I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

Meanwhile, at a distance, a sniper and an observer were aiming their sniper rifles at the bewildered Elena. Of course, their goal was not to kill Elena, but to subdue her with specially made nerve-paralyzing bullets and render her powerless.

Previously, their people had tried to contact Elena, but due to the language barrier, they were unable to communicate with her. This forced the Dimensional Crossing Investigation Agency to resort to this method of "inviting" her, since, according to their investigation, people like Elena who like to travel around generally do not stay in one place for too long.

To prevent the other party from flying away on a broomstick, the dimensional travel organization had no choice but to take drastic measures.

Volume 1 [The Lazy Chapters]: Chapter 1311 [Japan's Daily Bet on National Fate]

Looking at Elena on the camera feed, Kiriki Kei, unsure of what to say, looked at Togawa Hirasawa, who stood silently beside him with a gloomy expression, and asked:

"Sir, are those guys in the military really okay with bypassing us like this?"

In response to his assistant's words, Togawa Hirasawa took off his glasses, took out a cleaning cloth, and vigorously wiped them, saying:

"Unfortunately, this operation was approved by higher-ups..."

Upon hearing Togawa Hirasawa's words, Kiriki Kei also wore a puzzled expression and said:

"Why? Didn't the higher-ups assign us to handle this specifically? Why is the other side sending the military?"

In response to Kiriki Kei's question, Togawa Hirasawa put his glasses back on and explained to Kiriki Kei:

"They probably took a liking to her abilities, after all, that witch might possess the magic to reverse time."

Upon hearing Togawa Hirasawa's words, Kiriki Kei looked at him with a puzzled expression and said:

"If that's the case, then doesn't Tokisaki Kurumi have a similar ability?"

Togawa Hirasawa shook his head and said with a sarcastic smile:

"Yes, Tokisaki Kurumi also has similar abilities, but they dare not provoke her. With Tokisaki Kurumi's strength, she is enough to wipe out their entire army, so they attacked Tokisaki Kurumi. But Elena does not have that strength."

After hearing Togawa Hirasawa's explanation, Kiriki Kei seemed to understand something. Indeed, compared to Tokisaki Kurumi, Elaina was relatively weaker. Although she was a witch, her physique was not much different from that of an ordinary human girl. Moreover, she would lose her spellcasting ability if she lost her wand. A witch without a wand was basically no different from an ordinary person.

In addition, the other party may have similar magic or magic power that can achieve time-related abilities like Tokisaki Kurumi, but Kiriki Kei doesn't understand why the military is so obsessed with time-related abilities.

While Kei Kiriki didn't know why the military was so obsessed with time manipulation, Hirasawa Togawa did. They wanted to use time manipulation to travel back to World War II and change the course of Japan's defeat in the war.

To be honest, Togawa Hirasawa found their claims utterly ridiculous. If they really wanted to do that, then this "present" would cease to exist. In short, it would be a waste of effort, at most altering the history of a parallel world or splitting the present into two separate worlds.

Of course, I reported these things to them, but after hearing my report, the other party acted as if to say, "I won't listen, I'm going to try!" It was clear that the other party wouldn't stop until they hit a wall.

Kei Kiriki, standing to the side, looked at Hirasawa Togawa with some concern and said:

"Speaking of which, aren't they afraid of incurring the other party's hostility by doing this? Besides, in the original story, the witch named Estelle also spent a lot of time preparing, right? And the only one who can use magic is Elaina. Aren't the military worried that Elaina might kindly use magic to help them?"

In response to Kiriki Kei's question, Togawa Hirasawa took a breath of water and looked at the other person, saying:

"Yes, they don't intend to make Elena do these things so quickly; they plan to use some inhumane methods to control her."

Upon hearing Togawa Hirasawa's words, Kiriki Kei also wore an incredulous expression and said:

"This is simply—outrageous."

Togawa Hirasawa snorted and leaned back in his chair, saying:

"Hmph, that's going too far... How could those guys who want to start wars every day be in the right mind? They're all like gamblers who've lost everything. I really don't know what they're thinking."

As he spoke, Togawa Hirasawa looked at Elena, who was looking around the park as shown on the big screen, and said:

"In any case, we don't need to get involved in this matter. The military has taken over all of this and intends to handle it themselves. If they mess it up, they will be responsible for it themselves, so we don't need to worry about it."

Upon hearing Togawa Hirasawa's words, Kiriki Kei, who had been silent for a moment, nodded to indicate that he understood.

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In a park somewhere in the Tokyo area, the sniper responsible for taking the target gripped his rifle tightly. The spotter, noticing Irene's puzzled expression, reported to command:

"This is the sniper team. We've detected that the target seems to have sensed something is wrong. Request immediate attack."

Upon hearing the observer's words, the commanders in the distant command post vehicle who were in charge of the operation realized that the enemy might have spotted them, so they ordered the arresting troops to launch an attack.

If the target notices and the other party escapes, they will inevitably be blamed for the mission failure, and they will be the ones who suffer the consequences.

Upon hearing the order from headquarters, the soldiers lying in ambush in the park began to move. The sniper aimed his crosshair at Elena's back, while the spotter analyzed the distance and fan speed for the sniper. The sniper adjusted the distance and pulled the trigger. The sniper rifle, with its sound and flash greatly reduced by the silencer, fired a bullet that looked like a syringe, flying straight towards Elena.

Elena also heard a strange sound, but because the sound was so unfamiliar, she didn't react much. She knew that behind her came a sharp rebuke that felt like being pricked by a needle and an impact like someone punching her.

"it hurts--?!"

With a cry of pain, Elena staggered. She reached behind her and touched something, which she pulled out. Looking at the strange weapon in her hand, Elena immediately sensed something was wrong; clearly, someone was attacking her.

This prompted Elena to quickly pull out her wand, intending to cast a shield spell to protect herself. Although she didn't know why she was suddenly attacked, Elena realized that someone wanted to harm her.

But before Elena could even cast the spell, she suddenly felt her hands and feet go numb, causing her to fall to the ground, her wand dropping to the ground a short distance away.

What, what's going on?! Why did my body suddenly become uncontrollable?!

Feeling a sense of loss of control over her body, Elena showed a slightly panicked expression. But soon, she noticed a bullet-like object lying on the ground, resembling a syringe. Upon seeing this, Elena realized that this strange object was the cause of her current state.

If her guess was correct, this might be a non-lethal toxin that could incapacitate a person. As for why Elena didn't consider whether it was a lethal toxin, the reason was that if the other party wanted to kill her, they could simply use a crossbow. There was no need to create an arrow that looked like a syringe. It didn't seem like something specifically designed to kill enemies. Surely a person wouldn't be killed by a weapon that looked like a pin?

Realizing this was a planned conspiracy against her, Elena broke out in a cold sweat. Desperate to recover, she struggled to control her arm and reach for the antidote in her backpack. Elena had prepared antidotes for various poisons to avoid accidentally ingesting anything poisonous. Based on her body's reactions, she concluded she was under the influence of some kind of paralyzing toxin, and luckily, she had the antidote to alleviate her condition.

But at that moment, Elena saw a group of people dressed in strange black clothes appear beside her, and she immediately realized that they were the ones who had attacked her.

Volume 1 [Lazy Chapters]: Chapter 1312 [A Wild Giant Black Glutinous Rice Ball Appears!]

Looking at the guys around her wearing strange black armor, Elena broke out in a cold sweat. She hadn't expected them to move so quickly, surrounding her in just a few minutes after she was attacked. Looking at the objects that looked like sticks in their hands, she didn't know what they were, but her intuition told her that they were likely long-range weapons like crossbows.

This immediately made Elena afraid to move, fearing that the other party would launch another attack on her.

When the special forces on covert operations saw that Elena was too afraid to move, the captain of the special forces led the operation to have two soldiers take away Elena's wand and package to prevent her from touching them. At the same time, another soldier took out a pair of handcuffs and locked Elena's hands behind her back.

Then Elena heard the other person speaking to someone in a language she couldn't understand. Seeing this, Elena realized that it was some kind of magical item that could communicate remotely. Realizing that these people might be related to witches or magicians, Elena immediately thought of something bad.

Seeing their actions, it was clear that they were well aware of the existence of witches and sorcerers. They had taken away his wand and bag in the first place to prevent him from casting spells or taking out any potions.

If Elena hadn't been unable to understand their language, she might have been able to figure out why they had captured her, but now it's clear they had ill intentions.

However, just as Elena was thinking about how to escape, she suddenly saw a huge lump of mud, like black sludge, appear in front of her. Well... rather than a huge lump of black sludge, it was more like a pale black sludge mask with a strange smile embedded in it.

Upon seeing the object, Elena instinctively sensed something was wrong; it clearly didn't look like anything good.

Of course, the special operations forces also discovered this strange thing that suddenly appeared. The captain of the special operations forces was also startled when he saw this thing appear not far behind him. He did not expect this thing to suddenly appear behind him.

This caused all the special operations team members to point their guns at the huge black mud lump, while the captain of the special operations team reported the situation to his superiors.

"This is Team A. We've encountered an unexpected situation. A huge and very strange black spherical object has suddenly appeared here. Requesting instructions."

Meanwhile, the commander at the temporary command post in the distance also saw the black mud lump through the special operations force's camera. Seeing the pale human face mask covered with a strange smile, the commander couldn't help but shudder. The thing looked so bizarre, it looked like a monster.

This left the commander unsure of what to do. However, seeing that the object was not moving, the commander breathed a slight sigh of relief. Nevertheless, the commander felt it would be better to quickly figure out what was wrong with this strange thing and have it retrieved.

“Very good. Leave some people to stand by, have a few people retrieve the target, and I will send two more teams to support you.”

Upon hearing the commander's instructions, the captain of Special Operations Squad A understood. He then sent two members of his squad to take away the incapacitated Elena. But it was at this moment that the black mud ball started to move.

It stood up, accompanied by two hands-like feet emerging from under the black mud ball.

"Gurgle... Hungry... Want to eat..."

As a strange sound rang out, the special operations forces couldn't help but turn their attention to the black mud-like monster. As the black mud turned around, everyone present saw a huge mouth full of teeth stained with crimson blood appear before them.

Upon witnessing this scene, the members of the special operations team felt as if their reason had been struck by a hammer. As the enormous mouth full of huge teeth opened, a terrifying roar came from it.

"Gurgle, ahh ...

The sound waves from the enormous roar sent dust flying everywhere, and at the same time, it felt as if the rationality of those around them had been shattered.

Da da da--!

One of the special operations team members present finally couldn't bear the fear in his heart and pulled the trigger on the black mud ball in front of him. The 5.56 caliber bullets fired from the Type 89 rifle hit the black mud ball in unison, but it didn't seem to cause any effective damage to the black mud ball. Instead, it seemed to have angered the black mud ball.

After letting out a terrifying roar, the black mud ball charged toward the special operations team member who had attacked it. Although its two thick legs looked quite short, its massive body unleashed a speed completely disproportionate to its size as it charged toward the special operations team member who had attacked it.

Seeing the monster charging towards them, the special operations soldiers pulled their triggers and launched an attack. However, their attacks couldn't even slow the monster down. For this reason, the black mud ball opened its huge mouth and bit the nearest special operations soldier.

With the sounds of bones shattering, internal organs bursting, and flesh being torn apart, the special operations soldier was instantly bitten in two. Blood gushed out like a water-filled balloon bursting open, splattering all over the ground. Even Elena, who was lying motionless on the ground, was sprayed with blood in her face.

Seeing this scene, Elena felt a strong sense of nausea. If she hadn't been numb, she probably would have vomited.

The black mud ball made a sound like a meat grinder as it chewed, and those present could clearly hear the terrifying chewing sounds. The commander and other personnel in the command vehicle in the distance couldn't help but show a horrified expression when they saw this beast. It was clear that they had never seen such a terrifying creature before.

However, they didn't notice that the black mud ball had slightly increased in size, and at the same time, an extra eerie mask had appeared on its body...

As their first comrade was killed, the other special operations team members involuntarily took a few steps back, but their hands were still tightly gripping the triggers, as if they wanted to empty all the ammunition in their magazines. However, their actions only excited the black mud ball even more.

Within minutes, the special operations team members were all wiped out. After the last member of Team A was eaten by the black mud-like monster, another black mud-like monster emerged from behind it, and it was much larger than before.

The pale mask on the second black mud lump looked like a giant eyeball, which made people feel as if they were being watched. Moreover, the second black mud lump also had a big mouth with big teeth and a pair of short legs.

Seeing this scene, Elena broke out in a cold sweat. To be honest, she had seen many strange monsters, but this was the first time she had ever seen such a bizarre being.

Soon, Elena saw the giant conjoined black mud blob turn its mouth full of bloody teeth toward her. Elena felt her whole body turn ice-cold, as if she had fallen into an ice cave. As she watched it walk toward her and felt her body unable to move, Elena couldn't help but feel despair.

P.S.: I think everyone knows what this thing is, but it's different from the game's setting. I'll add some secondary interpretations. After all, it's an ALEPH-level Abnormality, and it's pretty pathetic that it can't even beat an amber-colored one in the food chain test...

Volume 1 [Lazy to Divide into Chapters]: Chapter 1313 [Youyou's Disdain.jpg]

"Gurgle...eat...continue...grow...meat"

The enormous black mud ball strode towards the immobile Elaina lying on the ground on its short, thick legs. Seeing this, Elaina felt a surge of despair. Due to the paralyzing poison, she could barely move a finger, let alone her body. Besides, her bundle and wand were several meters away—she simply couldn't reach them!

The monster seemed completely at ease, as if it knew Elena was immobile. It wasn't worried at all about Elena running away and slowly walked over. With each heavy step of the monster, Elena's despair grew.

When the giant black mud leader came before her, Elena could smell a stench like rotting corpse emanating from him. The monster slowly opened its enormous mouth as it approached her, its eerie, smiling human-faced masks seeming to mock her powerlessness.

As the enormous mouth drew ever closer, Elena closed her eyes in despair. At that moment, Elena couldn't help but reflect on her life, the people she had met on her journey, and the people back home.

I'm sorry, Mom, Ms. Fran, it seems I can't go back...

Just as Elena was awaiting the final moment of her life, she suddenly felt something clinging to her body. In an instant, Elena felt as if she was being dragged by a tremendous force. She was completely bewildered, as she was not being dragged in the direction of the black mud-like monster. This made Elena open her eyes.

Then Elena saw the black mud-like monster with a question mark on its head, as if it had bitten into something empty, making the monster look very puzzled.

Seeing this, Elena also looked puzzled, after all, she didn't expect that she could be saved.

So Elena looked around to see who had saved her, and soon she saw a little dwarf standing not far away wearing a cat headgear and a strange animal skin cloak.

Upon noticing this, Elena looked at herself with surprise. She seemed to be floating in the air by magic, but she didn't see any trace of a wand on the little dwarf's hand, which meant that the other party was neither a magician nor a witch. However, the other party's hand was in a grasping gesture, and Elena realized that the other party seemed to be able to cast spells without a wand.

Thinking about this, Elena couldn't help but show a surprised expression. After all, if magicians and witches want to cast spells, they must have wands. If magicians and witches are likened to pools of water, then wands are like faucets.

At the same time, the monster that looked like a black mud ball also noticed Yhaka. Obviously, after seeing Yhaka, it strode towards Yhaka with its thick four legs at a speed that was completely disproportionate to its size. Irena, who saw this scene from the air, wanted to open her mouth to warn Yhaka, but due to the paralyzing poison, Irena's tongue was also inflexible, and she obviously couldn't say anything.

Of course, without Irena's reminder, Yhaka naturally saw the two dark, muddy lumps. Yhaka wasn't particularly bothered by their strange appearance; after all, he'd seen far more grotesque things. The lumps' looks weren't enough to frighten him. However, the stench of decaying corpses emanating from them made Yhaka's face shrink into a chrysanthemum-like shape. Clearly... Yhaka really disliked smelly things.

So Yuhaka drew his Demon-Slaying Holy Sword and unleashed an X-shaped flame sword aura at the charging black mud ball. The black mud ball that was hit by Yuhaka's attack was instantly ignited, and its head looked like a beef tendon ball with a cross-shaped knife mark. However, even after taking this hit, the black mud ball seemed to be unharmed.