Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

Just as the girl was about to attack, killing Amane Suzuha and Minamikata Hiduru, to continue consuming the Excess Society's time-traveling opportunities, a loud noise came from behind her.

"Boom!"

The girl turned around, looking at the figure wrapped in black flames amidst the flying gravel and dust. Her expression finally changed, and she narrowed her eyes slightly.

"'Mask'... I've finally met you on this timeline..."

Yozora raised his head, and the black flames transformed into a mask, covering his face.

He looked at the girl standing opposite him, who had already materialized her soul armor, and slowly opened his mouth.

"Looks like you're not very afraid of me?"

"Trying to gather information?"

The girl saw through Yozora's intention in one sentence, and the five fingers holding the handle of the short military knife slowly clenched, without the slightest hesitation.

"Fusion, Corpse."

A humanoid figure composed of many weapons such as guns, grenades, grenade launchers, and cold weapons first appeared behind the girl, then disappeared, replaced by the girl's entire left arm, which was not holding a military knife, instantly transforming into the shape of a grenade launcher and directly raising it to aim at Yozora standing there.

"Bang!"

Hearing the sound of the grenade being launched, Minamikata Hiduru saw Yozora standing there motionless, as if he hadn't reacted, and a rare look of panic appeared on her face, and she hurriedly reminded him.

"Be careful!"

Amane Suzuha, standing beside her, had a calm expression, as if she completely believed in "Mask's" strength.

And Yozora did not disappoint Amane Suzuha.

"Is that all?"

A huge pale ghost hand appeared beside Yozora, directly grabbing the grenade fired at him. After a muffled sound, it was as if nothing had happened. Only the pale ghost hand slowly opened its fingers, gently scattering the fragments left after the grenade exploded on the ground.

"Is this the strength of a so-called combat specialist?"

"Hmph."

The girl snorted coldly, her arm quickly changing back to its normal shape. She pulled out a short military knife from her waist and quickly rushed towards Yozora standing there, her hands holding the knife stabbing towards his vital points from both sides.

"Clang!"

Onimaru Kunitsuna collided with one of the military knives, making a crisp sound. Yozora's left arm, which had transformed into the appearance of a pale ghost hand, directly caught the girl's other military knife with his palm.

"Oh? Interesting."

Looking at the blood slowly flowing down from his palm and the blade that had pierced through his palm, Yozora said calmly.

"This thing of yours... is a weapon formed from spiritual power. It can actually break through the defense of my ghost hand. Not bad."

Yozora looked directly into the girl's eyes, neither side giving way. This was the first time Minamikata Hiduru and Amane Suzuha had seen Yozora actually suffer a loss in close combat.

Even if he wasn't serious, being able to do this was enough to prove that SERN's so-called combat specialists were not just for show.

"You're not bad either."

The girl twirled the military knife in her hand, rotating it in the wound in Yozora's palm, observing the other party's eyes, seemingly wanting to see "Mask's" expression of losing control due to pain. But to her disappointment, Yozora's eyes didn't change at all, as if he couldn't feel any pain at all.

In the next second, the girl turned the military knife in her hand, avoiding the obstruction of Onimaru Kunitsuna's blade, and stabbed towards Yozora's face.

Next, Amane Suzuha and Minamikata Hiduru could only feel dizzy. Although they knew that the two afterimages were Yozora fighting the girl, their dynamic vision couldn't keep up with such speed at all.

They could only see the blood splashing out from the two afterimages from time to time, dripping on the ground, but they couldn't tell who had the advantage at this time, and they didn't dare to intervene rashly. After all, this was a close-quarters battle that far exceeded their capabilities, and even getting close could be affected.

"Bang!!!!"

Finally, after a head-on collision between the two sides, the hard tile floor burst into cracks, making a sound that made the air tremble, Yozora and the girl's movements finally stopped.

Amane Suzuha and Minamikata Hiduru finally saw clearly that both of them had wounds of varying depths, but after a burst of white steam, Yozora's injuries disappeared instantly, while the girl did not have such ability.

"Huff... Huff..."

The girl clenched her teeth, her breathing already uneven, and thought to herself.

"As expected, relying on this body alone... it's impossible to exert my full strength. Not to mention destroying 'Mask'... it's impossible to cause effective damage to him... But..."

A crazy and distorted look appeared in the girl's eyes, and she slowly opened her mouth.

"Domain Expansion..."

"Don't expand it."

In just an instant, Yozora's black and white headless soul true body appeared in the classroom, quickly reaching out with two pale and black ghost hands, directly grabbing the girl's body, and tearing the other party in half in Minamikata Hiduru's horrified and shocked gaze.

A rain of blood fell in the classroom.

"This... this..."

Amane Suzuha appeared extremely calm, shrugging her shoulders and saying.

"From the timeline I came from, 'Mask's' fighting style is so cruel and ruthless, especially towards SERN members. It can even be said to be虐殺 (nyesha, cruel killing). Otherwise, why do you think those SERN members would rather commit suicide than face him?"

"That's true..."

After killing the girl in a cruel way, Yozora told the members in the communicator about the enemy's abilities, and then added a sentence.

"This guy is not using her original body. She's just a puppet who copied memories."

Being able to instantly kill the enemy, Yozora didn't do so, of course, not just to enjoy the fun of fighting, but also to let the other party see a glimmer of hope, guiding the enemy to go all out, so as to find out the enemy's details.

In the close combat just now, he could clearly feel that the girl sometimes wanted to make some attacks, or felt that she could block some attacks, but as a result, she showed flaws because her movements were a little slow.

According to her demonstrated fighting skills and gun-using experience, she shouldn't have made so many judgmental errors in close combat that overestimated her own abilities.

The only explanation is that her experience told her she could do this, but her body couldn't keep up.

In other words, this girl's hardware, that is, her body, and her software (brain), simply didn't match.

The occurrence of this situation can only prove that all of her fighting, firearms, and psychic abilities were just abilities that SERN implanted into her brain using brain science technology, and did not belong to the original owner of this body.

Hearing that Yozora had defeated the enemy, the Excess Society members did not feel relieved because of this.

From beginning to end, the psychic abilities that SERN sent out were just unimportant problems, just needing to be eliminated.

Now the most important question...

How to save Shinomia Kaguya?

Or rather, as the owner of the "Palace" that has already taken shape, is there really a way to restore Shinomia Kaguya to normal?

...

Five minutes later, below the teaching building of the Private Shuchiin Academy.

"The reconnaissance is almost complete."

Rio Futaba pushed up her glasses and said softly to Yozora and Yukino Yukinoshita in front of her.

"All the teachers and students of Shuchiin have gathered near that luxurious artificial fountain, just as Yozora predicted. I have asked the other members to stay there to protect the innocent. After all, what we are going to do next... has nothing to do with strength."

Speaking of this, Rio Futaba paused, raised her head to look at the scarlet moon in the sky, and the unknown object shrouded above the entire Shuchiin, like a birdcage, slowly descending, with a complex expression on her face, and muttered to herself.

"In Kaguya Shinomiya's eyes, this entire Shuchiin... no, she simply thinks that she has always been living in a cage... It's really unimaginable how much heavy pressure she is carrying..."

Yukino Yukinoshita also had a complicated expression. Although she had the same feeling as Kaguya Shinomiya, to be honest, it was far from this point. At least her sister, Haruno, and she had only a relatively awkward relationship before, but they were still close sisters after all.

But Kaguya Shinomiya, as an illegitimate daughter, coupled with the issue of the future inheritance of the Shinomiya Group, what kind of growth environment is that? Yukino Yukinoshita simply cannot imagine how painful the other party's life has been so far.

"We must first find the location of Kaguya Shinomiya's main body, as well as her materialized, twisted hope that supports this 'palace'. Judging from the current situation, it seems that her mind is gradually twisting, and we must hurry."

At the same time as Yukino Yukinoshita's voice fell, the corner of her eye suddenly swept to the side, revealing a very terrifying face. Originally, being in Shuchiin under the reflection of this red moon was a very terrifying thing. She had just been holding on and not showing it. At this time, she suddenly saw this kind of thing, and she couldn't help but panic subconsciously.

"Eek..."

Yukino Yukinoshita was so frightened that her face turned pale. Ignoring that Rio Futaba was still beside her, and ignoring her tsundere attitude, she subconsciously burrowed into Yozora's arms, while carefully observing the terrifying face she had just seen.

"Is it necessary..."

Rio Futaba looked speechless, sighed slightly, and pointed in that direction.

"It's just a doll that doesn't move, look how scared you are."

Hearing this, Yukino Yukinoshita finally saw clearly that the terrifying face that had just appeared in the corner of her eye was actually just a traditional Japanese doll, not some terrible evil spirit.

Her face flushed, she left Yozora's arms silently, and coughed lightly twice.

"Look, this doll's hand is pointing in a certain direction."

Although Rio Futaba knew that she was changing the subject, she didn't expose it. She just glanced at the direction the doll was pointing, then moved closer and observed this creepy doll, thoughtfully.

"Is it pointing the way for us? A cage... represents Kaguya Shinomiya's view of her own situation, so what does this creepy, weird doll... represent?"

Rio Futaba's analysis was not meaningless.

Assuming that Kaguya Shinomiya still has hope of being saved, then it's probably not a scenario where she can regain consciousness after being defeated, but rather she has to rely on talk-no-jutsu.

Yozora is very good at talk-no-jutsu, but he also needs to find the crux of Kaguya Shinomiya's problem.

In the "palace", the thoughts in people's hearts are undoubtedly revealed, absolutely true, and without the slightest concealment.

If more information can be analyzed, it may play a vital role in the subsequent persuasion process.

"This doll represents Kaguya Shinomiya's perception of herself."

"Huh?"

Hearing Yozora's words, Rio Futaba frowned slightly, carefully looked at the creepy doll, and then thought about Kaguya Shinomiya, who, although had a cold temperament, had a flawless appearance and could be said to be a top-notch beautiful girl, and said dubiously.

"Are you... serious?"

"That's right, this is Kaguya Shinomiya's perception of herself, a creepy, ancient doll that everyone keeps away from."

Yukino Yukinoshita pursed her lips and said softly.

"Shinomiya-san's psychological problems... are really serious..."

Hearing this, Yozora curled his lips and complained.

"That's enough, you are also a first-class mentally ill girl, and you're still talking about Kaguya Shinomiya?"

...

Following the guidance of the Japanese dolls on the road, Yozora, Rio Futaba, and Yukino Yukinoshita came to the door of a classroom in a teaching building.

"Student Council Office..."

Looking at the writing on the doorplate, Yukino Yukinoshita said thoughtfully.

"I see, in Kaguya Shinomiya's heart... becoming the student council president and standing at the top of all the students in Shuchiin is what she, as the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family, should do."

Chapter 409: Kaguya-sama's Public Confession, the Chosen One's Izanami

Yukino Yukinoshita slowly stretched out her hand. The moment her fingertips touched the metal doorknob, she suddenly heard many whispers around her.

"Is that the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family? As expected of her reputation... I heard that her talent is as outstanding as her beauty..."

"Should we go up and talk to her?"

"Don't look for trouble for yourself... After all, she's an illegitimate daughter. If the Shinomiya family thinks that we're choosing a side to stand on, that won't be good."

"That's true, let's stay away from her... But, will anyone really support an illegitimate daughter who is not justified to inherit a behemoth like the Shinomiya Group?"

"Who knows, anyway, it's better to keep a distance."

...

Listening to the voices around them, Rio Futaba and Yukino Yukinoshita understood that these were all the words that Kaguya Shinomiya had heard before and had always remembered to this day.

Immediately following was Kaguya Shinomiya's voice, as if it were a heartfelt voice, muttering to herself.

"My very existence... is a kind of harm to others."

"I hope that I am just mediocre, without any talent, indistinguishable from everyone else, completely without hope of inheriting the Shinomiya Group, in that case, maybe others won't..."

When Kaguya Shinomiya said this, a man's voice filled with arrogance sounded.

"Kaguya, you must remember that we, the Shinomiya family, are born to be nobler than ordinary people, and bearing a nobler status, we should naturally do more than those mediocre people. Only in this way can we be worthy of our Shinomiya surname."

Hearing the voice of this young man and the words he said, Yukino Yukinoshita couldn't help but frown and looked at Yozora.

"Is this... the voice of Kaguya Shinomiya's father?"

"No, it's not."

Yozora shook his head and said lightly.