“You said it was a symbol of your friendship, right?” Higashigumo Sugi asked, puzzled.
“It was a symbol of our friendship,” Yuigahama Yui replied, her expression complicated. “But after it got lost… it ended up being the reason we avoided each other. It ended up hurting...
2025-06-11 08:33:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe Service Club. Inside the clubroom.
Yukinoshita Yukino sat on the chair by the window. The muscle soreness from earlier had long faded, but she hadn’t moved the table away.
After all, having the table there made it more comfortable to read.
Her hand continued flipping throu...
2025-06-11 08:33:00 +0000 UTC View Post“...AAAAAAHHHHH!!!” Hiratsuka Shizuka grabbed her already messy hair and made it worse. “That damn brat! I swear, I don’t care if I have to use force—I’m dragging him to the hospital myself!”
“With his physical capabilities, I doubt it would be that easy,” Yukinoshita Yuki...
2025-06-11 08:32:55 +0000 UTC View Post“About Higashigumo?” Hiratsuka Shizuka flicked a cigarette from her pack and clamped it between her lips. “What brought that up all of a sudden?”
“This is part of the correction process,” Yukinoshita Yukino answered flatly. “His behavioral issues are more severe than I origina...
2025-06-11 08:32:46 +0000 UTC View PostThe first command was to wear the cat-ear headband.
The second command was to let him take a photo.
Once again, Yukinoshita Yukino realized she had underestimated him.
Or rather—she had reached a new understanding of just how devious Higashigumo Sugi could be.
He didn’...
2025-06-11 08:32:36 +0000 UTC View PostAccording to historical records, before the Eternal Freeze, Belobog once saw many winged beings soaring through the skies.
But never—not once—did those include humans.
Now, every surrounding Silvermane Guard looked like they’d seen a ghost. Mouths hung open. Eyes wid...
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Sampo: “You three look unfamiliar. And judging by the fact that you just fell out of the sky… are you by any chance from another world?”
March 7th: “Yes, we’re Nameless from the Astral Express. We’re here to find—”
Before she could finish,...
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Once the two rainbow-generating beauties had finished their colorful masterpiece, Lingzhou kindly handed them each a thermos.
"Rinse your mouth."
March 7th took it and sipped tentatively.
A warm wash, a gulp of hot water—the comfort that surged through her felt like narrowly s...
2025-06-11 08:32:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe sequence where the Astral Express arrives on Jarilo-VI played out just like in the closed beta.
Ah Xian wasn’t really paying attention to the visuals.
Her curiosity was focused on one thing: with the addition of new character Lingzhou in the launch version, who would now be assi...
2025-06-11 08:32:17 +0000 UTC View PostAs she watched them disappear upstairs, Himeko couldn’t help but smile.
“Looks like things are going to be a lot livelier from now on.”
“Good,” Welt said. “The rest of us are a bit too serious. Trailblazing needs a bit of lightness too.”
He had seen much—enough t...
2025-06-11 08:32:13 +0000 UTC View PostTaking advantage of having both the heir of a merchant guild and the successor of an exorcist clan present, Jiang Bai pulled out the adeptus texts he’d found above the clouds.
The back of the mechanical crane was plenty spacious, and its long neck shielded everyone from the stron...
2025-06-11 08:31:39 +0000 UTC View PostWhether it was beggar’s chicken or bamboo rice, neither dish was easy to prepare properly.
The meat of a wild mountain chicken was nothing like that of a domesticated bird—leaner, tougher, and far more flavorful. It had bite, but also depth.
Xiangling first cleaned the chicken, ri...
2025-06-11 08:31:35 +0000 UTC View PostSeeing the confused looks on everyone’s faces, Cloud Retainer and Moon Carver exchanged a silent glance.
“Looks like… they don’t know his true identity?”
“We barely recognized him ourselves. It’s not surprising. But the real question is—should we tell them...
2025-06-11 08:31:31 +0000 UTC View PostHu Tao was still pestering Guoba for a birthday gift.
Guoba scratched his head anxiously for a while, then finally pulled out a bright red chili pepper.
“Lu-luuu~”
Gift. This.
Hu Tao examined the pepper curiously. She had no idea what it was for.
But Jia...
2025-06-11 08:31:26 +0000 UTC View PostJueyun Karst, within the Adepti’s private realm.
Carrying a food box, Shenhe stepped through the adepti’s barrier and entered the hidden domain.
From the outside, it looked like an unremarkable cave—narrow and unassuming—but beyond the wards lay an en...
2025-06-11 08:31:22 +0000 UTC View Post[Due to the overwhelming difference in power, the battle between Zoroark and Golem could only be described as one-sided slaughter.]
[Though Golem’s body was encased in heavy rock armor, its sheer bulk also meant it was agonizingly slow.] 2025-06-11 08:31:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Cynthia walked beside Elias, scanning the members of the Galaxy Team—and couldn’t help but suck in a sharp breath.
At a glance, she recognized several familiar faces.
First and foremost was Kamado at the center. If she wasn’t mistaken, this man had to be the ancestor of Professo...
2025-06-11 08:31:13 +0000 UTC View PostWithout the Tablets, all of its attacks were nothing but a joke to Arceus.
That was why Giratina remained so fixated on them.
On the other side of the mirror, seeing that Giratina—like last time—showed no signs of hostility, Zoroark lowered her guard a little.
Lucario, howev...
2025-06-11 08:31:09 +0000 UTC View Post"When we found them, they were setting up camp at the base of the Alabaster Icelands."
"Most likely, they landed on the beach and trekked through the forest all the way here."
The Pearl Clan Chief laid out the situation calmly.
Elias nodded, now understanding the gravity of it.<...
2025-06-11 08:31:04 +0000 UTC View PostA bold idea surfaced in Zoroark’s mind—only to be quickly smothered in frustration.
The reason was simple: the ores needed refining.
According to Irida, legend had it that [Origin Ore] must undergo a complicated process before it could be used to suppress Pokémon...
2025-06-11 08:30:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe Fantasy Tree continued its rapid growth, its sprawling branches stretching ever outward toward the ends of the stars.
If one looked closely at its coiling limbs, they could see radiant rivers of starlight—trails of the galaxy weaving through its form.
Its size was incomparable t...
2025-06-11 08:30:49 +0000 UTC View Post[Cleansing].
This was the name Abe no Seimei gave to his purge a thousand years ago, during the Heian period—a sweeping campaign to eliminate all yōkai who refused to bow to him, solidifying his claim as the King of the Night.
Because of this act, much of yōkai hi...
2025-06-11 08:30:44 +0000 UTC View PostFlames flickered softly in the dark.
The charred remains of some poor soul’s car burned nearby, orange tongues licking at twisted metal. The acrid stench of gasoline saturated the air, heavy and choking.
It was uncertain whether a secondary explosion might follow… Thankfully, ther...
2025-06-11 08:30:40 +0000 UTC View PostIt was sometime between 3:00 and 4:00 a.m.
That strange hour when night owls were still awake, wage slaves had already returned to their posts, and the city itself remained asleep. Silence and gloom reigned supreme.
There was no moon in the sky—thick, brooding clouds obscured everyt...
2025-06-11 08:30:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe summoned shikigami Tamainu, conjured by “Abe no Ariyuki,” exchanged stability for greater destructive power. One after another, black shadow-hounds howled and lunged into the horde of hellspawn, claws ripping through floorboards and air alike. They carved through flesh like wolves unleash...
2025-06-11 08:30:31 +0000 UTC View PostRuins of Aokijō
Located within Tokyo and technically under the Nura Clan’s jurisdiction, the place was completely deserted.
Neither humans nor yōkai ever came here. It was as if, on a subconscious level, everyone recognized the ruins of Aokijō as a f...
2025-06-11 08:30:24 +0000 UTC View Post“But even if you say that… this humble monk has never claimed to be a good person.”
Caught red-handed, the "Nura Wakana" reclining on a tree branch showed not a hint of guilt. Instead, she covered her red lips with her sleeve and smiled charmingly. With a soft sway, she floated down f...
2025-06-11 08:30:19 +0000 UTC View PostKeikain Yura’s voice was a little hesitant. Seated beside her, Ashiya Douman (or rather, Limbo) responded with a gentle smile.
“Fufufu~ No need to be so nervous, really. I couldn’t very well leave a little girl like you drooling outside the shop now, could I?”
“Ugh…”
... 2025-06-11 08:30:14 +0000 UTC View PostIbaraki’s weapon was no divine blade, no legendary demon sword with a name to echo through the ages.
But it was something only a true oni could wield—a massive bone blade forged from pure malice and curses, an edge so steeped in yōki it could shake the very moonlit night.
<... 2025-06-11 08:30:08 +0000 UTC View PostAfter arguing back and forth for a while, Ibaraki-dōji was becoming increasingly confused.
There was a theory that Ibaraki-dōji was actually a woman—and even Shuten-dōji’s wife.
...Could he really be a fake?
SMACK!
Ibaraki slapped himself hard acro...
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