It must be said that Amamiya City places such importance on the Tianyang Festival that all schools were closed from September 11th to 22nd, providing nearly two weeks as preparation time.
Although other schools also had festivals like cultural festivals, they were far inferior compared to the Tianyang Festival.
School activities vary by region, and different worlds are also different. Although there will be two consecutive weeks of school closure, these two weeks are not entirely leisure time for students; they need to prepare for their respective class programs.
Of course, some opportunistic individuals will also appear; these people simply want to enjoy the atmosphere of the festival but don't want to do anything.
This depends on whether their class leader is a tough character. If the class leader is very strict, then these people will not only have no rest time but will also have to put in more effort than their other classmates.
This year's Tianyang Festival preparations at Laichan Middle School were different from previous years; a tough character appeared in the Student Council.
This was a tough character that had never appeared in the history of Laichan Middle School, not even the Student Council president had reached this level.
If it weren't for the fact that this position was only valid during the Tianyang Festival, the students would have thought she wanted to replace the Student Council president.
These were all just jokes, but this large-scale event was still beneficial to them, and coupled with the school's great importance placed on this event, they turned a blind eye to Illya's actions.
After all, every class was completing their work in an orderly manner under Illya's planning, which was also an unprecedented situation; the teachers had never seen a saint who could make every club so obedient.
There was no other way; Illya herself was very popular in school, and both teachers and students liked this cute Little Loli.
Moreover, Illya's academic performance was also very good, so Illya held an advantage among both teachers and students.
Whenever these people wanted to complain to the teachers about Illya's 'atrocities,' they would be sent back by the teachers, who would retort with reasons like why they weren't preparing well for the Tianyang Festival, and otherwise, why would they be bothered?
Thus, Illya became the most hated person among those students who didn't work hard, and some of these people even organized to make Illya look bad.
However, no matter the group, even in student groups, there are such things as spies.
Among these students, there were also members of Illya's fan club. After these people told their superiors what they wanted to do to Illya... there was no 'after that.'
Without affecting these guys' work, the sports students from Illya's fan club had a good talk with these guys.
At that time, a new rumor emerged among the students, saying that strange noises were heard one day from the place where sports equipment was stored, as if someone inside was wrestling, occasionally emitting sounds like 'Ah! Ah! Ah!'
In short, these people all settled down and dared not harbor such small thoughts anymore, fearing that someone would emerge from a corner, drag them to wrestle, and even film the scene.
They definitely did not want to see this video appear online, especially the kind where others were pixelated, and only they were performing.
During these busy two weeks, everyone was preparing for their work, and even those at home were taking time to complete the tasks Inaba Tsukiyo had given them.
Because there was only one performance, their progress was very smooth, and no one was slacking off.
After issuing another command, while organizing important documents at her seat, Shiori finally couldn't hold back.
"Um... Illya-chan. You've become so scary lately."
As someone who had always stayed by Illya's side, Shiori clearly saw Illya's changes during this period, especially when she made the sports students patrol; that was the scariest.
"This is just the most basic arrangement. We must have such strong methods to make those people obey."
Pushing up a pair of glasses she found from who knows where, Illya said with a serious expression.
"Do you know, Shiori? This Tianyang Festival is very important for both the students and the school. I hope this Tianyang Festival can be lively and bustling. The students and the school hope that Raizen High School can achieve a good ranking in this Tianyang Festival. If we can defeat other schools and make Raizen High School first, then this will be free publicity for Raizen High School."
"Principal Uncle talked to me; he hopes this Tianyang Festival can make Raizen High School defeat other high schools. If this goal can be achieved, he can let the teachers fully cooperate with our work."
If a good name could be obtained in this Tianyang Festival, it would be excellent publicity for Raizen High School.
Although Raizen High School was not one of those high schools with no students that needed students to become idols to be saved, no one would turn down money.
Moreover, this matter was related to many of the principal's interests, so the principal placed his hope on Illya, who executed the preparatory work perfectly.
Although Shiori didn't see that scene, she could imagine Illya and the principal making a shady deal.
With a headache, Shiori simply stopped thinking about these messy things, sighed, and began to check the documents Illya had approved, looking for any problems.
After finishing most of the documents, Illya lay on the table, wanting to rest for a while.
Recalling the special energy she had collected in other worlds, Illya closed her eyes and found this unusual energy within her body.
After searching through several worlds, this energy had already taken on an initial form.
With Illya's appearance, the energy suddenly emitted a pale blue light, which seemed to want Illya to touch it.
Illya unconsciously reached out and touched this energy. The moment she touched it, this energy reacted with the ring on her hand.
"Illya..."
Shiori, who was organizing documents, wanted to ask something but found that Illya, who should have been sitting in her seat, had turned into someone else.
She couldn't help but blink, only to find that the person had changed back to Illya.
Shiori, thinking she was too tired, rubbed her eyes and squinted, trying to get a clearer look.
Illya, who should have been sitting at her desk correcting documents, was gone, replaced by a girl with long golden hair, wearing a strange hat and a strip-like dress made of butterfly shapes.
Shiori somewhat suspected that if a gust of wind blew, this dress would expose the girl's delicate skin.
One had to know that this couldn't even be considered strips of cloth; butterfly-shaped cloth strips? It was truly an interesting design. Such a daring outfit, probably not many girls would dare to wear it.
Upon closer inspection, one could even see that there seemed to be nothing worn inside the dress. Although a tiny black panty was visible, from the gaps in the butterfly strips above, it was clear that nothing else was worn.
Even without a perfect figure, there's no need to wear this kind of outfit. If there were boys here, wouldn't this be inviting trouble?
After the initial surprise, Shiori quickly recovered. She knew that Inaba Tsukiyo had the ability to transform into other people.
This girl in front of her was probably Inaba Tsukiyo in disguise, but she didn't know why she suddenly changed into this. Was she trying to scare her?
"You…"
Just as Shiori was about to speak, the other party turned her head to look at Shiori.
Although the other party's clothes were very eye-catching, what Shiori cared about more was the position on the girl's forehead.
Above those blue pupils was a keyhole pattern, but this didn't seem to be just a pattern; it was a real keyhole.
But… how could a human head have a keyhole? This was too strange. What kind of existence was this girl?
Shiori was very puzzled, but as she carefully observed the keyhole, an eye seemed to appear inside it. The moment she met its gaze, Shiori's consciousness suddenly became hazy.
The things in front of her changed, and she found herself in a strange place, a dark corridor. At the end of this corridor was a door, an ancient, rustic door.
Shiori slowly walked to this door. As she approached, she could feel her heart beating faster and faster, the sound loud enough to be heard.
This ancient door brought immense pressure to Shiori. It was clearly just a door, but as she continuously approached it, it felt as if something was pressing on her heart, making her unable to breathe.
Shiori wanted to open it, but… but she felt like she was going mad. She could feel her spine trembling, and due to the excessive exertion, the veins inside her slender wrists were visible.
Her right hand slowly reached for the doorknob. Just as Shiori was about to touch the doorknob, another hand grabbed Shiori's hand.
Shiori jolted violently, and her consciousness seemed to jump with her.
Immediately after, she found herself back in the original office. After realizing that everything around her had returned to normal, Shiori collapsed weakly onto the floor.
Her clothes were soaked with cold sweat, and an unknown fear continuously spread through her heart.
Like a drowning person, Shiori reached out and grabbed the hand holding her wrist, her delicate body trembling uncontrollably.
"Just seeing it once, and you're already like this, Shiori."
Inaba Tsukiyo patted Shiori's shoulder with some heartache. She hadn't expected this task's character to be so terrifying; just a slight touch of the edge almost drove Shiori to madness.
"Tsukiyo… Tsukiyo-chan, what… what exactly happened just now?"
Shiori's voice was full of fear. She didn't know what she was afraid of, but this tremor from the depths of her soul completely shattered Shiori's mental defenses.
If Inaba Tsukiyo weren't here as her support, she probably wouldn't have been able to bear it.
"Don't ask, Shiori. Some things are better left unknown. This is for your own good. Listen to me, don't think about these things. Get some good rest."
Saying that, she used her ability to gently put Shiori to sleep, letting her lie on the desk. She tidied her hair, smiled slightly, transformed back into Illya, and continued working.
In a place she didn't know, at that unknown location, the inverse kabbalah evil tree suddenly bloomed with dazzling light.
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