Although Atobe was haunted by the curse and faced with the threat of death in five days, he did not show any signs of panic.

He went to school as usual, trained the members of the tennis club to a living hell, and drank a glass of red wine before going to bed every day. However, he temporarily stopped his finance class for a week so that he could take Kanna Hyuga and Natori to investigate the Ice Emperor and the victims' homes on Monday.

After working with Kanai for three days on Monday, Natori vaguely felt that Keigo Atobe and Kanna Hyuga were very similar in personality.

For example, in terms of obsessive-compulsive disorder, Keigo went to school as usual even though he knew that a disaster was coming. As a member of the head training department, Natori was busy preparing her homework while investigating the curse and looking for a way to break it.

In terms of personality, both of them were people with strong willpower. One had arrogance written on her face, while the other hid her pride in her heart.

It was also because the two of them had similar personalities and were of the same mind that they unexpectedly got along well with each other.

When Tezuka called to ask about their current situation, Atobe replied confidently, "Yeah, Hyuga is with me. What's there to be worried about?"

Tezuka was speechless.

He was silent for a moment. He wanted to tell Atobe not to do anything to the girl, but if he said that, it would sound like he was scolding Atobe. So, he just gave a vague response and reminded Kanai a few more things, such as "be careful when you're in the field," "don't fall in love when you're in school," and so on. He realized that it was rare for Tezuka to be so talkative. As a result, Atobe, who had been muttering these things, was also speechless.

Especially when Kanai was oblivious and obedient, it made Atobe's feelings even more complicated.

They searched the Ice Emperor but found nothing, so they had to go to the victims' homes. Kanai and Natori brushed past Atobe's face and walked into Hōjō's house without any hindrance.

"Hōjō's parents both work for Atobe's family."

Atobe-sama, whose role was limited to leading the way, snorted coldly. "Now, the only place I can bring you to is Hōjō's house."

Although they were suspicious of Kanai, Hōjō's parents still trusted Atobe-sama and agreed to let them investigate their daughter's tragic death.

If it was Suzuki's house, they would be kicked out.

So, you'd better work harder!

I don't want to sneak into Suzuki's house!

"I've been meaning to ask …" Kanai turned to Atobe as she searched through Hōjō's belongings. "Atobe -senpai … did you undergo Spiritual Power training?"

Natori couldn't help but look at Atobe when she heard this.

As the young master of the Atobe Family, he didn't seem to have any Spiritual Power, but he was able to see Spirit-branded Retainers like Ibaraki and Red Leaf.

When the Ice Emperor was investigating, he immediately discovered some harmless monsters hiding in the shadows.

Previously, when he was at Hōjō's house, he was also the one who discovered something wrong with the disc.

Because of this, Kanai didn't deliberately distance herself from Keigo Atobe because she thought he had Spiritual Power, which was why she agreed to bring Atobe-sama with her to investigate.

If he didn't undergo any training … he was simply a natural-born Psionicist. If he underwent systematic training, he would become an outstanding Shinto in the future.

"Ah, that's because of my 'eyesight'. How about it?

Are you intoxicated by my ability? "

As soon as he mentioned this, Atobe seemed to have entered his personal mode. He narrowed his eyes and proudly pointed at his mole under his eye. "My aesthetics on the court …"

Seeing Atobe's expression, Natori didn't want to talk at all. She turned to Kanai and smiled. "Hyuga, did you find anything else?

About this curse? "

"Hey, you guys —"

"I found a strange account book."

Kanna waved a handwritten account book that was filled with messy notes. She had a complex expression. "I think that you guys should take a look at this."

"My —"

"Account book?" Natori took the booklet from Kanai and flipped through it.

Atobe Pufferfish Jingo: "… You bastards."

After flipping through the account book and carefully comparing it, Natori's expression changed.

"… Atobe -kun."

After a moment, he paused, and the gecko on his face quickly crawled over. "I think you should come over and take a look."

"… Do you know that Yui Hōjo is in cahoots with Suzuki and the other girls to sell pornography online?"

*

In the booklet hidden in Yui Hōjo's closet, it recorded in detail that he, Hani Suzuki, and the others forced a girl to contact others online and sell pornography, the number of times, the amount of money collected, and so on.

In total, the girl had been sent out more than thirty times to provide assistance.

There were even a few times when the girl was rented out to several men for the entire night.

The money entered into the account was used for Hōjo, Suzuki, and the others' daily activities and dinners. In Hōjo's account book, the girl was referred to as a "slave," and was also one of the Ice Emperor's students. However, her specific name was unknown.

Atobe read page by page, and his hands were trembling with anger.

With a livid expression, he took out his phone and dialed a number. "Tengtang Gang, from now on, notify all the members of the Ice Emperor Student Council that the Ice Emperor's Support Group is disbanded!

The person in charge of the Support Group will be checked tomorrow, and check all the files of the Support Group for me!

Check everything that the Ice Emperor's Support Group has done behind my back! "

After putting down the phone, he sent the chair in Hōjō Yui's bedroom flying with a kick. The notebook slammed heavily on the table. Atobe slammed his hands on the table, and his chest rose and fell unevenly from anger.

Seeing this, Natori and Kanai both bowed their heads politely and remained silent.

After a while, Atobe calmed down a little. He wiped his face and coldly stared at the Hōjō couple who heard the commotion and rushed over to check the situation.

"Atobe-sama, if there's a situation, go ahead and check it out."

Hōjō's wife was still immersed in the grief of losing her daughter and didn't notice Atobe's expression at all. She hurriedly stepped forward. "Is Yui's … related to the Support Group?"

Seeing that Atobe didn't respond, her eyes suddenly turned red. "I knew it, I knew that our Yui is so gentle and kind. She'll always be bullied!"

"Our Yui, our Yui …"

Atobe's eyes were red. He remembered the things that Yui Hōjo wrote herself in the handbook, and the way she called the innocent victim a 'slave' … The cries of the Hōjō couple echoed in his ears. He was angry and disgusted.

Yui was so innocent, so naive and kind. What was she doing behind his back?

No matter how angry he was, no matter how much he gritted his teeth, Yui Hōjo was already dead, and there was no point in saying anything.

Atobe swallowed his anger and mockery. He only calmly asked the Hōjō couple to leave, and he called Kanai and the others back to Atobe's house.

Kanai wanted to say something but stopped on second thought. When they arrived at Atobe's house, she handed over Hani Suzuki's diary and nude photos to Atobe.

Atobe looked at Hani Suzuki's diary expressionlessly, then turned around and smashed his cup.

As for the nude photos, he recognized the girl in the photo at a glance.

"This is my classmate." Atobe closed his eyes. He looked tired, and his voice was hoarse.

"Aoi Okubo."

Aoi Okubo came from an ordinary family. Her parents lived frugally and sent her to the Ice Emperor during the critical period of her third year in high school. She was also good at her job. She was always close to Atobe's score in the monthly and final exams. She always lagged behind Atobe by a few points.

However, such a strong girl stuttered a little. She rarely communicated with her classmates, and she didn't have many friends.

Atobe saw Aoi Okubo sitting alone in the classroom more than once. She was eating bread and studying at the same time.

"Okubo, the Ice Emperor's cafeteria provides free lunch to the students."

For some reason, Atobe, who did not want to see someone in his Hyotei Monarch stupidly eating dry bread, kindly explained the situation to the transfer student.

"Ah, I, I know …" Aoi Okubo seemed to be frightened. She quickly put down her book and stood up. She tried her best to explain, "I, I, I just want to, to save time to study …"

Atobe was speechless.

It was the first time he met someone who didn't go to the cafeteria for such a strange reason. The next few times he met Okubo, Atobe realized that this girl was always holding onto her book!

How hardworking was she?!

She literally never let go of her book!

Aoi Okubo's explanation was: She wasn't as smart as Atobe, and she didn't have as good a foundation as Atobe, so she had to work harder. She had to work very, very hard to maintain her second place in the grade.

Atobe, who rarely felt threatened by her hard work, couldn't help but work harder.

=

However, such a hardworking girl, who he admired, transferred to another school at the end of last year.

Atobe sighed in his heart. He could only wish that Okubo could get first place in another school.

"Ah, yes. After all, in other schools, there isn't a genius like me who has both strength and beauty. You're barely enough," he said.

Aoi Okubo, who was about to leave, had an unreadable expression. She stared at Atobe for a long time. After a while, she said softly.

"Then … Kui's leaving."

"Atobe-sama, please be as gorgeous and arrogant as you are now."

When she spoke, she didn't stutter at all. After smoothly saying goodbye, the girl bowed deeply to Atobe and left the Ice Emperor.

At that time, Atobe didn't notice the girl's unnatural walking posture and pale face.

Just like that, Atobe Jingo allowed the girl to escape without realizing it.

"Go … investigate."

Atobe repeated this again and again to the person on the phone.

"Go investigate Aoi Okubo's current situation."

*

The next morning, Kanna received news of the girl's whereabouts.

Aoi Okubo was missing.

Not only her, but her entire family, including her father, disappeared.

According to their neighbors, Okubo's family lived in seclusion, and the apartment they lived in was a low-rent apartment that didn't have any surveillance equipment, so it was difficult to find out when they disappeared.

According to the police's investigation, before this, Hani Suzuki used her father's bank card to transfer a large amount of money to Aoi Okubo's father.

But what was puzzling was that after Aoi Okubo's father took the money from the bank, it was left in the rented apartment without any trace of being moved.

Judging from this, it was highly likely that Okubo's entire family had been killed by Seiji.

If he left, why would they take the money out of the bank and leave it in the rented apartment?

But if they were targeted because of the money, why would the banknotes be left in the bedroom?

The most suspicious Suzuki's family had already been summoned by the police. Atobe put more energy into investigating the support group's shady and bullying behavior.

Although he already knew that the support group did a lot of things behind the student council's back, when these things were placed in front of Atobe one by one, even the Ice Emperor couldn't help but want these girls to be cursed.

It was rare for Atobe to show his cold and ruthless side. Those who should be expelled, those who should be reported to the police, those who should be given demerits, those who should be given demerits, those who should be given demerits, those who should be given demerits, those who should be given demerits, those who should be given demerits, those who should be given demerits, those who should be given demerits, those who should be kicked out of the Ice Emperor.

For a time, the Ice Emperor was in a state of panic. Atobe even stopped the tennis practice and dragged Shinobu and Takashi Hinosuke to the student council office to investigate day and night.

Ignoring what Shinobu and Takashi thought after seeing the evidence, Atobe stepped up the investigation of the reformed Ice Emperor while looking for traces of Ōkubo's family.

Seeing that it was almost the seventh day, Kanai had no choice but to go to the spell room and summon her Spirit-branded Retainer that was wandering in the Sea of Hellfire: Fenghuang Fire.

Fenghuang Fire's original form was a huge fire bird, it was the flame left behind by the Phoenix after its nirvana.

When Kanai summoned her, the scorching heat from her body ignited Kagome's wooden house. If it weren't for Yuki Onna, the purple-black flames that couldn't be extinguished by ordinary water would have burned the entire forest to ashes.

Because the scattered sparks on her body could easily ignite something, Kanai had no choice but to let Fenghuang Fire stay in the Lava Land for a long time. After that, Fenghuang Fire was specially hired by Ghost Lantern to be the Executioner of the Sea of Hellfire, she rarely stayed by Kanai's side.

As the master of her Spirit-branded Retainer, Kanai didn't care about the flames on Fenghuang Fire's body. However, because Hell was very busy, Fenghuang Fire could only ask for a short half-hour leave.

Just by using Fenghuang Fire's ability to sense the life and death of Ōkubo's family, she used up Fenghuang Fire's precious half-hour leave. Kanai felt guilty and stuffed Fenghuang Fire with a lot of snacks that she made herself. Only then did the master and servant reluctantly part ways.

Atobe had just sorted out the factions of the support group when he received a call from Kanna Hyuga.

"The life of Ōkubo and her father has been extinguished."

Hearing the girl's soft voice, Atobe's eyes welled up with tears and he closed them.

From the school's campus, he could faintly hear the Ice Emperor's school song being played.

"… Low clouds blow from the mountains like mist

Ice Emperor

Clear and bright in the morning light

Friends

Valiant and spirited towards the setting sun

Singing loudly, because we act together and nurture together

Our righteous hearts connect, our friendship is so beautiful … "

Our friendship is so beautiful …

Atobe finally couldn't hold back his tears any longer.

That girl who had been bullied told him that Oki was gone.