Chapter 118: Trojan Horse
nChapter 118: Trojan Horse
nTranslator: imperfectluck Editor: vb24
nThe wooden horse of Troy.
nThis was a legendary story that was quite the simple tale.
nThe Greeks had difficulties conquering the city of Troy, so they pretended to retreat ignominiously, leaving only a huge wooden horse behind.
nThe Trojans took the horse back inside their city with them. Later that night, the Greeks emerged from the secret compartment within the horse, easily overwhelmed the soldiers defending the city’s gates, and opened the gates for more soldiers to pour in, ultimately achieving victory.
nSeiji felt this story had many weaknesses to it.
nThat was the simplified version of the story. There was a more complex one called The Odyssey, but there was no need to go into so much detail.
nAt any rate, Seiji felt that it was a subtly strange story. He didn’t understand why it was considered a classic back in his previous world.
nBut the Trojan Horse strategy was a definite strategy that came from this anecdote.
nSeiji felt this ancient legend from his original world was quite fitting to describe the current situation.
nGenaha High School was akin to Troy, while Shika Kagura was the Trojan Horse—a special existence which stood out way too much.
nThis type of special existence… the
"Reaper’s Curse
" would definitely attract any Yin Yang Master’s attention, making her seem like she wasn’t a spy sent by the enemy.
nOf course, Natsuya Yoruhana wasn’t anywhere close to being as stupid as the Trojans. She investigated this
"Trojan Horse
" properly and didn’t find any problems.
nBut what if this was the enemy’s intention all along?
nThe enemy… Natsuya’s unknown opponent might never have intended for Shika Kagura to do anything at school in the first place.
nAs long as the
"Reaper’s Curse
" stayed within the school, even without doing anything herself, she might cause some incidents which would attract Natsuya’s attention and distract her from focusing on other important things such as maintaining the school’s spell formations… and so on.
nThe best part about this move was the fact that even if it didn’t work, the enemy still had another trick up their sleeve.
nShika and the unknown Snow Girl who was actually behind the incidents could swap with each other at a critical time to face Hitaka Shuho, the Spirit-branded Retainer which Natsuya would inevitably send out.
nThis way, Hitaka would unknowingly do battle with the
"Reaper’s Curse,
" and harm Shika, or even…
nJust getting close to Shika Kagura could cause calamitous misfortunes to fall upon someone, so if a person injured her… or even killed her, what would happen?
n…
nNatsuya’s face slowly turned ashen white as she attentively listened to Seiji’s
"inference.
"
n
"Haruta-kun… There’s something I still haven’t told you yet,
" she started slowly.
"Actually… every single student and teacher at Genhana is meaningful to my spell formation here.
n
"They… provide spiritual energy for my formation, and the spell formation also has the… responsibility to protect them.
"
nSeiji raised his eyebrows at hearing this.
n
"Hitaka… and Rana are the defenders of this spell formation, and they’ll be strengthened within it, as well as having the same responsibilities as the spell formation.
"
nNatsuya slowly began clutching her own arms.
n
"That is to say, they’re the defenders of all the teachers and students at Genhana High School. And Shika Kagura… the ‘Reaper’s Curse,’ is also considered a normal student of Genhana High School.
"
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"If she changes places with the Snow Girl retainer, fights with Hitaka, and ends up dying by Hitaka’s hands…
"
nThe student council president’s body was trembling slightly.
n
"What will happen?
" Seiji furrowed his brows, but kept his tone of voice calm.
nNatsuya looked directly at Seiji’s face.
n
"Hitaka… will definitely die! And it will affect the entire spell formation… the entire school! Every single student and teacher at Genhana High School… might have catastrophes befall them!
"
nHer complexion was ashen at this point.
nAlthough Seiji’s expression remained calm apart from his furrowed brows, he slowly began to clench his fists under the table.
n
"It seems that my guess was closer to the truth than I expected.
"
nSomething flashed in Natsuya’s eyes as she nodded.
n
"Yes, I… didn’t even notice this blind spot. But this is… too frightening. If the enemy does things to such a degree… they won’t get off lightly either.
"
nSeiji blinked.
n
"I don’t know what type of person your enemy is, nor do I know the average moral standards of Yin Yang Masters, or more specifically, their morals for duels.
n
"But I believe that blindly trusting the enemy… and ignoring something so terribly possible is beyond naivety.
"
nIt was stupidity.
nNatsuya understood his unstated meaning.
nShe was praising him in her heart.
n
"I’ll contact Hitaka immediately to tell her to be cautious when looking for the Snow Girl retainer!
"
nThe president stood up from her chair.
n
"We also need to pay attention to Shika Kagura’s current movements,
" Seiji said.
nHe didn’t mention that he’d already found out Shika hadn’t come to school today. After all, he had set back time. To the president, he came up with his
"educated guess
" right after hearing about the
"Reaper’s Curse
" for the first time.
nNatsuya nodded once more.
n
"Thank you so much, Haruta-kun. No matter if your guess is true or not, you’ve been a great help.
"
nShe showed a sincere smile.
n
"I… owe you yet another favor.
"
nSeiji smiled back at her.
n
"Don’t mention it, President. If what I just thought of is real, then my reminder for you is actually helping to save myself… and my friends.
n
"Oh, by the way…
" He finally thought of another topic.
"President, you made the entire school’s students and teachers… unknowingly become part of your spell formation. Isn’t this a little…
"
nNatsuya’s expression froze over.
nShe averted her gaze as her cheeks began to flush red. It was evident that she was panicking.
n
"I… I know, this is a little overboard… but… there was no other way. This was the only method I could make the school into a spell formation…
n
"I only let the students and teachers provide a minor amount of spiritual energy without them knowing it. No harm will be done to them. The only reason they might have been affected this time was because of the ‘Reaper’s Curse…’
n
"Besides, the spell formation will also protect them in return… It won’t let them get attacked by any type of demons or spirits… that’s why…
"
nSeiji looked at her quietly.
n
"Wah… Sorry…
"
nNatsuya Yoruhana, the student council president that everyone at Genhana High School idolized, the young missus with long straight black hair, was crying.
n
"I’m so sorry, I…
"
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"Yep, I’ve received your apology. I forgive you.
" Seiji nodded.
n
"…Eh?
" The young missus with long, straight black hair paused in surprise.
n
"I trust in your strength of character. Even though I haven’t known you for all that long, I believe in my own judgement of you.
"
nSeiji showed a smile to Natsuya.
n
"You… are actually a gentle girl.
"
n‘Probably… one of the kinder Yin Yang Masters around.’
nNatsuya Yoruhana was stunned.
nFaced with his handsome smile and gentle words, her face started burning up for an entirely different reason.
n
"Er… Um… Thank you…
"
nShe barely managed to stammer out those words as she hurriedly turned around.
nHer face was so hot to the touch.
nHer heartbeat was also way too quick.
nWhy… was this?
nThe young missus didn’t understand.
n