It had to be said, after realizing that the classmates around her might not be human, even MEI could not remain entirely calm.
The only thing that gave her peace of mind was that the person sitting behind her was Leo.
Right now, he was the only one she trusted.
"Don't be nervous."
Sitting behind MEI, Leo looked with some amusement at MEI, who was sitting up straight with her whole body taut as a bowstring.
"Didn't I tell you?"
"At least for now, these classmates of ours are living humans."
"It's just that I'm not sure if they are human at other times."
It wasn't that he was deliberately trying to scare MEI. Rather, after confirming through [Tiny Miracle] that these classmates were still human, he wanted to probe deeper into the difficulty level of this event, only for [Tiny Miracle] to go directly on strike!
[Sorry, C-Rank ability has no right to affect the probability of this matter.]
[This ability has been forcibly placed on cooldown. Current recovery time required: 23:59:59]
However, even though it went on strike, [Tiny Miracle] still managed to convey intelligence to him.
It could only be said that this ability born from Kiana was simply god-tier!
Looking at it this way, if he really encountered an enemy he couldn't solve, this ability would instantly be forced into cooldown, rather than being fine if he didn't use it as he had thought.
—This Tongzi's loopholes aren't so easy to exploit!
"Hmph!"
Although she understood Leo wasn't deliberately scaring her, MEI couldn't help but let out a cold snort to show her dissatisfaction.
However, correspondingly, her taut body relaxed slightly, like a cat that was no longer stressed.
"Relax~"
Seeing this, Leo continued to comfort her: "If the sky falls, I'll be there to hold it up."
"If they really all turn into enemies, I will take you and kill our way out."
When saying this, he could be said to have considerable confidence.
After all, having just established a [Bond] with Kiana, he was currently feeling a bit inflated, itching to use his newly acquired super strength.
"..."
This time MEI didn't reply, but silently relaxed her body completely.
Because involuntarily, she recalled the scene in the Honkai Domain where Leo took her and fought their way out from the Homu Sword Sage.
And subsequently, how he forcibly snapped that purple thunder wing for her.
Finally, it was he who stood in front of her, facing the Herrscher-fied Raiden Mei directly.
Precisely because of this, she felt at ease knowing Leo was behind her.
Now listening to Leo's promise to her, she only felt a wave of security welling up in her heart.
Thus, during lunch break—
"Hm?"
Seeing MEI get up and walk in front of him as if no one else was around, Leo couldn't help but be somewhat dazed.
"Why are you still staring?"
Tensing her pretty face, MEI tried hard not to appear abnormal.
Only a faint blush slowly spread across her exceptionally exquisite face.
"Come buy lunch with me."
"Oh, oh oh..."
Hearing MEI say this, Leo stood up with hindsight.
Undoubtedly, he couldn't quite keep up with MEI's changes.
After all, although he went to school with MEI today, as students of Chiba Academy appeared around them, even though MEI walked with him, her whole body still radiated an icy aura that kept people a thousand miles away.
Precisely because of this, he believed no one would think he went to and from school with MEI; they would only think the two just happened to be going the same way.
So in his view, MEI probably didn't want to have contact with him at school.
But now—
"Don't laugh!"
In a corner of the school courtyard, MEI couldn't help but fly into a rage out of humiliation.
But this couldn't be blamed on her. Who let Leo's faint smile look so deserving of a beating? It was to the point that she, an intellectual young girl known for her rationality, couldn't help but want to resort to violence!
"Pfft!"
Leo, who could hold it in originally, completely lost his composure at this moment.
Even though he took a punch from MEI because of it, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Ha, hahaha... so you have this side too..."
"Who do you think caused this?"
Clenching her silver teeth, MEI also understood her soft fist couldn't cause any damage to Leo, and would instead make this guy even more unbridled.
Therefore, she bit fiercely into the yakisoba bread in her hand with an angry face, gnashing her teeth as if she were biting a certain someone!
"Anyway—"
To avoid provoking MEI further, Leo forcibly changed the subject: "The first and second-year students shouldn't be a problem."
"When going upstairs, I probed them through [Tiny Miracle]."
"But when it came to the third year, I could only confirm they are currently still human. When I wanted to probe further afterwards, the skill went into CD."
Previously in the classroom, he could only pass intelligence to MEI in a low voice. Now that it was just the two of them, he could naturally speak more directly.
Furthermore, because his [Bond] with MEI was high enough, while he could see MEI's attribute panel, his attribute panel could also be seen by MEI, so he directly told her about his new ability.
Even on the way to school, he had discussed more uses for this ability with MEI.
But obviously, he had temporarily developed this ability to the extreme; even a genius like MEI couldn't think of more uses for the time being.
"Mn, I understand."
Nodding slightly, MEI finally calmed down.
Next, she proposed: "Then after school, should we also find a classmate to monitor?"
"We could even directly ask them to hang out after school, and then see if any mutation occurs on them?"
"Speaking of which, I saw a group of girls who kept wanting to invite you. How about you use them as a breach point?"
After speaking, she looked Leo up and down.
It had to be said, even with her strict aesthetics, she couldn't help but marvel at Leo's modeling. Thus, it was perfectly normal for the other party to attract the pursuit of those female classmates.
—If only his personality could be a bit more decent!
"Let's forget it."
Shaking his head, Leo said solemnly: "Leaving aside that we have to go see that second-year junior after school today, even without this matter, I wouldn't do that."
"Oh?"
Seeing Leo's serious face, MEI was somewhat surprised.
"Either I really make friends with them, or I directly stalk them."
With no trace of falsehood in his deep black eyes, Leo said righteously: "Using making friends as bait to establish a connection with them, doing such a thing is simply too despicable."
He knew what his advantages were, but precisely because of this, he had self-awareness in this regard.
It's just—
"Isn't direct stalking even more despicable?"
Although she said that, the look MEI cast at Leo couldn't help but reveal a trace of appreciation.
Undoubtedly, she hadn't thought of this point when she proposed it just now.
Otherwise, with her personality, she absolutely wouldn't have said it.
"Can that be the same?"
Facing MEI's questioning, Leo instantly dismissed the comparison.
"My heart and actions are utterly unclouded. They are all those of 'Justice'!"
After speaking, he put on a solemn expression, looking magnificent.
However, MEI didn't know if it was her illusion, but Leo, who was saying such lines, was full of a villain's aura.
"Furthermore—"
Leo, not knowing what MEI was thinking, put away his joking manner and said seriously: "Didn't you feel their hostility towards you?"
After speaking, he looked at the somewhat dazed MEI in front of him with a helpless yet amused expression.
Precisely because of this, the option of being friends with these girls didn't exist in his choices.
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