Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

“Oh, you mean those psychic members around you?”

Yagami Light seemed to be contemplating the answer to this question. After a while, he finally raised his head and said with a smile.

“Well… they are considered the third type. You are very important to me, and they are very important to you. It's like they are important people to the person who is important to me, something like that.”

“I see.”

Yagami Hoshi nodded. A layer of dark flames emerged from the ground, burning away the blood left from Yagami Light's wound, before he spoke again.

“By the way, about your ability… we haven't really talked about it yet. I have a question I'm curious about right now, so I need you to provide your Soul Avatar ability information so I can give it to Futaba for analysis.”

“No problem.”

Yagami Light readily agreed, but that was only because the person was Yagami Hoshi.

If it were someone else, even L, with whom he had already cooperated, he would never tell them about his ability, as it was a secret concerning life and death.

About five minutes later, after listening to Yagami Light's explanation, Yagami Hoshi nodded slightly.

“Yeah, I understand.”

Yagami Light's Soul Avatar, Emperor Sutoku's, specialty ability type is actually very simple and can be summarized in two aspects.

Concealing traces and flying.

There's no need to elaborate on concealing traces. It was a basic ability when Yagami Light first awakened. Now, after his persistent training, in addition to being able to blend into the darkness, even in the brightest daylight, he can disappear without a trace when fused with Emperor Sutoku.

Of course, this is in a non-combat state. To be able to become invisible at any time like an assassin during battles that require manipulating spiritual power to unleash unpredictable attacks… he still needs to devour more evil spirits to continue developing his abilities.

And the second point… is quite intriguing.

Yagami Hoshi knew why Emperor Sutoku's initial basic ability was concealing traces. Simply put, it was because Yagami Light didn't want to be caught by the police. This thought extended into this ability.

Then the new ability he acquired later, which is to directly spread his wings and fly without merging with his Soul Avatar…

Yagami Hoshi recalled his first meeting with Yagami Light and their conversation when they entered the Reverse Side together.

He remembered saying something at the time.

“What? You can't even fly!?”

Although Yagami Hoshi was joking at the time, after all, the few psychics at that time, Miko Yotsuya and Rio Futaba, even now, with more psychics, none of them can actually fly.

Flying is not a normal psychic's skill at all.

The key is that Yagami Light didn't know this at the time, and he had just met Yagami Hoshi, not knowing that he liked to joke abstractly. He subconsciously thought that not being able to fly as a psychic was like being disabled among ordinary people, a fatal flaw.

Was it because of this kind of thinking that his Soul Avatar, Emperor Sutoku, developed the ability to fly?

Noticing Yagami Hoshi scrutinizing him with a strange gaze, like looking at a lab rat, Yagami Light suddenly felt a little apprehensive.

“You… what do you mean by looking at me like that?”

“It's nothing, just…”

Yagami Hoshi revealed a smile and said softly.

“I'm wondering if I should find a time to put some pressure on you.”

From the Sakurakawa Rikka incident some time ago, it can also be seen that if there are psychics with adversarial relationships in this world, then in the eyes of the enemies, the first target to eliminate is "Mask", and the second is "Kira", who is in Tokyo and has a huge social influence.

Although Yagami Light has a high talent in psychic abilities, due to his own idea of punishing the wicked, he is not very interested in eliminating evil spirits, which has led to the ability type of his Soul Avatar, Emperor Sutoku, being distorted, becoming a high-agility, low-defense, low-attack biased type.

After all, to punish ordinary human criminals, the initial Emperor Sutoku could do it, without the need for too strong attack methods.

“Tomorrow at 5 p.m., you and L will meet me in front of a certain 'Gate' in Tokyo. It's time to give you two some special training.”

…

That night.

Back at home, Yagami Light was in his bedroom on the second floor.

“It really is like this…”

He looked at the computer screen, at the overwhelming and highly popular news reports on the internet about “Kira's” first public battle with monsters in the Shibuya shopping district today, and a smile couldn't help but appear on his face.

“Is this the so-called 'quitting is shameful, but it's useful'?”

Yagami Light had already seen that all the talk about power being damaged and not being able to use the domain was all nonsense from that guy.

His condition hasn't recovered to its peak after fighting the Evil God Izanami?

That might be true, but for Yagami Hoshi, an evil spirit of today's level doesn't even require him to use his psychic abilities. He could just kill it with a single slash of Onimaru Kunitsuna.

The other party deliberately gave him the opportunity to eliminate the evil spirit and let so many people watch and take pictures, just to allow the image of "Kira" to regain public recognition and support.

Feeling his gradually increasing power, a hint of unwillingness appeared in Yagami Light's brown eyes.

“This… absolutely won't do.”

He remembered Yagami Hoshi saying that when a person is bound by external public opinion, they no longer have so-called freedom. Only those who are absolutely unaffected and always firmly implement their beliefs can reach the ideal other shore.

But now… his power, Yagami Light's power, comes from people's impressions of “Kira.” Losing support will make him weaker, and gaining support will make him stronger.

Even his own power depends on others. How can he talk about being absolutely unaffected by the outside world?

At this moment, Yagami Light made a decision in his heart.

He must never rely on the so-called absorption of faith to become stronger in this world.

A person who becomes stronger by relying on others… is a weakling.

More importantly, if he really goes down this path, Yagami Light is very clear in his heart that from now on…

He will no longer be qualified to say that he is standing at the same height as Yagami Hoshi, with the same level of awareness.

…

At the same time, on the other side.

After finishing a day of shopping and having dinner outside, Kitagawa Marin returned to the hotel with Yagami Hoshi.

Kawasaki Saki said that she had arranged everything for this trip.

It was indeed well arranged, because…

Kawasaki Saki only booked one room.

“Whew, playing for a whole day, I'm really a bit tired.”

Kitagawa Marin collapsed onto the soft bed, a relaxed expression on her face. But the next second, when she clearly saw the large mirror on the ceiling, she couldn't help but wonder.

"Huh? Why put a mirror in a place like this? Would someone lie in bed and put on makeup? That's so weird..."

Yoru Hoshi shook his head, holding a can of ice-cold Coca-Cola, and said meaningfully.

"This mirror isn't for applying makeup."

"Ah? Then it's for... um... I'd better not ask."

Although Kitagawa Marin didn't know what the large mirror on the ceiling was for, she was certain of one thing.

Asking an abstract person a question would inevitably result in an abstract answer.

She'd better wait until she returned to Kyoto and ask Saki if she knew.

Thinking of this, Kitagawa Marin suddenly remembered a crucial question.

Since they were going to spend the night together...

Should she remove her makeup?

Kitagawa Marin had a secret that no one knew: she would never let outsiders see her without her colored contacts, not even her best friend, Kawasaki Saki.

But since they were spending the night, she couldn't wear them all the time, right? Her eyes would be damaged.

"Um... I'm going to the bathroom."

Kitagawa Marin, as if feeling guilty, quietly greeted Yoru Hoshi and then sneaked into the bathroom with her suitcase.

She looked at herself in the mirror, took a deep breath, and cheered herself on.

"Go, Marin! You absolutely can't let Saki's expectations down! Summon your courage!"

Meanwhile, in the living room, Yoru Hoshi was watching the news on TV, a thoughtful expression on his face.

Everything was progressing in a smooth direction.

Through 'Mask's' declaration and 'Kira's' shocking actions that night that shook Sakura Province, everyone realized that 'Mask' and 'Kira' were willing and capable of completely purging Sakura Province.

Anyone who awakened as a psychic would be immediately killed; they were capable of doing it.

In the eyes of ordinary people, as long as they waited a while and were convinced that 'Mask' and 'Kira' would only target psychics or those who assisted enemy psychics, the negative emotions in their hearts would naturally dissipate. After all, when it came to public image, 'Kira' might be considered a mixed bag, but 'Mask' was an absolutely positive figure.

Yoru Hoshi had a vague feeling.

If there really was such a thing as fate in this world, then the first powerful enemy he should face on his Fool's Journey wasn't Sakura Rikka. Although she possessed the name of the evil god Izanami, she was clearly not qualified to be his nemesis.

His Fool's Journey's destined nemesis was actually...

Should be Yagami Light, who possessed the name of 'Kira'.

L, representing the Sakura Province Police Department, with a completely distorted sense of justice, killing all those who stood in his way, Yagami Light, who only wanted to become the god of the new world, and the members of the Overload Society in Kyoto—such a three-way game was what could be called a trial for Yoru Hoshi.

However, perhaps the so-called god of fate didn't expect that Yoru Hoshi would actually play a trick of turning enemies into friends.

Not only Yagami Light, but even L, representing the official power, had become an assistant.

With the three parties joining forces, they directly exploded and killed the villain Sakura Rikka.

If he hadn't performed a tarot card divination, Yoru Hoshi would have definitely felt at this moment that having eliminated the evil god Izanami, he had finally completed the Fool's Journey. Next would be enjoying a peaceful and beautiful daily life, giving the members special training in turn every night, unlocking the members' linked bonds, and moving towards a beautiful and peaceful future.

But Sakura Rikka's words before her death and the results of the tarot card divination were really puzzling to him.

Sakura Rikka was a smart person; this had to be admitted.

She couldn't possibly fabricate a so-called disaster out of thin air. You had to know that after the meteorite disaster in Itomori Town, she could more or less sense that Yoru Hoshi, this cheat, also had abilities similar to hers, the ability to foresee future disasters.

And would it be such a coincidence that what she made up was the heroine of Steins;Gate, Makise Kurisu?

The upright Emperor... represents leadership and absolute victory.

This card was very normal. From becoming a psychic... no, from the Sakura Province joint entrance exam, Yoru Hoshi had always fit the definition of this card. After all, he was the founder of the Overload Society and the strongest who had never lost in any aspect.

But the reversed Wheel of Fortune... an unchangeable future...

This was really too Steins;Gate.

Just as Yoru Hoshi was pondering, the bathroom door reopened, and Kitagawa Marin's smiling voice came.

"Look... does this cosplay look accurate?"

Yoru Hoshi turned around and saw that Kitagawa Marin had already put on bright green colored contacts, put on a wine-red wig, and even wore pointed elf ears and the four small fangs commonly used for Halloween vampire cosplays to recreate the succubus character from the four-panel manga.

And looking at the clothes... that was really something.

From the neck to a little below the chest, it was a normal, maid-like outfit with lace trim on the sleeves and a pair of little devil wings on the back.

Further down... there was basically nothing, only a strip of black lace fabric with a small tail, barely covering the vital parts.

"This..."

Yoru Hoshi didn't show the shy, turning-away expression that Kitagawa Marin had imagined. Instead, he looked at her with a very serious expression.

"The recreation is very accurate, but to be honest, this outfit can't be worn at a comic convention, right?"

Hearing this, Kitagawa Marin raised her hand, rubbed the dark red wig near her ear, and said in a small voice with a red face.

"That... of course it can't be worn... I didn't plan to cosplay this time."

"Then why did you bring this outfit?"

"Um..."

Kitagawa Marin, who had originally mustered her courage and planned to make a strong attack, was directly countered by Yoru Hoshi.

Fortunately, Kawasaki Saki had anticipated this.

Kawasaki Kyoka taught her older sister, and then Kawasaki Saki taught Kitagawa Marin. Perhaps this was the so-called inheritance.

"This is a cosplay outfit that Saki worked hard to make for me. It's a birthday present for me. Although it can't be worn in public, if I can take some photos and send them to Saki and the others... I would be very happy..."

Speaking of this, Kitagawa Marin took a deep breath.

"Um... I want to take a picture of the most classic pose from that manga, you know, that one..."

"Oh, I know."