Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

"Let me have a taste."

Whenever it came to the exciting food-tasting segment, Yae Star was always thrilled, and this time was no exception.

He took two steps forward, stepped on the head of that black shadow, then slightly opened his mouth and swallowed the shadow that formed the other party's body in an instant.

"How is it? Can you taste what it is?"

As everyone knows, the three giants of the Super-dimensional Club in its early days each had their own unique expertise.

Miko Yotsuya's observation skills, Rio Futaba's intellect, and…

Yae Star's keen sense of taste.

In layman's terms, he was like a top food connoisseur, able to analyze the raw materials of a dish the moment it entered his mouth, and even taste the techniques used in its preparation.

Perhaps, it was because Yae Star had such a keen sense of taste that he felt unbearable pain every time he tasted Yui Yuigahama's dark cuisine.

"This thing isn't an evil spirit."

Hearing Yae Star's words, Light Yagami couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, after all, he was thinking that if this thing was an evil spirit, and there were many such things in this area, Yae Star would be able to recover his power as soon as possible.

"Then what is it? A distorted human soul? A yokai? Or something we've never seen before?"

"This thing…"

Yae Star shook his head, looked at the tattered black robe left on the ground after the shadow was devoured, and said softly.

"It's nothing, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't even feel like I had eaten something, it's just pure nothingness, there's nothing there."

"Pure nothingness… How did this thing come into being?"

"I told you, it's pure nothingness."

Yae Star shook his head and said something that was difficult for Light Yagami and L to understand, but inexplicably made them feel a sense of heaviness.

"There is no birth, no end, and no so-called meaning of existence, this thing… is like a concretization manifested from the concept of nothingness, it has no value."

Chapter 519 The World Without Hearts, Kira Feels Fear

"Pure nothingness? This kind of thing…"

Hearing Yae Star's description, Light Yagami stared at the tattered black robe on the ground, a complex look appearing in his eyes, and muttered to himself.

"The me in this world… what exactly is he creating…"

"Not too sure, but…"

L gazed at the passage ahead, shrouded in a hazy black mist, took out a piece of chocolate from his pocket and gnawed on it, and said in a flat tone.

"This strange scene underground is probably the reason for the changes in the city, as long as we keep going along the passage, we should be able to get useful information."

"But…"

Light Yagami looked at L, who was hunching over, with a worried look on his face.

"Ryuzaki, after all, you're just an ordinary person, whether it's physical strength or mental strength, you can't compare to me and Yae Star, it's not clear how far this passage ahead extends, how long will the investigation process take, what if you need to rest along the way, but suddenly encounter some danger…"

"You don't need to worry about that."

L waved his hand indifferently, took out a small white bottle from his pocket, and shook it in front of Light Yagami's gaze.

"I had expected this long ago, in order to keep up with your intensity of action, at least to be able to move forward together, I specially asked people to prepare refreshing drugs, under the blessing of the drugs, not sleeping for four or five days is just a piece of cake for me."

"Not sleeping for four or five days… You, this is, this is…"

Compared to Light Yagami's hesitant words, Yae Star's words were much more straightforward.

"You're overdrawing your life, people overdraw their lives to kick out a world-shaking kick, but you're doing it to stay up all night, you're awesome."

"It doesn't matter, right?"

L shook his head, looking indifferent.

"I used to take special drugs during the critical period of investigating cases because I didn't have time to rest, what's the big deal about overdrawing my life? Since people are alive, life itself is always being consumed, it's just that my view of life is different from ordinary people, I don't think it's something too precious, but a resource used for exchange, the scene in front of me, investigating the truth of this world, this matter in my eyes is worth exchanging with the resource of 'life'."

"Your understanding of life is really thorough."

"What about you?"

L raised his hand and rubbed his messy black hair, looking at Yae Star standing there, a curious look in his eyes.

"Although we've been cooperating for so long, I still don't know what your definition of your own life is… What is your view of death? I'm very curious, because in modern society… no, since the last time you came to this world, after you razed Tokyo to the ground, you have become the person who has personally killed the most people in human history, I am very curious about your views on these two questions."

"These two questions have no meaning to me."

Yae Star walked forward while laughing and replied.

"After all, I won't die."

"Huh?"

Noticing that Light Yagami and L both looked astonished, Yae Star looked at the two with the eyes of an idiot, and asked back as a matter of course.

"Isn't… what's so surprising about this? Compared to my ability to summon meteorites to destroy a city, what's the need to be surprised about mere immortality? Look at how surprised you guys are."

"No…"

Light Yagami heard about this for the first time, and after hesitating for a few seconds, he tentatively asked.

"Then… those girls in your club, they also…"

"Oh, they're not."

Yae Star first replied with this, then smiled and added.

"However, as long as they often carry out evening special training, although their bodies will still grow, they will basically stop at the peak state of around twenty years old, and like me, their bodies will not age."

"This…"

Light Yagami and L both felt incredible when they heard this, even more shocked than when they heard that Yae Star had summoned a meteorite and destroyed Tokyo City in another world.

After a long silence, Light Yagami sighed with a complicated expression.

"Fortunately, you don't have any particularly twisted desires besides opening a harem and going crazy… otherwise, with your power, and this physique that doesn't age, has no limit to life, and is similar to evil spirits and gods… you would be much more terrifying than the Light Yagami in this world…"

"Look at what you're saying."

Yae Star waved his hand and replied with a chuckle.

"I have never been interested in so-called power, my only hobby is to have daily, varied, and sensual activities with harem members who are of the same mind and have harmonious souls."

Light Yagami was speechless: "You guy, you're really simple and unadorned, a strong lust that you don't even bother to hide…"

…

Later, on the streets of Osaka.

"This city is the same as Kyoto…"

Miko Yotsuya, wearing a thermal imaging camera, scanned the surroundings and said softly.

"There are no traces of any evil spirits or humans at all, only these red veins that are all over the ground, as if they have life…"

"But it's still considered a discovery, right?"

Rio Futaba raised her hand to adjust her glasses, observing the surrounding environment.

“During our journey from Kyoto, we noticed that the further we got from the city center, the fewer red veins we found. There were even long stretches where these red veins didn't appear at all. I suspect that the quantity and density of these red veins are related to the number of humans in the corresponding locations in the real world. The more densely populated the area, the more red veins there are, and perhaps… …

Miko Yotsuya sighed softly, looking at the constantly pulsing red veins, her golden eyes revealing a complex expression.

“These things… …were originally humans… …

“Yes, that's highly likely.”

Rio Futaba crouched down, reaching out to touch a red vein on the ground, feeling the inexplicably eerie, rhythmic pulse, like a heartbeat, and muttered to herself.

“So, does the appearance of these things provide energy to some kind of existence… …To be able to do this, it seems that the Yagami Light and others in this world have a more thorough understanding of the nature of the Reverse Side than we do… …

Just as Rio Futaba finished speaking, she and Miko Yotsuya suddenly heard a strangely eerie sound, like a clock chime, coming from the clouds in the sky.

“Clang… …Clang… …Clang… …

Rio Futaba immediately stood up, standing back-to-back with Miko Yotsuya. They saw that the pulsing frequency of the surrounding red veins gradually slowed down with the ringing of the eerie chimes, until it finally stopped completely.

“1, 2, 3… …Twelve in total… …

Even in the face of such a sudden situation, Rio Futaba did not lose her composure. After all, she was recognized by the strongest exorcist, received professional training, and was an experienced professional exorcist. She was not only observing the surrounding environment, but also silently counting the number of chimes in her mind. Perhaps this was some kind of important information.

When the twelve chimes stopped, and the surrounding red veins also completely stopped pulsing, Rio Futaba and Miko Yotsuya saw the surrounding environment change in an instant.

The red moon in the sky disappeared, and the once crimson Osaka City turned into a bright day, while the streets were filled with bustling crowds.

“This is… …

Looking at this change, a seamless transition from a bizarre world to a bustling city, Rio Futaba and Miko Yotsuya were both somewhat at a loss.

Has this… …returned to the real world?

But after a little observation, they noticed something was wrong, especially Miko Yotsuya, who had been to this world once before, could clearly perceive the strangeness.

The last time she came with Yui Yuigahama, the people on the streets were basically discussing "Kira", with a kind of inexplicable fanaticism and worship, but other than that, they were basically normal people.

But now, the pedestrians on the street, regardless of gender or age, all had blank, emotionless expressions, as if they had no life, just puppets acting according to plan, each performing their assigned tasks.

The bustling crowd passed by in the morning, but Miko Yotsuya and Rio Futaba heard no sound other than the footsteps of these people. No one talked to each other, and no one took out their phones. Only the uniform movement, coupled with the blank expressions of these people, made people feel inexplicably eerie, terrifying, and lifeless.

Before Miko Yotsuya and Rio Futaba could think about it, all the pedestrians on the street suddenly stopped.

All those empty, emotionless, puppet-like gazes were fixed on the two of them.

“You… …are anomalies… …

After uttering a strange whisper, everyone in sight surrounded them, slowly approaching Miko Yotsuya and Rio Futaba, who were standing there, with stiff steps.

If it were a normal person, they would probably be too frightened to stand in the face of such a sudden and bizarre scene.

But Miko Yotsuya and Rio Futaba were, after all, seasoned veterans, and two of the earliest core members of the Overload Society to awaken their Soul Manifestation abilities besides Yozora. They had even slain gods, so how could they be frightened by such a scene?

“We need to break through, Miko.”

“Yes, I know, Rio.”

Facing the approaching pedestrians, Rio Futaba and Miko Yotsuya did not hesitate at all. They did not feel reluctant to attack because they thought the other party was human. After all, these people gave them the feeling that they were not human at all, but… …empty shells wearing human bodies, but without any emotion or thought.

“Tear off the disguise, Hone-Onna!”

“Open your eyes, Dodomeki!”

While summoning Dodomeki, Miko Yotsuya also drew her famous sword Mikazuki Munechika, the golden blade forming a crescent moon, instantly cutting through the waists of those obstructing pedestrians in front of her.

“Domain Expansion… …

After Miko Yotsuya took the lead, Rio Futaba took a deep breath, mobilized her spiritual power, took off her glasses and put them in her pocket, stared at the pedestrians in front of her, and said softly.

“Bone Prison.”

As Rio Futaba's voice fell, hundreds of pale white bone spikes instantly rose from the ground, not only piercing through the pedestrians at close range, but also forming a barrier, blocking the rest of the people outside.

“Miko, let's retreat first.”

“Yes, understood.”

Miko Yotsuya and Rio Futaba obviously did not intend to stay any longer. After all, they had too little information at hand. Although these ordinary people in front of them could not pose any threat to them, it was obviously not a wise choice to expend spiritual power on such meaningless things.

A pale white bone spike rose from the ground, carrying Rio Futaba and Miko Yotsuya all the way to the top of a dozens-story high building next to them.

After jumping onto the roof of the building, Rio Futaba and Miko Yotsuya dispelled the summoning of their Soul Avatars.

“Haa… …Those guys… …

Rio Futaba took out her glasses from her pocket again and put them on, her brows furrowed, looking worried.

What she was worried about was not that the members in the other cities would be in danger.

Those empty shells, no different from ordinary people, even slower in reaction speed, without any weapons, bare-handed, if they could cause any harm to the spiritual power users of the Overload Society, that would simply be a fantasy.

Rio Futaba just didn't understand why she and Miko Yotsuya were directly recognized as soon as they appeared?

Was it because of the difference in expression?

That's not right.

Speaking of emotionless faces, isn't that Miko Yotsuya's usual state? Including when she just appeared, although Miko Yotsuya was very surprised by the changes in the surrounding environment, that was just Miko Yotsuya's psychological activity. Because of her early experiences, unless she deliberately relaxed, her expression and eyes would not change in the slightest, no matter what happened.

The situation just now can only prove one point.