"And that's another alleyway without anything weird." The only thing weird in it is me, I have a ghost girlfriend after all.

Though the fact that I'm checking alleyways is weird too... We are already some hours in our search, and we haven't found anything.

Shiki sighs. "If this keeps up then we will never find him. What are we hoping for here? To randomly stumble onto him?"

Arcueid nods. "Yeah, that's my usual tactic!" Your usual tactic sucks. "Besides, we are already trying Yuta's plan."

My 'plan' isn't really a plan, it's more like common sense, and while it may narrow the search, it won't be enough.

Basically I looked up on google recent murders in Souya, there's a surprising amount of them recently.

After that we started searching on the areas where those murders happened. At first my plan was actually to avoid them.

But the killer repeats areas for some reason, I guess he's cocky because he's a immortal dead apostle.

Shiki sighs again, he has been doing that a lot recently. "I know, but it's clearly not enough." He looks around the alleyway. "We are walking around blindly while this guy amasses his forces."

Arcueid shrugs. "Yeah, but it's fine, with all three of us here there's no way we could lose." I don't know enough about the supernatural world to call you a liar.

The vampire first points at Shiki. "First, there's you. Your eyes are truly amazing, I used to think there was no way for a modern human to have something so powerful."

She continues. "Something like what you have is worthy of a god you know? With it you could even kill a dead apostle ancestor." I don't exactly know what that is.

She then points at me. "And then there's you Yuta, or to be more specific, Rika. She's definitely strong enough to beat a god, and not just a divine spirit, a true god."

Arcueid continues. "Somehow a even bigger miracle than the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception appeared on the modern era, something like Rika should not even exist on this age of humans."

She gives me a serious look. "Hey Yuta, do you know why giant insect species went extinct? You're a high schooler, so you probably know right?"

I nod. "Yeah, it's because they didn't have enough oxygen to support themselves, right? What has that to do with Rika? It's not like she's a living being."

Arcueid nods. "Yes, but all that means is that she's living on mana, it was the same for many beings thousands of years ago."

She continues. "But we don't live in the age of gods anymore, true ether isn't something readily available in the air, so the question is... How is Rika alive?"

She crosses her arms. "Curses are born from negatives emotions, something like hate and resentment for example, they can become stuff like wraiths."

Her eyes are focused on my shadows. "But Rika the curse is the same being as Rika the human, that is to say... She isn't a replica, her original soul is there."

Arcueid sighs. "It's truly some incredible stuff, it's kind of hard to believe it all happened accidentally."

The vampire shrugs. "So that probably means she was someone incredible when alive, at least in sheer potential that is."

Arcueid nods to herself. "The planet isn't supporting her existence, and she is a true soul, almost like she... I wonder, do you know who Rika's ancestors were Yuta?"

I shake my head. "I have no clue, I used to think they were just normal human beings... Are you sure she needs to have some super special ancestors though?"

I continue. "Sometimes people are just born special out of nowhere, maybe that's all Rika is."

Arcueid smiles. "That could be true yes, but I can't help, but wonder if perhaps Rika is a descendant of a true magician..."

A true magician? They're like a super special magus right? I know Sensei is one, but she never went into too much detail about it.

Rika suddenly comes out of my shadow. "Stop thinking too hard about it Bimbocueid, what brought me back wasn't some stupid ancestor or whatever!"

Rika swoons. "It was Yuta's love~! Because love is the strongest, most beautiful thing ever!"

I doubt love is what brought you back Rika, that's not how things work... Then again, I'm a harem protagonist, so maybe it is.

Still, I doubt Arcueid will accept that answer, she's a vampire or whatever, so saying that your immortality was granted by love must sound stupid.

Arcueid excitedly nods. "You're so right Rika!" Ah, I forgot this was Arcueid for a second. "Love truly is fantastic! I want to be powered by love too!" You really are a magical girl...

Rika nods. "I'm glad you understand!" She points at Arcueid. "You may be a complete idiot, but this time you're right! Be happy!"

Arcueid jumps in happiness. "I'm right! Now power me up Yuta!" Why me!? Why are you so interested in me!? What did I do!? What flag did I raise!?

This is true pain, before I was fine with Rika being a cockblocker, because at least girls weren't showing interest in me anyways.

But now this girl that might be genuinely the most beautiful woman in the world is, and I can't reciprocate.

Actually, I can! We have a date set after all, so I give Arcuied a thumbs up. "Just give me some time Arcueid, then I'll fill you with so much love that you will become weak for nine months!" Can vampires even get pregnant?

Rika gasps. "Yuuuuta! Remember what sensei said, you must control your perversion or you will lose points!"

She continues. "Also, there's no way I'm ever letting a nightmare scenario like that happen!" It's a dream scenario though!

Shiki glares at me. "H-how do you have enough courage to say things like that?" I'm just him bro. "This just proves that I'm right, you can't be allowed to meet Kohaku."

Arcueid makes a confused face, but she's smiling. "I don't get why you said nine months specifically, but I'm looking forward to it Yuta!" You definitely know what pregnancy is, but I'm happy you're so naive.

She puts her hand on her chin and makes a thinking pose. "And why would I become weak anyways? We just talked about how love makes you stronger." Because babies are parasites!

I chuckle. "Don't worry about..." And then I make a questioning face. "By the way Arcueid, what even is a dead apostle ancestor?"

Shiki nods. "I'm curious about that too, all Sensei ever told us, is that they're a leader figure."

Arcueid makes a serious face. "A dead apostle ancestor is a member of a group of powerful vampires, there are twenty-seven of them, but a bunch of them are sealed."

She continues. "Dead apostles have a bunch of 'evolutions', an dead apostle ancestor must be fully evolved, and he must also carry an Idea Blood."

She nods to herself. "And if you're wondering, an Idea Blood is essentially an unique trait they manifest with time, it usually has something to do with their immortality."

Arcueid is getting into her teaching role. "Usually a dead apostle ancestor will also have an apprentice that can take their position if they kick the bucket, that apprentice will inherit their idea blood."

She smiles. "It's also worth noting that you don't exactly need to be a dead apostle to hold rank in that organization, you only need to be blood sucker and carry an idea blood."

She nods to herself. "For example, there's an alien who ate a dead apostle ancestor, he stole his idea blood, and they gave him a position." What do you mean an alien!?

Whatever, I don't care. If vampires are real, I shouldn't be surprised that aliens are too, I wonder if alien vampires exist?

For some reason I feel the sudden urge to punch Arcueid, but I hold myself back from ruining my relationship due to sudden bloodlust, what am I? Shiki?

Speaking of him, he raises an eyebrow. "So are you a member of the dead apostle ancestors Arcueid? Or maybe the guy we are hunting is?"

She shakes her head. "I'm not, I never bothered with joining them, since they're a bunch of pain's in the butt."

She continues. "And the dead apostle we are hunting is also not a part of them. He is certainly strong enough to join them, but they hate his guts."

Awesome, so the guy we're after is such a douchebag, that not even the super scary vampire organization likes him.

I sigh. "Speaking of him, we need to come up with a better plan..." I pause for a moment. "Hey Arcueid, how does the church hunt these guys?"

Hopefully they are more competent than Arcueid, because then we can just copy them... Or ask Ciel for help.

Arcueid shrugs. "The same way I do." No way! "They are just better at finding them because usually they have hundreds of members searching around the town."

So it's a numbers thing huh? I'm not idiotic enough to say that we should split up and look for clues however.

Sure Arcueid can handle herself, and so can Rika, but I'm just a normal human, and Shiki is just a super human... with anemia.

Arcueid chuckles. "Besides, it isn't like they're exactly good at their job, they usually only kill the dead apostle after he already has destroyed the whole town."

I see, so Ciel will be of no help either. That's kind of reassuring, mostly because I'm scared of asking her for help.

Arcueid gives me a comforting smile. "Don't worry though! I'm here, so the maximum they can destroy is a city block before I notice their presence and kick their butt."

I'm definitely worried now! A city block isn't small at all, so stopping them only after such a massive incident is definitely a failure!

I awkwardly smile. "Let's try to be faster than that? Okay?" I have no idea how many people live in a city block, but it's definitely a lot.

Shiki nods. "Yeah, life is way too precious, we can't let that happen." Don't go saying stuff like life is precious, when we are going to be watching movies after this.

I feel like a Persona 4 character, yes guys there was a murder! But we should hang out first!

But to be honest, I'm fine as long as the death count stays low, though even I will be shocked if a city block disappears.

Arcueid sighs. "Geez, there's so much responsibility on my shoulders now... Having friends are hard."

I smile, more genuinely this time. "Don't worry Arcueid, I would pick you over a city block, so don't feel pressured." And I don't even know her for that long!

Arcueid blushes. "I also like you more than a city block... Unless that city block has the pizzeria from where we bought dinner yesterday." Amazing.

Shiki rolls his eyes. "Why do I always get stuck with the nutjobs?" He looks at me. "Anyways, were are we going next glorious leader?"

I shrug. "Home I guess, we already spent like two hours searching." Which was two hours too much!

Arcueid nods. "Normally I would say we need to look for a bit more time, but we haven't even stumbled on a ghoul yet."

I raise an eyebrow. "A ghoul? Like a... ghost, zombie thingy?" I can kinda remember that from sensei's lessons.

Arcueid nods. "Yes, dead apostles can turn humans into ghouls, or the undead if you prefer, they are essentially the first step into vampirehood."

Shiki makes a surprised face. "Hey, so are you telling me that we could be dealing with a zombie apocalypse? Then we can't go home just yet."

I hate to agree with Shiki, but he's right, something like that could escalate really quickly.

Arcueid shakes her head. "It won't get that bad, ghouls can't survive in the sun, so normally a vampire only creates them at night."

She continues. "And we haven't seen a single one, that probably means the dead apostle we're hunting isn't active yet, so finding him is pretty hard anyways..."

I raise an eyebrow. "Why do dead apostles even make ghouls? Wouldn't they prefer to stay hiding? A zombie army is a pretty big red flag for stuff like the church, right?"

Arcueid nods. "Yes, but ghouls have their own advantages, and it isn't their power, they aren't much stronger than a human after all."

She continues. "First of all, a ghoul can theoretically evolve, eventually even become a dead apostle, but people with that level of potential are rare, so if a dead apostle wishes to continue his species he must turn a lot of people into undead."

Arcueid sighs. "And second of all... Dead apostles need blood to survive, a ghoul can collect that blood for them. Essentially ghouls automate the process of obtaining food."

I make a questioning face. "Actually, that leads to another thing I'm curious about... How are you not hungry Arcueid? You need to drink blood too, right?"

Is she doing the classic move of stealing blood from hospitals and stuff? Or maybe drinking from animals?

Or maybe she's killing humans... Well, maybe I could be fine with that, as long as her kill count is low.

Arcueid does a no sign with her hands. "Nope! Because I'm a princess!" Why does that matter!? "That is to say, true ancestors don't need to drink blood."

She looks down, a sad expression on her face. "Some do though, or used to do so at least... Not because they needed to, just because they liked the taste of it."

There's an uncomfortable feeling in the air now, it's clear Arcueid doesn't like talking about this.

It's strange, seeing the normally always confident Arcueid look so depressed, and it's also making me feel bad, since I'm the one that brought this up in the first place.

I need to make her go back to normal, but I have no idea on how to do that... I guess I might as well let my perverted instincts take control!

I rather have an Arcueid uncomfortable over sexual harassment than an Arcueid uncomfortable over her species having a bunch of murderers!

So I get close to Arcueid. "First of all, I'm sorry!" And then I extend my hand behind her back and pinch her butt.

My first sexual assault, truly I have evolved much as a person since I was reincarnated... Actually I devolved.

Arcueid goes completely red of course. "W-wow!? At least wait until our first date!" I'm sorry, I couldn't.

Shiki sighs and steps back. "Yeah, I'm not getting involved with this... I know my limits." He's looking at something with fear in his eyes.

It's my shadow of course, Rika comes out in a instant. "Bimbocueid! Who gave you permission to let my Yuta pinch your butt!?" Victim blaming in this day and age!?

Arcueid puts her hands up. "Sorry Rika! I was planning on seducing him later! I don't know why he got seduced so quickly!" You're accepting it!?

At least Arcueid doesn't look sad anymore, so I'm happy, even if Rika might now destroy the world.

Sexual harassment truly is a powerful weapon, I never really thought about it, but I do live in anime land, and I'm the protagonist...

Maybe I can go full harem protagonists on others!? Actually living on anime land might be secretly dangerous, you never know when a tanned beach boy might appear!

Okay then, one day I will be destroying all beaches in the world, just to be safe, I might also destroy America, to deal with fat old bastards.

Rika points at me. "Yuta! Stop giggling in the corner and explain what part of Arcueid seduced you, so I can punish her accordingly!"

Arcueid nods. "Yes! I'm also curious about that, since I was talking about icky stuff like blood... Are you into blood play!?"

I shrug. "Sorry, but spending too much time around Arcueid's butt has driven me insane, it's her fault really, and as for the blood thing..."

Normally I would say no, but she is a vampire... "Maybe, you can take a few sips if you want Arcueid." As long as she doesn't kill me I don't mind.

Arcueid looks down, sad again. "Please don't say stuff like that..." Okay, that's a sore spot for her, noted.

Now I have to fix her up again, but I already know how, so it's fine... I obviously pinch her butt.

Rika has been shocked in silence, Arcueid jumps back, face red. "A-again!? A double assault!?"

I smugly nod. "It's training, don't worry about it." I have decided to turn Arcueid into a butt slut! I don't know why, but I feel like that would be funny.

Shiki sneezes, he still stays out of the conversation, but for some reason my resolve to turn Arcueid into a butt slut grows ever stronger!

Rika glares at Arcueid. "That's it Bimbocueid! I'm ripping out your butt!" No! Please let Princess Bimbocueid over here walk towards her destiny!

Arcueid gets into a fighting position. "Sorry, but I'm keeping my butt, since it's apparently more powerful than I thought!" Yes, fight for your birthright.

Rika starts charging a Love B- Galick Gun, this is bad! I didn't think she would do this in a closed alleyway!

Mana starts gathering around Rika. "Get ready to be buttless Bimbocueid!" You're going to destroy much more than her butt!

But before Rika can destroy the entire area, a red blur hits her. "Stop Being Crazy Kick!" Oh no!

Pavlov immediately hits me like a truck, I instinctively shield my face. "Stop Being A Cheating Bastard Kick!" The red blur sends me flying.

Shiki too shields himself. "I Can't Be Unfair And Only Kick Them Kick!" The red blur also hits him of course.

All three of us are now on the ground, while Arcueid is awkwardly staring at... There's only one person with those signature moves!

First Shiki points at her. "Stop kicking me for no reason! It's definitely fair if only them get kicked, you idiot!"

Rika points at her next. "Ah! The woman who uses boyfriend repellent perfume arrived! Immediately she attacks a couple out of jealousy!"

And now it my turn to do the pointing schtick. "The police didn't arrest you? Hello mister cop, please help me, a shotacon is in the area!"

Sensei has tears in her eyes. "Why do you guys already start like that!? Where's my tearful reunion!?" Well, you're crying.

Seriously, stop kicking people, it hurts!

AN: I can't get the idea of a young Satoru Gojo being sent to Fuyuki so he can exorcise Angra out of my head! And it would be cute and he would befriend Sakura and stuff!

And this lead me to the realization that I'm the biggest JJK fanboy to ever exist, and I always give my protagonists JJK powers.

There's Subaru with Gojo's kit 10S, and Denji with Sukuna's, also Golden Boy with the Ten Shadows.

All three of those have Ten Shadows by the way. Can you guess what technique is my favorite?

Also this fic is included in the JJK power thing... But it's fine! I admit it, I'm a JJK fanboy! As long as I can I will give my protagonists JJK powers!

I want make a fic where a guy has Mahito's powers, and another with Geto's powers, and maybe Yuki could be cool too!

I'm sorry.