Crossover Anime: How a Shameless Person Lives

"This world is very hopeless. If we don't count the ocean, I only know about 20% of the 'anomalies' on the mainland. Of that 20%, I only know about 5% in detail."

And within that 5%, there are four anomalies of world-ending magnitude. Heh, are you scared yet?

On their way home from school, Mercury and Hachiman Hikigaya walked side by side.

Tomie had already driven away.

The two seemed to be chatting casually, but to onlookers, their conversation would probably sound like the ramblings of someone suffering from severe chuunibyou (middle school syndrome).

But Hachiman Hikigaya was completely different; he listened attentively the whole time, without giving a single perfunctory answer.

When Mercury mentioned the world-ending anomaly, his steps froze for a moment involuntarily.

"Then why did you agree to form a team with Yukinoshita and even change the club to the Beast Club?" Hachiman Hikigaya asked in a deep voice.

His tone was somewhat casual, and he wasn't frightened by the world-ending anomaly that Mercury mentioned.

After all, without seeing it with one's own eyes, one cannot imagine the devastating scene.

Upon hearing this, Mercury laughed and said cheerfully, "It's probably because it's interesting. Don't the protagonists always manage to turn danger into safety, go through hardships, and finally defeat the great demon king? The plot may be old-fashioned, but it's still entertaining."

"What a twisted sense of humor," Hachiman Hikigaya retorted bluntly. "When you founded the club, didn't your ideas already coincide with Yukino Yukinoshita's?"

"I do have that idea," Mercury readily admitted, hooking his arm around his shoulder and striking a familiar pose as if they were best buddies.

"It's like collecting Pokémon. We gather all of you geniuses together and throw you into the vortex of some anomalous event to see if you can solve it."

If you can handle it, just throw it in the next place, and so on, endlessly.

"That sounds like such exploitation." Just imagining the scene made Hachiman Hikigaya shudder. "So why did you give up on the idea?"

"Who said I gave up?" Mercury cast a meaningful glance his way.

Hachiman Hikigaya froze, a sudden chill running down his spine as he realized something was terribly wrong.

It seems that the other party has never given up on this crazy idea, but has just kept it to themselves.

So why did he tell me all this today?

"I didn't do it because I was too lazy." Mercury withdrew his hand, put it in his pocket, and said casually, "It's different now. Don't we have a ready-made charging general? Have you ever seen a company president lead the charge himself?"

Hachiman Hikigaya stopped completely in his tracks and turned to look at him.

That handsome face spoke in a gentle tone, like a central air conditioner, but the meaning behind it sent chills down his spine.

"A general charging into battle?" He repeated the four words, his tone tinged with helplessness. "You probably think I'm just cannon fodder."

"How could you be cannon fodder?" Mercury patted him on the back, his tone light as if discussing dinner. "You're special. At least among the people I know, no one can play a bad hand so well."

Hachiman Hikigaya twitched the corner of his mouth but didn't reply.

He knew his tricks all too well; the only special thing about him was Xiao You.

"Does Yukinoshita know about these thoughts of yours?" He changed the subject.

Mercury raised an eyebrow at his words, released his hand from his shoulder, and slowly walked forward, putting his hands in his pockets: "Whether she knows or not is unimportant. What's important is that she's moving forward with this idea in mind."

He genuinely felt helpless about the world and adopted a "live and let live" attitude.

But that doesn't mean he doesn't want cannon fodder offered to him.

Anyway, I don't need to do anything, so let them play. They can either grow step by step or die in some incident.

As an ordinary friend, he would send chrysanthemums to them after they died.

As for Tomie, she'll probably laugh at them mercilessly after they die.

Of course, it doesn't necessarily mean death.

Don't main characters always grow and develop...?

Hachiman Hikigaya silently followed in his footsteps.

He made it sound easy, but he keenly sensed that the danger involved could be fatal.

But he had no choice but to agree; without Mercury, his sister would probably be long gone.

Then she thought of Yukino Yukinoshita's appearance in the clubroom that day, and a solemn look appeared in her eyes when she talked about forming a team to deal with those "anomalies".

"So, you're telling me all this today to prepare me mentally?" he asked.

Mercury stopped, turned around and looked at him, opening his arms. "It's to prepare you, in the name of the president of the Beast Society, in the name of the president of the Beast Group."

Behind him, several burly men in suits appeared out of nowhere and stood steadily behind him like guards.

It wasn't until this moment that Hachiman Hikigaya, whose mind had been foggy the whole way, finally saw his surroundings clearly.

Before they knew it, they had reached the outskirts of the city.

Before me stood a building that resembled an abandoned mental hospital, surrounded by busy construction crews, the clanging and hammering sounds particularly clear in the twilight.

On the mottled and dilapidated courtyard gate, four large characters were already prominently displayed: Beast Group!

……

It's 8 PM.

On the outskirts of Chiba City, inside the newly assembled underground laboratory of the Beast Group.

A dramatic surgery is underway.

Hachiman Hikigaya was strapped to a metal platform, conscious but unable to move.

His right hand was bare, being injected with something through a dense array of needles.

Akihiro Kanou was the lead surgeon who performed the entire operation on Hachiman Hikigaya.

His expression was fanatical, like that of a zealot.

Yoshimura Ettore and Mercury stood behind the glass, observing the entire surgery.

As for why Yoshimura Ete is here?

This all started with the phone call Matsuzaka Satou made to Mercury.

After realizing that the Beast Group didn't even have a framework, Mercury decisively pulled the Bronze Tree over.

I also want a few dozen people to build the framework, and maybe hire some construction workers as well.

Unexpectedly, Yoshimura Aite was quite direct, decisively hiring all of his employees into the Beast Group.

The CEO, researchers, team leaders, and corporate slaves—a whole bunch of ghouls—instantly filled in the framework of this group.

Before CCG had even finalized the document promising to allow Aogiri Tree to undergo a legitimate transformation, Yoshimura Eto had already poured in the entire fortune of Aogiri Tree without hesitation.

Regardless of any rules or regulations, Aogiri Tree is now a legitimate conglomerate.

The main source of income for the Beast Group comes from the ever-increasing price of holy salt.

The first payment has already arrived, enough to support them in building an extremely luxurious, top-notch laboratory and the framework a group should have.

"Mercury, how strong do you think he can become?" Yoshimura Eto's gaze was fixed on Hachiman Hikigaya on the operating table, her voice tinged with curiosity.

Because of Mercury, she didn't mold the guy lying in the operating room into the person she envisioned.

He did not let his parents die in front of him, nor did he let his sister die in front of him.

They've all decided to choose one of the other pre-selected kings.

I never expected that after all the twists and turns, I would end up in the laboratory again.

Although not transformed into a half-ghoul, it is a more peculiar existence than a half-ghoul.

"Who knows..." Mercury spoke slowly, a meaningful smile curving his lips, his eyes gleaming with an unfathomable light.