The Cursed Gamer, Book 3

387: Who Is She?

Chapter 387: Who Is She?

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Her hair was lustrous blonde, with two cat ears of the same color wiggling on her head. Her eyes were closed, but it wouldn't be surprising if they were blue in color. She was wearing a black pencil skirt, with a white shirt that tightly hugged her bosom.

Lastly, if her unnatural beauty and ears didn't give away her non-human status, her cat tail that was slipping out of a gap in the chair she was sleeping in, was the final nail.

If anybody from the devil groups saw her, they would recognize her as a 'Yokai' right away. However, that wasn't the first thought Neji had. In his head, her features were too similar to a person he loved.

"Hey, Kimi."

Neji ran to the chair, grabbed her by the shoulder very gently, and shook her body. Her head that was resting to the side, covered by her hair, came to full view, as Neji stared at it with a large smile.

A smile that soon vanished as her face became clear, her eyes fluttering open, as two distinct... golden eyes stared at him.

For a second, the pair of eyes stared at one another, a small blush forming on the woman's sweet face, until her eyes widened and she screeched.

"Eep-!"

She pushed him back, the force lethal enough to send him flying since he was not resisting, and he hit the wall. He didn't flinch, nor did he groan, as he stood back up, while the shaken woman stood up from her chair too, taking a battle stance with an expression that screamed 'Dammit, I fucked up!'.

Broken out of his delusion, Neji's eyes finally focused on the text hovering over her head.

[Yuhei Kotazaki – Cat Yokai – Mid Tier 4]

Turns out, in the hypothetical scenario that the devils were the ones to find this situation, their guess to assume she was a Yokai would have been correct. When Neji's expectations were shattered, his INT and WIS formulating possibilities, he recognized this woman to be a spy.

This woman was someone weak enough to not be any threat to the devils playing students here, so if she got caught then the Yokai Queen could make some excuses, but she was certainly strong enough to mess with any unsuspecting student if they figured out her identity.

Some Yokai could control normal humans' minds, erase their memories and such. Perhaps this woman was someone like that, given how frantically she was chanting spells and throwing them at him, all to naught as they clashed with his [Gamer's Mind] and were simply obliterated.

"Dammit, why isn't it working?!"

The cat woman yelled while Neji gave her an... he didn't know what sort of expression he was making right now. If he had to explain, he felt like missing the lottery with only one missed number

In just under a few hours, he had mistaken two people for Kimi. Heck, this one certainly looked like her too, and her flustered behavior was a creepy imitation of Kimi as well. If someone told him this woman and Kimi were related, maybe sisters even, he wouldn't doubt it. Their facial features were different, yet very similar, enough that he mistook her for Kimi from afar.

"Stop."

When the woman was about to cast another spell, Neji snapped his finger, waving his mana to wave over her and break her spell.

"I am sure the devils have noticed you barraging spells by now. Leave. I am not their ally, so I won't reveal the Yokai Faction had a spy here, don't worry. Just get away from my field of vision."

He used his authority as a Dragon, an apex predator, to give this spiritual catgirl a warning glare.

Yuhei Kotazaki had thought he was a normal human, given she couldn't sense any mana from him, that's why she was trying to make him forget ever seeing her. But under the gaze of his gorgeous blue eyes that went slit, she paused. She slipped her hand in her pockets, took out a piece of paper – with a magic circle drawn on it – and tore it apart.