The stall door opened.
Yuria fled with a face full of panic, as if some prehistoric predatory beast were behind her.
"She believed it? Well, that's for the best. This Chuunibyou probably won't keep pestering me to take her as a disciple now, so that's one less hassle."
Gabriel thought for a moment, then turned back to glance at the stall behind her.
A transparent Barrier emitting a faint white fluorescence was overturned on top of it like a bowl.
"Yuria can see the Holy Light, but she can't see this Boundary..."
Gabriel moved her feet, walking to the stall on the right, and reached out to open it.
The moment the door was opened, a piercing scream came from inside.
A man covered in rolls of fat was curled in the corner. The left half of his body had been scorched away; the charred flesh and organs emitted a dense Death Qi, breathing out a lingering Grudge Energy.
The remaining half of his face had its eyes wide with terror. He stared fixedly at Gabriel, the depths of his eyes filled with endless fear and resentment.
This Evil Spirit had been in this stall the entire time. When Yuria mentioned she could see, he had suddenly lunged forward to bite the oblivious Yuria.
But he had been blocked by the Barrier Gabriel casually deployed, and after crashing straight into the Boundary, he ended up in his current state.
To prevent him from escaping and continuing to cause trouble for that loli, Gabriel used another Barrier to bind him while preparing to resolve this Hidden danger.
"Since you heard something you shouldn't have and took the initiative to seek death, I'll have to send you on your way ahead of schedule."
Gabriel entered the stall with a smile, her hands clenched into fists as golden Holy Light covered them in the next second.
She had recently fallen in love with the feeling of Melee Combat.
Facing the Evil Spirit's desperate final counterattack in the next second, Gabriel dodged nimbly while a fist slammed hard into the Evil Spirit's chest, piercing straight through his torso.
The golden Holy Light acted like hot oil, making the Evil Spirit's internal organs sizzle as they burned, followed by a shrill, agonizing scream.
"Huh? Did you hear a strange sound?"
A JK passing by vaguely heard a scream coming from the restroom. The shrillness of the sound was hair-raising.
"No, you must have misheard."
Her companion pricked up her ears to listen for a moment and then shook her head.
Inside the classroom.
Miko Yotsuya saw Gabriel walk back with a refreshed expression and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Did you encounter something happy? You look quite pleased."
"I met a very enthusiastic fellow. After Getting Along (Physically) with him, I vented my dissatisfaction about going to School. I'm in a very good mood now."
After Gabriel finished speaking, she rested her small face on her arms and narrowed her eyes comfortably.
"Did you make a new friend?"
Hana Yurikawa asked curiously.
"To be able to be Getting Along (Physically) so quickly, the other person must be quite nice, right?"
Miko Yotsuya speculated.
An Angel probably wouldn't communicate so amicably with an evil person.
"Neither. You don't need to worry about it, because that guy won't be appearing again."
Gabriel raised her clean little fist.
Hmm?
After Miko Yotsuya processed this, she felt a sudden shiver of horror.
Gabriel's indifferent attitude and that raised fist, combined with what she just said...
Could it be that the so-called 'getting along' was in the literal, physical sense...
Miko Yotsuya stared silently at Gabriel's raised small fist.
After another class, Gabriel followed Miko Yotsuya and Hana Yurikawa to the changing room.
The next class was PE, so they needed to change clothes.
Gabriel held her Gym Uniform in her hands, her eyes constantly scanning the young JKs around her.
At this moment, she suddenly didn't find going to school so repulsive anymore.
After Hana Yurikawa took off her top, the giant pair on her chest were liberated. Gabriel's eyes unconsciously drifted toward them.
"Hana, it must be hard for you normally. You can't do strenuous exercise, and you'd feel chest tightness when sleeping flat at night... I understand that feeling."
Gabriel cast a sympathetic gaze toward Hana Yurikawa.
Back when she was Mika Misono in Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, her chest was only slightly smaller than Hana Yurikawa's.
That weight was real and had troubled her for a long time.
That sort of thing definitely looks better on other people.
Miko Yotsuya paused while undressing. She glanced at Gabriel's flat chest and couldn't help but complain in her heart: "Your own is so flat, why do you talk like you can empathize with Hana? Are you imagining it?"
"Gabriel really understands my struggles."
Hana Yurikawa gloomily supported her chest with both hands, feeling the weight, and subsequently showed a distressed expression.
"Are you sure you aren't Versailles?"
Miko Yotsuya retracted her gaze from Hana Yurikawa and complained silently.
"Miko's expression suggests she doesn't understand our difficulties."
"It's fine, as long as we can understand each other... Wait, Gabriel, you said it wrong. It's 'me,' not 'us.'"
Seeing this, Miko Yotsuya didn't even know how to respond for a moment.
Once everyone had finished changing, some began leaving the changing room for the playground.
When Miko Yotsuya opened her locker to put her school uniform inside.
A human head emitting Yin Qi suddenly poked out from the very top, its eyes staring straight at her, looking as if it wanted to pounce and bite off a piece of flesh immediately.
Eek!!!
Miko Yotsuya's scalp went numb with fear.
Swoosh!
A golden pillar of light shot from her side, instantly piercing the sinister head, which then dissipated into the world along with the light.
"I'm saved..."
Miko Yotsuya cast a grateful glance at Gabriel, who was lowering her index finger beside her.
She then hurriedly pulled out the Holy Cross (the Lily) from her locker and slammed the door shut.
"I should keep this with me after all; at least I'll have some peace of mind."
Miko Yotsuya held the bunch of lilies in her arms, muttering to herself.
...
There was more than one class on the playground; Students from Class 2 were also having PE.
Yuria from Class 2 held a volleyball, her gaze fixed on Miko Yotsuya, who was carrying a bunch of lilies even during PE.
"Just how much does she like those flowers? Isn't she afraid of them getting ruined?"
Yuria was utterly perplexed.
When the bell rang for the end of class, she felt her chance had come!
Yuria quickly approached Miko Yotsuya and, acting as if she were frail and weak, requested: "Yotsuya-san, um... could you help me organize the sports equipment? It's a bit much for me to do alone..."
"Me? Of course, please wait for me a moment."
Miko Yotsuya hadn't expected a student from Class 2 to ask her for help. She glanced at Yuria's petite frame and agreed without thinking much of it.
Gabriel watched from afar as Miko Yotsuya and Yuria walked into the Sports Equipment Storage Room.
Seeing Yuria secretly close the main door, she stroked her chin.
This scene looks an awful lot like the setup of an adult anime.