Chapter 914 - 31: What Assassination Classroom
"Fox Immortal..."
"Just call me teacher."
"...Teacher..."
Yatsugaya Miko opened her mouth and felt a peculiar sense of strangeness, but she adhered to the change in address and called softly.
This is within the office, naturally during break time.
The hallway outside is bustling with laughter and conversation, and the playground across from the teaching building is also erupting with noise, indicating something lively is happening.
It was just after class when Yatsugaya Miko found herself unable to hold back any longer. She hesitated for a moment and then went over directly. But looking at the young man sitting in the office, calmly resting his chin as if daydreaming while gazing out the window, she felt slightly uncertain.
Why does it look like...
There’s actually no need for me to come over?
It indeed seems that way; after all, he hadn’t given her any signal beforehand.
"Is there something you need, or was the information covered in class difficult for you to understand?"
At this moment, the seemingly absent-minded young man snapped back to attention when he turned his head to look at the girl who had come to the office.
—It only took a second, just one sentence, for Yatsugaya Miko’s hunch to materialize.
"..."
"..."
After a brief silence.
The girl tugged at the corners of her mouth, her hands clenching her skirt, deeply inhaled, and her elusive gaze drifted toward the window, where the blue sky and white clouds seemed exceptionally clear today: "No, I just... thought you might have something to say to me, so I came over..."
It’s impossible to believe that his application to be a teacher was purely coincidental; even she couldn’t be that naive.
—Just a bit of thinking should be enough to understand; he likely came here because of her.
—Hence, isn’t it reasonable for her to come and ask?
"I actually don’t have anything I want to say to you..." Gu Mo smiled lightly, not trying to deceive Yatsugaya Miko; after all, suggesting that he came here just to be a teacher would be an insult to one’s intelligence, "It’s just that you know, we’ve already made a contract..."
"Yes, I know..."
A slight nod, Yatsugaya Miko bit her lip: "But what should I do?"
"The duties of clergy often include light tasks like promotional activities..." Gu Mo thought briefly and spoke, "But since your studies are not yet complete, why not help distribute flyers for our shrine at school? Stir up some interest?"
In earlier times, as he knew, Sanae Kochiya also operated this way in the Human World to boost Shimotsuki Shrine’s popularity, distributing flyers day and night.
The effect was quite good, but typically it needs to be paired with promotional activities to attract more visitors, such as distributing basic necessities, allowing shrine visitors to earn points towards a raffle, guaranteed prizes like eggs, or "Faithful Devotees granted priority trial of Old Hell Fusion Project’s clean energy qualifications"...
Things like that, various benefits employed together for better results.
Even with the current Reimu Witch being quite laid-back and not vigilant or resistant, this led to the unfortunate fade of what little faith remained at Boli Shrine.
"Distribute flyers...?"
Yatsugaya Miko blinked, looking at him incredulously.
Is this what she needs to do? It seems strange, but more unusual is how easy it seems. She initially imagined tasks much more challenging, or at least akin to what she saw yesterday with those Demon Exorcists?
At least there should be some tasks related to exorcism work, right?
Having received corresponding Power, isn’t it meant for such preparation?
But now, this Fox Immortal who became a teacher, after serious thought, suggests she distribute flyers?!
Perhaps the contrast is too enormous and intense, leading the girl’s brain to crash, unable to process completely.
It’s like a Hero who, after all preparations, discovers the task isn’t to slay a Dragon or save the world, but... to run errands for villagers, doing trivial odd jobs, totally contrasting with expectations.
"..."
"..."
"Is there a problem?"
Gu Mo looked curiously at the silent girl across from him, observing her silence, and continued to think seriously, kindly saying: "Hmm, perhaps schools don’t permit religious activities; that’s something I should reconsider..."
"It’s not that..."
Yatsugaya Miko struggled to organize her thoughts and spoke hard.
"Not that? Does that mean schools allow proselytizing?" Gu Mo asked with interest, not very familiar with the school, not looking into specific rules, never even glancing at them, considering his entry was completed through practical replacement.