Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

“Let me guess, you want to enter the Reverse Side alone, find the ‘Door’ located within the Reverse Side, seek no one’s help, and seal that ‘Door’ by yourself? It seems… you’re still hiding something from us. You’re not completely ignorant about the world on the other side of the ‘Door’… are you?”

“It seems I can’t hide anything from you.”

Ye Xing smiled upon hearing this, replying in a relaxed tone.

“That’s right. Although I don’t quite understand the specific situation on the other side of the ‘Door,’ through the memories of those two evil spirits, I’m not entirely ignorant. To put it simply, the other side of the ‘Door’ is a world that gathers humanity's pure evil thoughts, filled with various twisted existences. Each evil spirit, formed by the gathering of evil thoughts, possesses extremely terrifying power. Humans absolutely cannot survive in that world. However, as long as you can reach the deepest part of that world and seize the ‘Treasure’ placed there, that world, as well as the outer layer of the Reverse Side, will completely collapse, which is… a direct elimination from the root.”

“So… this is the way to completely eliminate the Reverse Side… But…”

Yagami Light frowned, the smile on his face disappearing, and said with a serious expression.

“You want to go to that world alone, to seize that so-called ‘Treasure’ by yourself? Leaving aside the fact that you’ve already lost the power of soul manifestation, even if you still possessed that power, the risk of doing so is simply too great! Why? Why not gather all the members and enter that world together? That way, the chances of success would be greater…”

Just as Yagami Light was halfway through his sentence, Ye Xing suddenly interrupted, asking a question that neither he nor L understood.

“Light, how many people are there in Tokyo?”

Yagami Light hesitated.

“Tokyo… it seems like there are more than thirty million people…”

“According to official statistics, it should be thirty-six million nine hundred and thirty thousand people. If we add some people who haven’t been counted, the number would be even greater. This also means…”

Ye Xing said in a calm tone.

“On the other side of the ‘Door,’ there are at least thirty-six million nine hundred and thirty thousand evil spirits.”

Hearing this number, both Yagami Light and L couldn’t help but change their expressions.

“Thir… thirty-six million nine hundred and thirty thousand…?”

Ye Xing had just said that on the other side of the ‘Door’ in the Reverse Side, or rather, in the deeper Reverse Side, each evil spirit formed by the gathering of human evil thoughts possessed extremely terrifying power. For him, the strongest exorcist, to give such an evaluation meant that each evil spirit there would have to be at least a small BOSS level.

Even if only thirty-six million nine hundred and thirty thousand of this level of evil spirits appeared, it would be an extremely terrifying thing, not to mention the ‘million’ added at the end.

“Now you can understand, right?”

Ye Xing patted Yagami Light’s shoulder and slowly said.

“Everyone’s strength is indeed very strong, especially yours and Miko’s. But how many of these evil spirits can the two of you eliminate before your spiritual power is exhausted? A hundred? A thousand? Ten thousand? A hundred thousand? There will always be a moment when your spiritual power is exhausted and you completely lose your combat power. Only I, only I who can replenish consumption by devouring evil spirits while fighting, equivalent to a perpetual motion machine, and can continuously increase my power, can seize the ‘Treasure’ and completely eliminate the Reverse Side once and for all. This is my final trial as the strongest exorcist.”

Yagami Light muttered to himself.

“Could it be… that this is the only way…?”

“Ye Xing is right. This is the only way. Only he can do this.”

L stepped forward, looked directly into Ye Xing’s eyes, and slowly said.

“If I’m not mistaken, even your exclusive weapon, Onimaru Kunitsuna, wouldn’t be able to support such a high-intensity battle, right?”

“That’s right, so I can’t bring Onimaru Kunitsuna.”

“Without the help of others, and unable to borrow the power of external objects… The root of this Reverse Side… it really seems to be, just as you said, a trial prepared specifically for you alone.”

“Alright, why are your expressions so heavy?”

Seeing L and Yagami Light’s worried looks, Ye Xing simply smiled carelessly.

“Don’t forget, evil spirits are delicacies to me. I’m not going to some trial, but to enter an all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant with excellent taste, embarking on a culinary journey. This is simply heaven for me.”

Before entering the Reverse Side, Ye Xing smiled and said to Yagami Light and L.

“Oh right, if I haven’t returned by tomorrow morning, contact Rio and have her call Kasumigaoka Utaha to explain the situation, so she doesn’t have to wait for me specifically.”

…

Twenty minutes later, in the Tokyo Reverse Side, at the location corresponding to the rooftop of the Private Daikoku Academy High School in the real world.

Looking at the nearly five-meter-tall heavy gray door in front of him, like a castle gate, engraved with strange patterns, and emitting a scarlet glow from the cracks, exuding a sense of oppression just by looking at it, Ye Xing’s eyes were filled with only impatient excitement.

“The location leading to the root of the Reverse Side is actually here… It seems this isn’t just a simple coincidence.”

Ye Xing remembered clearly that Yagami Light had said that the place where he first awakened his soul manifestation ability was on the rooftop of this high school.

In the memories of those two evil spirits, there was no information about the locations of the “Doors” leading to the root in the Reverse Sides of Kyoto and Osaka, but if we were to infer from this… the location of the “Door” leading to the root in Kyoto would be the place in the Reverse Side corresponding to his home, and in Osaka…

The only one who could be thought of as qualified to represent the Osaka Reverse Side would be Rikka Sakuragawa.

Thinking of this, Ye Xing stopped thinking, slowly reached out his hand, and touched the closed, heavy gray door in front of him.

The moment his hand touched the surface of the door, a burst of blue light suddenly appeared around him, and a rotating, looming “World” card bloomed like fireworks and disappeared into the door.

“Squeak…”

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Ye Xing muttered to himself.

“So that’s how it is. Only those who possess the ‘World’ card are qualified to open the door to the root… Interesting, truly interesting.”

Listening to the strange roars coming from inside the door, and looking at the strange red light in front of him, Ye Xing stepped into it without hesitation.

After he entered the door, the two heavy doors that were originally open slowly closed once again.

…

On the other side, Ye Xing, who had already entered the root of the Reverse Side, only felt a blur before his eyes, and what appeared before him again was still Tokyo, but it had become very different.

The entire sky had turned into a viscous dark red, constantly rolling and wriggling, like a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood made by mixing countless human flesh and blood together.

The surrounding air was filled with a pungent smell of blood. The originally clean rooftop floor was now covered in viscous blood, and every step made an uncomfortable sound.

Just then, a huge spider evil spirit suddenly climbed up from outside the rooftop fence. It didn’t have the human upper body like ordinary evil spirits, but its abdomen had two rows of human-like eyes and a mouth full of sharp teeth.

Just looking at this guy’s appearance was enough to drive people insane.

But next, accompanied by the rustling sound of the outer wall of the school building being rubbed, dozens of other evil spirits with different shapes but all looking very disgusting appeared in an instant, surrounding Ye Xing, who was standing on the rooftop.

“Damn… you guys are really disgusting-looking, but luckily…”

Ye Xing revealed a kind smile, surveying the group of evil spirits before him, and slowly said.

“I’m not picky.”

“As expected, such an arrogant human.”

From the entrance to the rooftop, a young man walked up. Although his appearance was human, Ye Xing didn’t even need to turn his head. Just by smelling the aura emanating from the other party, he knew that this was an evil spirit occupying a human body.

“You are already at death's door.”

The young man's body began to swell. In just a blink of an eye, he transformed into a Rakshasa-like demon, baring his two sharp fangs that gleamed with cold light, his face twisted in a ferocious expression.

“Here, time does not flow. This means that no matter how long you spend here, time outside will not change. No one can come to save you. You are at death's door…”

“Oh? Time doesn’t flow?”

Hearing Ye Xing's words, the Rakshasa thought that the other party was feeling fear because of his words, and was about to speak again to apply psychological pressure, but he saw Ye Xing turn around, a look of excitement and joy on his face.

“That’s great.”

Ye Xing showed a smile and slowly said.

“I originally thought about not keeping them waiting too long, to avoid them worrying about my safety, and just eat a little before going to find the secret treasure and completely destroy Tokyo's Reverse Side, but since you said that time doesn't flow here…”

“Then I’m going to start enjoying my meal.”

“Starting with you.”

Saying this, Ye Xing instantly appeared in front of the Rakshasa demon. Amidst the other’s terrified gaze, he directly reached out his hands, grabbed the Rakshasa’s shoulders, and with a smile, exerted a little force, directly tearing the demon in front of him in half. Immediately after, he slightly opened his mouth, turning the Rakshasa demon's two halves into black smoke, and directly sucked them into his stomach.

Before the other evil spirits could react, Ye Xing appeared in front of the spider demon, grabbed one of its legs with one hand, and like swinging a meteor hammer, directly smashed the other party onto the rooftop.

“Boom!!!”

The entire school building shook violently because of this sudden impact, as if it was about to collapse.

Ye Xing once again swallowed the black smoke that the spider demon had transformed into, looking at the remaining dozens of evil spirits, the excitement and fanaticism in his eyes even made these twisted evil spirits, formed from human malice, feel a chill of fear.

“This place, for me…”

“Is indeed paradise.”

Chapter 565 The Disappearance of Tokyo's Reverse Side, Kasumigaoka Utaha's Lap Pillow

At the same time, in that alley in Tokyo.

Yagami Light and L were standing in place, both with complex expressions.

They discovered that not long after Ye Xing entered the Reverse Side, the “door” in front of them, which should have led to Tokyo's Reverse Side and which they had deliberately left behind, directly disappeared.

Did Ye Xing destroy the “door”?

Impossible. This was the only “door” within the Tokyo area. If he destroyed the passage, and he had lost the power of soul materialization, unable to tear open the space between the Reverse Side and the real world, how would he return?

Although Yagami Light’s Susanoo and Yotsuya Miko’s Hundred Eyes, after evolving, both had the ability to actively open the passage to the Reverse Side, cutting off one’s retreat was clearly not something Ye Xing would do.

This meant…

That Ye Xing had already begun to cause some changes in the Reverse Side just by entering the Land of Origin?

“Can you stop for a moment.”

Looking at Yagami Light pacing back and forth, L frowned slightly, took out his phone to check the time, and said in a calm tone.

“He only entered the Reverse Side a little over twenty minutes ago. What are you so anxious about? If there are really so many evil spirits in the Land of Origin, even with his strength, if he wants to break through the numerous obstacles and find the ‘secret treasure’ hidden within, it will take at least ten and a half months, or even two or three months. Your anxiety is useless.”

“Ah, I know that my anxiety is useless, and I can’t help, but…”

Yagami Light looked upset and uneasy. This was the first time L had seen him show such an expression. This time, he didn't tease the other party for being gay, but took two steps forward and gently put his hand on Yagami Light's shoulder.

“I can understand your feelings, but… all we can do now is believe in him.”

Just as Yagami Light was about to reply, he saw the location where the original “door” was suddenly begin to blur and distort.

“This is…”

Feeling the terrifying aura emanating from that distortion, Yagami Light couldn't help but change his expression, and even his pupils widened in shock. Even without him summoning it, Susanoo sensed the emotions in his heart and directly manifested itself.

“Ryuzaki!”

Yagami Light grabbed L and protected him behind himself and Susanoo, then stared at the distortion of space, his body trembling uncontrollably.

He had never felt this level of evil spirit aura before… This feeling… was like countless powerful evil spirits fused together, exuding a chilling terror.

“What are you doing?”

Just as Yagami Light wanted to have his Susanoo stall for time so he could quickly send a text message to the Overload Society members to inform them that an unprecedentedly powerful evil spirit had appeared in Tokyo, he heard a very familiar, smiling voice.

“What, are you going to have Susanoo chop me down? That's rebelling.”

“Ye Xing?”

Seeing Ye Xing walking over slowly, Yagami Light couldn't help but be stunned, noticing the evil spirit aura on the other party that almost made him unable to breathe, and couldn't help but hesitate.

“On you… how can there be such a heavy evil spirit aura?”

“Oh, it’s probably because I ate too much.”

“Ate too much…”

Yagami Light didn’t know how to comment, just asked in confusion.

“You’ve already resolved the Land of Origin in Tokyo's Reverse Side? That fast?”

“It’s fast for you, but for me… well, I did eat quite happily, and I felt like time passed quickly.”

“What do you mean?”

While Yagami Light was still puzzled, L noticed that the clothes Ye Xing was wearing were not the same as before. Combined with Ye Xing’s words, he immediately guessed the truth.

“Could it be… that the flow of time in the Land of Origin is different from the real world? Or is there simply no concept of time there, and time is completely frozen?”

“Yeah, it’s pretty much like that. No matter how long you spend in that world, from the perspective of the real world, it’s just a moment.”

Hearing Ye Xing’s words, Yagami Light was first slightly stunned, then hesitated.

“Then… then how long did you… spend in that world?”

“I can’t really remember.”

Ye Xing shrugged, smiling nonchalantly as he replied.

“But, I discovered something. The so-called secret treasure is actually all the evil spirits in the Land of Origin. Only by eliminating all the evil spirits in that world can the existence of the Reverse Side be completely eradicated.”

“All the evil spirits!?”

Yagami Light was shocked to hear this. He had to know that less than half an hour ago, Ye Xing had just said that in the Land of Origin of the Reverse Side, there were evil spirits corresponding to the number of all the people in Tokyo, which was at least thirty million.