Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

“It’s… 8:30 AM…”

Futaba Rio took out her phone and glanced at the time, then frowned.

“And the time of the evil spirit outbreak is 6:00 PM… the hour of twilight…? That means we have nine and a half hours to prevent that disaster…”

Yozora said calmly.

“The only way is to eliminate all the evil spirits in the Root Territory, a preemptive strike.”

“That’s true, but…”

Makise Kurisu, because she was recognized as a companion by Yotsuya Miko, retains the memories from before the time reversal, even though she is just an ordinary person.

“I’ve always found it strange, if time in the Root Territory is absolutely frozen, then what state is it in when time passes in our real world? It’s really baffling…”

“Well, I think…”

Futaba Rio pushed up her glasses, thoughtfully.

“Perhaps, it’s a bit similar to that famous experiment, Schrödinger’s cat. Before being ‘observed,’ the cat is in a superposition of being dead and alive. The Root Territory might be the same. Before we ‘observe’ it, perhaps there’s nothing there, or perhaps, it’s a world of absolute stillness.”

“In any case, Yozora is right, we must strike first, otherwise, facing such a terrifying number of over a million evil spirits, even if we do our best, we won’t be able to stop Kyoto… no, the destruction of the entire world.”

…

Half an hour later, in the Kyoto Reverse Side, at Yozora’s former home.

“It’s been a while since I’ve been here… it’s quite nostalgic…”

Hearing Yukinoshita Yukino’s murmur, Yozora teased.

“What, missing the days when you freeloaded at my house and were my pet?”

Before Yukinoshita Yukino could retort, Yuigahama Yui revealed a shocked expression, exclaiming.

“What? Yukino, you were Yozora’s pet? And with free food and lodging? If I’d known there were such benefits, I would have joined the Overload Club long ago.”

Yukinoshita Yukino: “Yui, are you stupid… only you would be naive enough to take everything this guy says seriously.”

“Everyone, be serious.”

Futaba Rio said this first, then looked at the two huge grayish-white doors that had appeared where Yozora’s bedroom should have been, and frowned.

“That… is that the ‘door’ leading to the Root Territory…? Just looking at it gives me an extremely ominous premonition…”

“What’s so ominous about it? Isn’t this the road to paradise, a self-service restaurant?”

Yozora chuckled, then walked to the two heavy grayish-white doors, the phantom of the "World" card reappearing beside him, and effortlessly pushed open the door in front of him.

“Same as always, Yozora and Hina will go in first, you guys wait outside, but you won’t have to wait long. For you, it’s probably just a few seconds.”

“Yeah, be careful.”

“Don’t worry.”

Yozora led Amano Hina into the door. Watching the two heavy grayish-white doors slowly close, the Overload Club members didn’t feel anything special. After all, according to the plan Yozora mentioned, using the combination technique with Amano Hina, it was possible to clear all the evil spirits within a city in a short time. This time, there was no need to kill the evil spirits one by one, nor to spend so much time in the Root Territory.

Just…

Almost ten minutes later.

“Hey… hey, this isn’t right…”

Yuigahama Yui looked at the heavy grayish-white door still standing there, muttering in disbelief.

“The ‘door’ hasn’t disappeared, and… why has it been so long? Shouldn’t it… only take a moment…?”

…

Meanwhile, Amano Hina, who was in the Root Territory, also realized that something was wrong, and her eyes couldn’t help but reveal a look of panic.

“Yozora… Yozora, the time on my phone is still running…”

“Huh?”

Yozora manipulated the Pale Ghost Hand to crush an evil spirit, then took out his phone and glanced at it. Sure enough, the numbers representing time, which should have been completely still after entering the Root Territory, were changing with the passage of time, just like in the real world.

At this moment, Amano Hina heard roaring sounds outside. When she looked out the window, she saw a vast black tide formed by thousands upon thousands of evil spirits surging towards them.

“Could it be… they want to go out through the ‘door’ now…?”

Amano Hina was truly panicked now. The combination technique she and Yozora had discussed needed at least several hours to activate. If it were the original Root Territory, it was just a matter of buying a few hours of preparation time, which wasn’t difficult.

But now… it was obvious that all the evil spirits in the Root Territory seemed to have undergone some kind of change and were rushing towards them, and their target…

Was the grayish-white door behind them, leading out of the Root Territory.

“Yozora, what should…”

Just as Amano Hina was halfway through her sentence, she saw Yozora directly push open the two heavy grayish-white doors. Before she could react, she felt a blur before her eyes and was thrown in.

Immediately afterwards, the two heavy grayish-white doors closed again.

Listening to the roars of thousands of evil spirits outside, Yozora simply leaned his back against the two heavy grayish-white doors, a pitch-black long sword appearing in his hand, and whispered.

“True Body of the Soul…”

“Fusion.”

Chapter 568 The Fake Strongest Exorcist

“Bang… Boom!”

The doors, walls, and windows of the house were as fragile as tofu in front of the evil spirits of the Root Territory. At the moment of contact, hundreds and thousands of gathered evil spirits directly collapsed the house.

And in the ruins, a pitch-black arc of flame flashed.

“You can see!”

“You can see!”

“You can see!”

…

All the evil spirits were repeating this sentence in different voices, all filled with twisted tones.

Everywhere Yozora looked, there were only the faces of demons representing the ugliest evil thoughts in people's hearts.

If this scene were to be seen by a normal person… no, even Yotsuya Miko, whose mental fortitude was extraordinary, probably couldn't bear this suffocating, almost breathless oppression.

The million-plus evil spirits in the Kyoto Root Territory, corresponding to the human population, had only one goal.

The grayish-white door behind Yozora.

As long as they broke through there, they could forcibly break through the outer layer of the Reverse Side and descend into the real world.

And between the millions of terrifying evil spirits and all of humanity in the real world, the only thing standing as a barrier at this moment was Yozora standing there.

“Oh? The food actually has the audacity to launch an attack on the gourmet?”

Yozora swung the long sword made of black flames in his hand. Every time he killed an evil spirit, he would directly devour it, but it was obvious that without the power of the Eight Million Ends, and unable to use large-scale attack moves, his monster-clearing efficiency was not good enough.

From another perspective, even if he could summon a meteor again, the survival capabilities of these evil spirits are far beyond what ordinary humans can compare to. Apart from the area at the center of the impact, simply being affected by the shockwaves would probably be insufficient to completely eliminate them.

To put it bluntly, faced with such a terrifying number of over a million, even a spirit ability user is only different in that they can survive a little longer.

This situation is completely different from the time at the root of the Tokyo Reverse Side.

That time, Ye Xing only needed to consider how to kill and devour all the evil spirits. He could move freely, but this time, behind him is the door to the real world. He can only stand here, unable to avoid the continuous attacks of the evil spirits.

"Puchi."

An evil spirit with sharp teeth bit fiercely into Ye Xing's shoulder, obsessively devouring his blood. But the next second, the evil spirit's body suddenly swelled up, and then directly exploded, turning into a cloud of black smoke and dissipating.

The wound on Ye Xing's shoulder healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, but before it could completely heal, another evil spirit pounced on him, wanting to devour his blood, repeating the fate of the previous evil spirit, unable to withstand it and exploding to death.

"You're actually trying to eat me?"

Looking at the evil spirits that were attracted by his blood, becoming even more frenzied, and feeling the pain of his body being torn apart, a trace of fanatic, completely abnormal smile appeared on Ye Xing's face.

"Since you like to eat so much, then I'll let you... all eat your fill."

"Dispel the gloom, Hiyoribo!"

Ye Xing released the fusion with his Soul True Body. The black and white headless monster transformed into Hiyoribo's appearance. In the dark red sea of blood churning in the sky above, a series of dazzling lightning flashed.

The next second, a river of blood condensed from his palm suddenly appeared, flowing towards the clouds that Hiyoribo manipulated to create.

The originally gray-black dark clouds seemed to be completely dyed red by Ye Xing's blood, turning into a bright red color, and... the volume was still constantly expanding.

...

On the other side, Rio Futaba, who was outside the doorway to the Root Place, saw Yana Amano being thrown out. After inquiring about what happened, her expression changed, and she immediately tried to open the door in front of her, but she was powerless.

"How could this be... 'World'... That's right, it must be 'World'..."

Rio Futaba grabbed Yotsuya Miko's sleeve, losing her usual calmness, and said anxiously.

"Miko, you also have the 'World' card, quickly open this door and let Ye Xing out!"

"Rio, calm down."

Yotsuya Miko looked at the two heavy gray-white doors. Although her eyes also revealed a look of worry, she still remained calm.

"If we open this door now, it is very likely to advance the time when those evil spirits invade the real world. Ye Xing is not the kind of person who would sacrifice himself meaninglessly. He threw Yana out, but didn't come out himself, which proves that he has the confidence to deal with those evil spirits... And, don't you find it strange?"

Amadeus, who was on the side, agreed.

"That's right, it is indeed very strange. Why did such an anomaly suddenly appear in the Root Place? There must be some kind of existence manipulating it from behind. It wants to use this method to delay Ye Xing, which also means that Kyoto in the real world is likely to be in danger. While Ye Xing is blocking those evil spirits, we must also protect Kyoto."

"Hmph, what an arrogant fellow."

Yukino Yukinoshita frowned slightly, her tone unkind.

"Thinking that as long as Ye Xing is not here, they can get rid of all of us remaining? That's too arrogant."

"But, we can't all go out..."

Rio Futaba glanced at the members present and slowly opened her mouth.

"I and Hua will stay here. If Ye Xing can't resist and retreats from the Root Place, my ability is the most suitable to block those evil spirits. And if he is injured, Hua's ability can immediately provide him with replenishment. As for the rest of you, return to the real world. Notify Yagami-kun, and have him bring the Golden Goat Head and the Killing Oni to Kyoto immediately. Also, notify Ruka Urushihara, Kunituna Onimaru can transform into a human form, we need all the combat power."

...

When the Overload Society members, excluding Rio Futaba and Hana Yurigawa, left the Reverse Side and returned to the real world, Yotsuya Miko received a call from Soichiro Yagami.

"Hello, Chief Yagami, what's wrong..."

"No, what the hell is going on with that brat, Ye Xing!?"

Soichiro Yagami's tone seemed very anxious, and he spoke very quickly.

"And didn't he say that he would never become 'Mask' again!? Why is he appearing in this image again, and indiscriminately slaughtering pedestrians on the street? Is this kid bewitched!?"

Hearing this, Yotsuya Miko immediately reacted.

"Chief Yagami, that's not Ye Xing! Please quickly evacuate the surrounding crowd and send us the location of that guy..."

Before Yotsuya Miko could finish speaking, Amadeus said faintly.

"The location has already been sent to your phones. I have also notified Ruka Urushihara and Tsukuyo Yagami."

Amadeus is, after all, an artificial intelligence. Although she has transformed into a human form, she still retains the abilities of an electronic program. When Soichiro Yagami said that Ye Xing had reappeared in the "Mask" image, she had already searched the internet for information, found the location where the enemy appeared, and sent the location information to all members of the Overload Society.

After saying this, a gray-white half-face mask appeared on Amadeus's face, and the clothes on her body also turned into a white trench coat like a special agent's action suit.

A pair of gray-black wings opened behind her, and she flew directly towards the location where the enemy appeared.

"Let's go over there quickly too."

Yotsuya Miko also instantly changed into her action attire. As the white mask with light golden patterns covered her face, she couldn't help but sigh slightly.

"Sigh... Seriously, why can't I fly..."

...

On the other side, on the streets of Kyoto City.

A man wearing a black coat and a jet-black mask, with even the eyes being a pure black, is very similar to Ye Xing's image as "Mask", but compared to that slightly chuunibyou-ish handsomeness, this guy who exudes a faint black mist exudes a creepy sense of weirdness.

"Chains."

As he opened his hoarse voice, a black chain appeared in his hand, and those eyes that were only pure black locked onto a woman with a little girl a dozen meters away, and he threw the chain in his hand without hesitation.

Looking at the approaching black chain, the woman tightly hugged the little girl, and her eyes revealed despair and fear.