Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

Kasumigaoka Utaha lightly snorted and said faintly.

“Gentle is an overstatement. It's merely respecting the readers, a writer's basic morality.”

Just as the two were talking, a young male fan who came up wanting an autograph first glanced at Kasumigaoka Utaha, then looked at Yato Hoshi sitting beside her. Immediately after, as if realizing something, he opened the copy of 'Love Metronome' in his hand, comparing the Yato Hoshi in front of him with the male protagonist illustration inside.

“Eh? It's so similar… How can it be so similar…”

Then, the fan looked towards Kasumigaoka Utaha, his tone suddenly becoming somewhat excited.

“Kasumi Shiko-sensei… Could this be the… prototype of the male protagonist you once mentioned?”

“Um… This…”

Just as Kasumigaoka Utaha didn't know how to respond, she saw Yato Hoshi nodding with a serious face.

“That's right, it is I.”

“Really!?”

Hearing Yato Hoshi's admission, the male fan's expression suddenly became extremely excited, even putting down the book he was waiting for Kasumi Shiko-sensei to sign, eagerly grabbing Yato Hoshi's hand.

“Master!”

“What do you mean, master?”

“Oh, it seems you don't know yet, the affectionate nickname for your corresponding character among us fans is Master!”

The male fan looked earnest, explaining solemnly.

“Perfectly timed fastball attacks, the true eye that sees through a maiden's sensitive heart, the great personality that can resolve heavy atmospheres with abstraction no matter the situation. To think we would actually meet the person himself today!!!”

Seeing Yato Hoshi looking somewhat clueless, Kasumigaoka Utaha leaned over and lowered her voice.

“Um… I forgot to tell you, regarding the past few polls for characters in my novel… the male protagonist is always first, and it's an overwhelming first where the votes for second to fifth place combined can't catch up… Simply put… your popularity is the highest.”

Hearing this, Yato Hoshi couldn't help but retort.

“So, after all this fuss, you're saying that these people who came to your autograph session are basically all my fans?”

Kasumigaoka Utaha smiled somewhat awkwardly.

“Um… That's pretty much the idea.”

In light novels of the romance genre, usually a certain female character is the most popular, but there are also extremely few exceptions, especially with Kasumigaoka Utaha's 'Love Metronome'. Every female character is well-developed, whether it's the female protagonist modeled after her or the second female lead modeled after Eriri, they each have points that readers like, and their popularity is on par, but…

Kasumigaoka Utaha never expected that the male protagonist, modeled after Yato Hoshi, would be so popular with readers. There were even many readers leaving messages online, saying that a male lead like this should open a harem, and he absolutely must succeed in opening a harem, only then would it fit the character setting.

This put Kasumigaoka Utaha, as the author, in a bit of a difficult position, because she couldn't figure out how to make the female character modeled after Eriri lose, and the female protagonist modeled after herself win overwhelmingly, without ruining the male protagonist's character.

Even… she was already projecting herself.

Could it be that… she could only share with that golden-haired chihuahua?

“Everyone, don't get excited, don't get excited, one by one.”

In the blink of an eye, what was originally Kasumi Shiko-sensei's autograph session turned into Yato Hoshi's exclusive autograph session.

However, Kasumigaoka Utaha didn't mind this, on the contrary, she was happy to relax. Besides, even if these readers saw Yato Hoshi in person, there wouldn't be any disillusionment, after all…

He was originally Kasumigaoka Utaha's male protagonist.

…

It wasn't until nearly six o'clock in the afternoon that the autograph session officially ended.

Watching Yato Hoshi finally put down the ballpoint pen and stretch, Kasumigaoka Utaha's eyes flickered, and she pursed her lips.

“I didn't expect… you would actually sign for several hours straight. I originally thought that, according to your personality, after signing a few names because you found it fun, you would start to get impatient.”

“Then you still don't understand me enough.”

Yato Hoshi waved his hand, looking at Kasumigaoka Utaha, and said with a smile a straightforward statement that caught Kasumigaoka Utaha off guard, making her face flush and her heart race.

“The supporters of 'Love Metronome' aren't important to me, but they are important to you, and you are very important to me, so… I won't feel impatient.”

Compared to normal high school girls, Kasumigaoka Utaha is actually already the kind who is very proactive and good at throwing straight balls.

However, in front of the great Harem God, she was still far behind.

“Yato Hoshi…”

Kasumigaoka Utaha's face was slightly red, her eyes trembling. Just as she wanted to get closer to Yato Hoshi and place her hand on his, she heard the bookstore door being pushed open again. A young woman wearing a long trench coat, looking like a white-collar worker, and wearing gold-rimmed glasses walked in.

“Excuse me, is Kasumi Shiko-sensei's autograph session being held here?”

Kasumigaoka Utaha had finally made up her mind to take advantage of this time alone in Tokyo, when the atmosphere was so good, to take the initiative and try to cook the rice with Yato Hoshi, but she was suddenly interrupted, and her expression became somewhat displeased, but she still maintained the basic politeness to fans and said faintly.

“Today's autograph session is over. There will be another one tomorrow morning, please come again tomorrow morning.”

“You misunderstood, I'm not here to find you.”

The young woman smiled, her gaze turning towards Yato Hoshi sitting beside her, slowly saying.

“Such an aura… It seems you have indeed lost your power, how pitiful.”

Hearing these words, Kasumigaoka Utaha's expression couldn't help but change.

“What exactly are you saying? Please leave here, otherwise…”

“Kasumigaoka-san.”

Kasumigaoka Utaha was only halfway through her words when she was interrupted by Yato Hoshi.

Yato Hoshi looked directly into the young woman's eyes, seemingly confirming something. After a few seconds, he slowly said.

“An evil spirit occupying a human body. It wasn't until you stepped into the bookstore that I smelled that evil spirit scent of yours. To be able to conceal your aura like this, it seems you are also the type that possesses the ability to think, knows that hiding yourself is the only way to survive, and possesses intelligence.”

“Oh?”

Hearing this, the young woman's tone became playful.

“Although you've lost your power… but it seems that your keenness as our nemesis… hasn't disappeared along with your power.”

Saying this, a viscous black mist suddenly emerged from the young woman's body, and her tone instantly changed, her expression becoming hideous and distorted, revealing the true form of the evil spirit.

“But, without power, you are nothing more than what we are about to hunt…”

“Bang!!!”

Kasumigaoka Utaha only felt a blur before her eyes. When she saw clearly again, she found that Yato Hoshi had already used one hand to slam the young woman's head against the bookstore wall. The force was so terrifying that even the sturdy wall cracked, and even the ground shook.

“Bang!”

Yato Hoshi once again grabbed the young woman's hair, smashing her head hard against the wall. Then, as if feeling it wasn't enough, he grabbed the other party's head with both hands and delivered a knee strike directly.

With a muffled thud, the young woman's headless body slowly collapsed to the ground, accompanied by Ye Xing's slightly disdainful tone.

"These guys really think..."

"That I've lost the power of soul materialization, so they can come and try to take advantage of me?"

Chapter 563: Still the Strongest Exorcist, the Correspondence of 'The World'

"Ye Xing... this is..."

Hearing Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu's voice, though she tried her best to restrain it, still inevitably revealing a hint of panic, Ye Xing didn't reply directly, but first walked to the front of the bookstore and glanced outside, noticing the thick black fog covering the street, then took out his phone.

Sure enough, there was no signal.

"Has this area been fused with the Reverse Side of the World...?"

Ye Xing looked at the thick black fog gradually covering the street, slowly stretched out his right hand to his side, and revealed a smile.

"No wonder, there's the scent of so much delicious food."

...

At the same time, in Kyoto, at the Yanagayashi Shrine.

"Ding."

Urushihara Ruka, who was cleaning the shrine, was slightly stunned when she heard the sound of metal trembling from inside the inner residence, and then a familiar voice rang in her ears.

"Contact the members of the Overload Society and tell them that Ye Xing is in trouble in Tokyo."

Before Urushihara Ruka could respond, she saw a black shadow directly break through the thick wooden wall of the inner residence, flying away like a black meteor, disappearing in an instant.

"Lord Onimaru Kunitsuna..."

Urushihara Ruka lightly bit her lower lip, without the slightest hesitation, directly took out her phone, and according to Onimaru Kunitsuna's instructions, dialed the phone of Miyamizu Mitsuha.

...

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Seeing Ye Xing standing on the street under the red moonlight, constantly pulling the trigger, each bullet accurately hitting the head of a spirit, his movements very skilled, without the slightest hint of panic, Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu didn't know what she should do now.

Although she already knew Ye Xing's identity, this was the first time she had actually witnessed him performing exorcism.

Especially since... Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu had heard that the current Ye Xing had lost that power called soul materialization. Although she herself was not a psychic, just looking at the expressions of the members of the Supernatural Quantum Mechanics Research Society when they mentioned this matter, she could roughly guess that this might greatly reduce Ye Xing's combat power.

Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu was ranked first in her grade at Private Toyosaki Academy, so she was naturally not stupid. Combining what the spirit wearing gold-rimmed glasses, dressed as a young woman, had said...

Was it because Ye Xing had lost that power that those spirits who originally feared him and only dared to hide in the dark were now eager to make trouble, and finally launched this sneak attack today?

While Ye Xing was fighting those spirits, in a high-rise office building dozens of meters away, an old man with white hair and an ordinary-looking middle-aged woman, about forty years old, dressed like a housewife, were staring intently at Ye Xing on the street.

Judging from the abnormal behavior of these two people, who didn't show the slightest panic or fear when they saw so many twisted spirits appearing on the street, it was clear that they were not humans, but spirits who had occupied human bodies, just like the woman wearing gold-rimmed glasses.

"He seems to have really lost that power."

Looking at Ye Xing's agile movements, each shot eliminating a spirit, and the terrifying power he displayed when he single-handedly slammed the head of a tall spirit over two meters tall directly into the cement ground, the old man with white hair didn't feel the slightest fear, but said in a deep voice.

"Without that power... he is ultimately just an ordinary human."

"Don't let your guard down."

The middle-aged woman reminded in an emotionless tone.

"Not only him, but that girl with golden eyes, and that brown-haired boy, both possess great power. We finally waited for this human to lose his power, so we'd better be cautious, otherwise, we might make a wrong move and lose everything."

The old man nodded slightly.

"We've already confirmed that he's lost his power, we should leave, otherwise if the other human ability users come over, then that would be..."

Just as he was halfway through his sentence, the old man suddenly froze.

"What's wrong?"

"That guy..."

The middle-aged woman turned her head and looked out the window, only to see Ye Xing, holding a black katana, his gaze now directed at the location of the two of them, more than twenty floors up in the office building.

"He's been discovered? How is that possible..."

On the other side, Ye Xing, standing on the street, muttered to himself.

"Go protect Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu."

Onimaru Kunitsuna, who was originally in katana form, immediately transformed into human form upon hearing this, nodded respectfully, and walked towards the bookstore.

Logically speaking, after Ye Xing lost the ability to materialize his soul, no longer possessing the power to turn the eight million into the end and turn fantasy into reality, because he believed that the famous sword could transform into a human form, so Onimaru Kunitsuna, who was able to transform into a human form, should also be like Yotsuya Miko's Mikazuki Munechika and Touma Kazusa's Juzu-maru Tsunetsugu, becoming an ordinary katana, at most with a little bit of intelligence, but the reality was not so.

After Ye Xing lost his ability, Onimaru Kunitsuna still retained the ability to transform into human form.

It was unknown whether it was because Onimaru Kunitsuna had been with him for so long, so he inherited a part of his power, or because the "bond" between the person and the sword was too deep, even breaking the bottom line of taboo, that such a phenomenon occurred.

Unable to analyze, unable to analyze.

After Onimaru Kunitsuna left, Ye Xing's gaze was fixed on the two spirits occupying human bodies behind the office building window, revealing a long-lost kind smile, his legs slightly bent, and he whispered.

"Next, it's time for some long-lost enjoyment."

Seeing Ye Xing making such a move on the street, even though she was located more than twenty floors up in the office building, the spirit occupying the middle-aged woman's body felt a strong sense of fear for no reason.

"Get out of the way!"

As soon as the words fell, she quickly retreated to the side, but the old white-haired spirit didn't react as quickly as she did, and... didn't have the chance to react anymore.

"Bang!!!!"

A black shadow, like a heavy cannonball, directly crashed through the wall of the office building, and the old man standing in front of the window was instantly reduced to dust in this terrifying impact.

"You... you..."

Ye Xing, with blood on his clothes, slowly raised his head, looked at the middle-aged woman cowering in the corner, her face full of fear, and revealed a smile, whispering.