"No problem, so it's normal for a high school student to have some small gadgets, right?" Yuusheng stood behind Takahashi Ryoichi, enjoying his performance.
"Bang!"
After successfully making a cut on the window, Takahashi Ryoichi reached in and unlatched the window.
"The Bandage Man is here!"
Takahashi Ryoichi pushed open the window, pulled an axe from his stomach, and after saying this in a low voice, he slipped into the room... "Ah!"
A terrified scream echoed throughout the entire villa.
Sonoko had been dozing off, hugging Ran, when she felt an unusually intense burning sensation in her sleep. She rubbed her eyes, and just as she was about to ask what was wrong, she saw a dark figure standing in the room, holding an axe high.
"Ran, Ran, wake up!" Sonoko tried her best to control her fear, shaking Ran desperately, attempting to rouse her.
"Sonoko..."
After suffering a huge psychological blow during the day and getting soaked in the rain, Ran was finally struck by illness and developed a high fever.
"Am I going to die?" Listening to Sonoko's terrified shouts by her ear, Ran found that she couldn't open her heavy eyelids.
"Sonoko, Yuusheng..." Ran felt her consciousness blurring, her voice becoming weak and trembling... "Die!"
Takahashi Ryoichi's face was distorted with rage as he raised the axe high in his hand and brought it down with all his might towards his target.
He thought to himself: as long as this woman dies, no one will ever know who the real killer is!
"Yuusheng!"
At this moment, Sonoko suddenly remembered the mysterious small ball Yuusheng had given her.
Sonoko unhesitatingly pounced on Ran, shielding her tightly beneath her, quickly pressed the button on the small ball, then closed her eyes tightly, waiting for judgment to descend.
"Bang!"
Takahashi Ryoichi held the axe, now only a wooden handle, and stared in astonishment at a shield slowly rising from beneath Sonoko.
Immediately after, Takahashi Ryoichi was directly bounced away by the expanding shield.
"Phew, you scared me..." Yuusheng breathed a sigh of relief, his previously tense nerves relaxing.
He lowered the finger that had been aimed at Takahashi Ryoichi, secretly glad that Sonoko hadn't forgotten to use the shield ball due to excessive panic.
In fact, Yuusheng had been following Takahashi Ryoichi as a precaution.
He was afraid that the two might be startled and forget the shield ball, so he specifically followed to add an extra layer of security.
"Alright, now it's my turn to make an entrance." Yuusheng watched Takahashi Ryoichi run out, then quietly returned the way he came, arriving back at the door of Ran's room.
He canceled the invisibility effect of the Snake Talisman. By this time, everyone had heard the noise and came out of their rooms.
Yuusheng raised his leg and kicked the door with force; the door instantly flew open.
"Sonoko, Ran, are you two alright!"
"Yuusheng!" Hearing Yuusheng's voice, Sonoko, who had been lying on Ran, immediately pounced over and hugged Yuusheng tightly.
"There, there, don't be afraid, I'm here." Yuusheng gently comforted Sonoko, while also looking at Ran, who was still suffering from a high fever.
"What exactly is going on?" Suzuki Ayako and the others also rushed into the room. When they saw the broken window and Yuusheng and Sonoko hugging, they quickly asked what had happened.
"It's, it's the Bandage Man, he tried to attack Ran!" Sonoko recounted her terrifying experience with a face full of fear.
"Sonoko, are you hurt?" Suzuki Ayako looked at her overly frightened sister and was about to go check on her condition.
"Don't..."
Before Yuusheng could finish his sentence, Suzuki Ayako was bounced away by the shield.
At this moment, everyone noticed a transparent shield enveloping Sonoko and the two others.
"What is this?" Kakutani Hiroki helped Suzuki Ayako up and stepped forward to tentatively touch it. He immediately felt a resistance, blocking his path forward.
"Yuusheng?"
Sonoko saw her sister get bounced away and also noticed the shield. She knew very clearly that this shield had emerged from the small ball she was clutching in her palm... Yuusheng briefly explained the principle of the shield ball to them, emphasizing that it was a unique security tool that only he could create.
"That's amazing! Are high school students already this incredible?" Kakutani Hiroki and the others looked at Yuusheng in surprise, completely unprepared for the fact that this high school student was also a great inventor.
Suzuki Ayako gazed at the small ball in Sonoko's hand, lost in thought: if this kind of small ball could be mass-produced, then Yuusheng's value would be immeasurable.
Originally, Suzuki Ayako had been indifferent to her sister's desire to find a boyfriend. After all, as the heiress of the Suzuki Conglomerate, Sonoko could still fully enjoy the beautiful taste of love for now.
But once she married, the family would carefully arrange Sonoko's future, including her marriage.
However, after witnessing the shield ball demonstrated by Yuusheng, Suzuki Ayako suddenly realized that the situation might change... "Yuusheng, what should we do? Ran has a high fever."
Sonoko, still shaken, was clinging to Yuusheng, but then remembered how she couldn't wake Ran earlier. She immediately jumped down to feel Ran's forehead.
"So hot!" Sonoko's heart jumped; this temperature was definitely not normal!
"Sonoko, I'm so cold, am I going to die?" Ran said weakly. She could feel everything that had just happened, but she was completely powerless and couldn't move.
"No, no, Ran, what nonsense are you talking about?" Sonoko cried out loudly, hugging Ran.
The few people standing outside the shield also felt a pang of panic when they heard Sonoko's words. It was late at night, in the deep mountains, the only exit was gone, and they couldn't contact the outside world.
If such a high fever didn't receive timely treatment, something serious could really happen.
For a moment, none of them knew what to do.
"Yuusheng, what should I do..." Sonoko's snot was running as she cried, looking helplessly at Yuusheng. Now, she could only place her hope in him.
Pinching Sonoko's nose, Yuusheng first quietly said to Suzuki Ayako and the others, "I have a special way to reduce fever, but I need you all to step out for a moment, alright?"
After the others silently closed the door and left the room, Yuusheng finally showed a gentle smile and softly comforted the tear-stained Sonoko, "Don't worry, trust me."
"Mhm!" Sonoko nodded heavily, tears still flowing.
Listening to their voices, Ran, whose consciousness was blurred by the high fever, used all her strength to open her eyes. She saw Yuusheng walk in front of her and gently place his palm on her abdomen.
As Ran felt waves of warmth emanating from her abdomen, she suddenly heard Yuusheng's low voice by her ear: "Didn't I say I'd tell you about my other identity once we got home? I'll tell you now, ahead of time!"
As soon as he finished speaking, under Sonoko's astonished gaze, streams of emerald green spiritual energy began to emerge around Yuusheng's body.
These spiritual energies danced lightly like sprites, joyfully circling around Yuusheng.
Immediately after, under Yuusheng's guidance, streams of agile spiritual energy flowed from his palm towards Ran, who lay on the bed.
They seemed to possess life, gently covering Ran's body, bringing a cool sensation.
"The fever is really going down!"
Listening to Sonoko's words, Ran felt as if she was immersed in a hot spring, her whole body enveloped in a warm sensation. This comfortable feeling made her instinctively want to close her eyes and fall into a deep sleep.
"Sleep well, Ran. When you wake up, it will be a brand new world."
Yuusheng's gentle voice entered Ran's ears. Ran's consciousness began to blur, and she slowly closed her eyes.