Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

After knocking out the staff member, Yae Hoshi looked at Yukinoshita Yukino and said indifferently.

"Now it seems that Doctor Murakoshi is indeed highly suspicious, deliberately hiring people to do this kind of thing to cause panic in the hospital. As for the purpose... we'll know soon."

......

Five minutes later, in a ward on the top floor of the hospital's inpatient building.

"Soon... soon it will be..."

Doctor Murakoshi looked at his wife lying on the bed, held her hand, and his eyes were extremely firm.

"In a few more days, you will be back by my side..."

After he finished speaking, a sighing girl's voice suddenly came from behind him.

"I'm sorry, your wife... has no hope."

Doctor Murakoshi's expression changed, and he immediately stood up and turned around, only to see a boy wearing black casual clothes and a beautiful girl with long, straight black hair and a somewhat complicated expression standing quietly at the door of the ward looking at him.

"Who are you? This is the intensive care unit, you can't just come in, get out."

"Doctor Murakoshi, what I'm about to tell you... you may find it difficult to understand, but if you still have some sanity, you should understand in your heart that what I'm saying is true."

Yukinoshita Yukino pursed her lips, looking at Doctor Murakoshi standing there and his wife lying on the bed, her eyes were a little complicated. After all, this was the first time she had encountered such a complicated exorcism that could not directly identify the instigator as evil.

"On the day she was declared brain dead, your wife was actually already dead, but later, it was an evil spirit that occupied her body, which caused the changes in brain waves."

"Evil spirit? What are you talking about..."

"Doctor Murakoshi, you hired the morgue keeper to do those strange things that would cause panic in the hospital, presumably not out of your own intention, but under the instructions of a certain voice. The other party said that as long as you do this, your wife will be able to regain her health, right?"

Doctor Murakoshi didn't answer, but the expression on his face was obvious enough. Yukinoshita Yukino knew she was right.

"However, that voice also comes from an evil spirit. It's just because it's not strong enough, so it uses you, deceives you, creates panic in this hospital, and..."

Speaking of this, Yukinoshita Yukino pointed to Doctor Murakoshi's wife lying on the bed, breathing steadily, and slowly said.

"If we guessed correctly, it is now hiding in your wife's body."

"You... what are you talking about..."

Obviously, Doctor Murakoshi has realized that these things Yukinoshita Yukino said are true. After all, he is a person who can become the attending physician of a large hospital, but he is too concerned about his wife's life, so he has lost his basic judgment ability.

But even if the truth is already in front of him, Doctor Murakoshi still refuses to believe it, and even uses his body to block his wife lying on the bed.

"No... impossible... just a few more days... just a few more days will be fine..."

Doctor Murakoshi raised his head, and dark red bloodshot eyes gradually overflowed from under his messy hair, and his voice revealed madness.

"I... I absolutely don't believe it!"

Just as he said these words, the originally pure white walls of the ward suddenly began to turn into a dark red color. The surface of the walls wriggled and undulated, as if they possessed life.

"Doctor Murakoshi, you..."

"Bang!"

Before Yukinoshita Yukino could finish speaking, Yae Hoshi suddenly raised the gun in his hand and pulled the trigger without hesitation, hitting Doctor Murakoshi in the center of his forehead.

"Yae Hoshi, you..."

"He's beyond saving."

There was no expression of guilt or self-blame on Yae Hoshi's face at all, just a calm look, pointed to Doctor Murakoshi's body, and said lightly.

"His desire to save his wife has been distorted to the extent that it can produce a 'Palace'. A 'Palace' will appear even in a place without an Otherworld. This is the first time I know that it has been distorted to this point. Even if his life is spared, it is meaningless."

Yukinoshita Yukino looked at Doctor Murakoshi, who was lying on the ground with a bullet hole in the center of his forehead, still looking in the direction of his wife on the bed until the moment of his death. She nodded with a complicated expression and said softly.

"Yes... I understand. As professional exorcists, sometimes we have to make decisions..."

Yukinoshita Yukino is not a brainless saint. She would not think about sparing the other party's life when she clearly knew that Doctor Murakoshi's desire had been distorted to the point where it could produce a "Palace" and would threaten so many innocent people in the entire hospital.

But that doesn't mean... she wouldn't feel angry.

"You... where do you want to run to?"

Watching a slender black ghost shadow emerge from Doctor Murakoshi's wife's body, trying to escape the ward through the window, Yukinoshita Yukino's eyes turned light blue. The temperature in the ward suddenly dropped when the Snow Woman in a white kimono appeared, and ice mist appeared on the glass.

"This thing is a Jibakurei, right?"

Yae Hoshi looked at the evil spirit lying on the window, shivering, wearing ragged cloth, with a pair of abnormally large eyes, and said softly.

"It's the Jibakurei of this hospital. No wonder it wants people to feel fear of this hospital. It wants to use this to enhance its own power."

"Yeah, maybe."

Yukinoshita Yukino nodded indifferently, her eyes revealing undisguised anger, staring at the Jibakurei, and said softly.

"Kill it, Snow Woman."

Chapter 497 The Evil Spirit Delicacy of Shaved Ice, the World Controlled by "Kira"

"Wait."

Just as the Snow Woman was about to attack, Yae Hoshi reached out and stopped her, then said with a smile.

"Can you control the strength and make it into an ice sculpture?"

"Ice sculpture?"

The Snow Woman nodded slightly: "Yes, no problem."

Immediately afterwards, she slightly opened her lips and exhaled a cold wind formed by spiritual power. In less than a breath, the lower body of the slender and emaciated Jibakurei had been completely frozen, and the ice marks were still spreading upwards, like a raging flame that was burning, and it must devour everything it burned before it would stop.

The Jibakurei saw the ice marks spreading along its body, and its ugly face was full of fear, and it let out a shrill roar of unknown meaning, but neither the Snow Woman nor Yukinoshita Yukino, who ordered the Soul Avatar to attack, had any pity in their eyes.

Amidst the piercing roar, the gaunt and withered earthbound spirit transformed into an ice sculpture radiating a chilling aura.

"Alright, let's get started."

Ye Xing summoned two ghost hands, seizing the ice sculpture formed by the earthbound spirit. With a rub and a squeeze from the ghost hands, the ice sculpture was instantly crushed into glistening fine powder, which he devoured entirely.

"Who knew I could turn evil spirits into shaved ice? This is a delightful surprise."

Having relished his gourmet meal of evil spirit, Ye Xing's mood visibly improved.

… …

Ten minutes later, on a bench by the street in Chiba City.

"If I remember correctly, you prefer black tea, right?"

Hearing Ye Xing's voice, Yukinoshita Yukino looked up, accepted the can of black tea drink offered to her, her eyelashes lowered as she nodded softly.

"Yes, thank you."

Yukinoshita Yukino accepted the black tea, the warmth radiating from the can's surface finally easing her mood somewhat.

"As for me… …"

"Iced Coca-Cola, the same old thing, right?"

"Oh, you know me pretty well."

Watching Ye Xing heartily drinking his iced Coca-Cola, Yukinoshita Yukino shook her head and sighed softly.

"You say that, but we've known each other for over a year now. Besides, from the first day of school, I knew you liked iced Coca-Cola, and that you said Pepsi tasted like toilet cleaner, and that room-temperature Coke was an intolerable inferior substance to you. Am I right?"

"You remember that quite clearly."

Ye Xing replied with a smile, then held up the can of Coke in his hand, waving it in front of Yukinoshita Yukino.

"I know you're feeling a bit heavy-hearted right now, but dealing with the supernatural is like drinking iced Coca-Cola."

"Hmm?"

Yukinoshita Yukino's delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly in confusion.

"Is there some connection there?"

Ye Xing adopted a thoughtful expression. After a few seconds, he slowly opened his mouth.

"Actually, there's no connection at all. I can't make up any more excuses. I'm too lazy to keep going. Let's just skip the inspirational pep talk, shall we?"

"You… …"

Yukinoshita Yukino looked speechless, thinking that this simple and direct way of comforting… …was truly in Ye Xing's style.

But… …he was right. Her mood was indeed somewhat heavy.

"If I could have acted sooner, noticed those abnormalities at Chiba City Hospital sooner, maybe… …"

"There's no 'maybe'."

Ye Xing directly interrupted Yukinoshita Yukino's words, his tone calm.

"Fires, car accidents, crimes, natural disasters, human-made disasters, the world is constantly experiencing calamities every minute and every second. But even so, does that mean we have to bear the lives of everyone? Although we possess special powers, there's no such thing as an omniscient and omnipotent god in this world, and we certainly aren't gods. As exorcists, we should save lives within our capabilities. Doing that is enough."

"I understand your desire to bear everything, to help those in distress… …"

Speaking to this point, Ye Xing suddenly shook his head, his tone abruptly changing.

"No, I was just lying. Actually, I can't understand that kind of feeling of yours, because I've never had it."

"Lying… …"

Hearing this word, Yukinoshita Yukino, who originally detested lies, felt a slight tremor in her heart for some reason.

She looked up at Ye Xing sitting beside her. Under the illumination of the dim streetlights, their shadows stretched out extremely long. In the cool air of the summer evening, Yukinoshita Yukino's eyes flickered, her tender lips parted slightly, and she spoke in a rare gentle tone.

"I remember you're not someone who likes to lie, and I don't like lies either, but… …if it's for someone's sake, to weave a kind lie… …perhaps… …that's also a sign of 'genuineness'… …"

Ye Xing was surprised to hear this, and teased with a smile.

"I never expected you to say something like that."

"Hmph."

Yukinoshita Yukino lightly harrumphed, tucked a strand of black hair behind her ear, looked directly at the street illuminated by the dim streetlights, and spoke softly.

"I… …am also growing."

"Attributing everything to one's own responsibility, until gradually collapsing under such self-blame… …I used to think that was the duty of those with abilities, but now it seems… …that's perhaps just my wishful arrogance."

"If my arrogant desire to solve everything alone causes a burden to you… …and everyone else, whether it's during missions or in daily interactions, that's truly selfish."

Speaking to this point, Yukinoshita Yukino's lips curled into a smile, a slight blush appearing on her pretty face. Summoning the courage from within her heart, she gently placed her hand on Ye Xing's palm.

"I will abandon this selfish way of thinking. From now on… …I will trust you and everyone else, and then… …let's continue moving forward together."

"That's exactly what I was waiting for you to say."

Ye Xing replied with a smile, and while Yukinoshita Yukino wasn't paying attention, he directly intertwined his fingers with hers, grasping her soft, fair hand.

The blush on Yukinoshita Yukino's pretty face deepened even further. She pulled back slightly, but it was only a symbolic gesture due to excessive shyness, and she didn't put much force into it at all, giving up resisting almost immediately.

"Ye Xing, I… …"

Just as Yukinoshita Yukino was about to express her feelings, a ticking sound, as if the hands of a clock were pointing to a certain place, suddenly echoed in her mind.

"This is… …"

Yukinoshita Yukino exchanged a glance with Ye Xing, and the vision before both of their eyes began to blur and distort.

"A change in the world line?"

Unlike Yukinoshita Yukino, Ye Xing had experienced this many times.

This was a sign of a shift in the world line.

But why… …

Yukinoshita Yukino was clearly not an "Observer," so why was she also able to perceive the shift in the world line?

Meanwhile, on the other side, Yotsuya Miko, who had already returned to Kyoto City and was preparing to put down her luggage, also experienced a distorted blur in her vision, just like Yukino and Ye Xing.

"This is… …"

"Miko, what's wrong?"

Seeing Yotsuya Miko suddenly space out, Yuigahama Yui quickly stepped forward to support her, asking with concern.

The moment she touched Miko's body, the vision before her eyes also produced a blurred distortion.