stonecrandall Chapter 339 Being Targeted, Uncontrollable Demonic Eyes, and the Flower Girl Forced to Join!
Chapter 339 Being Targeted, Uncontrollable Demonic Eyes, and the Flower Girl Forced to Join!
Chapter 339 Being Targeted, Uncontrollable Demonic Eyes, and the Flower Girl Forced to Join!
However, when Kokutou Mikiya arrived at the edge of the playground, he encountered a senior from his previous club, who called him over.
"Kurotori..."
"What's up, Senior Bai Chun?"
"Are you dating Ryougi-kun lately?"
Shirai Junri asked directly.
Mikiya Kurogiri: "..."
He didn't understand why his friend, a fellow student, and a senior from his first year of high school club were so concerned about this kind of thing.
"No, Ryougi and I are just ordinary friends. Why would Senior Bai Chun suddenly ask me such a question?"
"I see, Kurogiri. Don't misunderstand. I just heard some bad rumors about Ryougi and was a little worried about your safety, junior."
As Shirai Junri explained, her gaze towards Kurogiri Mikiya was very gentle, as if she were genuinely concerned about a junior from her former club.
"Is the bad rumor you're talking about, senior? Is it about Ryougi's family background in the underworld? That's not something she could choose. Ryougi is actually a very good girl."
Mikiya Kurotō spoke up for the girl.
"That's not what I meant, Kurogiri. Have you heard about the murders that have happened in Kanbuko City lately?"
"I wonder which ones you were referring to, senior?"
Kurogiri Mikiya countered with a question.
Are there many murder cases?
Shirai Junri was somewhat stumped by the question.
"Not many, but in the whole of Guanbuzi City, there are still some every month. As you know, I have an uncle who is a criminal police officer. Sometimes he tells me about some cases and asks me to help with the reasoning. So I know a bit more about this."
Shirai Jun Rio: "..."
Mikiya Kokutou is both ordinary and extraordinary. When he joined the mystery club in his first year, everyone else was discussing mystery novel cases as the material for their deductions.
But since this kid used real-world material as his reasoning material, he probably eventually realized that his reasoning material was rather frightening, and he voluntarily withdrew from the reasoning club.
"I'm referring to the street dismemberment case that occurred at the end of last year."
"Oh, is that it? I know. I heard that the murderer has not yet been found, and the motive is unknown. Each victim was killed by having their neck slit with a sharp knife. When piecing together the victims' bodies, the police also found that some body parts were missing."
Mikiya Kurogiri nodded, showing no fear when discussing such a shocking dismemberment case.
In fact, his uncle, Daisuke Akimi, was investigating this case.
According to what he knows, several similar cases have occurred recently.
"Since you know, that's great. I'm also interested in these cases and have asked someone to investigate some of the details."
However, in the information I investigated, I discovered an important piece of information: near some of the sites where the victims were killed, people had witnessed girls in kimonos passing by...
Before Shirai Rio could finish speaking, Kokutou Mikiya interrupted her.
"The kimono-clad girl you mentioned, senpai, you're not referring to Ryougi-kun, are you?"
"I don't know, but one night when I went to the convenience store to buy something, I happened to run into Ryougi, who was taking a walk on the street at night."
Near the spot where they bumped into Ryougi, a dismembered body was discovered in an alleyway the following day. Even more coincidentally, Ryougi had come from the direction of the crime scene.
"You're saying she's the murderer?"
"I didn't say that, but people should always stay away from potential dangers, shouldn't they, Kurogiri?"
"Thank you for your advice, senior, but I believe that Ryougi just happened to be passing by the scene of the crime."
"Don't get me wrong, I just noticed you're getting close to Ryougi, so I came over to mention it to you."
Kurogiri thanked him again, and Shirasumi Rio didn't stop him any further. The seed of doubt had already been planted, and that was enough.
After Mikiya Kurogiri left, Rio Shirasu stood there, gazing towards the distant lawn. He knew the location of Ryougi Shiki; it wasn't a chance encounter outside.
Earlier, when the girl had just entered Kansho Academy, she caught a glimpse of his empty face and was immediately smitten.
He was quite good-looking and confessed his feelings to Ryougi Shiki last semester, but unsurprisingly, he was rejected by the girl. Her exact words were that she didn't want to date a weak person or a pretty boy like him.
As a result, Shirai Junri was devastated and became somewhat despondent. While working part-time during the holidays (selling drugs), he got into an argument with a customer who was high on drugs. He decided to prove that he was not a weak pretty boy by beating the man up, but unexpectedly killed him.
Having come into contact with death and pushed his mental limits, he suddenly realized his true nature. With the help of Araya Sōren who arrived later, he voluntarily awakened his origin and became a superhuman with the ability to eat.
Then the man named Araya Sōren told him that he was induced to act on instinct because he possessed the aptitude to awaken the origin of the soul and had approached the girl at the source without permission.
In other words, he killed because he was influenced by Ryougi Shiki. However, Shiro Jun Rio did not blame the girl. On the contrary, he was happy to be an anomaly like the girl.
During the period between the holidays and the start of the school term, he killed several people one after another. The reason for doing so was not only because he wanted to eat, but also to show his abilities to the girls who were also different.
Even though Ryougi Shiki had completely forgotten who he was after they met again, Shiro Jun Rio didn't find it strange or upset.
It wasn't until she discovered that her junior, Mikiya Kurogiri, also seemed to be infatuated with the girl, and that the new intern teacher in the girl's class seemed to want to change Ryougi Shiki, and even seemed to have succeeded in doing so, that Shirai Rio, who had become the originator of the murderer, began to break down.
In his view, he embarked on the path of becoming an outsider for Ryougi Shiki's sake. He thought that the story would be about outsiders attracting each other, but Ryougi Shiki was moving towards becoming a normal person. How could he tolerate that?
"I will not let you return to normal, Ryougi. I will make you rediscover your true nature, a hidden killer..."
With her hands in her pockets, touching the dagger inside that had already dismembered many human bodies, Shirasumi Rio's face flushed slightly.
"Let's choose that guy as the next victim."
The man muttered to himself and then left the spot.
Previously, he would randomly select victims to kill along Ryougi Shiki's nighttime walk route.
But this time, he needs to prepare carefully before choosing a target to kill.
Otherwise, it would be bad if others suspected you.
"Broly, what are you looking at?"
On the picnic mat, Rin Tohsaka noticed the boy suddenly looking towards the school building. Following his gaze, she didn't see anything unusual and couldn't help but ask.
"Just now, it seemed like there was a powerful aura over there, locking onto our position."
Broly answered honestly.
"Who?"
Rin Tohsaka pressed for details.
"I don't know. That energy was a bit weak, and there was too much mixed energy here. I couldn't tell what kind of creature was emitting it, but it felt like some kind of predatory creature."
"Predators? What kind of predators could be on campus? Could it be stray dogs, wild cats, or something like crows or snakes?"
Sakura asked the question.
"Maybe."
Broly thought for a moment and then nodded.
In the past, when he was barbecuing in the wild in other worlds, he would also attract some predatory creatures, such as dangerous species from the world of Akame ga Kill! and monsters from the world of Konosuba. Their aura lock-on was actually quite similar.
Compared to the auras of dangerous species and monsters that eyed him for meat but ultimately became food on the grill, the aura he just experienced was far too insignificant. It was probably just emitted by some small animals in this world, so Broly didn't pay much attention to it.
"Asagami, do you want some cookies? These are snacks Sakura made last night."
Broly handed the snacks in his hand to the girl with the single ponytail.
"Uh, thank you."
Asagami Fujino subconsciously took it and put it in her mouth to eat.
Her sense of taste was originally somewhat dulled, but now she could clearly taste a fragrance.
This made her body tremble slightly.
"What's wrong? Did you choke? Let me get you some tea."
Upon seeing this, Sakura quickly poured hot tea for the girl and handed it to her.
"Thanks……"
Asagami Fujino instinctively reached out to take it, but the next moment, the stainless steel lid of the thermos that Sakura handed over was twisted by an invisible force.
*Smack!*
Rin Tohsaka reacted quickly. Upon noticing the unusual magical energy around her, she immediately slapped her sister's hand, causing the stainless steel cup lid, which contained half a cup of hot tea, to fall to the ground and twist into a pretzel. The steaming tea soaked the picnic mat.
"This is the [Twisted Mystic Eye]. Asagami, are you from the Asagami family?"
Rin Tohsaka, being learned and knowledgeable, recognized the situation and asked the question.
"The Asagami family?"
The girl with the single ponytail asked in confusion and looked towards Rin Tohsaka.
"Did you do that on purpose?"
Rin Tohsaka took out the gems she carried with her. She first threw out two gems to set up soundproofing and cognitive barriers around herself, and then used another gem to set up defensive magic around herself.
The invisible twisting force clashed with the defensive magic, creating subtle magical light and shadow changes in the air that could be seen with the naked eye.
"What is this?"
Asagami Fujino also noticed the changes in light and shadow in the air, but she looked bewildered.
"Anyway, just close your eyes first."
Rin Tohsaka observed her silently for a while before speaking.
"OK."
Asagami Fujino did as she was told and quickly closed her eyes.
As soon as the girl closed her eyes, the magical light and shadow effects that had been colliding in the air immediately disappeared.
"What happened?"
Broly asked, somewhat puzzled.
What just happened happened suddenly, and he didn't understand what had happened.
"You're asking me? I'd like to know too."
Rin Tohsaka said somewhat irritably, then paused before explaining what had just happened.
"This girl named Asagami Fujino has a pair of demonic eyes that distort objects. For some reason, she attacked Sakura..."
To be precise, I attacked the cup lid that Sakura handed to me. Luckily, I reacted quickly enough to slap Sakura's hand away, otherwise she might have gotten hurt.
However, judging from the girl's appearance, she doesn't seem to understand the power she possesses either...
At this point, Rin Tohsaka glanced at the kimono-clad girl beside her and asked, "Ryougi, as one of the four great exorcising families, don't you know about her situation?"
"The four great demon-slaying families have long since lost contact. As for the Asagami family, which possesses the Twisted Demon Eye, all I know is that the family was absorbed by its own branch many years ago. As for more details, I neither care nor know."
"A family that has already fallen on hard times..."
Rin Tohsaka had a slight headache, but she still took out a high-quality gemstone and asked the girl with the single ponytail, "Ms. Asagami, do you understand your situation now?"
Asagami Fujino nodded: "I heard you say that my eyes can distort objects."
"Good that you understand. Now, to prevent your uncontrollable Mystic Eyes from potentially harming others, I'm going to temporarily seal your vision. Do you agree?"
Asagami Fujino hesitated for only a moment before nodding.
"This is all I can do for now. As for how to help her learn to control her demonic eyes, we'll have to wait until we have a clearer understanding of her current family situation."
After Rin Tohsaka used magic to seal Asagami Fujino's vision, she spoke to the others.
"So, what exactly are you? Are you a hidden, unknown aspect of this world?"
Just then, Kurokiri Senka asked with great interest, having witnessed the entire unscientific scene that had just unfolded.
*Smack!*
Rin Tohsaka slapped her forehead and pulled out another gem.
"I almost forgot there was an outsider like you here."
Rin Tohsaka approached Hana Kokutou.
"No, what are you going to do?"
Kurogiri Senka quickly distanced herself from Tohsaka Rin.
"Don't be afraid, it's just a momentary daze, you'll forget what just happened."
Rin Tohsaka comforted her.
"I don't want to forget."
Black Paulownia was about to run away, but the next moment she was bound by magical chains that appeared on the ground.
"Knowing too much is not good for ordinary people. I'll help you erase unnecessary memories."
Rin Tohsaka approached.
"I won't tell anyone, so please don't erase my memory?"
When Kurogiri Sensatsu found herself unable to break free of the magic chains, she quickly began to negotiate.
"Give up, Flower Sauce. You don't want to be approached by a dangerous stranger one day and then killed to cover your tracks, do you?"
"Is it that dangerous?"
"certainly."
"Wait a minute, if I become one of you, will my memory not be erased?"
"If you're one of our own, then you naturally have the right to know."
Rin Tohsaka stopped and looked at the girl on the ground who was bound by magic chains.
Kurogiri Senka noticed the chains binding her, showing no sign of loosening them, and those around her seemed oblivious to the unusual situation unfolding before them, clearly indicating that they were in an abnormal state.
Rin Tohsaka, standing before him, seemed determined to get a clear answer from him. Kokutou Senka gritted her teeth and looked at the boy beside her.
"Broly, I want to be your wife, could you please ask her to let me go?"
"Hey, you changed your mind?"
"Can I not change my mind? She's going to erase my memory!"
"But your heart won't always belong to your brother?"
Broly was a little curious and asked.
"My heart can belong to you, brother, but I can give you my body if you can let me understand you both better."
"cold……"
"Alright, I'm not kidding anymore. As long as you don't tell anyone, letting you know a little about the mystery isn't a big deal."
Rin Tohsaka released Senka Kokutou and started talking to her about the magician.
"So are you all magicians?"
"Sakura and I are, but Ilya isn't. However, she comes from a family of magicians, and as for Kallen, she's a nun from the Holy Church and has connections to the magic world."
"What about Broly?"
"I am a Saiyan."
"What is that?"
"You can think of Broly as an alien from another world."
Sakura explained.
Black Paulownia Flowers: "..."
What's with this damn fluttering feeling?
I've always been attracted to unusual girls, and now all I can feel is my heart pounding.
"What about Ryougi Shiki? Is she a magician?"
The black tung flower changed the subject, and she asked again.
"The people in the exorcist family are quite special. Some of them are magicians, but Ryougi Shiki is not. The Ryougi family attempts to create an omnipotent being by incorporating multiple personalities into the same body. She is a person with multiple personalities."
Rin Tohsaka explained.
"Does it have any special abilities?"
The black tung flower asked the question.
Does using props to damage objects count?
Ryougi Shiki cut the fruit when the girl looked over, but the way she cut it was very special; with just one cut, the apple was split into four pieces.
The storyline for Shirai Rio has been drastically altered; let's just consider it a butterfly effect caused by Broly's arrival in the Type-Moon world.
(End of this chapter)