Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

As if a demonic sound entered their ears, all the evil spirits stood frozen in place upon hearing the bell, their originally horrifying faces now displaying a blank and lost expression.

Sakurajima Mai slowly walked up from the stairwell, casually waving her hand, and issued an order to the bell spirit behind her, who was dressed in a light pink纱 skirt and possessed a graceful figure.

"Begin."

"Understood."

The bell spirit shook the paper umbrella in her hand, and the cherry blossom pattern originally on the umbrella's surface fluttered down, transforming into real cherry blossoms, scattering throughout the area.

After a dozen seconds, when the petals dissipated, nearly a hundred evil spirits had already turned into black smoke, returning to nothingness along with the beautiful cherry blossoms.

Sakurajima Mai solved nearly a hundred evil spirits with ease, seemingly making her stronger than Yotsuya Miko, but that was not the case at all.

On one hand, the Ushiwaka Woman, in the battle at the power plant to besiege Yotsuya Miko, had already had all the powerful evil spirits she could command killed. Those remaining in this abandoned building were just a collection of misfits temporarily summoned from the real world.

On the other hand, Sakurajima Mai's Soul Avatar, the bell spirit, specialized in control and area-of-effect attacks, which was the opposite of Yotsuya Miko's combat style, who excelled at small-scale battles and dealing with powerful evil spirits.

In addition, this time, the Ushiwaka Woman was controlled by Yuigahama Yui and unable to attend to herself. Otherwise, with her power level, she would not have been directly hard-controlled by the bell spirit like those ordinary evil spirits.

At most, she would only be stunned for a moment, and then she could override the control applied to those evil spirits with commands, restoring them to consciousness.

The combination of various factors allowed Sakurajima Mai to resolve this battle in the most ideal and easiest way.

"Shoko, Menma, are you both okay?"

Hearing Sakurajima Mai's question, Makino原 Shoko and Menma, although still with a few lingering fears on their faces, nodded and replied.

"Mai-姐姐, we're fine, thanks to 八尺-姐姐."

"It's good that you're not injured."

Sakurajima Mai smiled and nodded. Then, seeing Yuigahama Yui in the distance, who was grabbing the Ushiwaka Woman's neck with one hand, pressing her against the hard wall, and stabbing the other hand into her abdomen, listening to the Ushiwaka Woman's painful wails, but with no change in her expression, and with a snake-tail phantom behind her, she couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

"团子… mastered the technique of merging with her Soul Avatar?"

Sakurajima Mai thought to herself that even she, until now, did not have a 100% certainty of being able to merge with the bell spirit at any time during battle.

Unexpectedly, Yuigahama Yui had surpassed her and mastered this ability first.

"Um..."

八尺-大人's expression seemed a little complicated, and she lowered her voice and said.

"团子's condition seems a little off… let's go take a look."

"Okay."

When Sakurajima Mai, 八尺-大人, Makino原 Shoko, and Menma walked closer, they heard Yuigahama Yui whispering something.

The resentment and hatred in her words even seemed to lower the surrounding air temperature.

"Give it back… give me back Yozora…"

As Yuigahama Yui spoke, the hand stabbing into the Ushiwaka Woman's abdomen continued to move, bit by bit, crushing her internal organs.

Such pain was simply unimaginable for ordinary people, a torment like hell.

The Ushiwaka Woman was now extremely regretful.

If she hadn't occupied a human body and just maintained her original state as an evil spirit, she wouldn't have been able to feel such pain.

"团子."

Seeing Yuigahama Yui's expression, Sakurajima Mai couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling in her heart.

The risk of merging with the Soul Avatar was that it would be affected by negative emotions.

Obviously, Yuigahama Yui was not ready and was already on the verge of losing control.

"团子, wake up."

Sakurajima Mai carefully reached out and placed her hand on Yuigahama Yui's shoulder, speaking softly.

"We still have things to do."

"Yeah, that's right."

To Sakurajima Mai's surprise, Yuigahama Yui, who seemed to be out of control, did not refute at all, but just nodded in agreement.

Immediately afterward, Yuigahama Yui pulled her hand out of the Ushiwaka Woman's abdomen. The snake-tail phantom behind her suddenly ignited with a blazing flame, directly enveloping the Ushiwaka Woman's body.

Amidst the Ushiwaka Woman's screams of agony as she was burned by the flames and struggled, Yuigahama Yui turned around, revealing her usual silly and cute smile.

"When Yozora comes back, we must make sure to clear out these guys, we can't let him down."

Looking at the Ushiwaka Woman, whose body was burned to a charred black and gradually dissipated into smoke, and then looking at Yuigahama Yui, who was walking forward on her own, taking light steps, in a happy mood, even humming a song, with a bright and lively appearance, Sakurajima Mai, Makino原 Shoko, 八尺-大人, and Menma all felt a complex feeling in their hearts.

Yuigahama Yui…

Wasn't out of control.

She was just showing her truest inner self. Anyone who attempted to harm Yozora, whether human or evil spirit, would be made to feel the burning of hatred in the most cruel way.

Is this a yandere?

In a sense, it's also a yandere, but it's a loyal dog-type yandere without possessiveness and doesn't object to opening a harem.

……

At the same time, inside the apartment where Yukinoshita Yukino lived.

"How unlucky."

Yukinoshita Haruno sat on the sofa, although the living room was dark, she still spoke in a lazy and relaxed tone.

"I really didn't expect that I would encounter a power outage and an earthquake just after arriving in Kyoto this afternoon. My luck is really not very good."

Listening to her older sister's smiling tone, Yukinoshita Yukino also wanted to feign composure, but being in the darkness still made her voice tremble slightly.

"You came to Kyoto… what exactly do you want to do?"

"Is there any need to say?"

Haruno pursed her lips and smiled, her tone gentle and charming.

“Of course, I'm going to meet my little boyfriend, your brother-in-law! I haven't seen him since summer vacation,” Yukino Yukinoshita said, a complex expression on her face.

“This incident is too strange. Could it be…?”

“Is there even a need to ask? It must be the work of evil spirits and ghosts.”

Hearing Yono Yukinoshita say this with a light laugh, Yukino Yukinoshita's expression turned complicated. She couldn't help but tuck a strand of hair behind her ear, steadying herself before speaking.

“You… aren’t you even a little scared?”

“What's there to be afraid of? Are you scared?”

Yukino Yukinoshita frowned slightly upon hearing this, letting out a soft humph.

“Hmph, it's just a power outage and a small earthquake. What's there to be afraid of?”

“Still so stubborn, little Yukino.”

Yono smiled, stood up, and walked over. Ignoring Yukino's slight resistance, she pulled her into her arms, stroking Yukino Yukinoshita's long hair, her tone gentle.

“There, there, your big sister will protect you.”

“Hmph, who needs your protection? I'm not a child anymore.”

“In my heart, you'll always be my adorable little sister who loves to act tough.”

“You're not a psychic. Even if something really happens, you wouldn't be able to protect me, right?”

Yono Yukinoshita was silent for a few seconds before replying with a smile.

“As a big sister, the desire to protect her little sister is a very powerful force. Don't underestimate me.”

Just as Yukino Yukinoshita was about to reply, she heard strange noises coming from outside the apartment door.

It sounded like…

…something was being dragged.

“What’s that…?”

“Shhh.”

Yono put a finger to her lips, silently stood up, walked to the apartment door, and peered out through the peephole.

The sight that greeted her made her pupils shrink in shock.

The once clean and tidy corridor of the luxury apartment building was now covered in viscous blood.

A tall figure, clad in ragged burlap clothing, with jet-black skin and hair obscuring its face, was pacing back and forth in the corridor.

Yono’s gaze drifted downwards, and she saw that the figure was dragging something along the ground.

Due to the dim lighting, it took her a while to vaguely discern what it was.

The upper half of a person.

The blood flowing from the severed waist of the corpse was the source of the crimson river that had completely dyed the corridor floor red.

Although horrified, Yono remained calm, not making a single sound. She simply turned around, walked to Yukino Yukinoshita, lowered her voice, and told her what she had seen.

Yukino Yukinoshita felt a deep sense of fear after hearing this.

“This…”

Yukino Yukinoshita took a deep breath, forcibly maintaining her composure, walked to the window, and looked out at the sky.

Although dark clouds obscured the moon, the light shining through was not red, but the usual brilliant white.

“It’s not the Reverse World…”

As an internal member of the Overload Society, Yukino Yukinoshita had memorized all the important information. Although she had never entered the Reverse World herself, she knew that the most typical characteristics of the Reverse World were large patches of drifting black mist and a red moon in the sky.

Since she and Yono had not entered the Reverse World, but could still see that evil spirit-like creature, it meant that the opponent was not the type that had fused with a “Gate,” but rather was occupying a human body and could ignore the laws of “Observation”…

Just as Yukino Yukinoshita was pondering what to do, the sudden knocking interrupted her thoughts.

“Knock, knock, knock, knock.”

At first, it was just a gentle knocking.

But the next time it sounded, it was like someone was slamming on the door.

“Bang, bang, bang, bang!”

Yukino Yukinoshita stared at the anti-theft door of the apartment, her whole body feeling like she had fallen into an ice cave. Her thoughts completely froze at that moment.

Chapter 227: The Sincerity of the Yukinoshita Sisters, Rio Futaba Makes a Grand Entrance

Yono's hands also trembled involuntarily for a moment, but immediately afterward, she picked up her water glass and took a sip, her voice carrying a hint of a smile.

“This is troublesome. Your apartment is on such a high floor, there's no way to escape by jumping out the window. If we were living in a detached house right now, it would be easier. Of course, your stamina is so poor, you probably wouldn't be able to outrun the guy outside. Looks like we're in a desperate situation.”

Yukino was stunned. Her usually emotionless pretty face rarely showed such obvious panic and anxiety.

“What are you doing? You're still in the mood to joke at a time like this?”

Yukino Yukinoshita stared at the anti-theft door, which was being slammed on with loud bangs, her brain working rapidly.

If the information gathered by the Overload Society so far was accurate, then evil spirits that fused with humans, could ignore the laws of “Observation,” and directly kill humans were a rare species.

She wasn't a psychic, and neither was her sister.

According to the evil spirits' patterns of behavior, there was no reason for them to target ordinary people like her and Yono.

So why?

Yukino Yukinoshita had a good mind, even an exceptional one.

She immediately came to a conclusion.

Could it be…

…they were after her?

It wasn't impossible.

Although Yukino Yukinoshita was just an ordinary, awkward, high school girl whose chest size resembled her father's, she was surrounded by psychics.

If this particular evil spirit possessed intelligence equal to that of humans, then kidnapping her, a member of the same club as Rio Futaba and Miko Yotsuya, to use as a hostage… such a shameless act was completely in line with the evil spirit's style.