Crossover Anime: How a Shameless Person Lives

On a wasteland in an abandoned village.

A man dressed in a kimono, wearing wooden shoes, and carrying a medicine box suddenly appeared in this place.

His face was painted with strange patterns, and his pointed ears were unlike those of a human.

"This is the final destination."

Looking at the dry well ahead, the medicine seller gripped the demon-repelling sword tightly with his right hand and casually flicked his left hand, causing countless talismans to stick all around.

It forms an invisible barrier.

Accompanied by a ringing sound.

Dozens of strange, small scales appeared along with the talisman.

Click, click, click.

As if a certain balance had been broken, a faint cracking sound rang out from the center of the open space, and a chilling feeling began to spread.

A pale hand slowly gripped the edge of the dry well.

The moment the palm appeared, all the surrounding talismans simultaneously opened their eyes-like runes, flashing red light.

The scales began to tilt toward the dry well, shaking violently.

Card↗Card↗Card↗

The entire area instantly turned into a black and white world.

Seeing the vengeful spirit crawling out of the well, the medicine seller understood.

"I see, so it was resentment that took shape. The era is too ancient to find a 'reason' for it, but..."

"Wraiths, times are changing, and the rules of the world are evolving."

"We should adapt to the changing times."

The medicine seller put the demon-slaying sword back into his medicine box and took out a sword with a more ornate hilt.

Gemstone velvet stripes, adorned with diamonds.

"Exorcising Sword, in accordance with the laws of nature, activate!"

With the monkey face on the sword hilt opening its mouth, the black and white world gained color.

Golden stripes spread across the medicine seller's face, and his hair color changed accordingly. The already handsome and composed medicine seller now exuded an air of authority.

The exorcism sword began to spew out golden flames, which formed the blade.

"drink!"

The medicine seller took a step forward and with one stroke cut Sadako, who was crawling out, in two.

The black-and-white world has not disappeared, a fact the medicine seller seemed to have known all along.

With a strange sigh on his face, he walked to the well and aimed the blade at the well opening.

"May the vengeful spirit named Sadako rest in peace."

As soon as he finished speaking, the talismans that had been thrown out frantically returned and stuck to the edge of the well, covering the well opening in the blink of an eye.

Immediately afterwards, the sword began to expand rapidly, filling the entire well opening with gold.

As the agonizing screams from inside the well gradually faded, the golden lines on the medicine seller's face began to recede, and his gray hair turned brown again.

"Phew~"

Staring at the well opening, pity appeared in the medicine seller's eyes.

The so-called form, truth, and reason refer to the form of monsters formed by human karma, the truth of events, and the hidden feelings of the parties involved.

Once you have all three elements, you can draw the Demon-Slaying Sword.

Although in this era, he no longer needs to seek the three elements of form, truth, and reason to draw the exorcising sword.

But for some special reason, he will still go to find the "truth" about the monster.

Naturally, they found out about the poor girl, Sadako.

After a few seconds of reminiscence, just as the medicine seller turned to leave, a voice called out to him.

"Hey, wait a minute! Yes, it's you, the cool and arrogant non-mainstream guy."

The medicine seller turned around to face the boy waving at him, and when he saw the old man beside him, he looked surprised.

"Ranpo, why have you come?"

"Mr. Medicine Doctor..."

"Hey, hey, hey, that's not important." Mercury interrupted the old headmaster's speech, acting all familiar, and stepped forward to hook his arm around the medicine seller's neck.

"You're a medicine seller, huh? You were pretty cool just now."

"I knew Tomie's exorcism sword looked so familiar, now I know why."

"Do you still have any of those? Can you give me a few to play with?"

Faced with the incessant chatter of the unruly child, the medicine seller remained calm and simply watched him quietly.

until……

"Snapped!"

Grasping Mercury's outstretched hand toward the medicine box, the medicine seller calmly said, "There are some items in here that are not for sale."

Mercury was not discouraged and casually offered, "I'll offer one hundred million."

Medicine seller: "Not for sale."

Mercury: "Two hundred million."

Medicine seller: "Not for sale."

Mercury: "Three hundred million."

"Enough, you brat, don't make things difficult for the medicine doctor!"

The old dean stepped forward and tapped him on the head, saying with shame, "I'm sorry to have made you laugh, sir. This boy is utterly unruly."

"No need to apologize, Ranpo. What business do you have with me?"

The medicine seller had an unusually high tolerance for all things, and he didn't get angry even when facing someone like Mercury.

Mercury: "You..."

"Shut up, brat." The old director covered his mouth and repeated the story of Hope Town.

After listening to the old dean's story, the medicine seller nodded.

"I remember this. So, this must be the Mercury you mentioned."

His tone was calm and steady, conveying the word "reliable".

"Haha, as expected of the medicine seller, he's even more reliable than I thought. How about joining the Beast Group? I'll give you the position of vice minister."

Mercury smiled at him, his eyes revealing no hint of a joke.

The person in front of me is the main character from Mononoke; just standing there gives you a great sense of security.

Faced with the invitation, the medicine seller simply stared silently at the hand resting on his shoulder, his expression completely unmoved.

"You flatter me. I am but a humble medicine seller."

"Hahaha, that's quite an unexpected answer."

Seeing Mercury smiling so happily, the medicine seller couldn't help but smile as well.

He could tell that the boy in front of him had a pure and innocent heart.

Seeing the unexpected harmony between the two, the old dean breathed a sigh of relief.

"Alright, then regarding Hope Town, I'll trouble you to protect this child when the time comes."

The medicine seller agreed, "I will try my best. When shall we depart?"

"tomorrow."

"In a while."

Two different answers came out of their mouths at the same time, and Mercury and the old dean exchanged a glance.

Faced with the old dean's probing gaze, Mercury took out his phone and waved it.

"I just had a fight a few days ago, so I need to rest. Besides, Soubu High School is starting soon, and Tomie is waiting for me."

Upon hearing this, the old dean did not answer immediately, but instead looked at the medicine seller.

"What do you say, Mr. Medicine Doctor?"

"Then I'll need to find out about the recent situation after a while."

……

Zongwu High School, Class 1-E.

Thanks to the ironclad rule in the world of crossover anime that students must attend school.

This unfortunate city experienced the Sleeping Event and the War of the Two Gods.

Just a few days later, school reopened.

The atmosphere in the class was not as good as before, and everyone looked very sad.

A quick glance revealed that the once-perfect class was missing nearly a quarter of its students.

Hachiman Hikigaya sat quietly in his corner, pretending to be invisible.

His eyes unconsciously scanned the classroom, and he muttered to himself.

"That's terrifying. I think I understand why Mercury lived such a reckless and unrestrained life."

"A disaster that occurred for reasons unknown has claimed so many lives."

"They're really fragile..."

He sighed inwardly, his gaze drifting towards Tomie's seat.

Watching her face change from gloomy to joy, I silently counted down the time.

Thirty minutes after the minute hand has passed...

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, the classroom door was kicked open!