Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

“On the other hand, who knows if the shift in the world line is good or bad? What if her death leads to an even worse situation in the future? ”

“In summary, I am against killing Makise Kurisu.”

After saying this, Rio Futaba noticed a slight smile on Amane Suzuha's face and frowned slightly.

“What, is what I said so funny?”

“No, it's not.”

Amane Suzuha scratched her head, looking a little embarrassed.

“It's just that I used to… well, I probably shouldn't call it the past. My past, your future, on that timeline, I also heard you say something similar.”

“Huh? You've seen me in the future?”

“Of course. In addition to being a well-known scientist, you also have a little-known identity as our supernatural countermeasure action team's scientific advisor.”

Hearing this, Rio Futaba was silent for a while, then couldn't help but ask curiously, pretending to be calm.

“Then… forty years from now, I'll be almost sixty years old… I should have become an old lady, right?”

“Not really.”

Amane Suzuha shook her head, thoughtfully.

“Even at that time, you still looked like a young woman in her twenties. We were all curious about how you maintained your youth, but you never said.”

Yozora silently added from the side.

“By drinking milk.”

Rio Futaba's pretty face flushed red, and she bit her silver teeth.

“You… say less…”

Just then, Amane Suzuha suddenly spoke again, saying something that made Rio Futaba completely flustered.

“Your height… well… is about the same as it is now.”

“You…”

Rio Futaba wanted to get angry, but after thinking about it carefully, Amane Suzuha might be about the same age as she is now, but if what the other party said was true, she could be considered her junior. She could only endure it silently, putting on a nonchalant look, and slowly opened her mouth.

“So, how did you get here? Why are you alone? Don't you have any other companions?”

Hearing this question, Amane Suzuha suddenly showed a sad expression and muttered.

“There were more than a dozen companions who acted with me… but everyone… was taken by SERN… no, it should be said that their life or death is unknown… I rode in an old-model time machine that SERN stored in the warehouse. They seem to have researched a method to travel through the timeline without a time machine, so… I may be the only one who arrived here from the future…”

Feeling that the atmosphere was a bit heavy, Amane Suzuha quickly squeezed out a smile, waved her hand in a nonchalant manner.

“But it's okay. If SERN is eliminated earlier on this timeline, those things won't happen. Although there were some mistakes in the process, it's good that I arrived in time.”

Although Amane Suzuha was smiling, the sadness in her eyes couldn't be suppressed. She stood up from the sofa, her body still swaying a little, but she bowed deeply, her tone full of pleading.

“I implore you, save this world line.”

Chapter 382: The Future of the Members, the Genius Girl Who Invented the Time Machine

Later that night, in Yozora's room.

“The general situation is like this. What are your thoughts?”

After listening to Yozora's retelling of what Amane Suzuha said, L on the other side of the screen showed a thoughtful expression, casually fiddling with his messy black hair, his eyes revealing a look of interest.

“Interesting… a future world line, time-traveling enemies, shifts in the world line, breaking away from the rule of ‘Masquerade’, multiple known assistants, so many complex elements, this is truly the most interesting puzzle I've ever encountered…”

At this time, L was extremely excited.

Since he became a detective, he had never encountered a more complex puzzle than this.

Not only does he have to consider the enemy's actions, but also…

Can he really completely believe the things that the girl who calls herself Amane Suzuha said?

Constantly analyzing, speculating, and pondering.

The situation can reverse in an instant.

“The information provided by Amane Suzuha is likely to be trustworthy. I can guarantee this point.”

Hearing Yozora's words, Light Yagami frowned.

“What if the enemy deliberately used this kind of self-inflicted injury tactic to arrange her as a spy? After all, she claims to have come from a timeline forty years in the future. We have no way to verify it at all, and we can't confirm her identity. I can't think of a reason to believe her.”

“Reason? Actually, it's very simple.”

Yozora chuckled.

“Since the enemy knows that I have the ability to read memories, then if Amane Suzuha is a spy sent by SERN…”

“Why would SERN think that I wouldn't directly kill her and then read her memory? After all, under the circumstances at the time, she was wearing a black combat suit, and she had already fainted when I arrived, with no chance to reveal her identity at all. From our perspective, she should also be an enemy.”

“Compared to bringing her back to the base and letting her know our true identities, this choice is more in line with the style of ‘Masquerade’.”

Light Yagami and L couldn't refute.

To be honest, neither of them understood why, under those circumstances where it was difficult to distinguish between friend and foe, Yozora decided to bring that Amane Suzuha back?

The two didn't want to ask too much, but they only knew one thing.

Even they, as assistants of ‘Masquerade’, didn't understand, so SERN was even less likely to understand.

Since they didn't understand, they wouldn't have thought of it beforehand, couldn't have predicted it, and wouldn't be able to formulate any spy tactics.

Furthermore, the list that Amane Suzuha provided, the list of personnel that SERN considered to have a significant impact on the world line.

If the rest of the people can be traced, then Kaguya Shinomiya, Chika Fujiwara, and Utaha Kasumigaoka have no connection with ‘Masquerade’ at this stage. The only thing related to them is… Yozora.

Every name that appears on it, even if they haven't become supporters of ‘Masquerade’ yet, still makes sense.

This proves that it is not a randomly fabricated list.

After confirming this point, L thought while opening his mouth.

“Assuming that Amane Suzuha is indeed one of our assistants in the future, and the information provided is also true, but to be honest, the only valuable things are SERN's targets and the name of this organization, which can become clues for us to search for.”

Light Yagami nodded in agreement, then changed the subject.

“Don't underestimate the enemy too much. On that future world line, so many years have passed since we learned of SERN's existence, but we haven't been able to completely eradicate them. This proves that this organization is large in scale and highly secretive. The ability to research methods to travel through time shows that they have excellent scientific researchers, and even found a way to create artificial psychic ability users…”

“Based on the enemy's abilities, SERN possesses the means to ‘create’ psychic abilities. The psychic ability user who attempted to assassinate me, and the psychic ability user who attempted to assassinate Miko, and even the psychic ability user who had essentially succeeded, all possessed abilities that could restrain us.”

“These are just the first batch of probing cannon fodder. It's hard to imagine what kind of abilities the enemies behind will possess…”

L exhaled a long breath, leaned back in his chair, and lazily raised his head to stare at the ceiling.

“Right now, there are still too many unknown doubts, such as where the enemy obtained the Metropolitan Police Department's professional equipment, the specific method of time travel, the location of their hiding place, and since they can travel through time, why not travel to when ‘Mask’ first appeared, when its power was weakest? And most importantly, is all of this just to kill those… sorry for the poor choice of words, but I can only think of this word, is it just to kill those insignificant people?”

L straightened his body, lightly tapped his fingers on the table, and slowly said.

“‘Hundred Eyes’'s search ability, the absolute justice represented by ‘Kira,’ ‘Yagami Light,’ and the prestige and changes brought about by his supporters, these are certainly important, but they all have one premise.”

“‘Mask’ is the strongest, the strongest that will never fail. Everything is built on this absolute invincibility. Without ‘Mask,’ these are just castles in the air. Conversely, as long as ‘Mask’ is alive, even if SERN creates more psychics, it will not be able to completely control this world.”

“An organization of SERN's scale, the higher-ups can't be stupid enough not to understand this.”

“They must possess some kind of weapon sufficient to kill ‘Mask,’ or at least, what they believe is capable of killing ‘Mask.’”

Speaking of which, L paused, as if suddenly thinking of something, and muttered to himself.

“Perhaps… they don't already possess that kind of weapon… perhaps… they only possess the method to create the weapon, but it couldn't be completed on that world line, only on this timeline do they have the conditions to complete it…”

Seeing that L had already entered a state of 100% power thinking, even forgetting that he was still in a video call, Yagami Star and Yagami Light did not disturb him and directly chose to end the call.

After the video call ended, Yagami Light leaned back in his chair, looked at the ceiling, and muttered to himself in a daze.

“Prime Minister… the future me, would actually choose such a life path…”

… …

At the same time, in Kyoto City in the Reverse World.

“Hmm… the color of the protective shell has become much lighter… it's already showing a semi-transparent state…”

Rio Futaba held up her binoculars, observed Shoko Nishimiya through the window, and said softly to Miko Yotsuya beside her.

“Yukino's plan is effective. The creation of the ‘Palace’ is not irreversible. As long as the distorted desires in people's hearts are resolved before it merges with the real world, and the power source of the ‘Palace’ is cut off, it can return to normal.”

“It seems so…”

Miko Yotsuya lowered her right hand, which was originally on the hilt of her sword, and said softly.

“However, even if we now have many new members, several newly awakened psychics, plus Hachishaku-sama, Tamamo-no-Mae, Kuchisake-onna, Enmusubi-no-Kami… wanting to carefully investigate every part of the Reverse World while protecting the real world, and discover the traces of the ‘Palace’ in advance, is still just a pipe dream. This time we were lucky, Nishimiya-san is our friend and came to issue a request, otherwise…”

“Yes, the consequences would be unimaginable.”

Rio Futaba stood up, looked at the scarlet moon in the sky, and muttered to herself.

“Perhaps, this world composed of human negative emotions is also a huge ‘Palace’…”

… …

On the other side, Yurigawa Hana, who was staying on the sofa in the room with Touma Kazusa and Ogiso Setsuna, eating sweets while watching TV, bit off a large piece of red bean bread, her face adorably puffed up.

Seeing this, Touma Kazusa said, slightly speechless.

“Eat slowly, don't choke to death later.”

“! \u0026…\u0026! @!”

“What are you saying? Swallow it before you talk.”

Yurigawa Hana gulped down a mouthful of drink, and after laboriously swallowing the bread, she patted her chest and said.

“I mean, I can't help it, I feel like I'm starving to death, I haven't been this hungry in a long time, it's like I haven't eaten for three days and three nights, now I'm finally alive.”

Hearing this, Touma Kazusa looked at Meshi, who was sitting next to Yurigawa Hana, holding a piece of dessert cake, and eating in a similarly bold manner, her eyes flickering, and she said softly.

“Hana, your ability is dangerous.”

“Eh? Dangerous?”

Yurigawa Hana and Meshi said in unison.

“But… this guy told me, she's very weak, she can't even beat ordinary evil spirits?”

“That's why it's dangerous.”

Ogiso Setsuna had already understood Touma Kazusa's meaning, and a hint of worry also appeared between her brows.

“Yes… Hana, your ability to heal injuries is essentially sharing your life energy with others through cooking, plus your soul manifestation ability is not good at fighting at all… if someone with ulterior motives knows you have such an ability…”

Yurigawa Hana's mind was very simple, and she didn't think too complicatedly.

But Ogiso Setsuna and Touma Kazusa had already realized that the other party's ability to share life energy and heal physical injuries… was too dangerous.

Not dangerous to others, but dangerous to Yurigawa Hana.

Just like Tang Sanzang in Journey to the West.

The current Yurigawa Hana may not yet have the ability to heal diseases that are too serious, or people with congenital disabilities, but as her spiritual power grows, she will sooner or later become stronger and stronger like Miko Yotsuya, Rio Futaba, Mai Sakurajima, and others.

If someone with ulterior motives knew that Yurigawa Hana actually possessed such a life-saving ability, then things would be serious.

Moreover, Yurigawa Hana's ability is not medical treatment, but sharing her life energy.

From her performance as if she were a starving ghost, it can be seen that if she only shares a part of it, it's okay, but if the consumption is too serious, her body will definitely have problems, or even die directly.

Touma Kazusa and Ogiso Setsuna looked at each other, and both instantly understood that the other had thought of the same thing.

We must protect Yurigawa Hana.

… …

Monday noon, on the rooftop of Sobu High School.

“The information about Kurisu Makise has already been sent by L, I have forwarded it to you.”

“Okay.”

Rio Futaba took out her phone and took a look. The originally calm expression showed a shock that was inconsistent with her personality and rarely seen the moment she saw the content written on that document.

“Researcher affiliated with the Brain Science Research Institute of Victor Condria University, skipped grades to enter university… daughter of a famous physicist… the relationship between father and daughter doesn't seem to be very harmonious… no, this…”

Looking at that long string of introductions, and the attachments below, Kurisu Makise had published not only brain science, but also many physics-related papers, the titles of which alone were obscure and difficult to understand, Rio Futaba was dumbfounded.