Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

"Don't come over!"

Hearing Rio Futaba's voice, Yotsuya Miko, though unable to clearly see the scene before her, immediately shouted out.

"Something's wrong. Don't touch my body. Call Yozora."

In the next second, the figures of Yotsuya Miko and Yui Yuigahama, under the incredulous gazes of the Over-natural Phenomenon Research Club members, vanished swiftly like dream bubbles.

At the same time, in an apartment in Tokyo.

"Ryuzaki, the place you picked has quite the view."

Hearing Light Yagami's words, L, squatting on the sofa and staring intently at the laptop on the table, simply said indifferently.

"I don't care where I live, as long as it's hidden and safe. After all, I'm just an ordinary person. If I were to encounter the enemy head-on, I wouldn't have enough lives to lose."

"I didn't realize you were such a cautious person."

"I'm not cautious; it's just that I've encountered something I'm interested in, and if I want to continue enjoying this pleasure, the prerequisite is that I must stay alive."

"What a two-faced guy."

Light Yagami shook his head, picked up two cups of coffee, walked over, handed one to L, and said with a smile.

"I added milk and five packets of saccharin. You should be able to barely swallow it now, right?"

"Thank you."

"Seriously, I feel like a parent coaxing a child to take medicine..."

Just as Light Yagami was halfway through his sentence, the vision before his eyes began to distort and blur as well. Whether it was a coincidence or fate, like Yotsuya Miko and Yui Yuigahama, his fingertip touched L's when he handed over the coffee.

"This is..."

Just a few short seconds later, the vision of Light Yagami and L returned to clarity, but what the two of them didn't expect was...

"Where is this?"

Light Yagami looked around at the environment and realized that the location he and L were in seemed to be the rooftop of a tall building. Of course, the sudden change of location wasn't the most shocking thing for the two of them.

The most bizarre thing was...

L raised his hand, shielding his eyes from the glaring sunlight above, and frowned slightly.

"It's... daytime now?"

Neither Light Yagami nor L knew why such a situation had suddenly occurred. They immediately took out their phones, only to find that they didn't even have one bar of signal and couldn't connect to the internet at all.

"Ryuzaki, look there."

Hearing Light Yagami's words, L walked to the railing of the rooftop. The scene that entered his eyes made his pupils shrink involuntarily.

In the commercial street next to the high-rise building, whether it was the banners of the shops, or the most conspicuous and best-positioned large screen at the center of the intersection, which was originally used to display advertisements, or even the ground of the street, the word "Kira" was written in scarlet letters with black borders.

Compared to L, Light Yagami, with his superhuman vision, could see more clearly. He could see that among the pedestrians on the street, many were wearing clothes printed with the word "Kira," and judging by the reactions of the people around them, it seemed to be a perfectly normal thing.

With just this one glance, Light Yagami confirmed one thing.

"This should be that commercial street in Shibuya... but..."

Light Yagami turned to look at Ryuzaki, frowning deeply.

"Although this city is still Tokyo, this world is not the one we know."

"Did the world line shift...?"

L muttered to himself, and before Light Yagami could reply, he denied his own idea.

"No, judging from the actions of Misa Amane and Teru Mikami, they don't have the ability to directly change the world line. Otherwise, why would they go to so much trouble to create events that would generate influence, and even make declarations about bringing change to the world? That being said... it's not that the world line has been changed, but that we've leaped to another world line, that is, the world they're in... This is really interesting."

Light Yagami knew L's personality. When he said something was interesting, it meant that it was troublesome and difficult to handle.

He himself also knew that the situation he was facing now was an unprecedented crisis.

If what Teru Mikami and Misa Amane said was true, and this world was completely under the rule of "Kira," that is, himself in another world line, then it was obvious that there were many "Kira" assistants in this world with powerful spiritual power and blessed by the power of faith.

Not only that, but judging by the clothes worn by the pedestrians on the street, as well as the symbols displayed on the screen and on the street, "Kira" had become a god recognized by the public.

Are there any so-called official institutions in this world?

He didn't know, but Light Yagami only knew one thing: he and L were enemies of "Kira," which meant...

Everyone in this world, as long as they discovered their identities, would hinder them.

If it were just him alone, with his superb acting skills and the many techniques of disguise, camouflage, and concealment that he possessed, Light Yagami believed that he could still find a way out.

But the problem was that he had an ordinary L by his side. How easy would it be to act in such a world?

...

Similarly, Yotsuya Miko and Yui Yuigahama, who were in Kyoto, and Yozora and Yukino Yukinoshita, who were far away in Chiba, all encountered the same situation.

Of course, they were slightly luckier in that these two pairs, unlike L and Light Yagami, wouldn't be directly identified by "Kira" and others in this world through their appearances, so it wasn't as difficult to act.

"This world is really..."

Yotsuya Miko and Yui Yuigahama's initial "birthplace" was in a small alley in a commercial street.

The two of them looked at the scenery on both sides of the street, and their expressions were somewhat complicated when they saw the various "Kira" peripheral products displayed in the shop windows.

Although they knew that the Kyoto they were in now was not the Kyoto they lived in, seeing the familiar streets filled not with "Mask" and its assistants' merchandise, but with "Kira" merchandise instead, made them feel a strange sense of awkwardness and discomfort.

"That guy in this world is very conceited..."

Hearing Yotsuya Miko's words, Yui Yuigahama couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Why do you say that?"

"Look."

Yotsuya Miko pointed to the peripheral products displayed in the shop window, looking at the word "Kira" written on them in scarlet letters with black borders, and said in a calm voice.

"In our world, although 'Mask' is the most popular, we are all very popular too, and there are also figurines and other things that represent our image. But in this world, you can't see any merchandise related to Misa Amane or Teru Mikami at all. Is it because their influence is not enough? Misa Amane can even call herself the god of the new world, so she shouldn't lack this much influence, right? There's only one explanation, and that is..."

"The 'Kira' in this world cannot tolerate any existence other than himself, including his assistants, being supported and worshiped by the world."

Saying this, Yotsuya Miko gave Yuihama Yui a look, lowering her voice.

“And haven't you noticed? The people in this world… are all a little strange.”

Hearing Yotsuya Miko say this, Yuihama Yui finally took a look around and noticed something strange.

The pedestrians on the street, although still chatting, hurrying on their way, or talking and laughing, shopping, and eating, compared to ordinary people in their world, it always felt like the people in this world had a kind of indescribable feeling…

“A bit like…soulless puppets?”

“Yes, that's the feeling.”

Yotsuya Miko nodded, a thoughtful look in her golden eyes.

“The expressions on these people's faces look like all their own thoughts have been stripped away, leaving only absolute worship and obedience to 'Kira'…”

“Perhaps this world itself is a palace created by 'Kira'.”

…

Later that evening, Yukinoshita Yukino and Yae Star, who were in Chiba City, were sitting in a café.

“So sleepy…”

Looking at Yukinoshita Yukino rubbing her eyes, looking very tired, Yae Star just smiled nonchalantly.

“There's no way around it. This world doesn't seem to have people like us. If we go to a hotel to register, we can't even produce valid identification, so there's no way to stay in a hotel.”

“This can't go on like this…”

Although Yukinoshita Yukino wanted to brace herself and cheer up, after all, she had used her spiritual abilities a few hours ago, and according to the timeline of her original world, it should be almost two in the morning, and it was already time for her to rest.

Yukinoshita Yukino didn't have the abnormal energy of Yae Star, who could stay awake for days and nights and still be able to concentrate highly.

This guy is not a normal human being at all.

“What are you thinking about? You look like you're thinking about something.”

Hearing Yukinoshita Yukino's question, Yae Star picked up the coffee cup and took a sip, looking at the pedestrians on the street, and said with a light smile.

“I was thinking…”

“Since that's the case, why not just use the red power form from the beginning?”

Chapter 498 The World Without Sin, the “Kira” Who Committed the Sin of Arrogance

“Ah? What red power form?”

Although Yukinoshita Yukino didn't understand the meme Yae Star was talking about, she knew Yae Star well enough that just looking at the interested look on his face as he looked at the pedestrians on the street, she could roughly guess what he wanted to do.

“You…you're not going to launch an attack here, are you? That's not a wise choice, after all, we're on the enemy's territory, and we don't know the enemy's strength, and besides, those innocent people are not our enemies, they're just being bewitched by 'Kira'…”

“I don't care.”

Yae Star shook his head, resting his chin on one hand, and although he had a smile on his face, the words he spoke made Yukinoshita Yukino stunned for a moment.

“I will protect the innocent in the city, and even the world, out of interest, that's just a personal interest, and the premise of this interest is, 'my world' and 'my city'. Perhaps, as you said, these people outside are innocent, just being bewitched by this world's 'Kira', used as leeks to harvest the power of faith, but what does that have to do with me? Rather, from the perspective of weakening the enemy's power, I might as well kill as many as possible.”

“This…”

Yukinoshita Yukino frowned slightly, seemingly not knowing how to respond to this.

In fact, not only her, but any member of the Super-Dimensional Society, even Toma and Sha, who are more indifferent, would not be able to use the power of soul projection to directly carry out indiscriminate massacres on the street.

Even knowing that Misa Amane and others' powerful power comes from the faith of the people in this world, but…

It's still a bit difficult to do.

Obviously, Yae Star didn't have this moral dilemma, after all, he didn't have morality at all.

“Thinking about it carefully, launching an attack now is not a wise choice.”

Yae Star tapped the table lightly with his fingers, making a rhythmic light sound, and said with a smile.

“Yukino, what useful information can you analyze from the current situation?”

Hearing that Yae Star didn't plan to start now, Yukinoshita Yukino secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Hearing the question, she immediately entered a state of thought and muttered.

“Um…almost three hours have passed now, but we haven't encountered any attacks, which means that our appearance in this world is not the enemy's plan, but a kind of…I'm not Rio, I'm not very good at reasoning, but if I were to guess, it's because you have the ability to 'observe'. After learning about the existence of this world from Misa Amane and Teru Mikami, you have the ability to travel here. As for why I came…maybe it's because I was close to you at that time, or…”

Speaking of this, Yukinoshita Yukino's face suddenly turned red, and she pretended to be calm and said softly.

“Maybe it's because we two had physical contact at that time. Anyway, no matter what, our current situation is temporarily safe. As for the next primary goal…”

Yae Star said softly: “We have to find a place to rest first, after all, we don't know how long we will be here.”

“Yes, but it's really difficult to find a safe and hidden place where we won't be easily exposed and can rest assured…”

Yukinoshita Yukino took out her phone and glanced at it. As expected, there was still no signal.

“Do you have any money on you?”

“I brought some, but not much.”

Yae Star shrugged, nonchalantly.

“It's this day and age, who would bring a lot of cash when they go out.”

“This is troublesome.”

Yukinoshita Yukino frowned even tighter when she heard this, looking worried.

“Although we can't register our identities, in the case where we can't use our phones, we have to pay in cash for anything we want to buy. Now, without understanding the enemy's abilities, if we rashly use our spiritual abilities to obtain money, there may be a risk of exposure…”

“You're looking down on people a bit.”

Yukinoshita Yukino had only said half of her words when Yae Star interrupted her righteously.

“You underestimate professional exorcists too much. A mere amount of cash, do we need to use spiritual abilities? Just watch.”

After saying that, without waiting for Yukinoshita Yukino to speak, Yae Star had already stood up and walked out of the café, and in less than half a minute, he had returned to the table with a calm expression.

“What did you go do?”

Facing Yukinoshita Yukino's curious gaze, Yae Star just smiled slightly and took out a thick stack of banknotes from his pocket.

“Is this enough?”

“Eh? Where did you get the money…”