The Melaleuca Routine of Dominating the Devil

"Miss Machima, do you still remember the bet you lost to Wu and me when we first met?"

"...that was a long time ago."

"Although it happened last winter, it's still fresh in my memory."

Xia Youjie narrowed his eyes and smiled nostalgicly. "At that time, Satoru was aroused by you to fight, and even vowed to win a round from you. After that, I never asked—how did it feel to go on a date with him? Were you annoyed to death by that guy?"

"..."

Didn't realize that Xia Youjie was such a talkative person before?

With a joking tone, unmistakable topics, an atmosphere that seems to be very familiar to each other, the last time we met, he was still acting normal in front of the other two conjurer classmates, but what does it mean now?Machima opened the game panel to check the status of his character cards.No possession, no poisoning.Xia Youjie's taste will change, more like he caused it himself.

"If you want to know the details, why don't you go directly to Gojo-kun?"

Machima said lightly. "The bet is still valid. But Mr. Xia You, if you plan to make the same request as your friend, sorry, I will not agree."

"Hey, why?"

"It's strange, as the older party, why do I have to choose to date younger boys?"

Mazima lowered her eyelids, and there was a hint of anxiety in her tone. "Also, it might cause trouble to Gojo-kun, who knows what he will think."

"Sure enough, forget it?"

"Is it... what a pity."

When Gojo Satoru's name was mentioned, the fox-eyed conjurer's eyes darkened, and he didn't insist any more. "It's obvious that Ms. Machima is my type..."

——In this game, who would hate Makima?

She wasn't flattered, just smiled calmly. "That's really a big thank you for your love."

Is it weird to date younger boys?Worried about causing trouble to Gojo Satoru?

That is impossible.Even if she was dating Gojo Wuxia Youjie at the same time, Maqima didn't have the slightest psychological burden.

The reason why she was the first to reject Xia Youjie was simply because she didn't like the plan that was suddenly disrupted and the smell of him now.

Compared to the peppermint conjurer with a slightly pungent taste, Makima is more inclined to date ordinary boys like Ryota Kise.She is young and expressive, and even smells like honey lemon tea, refreshing, sweet and sour, very easy to understand; she doesn't mind the fellow demon hunters.Both Hayakawa and Himeno have scents that Machima likes.Only Xia Youjie, whose inner quality has changed, is not on her favorite list.

The fox-eyed conjurer didn't show much disappointment at being rejected by Machima.He just smiled and sighed, looking like "it's a pity, but there's nothing we can do about it". "Well, if you want Miss Marchma to do me a favor, it should be all right?"

"As long as it does not violate public security laws and does not interfere with personal privacy, yes."

Machima glanced at the sky, but still could find scattered human head balloons floating around.While they were chatting, I don't know how many innocent citizens were killed by human head balloons. "...Let's talk about everything after the working hours are over."

"No problem, this is also one of the purposes of my coming to Kanagawa." Xia Youjie said. "Let me follow you, it's more efficient, isn't it?"

Reminder: Heart of Chaos, you have entered the instance - the mystery of the head balloon.

Archiving cannot be performed in the copy of the game, and electronic products can be used.Under the attack of human head balloons, try to protect friendly personnel.

I wish you a happy pass.

Ever since she came to Kanagawa to rescue Kise Ryota who released the mission, Machima has not received any news from the game.She originally thought that she would have no luck with the game dungeon after becoming a demon at the crossroads, so she could only blindly rely on luck to find a dungeon.But the game system caught him by surprise, and after Xia Youjie expressed his intention to join, he gave a clear prompt for the dungeon.

After several months, the player finally entered the game's built-in copy again.

But why the trigger this time...was on Xia Youjie?

When the system pops up the prompt, the player will directly save the current game progress.The appearance of the conjurer and his ambiguous attitude all reveal a trace of weirdness, but if Xia Youjie is directly related to the dungeon, then his existence is naturally indispensable.Even with some reluctance, Maqima must agree to the other party's joining.

She nodded calmly. "No problem, it would be great to have Mr. Xia You's help."

For a long time, Maqima's impression of him has always been above.Wujo Wu's light is indeed dazzling, but Xia Youjie also has super strength.The young man was coming to the stage in an unexpected gesture.In just a short time, he refreshed Maqima's original understanding time and time again.

So what is the inevitable and direct connection between Xia Youjie and the copy of the head balloon?

What does it mean in the prompt?

Nothing is clear, but it's not too late.Mazima withdrew her gaze, only with enough information could she make a better plan.

But the potential of male high school students is really unpredictable.

……

There was a turbulent undercurrent between the two, as keen as Kise Ryota immediately noticed their unusual atmosphere.He dawdled, and leaned over to the demon hunter who was already acquainted.

"Mr. Kusakabe, who is that black-haired guy? He seems to know Ms. Machima very well?"

"That's a conjurer, who specializes in dealing with curses and abnormalities just like a demon hunter."

Kusakabe recognized Xia Youjie's identity as a conjurer after seeing the buttons of Xia Youjie's uniform.Reminiscent of the rumors about Maqima that circulated in the public security headquarters a long time ago, he was a little excited at the live broadcast of the scandal, and couldn't help whispering to the boy. "I've heard some rumors about the date they talked about. Tsk, I didn't expect Maqima to be exactly what they said, the younger generation..."

"Really, really! So Miss Machima...!"

"Hush, keep your voice down...why are you blushing!"

Maqima ignored the nonsense of the two people behind her, the important thing is to complete the dungeon right now. "Didn't Gojo-kun come over for this mission?"

"Satoru has his own things to do, and we don't act together all the time, and we're not conjoined twins."

Xia Youjie was a little absent-minded. "And this time to deal with the head balloon, there is no need for him to appear in person. Miss Mazima can trust my ability as a conjurer."

Therefore, the six-eyed conjurer is not nearby, and Xia Youjie is the only one acting at the moment.

Now that the tricky guy is gone, do you want to take this opportunity to dominate him?

Maqima watched Xia Youjie approaching silently, bent down to observe the human head balloon in the gabion with great interest.According to the opponent's role panel, if it succeeds, it will definitely be a good help.It can be seen that he completely ignores Kusakabe and Kise Ryota, it is really different from her previous understanding of Xia Youjie...

There are too many weird details, let's observe for a while.

"The curse of human head balloons has been around for a while. The magic world generally believes that they are produced by human beings who are afraid of themselves. They are relatively ancient special curses."

When it comes to cursing, Xia Youjie's tone is much more serious. "The characteristic of this kind of curse is that it cannot be destroyed. No matter what kind of attack is made on the curse, it will be directly transferred to humans. Teacher Ye Moth believes that my ability is more suitable than Satoru to deal with such a curse. "

What is Gojo Satoru best at?

—— Arrogant, lawless, and wrecking havoc.

Hearing his explanation, Mazima somewhat understood the intention of the High School of Conjuration.A conjurer who is good at magic spells can control curses with fine manipulation. With his help, the head balloon case must be resolved in a more gentle way.He will never be like a certain person who can make the scene earth-shattering casually.

Recalling the last time he dealt with the demon at the crossroads, the white-haired conjurer raised his hand to hit the maximum output spell, which almost hurt her and Hayakawa Qiu who were standing not far away...Maqima felt helpless beyond words.

"I have seen such gabions along the way... It can be seen that you know the importance of controlling the movement of the balloon. Yes, you are much smarter than the group of demon hunters before."

"It is precisely because of the report from the 'group of demon hunters' that we can know this information in advance." Mazima retorted nonchalantly. "Speaking of which, why didn't Mr. Xia You let go of the 'trap'? Aren't conjurers unwilling to let ordinary people see curses?"

"Unfortunately, when I came to Kanagawa, the head balloon had spread beyond the range of the tent. This kind of thing happens occasionally, it's not a big deal."

Xia Youjie shrugged. He seemed to be very curious about the gabions made by Kusakabe and had been studying the structure. "Such a hard material... Is it the ability of the so-called 'contract demon'?"

"Don't underestimate us demon hunters, magicians!"

Kusakabe on the side couldn't bear it anymore.Conjurers and demon hunters have always been difficult to deal with, but somehow they have the same interests, and they can put down their prejudices and cooperate together when facing curse anomalies.But the boy with the strange hairstyle in front of him was very strange. He had been in the police for so many years, and he never thought that he would be ignored by a young junior like this. He almost didn't even look at him from the beginning to the end. "Without my contract with the 'Stone Demon', these monsters would not be trapped so easily. This is all thanks to the Demon Hunter!"

"Really, but in the final analysis, the ability to display is still a demon, right? If it is not driven by a contract, human beings are very weak."

Xia Youjie's unexpected answer made the pink-haired woman raise her eyebrows secretly.The conjurer's words sounded objective, but without any emotion. "In order to save the nearby residents and trap the head balloon, this senior hunter must have paid a considerable price, right?"

"After that, how much energy do you have to make those cages?"

"you……!"

"For the sake of the battle ahead, Kusakabe, please take the time to rest well now, and don't waste your energy uselessly."

If you keep arguing, there will be no end.Pressing down on the colleague who was about to jump, Maqima decisively stopped the internal strife.The yin and yang strangeness is indeed hateful, but Xia Youjie was right, Kusakabe was wearing the debuff of weakness, but he gritted his teeth and kept silent. "What we are doing so far is really just a temporary check and balance. So far, we haven't found the 'source' of the head balloon."

"Mr. Xia You," she cast her eyes on the magician. "Can you use the magic spirit that can control the air to find out the source of the head balloon?"

"...Yes." Xia Youjie frowned, and summoned his spell spirit according to the words. "."

The gorgeous dragon-shaped curse spirit soared into the sky, roaring and flying towards the sky.Machima squinted as the curse spirit dodged left and right, shuttled among the scattered human head balloons in the air.Kusakabe approached, in her

He whispered in his ear. "Machima, can we really trust this conjurer?"

"There is no other way now."

The human-head balloons flying all over the city are also interfering with Makma's manipulation of animals.It seemed that Xia Youjie still had information that none of them knew, so they had no choice but to stand still. "Wait, Kusakabe, your face..."

"Well, what happened?"

The demon hunter, whose skin gradually became uneven, seemed to have no feeling at all, and just looked at Mazima in confusion.The pink-haired woman fell silent, but Kise Ryota could see clearly, his voice was trembling.

"Mr. Kusakabe... you, your face becomes..."

The expression of the demon hunter changed drastically, he turned his head quickly, and the huge "Kusakabe" head was swooping over with a grinning grin!

I don't know when, a large number of human head balloons quietly gathered in the rear, and they all flew in the direction of the demon hunters!

"!" He didn't even want to summon his contract demon, but this time, the gargoyle-shaped demon poked out half of its head from the shadows timidly.

Upon closer inspection, the gargoyle turned into a thin nylon material!

"Retreat first." There was no time to hesitate, Kusakabe immediately chose the best strategy while still having some strength, and Maqima, who realized that the dungeon was not saved, also made a decisive decision and followed directly.Abandoning the human head balloon captured earlier, a group of people quickly ran into the narrow alley.And the human head floating in the sky was hanging the rope ferociously, laughing silently.

"Damn it, my face is seriously ugly..."

"Go straight along this alley, and there will be a closed library in front of you. Before recovering your strength, please wait there for a while." Staying where you are is just a waste of time.After careful consideration, Mazima decided to split up. "Kise-kun, although you are safe, it is best to stay with Kusakabe from now on."

"But, but! Miss Macchima, didn't you say that my head balloon has..."

"——I can't guarantee that you will be safe."

The slender fingers pressed the corner of the boy's lips, stopping his eager words.The conjurer was still here, and Mazima didn't want to reveal too much about his abilities in front of him. "Don't worry, I'll be back soon."

"How, have you found the source?"

"It's the Great Inari Shrine." Xia Youjie, who asked the mantra to observe the high-altitude dynamics, finally took the rainbow dragon back slowly and gave the answer. "There is a lot of magic power coming from the shrine, probably the big boss is hiding there..."

His eyes fell on the pink-haired woman's movements, and he stopped in the middle of speaking. "Wait, this kid is not a demon hunter from the Public Security... isn't he with you?"

"Kise-kun is the person who asked us for help this time. He is an ordinary high school student of your age."

Instantly feeling the temperature difference of the other party's cooling down, Maqima slowly withdrew her hand and looked at him with her arms folded. "...By the way, what are you upset about, Mr. Xia You?"