Anime: Desolate Darkness

It was only with the reminder from Mai Sakurajima that Takumi Kimura learned that what happened yesterday had been reported in the news.

"Human beings are such pathetic creatures."

Looking at the forum information on his mobile phone, which was full of doubts and insults against Mephisto, Kimura Takumi felt nothing in his heart.

Among the many possibilities he had anticipated, even being hostile to humans all over the world was only ranked in the upper-middle level of severity.

The current situation is just like this.

……

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department headquarters, where most of the country's top lawmakers gather.

In response to Mephistopheles' hostility, they were forced to hold another meeting.

On the radical side, someone was the first to say:

"I'm sure everyone present has seen the video, right? Regarding the giant's dangerous behavior towards the students this time, I think he is very likely to become a threat to humanity in the future! We must take appropriate measures the next time he appears!"

His speech received nods from all the radicals.

But that doesn't mean anything. If no conservatives are impressed, it only proves that his words are ineffective.

"That's just your guess. We need to come up with a strategy to deal with the giants, of course, but that's just to prepare for a rainy day. Right now we can't even handle the monsters, and we're so busy, are you thinking about dealing with a giant that's more powerful than the monsters next time?"

boom. boom.

Bei Qi tapped the table twice with a pen and gave Kawashima, who had just spoken, a questioning look.

Kawashima was speechless. At the moment, there was no other radical supporter, so he could only lower his head in embarrassment.

Seeing that he had nothing to say, Kitazaki coughed twice and continued:

"Ahem, as for what happened in the video, everyone present should know. Can the giants communicate normally about this matter?"

During the last incident at the Shibuya Metropolitan Police Department, everyone present had seen the surveillance chat between Mephisto and Chief Inspector Shimada, so they naturally remembered this.

"In that case, we can infer that giants may have emotions similar to humans. So it's normal for him to get angry and react when he hears being scolded, right?"

"Let's not talk about the giants. I remember that last time, Superintendent Kawashima transferred a subordinate to a remote mountain area because he didn't say hello to him, right?"

Comparing the two things, Mephistopheles seems like a good guy.

boom!

"Don't change the subject! We are talking about giants now!"

When Kawashima heard the other party talking about his own scandal, he slammed the table in anger.

His action was a disguised verification of the truthfulness of Kitazaki's words.

"Don't get so excited, I'm just making an analogy."

Kitazaki spread his hands with an innocent look on his face.

"you!"

Kawashima pointed at the other person, so angry that he couldn't speak.

"Okay, okay, let's get back to the topic."

Kitazaki shook his hands as if he was sending away a puppy, refusing to continue playing with the other party.

"Based on the valid information we have obtained so far, what we should do now is to engage in friendly contact with the giants. It is true that we should be on guard against others. The existence of giants is indeed a hidden danger, but it does not mean that we should confront them so quickly."

"Okay, I've finished what I'm saying. Who's in favor? Who's against?"

After saying that, he was the first to raise his hand.

On the conservative side, without exception, all agreed with his idea and raised their hands.

On the radical side, everyone looked at each other, and some began to talk in low voices.

Soon, two people from the radical faction also raised their right hands...

"you!"

Kawashima was furious, he never expected someone to betray him.

"This is the highest-level conference room. I hope Superintendent Kawashima can see his position clearly and stop being so disrespectful."

Kitazaki said with a slightly mocking smile.

You know, except for Ikeda, the captain of the "Monster Force" standing behind him, the lowest rank among the people present was Metropolitan Superintendent.

Behind them, more and more hands were raised from the radical side.

But this only means that some radical members agree with Kitazaki's plan this time, not that they have changed sides. Their hostility towards Mephisto has never changed at all.

Now with two-thirds of the people raising their hands, it was clear that Kitazaki had won.

The minority obeys the majority, and Kawashima didn't dare to say anything more.

Then, everyone switched topics and started discussing other important matters, such as whether to seek help from other countries or whether to build special disaster prevention areas...

Two hours later, the meeting was finally adjourned.

Kitazaki stretched, slowly stood up from his seat, and left the meeting room as if no one was around.

"Director, where are we going next?"

Ikeda followed and asked respectfully.

And the way he addressed Kitazaki meant that Kitazaki was the highest-level member of the "Monster Forces".

"You don't have to follow me. You should train when you need to train and patrol when you need to patrol."

Kitazaki no longer had the smile on his face that he had in the meeting room, and he spoke indifferently.

"Roger that!"

Ikeda saluted solemnly and left quickly.

After he left, Kitazaki took out his cell phone and operated it, and what appeared on the screen was Kimura Takumi's identity information!

After taking a quick look, he said to himself, "An unknown giant?"

……

Time flies like an arrow, the sun and the moon fly like a shuttle

The bright sky is always boundless, and the persistent figures below have never changed. Hard work will eventually respond to the future you expect.

Every second of precipitation is a foreshadowing of blooming in the future.

During this difficult and long time, Nanamiya Chie went from complaining at the beginning to silently accepting everything.

Her abilities naturally soared with each passing day and night.

The bucket was replaced by a heavier rock, not a punishment, but a reward for struggle.

Before I knew it, a week had passed.

Back to Chiba, even without Kimura Takumi's supervision, Nanamiya Chione will not stop her hard training...

(Thursday, May 5.)

It’s noon this day.

At Sobu High School, in the office, seeing that the online public opinion storm was growing stronger, Nanamiya Chione stood up for Kimura Takumi.

"How can they do this?! Senior has saved so many people! And yet he is still being scolded!"

She handed the disgusting messages on her phone to Kimura Takumi and said angrily.

"They are who they are. We just need to do our own thing and not care too much about it."

Kimura Takumi pushed the phone away, looking indifferent.

"But! Doesn't this make it seem like all the efforts of the seniors have been in vain?" Nanamiya Chione was still angry and felt very uncomfortable.

"In vain?" Kimura Takumi frowned slightly and looked at him in confusion. "What do you mean by in vain? Nanamiya, are you training hard and defeating monsters just to get praise from others?"

"That's not what I meant! I just think that if I help them, I will be bitten back, which is a disadvantage..."

"Lose? What should I do? Give up on them? Let the monsters slaughter them? Or should I take out my phone and argue with them now?"

After hearing this, Nanamiya Chione was speechless for a while.

At this time, Kimura Takumi stood up from his seat, turned to face the window, looked through the window at the students walking below, and then said:

"If you want to curse, go ahead. What's the big deal?"

“People with shallow minds often get angry because of cursing and get happy because of praise.”

"But in fact, these are just other people's views of you. People who live because of other people's views are destined to be pitiful."

Hearing this, Nanamiya Chione lowered her head lower and lower, as if she was ashamed of what she had just said.

And this is exactly what Takumi Kimura wanted.

As an adaptable person of Nexus, the other party's heart must never turn to darkness. Once something goes wrong with Nanamiya Chion, all his plans will have to be started over again.

Although there is nothing wrong in starting over and it just takes a little more time, can I really guarantee that every able-bodied person will be as innocent as Nanamiya Chione and obey me?

……