Crossover Anime: How a Shameless Person Lives

The nights are always so long.

Especially on nights filled with disaster.

"Days feel like years"? That phrase is no longer sufficient to describe the situation in this city.

Rather than saying that each day felt like a year, it would be more accurate to say that every minute and second felt like being in the deepest hell!

Fortunately, the cold winter will eventually dissipate over time.

As a large number of troops poured in, the monsters that Nefuri, the Spider God, had pulled out of the surface dream, began to be torn apart by artillery fire.

Until a certain critical point, the monsters began to flee, running into the deep mountains, the sewers, or another city.

The old dean sat quietly in a chair in the courtyard, listening to the sounds of gunfire outside gradually subside and the sky beginning to lighten.

A smile finally appeared on his heavy face.

"Looks like it's over," he muttered to himself, a weight lifted from his shoulders.

If he were younger, he would definitely have helped those innocent people, just like Natsume.

But now he's old and can't fight anymore. Rather than being a burden, he might as well sit here quietly.

At least it won't cause any trouble.

"You could have let me go." Matsuzaka Sato placed a bowl of hot porridge on the stone table.

Only she and the old director remained in the courtyard.

The two little ones have been forced to go back to their room to sleep, while the butterfly is watching the sun from the rooftop.

After the gunfire subsided, Yoshimura Ete had already left, in a hurry.

Juuzou Suzuya is still on his way on horseback...

Hearing Matsuzaka Satou's words, the old headmaster looked towards the gradually brightening light outside the courtyard. "I know, but I can't bring myself to say it. You kids, if you want to go and save them, I still have some old bones left."

"You don't want to be heroes, and I won't try to control your will with my ideas."

"I don't understand." Matsuzaka Satou seemed to understand but not quite.

The old dean clearly pitied those ordinary people. If he had just asked, she, or Mercury and the others, would have gone to hunt down those monsters.

All it takes is one word from the old dean; it's just a matter of one word.

But the old dean never brought it up from beginning to end.

To her question, the old dean simply smiled and shook his head, looking at the rising sun.

"Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you, and do not do to others what you would have them do to you."

……

"Besides, what do their deaths have to do with me?"

Mercury, nestled in bed, drowsily watched Yukino Yukinoshita, who had arrived at the bedside at some unknown time.

She vaguely gave an answer to the question of whether her ability equaled responsibility.

Their conversation also woke up Tomie, who was standing nearby.

He opened his eyes in annoyance, ran his hand across Mercury's chest, and looked at him with a hint of displeasure at being disturbed.

She lay half-lying down, her soft chest pressing against Mercury's shoulder, her gaze coldly sweeping over Yukino Yukinoshita by the bedside.

"What a boring woman, coming to disturb people's sleep so early in the morning, no manners at all~" Tomie chuckled, her fingertips stroking Mercury's dazed brother.

"Also, don't use so-called responsibility to hold him hostage. Whether the world is ruined or ordinary people die, it should never be something he has to bear."

Tomie has a real knack for protecting her man.

"I understand this principle."

Yukino Yukinoshita looked at the undulating silhouette under the blankets, her eyes filled with complex and indescribable emotions, and sighed softly in her heart.

She herself stood by and did nothing, so naturally she had no right to criticize others.

The power belongs to Mercury, and so does his life. He has no obligation to risk everything for a complete stranger.

She understood all the reasons perfectly.

But the pent-up frustration and resentment surging in his heart were impossible to suppress.

The horrific scene in the streets last night is still vivid in my mind: the heart-wrenching cries, the blood everywhere, the collapsed and shattered buildings—it all keeps replaying in my head.

She once heard a saying that all tragedies in the world stem from the inadequacy of the parties involved.

"So I need your help." Yukino Yukinoshita spoke slowly, with her unique stubbornness, "Look at this, is it worth it for you to kill the culprit of this?"

Seeing the phone being pushed towards him, Mercury picked it up and opened the video on it.

It's a surveillance video, from the outer corridor of the fifth floor of the Mumuye Apartment.

At first, he only glanced at it casually, but when Xiao hope came out, his sleepy expression instantly became clear.

Tomie also noticed Mercury's change, put down her hand that was playing with the bird, looked up at her phone screen, and when she saw the figure in the picture, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.

The air in the room seemed to freeze instantly. Yukino Yukinoshita, seeing the sudden change in Mercury's expression, knew she had made the right bet.

Even if this incident hadn't happened, she would still have shown the video to Mercury.

"Aurelia..." Mercury murmured, handing the phone back to her.

The moment he saw the change in Xiaoxi, he thought of the clothing store owner.

Given the background of the Kryptonian faction, such changes are not surprising.

Even the eyes that appeared on his clothes during last night's downpour were things he tacitly accepted.

In this world, it's always good to have the ability to protect yourself.

I just didn't expect my sanity to drop so much.

"I will kill the culprit. Is there anything else?" Mercury looked at her.

He agreed readily. After that "monster" had also knocked the old headmaster unconscious, their feud had already escalated to the point of no return.

This is a consensus among everyone at the orphanage.

Upon hearing the answer, Yukino Yukinoshita breathed a sigh of relief. "No, and... thank you."

……

Yukino Yukinoshita pushed open the door and went out. She saw Yuki-onna Shinfuyu lying on the outer balcony and a look of surprise flashed in her eyes.

This is also a genuine "superpowered" person.

When they returned last night, she witnessed the woman in front of her freeze a monster into a block of ice.

It shattered into ice powder in an instant.

His strength is estimated to be no weaker than Mercury's.

"Aren't you going in?" Yukino Yukinoshita hesitated for a moment before greeting her.

She couldn't understand why she and Tomie would stay by Mercury's side even though they knew he was two-timing them.

If it were her, she would decisively walk away and never get herself into a quagmire.

"It's too cramped for the three of us to be together..." Yuki-onna Fuyuki shook her head.

Mercury didn't care, but she couldn't get over that hurdle.

Tomie's arrogance wouldn't allow it.

Moreover, her feelings for Mercury ultimately couldn't compare to those for Tomie.

temporary!

Upon hearing this, Yukino Yukinoshita bluntly commented, "You were never his first choice."

"The timing of our meeting was wrong." Yuki-onna's expression was calm, as if she wasn't commenting on herself.

Yukino Yukinoshita withdrew her gaze, her tone calm: "No one's favoritism requires 'temporary concessions.' What needs to be conceded was never meant to be yours in the first place."

"Phew~"

The snow woman exhaled a cold breath in the depths of winter, still lying on the balcony, looking down at the dilapidated city, until the footsteps behind her faded into the distance.

Although she kept saying that Tomie was the challenger, she knew that she was the one who was cheating.

When he met Mercury, he was already living with Tomie.

He had only claimed a nominal title.

She is always a step behind; this was true of Reiko in the past, and it is true of Mercury now.

But this time, she will never be a clown who cries in secret!

no way!