Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

“In the last joint exam, how will you handle the decline in reputation and the humiliation caused by the failure of your Shuchiin Academy?”

The previous questions were all prepared by Kaguya Shinomiya in advance, intending to explain them during the speech, but Yozora's question was indeed not within her plan. After all, who would have thought that the debate opponent for the student council president election would actually be a student from Soubu High School?

When the middle-aged female teacher under the stage heard this question, although her expression was very calm, her hands couldn't help but clench, and she murmured in a barely audible voice.

“Shinomiya-san, how will you answer…”

Kaguya Shinomiya was silent for more than ten seconds. Just as the students under the stage thought that she could not accept the fact that she had lost to a mere Soubu High School student in the joint exam last year and was completely defeated, Kaguya Shinomiya finally spoke.

“Indeed, in last year's joint exam, the students of our Shuchiin Academy did not achieve first place.”

Immediately afterward, Kaguya Shinomiya changed the subject, looking directly at Yozora standing there with her ruby-like eyes, her aura not weak at all, and slowly said.

“But next time, we will definitely win. The reason why I say 'we' is because I believe that with the students and teachers of Shuchiin Academy, even if I have failed once and lost to you once, I still have the opportunity to defeat you.”

“And when that moment comes, although the one occupying the first place is my name, Kaguya Shinomiya, the victory belongs to everyone at Private Shuchiin Academy.”

Speaking of this, Kaguya Shinomiya raised her hand, pointed at Yozora standing there, showed a confident smile, and said softly.

“Our Shuchiin Academy will never lose to you next time.”

“Not bad, very spirited.”

Yozora smiled, casually glanced at the students under the stage, and did not conceal the disdain and contempt in his voice.

“Then, in the next joint exam, let me see what the so-called rabble of your Shuchiin Academy can do.”

… …

Five minutes later, behind the curtain of the podium.

“You, with this aggro you're pulling… it’s a bit too much…”

Hearing Yukino Yukinoshita's words, Yozora looked at Kaguya Shinomiya, who was standing on the stage, communicating with the school staff, and waiting to be officially announced as the 67th Student Council President of Shuchiin Academy, and said indifferently.

“These guys from Shuchiin Academy should also understand that if they want to beat me in the exam, Kaguya Shinomiya, a true genius in the real sense, is their only hope. Of course, Maki Shijo is the same, but I won't deliberately lose to Maki Shijo, but I will deliberately lose to Kaguya Shinomiya. When that time comes, until graduation, she will firmly occupy the position of student council president with an unshakable advantage.”

Hearing these words, Yukino Yukinoshita frowned slightly, a hint of complexity appeared in her eyes, she pursed her lips, and finally couldn't help but whisper.

“You… for Kaguya Shinomiya, you would actually be willing to deliberately lose… it’s not like you at all. It seems that she is very important to you.”

“Don't say such jealous words.”

Yozora first replied with this sentence, then looked at Yukino Yukinoshita beside him, and said with a light smile.

“Isn't the first person I ever lost to you?”

“Eh? Me?”

Yukino Yukinoshita was stunned when she heard this, and then asked suspiciously.

“What are you joking about? Whether it's the number of requests solved, academic performance, or sports, I haven't won against you. If you deliberately want to make me happy, there's no need to tell such lies. I don't like this feeling.”

“Who's coaxing you? I only ever tell the truth.”

Yozora said lightly.

“Do you still remember the day you were just about to join the Paranormal Society?”

“I remember… what's wrong?”

Yozora shrugged and said with a light smile.

“In order to get you to join, I even changed the nature of the Paranormal Society's activities, adding the item of helping students solve difficulties. From the moment you joined, I had already lost to you.”

Hearing this, Yukino Yukinoshita was stunned, a shy blush appeared on her face, and she said in a flustered manner.

“I… I… this…”

Yukino Yukinoshita never expected that she would receive such a response.

Thinking about it carefully, isn't that the case?

The purpose of the Paranormal Quantum Mechanics Research Society has always been to investigate and solve strange events. When she had not yet become a psychic, according to Yozora's personality, he was willing to add an activity content that was meaningless to him, or even very boring, just to get her to join…

Isn't this gold content much higher than deliberately losing to Kaguya Shinomiya once in the next joint exam?

And the most important thing is that sentence.

The first person he ever lost to was herself.

Yukino Yukinoshita was instantly defeated.

Just as she looked at Yozora's face, opened her lips slightly, and couldn't help but want to say something, she saw the smile on the other's face disappear instantly.

“Spiritual energy fluctuation.”

Yozora's gaze instantly swept to the stage, only to see a female member of the Shuchiin Academy management team in a suit whispering something to Kaguya Shinomiya.

Without the slightest hesitation, he directly stretched out his hand and shouted softly.

“Come out.”

The huge pale ghost hand instantly appeared, directly slapping the female school executive.

In the eyes of the students under the stage, this executive inexplicably flew out, and they couldn't help but show a look of panic.

“What happened?”

“What's the situation?”

“Medical staff, medical staff!”

Kaguya Shinomiya, who was standing on the stage, had a numb expression, and there was no emotion in her ruby-like eyes, as if she had returned to the time when she had just entered high school, the period when she was known as Ice Kaguya.

Miko Yotsuya, who was in a hidden corner of the venue, saw this scene and took out a handgun from her arms without hesitation, put the muzzle against her temple, and pulled the trigger without the slightest hesitation.

“Bang!”

Along with a gunshot, everything around began to rewind. Even for ordinary people like Yukino Yukinoshita and Natsumi Suga, they were also recognized by Miko Yotsuya as "companions", so they were able to retain the memory before the rewind and clearly felt that time was going backward.

This time, before the female executive could approach Kaguya Shinomiya, Yozora had already summoned the pale ghost hand and pressed the other's body to the ground.

“Cough cough.”

The female executive spat out a mouthful of blood. Obviously, her internal organs had been damaged in this sudden impact, but even after suffering such serious injuries, a strange smile appeared on her face. She looked at Yozora behind the curtain and said with a smile.

“Sure enough, you have the ability to rewind time… but unfortunately, we have already found a way to crack it…”

At the same time as her voice fell, the entire Private Shuchiin Academy suddenly began to become distorted.

“This is…”

Miko Yotsuya's expression changed, and she said in disbelief.

“'Palace'…”

Not only Miko Yotsuya, but the other members of the Paranormal Society could not believe that such a thing would happen.

Normally, the formation of a "Palace" would first produce signs in the Reverse World. After all, the Reverse World is a world that reflects people's hearts. If a person's heart is twisted and paranoid enough, it will form distortions in the Reverse World and abnormal phenomena will occur.

Then, after a few days, or even longer, after the desire becomes stronger and stronger, a "Palace" will be created in the real world. Before the "Palace" appears in the real world, this process can be reversed. Shoko Nishimiya's mother, Yaeko Nishimiya, was saved in this way.

But this time, Tamamo-no-Mae and the others, who were in the Reverse Side of the World at the corresponding location, didn't notice anything unusual at all, which means... …

Did the "Palace" completely skip the growth process and directly appear in the real world!?

When the field of vision in front of them returned to normal, Ye Xing and the others saw that the venue was empty.

The Super-amount Society members and assistants located in various places within Shuchiin Academy immediately put on their headsets.

Rio Futaba: "For those of you who are not psychic, who else is able to remain conscious?"

When she received affirmative answers from Yukino Yukinoshita, Natsumi Suga, Suzuha Amane, Soichiro Yagami, Shoko Nishimiya, and Marin Kitagawa, confirming that none of the members or assistants had fallen into the unconscious puppet state of the "Palace", Rio Futaba finally breathed a sigh of relief, but then said in a serious tone.

"This… whose 'Palace' is this…"

Hearing this question, Yukino Yukinoshita raised her head and glanced at the top of the originally empty venue with its ornate chandeliers, at the dozens of rusty chains, and at the wooden shackles, fetters, and handcuffs in the venue.

When all of this pointed to the concept of "imprisonment", her eyes flickered, and she murmured.

"This… is Kaguya Shinomiya's 'Palace'…"

"Cough cough cough…"

The female psychic, who was being pinned to the ground by pale ghostly hands and was already on her last breath, had also completely shed her disguise at this time.

She struggled to raise her head, blood still spilling from the corners of her mouth, but her face wore a mocking expression as she looked at Ye Xing standing there and whispered.

"Come on, 'Mask'… Is it because you don't want to kill Kaguya Shinomiya that you can only watch those innocent people die one by one, or is it to protect the innocent that you kill Kaguya Shinomiya, who is so close to you… Make your choice…"

Chapter 407: Kaguya's Childhood, SERN's Dedicated Combat Personnel Appear

Hearing these words, Ye Xing's expression didn't change at all.

He just slowly walked over, raised his foot and stepped on the female psychic's head, crushing her skull into minced meat bit by bit, before speaking into the headset.

"How big is the range of the 'Palace'?"

"Still investigating, but…"

Rio Futaba tried her best to remain calm and replied.

"It has already been confirmed that we are not in the real world, but in the Reverse Side of the World.

The entire private Shuchiin Academy belongs to Kaguya Shinomiya's 'Palace'.

As for the location of Kaguya Shinomiya's main body, it has not been discovered yet."

"Okay, split into groups and investigate the situation at the scene."

After the communication ended, Miko Yotsuya approached Ye Xing, pursed her lips, and a look of apology appeared in her golden eyes as she whispered.

"I'm sorry, my time regression ability didn't work…"

"No, it's not your fault."

Ye Xing shook his head, looked at the headless corpse of the female psychic he had brutally killed, and said softly.

"Even if you only used the ability of time regression once in front of them, it seems that there are enough smart people on SERN's side who have found the weakness of your regression ability, or rather… a weakness that isn't a weakness, and that is the subjective perception of 'companions'."

Miko Yotsuya can use Botan's eyes to regress time, and can also selectively retain the memories of certain people, but this selection does not involve a selection question like a panel, but is determined by her own subconscious at the moment when time is regressed.

In Miko Yotsuya's perception, "Kaguya Shinomiya" is a companion, so she retained her memories.

It is still unclear what means SERN used to make Kaguya Shinomiya, who had just become the student council president and should not have any negative emotions at this moment, lose control and create the "Palace", but this should also be a means of using brain science combined with psychic abilities, which SERN will research in the future.

"Being able to deduce my ability based on just one experience when memories cannot be retained… SERN is truly a terrifying enemy."

Miko Yotsuya said this first, then looked at Ye Xing with a slightly complicated expression and lowered her voice.

"The 'Palace' has already taken shape… According to the information we have, there is only one way to eliminate the 'Palace'…"

"Yeah, I know."

Ye Xing nodded noncommittally, led the members in the venue towards the outside, intending to first meet with the remaining members and assistants, and then discuss how to deal with the matter of this "Palace".

But when they reached the door, a thick, rusty chain suddenly wrapped around the door of the venue.

Immediately afterward, the space in front of everyone's eyes became blurred and distorted, accompanied by a sound like an electric current, and the surrounding scenery changed instantly.

"This is… a classroom?"

Yukino Yukinoshita looked around and found that the venue where they had originally been was now a classroom.

Judging from the desks and chairs inside, this was not a classroom at Private Shuchiin Academy.

The next second, several phantoms suddenly appeared.

Just as Miko Yotsuya had already placed her hand on the hilt of Mikazuki Munechika, and the light of psychic power was flashing in her golden eyes, preparing to start fighting, she discovered that the phantoms slowly formed the appearance of several little girls.

One of the little girls had smooth, long black hair and looked very cute.

She had a pair of beautiful ruby-like eyes, but the cold temperament she exuded was completely unlike a child of this age.

"Shinomiya… classmate?"

Appearing in front of everyone was Kaguya in her little girl version.

Judging by her height and appearance, she was probably around the fourth or fifth grade of elementary school.

Kaguya Shinomiya sat on her desk, folding paper cranes skillfully with her slender little hands, and the little girl sitting next to her was also doing the same thing, but her movements were much slower.

By the time Kaguya had already folded four, she hadn't even finished one.

"Can't you be more serious?"

"Eh?"

Kaguya Shinomiya turned her head, her red eyes devoid of any emotion, as if stating a matter of course, and stared at the little girl in front of her, saying in a flat tone.

"Too slow.

Could you please fold them more seriously?"

"I… I…"

After being told this by Kaguya Shinomiya, and seeing the four perfectly shaped paper cranes already folded on the other party's desk, the little girl looked down at the unfinished paper crane in her hand, tears welling up in her eyes before she began to wail loudly.

Immediately afterward, the picture paused and began to become blurred and distorted again.

It was still the same classroom, but this time, the Kaguya Shinomiya who appeared was obviously a bit older.

It was still the same conversation, but this time, the target was no longer that little girl, but another girl.

"You can't understand the feelings of people who can't do it!"

Hearing the words shouted angrily by the other party, Kaguya Shinomiya still had that expressionless look, but her soft voice suddenly came from somewhere.

"Isn't it natural to be able to do it?"

"I can do anything, so I can't understand what 'can't do' means, and I don't want to understand."