A Terrifying Mental Attack From the Playboy

Shindo-san turned dashingly on her heel and walked away without ever looking back at the man whose face turned stunned and pale, which is the only way I can describe it.

...... It would not be a good idea to have witnessed it by accident in the process of astral projection.

It would not have been a good scene for others to peek in tactfully, so I feel some guilt.

But ......

Still, I couldn't help but say ...... Cheers.

"Cool~! Shindo-san is really cool!!"

The man who made a threat or intimidation with his mouth without any substance and only his eyes were perfect ...... How to say it ...... What an exhilarating feeling!!

After that, the playboy, who had been stunned for some time, managed to reboot himself and went to the back of the school building in a supremely bad mood.

Then he joins his friends who hang out at the usual places.

"Oh, Kyu (the playboy) you're late. What, you alone? What about Kaori?"

Kaori ...... It's Shindo-san.

The impression they got was that she's always had this guy's back up until now ...... They may feel strange about not seeing her.

The playboy spits the question out in a full-on sulk.

"Ah~, Kaori? She was dressed like she ain't got no taste, so I dumped her."

Bufo!? I inadvertently blurted that out.

Dumped her!?

He said he dumped her!?

What is this guy talking about!?

You were clearly being dumped!!

Furthermore, he tried to intimidate her like he was the master, threatening and snapping at her to no avail, and to top it all off, he was scared by her "serious eyes" that weren't even glaring at him ...... A man like that dumped her!?

"...... Kukuku ...... Kukikikiki ...... Ahahahahahaha!!"

I was fully enjoying being a ghost now.

If I were to laugh in front of such a crowd of strangers, it would surely draw attention, and since they are my enemies, I am sure they would have an issue (?) with me.

"Ah? Did you dump Kaori? Seriously, even though she was so attached to you?"

"No way!? She was the most obsessed with being Kyu's girlfriend~?"

The playboy makes a hand gesture in front of his surprised friends.

"Y-Yeah ...... She is been so heavy lately~ Because that woman tries to monopolize me like she's my rightful wife~. She was still hung up on me earlier~"

Geboho!? Y-You!? You are going to make me laugh myself to death! Is that right!!

Damn ...... What a terrifying guy!!

Pretentious false statements from a howling loser ...... Because I know the result, I can only see it as a Tale! !!

"Hi ...... Hihihi ...... M-My stomach is churn ...... "

After all, astral projection is dangerous! Life is in great danger!! 

Then, while I was stuck in the middle of a powerful paralyzing attack, they all sat down in a daze and started talking nonsense with a piece of bread from the stall in their hands.

...... But this is the first time I've heard these guys talk, and unlike before, this time it's not even remotely interesting either.

Of course, people have preferences in the content of conversations, so it is understandable that they cannot be interested in a topic that does not interest them. Just as it is not interesting for a person who likes baseball to have a conversation with someone who is not interested in baseball.

However, the conversation between these guys is not that kind of conclusion.

Like "I dropped a girl off at school the other day", "I was acquainted with that celebrity",  "I'm going to be big in the future" ...... Basically, all they do is brag or talk about something fluffy, dream-like, with no specifics.

Well ...... There's nothing wrong with empty conversations, in fact, I'm sure it's very comfortable for these guys ......

However, far from being uninterested, it is nothing more than torture for "others".

...... Amane has been playing along with the story of these guys so as not to make a fuss up until now ...... That must have been painful~.

But when I was about to fall asleep for good, and even more asleep in spirit, the atmosphere changed when one of the blonde girls in the group took out her smartphone.

"Speaking of which, Kyu, did you see this photo? What's going on here?"

"Ah?"

The playboy became overtly irritated by the smartphone he was shown and clicked his tongue.

"Ah~, which reminds me, this kind of thing is coming around~. Didn't this girl go out with you~?"

"Eh? What is this then, the scene of an affair?"

The playboy brushed off the chilly comments of his friends with a scowl.

"Shut the hell up~. I'm planning to go out with her!"

His words seemed to convince his friends.

I'm not one of them, I don't know what he was talking about, and I peeked into the blonde girl's smartphone from behind her back ...... I spontaneously spewed out.

What was shown there was the same as what Kudo showed me earlier ...... Isn't that a perfect two-shot of me and Amane!!

It's already gone all the way down to these guys!?

It's so fearsome, the ability of girls basketball to spread information!!

...... But then, what is the conversation just now.

"It's rare that your usual tricks fail."

The usual trick ...... In other words, you mean that thing that started the rumor that Amane and this guy were dating.

Apparently, this was a common method of this guy, known even among his own friends.

When his friends pointed this out to him, the playboy became half-crazy and yelled at them.

"I ain't failed! I'm still in the middle of this, shit! That bastard ...... How dare him to put his hands on my girl......"

Annoyed ......

I almost hit him reflexively with a ...... blunt tool.

But in the spirit body, I cannot grasp things, and I cannot hold the blocks that were placed there.

At the moment, me and Amane don't have that kind of relationship ...... don't have, but ......

The moment this guy made his own statement that Amane was his, I regretted not being able to pull out the shotgun like in a lucid dream.

...... If I had been able to get it out, I would have definitely been able to get a headshot.

As I'm really thinking about something horrible, the playboy suddenly looks at his back, at me with a startling look on his face and surprises me.

Don't tell me this guy can see spirit form?

But when he turned around, he only looked around and sat back down.

"What's wrong, Kyu?"

"N-No ...... I don't know what it is, but I have terrible chills ...... "

Are you saying that even if you can't see it, you can feel it? Like a presence or something ......

Could it be, my bloodthirstiness............

No way! I'm not a martial arts expert, and there's no way I could unleash such deadly energy.

"Kyu, get a grip, man, if you can't get close to Amane, it's difficult for me to talk to her ~"

One of them, a large man with an impression of brown hair that did not suit him at all, complained.

...... This guy.

"Shut up. I don't give a shit about that. You can make the motion on your own!"

"Kagura is always hanging out with Amane, you know? There's no time to talk to her."

This guy is slightly bigger than the others in this group ...... I was surprised at the fact that this guy was targeting one of Amane's best friends, Kagura-san, who has a gal-like atmosphere, but I was convinced when I actually saw him.

"No doubt. This is "Saito Taku" the one who caused "Chi-chan" to have the accident in my foresight dream......"

It was, no doubt, the same assailant who had pushed a woman in a kimono onto the roadway in a foresight dream.

"But ......What can I say...... Is this the kind of person who could be the son or relative of Chi-chan?"

I know that it's not good to have prejudice ... I know that, but looking at his behavior and actions from a while ago, I can see that he is the same kind of playboy, but I don't feel or smell the presence of the person Konoha-chan told me about......

I'm sure it's because I have a good impression of Konoha-chan, but ......I don't know, I'm just not convinced ......

It would be different if I could at least find out this guy's parents' maiden name or something.

......And as I was thinking this, I suddenly felt something shaking around my right arm, even though I shouldn't feel anything in my spirit form.......

And then, "What?" And the moment I thought that, I was back in the jump box.

"............Ha!"

"Ah, Yumeji-san is awake."

I looked at my right arm and saw a little fox looking up at me with concern, who was shaking the area around my two arms with both paws as hard as she could.

I see, because I woke up, my astral projection broke free, and I went back into my body......

As soon as I was convinced of this, I realized.

What was the moment I was asking her to wake me up......

"Konoha-chan, what happened?"

"Someone came into the PE storeroom! About two people ......"

"......What the hell ~?"

I hid my voice and complained unintentionally.

I chose such an isolated and unpopular place to be undetected and undisturbed, and even took the safety measure of hiding in a jumping box......

As you can imagine, I am not so bold as to sleep in a jumping box with someone on the outside.

Damn ...... who the hell are they? I peeked outward from the jump box in irritation.

"N-No, you can't ...... It's lunchtime now. If students come in......"

"No one will come to this place...... It may seem cliche...... We won't be disturbed here."

It was the two teachers I was to see in a past dream in the courtyard sometime ago, Yoshizawa-sensei of English and Nakura-sensei of classics... The two teachers, who were known for their seriousness, were in something of a lively mood.

...... Originally, as a normal high school boy, you should be celebrating this situation as lucky or expected............ But.

As expected, I was only irritated at this point.

"...... Konoha-chan, I'm sorry, but...... can you deliver this?"

I wrote a note on a piece of notepad and asked Konoha-chan to deliver a piece of it to the staff room.

...... A few minutes later, I was the only one who got out of the vault after they heard the call and rushed out of the gymnasium.

"You can do that after school...... Good grief."