A deep sigh came from the side. Yukinoshita Yukino walked up to him and looked at him quietly, "Aren't you afraid that they will join other circles and hurt her even more in order to cover up the scandal that will happen next?"
"I think you should have a deep understanding of how bad people are, right?"
There was a coldness in his gaze, as if something terrible would happen if his next answer did not satisfy her.
"No."
The girl was stunned by the firm words, and then she frowned and asked: "Why are you so sure?"
"It's simple. People are empathetic and gossipy, especially sixth graders who are about to enter middle school and have become more mature in their thinking."
"They will more or less imitate adults, and feel that they are gradually becoming like the adults they once were, so they naturally learn to think."
Hikigaya Hachiman seemed to recall his youthful days, and his expression softened a little. "When a group that should have been getting along well suddenly becomes divided, and each of them joins other groups, and even encourages them to bully a person who has always been isolated?"
"If there's no gossip in it, would you believe it?"
A mocking smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. "Maybe not everyone is so smart, but there must be one or two smart people in a group, and children are keen on self-expression, aren't they?"
"Or maybe people of all ages like to show that they are better than others..."
"Then, because they don't want their embarrassing things to be exposed and affect their status in the next group, the smart ones among them will warn others, and others will do the same for the same reason."
Yukinoshita Yukino completed his unfinished words, "Even if none of them are smart, they still have the ability to observe the atmosphere, especially when it comes to themselves, so when they notice it, they will stop those behaviors, and when they protect her, they can also use the excuse of feeling sorry for her, right?"
Hikigaya Hachiman nodded in agreement, "That's right, everyone lives for themselves, it's such a simple truth."
"People only care about what they want. They will only pay attention to other things when they have the energy to do so. So for their own sake, they will choose a plan that is beneficial to themselves and nip the danger in the bud."
His voice became a little low. "Extreme ideas will not appear in their options, and the risks are too great, so it will only be the situation we assume."
"Although there are not many smart people in this world, there are not many stupid people either. Mediocre people are the mainstream of this world."
"Alas~"
Yukinoshita Yukino sighed deeply, and with mixed emotions in her eyes she looked at the boy who was still looking up at the starry sky, "Well, I have to say you are right. At least I can't think of any other way."
The girl turned around and a slight voice entered her ears.
"If only I had known you earlier."
[It would have been useless if I had known you earlier. I would not have had a solution to your situation at that time. We were still children and did not have the wisdom and experience we have now, so we lacked the pieces to piece together this solution.]
[So if I had met you earlier, it would just be one more person being isolated. The only difference might be that it would make you feel better?]
As for the meaning of the girl's words, Hachiman Hikigaya can easily understand what happened between them through the conversation between the girl and Hayato Hayama, as well as his attitude towards the incident of Tsurumi Rumi being isolated.
It's nothing more than that the overly outstanding Yukinoshita Yukino was isolated by her classmates, and Hayama Hayato relied on the method he mentioned last night, such as "have a good talk with everyone", but the results of this method have been seen on Tsurumi Rumi now.
That was of no use at all, and they even acted in his presence, and returned to their original state when he left. Such bad treatment hurt their hearts even more, causing much more pain than before.
Perhaps out of guilt or something else, Hayato Hayama no longer had any contact with Yukinoshita Yukino, which led to their relationship becoming what it is now.
He felt guilty and she was disgusted!
That's why there is the saying "If only I had met you earlier".
"I'm still a little naive, but if everyone is like me, the world will be hopeless."
"I really hope I can finish early and go home. It's hard to exercise with so many people."
Guessing that Hayato Hayama would soon convince Miura Yumiko and the others, Hachiman Hikigaya turned back to the room where they had just discussed. When he opened the door, he saw Miura Yumiko pouting slightly and looking at him with dissatisfaction. Before he had time to look at the reactions of others, Hayato Hayama walked up to him with an inexplicable smile.
"Well then, Hitotani-kun, I'll leave the rest to you."
Without thinking too much about the emotions hidden under his smile, Hikigaya Hachiman shrugged and said, "It's nothing. You can't remember those words anyway, so just use your phone to read them."
"At that time, as long as you show a little impatience, they won't notice it because they are scared."
After that, he directly sent the edited content on his phone to Yuigahama Yui, and said to her who took out her phone with a surprised look on her face: "Just send it to Miura..."
He turned his attention to the increasingly dissatisfied Miura Yumiko, "As long as you maintain your current state, you will definitely be able to scare them, so come on."
"Tsk~ How annoying~"
"Well, don't be angry, Yumiko. We don't have any other options now, right?"
Realizing that staying here would only make the atmosphere worse, Hikigaya Hachiman made a gesture to Hayama Hayato to leave first, and after receiving the other party's nod of approval, he turned and left.
"Ah~ I really don't know what to say. He walked in and came out again within a few minutes."
Shaking his head and lamenting the humbleness of his existence, Hikigaya Hachiman returned to the place where he had looked up at the starry sky not long ago, silently waiting for the arrival of night.
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Time passed quickly and it was time for the night test of courage.
According to Hikigaya Hachiman's plan, Hikigaya Komachi, who was responsible for drawing lots, used a little trick to successfully make the group that Tsurumi Rumi was in become the last group. During the process, Miura Yumiko, who was responsible for "finding fault", easily found things that made her unhappy with them. With her queen-like domineering attitude as the pyramid girl in the class, she successfully shocked these little girls who had not seen much of the world.
Then, Tobe Sho, who was in charge of the "thugs", came on the scene and threatened them by waving his fists and using the gangster tone he learned from TV, putting pressure on them and causing further fear.
Then, Hayato Hayama, the handsome guy who previously seemed like a warm and friendly brother next door, appears with a cold attitude that is completely opposite to his previous one, shattering their hope that they will be rescued. He delivers the fatal blow by saying, "We won't punish all of you. We only need to choose three people to bear the consequences of your underestimation and playing tricks on us, and the other two can be rescued," completely breaking down their inner defenses.
The ending soon came as Hikigaya Hachiman had expected. When faced with the imminent danger, the so-called friendship was quickly shattered. A not-so-ugly corner of the mouth appeared on one of the four little girls, and the abandoned candidate also met his end.
Just when he was about to come out and offer a sincere apology with words like "This is all part of the test of courage, because just pretending to be a ghost to scare you is too boring" in order to minimize the harm to their fragile hearts this time, an accident happened.
Tsurumi Rumi used the flash of the digital camera in her hand to grab their sight without warning, and took advantage of the chaos to pull her companions' hands and leave the "dangerous" high school student.
[Isn't that very capable?]
Hikigaya Hachiman smiled with satisfaction and looked with gentle eyes at the little girl who was still encouraging the former "villain".
[This is the best way. I don't tell you because kindness from the heart, especially kindness received in times of crisis, can be unforgettable.]
He turned around silently.
[Next, they will remember this favor. Although they won't be friends with you, at least they will want to help you when you need help.]
[No need to take action, just a thought will do.]
[Because it can really help you.]
He disappeared from the sight of Hayato Hayama, who was still confused by the sudden situation that occurred at the scene.
Chapter 36: The Beginning of Change
Hikigaya Hachiman leaned against a thick tree trunk. In his field of vision was a scene of elementary school students dancing around a bonfire that he had built with great effort, with happy smiles on their faces. In his ears was the sound of a folk dance music called "Oklahoma Mixer."
Not finding the target, he began to shift his gaze, but soon he spotted five little girls who were different from the joyful atmosphere around them.
One is Tsurumi Rumi, who has been incompatible with the joyful atmosphere from the beginning to the end, and the other four are a group of four people who are in the same team with her and have just experienced some social cruelty under his bad plan.
Their faces still showed the fear of the "intimidation" incident, as well as the resistance to chatting with friends who used to be very happy after seeing how friendship could be overturned.
When asked about it by classmates who were somewhat familiar with them, they would make excuses like "it's okay", "maybe I was just scared", "I feel a little uncomfortable" etc.
After all, the gangster's tone of voice saying "I've memorized your looks, and you know the consequences of informing on me" was too destructive for these elementary school students to even utter it out loud.
However, this may also be thanks to the hard work of the "thug" Sho Tobe.
Hikigaya Hachiman found that his goal had been achieved and the final entertainment program - folk dance had also come to an end. He was about to pack up his things so that he could go back to take a shower and sleep quickly, but a voice stopped him.
"Hey~ Hachiman, didn't you say that we don't have to do anything?"
It was a voice that was slightly angry, yet mixed with a bit of joy.
He heard an unexpected conversation. In order to confirm whether the owner of the voice was the same person he imagined, he turned his head suddenly. The familiar figure of Tsurumi Rumi appeared in his sight, and his expression was naturally stunned.
"You find it so surprising to see me?"
The girl seemed a little dissatisfied with his actions, and frowned, "I told you not to do anything else, why do you still want to do it?"
"Are you so sure it was me?"
"Intuition. My intuition is very accurate."
"Really..."
Hikigaya Hachiman scratched his head. "Make sure you listen to the reason. You may not understand it, and it may cause a terrible impact on your worldview~"
Tsurumi Rumi looked at him deeply, then shook her head, "Forget it, Hachiman will say those difficult words anyway, and..."
She generously showed him a lovely smile, "I know Hachiman is doing this for my own good, this is more important than anything else!"
[What's going on? Isn't this girl too cute?]
[Not good, not good, it's really not good. You're so cute that I might confess to you in an instant, and then you'll reject me immediately. In the end, I can't bear the excitement and I'll commit suicide!]
"Child molestation is a felony, and you'll go to jail!"
The cold voice, which seemed to freeze one's body and mind, suddenly interrupted the conversation between him and her, but there was no sense of abruptness, it felt so natural.
Therefore, Hikigaya Hachiman naturally rolled his eyes at Yukinoshita Yukino and said, "I am just communicating normally, how can that be considered harassment?"
"Oh~"
The girl had a sadistic smile on her face. "Faced with a little girl with a red face and eyes full of animal desire, are you sure that if someone sees you like that, they won't call the police and have you arrested?"
After hearing the "vicious" words from the girl, Hikigaya Hachiman knew that he was no match for her no matter how much he said, so he decisively ignored her words, squatted down and said to Tsurumi Rumi: "Thank you for your trust, Rumi!"
"That's all I have to say, bye~"
Perhaps she had already said what she wanted to convey, or perhaps there was still an "outsider" here, Tsurumi Rumi said goodbye with a red face, and left without looking back.
"It looks like you have solved the problem well!"
There was no impurity in the smile on the girl's face, which showed that the method that Yukinoshita Yukino initially thought was not feasible had achieved good results that she had not expected.
"No..."
However, Hikigaya Hachiman did not choose to accept the girl's rare praise. He just shook his head and said, "Her lonely situation has not changed. I just made the atmosphere she was in a little better. Nothing else has changed."
His words made Yukinoshita Yukino slightly stunned, then she smiled and shook her head, "I didn't expect you to be a perfectionist."
"It's true that your method can't change the fundamental situation, but hasn't the child already made his choice?"
Recalling the girl's last innocent smile, as well as her dependence and longing for the boy in front of her, her tone became a little subtle, "In my opinion, you have done very well, so don't be too harsh on yourself!"
"Maybe?"
Hikigaya Hachiman also remembered the girl's innocent smile, chuckled and nodded.
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There was no conversation that night. The next morning, Hikigaya Hachiman leaned against the shade alone, with sad tears in the corners of his eyes. "Alas~ I missed the time to take a bath with Totsuka again. I really..."
Her whispering made her a little invisible in this event. The only thing that made her nose bleed was when she was discussing how to help Tsurumi Rumi get out of trouble, she revealed that she liked gay Ebina Hime.
Of course, no matter how much he regrets, it is of no use. The past time will not flow back because of his regret.
"Hey~ Hachiman, can we exchange email addresses?"
The voice ringing in his ears brought Hikigaya Hachiman back to his regretful state of mind. When he looked down, he saw the image of Tsurumi Rumi holding the phone tightly in both hands, her body twisting in a state of nervousness.
[This seems to be the second time in my life that a girl has asked for my email address since the science class! It seems that I am also very popular! ]
The random thoughts in his brain did not hinder his actions. He took out his cell phone from his pocket and added Tsurumi Rumi, who smiled at his action, through infrared.
"Ding Dong~"
Soon after adding the person, the phone started to ring with an unread message. Hikigaya Hachiman, who had experienced this once before, opened the message and saw a message from Tsurumi Rumi, who he had just added, saying, "Hachiman, please give me your guidance (.???)ノ?ヾ(?ω?.)"
Just when I was about to reply on my phone, new messages appeared.
"And send the cell phone number as well."
[Are all kids typing this fast these days? Or am I the only one who's so slow?]
The only people to whom he sent text messages were his family members, and Hachiman Hikigaya probably sent less than twenty text messages a year. Looking at the two text messages on the screen of his mobile phone, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
But he did not neglect the girl. He sent her his mobile phone number and added a sentence at the end: "Please give me your advice. I will stay in the United States."
The smile on the recovered girl's face became more obvious, and there seemed to be a bright light flashing in her eyes.
She smiled and waved her hand, with a hint of reluctance in her voice, "Well, bye, Hachiman! I'll look for you when I'm free, and remember to look for me when you're free."
"Well, although I'm busy with studies now, I will look for you when I have time. I will definitely reply to your text messages and will definitely not let you see any foreign messages."
"Haha~ You're saying those incomprehensible words again, bye, Hachiman!"
Hikigaya Hachiman waved his hand and watched the girl leave.
"It's really surprising that my brother gets along so well with that kid. To be honest, Komachi is a little jealous!"
Seeing that the two had finally finished their conversation, Hikigaya Komachi walked forward, walked around him twice with a scrutinizing look, and then said jokingly.What's so strange about that? I, your brother, am quite attractive, am I not?"
His proud speech did not receive sincere praise from his sister, who responded with a perfunctory "Yes, yes, yes ~ you are right..."
"…"
"However, it is indeed incredible that Liu Mei-chan has such a good relationship with Xiaoqi."
Yuigahama Yui also came over and said with a look of admiration.
"There's nothing strange about it. After all, the girl knows who helped her, and she's not a bad person. There's nothing strange about her getting close to Hikigaya-kun."
Yukinoshita Yukino added.
"Although the approach was not friendly, the result was indeed very good..."
Hiratsuka Shizuka walked over and squinted her eyes at Hikigaya Hachiman. "But don't do the same thing next time. If you don't control the scale well and cause psychological trauma to others, it will be bad. Elementary school students are sometimes very fragile."
"I understand, teacher."
This time he really didn't think it through very well, even though he had made arrangements for the back-up plan, people's wills are not equal.
He believes that others can make it through, but there is no guarantee that they will do as he wishes. Human beings themselves are extremely contradictory beings.
So, he honestly admitted his mistake.
Of course, it cannot be denied that there are still those who do not want to try the Iron Fist of Love.
"It's good that you know. It's getting late. We should go back. Ye Shan and the others have already left."
After hearing her words, Hikigaya Hachiman and others set off for Hiratsuka Shizuka's SUV. After sitting down in the seats they came in, the car started to move back.
While he was in a daze, the car had already stopped at the parking lot near the school. After people got off the car one after another, Hikigaya Hachiman looked at his sister who was yawning beside him and realized that she was still very tired. Just when he was about to go back first, a familiar luxury car stopped beside him. The driver's door was opened, and an old butler who was only seen in movies and TV dramas, who was a standard feature of wealthy families, walked down with an inexplicable sense of comfort and grace, and bowed gently to the stunned Yukinoshita Yukino, saying: "Ms. Yukino, I'm here to take you home."
Hikigaya Hachiman noticed that the girl's originally bright expression turned gloomy. Before he could do anything, a beautiful lady who looked a bit like the girl and had short hair came down with a refreshing smile on her face, which was different from the girl's. "Hello~ Yukino, your sister is here to take you home. It's not a good behavior to leave the house for so long without permission~"
The moment she appeared, the girl's body became very stiff, and her expression became several times colder than usual, causing every word she uttered to carry a chill that froze her heart.
"Why is my sister here?"
Not taking the hostility she showed seriously, the girl's elder sister Yukinoshita Haruno said with a smile: "Who knows?"
Her eyes rolled and stopped at Hikigaya Hachiman. With an ambiguous smile on her face, she walked up to him and said, "I thought you were going out with someone else, but it turned out to be Hikigaya-kun. Tell me, were you guys going on a date? It was a date, right? Now, tell your sister."
Familiar words rang in my ears, and my abdomen was attacked by the same elbow as when we first met.
Hikigaya Hachiman stepped back and dodged the next attack. "We are just participating in the club activities. If there is nothing else, my sister and I will leave first. Sorry!"
After saying that, he ignored his sister who was yelling, "Brother, don't be so anxious, Komachi hasn't said hello yet," and pulled her away from everyone's sight.
"Did I do something wrong?"
For a moment, Yukinoshita Haruno, who thought her social skills were almost at the maximum level, said in surprise.
Only those who were familiar with Hikigaya Hachiman looked at his departing back with meaningful eyes.
[There really is a secret!]
Combining what Hikigaya Komachi said to them, Yukinoshita Yukino and the other two communicated with their eye contact.
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Still in the abandoned factory, a man wearing a Yin Yang Ji-like outfit and with strange tattoos on his face took a bracelet with a magatama and drew a few strokes on the counting board of La Dorudo Guna, who was in charge of counting. With a sadistic smile on his face, he said, "280 people in three days."
Hearing this, La Baluba Butterfly frowned, but didn't say anything. She nodded and left with the other Gurongi from the Mei Group who did not participate in Kiruru.
"Hehehe~ This is a good opportunity to try out my enhanced strength..."
Mei·Giga·Gi, who participated in Kiruru this time, transformed into a monster form.
It was a humanoid figure somewhat similar to an octopus, with three pairs of arms emitting a metallic luster. The suction cups on the arms moved slightly as if breathing. Its huge mouth opened to reveal sharp teeth, and sparks were faintly emitted as it swallowed.
"I really want to try it out soon, my stronger power..."
Mei Kiiga Ki said with some obsession, feeling the power in his body which was several times stronger than before he was sealed.
Chapter 37: Continue Training
Hikigaya Hachiman was lying on the sofa in the living room, looking up at the white ceiling with lifeless eyes, replaying in his mind the limousine that he had seen not long ago to welcome Yukinoshita Yukino. Thanks to the transformation of his body by the Yam Damu Spiritual Stone, he could use 4K image quality to observe from all angles and compare it with the limousine that broke his leg in his memory.
"It's the same car, so Yukinoshita knew about it?"
"Her car hit me."
For some reason, when he came to this conclusion through thinking, an inexplicable emotion surged in his heart. It was not anger or something, but a more complicated emotion that made him very uncomfortable.
He couldn't tell what this feeling was, but he quickly put it out of his mind. He knew exactly what he should do now.
He tiptoed to the door of his sister Hikigaya Komachi's room like a thief, put his ear to the door and heard a familiar steady breathing sound, with a gentle smile on the corner of his mouth.
Then, he left as he had just done and went to his bedroom to make a simple disguise. After carefully observing that there was no one around, he turned over and jumped out of the window, heading towards an abandoned factory with few people as he had done before.
He had carefully checked the place inside and out, and found no signs of anyone living there, so he used this place as a temporary training base so that he could get familiar with the power he now possessed.
Not only that, he was also absorbing Rick's combat experience left in the Yamdum Spirit Stone. Although that big guy only needed two or three moves to deal with other opponents except the final boss, Daguba, he still needed to learn from his high vision.
Because, when he discovered that he could use the Yam Dam Spirit Stone to observe how Rick was fighting, he found that the big guy could easily dodge the opponent's attacks, and each attack fell on the opponent's weaknesses, so it was easy to achieve the effect of a strong attack with an ordinary attack.
This is not without basis. After all, he saw it when Rick was fighting Daguba. The final boss who still gave him a terrifying feeling of oppression even in the picture, felt really weak when facing the big boss Rick.
If I were to describe it, the former is a child with terrifying power who doesn't know how to control it, while the latter is a master-level figure with extremely strong strength, speed, skills, and strategy.
So in the battle, Daguba squandered his strength recklessly. Coupled with the stubborn style of the Gurongi clan, he did not dodge or evade during the fight, and took all of Riku's attacks with his body, which gave rise to the illusion that Hikigaya Hachiman had.
After all, one is tactful and the other is stupid, so it is easy for him to have such thoughts.
Of course, self-awareness has always been his strong point.
He knew very well that if he went up he would only be able to defeat Daguba with one punch, but he didn't see that Daguba was like a babbling kid in Rick's hands, so he thought he could bully him in the same way.
Because, just by looking at that memory fragment of Daguba, he lost the courage to fight. When he retreated, he was completely exhausted, his mind was blank, and he sat on the ground stupidly for an hour.
This shows that Daguba is very scary, and the senior who entrusted the Aguru Belt to him, Riku, is even scarier.
Therefore, he needs to learn from the experience of his predecessors and enrich himself. He doesn't need to become as strong as his predecessors, but at least half of their strength is within his reach, right?
To achieve this goal, he started another day of combat training. Of course, in order to avoid excessive consumption like before, he reduced the time by one hour.
Soon after, this abandoned, unmanned factory began to make creepy noises that made passers-by shudder, as well as strange lights that frightened them, and from then on it became a new urban legend.
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"Nagaze-kun, how did you harvest today?"
At a pier in Chiba, two middle-aged men were fishing. One of them seemed to have a good catch and winked at his companion next to him with some pride.
"Tian Ze, get out of my way! Don't scare my fish away! I'll catch a big one and use my size to overwhelm you! Humph!"
The uncle named Nagasawa obviously didn't have a good harvest, so he was unhappy with his companions who were showing off to him.
"Hahaha~ Then I'll wait and see~"
Although he was very proud, Uncle Tianze did not speak loudly on purpose. Playing and making noise were part of his life, but he still had principles. He knew that too loud noises would scare away the fish, so he spoke in a very low voice even before.
After saying that, he ignored his companions and began to focus his attention back on the fishing rod, hoping to catch new fish.
[God, please, let me catch a big fish so that I can destroy Tian Ze's prestige.]
Perhaps it was Uncle Nagasawa's prayers, and soon he felt a pulling sensation on his fishing rod. He was instantly cheered up, and his frown relaxed. He began to slowly increase the strength of his hands holding the fishing rod, and was about to use force to hook the fish the next moment, but he found that the fishing rod in his hand was much heavier than he had imagined. He quickly stood up from the small stool, trying to mobilize all his strength to pull it out of the water.
"Wooooooooooooo~ This must be a big one..."
After standing up, Uncle Nagasawa saw a spectacular black shadow gradually hiding under the water. Based on his years of fishing experience, he knew it was obviously a big fish, and he cheered uncontrollably.
Uncle Tianze looked at his shaking hands and the fishing rod that was gradually slipping out of his control. He realized that the big fish in the water was not something Uncle Nagasawa could handle alone, so he quickly stood up and grabbed his waist, "Come on, Nagasawa, let's get that big fish out together!"
"Hahahahaha~ No problem. Just leave it to us~"
The joy of catching a big fish made the two uncles ignore winning or losing, and they started to work together to pull the hooked fish out of the water.
The fact proves that there is strength in numbers. At least the two of them felt that the pulling force was getting lighter and lighter, plus there was a little white exposed above the water, it was obvious that they were about to succeed.
So they used all their strength to make the big creature in the water reveal its true appearance as soon as possible and fill their sense of accomplishment.
"Crash~"
A huge splash of water suddenly hit them, and the pulling feeling on their hands disappeared. Caught off guard, they both fell to the ground.
"Ouch, it hurts so much..."
"It hurts, it hurts. Stop talking. Look at how big that fish is..."
"Yes, yes, look..."
"Tanze, what's wrong with you? Why are you shaking?"
Uncle Nagasawa noticed that his companion was trembling with a look of fear on his face. As he spoke, he looked forward in the direction of his gaze. The moment that terrifying figure appeared in his sight, he also trembled with fear on his face like Uncle Tazawa.
The object that frightened these two uncles was naturally the Mei·Kiiga·Ki who was beginning to perform Kiruru.
"Only two? Never mind. We have plenty of time anyway."
After mumbling to itself for a while, a ball of dark liquid suddenly spurted out of its mouth and landed on the two uncles. Before they could recover from the horror of how they had caught an unconfirmed life form, they lost their lives in an explosion accompanied by blooming sparks.
"Two first."
Mei Kiiga Ki wrote down the number on the magatama on his left wrist, and then walked away. It sensed that there were several humans ahead waiting for it to harvest their lives.
Soon, not far away, brilliant sparks representing the passing of lives bloomed along with the sadistic laughter of Mei Kiiga Ki.
All of this is still unknown for the time being.
Because, everyone who saw it is dead. Since there are no survivors, of course no one would know that an unidentified life form has started committing crimes again, right?
Chapter 38: Lay the foundation in advance
"Ah~"
"Brother, are you still tired? I feel like your health is getting worse. You should exercise. I feel like you'll become useless if you stay at home all the time."
Hikigaya Komachi, who had just taken a bite of food, said with a worried look to her brother who was sitting opposite her and looking tired.
Thinking about his physical condition when he went to Chiba Village, which was even worse than that of a junior high school student like me, and his neet nature of refusing to go out unless it was something important, I felt that I should pay more attention to his health, so I persuaded him.
However, based on her understanding of her brother, she did not hold too much hope and only mentioned it subconsciously.
What if a miracle happens?
"Well, Komachi is right, I will get up and exercise tomorrow, brother."
"Ah~ I knew it, brother, if you continue like this..."
Hikigaya Komachi did not take her brother's words to heart and was preparing for a futile lecture as usual. Halfway through, her brain seemed to finally figure out the meaning of the words in his words. The shock in her heart was so great that she couldn't help but jump up from the chair. The sudden burst of force caused the chair to fall to the ground, and the collision with the ground made a loud noise.
However, the girl's high-pitched voice quickly covered it up.
"Brother, you actually agreed to go out and exercise?"
After shouting loudly, she ignored the twitching mouth of Hachiman Hikigaya across from her and wiped away the non-existent tears from her eyes. She sighed like a parent who saw her naughty child finally grow up and become sensible: "Wow, wow, wow~ Komachi is so happy. My good-for-nothing brother has finally become sensible."
"Come on, come on~ Since you've decided to exercise, then eat more. Otherwise, you won't have the energy to exercise..."
As she said this, she rushed into the kitchen, and when she came back she was carrying a lot of dishes, which she placed in front of Hikigaya Hachiman without saying a word. Then she sat down opposite him, supporting her chin with her hands, and looked at him with a happy smile on her face. Her little canine teeth were quite dazzling under the light.
"Hey, Komachi-san, it's just a workout, are you so excited?"
Hikigaya Hachiman rolled his eyes, "It makes me seem like I was useless before."
"Yes, yes, yes~ It's Komachi's fault, but as a man, once you say something, you can't take it back!"
"Don't worry, when has my brother ever broken his promise to you?"
"Yes, I have..."
Hikigaya Hachiman's face froze.
"And there are many more..."
A trace of cold sweat slowly flowed down his forehead.
"Do you need Komachi to give an example?"
Looking at his sister with a kind smile, Hikigaya Hachiman felt a strong sense of crisis in his heart and quickly changed the subject, "The weather is nice today. Let's go out for a walk after dinner, and then go for a good run to get a feel for it."
He encouraged himself with great enthusiasm, "Yoshi~ I need to eat faster!"After saying this, he ignored the roll of eyes from his cute sister, and used his hands to pick up the food in front of him. Relying on his teeth which had become countless times harder at this moment, and his extremely strong digestive system, he finished the food in front of him at a speed visible to the naked eye, in front of Hikigaya Komachi's increasingly confused eyes.
"Brother, when did you become such a big eater?"
There was a brief pause in his movements, and then he swallowed the food in his mouth as if nothing had happened. "Isn't that natural? Now is the time for boys to grow up. Eating more will help them develop better and become stronger, right?"
Hearing this, Hikigaya Komachi looked thoughtful, "Really? How come I remember that my puberty period was in middle school?"
"There is secondary development, isn't there?"
"Uh~ It seems like this is really the case, hehe~"
Indeed, she remembered that she had learned such a term before. Hikigaya Komachi hit her head lightly with her right hand and stuck out her tongue slightly, trying to get away with it.
"Komachi-san, remember to review your lessons later, or I'll really worry about your future!"
"Komachi is the one who is worried about your future, brother. After all, you are a man who dreams of becoming a househusband."
"Humph~ There is no distinction between high and low dreams. No dream should be belittled."
Relying on his familiarity with his sister, Hikigaya Hachiman easily changed the subject, making Hikigaya Komachi forget what the original topic of discussion was.
Time passed slowly, and dinner time soon came to an end. Hikigaya Hachiman put down his empty bowl and chopsticks, stood up and said to Hikigaya Komachi, who still had half of her meal left.
"Then I'll go change my clothes and take a walk now, and when I'm almost done I'll go for a run or something. The rest is up to you, Komachi-san."
"No problem, just leave it to Komachi!"
With a big thumbs up and a hearty smile, Hikigaya Hachiman felt that he was full of energy for the whole day.
I changed into sportswear, said goodbye to my sister and left home.
At the moment he left, Hikigaya Komachi took out her cell phone, wrote a text message and sent it to a group of people.
"I'm sorry, brother! Komachi knows you're hiding something from me, and since you won't tell Komachi, it must be something I can't help with, but you sneak out every night and still look so tired when we meet the next day. It really worries me."
Hikigaya Komachi held the phone tightly in both hands and placed it on her chest. "Plus, Hiratsuka-sensei said that she seemed to have seen you fall asleep on the bike. I asked the science senior and found out that the motorcycle she made has artificial intelligence, so I apologize."
"Even if you will hate Komachi, I will find the answer."
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"As expected, they followed me, but they can't catch me on their own, Komachi!"
Hikigaya Hachiman turned his head and glanced at the poorly disguised Hiratsuka Shizuka and Yuigahama Yui who were following stealthily not far behind him, and smiled and shook his head.
According to the memory in his brain, he walked towards the park where there were more people at this time, preparing to use his speed to shake off the two little tails behind him.
"Hiratsuka-sensei, do we really want to follow him? This feels bad, like being a stalker, and it will be bad if Xiaoqi finds out."
Yuigahama Yui's tone indicated that she was very dissatisfied with this behavior. Seeing this, Hiratsuka Shizuka said earnestly: "Of course, the teacher knows that this is not good, but you also know Hikigaya's character. If he doesn't want to say something, he won't say it no matter how much you force him. In addition, the current situation is too special, so we can only resort to this last resort."
"During this period, he has been learning fighting skills, leaving home early and returning late every day. In addition, he has a super cool motorcycle. I wonder if he has joined an organization like the biker gang."
Hiratsuka Shizuka's expression began to become serious. "If this is really the case, I, the teacher, have the obligation to bring him back to the right path. Otherwise, I would be disqualified as a teacher."
At this moment, Hiratsuka Shizuka's figure was so majestic and dazzling in Yuigahama Yui's eyes.
Even the sunlight behind her seemed so dim in comparison.
"Yes, I understand, Mr. Hiratsuka."
Although they were talking, their eyes did not leave the person, still hanging closely at an imperceptible distance behind him.
However, as time went on and they met more and more people on the road, it became more difficult for them to track them.
"Damn it~ We lost him. Hikigaya must have found us, otherwise why would he come to a place like this? There are too many people here, it's not suitable for exercise at all."
Shizuka Hiratsuka pounded the palm of her left hand unwillingly and said angrily.
Yuigahama Yui glanced at the three o'clock direction, which she felt was very familiar to her. However, after the last attack by the Jaguar Angel and the words from Zi Meibio Da, she vaguely understood that if she used her super powers frequently, she would probably be targeted by those monsters again, so she quickly cut off her super sensing ability.
"There's nothing we can do about it. We can only try harder next time."
Facing Yuigahama Yui's consolation, Hiratsuka Shizuka sighed, "Alas, this is the only way. It's a rare opportunity. Do you want to go eat ramen with the teacher?"
The apologetic girl nodded and said, "Okay, let's go eat ramen!"
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"Ding-ling-ling~Ding-ling-ling~"
A rapid phone ring rang, and Hikigaya Hachiman immediately took out his cell phone to answer it. It was indeed Sakaki Gami who called. After learning that Gurongi had been dispatched, he asked about the location of the incident and immediately hung up the phone. He hid in an empty corner to complete his transformation, and while jumping around in the high-rise buildings with the strong jumping power of the Blue Dragon form, he also notified the Hunter through his mind to come and pick him up, so that he could get to the scene of the incident more quickly.
"Please, hold on a little longer, I'll be there soon!"
"So, please, run away quickly!"
Chapter 39: Mei·Giga·Gi becomes stronger, Hikigaya Hachiman is in danger again
"Wu ...
"Don't come over here, you monster!"
"Wow, wow, wow~ I don't want to die yet~"
A shrill cry for help rang out near a dock. People were running with terrified looks on their faces. Especially when they heard the explosions coming from behind them, their faces became paler and they ran faster.
"Hehehe~ This feeling is really great…"
Mei·Kiiga·Ki walked forward slowly, admiring the Lindos being hit by the black liquid spurting out of its mouth, and then turning into flowers of life that interpreted the beauty of the moment. Its heart was filled with joy.
Especially when he saw the Lindos running away in panic and heard their shrill cries, the joy in his heart increased several times.
"Sai Gaoni, hi iron duck~hahahaha..."
It has been sealed for who knows how many years, and thanks to the suicidal archaeological team and Daguba it has regained its freedom. However, because of Kiruru's sacred rules, Mei Kiiga Ki has been suppressing its inner desire to kill. Now that it has finally been released, the monster's body has begun to shake violently.
That's not fear!
That represents unprecedented excitement.
After all, what the Gurongi clan pursues is supreme power and the pleasure brought by killing itself.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak~"
Scorching gas spurted out from the six small holes in its abdomen, which was a sign that its body was at a high temperature. It needed to return to the water to cool down, otherwise, even if its body could produce explosives with a temperature of 280°C, it would die from heat overload.
Yes, before!
Now, it doesn't need to.
Because, somehow, it became stronger!
The six arms slowly opened, and the suction cups on them began to generate a strong suction force. The moisture in the air began to flow into the suction cups, while also lowering the temperature inside its body. The hot gas had stopped being discharged from its body.
"Well, let the game continue!"
With a grin on his face, Mei Kiiga Ki continued his killing game. Waves of explosions kept echoing, and the wailing sounds mixed in were so powerless.
"Kiiga has gained new power? Or has Kibolon continued to strengthen our physiques while we were sealed and dormant, but because of the differences in our potential and the purity of Kibolon, the strength of the enhancement will also be different?"
Responsible for ensuring the absolute fairness of the Kiruru Game, La Dorudo Gu has been observing the games of his fellow tribesmen, so he naturally has his own guesses about Mei Kiiga Ki's different form and power than before.
Therefore, the black and white outfit that wrapped itself tightly disappeared under the amber halo, and was replaced by a monster posture similar to Karasu Tengu, but more hideous and terrifying.
It moved its body slightly and did not feel any obvious difference in power, so it calmed down and carefully felt the power flowing in its body. It soon discovered that there was indeed a trend of slow strengthening, and it immediately had a clear answer.
"It seems that the originally stagnant strength is enhanced according to the different host's body system and the purity of Kibolon."
"Of course, the most fundamental reliance is still..."
The wings that were originally as black as ink began to be rendered a layer of cold metallic color. The body changed from being somewhat bloated to being much stronger and slimmer, and the human-like feet turned into eagle-like claws.
"It seems that it is still closely related to the host's wishes. Before the game reached the final stage of the Ge Group, I didn't have much intention to become stronger, so Kibolon didn't plan to increase my strength too much. In addition, my self-awareness remained at the strongest stage, which caused the enhancement over the long years to be hidden."
It stopped its desire for power, and sensing its will, Kibolon also stopped outputting power, hiding the power it truly possessed over the long years.
"It's not the right time yet. We should at least wait until the Ge Group is almost at the end. Then it won't be too late to slowly familiarize ourselves with the power."
La Dorudo Gu, who had regained his human form, continued to observe the strengthened Mei Kiiga Ki slaughtering humans, but soon he discovered with his powerful perception that something was rushing towards him from the sky at an incredible speed.
"Kuuga?"
It had some guesses about who was coming, so it focused its attention on the sky. After all, it was very interested in the man who inherited the belt of the big boss Rick.
However, when he set his eyes on the other party, he quickly retracted his gaze and continued watching his fellow tribesmen continue the game.
The reason for no longer paying attention to it is very simple. The current Kuuga is much weaker than the previous one. It is even a question whether it can survive from Mei·Kiiga·Ki. Therefore, there is no reason to pay too much attention to it.
Hikigaya Hachiman was flying in the air holding the Hunter in his left hand and a model gun in his right hand. When the vague figure of Mei·Kiiga·Ki appeared in his field of vision, he began to concentrate and convey the idea of transforming into a Pegasus form to the Yamdum Spirit Stone.
The fiery red Almighty fades away, and the emerald green Pegasus appears.
Using his strong willpower to block out irrelevant and chaotic information, the originally blurry figure in his eyes became clearly visible. He raised the Pegasus crossbow in his hand and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
Silently, a bullet that was invisible to the naked eye flew towards the unaware Mei Kiiga Ki at lightning speed.
Some people may say that sneak attacks are too despicable, but Hikigaya Hachiman himself is a despicable person. Since he could resolve the battle more effectively and reduce unnecessary casualties, why did he still have to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy?
Punching someone in the flesh is indeed part of a man's romance, but it also hurts!
If you can reduce your own pain, why do you have to suffer abuse?
Moreover, he looked at the flames all over the ground, and with his enhanced vision, he could see the torn clothes that had not yet been consumed by the flames.
He really couldn't bear the fact that it was still alive!
Therefore, whether from an emotional or rational perspective, this is the best way to kill the enemy.
Just as it was about to spray out high-temperature liquid from its mouth, its body stiffened slightly and it looked down at the golden mark that appeared on its chest.
It will never forget the mark that caused it to sleep for such a long time. The overwhelming hatred that can be felt by people stimulates the magic stone Kibolon at its waist. The ghost face is rendered with a layer of faint black light, and the black gas visible to the naked eye spreads from it.
"Damn Kuuga~"
Roaring with resentment at the name that had been in its name for ages, its body seemed to grow stronger, a strength that could be detected by the naked eye.
The golden flame-like mark was easily blown out like a small flame encountered by strong wind after this change.
"If one shot doesn't work, then try a few more!"
He did it as soon as he thought of it. Hikigaya Hachiman asked the hunter to keep him at a relatively safe distance and asked him to stay by his side to be on guard. If anything went wrong, he would immediately pull him away.
He pulled the lever of the Pegasus crossbow with his left hand, gathered energy, aimed at Mei·Kiiga·Ki who was running towards him quickly, and pulled the trigger.
Bullet after bullet hit it as it was running, but as a monster that had been through many battles and knew something about the terrifying man, it did not give up its brain, knowing that this form was always effective against these stubborn Gurongis, and more than half of the Gurongis that had been sealed by this move.
Therefore, in order to not have tasted enough of the pleasure of killing and to become the winner of Kiruru, Mei·Kiiga·Ki decided not to be reckless.
As early as when he rushed over, he wrapped his whole body with six long arms, leaving only his eyes exposed to see the road. The moment the bullet hit his arm, he detonated it with his own sealing energy and avoided his own death.
"Kuuga~"
The arm grew out from the bloody broken wound, and bathed in his own blood, driven by rage, Mei Kiiga Ki crossed the distance of space and arrived in front of Hikigaya Hachiman in the blink of an eye, opening his mouth and spurting out black liquid.
One second he was still terrified by the enemy's decisiveness and ruthlessness, and the next second he saw the liquid that Rick mentioned would explode about to hit him.
At this moment, the Pegasus form exerted the maximum of its sensory abilities, squatted down and rolled to avoid the oncoming attack, and at the same time switched back to the almighty form. Otherwise, Hikigaya Hachiman would not have the courage to try to inflict thousands of times the pain.
"Boom~"
Explosions sounded beside him, and strong wind pressure mixed with gravel blew towards him. Ignoring the shock wave that was now painless, he stood up and punched Mei·Kiiga·Ki's abdomen, which was now wide open.
"Julia~"
The fist that was able to repel the enemy in the past, when it landed on it, the fierce force exerted on the fist and the sealing energy with the additional stiffness effect were evenly distributed throughout the body with the trembling of the muscles on the contact surface, and it could not even have the effect of tickling.
Hikigaya Hachiman was surprised by this and jumped back too much. At this moment, six arms turned into fists, palms, and whips and attacked him at an extremely fast speed.
As the saying goes, two fists are no match for four hands!
What's more, what about six hands?
After barely blocking two punches and one palm strike, he was still inevitably attacked by the remaining palm strike. His body was subjected to a fierce force measured in tons, and he lost consciousness for a short time due to the pain.
Mei Kiiga Ki did not miss the flaw exposed by the enemy. He gently shook his remaining hands that had turned into whips to dissipate the fierce power in them, and used soft force to tightly bind Hikigaya Hachiman's body and arms together.
"Ah~"
The arms bound to his body contracted even more, and the force of adding two more arms made Hikigaya Hachiman miserable.
If that were all, he could still endure it since his tolerance for pain had been increased several times through the Pegasus form.
But the problem is that the fundamental core of Mei·Kiiga·Ki that binds Hikigaya Hachiman is not tying him to death, but a more direct explosion!
Its mouth opened, revealing a mouthful of cold sharp teeth. Knowing what it wanted to do, Hikigaya Coffee struggled even more violently. However, to Mei Kiiga Ki, who had six arms, these struggles were completely insignificant.