You're too kind, Miss Yukinoshita."

Kaito subtly stepped back a bit. This Miss Haruno, not only did her figure stand at the opposite end of the spectrum from her sister's, but her personality was also far more extroverted. As she leaned in, the distance between them shrank to barely five centimeters, almost close enough to touch faces.

"Calling me 'Miss Yukinoshita' is way too hard to distinguish. There are two Yukinoshitas here, you know?", Haruno didn't mind his retreat at all. She even gave a cute wave, her hearty tone uncannily similar to that iron-fisted female teacher's, "Just call me Haruno, or Haruno-neesan is fine too, since you're little Yukino's friend~"

'A sister's friend is a sister's friend, that's perfectly normal, right?'

'Obviously, boyfriends also fall under the "friend" category.'

'So, Yukino, your sister has spoiled you for so long, letting your future boyfriend bring me some joy as well shouldn't be a problem, right?'

'Besides, this foolish little sister and this Kaito-kun clearly haven't even gotten to first base,' So Haruno felt no psychological burden at all.

Just like how a baby tiger isn't considered a tiger. A calf isn't considered a cow.

From the moment she laid eyes on Kaito, 'Yukino, this brother-in-law, I've decided on him.'

"…Miss Haruno, let's talk about the request instead," Kaito wasn't good at dealing with these passionate, mature onee-san types. Luckily, he wasn't alone, he still had his little secretary.

Secretary Sakiko had seen plenty of bad women trying to make moves on her president. Over time, she'd developed rich battle experience, punching south-mountain cheating cats, kicking north-sea vixens, with the banner reading, "Justice Prevails!"

Seeing the blue-haired young girl named "Togawa Shouko" subtly step in front of Kaito with a protective posture, Yukinoshita Haruno raised an eyebrow but wasn't surprised.

Extreme beauty was like a warrior's treasured blade, cutting through iron like mud. There was no sword light so drifting, no killing intent so poetic.

It made you fall in defeat the moment you were distracted.

Even little Yukino, who always wore a cold, stoic face, couldn't help but be moved. Haruno didn't think this Togawa could resist.

But as a mature and elegant onee-san, she didn't show any strangeness on her face. She simply nodded slightly and led everyone downstairs, driving to a construction site nearby that was still under development.

"This is the place," Standing at the outer perimeter of the site, Haruno's tone turned a bit serious, "Around last month, a construction worker, due to improper operation, fell into the cement mixer and died on the spot. Since then, strange things have been happening on this site."

"First, some workers said they heard familiar screams in the middle of the night. Later, someone even saw a pitch-black ghostly shadow appearing around the site of the original accident at midnight."

"After that… that same mixer involved in the accident caused three more workers to suffer incidents one after another."

Haruno hadn't originally believed that evil spirits or demons existed in this world.

She was a thorough atheist, always sneering at superstitions and ghosts.

But seeing panic spread, and construction workers strongly refusing to continue work, she had no choice but to invite priests and perform rituals. Whether it worked or not, at least it could give the workers peace of mind.

Unfortunately, it didn't help much.

They'd invited plenty of priests, shrine maidens, and onmyoji. But either they were frauds, or their strength was insufficient. Not only did they fail to resolve the site's problems, one unlucky fellow even got scared into a mental breakdown.

The Yukinoshita family had some background in the construction industry, and this construction project was crucial to whether the family could expand its power into Tokyo.

Haruno always acted carefree and joked around in front of her sister, but only she knew, because of the site's troubles, she often had sleepless nights.

Due to the evil spirit not being handled for a long time, construction workers had been on strike for a while. So although it was clearly still an active site, it now looked empty.

From Kaito's perspective, he could see a red monster wearing a dark construction uniform, "barely humanoid," wandering aimlessly in front of a cement mixer.

The reason it was called "barely humanoid" was that it looked like many broken chunks of meat glued together to form a human shape. There were no bones under the skin, making it look soft, limp, and sticky, occasionally dropping bits of flesh from its limbs.

Overall, an ugly thing with a lot of character.

Behind it, a thick aura of blood was gathering, obviously from the resentment of the three deceased workers.

Kaito wasn't interested in wasting time on this kind of small fry monster, especially one that randomly killed innocents, so he raised his hand.

ROAR!

Spiritual power quickly gathered, and in an instant, the familiar flame dragon appeared, letting out a mighty roar.

Kaito casually patted the fire dragon's head. It nuzzled his hand affectionately, completely lacking any domineering aura, instead, it resembled a small puppy being spoiled by its owner.

Secretary Sakiko had already witnessed her president's flame-handling techniques many times, so she wasn't surprised. She merely looked at the fire dragon with slightly envious eyes.

Yukino was also one of the few who knew the truth, so she wasn't too nervous either.

But Yukinoshita Haruno wasn't so calm.

In the previous second, the area had been empty, now, in the next second, there appeared a creature whose claws were thicker than her waist. The always-composed, mature onee-san was genuinely startled.

She instinctively dodged to the side and hid behind Kaito, clutching his arm tightly. Gone was the slyness of a vixen, instead, she looked more like a trembling little white rabbit.

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