Reborn as a short-lived loli who can only live for three years

She then tried harder to speed up her pace, while carefully analyzing the magical composition of the black shadow.

But... the more I analyze it, the more I am sure that the source of the black shadow's magic power is the first rain.

how come?

She finally arrived at the apartment building breathlessly and met Ye Jiyan who had sneaked out.

The two hid in the dark bushes.

Ivy tried to open her eyes wide and confirmed the magic power of the black shadow with her own eyes.

The outline of the shadow clone was indeed similar to that of Hatsuyu. At this moment, it was hiding outside the window of Manno Yui and Tokieda Yume's room, almost blending in with the darkness outside. It seemed to be listening intently to the conversation inside.

Wan Ye Xi had already noticed the arrival of the shadow clone. She pulled Shi Zhi Meng aside and forced her to chat with him, trying to delay time.

The shadow clone was made of Chu Yu's dark magic. The magic was pure and abundant, almost evenly covering the entire black shadow, but there was only one area where the magic was particularly thick. Through this thick magic shell, the inside was...

The shadow clone suddenly sensed Ivy's strong magical analysis, and it turned back abruptly and stared at Ivy in the bushes.

The next moment, it disappeared into the shadows, and then emerged from the shadow behind Ivy in an instant—!

"!"

Ye Jiyan suddenly pushed her down and raised his hand to block the sudden attack.

The two magical powers collided violently, and the shadow clone was knocked back, then immediately dived into the shadows and escaped.

Seeing Ye Jiyan trying to catch up, Ivy quickly grabbed him.

Accordingly, she used her outward-radio magic power to continuously chase the direction of the shadow clone, constantly sensing its moving position.

It didn't get far.

Because Chu Yu and Wan Ye Xi lived very close to each other, only separated by an apartment building.

The shadow clone followed Chu Yu's direction, moving back and forth in the shadows, and finally returned to Chu Yu's room... and returned to her shadow.

Ivy's magical perception ended.

She stood up feeling a little dizzy. The magic power that had just spread out was so strong and so much that she was now somewhat depleted of magic power in her body.

When I turned around again, I found that Ye Jiyan had turned into an ordinary female high school student.

Meeting her ghost-like gaze, Ye Jiyan remained calm and said, "Go up and talk."

As if realizing that the shadow clone had escaped, Wan Ye Xi opened the window of the room.

With the help of Tokieda Yume's wind magic, they quickly flew up several floors and came in through the window.

Wan Ye Xi quickly closed the window and drew the curtains.

"how?"

Shi Zhimeng considerately handed each of them a cup of hot milk.

Women's clothing Ye Jiyan sat on the chair and succinctly recounted what had just happened.

"I didn't expect it would actually attack." Wan Yexi was a little surprised.

Ivy recalled the details and guessed, "Maybe my magic detection was too strong and it got angry."

"Weiwei, your magical perception is stronger than ours, so you must be able to see its identity more clearly than us. How is it? ... Is it really Chuyu's?"

Although they already had guesses in their minds, no one wanted to give a definite answer.

Evie nodded.

The answer can only be revealed by her who is the most convincing.

"It is indeed Hatsuyu's shadow clone."

"After escaping, it returned to the shadow of the first rain."

"..." Wan Yexi lowered her head in silence. She seemed to be organizing her thoughts and deciding on her next move.

"But..." After thinking about it, Ivy decided to say it.

"But what?" Wan Yexi seemed to have heard some hope. He raised his head again and waited for what to come.

"It seems that there is something else hidden inside that shadow clone. It is surrounded by layers of dark magic outside. If you don't carefully explore the inside, you can't find it at all."

Wan Yexi thought for a moment: "What could that be?"

Ivy shook his head. “I just discovered the existence of that thing and wanted to continue exploring it, but it discovered me and attacked me.”

"It sounds like," Ye Jiyan commented, "it's anxious."

"Once you discover the specific appearance of that thing, everything it did will be in vain, so it got furious and forcibly interrupted you."

Listening to Ye Jiyan's analysis, Wan Yexi followed his train of thought and speculated: "What is it doing... eavesdropping?"

Shi Zhimeng, who had been listening in, interrupted and said, "We usually talk about meaningless topics. What can it eavesdrop on? It would be more useful for it to just sit in on my club meetings."

"So what it's doing is like eavesdropping, but it's not actually eavesdropping?" Wan Yexi thought about it, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind, "... Assuming that it is not actually Chu Yu's shadow clone, then what it has been doing is to make us doubt Chu Yu and no longer trust her."

Although it did come from Chuyu, the motives behind all its actions were strange and not like Chuyu's style.

And at this moment, they had indeed planted the seeds of doubt towards Chu Yu.

Ivy sat on the bed, hugged Wan Yexi's waist, felt her body temperature, and felt drowsy.

When her mind was not clear, she thought about things more directly.

It is the shadow clone of Chu Yu.

If it weren't, the motivation would become more reasonable.

But it is.

Can it become something else?

"That thing, will it be..."

"So that Chu Yu's shadow clone is no longer hers?"

Several people looked at her.

Ye Jiyan was the first to smile: "That makes sense."

"If Chu Yu was implanted with that thing without knowing it, then even if one of her shadow clones showed any abnormality, she herself might... not notice it?" Wan Yexi continued to speculate.

Shi Zhimeng made the simplest and most crude suggestion: "Then I will ask her tomorrow if she has been feeling unwell recently."

"Is this okay?" Wan Yexi was a little worried.

"That's great! You care about the members. And think about it, some people won't say it out loud even if they're not feeling well, right? They would think that maybe they can just rest for a few days or bear with it. Little do they know that this small physical abnormality actually hides a huge crisis!" Shi Zhimeng's analysis was very logical.

But Ivy always felt that she had a hidden agenda, and every word she said seemed to be directed at her.

"When did Chu Yu get tampered with?"

When this question came up, each of them came up with the same answer.

Maybe, it was that time.

The day when the public exploration ended was after Robani’s death.

Chu Yu was called away by the gardener alone and was interrogated and tortured.

What method was used?

……

Burning shadows.

shadow.

So… could it have been at that time?

Her shadow was tampered with, and something sinister was buried inside it.

Their thoughts gradually became clear.

Shizhi Meng smiled with relief: "You are really determined to trust Chu Yu. As the president, I am very touched."