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Just as Asakura was about to lead Yuigahama Yui and Chihaya Anon into the Round Table Hall, someone opened the door of the Clubroom.
Asakura subconsciously turned around and found that it was Gokou Ruri, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, standing at the door.
The girl was wearing a gorgeous Gothic black long dress, with a pair of triangular cat ears standing straight on her head, and her fluffy tail wagging slightly behind her.
Although she was backlit because she was standing at the door, her wine-red eyes glimmered, looking quite lively.
Asakura and Yuigahama Yui aside, Chihaya Anon, seeing her grand entrance for the first time, opened her mouth wide, revealing cute little fangs, with a surprised expression that seemed to say, 'How did this kid manage to run into Soubu High School in that outfit without being kicked out by the faculty?'
After all, Gokou Ruri's appearance in no way looked like someone who could appear in a college-preparatory high school. Considering that once upon a time she had to wear the Soubu High School uniform to sneak in, it could only be said that ever since the girl could freely transform into a cat, her actions had become much more unrestrained.
Gokou Ruri looked at the open stone door leading to the Round Table Hall and frowned slightly, "Am I here at a bad time?"
"No, rather, you've come at just the right time."
Asakura shook his head, "It saves me from having to notify you separately next time."
"I see, that's good then."
Gokou Ruri gracefully approached Asakura.
Although the girl had an arrogant expression, seemingly without much emotional change, Chihaya Anon noticed that her steps were very light, giving off a strangely happy feeling.
If she were a dog, her tail would probably be wagging non-stop right now, she thought to herself.
"But it's quite rare for you, Ruri, to suddenly come to Soubu High School. Is something wrong?"
Asakura asked curiously.
Because she had two younger sisters at home, and the Gokou family's financial situation meant that both parents had no time to look after their younger daughters, this directly resulted in Gokou Ruri, as the eldest daughter, not having as much free time as others in the Association.
Moreover, the girl was still a middle school student at this time, not a student of Soubu High School, and was physically quite distant from Asakura, so the number of times she appeared at the Clubroom was naturally fewer than others. Therefore, Asakura found it quite strange that she would suddenly come here today without notice.
Considering that the time before last she brought the Nukumizu siblings, Asakura felt that Gokou Ruri might have encountered something again this time.
"Perhaps it was the determination of our innate wisdom as a Night Noble, and our magical power has been greatly sublimated—cough—" The girl habitually spoke in a chuunibyou manner for a moment, but when she saw Asakura looking at her with a strange gaze, she awkwardly cleared her throat, "Anyway, it's just that my magical power seems to have increased a bit, and… it wouldn't be good if it suddenly went out of control again, so I came to have Takuma take a look."
"Magical power increased?"
Asakura's expression grew even more surprised.
The girl had studied the casting of Curse with him for a period, so her understanding of Curse itself was the best in the Association besides Asakura.
Therefore, Asakura was very sure that the increase in magical power she spoke of was not the normal phenomenon of 'consumed magical power slowly recovering over time,' but rather that the upper limit of her magical power had been raised.
After Asakura briefly checked the girl's magical power, he confirmed this point.
To explain it in a simpler, easier-to-understand way:
For example, Gokou Ruri's normal magical power is five hundred standard units. If Asakura sucks her once, only one hundred standard units remain. Over time, her magical power will gradually recover to five hundred units, but that's all. The magical power cannot break through this inherent five hundred unit upper limit. If the accumulated magical power is not dealt with, the magical power will eventually be continuously compressed within this upper limit, ultimately causing the girl's Curse to go out of control.
But now, the girl's magical power upper limit has inexplicably crossed the five hundred unit mark and is continuing to push towards a higher upper limit…
Now, if Asakura sucks Gokou Ruri again, he can directly suck nearly eight hundred units of magical power from her.
In just half a month, the upper limit of magical power had increased by more than fifty percent, which is why even Gokou Ruri herself could detect the change. This was clearly a very abnormal situation.
But for a moment, Asakura also didn't know what had happened to the girl.
So he simply took off his glasses and carefully looked at the other party with Truth Vision.
The searing pain, like a red-hot iron poker directly thrust into his eye sockets, made all of Asakura's muscles tense up. A large amount of cold sweat seeped from his sweat glands, making him look as if he had just been pulled out of water.
He tried his best to suppress the scream in his throat, only emitting an ambiguous gurgle like a murmur.
"Takkun?"
Yuigahama Yui looked at Asakura worriedly.
"It's nothing, just a minor issue."
Before the dizziness hit, Asakura put his glasses back on, but large white patches, like overexposed photos, appeared in his vision, making his eyes seem a bit unfocused.
He said to Gokou Ruri, who also showed a worried expression, "Ruri, you don't have to worry either. Your Curse is constantly… hmm, what's the best way to put it? Upgrading? Awakening?… Anyway, it's that kind of state. The change in your magical power should also be related to this situation."
Actually, Asakura had long felt that the girl's Curse shouldn't be just 'Snake,' after all, the impact of her Curse going out of control back then was far more than this level. However, the girl herself didn't seem to realize it. Asakura hinted at it several times, but she didn't seem to understand his hints. At the same time, based on the characteristics of Curse itself, Asakura couldn't directly tell her to quickly abandon 'Snake' and research if she had other Curse…
Now, although the specific cause was unknown, it might be that the girl's practice and development of 'Snake' had reached a bottleneck, or perhaps she was simply tired of the same Curse. In any case, her Curse began to evolve like this.
"I see, as expected of Takuma."
Gokou Ruri felt relieved and praised him sincerely.
"If that's all you want to ask, then we're almost done here. Come over quickly."
Asakura waved to Gokou Ruri and said.
"There's one more thing—" The girl said, "Although it's not a special source of information… but recently, some strange foreigners seem to have appeared in Chiba…"
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