“It’s over! Ghost King! Heavenly Sun Flare Dragon Tune!” Kuro shouted.
“This is impossible! That is the Ninja God’s ultimate move, how could you possibly use it!”
“For Captain Hayabusa!”
With this, Hina’s fan comic for ‘ninja must die 3’ came to a successful conclusion, and she began drawing ‘Jujutsu Kaisen’.
However, winter break was also approaching next.
Unsurprisingly, Hina ranked first in the entire school.
At this moment, the entire class had already packed up their belongings, waiting only for the teacher’s command to make a run for it.
“Alright, class, that’s all for the safety reminders. Everyone, please leave the school in an orderly manner.”
No sooner had Teacher Okazaki Kanami finished speaking than the boys, led by Natsume Kengo, dashed out like they were possessed by Su Bingtian.
Following closely behind was the girls’ ‘all-out’ group, struggling to keep pace with the boys as they rushed out of the school.
At the very end was the ‘indifferent’ group led by Wakaba Hiiro, who chose to leave only when almost everyone else had gone.
“Excuse me, Classmate Juri, could I ask how to solve this final math problem?”
“Oh, Class Monitor, this problem is actually beyond our current syllabus. It’s perfectly normal that you can’t solve it, because the formulas we’ve learned so far aren’t enough. It requires formulas we’ll learn later, so you might not understand.”
“It’s fine, Classmate Juri. Go ahead and solve it; I can study it slowly when I get home.”
“Alright, Class Monitor, listen closely. First, I use this special formula to substitute this condition, and then… substitute the resulting data into this formula… and finally, you can calculate the answer.”
“So that’s how it’s calculated. Thank you, Classmate Juri.”
“By the way, Class Monitor, are you free in five days?” After saying this, Hina rummaged through her schoolbag, pulled out a ticket, and showed it to Hasebe Yuka.
“This is… a ticket for a luxury one-day tour of Ximen Lingshan Manor! I heard they have natural hot springs there. And it’s a ticket for five people! Classmate Juri, where did you get this?”
“Oh, I got lucky and pulled it from a blind box. Negishi, Wakaba, and I already take up three spots. With you, that leaves one more, and I don’t know who to invite.”
“Why don’t we invite the teacher? She would be quite suitable.”
“Teacher Oka, are you free in five days?”
“Hmm? Class Monitor, what is it?”
Five days later, on a highway heading into the mountains, the surrounding trees were already covered in heavy snow, forming a vast expanse of white.
Only the green leaves of a few shrubs remained uncovered by the snow.
A Wuling Hongguang tore down the highway, shattering the silence of the mountain forest.
“Alright, we’ve arrived at our destination, young ladies.” The driver parked the car at the entrance of the manor.
“Alright, driver, here’s the fare.” After handing the fare to the driver, Hina got out of the car and stretched comfortably.
“Mmm~ Ah, that feels good. My butt is sore after sitting in the car for two hours.” Hasebe Mahua stretched her back, looking at the sign at the entrance: ‘Ximen Spirit Manor’.
“Alright, girls, grab your luggage and don’t leave anything behind in the car. Classmate Juri, do you still have the tickets?”
“Teacher Oka, don’t worry, the tickets are still in my hand.”
“Great, let’s head in quickly.” Teacher Okazaki Kanami smiled with the innocence of a child.
Below are the characters’ inner thoughts:
Teacher Oka: Hot spring, hot spring, here I come!
These past few years, I’ve been teaching while taking care of students.
On top of working overtime and staying up late, my skin has gotten so much worse.
Classmate Juri is truly a gift sent to me from heaven.
Not only does she excel in every subject, but she’s also multi-talented, has great character, and knows how to respect her teachers.
She’s a rare, perfect all-rounder of a student.
Hina: For some reason, seeing Teacher Oka smile so happily makes me want to rush over and hug her.
But I can’t.
Still, it’s my first time in a hot spring, I’m so excited!
Negishi Akiko: It’s my first time at a hot spring too.
I heard we have to go completely naked.
That’s so lewd but also so exciting!
Hasebe Yuka: This is great!
The first natural hot spring of my life.
I heard the minerals inside can beautify the skin, so I have to try it right away.
I can’t miss out.
Wakaba Hiiro (Evil God D): Is it really that exciting?
It’s not even a ten-thousandth as good as the hot springs in the Underworld.
PS: I won’t drag things out next.
I’ll skip the lunch scene and go straight to the hot spring.
I’m actually quite conscientious (not really; if I weren’t so terrible at naming things and didn’t know what counts as a luxury meal in Japan, I could have dragged this out for another chapter).
“Ahhh, sugoi! So this is what a hot spring feels like.” Teacher Okazaki Kanami was currently wearing a face mask with cucumber slices over her eyes, thoroughly enjoying the baptism of the hot spring.
Moreover, without any fabric to protect them, their fair skin was exposed to the hot spring.
This was the first time Hasebe Yuka, Negishi Akiko, and Hina were bathing in a hot spring.
The establishment even ruled that there shouldn’t be anything covering you when soaking in the hot spring.
So, soaking completely naked, and with other girls at that—how could they not feel embarrassed?
Unless they were female perverts, all three of them felt very awkward.
Their eyes darted around, and their hands covered their vital areas.
Especially Hina; over the course of a semester, she had already adapted to her identity as a girl.
But this was her first time stripping naked and soaking in a hot spring with other girls, so she had to try her best not to let her mind wander or get a nosebleed.
Wakaba Hiiro, as usual, remained expressionless.
With her hair tied up, she held a goblet filled with lemonade in her hand.
Why wasn’t it wine?
Because Wakaba Hiiro’s identity was that of a minor, and minors are forbidden from drinking alcohol.