The boy who is a shrine maiden does not want to marry

Yui Mizuno subconsciously protected her sister behind her.

"You can leave now." Ming Xue stepped aside to make way. "If anything unexpected happens here, I will come find you afterwards. Don't play any tricks."

Mizuno Mai couldn't hold it in any longer at this moment, and she threw herself into her sister's arms and cried loudly: "Why are we being treated like this?"

"Because you are very suspicious, especially your eyes, which are golden yellow and don't look like what a human should have at all." Ming Xue said in a cold tone.

"Actually, there's something wrong with our irises." Mizuno Mai explained timidly.

After she finished speaking, she turned her head and looked at Ye Yue.

When Ye Yue saw that the other person had looked at her face, she subconsciously lowered her head nervously, because her purple eyes were indeed very strange. Even among pure-bloods, her eyes seemed a little off. At the very least, they should be red, or purple-red.

"Whether your iris is abnormal or you have some secret, you can tell us at the investigation bureau when the time comes." Ming Xue urged, "Please leave now."

Mizuno Mai wanted to say something, but her sister Yui grabbed her sleeve and dragged her out of the dance studio. Then, she left the teaching building at a very fast speed as if avoiding the plague.

"Are we just going to let them go like this?" Ye Yue asked.

Ming Xue nodded slightly, "I will be entering a small space later, and it will be difficult to move around if there are too many people."

In fact, he was still worried that these two people would do something tricky. He had to protect Ye Yue and the client Yasuhara Hiroya, and also guard against the two sisters. If the enemy suddenly appeared, he would not have the energy to deal with so many things.

Reducing the burden is also a defensive measure.

"Then let's go inside together." Ye Yue reached out and held Ming Xue's sleeve.

Ming Xue sighed and said, "No, you have to wait outside and provide support."

Ye Yue pouted but didn't say anything in rebuttal.

Because we had agreed downstairs in advance that all actions would be under command.

"What about me?" An Yuanhao said to Ming Xue at this time: "I am the client, I want to go in."

"For safety reasons, you should stand outside." Ming Xue touched her chin, "But considering your needs, you can come in after I confirm it is safe."

"Why can he enter but I can't?" Ye Yue said a little aggrievedly at this time: "It's true that the wind can enter and the rain can enter, but the king can't enter, right?"

"No, if something happens to me, he and I can buy you time to escape." Ming Xue said what was in her heart.

Yasuhara Hiroya: …

Um...I'm the client!

"The relationship between the seniors is really good." He couldn't help but spit.

When Ye Yue heard this, all her grievances were swept away, and she asked him: "From your point of view, what do you think of my relationship with Xiaoxue?"

"Just like a girlfriend who is strong on the outside but soft on the inside protecting her boyfriend." Yasuhara Hiroshi also said, his eyes wandering back and forth between Mingxue and Yeyue.

Mingxue hesitated to speak.

"I'm actually your boyfriend~ I thought you were your girlfriend~" Ye Yue clasped her hands together happily

Yasuhara Hiroshi also laughed and turned to look at Mingxue, "After all, he's wearing a shrine maiden costume, so he can't be your boyfriend anyway..."

Boom!

"Ah! Why did someone hit the client?" Yasuhara Hiroshi also covered his head in pain.

Mingxue withdrew her hand expressionlessly, turned around and walked into the dance studio, leaving a message saying "wait for my command" before walking into the dance studio.

Ye Yue subconsciously took a step back and touched her head.

Mingxue walked into the dance studio and began to observe the surroundings.

Although this place has been cleaned by Hiroshi Yasuhara, there is still dust on the railings around the dance studio and there are faint spider webs on the light bulbs on the ceiling. This is normal because the junior high school students only have brooms and mops in their hands, and it is indeed difficult to clean the ceiling given their height.

"I understand that you can't see spider webs on the ceiling at dusk or evening, but can you tell me if black shoe prints on the ceiling can't be wiped off with a mop?"

Mingxue asked An Yuanhao who was outside the door.

An Yuanhao was also startled and wanted to enter the room, but Ming Xue stopped him.

Yasuhara Hiroshi was also forced to stop at the door, "I, I don't know, as far as I can remember... there shouldn't be any?"

Ming Xue silently observed the shoe prints on the ceiling. Judging from the black shoe prints, they looked more like dancing shoes. And judging from the size, they should be suitable for children to young girls. If you insist on being more specific...

He took out his cell phone in front of Ye Yue and Yasuhara Hiroya, then took a picture of the shoe prints on the ceiling, and then searched online for the [formula for the relationship between foot length and height].

Although he couldn't remember the formula clearly, he remembered that there was such a point of knowledge.

"Height is equal to the length of the footprint multiplied by... forget it, let's just multiply it by seven. I'm too lazy to open the calculator." Ming Xue said as she compared the footprints.

Ye Yue widened her eyes at this moment, thinking that she could still find clues in this way.

"I didn't expect that the supernatural world could rely on the power of science." Even Yasuhara Hiroya, a boy at heart, couldn't help but complain.

"Do you know her height?" Ming Xue turned to look at Yasuhara Hiroya, "A rough estimate of her height will do."

"About 1.5 meters tall?" Yasuhara Hiroshi also touched his chin, carefully recalling every detail of his childhood sweetheart.

Mingxue blinked and looked away.

The owner of the shoe prints is about 1.6 meters tall.

It doesn't match, or did I miscalculate something? Or is it not important?

"Do we have to wait until dusk or night?" Ye Yue outside the door looked at the sky worriedly.

Mingxue was silent for a while, then turned to An Yuanhao and asked, "I remember you went to see her every Friday. Did she show up every time?"

Yasuhara Hiroshi also nodded, "That's why I go there every Friday, because then I can see her clearly. Usually I can only see... a pair of moving dance shoes."

When Mingxue heard this and thought about the shoe prints and height, she was suddenly horrified.

"What exactly do you see in your daily life?" Ming Xue slowly raised the bow.

Yasuhara Hiroshi was also stunned.

Chapter 137: The Ship of Theseus

Ye Yue also came to her senses at this time. Combined with Ming Xue's current expression, the height that An Yuanhao said did not match the height that Ming Xue summarized. In addition, the conversation just now...

"Are there two wandering souls?" Ye Yue asked anxiously.

After hearing this, Yasuhara Hiroshi finally understood why Mingxue was so alert, and his expression became panicked, "What do you mean... the person I usually see is not Aki?"

"It's just speculation at the moment, don't come in yet." Ming Xue pulled the bowstring to the full extent and aimed at the ceiling, "An Yuan, tell me the style, color, appearance time, etc. of the shoes."

"Okay, okay." Yasuhara Hiroshi also hurriedly explained: "The shoes are the regular dance shoes issued by the school. The color is red. The location is in the small shoe cabinet under the mirror. The time of appearance is..."

Boom!

Before he could finish his words, the door was suddenly closed.

Mingxue was startled and immediately put away her bow and arrow and ran towards the gate.

Ye Yue who was outside the door was the first to react. She quickly reached out and grabbed the door handle and began to twist it, but no matter how hard she twisted, the door would not open. Even when An Yuanhao, who had reacted, tried to help, the door just wouldn't budge, as if it was locked by something from the inside.

"Xiaoxue, the door can't be opened!" Ye Yue shouted inside the door and then ran towards the window.

If the door can't be opened, the only option is the window. If the window can't be opened, she will have to just break in.

Ming Xue, who was inside the room, heard Ye Yue's call, stopped running towards the door, and turned to run towards the window, because even Ye Yue's strength couldn't open the door, let alone him.

But at this moment, the shoe prints on the ceiling disappeared visibly, and instead, the black shoe prints appeared on the clean and tidy floor, as if a mirror was suddenly painted with black dye.

Mingxue noticed the subtle change, stopped, pulled the bowstring, aimed at the black shoe print, and shot without hesitation.

Ding!

The arrow hit the floor but made the sound of weapons colliding, without any of the heaviness that an arrow should have when stuck in the floor.

In a flash, a pair of dancing shoes suddenly emerged from the black shoe prints, as smoothly as a fish leaping out of the sea.

"Oh no, Ye Yue, don't come in!" Ming Xue realized that something was wrong and shouted to Ye Yue who had already opened the window.

When Ye Yue heard Ming Xue's cry, she gritted her teeth and did not climb in through the window. Instead, she calmed down the uneasy Yasuhara Hiroya next to her.

clatter! clatter!

The dancing shoes began to move, and she walked towards Mingxue step by step, neither too fast nor too slow.

"If you can understand what I am saying, please stop your actions right now." Ming Xue warned while pulling the bowstring again, preparing for a second attack.

The pair of red shoes seemed to have understood Mingxue's warning, stopped moving forward, and stood about four or five meters away from Mingxue. The left shoe drew a semicircle in front of the right shoe, then shrank back and lined up with the right shoe. There was no further movement afterwards.

"It seems like... it's inviting you to wear it?" Yasuhara Hiroshi outside the window said in surprise and doubt.

Mingxue was lost in thought at the moment. In fact, after a series of previous actions, it was not even a conflict. Instead, he was the one who actually attacked.

"Why do you want me to wear it? What's the purpose?" Ming Xue spoke, but his words did not clearly target anyone.

The dancing shoes moved, doing some movements that Mingxue didn't understand, and finally returned to their original state.

"What does it mean?" Mingxue couldn't understand it, so she turned around and asked Yasuhara Hiroya outside the window.

"She likes your figure very much and wants you to... dance with her?" Yasuhara Hiroshi said uncertainly, "From the movements, that should be what she meant."

If Mingxue hadn't reminded him and asked him questions just now, he would have told Mingxue the answer without hesitation. But now, is it really the wandering spirit of Takasaki Aki behind this pair of dancing shoes?

[Sister Meiyu, are you there?]

Mingxue called out to Meiyu in her heart, hoping that this expert on wandering souls would come out to answer her questions.

【I'm looking at the camera, what's wrong?】⑶

The sound of plum rains rang in my mind, and even the loud sound of chewing potato chips.

Ming Xue briefly explained the situation in the dance studio and added some supernatural events that had occurred in the studio in the past.

[It is indeed possible that there were two wandering souls. Combined with the story I told earlier, the presence of poison in the student's water cup and the closing of the door at the moment, it is indeed a bit inconsistent. It does not feel like the work of two wandering souls.]

[Does it mean there are really two wandering souls? ]

[If it were two wandering souls, it would be a perfect explanation. However, judging from the time period, the situation here lasted for more than a year, so there would only be three possibilities. One is that the two wandering souls met briefly and then separated. Another is that the big fish ate the small fish, that is, one ate the other. The last one is more complicated...]

[Complicated? Sister Meiyu, don't keep me in suspense, the situation is a bit urgent now]

Mingxue looked at the dancing shoes in front of her and found that they were a little restless.

[The last type is actually a wandering soul, but due to too much information and power, it splits into two, or more wandering souls.]

Meiyu reveals major news about the supernatural world.

【Split?】

Mingxue felt confused and surprised.

[If a wandering soul receives too many memories or supernatural powers and has no carrier to store them, it will definitely collapse. Splitting is a defense mechanism that it has to rely on.]

【…】

【What's wrong? 】

[After the split, is the wandering soul still the original wandering soul? Can it be reunited? 】

Mingxue looked at the dancing shoes in front of her, but felt a little worried about Meiyu.

[It can be re-integrated, but it is not the original wandering soul... Have you heard of the Ship of Theseus? ]

Mei Yu's brisk reply echoed in my mind.

After hearing Mei Yu's answer, Ming Xue closed her eyes slightly.

Feeling Mingxue closing her eyes, Mei Yu understood Mingxue's current state and silently retreated into the dream.

"Can you hear me?" Mingxue opened her eyes again and stared at the dancing shoes in front of her.

The dancing shoes performed a few more moves.

"She said yes." An Yuanhao also said a little uneasily: "Senior Feigong, I think... let's leave through the window for now."

"Xiaoxue, why don't you leave first? The client has said so." Ye Yue actually felt that they could make a long-term plan. She was worried that Mingxue would be in danger, and she even reached into her schoolbag to take out the comb of memories, ready to support Mingxue at any time.

"Are you Takasaki Aki?" Ming Xue saw that they could communicate, so she did not retreat, but continued to ask: "Please answer me, it depends on whether I wear you."

Ye Yue and Yasuhara Hiroshi also swallowed their saliva.

Hey!

The right dance shoe tapped the ground, and the left dance shoe swayed.

"Yes and no?" Yasuhara Hiroya's eyes lost their luster. "Aki, what do you mean?"

Mingxue closed her eyes slightly, "Can you call out the other you?"