Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

Yui Yuigahama, who had been looking worried just a moment ago and seemed on the verge of tears, saw the photo of Yusei with two strikingly beautiful women of different types. Adding to that the words below, which, though silent, one could imagine spoken with a light chuckle, her worries and sadness vanished, replaced by a deep speechlessness.

Mai Sakurajima said unhappily.

“No wonder he said he wanted to go alone. So he was thinking about these things, huh? He thought we'd be in the way if we went with him, right?”

Haruna Amano carefully scrutinized the photo, looking thoughtfully at Nanzawa Hizuru within it.

“Hey… don’t you guys think that the older sister wearing glasses looks a lot like someone we know?”

“Like who?”

Seeing Rio Futaba’s puzzled expression, Haruna Amano bluntly said.

“Like a taller, adult version of you.”

“Huh?”

Rio Futaba frowned slightly, glancing at Nanzawa Hizuru in the photo.

“Don’t talk nonsense. We don't look alike at all. The color of our hair and eyes are completely different. Where exactly do you think we look alike?”

Everyone else looked like they wanted to say something but hesitated, only Yui Yuigahama quickly answered.

“Boobs.”

Rio Futaba's pretty face flushed red upon hearing this, and she clenched her fist and waved it.

“Komachi, you want a beating, don’t you?”

“No, no, no, I was wrong, I was wrong.”

Watching the playfully闹闹 Yui Yuigahama and Rio Futaba, Mai Sakurajima, who was slightly older and had always played the role of a homemaker and big sister in the club, said with a smile.

“Actually, what Komachi said is secondary. The main thing is that their aura is very similar. How should I put it… that…”

Kazusa Touma said faintly.

“That affectedly aloof awkwardness?”

“Uh… although it doesn’t sound very nice, that’s definitely the feeling.”

Rio Futaba pushed up her glasses and sighed helplessly, covering her forehead.

“You guys… I really don’t understand what part of us looks alike.”

Yui Yuigahama said with a smile.

“Think of it positively. Maybe it's because that older sister's aura is very similar to yours that Yusei asked her for help. What's that word called… a substitute, yes, that's right. A substitute means Yusei has deep feelings for you.”

“Komachi, stop playing with abstract concepts.”

Rio Futaba sighed slightly and changed the subject.

“In any case, since he found a helper on the island, it means that the situation on Nitou Island isn't entirely made up of enemies as we imagined. At the very least, there are still normal humans there. Let's… leave everything to him.”

… …

Meanwhile, in the forest.

“The photos are taken. Now, tell us, what exactly is your plan?”

Facing Nanzawa Hizuru’s question, Yusei slowly replied.

“Actually, there's not much of a plan. From my first observation, that Hatori's condition isn't very good. The ability to rewind time shouldn't be usable too many times. And until now, no one has come looking for me, which means that within the enemy camp, only Hatori can retain memories after rewinding time.”

“Hatori doesn't know that I can also retain memories after time rewinds. From her perspective, there are still five days until the time she was forced to rewind.”

“These five days are the gap I've left behind.”

Speaking of this, Yusei paused, looking at Nanzawa Hizuru and Nezu Ginjiro in front of him, and said, word by word.

“And in this five-day period, which is constantly repeating, I need the two of you to help me thoroughly understand the situation on this Nitou Island, which means finding out all of Hatori and that four-armed person's trump cards.”

“And when Hatori can no longer rewind time, that is, on the timeline where all actions become fixed reality, I will eliminate all enemies and potential threats at the fastest speed, achieving a perfect ending with minimal casualties.”

“Can you understand what I mean?”

Nezu Ginjiro and Ushio Kobune were already dumbfounded, but Nanzawa Hizuru was obviously not only similar to Rio Futaba in chest size and aura, but also in intellect, belonging to the extremely intelligent type.

“If that’s the case… I still have a question. Why don’t you directly go to Hatori's main body after each rewind, forcing her to constantly use her ability to rewind time until her power is exhausted?”

“Of course, I’ve considered the method you mentioned.”

Yusei nodded first, then said with a smile.

“But on the one hand, this tactic of information asymmetry can only be used once. From the moment I start acting until I capture Hatori's main body, there will still be a gap of several tens of seconds. I can’t be sure if she can complete the transfer in such a short time, but as long as she successfully escapes me once, she will know that I also possess the memory of time rewind, and in each subsequent rewind, she will rewind time to the point where she has already escaped me. I don't like gambling on such things.”

“On the other hand…”

The words Yusei said next with a smile made Nanzawa Hizuru, Nezu Ginjiro, and Ushio Kobune feel a chill in their hearts.

“Only when they feel they have a chance of victory will the heroes repeatedly load their save files, repeating the process of challenging the Demon King. If they know from the beginning that they have absolutely no chance of winning, then she might just resort to desperate measures, preferring not to rewind time and preserve the reality of destroying Nitou Island. I don't have the ability to rewind time, and I believe you don't want to see Nitou Island and all the residents here destroyed like that, right?”

Nanzawa Hizuru frowned slightly, thoughtfully.

“Assuming your plan succeeds, how will you simultaneously eliminate Hatori and the four-armed person, and eliminate all the threats on the island on the final timeline? No matter how strong you are, you're still just one person…”

“It's not just one person.”

Yusei shook his head and smiled.

“I'm just the first. When the final timeline arrives, that's when everyone will make their appearance.”

… …

After leaving the forest, Ushio Kobune had a complicated expression, muttering.

“Um… Night Star, I can understand why you came to find Kojiru and Mr. Nezu, but why… do I have to come along too?”

“Because you're the heroine.”

“Huh?”

Night Star waved his hand, brushing it off as a joke, and changed his reason.

“Because since I came to the island, you've had the most contact with me. If the Shadow copied you and passed the information to Bonito, it would be easy to notice me, an outsider, which would affect the plan. To prevent this from happening, I need you to stay by my side twenty-four hours a day.”

“T-Twenty-four hours?”

Kojiru Tide was stunned for a moment, and said in a slightly flustered manner.

“Except… except when taking a bath and going to the toilet, right?”

“No.”

Night Star said seriously.

“Especially when taking a bath and going to the toilet.”

Kojiru Tide frowned slightly at first, then clapped her hands, as if she suddenly realized something.

“Oh, right, you said that when a person is in a confined space, it's easiest for the Shadow to copy them, right?”

“No.”

To Kojiru Tide's surprise, Night Star actually shook his head, giving a very honest answer.

“It's mainly because I want to see.”

Kojiru Tide: “…”

At this moment, this mixed-race beauty also felt a power called abstraction.

Night Star spoke too bluntly, and she didn't feel shy or angry.

“Okay, let's go home and rest first.”

Kojiru Tide said this first, then, as if suddenly remembering something, asked curiously.

“By the way, since you've experienced a rewind, does that mean this isn't the first time you've come to my house?”

“No, it's the first time. Last time I refused your invitation, and we had no contact for the next five days.”

“Eh? Then why do you want to this time…”

“I'll tell you when we get home.”

“Okay.”

Looking at Kojiru Tide leading the way in front, Night Star thought to himself that in the previous timeline, that is, the initial timeline, he had said one sentence to her.

“I'm a high school student from Kyoto City.”

In a place like Hinoto Island, foreign tourists are very conspicuous. If Kojiru Tide was copied by the Shadow after saying this, Sakurakawa Rikka in the enemy camp should be suspicious of his identity after hearing the location of Kyoto.

It's just that in the five days of the previous timeline, Night Star didn't encounter any attacks or Shadow copies until the day he went to Hinoto Shrine.

Was Kojiru Tide not copied…

Or was it that Kojiru Tide had already been copied, so she couldn't be copied again?

…

When they arrived at the Kojiru residence, Kojiru Tide led Night Star in, pointed to the girl with short black hair, whose skin seemed to be tanned to a darker color due to years of exercise in the sun, giving people a feeling of vitality and health, and introduced with a smile.

“This is my sister, Kojiru Mio.”

“Hello, hello.”

Night Star shook hands with Kojiru Mio with a smile, while Kojiru Tide noticed that his right foot seemed to inadvertently step on Kojiru Mio's shadow on the ground.

Seeing that her sister's shadow didn't dodge and was completely consistent with the movements of her body, Kojiru Tide breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, the Shadow has all the memories and emotions of the main body, and is simply a perfect copy. Apart from this, there is no way to identify it at all.

“You're back? The food is ready.”

Hearing her father's words, Kojiru Tide ran over, picked up two plates of curry rice, and said with a smile.

“Then Dad, I'll go upstairs with Night Star and Mio to eat.”

“Eh? Do I have to go too?”

“Let's go, let's go.”

After leading Kojiru Mio and Night Star upstairs and into her room, Kojiru Tide first put the plates on the table, then looked at Night Star, the smile on her face disappeared, replaced by a serious expression.

“Can you tell Mio about those things?”

“Yes, tell her.”

“Thank you.”

Kojiru Tide breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. She was a carefree person and not good at hiding things, let alone Mio was her sister and the person she trusted most, so she didn't want to hide it from her even more.

…

While Kojiru Tide was telling her sister Kojiru Mio about the truth about the Shadows, inside Hinoto Shrine.

Sakurakawa Rikka looked at the little girl in front of her, whose expression and eyes were devoid of childishness and innocence, as if she was a twisted creature wearing a little girl's shell as a disguise, and frowned slightly.

“The transformation target prepared for me is this kind of thing? A Shadow?”

Still wearing the Shinto priest's uniform, Yanqie Masato, who didn't know that his true face had been discovered by Sakurakawa Rikka, replied with a smile upon hearing this.

“Is there a problem? Shadows are equivalent to humans, and they also have desires. Isn't that satisfying your conditions?”

Hearing these words, a bit of coldness appeared in Sakurakawa Rikka's eyes.

This Four-Hands… is indeed not easy to deal with.

Can Shadows be transformed into spirit energy users?

Sakurakawa Rikka couldn't confirm, but the more important question was, if the Shadows who originally obeyed Bonito were really transformed into spirit energy users, whose orders would they obey? Would they obey herself, who possessed the true body of the soul, Izanami, or would they continue to obey Bonito, who was their mother?

“I can't do it.”

Hearing Sakurakawa Rikka's answer, Yanqie Masato didn't seem surprised at all, and just said softly.

“In that case, I hope you can agree… Forget it, it doesn't matter if you don't agree, I'm going to conduct another experiment.”

As Yanqie Masato's voice fell, a burst of dazzling light and the sound of a shutter clicking rang out.

A mass of pitch-black shadow that was originally staying on the ground suddenly twisted and wriggled, evolving from a two-dimensional space to a three-dimensional one.

“You bastard…”

Seeing that the face of the shadow was becoming more and more like her own, undisguised killing intent appeared in Sakurakawa Rikka's eyes.