Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

“How could this be…”

At this moment, Rikka Sakuragawa felt like a gamer challenging the ultimate BOSS, having gone through countless save and load cycles, believing she had the perfect strategy and fully stocked up on supplies, only to discover, upon reaching the BOSS, that its level had not only increased from LV30 to LV99, but also that a dozen or so enemies that shouldn't have appeared had also emerged.

And what made her even more desperate was…

She had used up all her save and load chances as a player.

A dead end.

“No… there’s still a chance.”

Rikka Sakuragawa took a deep breath, immediately stood up, and walked towards the underground cave.

“As long as I completely devour Hiruko God… I’ll still have a chance…”

…

Later that evening, inside the underground cave.

Hearing a slow and steady footstep sound from the distant entrance, Rikka Sakuragawa sat in the position where Hatao had been sitting. Her original light yellow pupils had now turned into the same bright red as Hatao’s, coupled with the light purple eyeshadow, creating a beautiful yet chillingly eerie feeling.

“Mask…”

Seeing the black pupils that had appeared before her every time, even after a dozen or so time regressions, Rikka Sakuragawa spoke softly.

“You… also possess the ability to retain memories of time regression, don't you?”

“You figured it out,”

Yozora replied with a chuckle, approaching Rikka Sakuragawa, who was sitting there, step by step.

“However, you don’t have another chance.”

“Is that so?”

Facing Yozora, who was walking towards her step by step, Rikka Sakuragawa simply stood up slowly from the seat, her face showing no emotion.

Yozora noticed that the surface of her two slender, white forearms was constantly bursting with cracks, only to heal as if they had never appeared in the blink of an eye, followed by the reappearance of cracks, repeating continuously.

The blood flowing from Rikka Sakuragawa's wounds dripped onto the ground along her fingertips, making a ticking sound like a leaky faucet.

“You devoured Hiruko God…”

Yozora shook his head, looking at the anomaly occurring in Rikka Sakuragawa's body.

“Your body strength simply cannot support such strong spiritual power. If it weren’t for the curse of immortality from the mermaid flesh, your body would probably have completely collapsed.”

Hearing him speak the secret of her immortality, Rikka Sakuragawa's eyes finally showed a slight fluctuation. Across the distance of three or four meters, she looked at Yozora and asked softly.

“Who… exactly are you?”

“Want to see? It doesn’t matter anyway.”

Yozora smiled indifferently, and the black mask on his face disappeared.

The moment she saw his real face, Rikka Sakuragawa was stunned for a moment, then shook her head with a wry smile, as if she had remembered something.

“So it’s you… Yozora-kun from Kyoto City. I once saw reports about your views on the Teru Teru Bozu killer incident and on ‘Mask.’ Originally… I wanted to transform you into a spirit user.”

“Then why didn’t you do that?”

“Because…”

Rikka Sakuragawa stared at Yozora's face and sighed softly.

“I couldn’t find, or even guess, what kind of desire a seemingly perfect high school student like you, who excels in academics, possesses an outstanding appearance, has a very individualistic personality and behavior, and is even in a club where all the other members are girls, would have.”

“Or perhaps…”

Rikka Sakuragawa changed the subject and said in a low voice.

“Deep down, I had already vaguely sensed your true identity, so I didn’t even try to transform you, right…”

“It doesn’t matter, you can fulfill my desire now.”

Yozora waved his hand with a smile, but as soon as he finished speaking, the smile on his face and the smile in his eyes disappeared as if they had never existed, and he said indifferently.

“My desire is to completely erase Rikka Sakuragawa from this world.”

“Why do you have to be hostile to me?”

Rikka Sakuragawa sighed again. Her calm expression and eyes, on that face that was twitching and distorting due to the pain of her body being on the verge of collapse and constantly repairing itself, had a deep sense of incongruity.

“A world filled with desires and malice like this should be destroyed sooner rather than later…”

“Shut up.”

Yozora interrupted impatiently.

“I’m too lazy to talk to you about any principles. I’m stronger than you, so the future of this world should be defined by me, and I prefer this world to continue to maintain the status quo. That’s reason enough for me.”

“As expected… I can’t shake your will…”

Rikka Sakuragawa shook her head, and a bright light suddenly bloomed in her red eyes.

“However, now that I have obtained this power in exchange for endless pain and torture, I am stronger than you.”

“Domain Expansion, Yomi Hirasaka.”

Chapter 336: A Domain Manipulating Desires, Izanami vs. "Mask"

The moment Rikka Sakuragawa finished speaking, a thick fog instantly emerged in the originally dim underground cave.

It wasn't like the thick black mist in the Reverse World, but a gray mist exuding a sense of death.

Not only the underground cave, but the entire Nittu Island was filled with such a dense fog.

“This is…”

Yotsuya Miko looked at the waves of mist coming towards her and the others, her golden eyes flickering, and she said softly.

“Open your eyes, Hyakume!”

As Yotsuya Miko recited the Soul's True Name, Hyakume instantly appeared behind her, dozens of eyes on the surface of its body opening simultaneously, emitting spiritual light of different colors.

The pale golden Mikazuki Munechika in her hand also emitted a sharp spiritual power similar in color to her golden pupils, forming a protective shield.

Seeing the gray fog being blocked by Yotsuya Miko at a distance of ten meters, the members all breathed a sigh of relief.

“Don’t move recklessly.”

Toma Kazusa turned around, looked at the residents of Nittu Island who were panicking because they didn't know what was happening, raised the Juzumaru Tsunetsugu in her hand, and said in a cold voice.

“If you move recklessly, I’ll cut you down.”

Although the members felt that Toma Kazusa's words were too harsh, they had to admit that it was effective.

In addition, with familiar islanders like the Kozuna sisters, Minakata Tsuru, and Nezu Ginjiro calming the crowd, the residents of Hitotsushima Island stood obediently in place, no one rashly choosing to leave.

Although they didn't recognize the Overload Society group, since Nezu Ginjiro and the others had said that the other party was protecting everyone's safety, then perhaps they were trustworthy.

Besides…

This large patch of gray fog was obviously very strange. Who knew what terrifying things were hidden inside? No one dared to enter it rashly.

Just as Futaba Rio was observing the gray fog up close, a飘忽, eerie voice, as if two women were overlapping, suddenly came from the dense fog.

“The desire to protect everyone… I see, that is your desire.”

Toma Kazusa, who had heard Izanami's voice before, instantly recognized that one of the overlapping female voices belonged to Izanami.

And the other voice…

Needless to say, it should be the woman named Sakurakawa Rikka.

“This desire will lead to your failure.”

The voices of Sakurakawa Rikka and Izanami continued to come from the fog.

“Relying on spiritual power to resist, how long can you last? As higher beings, yet protecting useless ordinary people, when your spiritual power is exhausted, you, and the ants you try to protect, will all be devoured by this gray fog of desire.”

“Heh heh.”

Faced with the words of Izanami and Sakurakawa Rikka, Yukinoshita Yang Nai only sneered twice, and immediately retorted.

“You should first consider how to beg for mercy when we catch you, which is more realistic. Although begging for mercy is useless, you will definitely be eliminated by us.”

“Is that so… Then come and try to find me…”

The voices of Sakurakawa Rikka and Izanami became lighter and lighter, until finally, they disappeared into the fog.

Looking at the large patch of gray fog in front of her, Futaba Rio frowned slightly, and looked at Yotsuya Miko, with a hint of worry.

“Miko, how long can you hold on?”

“I'm fine, it's easy.”

Yotsuya Miko turned the Mikazuki Munechika in her hand upside down and inserted it into the ground, replying with a calm face.

“If it's just this level, judging from my current rate of spiritual power consumption, it's no problem to last for five or six hours.”

Futaba Rio breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, but when she looked at the gray fog again, she couldn't help but frown.

“Desire… transformation… brainwashing… Sakurakawa Rikka's Soul True Body Izanami, is based on these three points to create her type of ability… This gray fog, perhaps is also such an existence…”

Speaking of this, Futaba Rio looked at the members, and said softly.

“I'll try to enter this gray fog first, to see what changes will occur if I come into contact with it, then we'll…”

Before Futaba Rio could finish speaking, and before the other members had time to express their opinions, they suddenly saw a figure rushing into the gray fog.

“'Kira'?”

Seeing Yagami Light's figure disappear completely as if swallowed after entering the gray fog, everyone was dumbfounded.

Futaba Rio originally thought that, apart from Yotsuya Miko, she had the strongest spiritual power among everyone present, and was the most suitable to collect information about this gray fog.

As the saying goes, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated.

Faced with Sakurakawa Rikka's new ability, Futaba Rio, as the combat strategist, had the first thought of collecting information, finding the weaknesses of this ability, and then analyzing it to find a way to deal with it.

Unexpectedly, before she could act, Yagami Light rushed in first.

As expected of Kira, he's brave enough.

At this time, Yagami Light, giving up the idea of subconsciously resisting with spiritual power, the moment his body directly touched the gray fog, the scene in front of him changed.

He was no longer on Hitotsushima Island, but on the streets of Tokyo, surrounded by a constant stream of people.

Everyone was calling out a name.

“Kira… Kira… Kira!”

Yagami Light looked up and saw that a news report was being broadcast on the big screen.

“Since 'Kira' first appeared, in the three years to this day, the crime rate in the Sakura Province has rapidly declined, until today it has infinitely approached zero. A brand new world without crime and evil is right in front of us.”

At this time, Yagami Soichiro's voice came from behind Yagami Light.

“Light, what are you spacing out about?”

Yagami Light turned his head and saw his mother, father, and sister Yagami Sayu all standing there, looking at him with smiles. Yagami Sayu even came up and urged impatiently.

“Brother, what are you spacing out about? Hurry up, today, in order to hold a celebration banquet for you, Dad has spared no expense and booked a very high-end restaurant.”

“Celebration banquet…?”

“Yeah, celebrating your excellent achievement of being admitted to To-Oh University as the number one in Sakura Province! What's wrong with your memory? Are you so happy that you've become stupid?”

Hearing his sister's words, as well as the crowd's fanatical calls for Kira's name, and the news report on the big screen that the crime rate was infinitely close to zero, Yagami Light was momentarily confused.

But only for a brief moment, the clarity reappeared in his brown eyes, revealing a hint of a smile. He shook his head and muttered to himself.

“Such a future is indeed very good, but unfortunately…”

Watching the scene in front of him collapse like shattered glass, Yagami Light said lightly.

“If it's a celebration banquet, I would definitely invite Yagami Hoshi and Ryuzaki, and… with Yagami Hoshi, that monster, I'm afraid it would be difficult for me to get first place…”

“This is not the future I am pursuing.”

…

When Yagami Light emerged from the gray fog and told Futaba Rio everything that had just happened, the latter said thoughtfully.

“Hmm… constructing an imagined future… Even you, Yagami-kun, would experience a brief moment of confusion. If it were an ordinary person… I'm afraid they would have been lost in it. As for what would happen after getting lost, it's hard to say. Perhaps they would be transformed into puppets, or perhaps, they would become a walking corpse.”