I, the only superpower on earth

Mio Ito stumbled and ran.

Passing through the bushes, crossing the isolation belt, crossing the road full of dead branches and leaves, and finally came to a strange block.

Pedestrians looked in amazement at this ragged girl with her hands tied up by ropes and her face extremely decayed.

But Mio Ito automatically skipped those strange eyes, and ran blankly on the sidewalk.

that bookstore...

To find that bookstore...

However, "Suyu Bookstore" was only visited last night, and it is a place where there is only one meeting. How difficult is it to find that place in the vast crowd?

... Having said that.

However, there is a vague premonition.

right there.

Mio Ito could faintly feel the direction of "Suyu Bookstore".

She naturally doesn't know that through the "Pendant of Perception", Xigu can not only feel what she sees and knows, but also subtly affect her body through the pendant. Just like the pheromone of insects, it guides the direction of arrival.

However, even if he didn't know all this, relying on the vague premonition in his mind, Mio Ito stumbled towards the right direction.

Blocks, roads, flow of people...

Just when Mio Ito didn't notice, her steps became lighter and lighter, and her figure became more and more stable. The rope that was originally entangled between her hands was torn apart naturally, and she waved her hands freely, striding forward.

Until the end, I finally saw the bookstore standing on the side of the road.

"Suyu Bookstore".

Mio Ito rushed into the bookstore without hesitation, and made a loud noise the moment he opened the door.

"...the store manager—"

Mio Ito rushed in front of Shitiya.

"...The store manager, please save Manami!"

The young man raised his head and looked at her, without any surprise on his face, as if he knew it from the beginning.

"Sit down first, do you want a cup of tea?"

He smiled gently, as if he didn't hear Mio Ito's eager question.

Mio Ito almost suspected that she had heard wrong.

"...The store manager, Manami was caught by Mineyama Mia in order to save me, please go and save me..."

"—it will be all right."

Xi Gu said lightly.

"Don't worry, Mizuhara Manami won't be treated seriously by Mineyama Miya."

He had clearly never seen Mineyama Meiya and knew nothing about what happened today, yet he made such an assertion.

……Why?

Ito Mio stared at him closely, the anxiety, worry, and sadness in his eyes slowly disappeared.

— only quiet doubts remained.

And as if to respond to the doubt in her eyes, Xi Gu faced her directly and said quietly:

"...Mizuhara Mana will be fine--Miss Mio, you should be the one who knows the most about this matter, right?"

How much does he really know?

What the hell does he know?

Mio Ito thought indifferently.

Xi Gu stood up suddenly, locked the glass door of the bookstore, and drew the curtain, leaving only a faint light in the store, with a dim light.

But Mio Ito knew that it was definitely not because he wanted to do something outrageous to him. With his face, no matter whether he was of the opposite sex or the same sex, he would never be more interested in him than physical contact.

So... what exactly is he trying to do?

"...I actually still have some things I don't know. After all, things hidden deep in the memory—it's hard to see just by the secretion of hormones and changes in bioelectricity."

After pulling down the curtain, Xi Gu sat back behind the counter and looked at her gently.

There seemed to be a strange magical power in his tone of voice, which made people unable to help confessing the secrets they treasured in their hearts.

"So, Miss Mio, I want to hear about your experience."

At this moment, when the girl who saved her, Manai, was besieged by bad groups and didn't know how she would be treated, the young man said, "He wants to hear about his own experience"?

Is this a joke?

...But, faintly, Mio Ito was not surprised.

She took a deep breath.

Looking directly at Shigu, he began to talk.

...

"It's so cold..."

This was Mizuhara Manami's first feeling after waking up.

When she was also tied up all over her body, bound on the cold concrete floor, and felt extremely painful all over her body, she finally felt a little bit of what Mio-senpai felt just now.

However, fortunately, she didn't feel any abnormality in her lower body, and her clothes were not taken off. It seemed that the thing she was most worried about didn't happen.

Moreover, the pendant on the chest was not taken off, which also showed that Miyayama Miya and the others did not put themselves in that situation.

"I don't know how Mio-senpai is doing..."

In the dark space, Mizuhara Manami recalled the girl he saved just now, and prayed silently for her. She hoped that no accidents would happen to Ito Mio.

Although I have never been a hero before, since meeting Mio Ito, Mizuhara Manami feels like a new self has appeared in her body——to stand up and save others, like this is very heroic Such a behavior, I actually managed to do it twice in two days.

"It's... a bit unlike myself..."

Thinking this way, Mizuhara Manami didn't feel regretful at all.

On the contrary, when she thought that she could save Ito Mio and get her out of Mineyama Mia's hands, she felt that her whole body was full of courage.

"Crack——"

I don't know where it came from, but there was a sound like a switch being turned on.

A huge spotlight, like it appeared in movies, shines here from the wall standing next to it, and is suddenly thrown out from the darkness. Falling into this strong light environment, Mizuhara Mana couldn't bear it. I stopped and closed my eyes.

It wasn't until he heard a series of footsteps, and the owner of the footsteps stood still in front of him, that Mizuhara Manami opened his eyes again, looking at the backlit blond girl, who was wearing high boots and looking down at herself, But because her figure was backlit, it was impossible to see the expression of this bad girl clearly.

Surprisingly, there was only this bad girl at the scene, and there was no follower who had appeared beside her before.

"Hey, Manami Mizuhara, why did you come to rescue Mio Ito?"

Miya Mineyama's first question was very similar to Mio Ito's first sentence when she saw her coming, which made Mizuhara Mizuhara feel a little surprised.

However, she was full of disgust towards Mineyama Meiya, and she was not ready to answer her question, so she wanted to "hum" from her nose, but before she could do so, she suddenly realized a problem.

"...you know my name?"

Although it is also possible that Miya Mineyama inquired about it from others during this period, the comparison of this information with some of the messy thoughts that came to mind when she came to rescue Mio Ito made Mizuhara Manami faintly feel a little ominous a feeling of:

"No, it's not like that..."

But in the next second, what Fengshan Meiya said confirmed her ominous guess.

"—Yes, of course I know your name, your friend told me."

"my friend?"

"Hehe, everyone seems to call her 'Lucia', you know this name, right?"

It was as heavy as the world collapsing, as if at this moment, the stomach was full of iron lumps.

"Ryoko...how could you do such a thing..."

"Isn't this very common? Betrayal, deceit, and oppression are human nature, and you can only get happiness from them. I am like this, and so is Okuyama Yoshiko. On the contrary, you are the one who is completely contrary to common sense."

Mineyama Meiya's voice seemed to come from a very far away place, full of coldness, arrogance and a strange sense of self-loathing.

Manami Mizuhara gritted her teeth, as if deliberately ignoring Yoshiko Okuyama's betrayal, and turned that heavy heart into anger. Even though she was still tied up and lying on the ground, she still strongly refuted Miya Mineyama:

"No, it's not like that... Yoshiko is a good person... Mio-senpai is too... Only a person like you would take pleasure in bullying your classmates and use all kinds of cruel methods against them.

"...you are the real monster!"

It was as if the air had frozen.

Fengshan Meiya stood quietly in the bright light of the lighting.

Her figure remained motionless, staring at Manami Mizuhara.

Because she couldn't see her expression clearly, Mizuhara Mana really didn't know what she was thinking.

But... inexplicably, there was an ominous premonition.

"A real monster? Hehe..."

Fengshan Meiya suddenly laughed, her voice full of malice.

"I'm not really a monster—there's only one monster like that to me...

"...Hey, Mizuhara Manami, when you rushed to me out of your ridiculous and boring righteous indignation, driven by brainless enthusiasm, I wanted to ask.

"...How much do you know about Ito Mio?"

"...What exactly do you mean?"

Mizuhara Manami swallowed.

She seemed to see an invisible cloud covering herself.

"—Then let me tell you."

Miya Mineyama's laughter stopped, and her voice became extremely cold.

However, the malice contained in the voice became more and more violent.

The next moment, in the empty abandoned factory, in the space where only two girls existed, an unbelievable story rang out.

...

"I see...is this Miss Mio's past?

"—The group bullying against you that happened in the class when you were young was finally resolved because of your father's step forward; later, when your father passed away, you and your mother lived in a cold home, and your mother was attracted by strange religion, Gradually, your personality collapsed, and you were bullied on campus every day, and it evolved to this day, until you were rescued by Manami."

Shigu sat behind the counter, listening to Mio Ito's narration, with a vague smile on his face.

Just after the girl finished speaking in a straightforward voice, she summed it up in a brisk tone.

Mio Ito nodded silently.

Xi Gu also seemed to be extremely sympathetic, and sighed.

He raised his teacup and took a sip.

Then let it go calmly.

"True."

The moment the sound of the bottom of the cup touching the wooden counter was heard, Shitani said calmly.

"What a sad story...

"...But unfortunately, this is a lie."