Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

“This…”

While everyone was silent, it was Rio Futaba who spoke first.

“Unsavable. Give up.”

Hearing this, Mai Sakurajima couldn't help but hesitate.

“But…”

“No buts.”

Rio Futaba took off her glasses, scanned the crowd, and finally fixed her gaze on Yexing's face.

“Putting aside how to get there, the water pressure you'd have to endure to reach that depth underwater would be impossible for any carbon-based life form to withstand. Yexing's physical fitness is excellent, and his recovery is strong, but to resist that kind of pressure, even if I hold onto the most naive and unrealistic hope, it would require a massive amount of spiritual power.”

“And then what? He has to fight some unknown entity. Even if he manages to win with insufficient spiritual power, he still has to protect Wu Jialuo and Koga Tomoe and get them out of that deep sea.”

“It's a completely impossible mission.”

Chapter 487: A Surefire Plan, Just a Minor Case of Bleeding from All Seven Orifices

Hearing Rio Futaba's analysis, the girls fell silent, except for Touma and Sha, who, as always, chose to speak bluntly.

“I agree with Rio Futaba's opinion. This rescue operation is too dangerous. And the fact that those two appeared in the deep sea might be a trap targeting Yexing. They aren't our people. Too many innocent people have been sacrificed due to strange occurrences. We can't let Yexing risk his life to rescue them just because we know them. Besides, there are countless enemies lurking in the shadows. I'll be blunt: gambling Yexing's life for Wu Jialuo and that Koga Tomoe, no matter what you think, I am firmly opposed to it.”

Touma and Sha's personalities have always been like this.

In her heart, let alone Wu Jialuo and Koga Tomoe, even if the lives of the entire faculty and students of Soubu High School were added together, they wouldn't be worth Yexing's safety.

Of course, not only Touma and Sha, but the other members also understood that rescuing Wu Jialuo and Koga Tomoe in such a deep-sea area, while facing unknown dangers, would be too difficult even for Yexing.

But to tell them to give up on those two directly, knowing there was still hope for rescue, and to stand by and watch them die?

That was indeed hard to say.

“We still have to save them.”

After saying this, before Touma and Sha could refute, Yexing added with a smile.

“It's not that I suddenly have a surge of saintly compassion. The reasons you mentioned are all correct. This operation is risky, but Koga Tomoe's… whether you call it an illness or an ability, her power to restart the world and trap it in the same day, an infinite loop, must not fall into the hands of the enemy.”

“Koga Tomoe's ability… Laplace's demon?… That's true indeed.”

Thinking of Koga Tomoe, who suffered from puberty syndrome and once trapped the entire world in a loop of the same day, even the psychic ability users in the Super-dimensional Club, including herself, failed to notice it. Rio Futaba couldn't help but sigh slightly.

“We have personally experienced the power of time regression. If Wu Jialuo has some talent in spiritual power, it makes sense that she would become a target of the enemy, but Koga Tomoe… she doesn't possess any spiritual power and hasn't had much contact with us. The only reason the enemy would target her is to seize the ability she possesses.”

“But…”

Rio Futaba changed the subject and looked directly into Yexing's eyes.

“How are you going to get there?”

“Heh heh.”

Yexing shook his head pretentiously, looked at the Super-dimensional Club members in front of him, and slowly opened his mouth, word by word.

“With faith and bonds.”

Rio Futaba: “…Are you kidding me?”

“Eh, I'm not kidding.”

Yexing explained seriously.

“If I didn't have the bonds you and I have forged over the past year, how could I have awakened 'The World' Izanami at a critical moment and ultimately slain the evil god Izanami? As long as I have the power of bonds and faith, I won't fail.”

“This… I still have a hard time understanding the logic behind it…”

Rio Futaba couldn't understand what Yexing was talking nonsense about at all, but only frowned slightly.

“Unless you explain how you will resist the terrifying water pressure of the deep sea, and how you will bring Koga Tomoe and Wu Jialuo out unharmed after finding them, otherwise, although I don't think you are the kind of person who would recklessly court death, I will definitely not allow you to take this action.”

“Oh, are you going against me? You're going to allow me?”

Listening to Yexing's teasing words to Rio Futaba, the members present, including Rio Futaba herself, didn't have the slightest smile on their faces, but all looked grave.

“At first, I won't use spiritual power.”

“Hmm, that's a reasonable idea.”

Rio Futaba nodded slightly, thoughtfully.

“The maximum pressure that ordinary people can withstand is about sixteen standard atmospheres. Converted, that's about one hundred and sixty meters underwater. That's already the limit. I'm not worried about the defensive power of your body surface, but mainly the fragile internal organs. How long can they last? There's no specific data, so I can't analyze it. You probably don't know either, right?”

“Hmm, it's hard to say.”

Yexing replied noncommittally, then smiled and said.

“But when I feel that my body has reached the critical edge of death, I will use spiritual power to start repairing it, and at the same time fuse with the Soul True Body to enhance the body's ability to withstand. And since Wu Jialuo and Koga Tomoe haven't died until now, it means that the area they are in should not be affected by the water pressure. As long as I get to that place, I will have time to adjust.”

“There's no time.”

Rio Futaba exposed Yexing's intention to comfort everyone in one sentence and sighed.

“After arriving there, no matter what kind of existence it is, it will definitely not let you take Koga Tomoe and Wu Jialuo away directly. At that time… there will be a battle. After losing so much spiritual power, do you have a surefire chance of winning?”

“No.”

Yexing shook his head very honestly, and then took off his shirt and walked slowly towards the boundless dark sea, his voice filled with a smile.

“So, I won't choose this plan, but will choose the sure-win method.”

“As expected, is that so…”

Watching Yexing's figure disappear into the sea, Mai Sakurajima couldn't help but frown and looked at Rio Futaba, who didn't object or stop Yexing's actions.

“What is the sure-win method he's talking about?”

Rio Futaba was silent for a long time before slowly opening her mouth with a complicated expression under the gaze of the Super-dimensional Club members.

“Use the minimum amount of spiritual power to maintain the body to avoid collapse, and then reach that deep-sea area as quickly as possible, and then… repair all the injuries at once, which is… the most spiritual power-saving method.”

“I see…”

Just as Mai Sakurajima thought this was a good idea, Kitagawa Haimeng, as an ordinary person, tentatively asked a question that made the psychic ability members' hearts sink.

"Under such terrifying water pressure, using the bare minimum of spiritual power to keep the body at its limit... This... Isn't this an extremely painful torture...?"

"Yes, exactly."

Rio Futaba pursed her lips, her eyes flickering, her voice even trembling slightly.

"Moving forward under that kind of pressure, without using any spiritual power for defense, the pain the body endures far exceeds the limit of what a normal person can withstand. If it were an ordinary person, the brain would directly issue a command to faint in order to ensure the mind doesn't collapse. But for Yozora... he would definitely stay awake, resisting the instinct to escape the pain, conserving as much spiritual power as possible to ensure that after fighting that being, he would still have enough spiritual power to protect Karura and Tomoe Koganei back to the surface..."

"Every minute, every second, he will be in intense pain, yet he must force himself to stay awake..."

"If it were anyone else, this plan would definitely fail. Either they would fall unconscious, or they would be unable to resist the body's survival instinct and subconsciously use spiritual power to defend, fighting against the boundless sea, eventually exhausting themselves."

Hearing this, Touma and Suna stepped forward, their snow-white bare feet getting wet from the rising tide. Their delicate eyes gazed at the dark sea, and they murmured.

"But if it's Yozora, he can definitely do it."

"Because... he is the strongest."

...

Meanwhile, in an area nearly ten kilometers below the surface of the sea.

In the deep sea, which should have been pitch black, a lighthouse-like structure appeared.

"Where... exactly is this place...?"

Tomoe Koganei looked at the pure darkness outside the window. Even though the building was brightly lit, once the light passed through the window, it seemed to be swallowed by the boundless sea, disappearing without a trace.

"I don't know either."

Karura kicked a disgusting monster that had just climbed up the stairs, covered in rotten flesh and seaweed, sending it flying down. Looking at the several evil spirits still climbing up from below, her face didn't show the fear and anxiety that Tomoe Koganei had. She even had the leisure to comfort her.

"It's okay, I can fight these things for a day and a night."

"Karura-senpai..."

Tomoe Koganei really couldn't understand. She had only come out at night to buy some snacks, thinking of bringing them back as late-night snacks for chatting with her friends all night, but after stepping in a puddle of water, her vision blurred. When she regained consciousness, she was already in this strange place.

And it wasn't just her alone, but also Karura, a second-year student who had just transferred a few days ago.

Karura had become a celebrity in Soubu High as soon as she transferred, partly because of her beautiful appearance, plus those pupils that were completely different from ordinary people, which naturally attracted the attention of others.

On the other hand, during physical education class a few days ago, Karura broke the high school record set by Yozora in his first year at the sports festival without even warming up.

A girl breaking the school record was simply amazing. Of course, Yozora didn't go all out at that time, and Karura didn't go all out either, she just jumped casually.

The point is...

Tomoe Koganei looked at Karura, who could kick an evil spirit away with one foot, and was completely dumbfounded.

Karura-senpai, you're so strong?

No... What exactly are the things inside this tower?

Why does it feel like the vengeful spirits of pirates who died at sea in horror stories, looking disgusting and eerie...

Is this... a ghost?

Am I dead?

Is this hell?

Just as Tomoe Koganei was letting her imagination run wild, she suddenly seemed to hear a faint sound coming from the huge transparent window.

When she turned her head, she only saw the pitch black outside, where nothing could be seen. In the terrifyingly quiet deep sea, something seemed to be swimming past, causing a few ripples.

"That is... what exactly is that...?"

Suddenly seeing such a terrifying sight, Tomoe Koganei, who wasn't very brave to begin with, had her cute face turn pale with fright.

Even though there was no sound outside, she always felt that... in the deep sea outside the tower, there seemed to be an extremely terrifying being slowly swimming, secretly watching.

"Koganei-san, don't be afraid."

Karura beat the evil spirits in the tower while still having the leisure to smile and comfort her.

"Someone will come to save us."

Although Karura said that on the surface, she also felt very strange in her heart.

At first, she thought these strangely shaped things with pieces of flesh were biological weapons or combatants with strange appearances.

But after fighting for so long, Karura finally realized.

These things... don't seem to be human?

Karura watched as a monster covered in rotten flesh, with half of its white skull exposed, was kicked down by her, rolling for more than ten meters and smashing into the wall. As a result, within a few seconds, it healed automatically as if it had never been injured.

She was seeing such a sight for the first time.

And... there's also the most important problem.

As a combatant, Karura was very sensitive to the environment. She could clearly sense that the oxygen in the tower was becoming increasingly thin.

Even without considering the factor of running out of oxygen, how long would she have to keep fighting these strange-looking monsters?

If this continued, Karura knew that there would be a moment when her stamina would be exhausted.

Just then, Tomoe Koganei noticed ripples in the sea outside the window again.

She thought it was another huge monster swimming, and subconsciously took two steps back. But the next second, as a dark red streak flashed across the sea, accompanied by the sound of the window breaking, a figure crashed straight in.

"Eh... This... This... Karura-senpai..."

Seeing the person's torn clothes and the blood dripping down, Tomoe Koganei subconsciously thought that the other person was also like those monsters covered in pieces of flesh, here to attack her. She was so scared that she didn't know what to do.

Karura had also planned to attack that person, but just as she was about to rush over, she twitched her nose twice, frowned slightly, and then immediately relaxed.

"Yozora-kun?"

"Eh?"

When that person looked up, Tomoe Koganei noticed that the mysterious person who broke in through the window was actually Yozora.

Yozora first turned around and glanced, finding that after the window was broken by him, the sea water outside did not pour in, but was isolated by a newly formed window. Then he turned to look at Karura and Tomoe Koganei, and opened his mouth with a smile.

"You... two... are not injured... right?"