Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

#712 - Section 712

At this moment, Yukino Yukinoshita's shock was beyond words.

Absorbing...or directly swallowing something could make you stronger?

What kind of logic is that!

But this method was proposed by Rio Futaba, who had never failed and whose analysis was always correct, and...

Yukino Yukinoshita recalled the list of spiritualists she knew in her mind.

Rio Futaba, Miko Yotsuya, Yui Yuigahama, Kazusa Touma, Setsuna Ogiso... for a moment, she couldn't count them all.

But the most important one was...

Haruno Yukinoshita.

Just when Yukino Yukinoshita felt dizzy and her mind went blank, Haruno Yukinoshita, whether intentionally or unintentionally, added with a smile.

"Oh, right, I've personally tested it, and it's guaranteed to be effective and has excellent results."

Yukino Yukinoshita felt as if her heart was being clenched, and a strange pain suddenly came, making it difficult to breathe.

"Yukino..."

Wearing a white kimono and with a gorgeous appearance, the Snow Woman appeared automatically behind her without Yukino Yukinoshita's summoning, with a slightly cool touch, her slender and white left hand gently placed on Yukino Yukinoshita's back, her voice no longer as cold as usual, but full of tenderness.

"Calm down."

Hearing the Snow Woman's words, and through the other party's touch, the pain in Yukino Yukinoshita's heart finally eased a little.

But...she still couldn't accept it.

But what could this change?

Yukino Yukinoshita didn't forget that she was able to meet Yozora and Yui Yuigahama, and even join the Overload Club, because Yozora had met her sister Haruno before meeting her.

But even though she knew this clearly, she still felt a strange pain in her heart when she heard Haruno's words.

And Haruno Yukinoshita on the other end of the phone, because she was also a spiritualist, could also hear the Snow Woman's words, but she didn't say any comforting or apologetic words, just quietly held the phone and waited for Yukino's response.

"I understand."

Yukino Yukinoshita took a deep breath for a while, and after forcing her mood to calm down, she regained her usual cold and refined tone.

However, Haruno didn't intend to let her go, but asked with a smile.

"Then Okinawa, can I still go? Do you still want me to go?"

"Of course you can go..."

Yukino Yukinoshita had only said half a sentence when the Snow Woman on the side curled her lips, directly snatched her phone, and said unceremoniously to Haruno Yukinoshita on the other end of the phone.

"But, we don't want you to go, don't hinder us at that time..."

"What are you talking about!"

Seeing the Snow Woman being so blunt, Yukino Yukinoshita quickly raised her hand to cover the other party's mouth, so anxious that she was almost out of breath, but she couldn't say anything.

There was no way, the Soul Avatar represented the most real heart of a spiritualist.

One of the characteristics of Yukino Yukinoshita's personality was that she was straightforward and never said false words, but in fact, she was selectively straightforward, such as this time, involving her sister Haruno, involving Yozora, and also involving Yozora and Haruno, and that kind of topic, she couldn't say whatever she thought.

But then again.

Regardless of whether Yukino Yukinoshita said it or not, she always thought so in her heart, so the Snow Woman would become her mouthpiece.

Although this was not Haruno's original intention, it was also a pleasant surprise, allowing Yukino Yukinoshita to experience once how her overly straightforward and unadulterated speaking style could make others feel awkward at times.

"Oh, so you don't want me to go."

Haruno Yukinoshita covered her lips and chuckled.

"Don't worry, don't worry, I was just teasing you, actually I didn't want to go in the first place, saying I'm not busy is all a lie to you, the company has a lot of things to deal with recently, and then I also want to skip a grade and graduate early, so I've already started the next academic year's courses, I'm so busy every day that I don't even have time to call Yozora, so I can't go to Okinawa."

Yukino Yukinoshita frowned slightly and hesitated.

"This...you wouldn't..."

"No, no, I'm serious."

Haruno Yukinoshita first replied with this sentence, then chuckled and said.

"Okay, I have a call coming in, it should be about the company, I won't talk to you anymore, good luck."

After saying that, without waiting for Yukino to answer, Haruno hung up the phone directly.

The driver sitting in front saw her put down her phone and cautiously asked.

"Um, Miss Haruno, the plan to go to Kyoto on Wednesday..."

"Yeah, it's canceled."

Haruno Yukinoshita sat in the back seat of the luxury car, with not much disappointment in her eyes, but muttered to herself with interest.

"Little Yukino, don't waste the opportunity your sister gave you."

......

The next evening, inside the Overload Club's apartment building.

"Everyone will be going this time, right?"

Hearing Yui Yuigahama's question, Rio Futaba, who was in charge of compiling the list of participants, glanced at her phone and replied unhurriedly.

"Yeah, all the human members of our club will be going, and Menma will also be joining us, Hachishaku-sama, Tamamo-no-Mae, the Slit-Mouthed Woman, Suzuha Amane, Hizuru Minakata, and Kaguya Shinomiya and Naruko Anjou, who aren't from our school, won't be going, Mai-senpai will also be joining us this time, her sister has continued her idol member practice, and her life is back on track, so she doesn't need to keep her company all the time."

"Really? That's great."

Not only Yui Yuigahama, but the members present, including the indifferent Kazusa Touma, were very happy to hear that Mai Sakurajima would be joining them on this school trip.

After all, Mai Sakurajima had been accompanying her sister Toyohama Nodoka for some time, not attending school, and not participating in the Overload Club's activities, basically not seeing everyone much.

Although the role of cook has been replaced, Mai Sakurajima's position in the hearts of the Overload Club members is clearly not just that, she is not the strongest, nor the most talkative, but she is the oldest...

Wait a minute, how does this sound like I'm being sarcastic?

Of course, that's not the point.

The point is that Mai Sakurajima, who is very mature in dealing with people, will give people a sense of security and relaxation just by being in the activity room, even if she doesn't do anything.

The Overload Club cannot be called the Overload Club without any one of them.

"Finally, we can relax for once."

Yui Yuigahama stretched languidly, clearly exhausted from the recent studying, needing some entertainment to soothe her spirit, wounded by the high-intensity learning.

Her efforts were not in vain, ultimately achieving a score slightly above average, and also higher than her own initial expectations, far exceeding the passing grade stipulated by Soubu High.

The lovely糰子 (dango) student successfully cleared the level.

“Ugh, do we really have to go to that Okinawa thing…?”

Even on the night before departure, Yukino Yukinoshita seemed very reluctant.

She wouldn't mind visiting an aquarium or eating some local specialties.

But going to the beach and having to wear a swimsuit…

Yukino Yukinoshita glanced at the list of people going to Okinawa this time, pondering to herself.

Who could she possibly beat?

Forget about Yuricawa Hana and Futaba Rio, those two are in a league of their own, a scale that normal high school girls can't even dream of reaching.

Mai Sakurajima, Miko Yotsuya, Yui Yuigahama, Hina Amano, Mitsuha Miyamizu, Marin Kitagawa, even the tall Saki Kawasaki, she definitely wouldn't stand a chance.

Touma Kazusa and Setsuna Ogiso are also out of the question.

After much thought, Yukino Yukinoshita realized that she seemed to be…

On the same level as Menma?

But, asking her to compare herself to Menma?

Yukino Yukinoshita really couldn't bear to lose that face; although the other girl had grown to high school age, her childlike, adorable face, coupled with her innocent words and actions, made it difficult to regard Menma as a high school student.

Thinking about it that way…

Could the new member, Shoko Nishimiya, who wasn't here at the moment, be her last hope?

“Oh, right, there's one more important thing.”

Saying this, Miko Yotsuya spoke softly, as if suddenly remembering something.

“Don't just think about having fun this time. Oda Notoh has received several requests related to Okinawa. The first is that there have been many missing people in Okinawa recently. The Metropolitan Police Department has been investigating for half a month, but still hasn't found any trace.”

“The second is that, according to Oda Notoh's colleagues in Okinawa, the spiritual energy reactions within Okinawa have become somewhat strange recently. The frequency of spirit appearances has decreased a lot, which is a very unusual phenomenon.”

“The third is that this Saturday, Okinawa will host its annual Ocean Festival. According to the client, the organizer of this Ocean Festival, employees often see hazy figures when cleaning the beach at night. Some older or less healthy employees develop a high fever the day after seeing those figures, which is consistent with the symptoms of being too close to evil spirits and depleting life energy.”

Hearing Miko Yotsuya's words, Yui Yuigahama couldn't help but mutter softly.

“Ah… why are there evil spirit incidents again… Seriously, I want to have a vacation and have fun, but it won't let me relax. Why are there even evil spirits in Okinawa…?”

“Evil spirits are inherently everywhere in this world.”

Rio Futaba pushed up her glasses and said indifferently.

“People who die with strong obsessions then become spirits wandering this world. If the obsession is never resolved, they will gradually turn into evil spirits. Evil spirits that break the laws of life and death will be hunted by that bandaged freak with the axe. This is a complete food chain. Of course, this is just the law of the real world. As for the reasons for the appearance of the Reverse World, we still don't know today. In short, the reason you can't find evil spirits in Kyoto City is only because the appearance of us exorcists has disrupted the original balance of the spirit world, resulting in that outcome.”

Unlike Yui Yuigahama, who was somewhat complaining, Yozora became uncharacteristically excited when he heard Miko Yotsuya say that powerful evil spirits were suspected to be appearing in Okinawa.

“Oh, an evil spirit? An Okinawa evil spirit?”

Just as everyone thought he wanted to have some fun because he hadn't fought in a while, they heard Yozora say something that no one knew how to respond to.

“Okinawa has the ocean. Will the evil spirits there taste like seafood?”

After saying this, Yozora suddenly stood up, slowly clenched his fist, and a layer of black flame seemed to burn in his eyes.

“Seafood evil spirits, huh… Should I steam them or stir-fry them…? This matter is under the jurisdiction of Kyoto's No. 1 butter shooter!”

Marin Kitagawa, a seasoned otaku, gave an accurate retort with a speechless expression.

“Are you really living in the same world as us…? It's clearly a supernatural anime, but how has it become similar to a gourmet anime when it comes to you…?”

… …

Wednesday noon, Okinawa City, Okinawa Prefecture, outside a detached villa built on the beach.

“Oh my… there's actually a place like this in Okinawa City?”

Shizuka Hiratsuka stood at the entrance of the three-story villa, first looking to the left, then to the right, in disbelief.

“Are there no other residents around here?”

“There aren't any within a five-kilometer radius.”

Hearing Yozora's answer, Shizuka Hiratsuka had an incredulous expression, then turned to look at the beautiful, pale golden beach under the sunlight, and the endless blue sea in the distance, murmuring.

“So… this entire beach will only have us?”

“That's natural.”

Yozora replied with a smile: “This was all arranged by Kaguya Shinomiya.”

Yukino Yukinoshita frowned slightly at first, then relaxed, and said indifferently.

“Is Shinomiya-san that thoughtful? It seems I've misunderstood her somewhat.”

“Um… I feel like it might not be thoughtfulness.”

Yui Yuigahama leaned close to Yukino Yukinoshita's ear and said softly.

“Yukino, have you ever thought that Shinomiya-san knew that Yozora would definitely act with us… and didn't want others to see him in a swimsuit?”

“Hiss…”

Yukino Yukinoshita's pupils shrank in shock, thinking that seemed to make sense.

Kaguya Shinomiya seemed to have arranged a villa for all the members of the Overachievers Club, including Shizuka Hiratsuka.

In reality…