The next day, Nibutani, who had thought she successfully destroyed her dark history, was informed that there were countless backups of the dark scripture, and after realizing the truth, she chose to stay in the association.
And what Fang Wuwei had said to Yuta yesterday completely extinguished Yuta's hopes; youth, after all, was truly a lie.
As time progressed, Nibutani, who slowly began to recover her original personality, gradually integrated into the association and became a member.
Meanwhile, Fang Wuwei discovered that his spiritual power, the only attribute on his panel that couldn't be increased through training and had remained unchanged for a long time, had increased by 2 points...
Soon, another month passed...
Inside the association, Fang Wuwei, lying on the ground, was engrossed in a nameless, thick blue folder.
This was the legendary dark scripture, which Fang Wuwei had specifically asked Totsuka for, fulfilling the request he had made to Totsuka earlier.
Totsuka was naturally delighted to share the wisdom of her Master, and without a word, she gave Fang Wuwei a digital backup.
That's right, it was a digital file; the one in his hand was printed out by Fang Wuwei himself, so there was one more person in this association who possessed Nibutani's dark history…
However, regarding this, under Fang Wuwei's strong insistence, Nibutani remained unaware, and whenever she questioned Fang Wuwei, she would only receive the reply, "Study material."
The dark scripture contained a large amount of self-aggrandizing subjective language and foolish chunibyo nonsense, which initially caused Fang Wuwei to only be able to last two minutes before having to close the book, take a breather, and stretch his toes. But now, Fang Wuwei could read the entire book without changing his expression, and most of the information within it had already entered Fang Wuwei's mind.
Ever since he discovered his spiritual power had increased, Fang Wuwei would go to the so-called Special Point at four in the afternoon almost every day to perform Magic Power Perception. Initially, the stinging pain in his soul remained, increasing by 2 points daily, but recently he seemed to have grown accustomed to this violent magic power. The pain had somewhat eased, and the growth of his spiritual power had also slowed. Coupled with Fang Wuwei's consistent training and careful spending of points, his current panel was as follows:
[Character: Fang Wuwei (Fang Wuwei)
Points: 1924
Strength 25, Agility 27, Spiritual Power 67
Skills: A1 Flashbang, Imposing Might
Talents: Mastery of Fighting Techniques, Mastery of Swordsmanship Techniques, Dance King, Magic Power Perception
Equipment: One-Tomoe Sharingan, stone wing plus, slippers, Colt pistol, a large bottle of fresh air]
His spiritual power of 67 points far exceeded his strength and agility, becoming his highest attribute. As his spiritual power grew, Fang Wuwei could perceive more and more magic power, and what he could see also increased. Now, at the magic power eruption point of the Special Point, he could vaguely see a human-height oval outline, and he could also perceive two different types of magic power in the air of this world: one was relatively gentle but not active, usually staying in one place motionless. The other, conversely, was extremely active, constantly darting around, and emitting extremely tiny sounds, so tiny that even Fang Wuwei couldn't hear them.
According to the dark scripture, these were the legendary spirits.
As expected, the dark scripture was useful after all.
Fang Wuwei continued reading the book, absorbing the seemingly inexplicable knowledge.
Immediately, the door opened, and Yuta, Rikka, and Nibutani, dressed in a gym uniform, entered the activity room together.
"Oh! Master! I've been waiting for you for a long time. What happened in the teacher's office, Death?" As soon as Totsuka saw Rikka, she immediately approached her, but when she saw Nibutani nearby, she couldn't help but frown, "Why are you with Master, fake Morisummer?"
"Don't call me Morisummer!"
"Emergency warning! Totsuka, prepare yourself!" Rikka deliberately spoke solemnly; even for something like the association disbanding, Rikka was accustomed to expressing it in a chunibyo manner.
"Could it be blue mode??" Totsuka cooperated perfectly by jumping in fright, but it seemed she was genuinely startled by such inexplicable words…
"Don't complicate things!" Yuta interrupted Rikka and Totsuka's conversation, trying to get things back on track, while also glancing at Fang Wuwei, "Wuwei, you also need to go to the office. Nanase called you."
"Hmm?"
— — — — This is a cute dividing line — — — —
"So, that's how it is."
In the office, Ninomiya Nanase held a cup of tea, and Fang Wuwei also held a cup. In Nanase's eyes, Fang Wuwei, whether in his conduct or his various unintentional behaviors revealed in daily life, was far more mature than others. If it weren't for his occasional childishness in certain situations, like Rikka, Nanase would almost have thought Fang Wuwei was actually a young person who had experienced the hardships of society and reincarnated.
"Rikka is a cute and smart child. Her grades in other subjects are acceptable, but her math still needs improvement."
"Is that so… I roughly understand why Nanase called me. May I ask, Takanashi's midterm exam score was…"
"Two points."
"Two points, huh? That's easy to say. Leave it to me!"
Fang Wuwei had no intention of interfering. With Yuta handling things, and besides, this exam was not only a challenge for the association but also the beginning of Yuta and Rikka's love, so how could he interfere? Therefore, he decided to feign compliance and pretend this matter never happened.
"If you don't pass the final exam next time, your club will be disbanded. I've already agreed with the math teacher."
"No problem!" Fang Wuwei naturally agreed wholeheartedly. Even if Rikka didn't pass, he was confident he could persuade the math teacher to let the matter slide, as if it never happened.
For no other reason, Fang Wuwei's scores in other subjects barely hovered around the average, especially Chinese, which he never passed, always stuck in the twenties or thirties. Only in math, he consistently scored a hundred.
If you ask why, there's nothing to it. Can you believe these people are still learning quadratic equations right now?
Fang Wuwei's brain, which had been cleansed by society and returned to chaos, instantly awakened its sealed memories after two math classes.
Returning to the association, Fang Wuwei approached Rikka, who was sitting at the table doing problems, and took a look:
(x+7)(x+4) = x² + 11x + 29 (Anime Episode 5, 5:12 original problem)
Alright, it's hopeless.
Looking at Yuta, Fang Wuwei placed his hands on Yuta's shoulders and stared at him solemnly. At this moment, Yuta suddenly remembered Fang Wuwei's identity as a math genius and had already shown a 'this is a sure thing' smile, but the next second, Fang Wuwei's words brought him back to reality:
"Yuta, it's up to you! I have faith in you!"
"You scoundrel!"
— — — — This is a regrettable dividing line — — — —
After school, to overcome the disbandment crisis, everyone gathered at a Torii near the school and finally decided to seek help from the occult.
Rikka and Totsuka went ahead to pray, but their method of prayer was slightly unique: "By the Evil King's True Eye, command it! Gather all souls, bodies, and skeletons, and avoid the fate of failing the math exam."
"DEATH!"
"They just ran straight to pray to the gods, huh?"
"They just don't want to study anyway…"
"I really don't get it…"
Under the Torii, Fang Wuwei, Yuta, and Fang Wuwei stood with their arms crossed in unison, complaining.
"Not praying! But commanding Him with the Evil King's True Eye!"
"DEATH!"
Still being stubborn.
Yuta twitched his mouth speechlessly, but seeing Rikka and Totsuka in front of him simultaneously extend their right hands forward and shout "Ha!" making a power-releasing pose, even Yuta, who didn't believe in ghosts or gods, was startled and rushed forward to stop them.
"By the way, you're a junior high student, right? Why are you coming along to worship?" Fang Wuwei still couldn't stand Totsuka and would seize any chance to retort.
"Totsuka is Master's servant. Assisting Master in battle is a natural job, Death!"
"You should worry about your own exams, junior high kid."
To this, Totsuka merely smiled mysteriously and confidently stated, "I've already been recommended to the high school department you're in, Death!"
Nibutani couldn't believe it, "You? Are you even fantasizing about something like this?"
"It's not fake, you know. I heard that Totsuka's grades are the best in her grade," Koushou spoke up to vouch for Totsuka. Nibutani and Yuta's expressions beside them changed drastically. In their eyes, chunibyos should be like Rikka and their past selves, completely immersed in their chunibyo world, so how could their grades be good?
Only Fang Wuwei, with his hands clasped together in front of his chest, silently absorbed the aura of a top student…