Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

In an instant, as if by a miracle, a massive bone prison rose from the sea, directly trapping the Ocean God's true form within.

"That is…"

The TV reporter, who had been about to end the live broadcast, seemed to remember something upon seeing Rio Futaba's sudden appearance and subconsciously spoke to the cameraman beside her.

"Quick, point the camera over there."

And those who had originally planned to flee stopped in their tracks after seeing the small figure on the beach radiating the aura of a powerful individual. Their faces first showed surprise, then joy, and the fear from just moments ago vanished without a trace.

"That person is…"

"Dispel the gloom, Hiyoribo!"

Amano Hina, already dressed in her combat attire, ignored the distant crowd and simply summoned her Soul Manifestation, Hiyoribo. Under the influence of her psychic power, the dense fog that had been floating on the sea's surface dissipated instantly, as if fearing the increasingly scorching sun.

"Domain Expansion…"

As the main force in this operation, Amano Hina, possessing the most powerful psychic ability among all the members of the Overload Society, naturally held nothing back when facing the massive Ocean God, who could not be effectively harmed by ordinary means.

"Clear Skies."

Amano Hina slowly raised her right hand, gazing at the Ocean God, who was ramming against the bone cage. Deep within her eyes, the light of lightning flickered, and the rumble of thunder echoed from the clouds above, as if responding to her summoning.

"Go."

The moment Amano Hina swung down her right hand, dozens of lightning bolts descended from the sky, directly striking the Ocean God's massive body.

The giant octopus, struck by the heavenly lightning, writhed in pain, its body twisting violently. It incessantly slammed against the bone prison created by Rio Futaba, attempting to escape, but despite the shaking, the bone prison showed no signs of breaking.

By luring the Ocean God to the waters so close to the land through today's Ocean Festival, the goal was to allow Rio Futaba to use her psychic ability to directly trap the opponent.

In the deep sea, even with Rio Futaba's current astonishing psychic power, it would be impossible to extend bones from such a deep seabed to form a cage. And creating one out of thin air, without any support, would easily allow the Ocean God to escape.

But in this shallow water area, there was no need to worry about that problem.

"Open your eyes, Hyakume."

Seeing that the lightning summoned by Amano Hina had not directly eliminated the Ocean God, Yotsuya Miko, also dressed in her combat attire, immediately summoned her Soul Manifestation.

Although she was not good at dealing with such large-scale evil spirits and did not possess wide-range or high-power attack methods, Hyakume's abilities were not limited to frontal combat.

Hyakume removed the blindfold that had been covering her eyes, the color of her pupils constantly changing until finally settling on a gray-white hue. She locked onto a certain spot in the Ocean God's head and softly spoke.

"I see it, it's there."

"Mm…"

Kawasaki Saki took a deep breath, her flowing light blue hair swaying in the sea breeze, holding a light golden psychic longbow in her hand. The illusory figure of Ukanomitama appeared behind her, and their voices overlapped at that moment.

"We see it too."

Among the first few abilities that Hyakume developed, one was proposed by Yozora and ultimately realized during the operation to return Onimaru Kunitsuna to its rightful owner, which was to share her vision by splitting off one of her eyeballs.

And Hyakume's most basic ability was to detect traces and reactions of psychic power. In other words, it was not just tracking, but also observing the weaknesses of evil spirits.

Now…

Kawasaki Saki and Ukanomitama saw the "weakness" through Hyakume's "eyes."

"It's over."

"One Arrow."

As a light golden psychic arrow shot through the air, it directly pierced the center of the Ocean God's head, which was covered in human faces, and the illusory figure of Ukanomitama slowly dissipated.

At the same time as Kawasaki Saki's words fell, the sea suddenly began to tremble. The Ocean God's massive body twisted madly, and thousands upon thousands of human faces simultaneously let out shrill screams, causing the ordinary people present to cover their ears in terror.

However, this was just its futile death throes.

As the Ocean God's body was about to dissipate, a furious shout suddenly rang out within the area.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't die yet, don't die yet."

The tall, headless monster with a black and white torso instantly appeared, running straight into the sea with large strides. Rio Futaba sighed helplessly and rubbed her forehead upon seeing this, dispelling the bone prison she had formed with her psychic power.

Sure enough, after Yozora's Soul Manifestation appeared, it directly grabbed the octopus's tentacles with both hands, forcibly tore off one, and absorbed the spiritual power it had transformed into from the severed neck.

Now, that saying really came true.

When you can't eat it all, you can just take off your head and pour it into your cavity, and that's it.

"How could this be…"

Seeing that the god they had painstakingly summoned, offering several women as sacrifices one after another, was now being devoured alive like sashimi by the black and white headless monster, the men in divine robes were filled with despair and let out painful, helpless cries.

"No… don't eat our God! ! !"

"Heh heh, I'll not only eat it, but you few won't be able to escape either."

Hearing the voice behind them, the bodies of the few priests felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave, feeling a strange fear and chill. When they turned their heads, the last scene they could see was only a mask formed like dark flames and a crescent-shaped dark blade light.

"Done."

After killing these few followers of the Ocean God, Yozora slowly walked over and stood together with the members of the Overload Society.

Only at this time did the people on the beach finally react.

Although they recognized the identities of the group of people in front of them, they all covered their mouths with an expression of disbelief, not making a single sound, even more silent than when the Ocean God had appeared.

"Next…"

Mai Sakurajima looked at the crowd not far away, as well as the reporters and photographers holding cameras and conducting live broadcasts to the TV station, who had originally planned to film the scene of the Ocean Festival, and softly spoke.

"Is the most crucial part of this operation."

Chapter 491: The Ultimate Acting, the "Mask" Without Weaknesses

"It really is 'Mask'…"

"What just happened? He killed those priests…?"

"That monster… what exactly is it?"

"That's not important, right? Anyway, they've already been eliminated."

…

Most people had a look of relief after surviving a disaster, looking at the "Mask" and others standing there, their eyes filled with a mixture of worship, gratitude, and excitement. But there was also a considerable number of people who, after seeing "Mask" and his assistants appear, did not lessen the tension on their faces at all, looking wary, and even retreated a distance, as if wanting to leave this place of trouble as soon as possible.

Mai Sakurajima noticed this detail. Having been in the entertainment industry for so many years, she immediately realized that people's attitudes towards herself and others had begun to undergo some subtle changes.

This was not a good sign.

Having once been a national idol actress, Mai Sakurajima was very clear about a truth that many people could not understand.

People's admiration and worship, seemingly incredibly solid, are actually just incredibly fragile, a castle in the air that could collapse at any moment.

Compared to the simple-minded Yui Yuigahama, Rio Futaba and Miko Yotsuya who don't really care about outside opinions, and Yukino Yukinoshita and Kazusa Touma who don't care no matter what, Mai Sakurajima's thoughts are a little different from theirs.

If she could gain the support of public opinion, that would be the best, after all... no one wants to be misunderstood when saving the world.

"Everyone."

Mai Sakurajima took two steps forward, looked directly at the tourists surrounding her and the others, and slowly opened her mouth.

"The murder that occurred in the Tokyo court some time ago was not done by 'Kira'. We have already found the identity of the murderer, and you will soon see it on the news."

Hearing what Mai Sakurajima said, people couldn't help but whisper to each other.

"The Tokyo court some time ago... are you referring to the murder in that court? It has nothing to do with 'Kira'?"

"This... is it really credible?"

"It should be... come to think of it, the people killed by 'Mask' and 'Kira' all deserved it... it's impossible to suddenly change styles and kill innocent bailiffs, right?"

Of course, some people expressed doubts.

"Who knows if he didn't control his power, or lost his cool? We don't know the truth, maybe he's shirking responsibility..."

"Hey, you."

Although the young woman's voice was not loud, Yosho and the Overlimit Club members still heard her clearly. Yosho pointed his finger, and the crowd around the young woman immediately scattered consciously, leaving her alone standing there, looking a little weak and helpless.

"Didn't control his power? Lost his cool?"

Yosho slowly walked up to the young woman. Although he only took two steps forward, the expressions of the surrounding onlookers obviously became much more nervous. Everyone had an idea in their minds.

According to 'Mask's' style... wouldn't he just directly kill this young woman who expressed doubt?

If he really did this kind of thing in full view of the public, his hero image would be completely ruined.

Fortunately, it wasn't as everyone feared. 'Mask' didn't directly attack, but kept a few steps away from the young woman, and asked a question with a smile that was impossible to refute.

"Do you think we are the kind of weaklings who can't even control our own power and emotions?"

"This..."

The young woman seemed to be stunned by the question. She opened her lips to refute, but couldn't say a word, but deep in her eyes, a trace of a smile appeared that only the Overlimit Club members could notice.

And Garula, who was outside the beach, could barely see the young woman's face clearly because her eyesight was much better than ordinary people.

After seeing it clearly, she couldn't help but be stunned.

That person...

Isn't that Ms. Shizuka Hiratsuka?

For a moment, Garula felt that her brain was a little overloaded.

She had already noticed Yosho's true identity. Judging from some of his subtle body movements, Yosho was 'Mask'. Her judgment should be correct. If that's the case, those assistants who had appeared in the news before and are also present now should be the members of the Supernatural Quantum Mechanics Research Society where Yosho is, that is, those members whom Garula helped train fighting skills.

And the members of the Overlimit Club, except for Mai Sakurajima in the third grade, are all in the same class, and the homeroom teacher is Shizuka Hiratsuka.

Could this be a coincidence?

Or... does this Ms. Hiratsuka actually not know the true identities of the Overlimit Club members, so she is questioning the actions of 'Mask' and others at this time?

Garula really didn't understand, but the members of the Overlimit Club already knew Yosho's plan.

Although some tricks are old-fashioned, in other words, classics never go out of style.

Even if someone present has doubts about the motives of 'Mask' and others, would they dare to say it in front of 'Mask' and others?

No normal person would do this reckless behavior that puts their own life at risk. The more they suspect that 'Mask' and his party are related to the bailiff murder case, and think they are not righteous people, the more impossible it is to say it in person, otherwise wouldn't they be courting death?

At this time, someone needs to stand up and publicly express their doubts, just like the student council election at Private Shuchiin Academy. In order to show their ability and gain people's trust, there must be someone to play the opposite role. At that time, Yosho himself played this 'villain' role, and this time, it is Shizuka Hiratsuka, who is an informed person, deliberately cross-dressing to fish.

Mai Sakurajima didn't understand. How could Yosho, a second-year high school student, be so skilled in manipulating public opinion, fishing for cross-dressing, and using advanced black tactics?

With this kind of ability, there would be no problem at all to open a brokerage company in the entertainment industry in the future and become a manager for those idols.

"You... you guys..."

At this time, Shizuka Hiratsuka is still in a state of full-fire acting, deliberately pretending to be unable to refute, but still wanting to continue to be stubborn.

"Who knows what your real purpose is? How can we trust people who don't even dare to show their real faces?"

"That Councilor Sato showed his true face, do you want to believe in that kind of person?"

Yosho's rhetorical question directly made Shizuka Hiratsuka "silent". Of course, this is also acting, a well-arranged link.

Everything now is going according to the script.

"The reason for not showing our true faces is because we don't need to use our own power to get anything from you."

If Yosho keeps speaking, on the one hand, it will reduce 'Mask's' swag, on the other hand, Yosho's words are always aggressive. Now that he has overwhelmed these people present in terms of momentum, next, it is Mai Sakurajima's turn to lead the link.

Mai Sakurajima slowly walked to the camera lens that was broadcasting live and connected to the TV station. There was no trace of tension in her eyes. After all, this was not the first time she had spoken in front of the camera, and she was wearing a mask. She just said softly in a gentle tone.

"We don't need to use this power to get anything for ourselves. Our actions are only for the simplest purpose, which is to protect what we can protect."

"Benefits, fame, power, all of this, we don't care, and we don't need it at all."

"Acting only to carry out one's own beliefs, and never wavering in the face of any obstacles, this is the real strong."

Speaking of this, Mai Sakurajima paused slightly, looked directly at the camera, her eyes seemed to penetrate a long distance, as if she was looking directly into someone's eyes, and said word by word.

"And those who can't even carry out their own beliefs, saying that they want to bring change to this world, but fall into out-of-control evil, even if they have the most powerful power, they are just weaklings."

...

At the same time, in Tokyo.

"Weakling? Weakling! ?"

Hearing Mai Sakurajima's words on the TV, Teru Mikami, who had a handsome and refined appearance, couldn't help but have a somewhat distorted expression. The remote control in his hand was unconsciously crushed by him.