Crossover Anime: How a Shameless Person Lives

"Someone's coming."

Sensing that his mark had been triggered, Mercury looked back.

Based on the feedback from Yan, there should be nine people.

"Who?" Yukino Yukinoshita immediately stopped in her tracks.

"I don't know." Mercury shrugged.

He simply covered the salt scattered in the air with it, and the vacuum inside was what he sensed.

He had no idea who it was.

"Most likely they're an expedition team or treasure hunters, less likely they're wealthy explorers," Yukino Yukinoshita guessed.

Those who know the location of such oil wells are not ordinary people.

They either have state connections or they have extraordinary means.

"Let's not talk about this anymore, let's go, I have a bad feeling." Mercury continued walking forward, a wicked smile always on his lips.

This is such a big surprise right after we arrived; who knows what else is coming?

Yukino Yukinoshita followed, her brows slightly furrowed.

"Aren't you worried they'll take the monster back for research?"

"Let go of your desire to help others and respect their fate," Mercury said nonchalantly.

Yukino Yukinoshita fell silent.

He's right.

But I can't get over my own mental hurdle.

Hoshino Ai tilted her head back and asked, "Brother, they'll be alright, won't they?"

"If you weren't stupid, you wouldn't have done that." Mercury patted her head.

Reality isn't a horror movie; no one would just stand by and watch a monster cut into pieces merge together.

No, there are still some.

At least I didn't turn it into a pile of fine salt.

Hoshino Ai thought for a moment and nodded.

"That's true."

Yui Yuigahama, who was listening nearby, felt a chill run down her spine.

These two siblings are both incredibly carefree.

Yukino Yukinoshita sighed and took her hand as they walked away.

She knew perfectly well that anyone who could be Mercury's sister couldn't possibly be a normal person.

We can't expect them to have any sense of justice.

……

After walking for a while, the group arrived at the end of the passage.

It was a huge metal door.

[Authorized access to the core test area on level B7]

The door was open, and no one knew what was inside.

Instead of observing what was inside, Yukino Yukinoshita discovered something else strange.

"This doesn't look like an oil well; it's more like a large testing ground."

"A testing ground?" Yui Yuigahama asked, puzzled.

Yukino Yukinoshita said, "That's right. This reminds me of a rumor. During that war, this now-disintegrated superpower sent out some incomprehensible 'demons' on the battlefield."

I always thought it was a frame-up by other countries, but now it seems that the rumor might be true.

"...Pfft!"

Mercury smiled.

Yukino's words reminded him of a lame joke from the battlefield.

They really do throw all sorts of shit and piss at that country.

However, from this world's perspective, perhaps it really wasn't a miscarriage of justice.

Yukino Yukinoshita glanced at him and pushed open the door.

No matter what's inside, having this guy around always gives you peace of mind.

……

The space behind the door was much larger than I had imagined.

At the center is a sunken circular platform, surrounded by a dense array of culture chambers and operating tables.

Most of the culture chambers were broken or dried up, with only a few still intact, containing some... things.

Yui Yuigahama glanced at them once and then looked away, standing fearfully beside them.

Those things soaking in the culture medium are nothing short of monsters!

Not knowing what he saw, Mercury quickly walked to the largest incubation chamber in the center.

The incubation chamber was shattered, and inside lay a dead humanoid monster.

Its entire body is covered in smooth, grayish-green scales, making it look like a hybrid of fish and human.

He had a hunchback, unusually long arms, and translucent webbed fingers.

It has no neck; its head is directly attached to its shoulders. Its face protrudes like a fish's snout, with huge, bulging eyes and thin gill slits on either side of its lips that open and close when it breathes.

In the dim light, through those eyes that never closed, Mercury seemed to see an underwater palace.

Magnificent, spectacular, sacred, as if it were the center of the world...

"Coo coo~"

Just as he was engrossed in watching, a pigeon's cooing brought him back to reality.

Mercury snapped back to reality, his vision distorting slightly.

He shook his head, and a few drops of cold sweat slid down his forehead.

For a brief moment, he almost thought he was actually standing in front of that underwater palace.

The massive stone pillars are carved with indescribable patterns, and the pressure of the deep sea surges in from all directions, yet is blocked by some force.

In the center of the palace, something slumbers, its breath stirring the tides of the entire ocean.

"Coo coo~"

Another sound, exceptionally clear in the empty, deathly silent laboratory.

Mercury looked in the direction of the sound.

Above the laboratory, a pigeon with pure white feathers poked its little head out, its round eyes darting around.

There was a live pigeon in an abandoned oil well thousands of meters deep on the seabed?

The man and the pigeon stared at each other for a few seconds.

Once the pigeons had flown away, Mercury turned around and looked again at the Deep One's corpse in the incubation chamber.

Are you alright?

Yukino Yukinoshita walked over and noticed that his expression was not quite right.

"It's nothing serious, you can put the Quinque Armor back first."

Somewhat doubtful, but out of trust, she took back the Quinque Armor and turned it back into a briefcase.

Seeing this, Mercury didn't say a word. He suddenly exerted force in his arm and, before Yukino Yukinoshita could react, grabbed her waist, flipped her over with one hand, and hoisted the aloof and dignified girl onto his right shoulder.

Yukino was caught off guard and thrown into the air, completely losing her balance.

Her soft belly pressed hard against his right shoulder, her legs dangling uncontrollably in the air. The feeling of weightlessness made her mind go blank for a moment.

The next second, Mercury didn't stop. He grabbed the panicked Yui Yuigahama by the side with his left hand, lifted her up easily, and carried her on his left shoulder.

"=͟͟͞͞(꒪ᗜ꒪ ‧̣̥̇)"

Finally, she raised her hand and held Hoshino Ai's nape like she was cuddling a nimble kitten, placing her firmly against her chest.

"Hold me tight."

In just two seconds, Mercury carried three people on his shoulders.

Yui, still shaken, was curled up limply on her left shoulder, while Yukino, stiff and tense, was pressed firmly against her right shoulder, and Hoshino Ai was held securely against her chest.

Yukino Yukinoshita glared at him.

This familiar feeling reminded her of her disheveled state at the last Takatsuki Sen autograph session!

Yui Yuigahama on the left shoulder is completely out of commission.

Her soft body curled up into a ball, resting on his shoulder. She could clearly feel Mercury's body temperature, and an indescribable sense of shame made her scalp tingle.

This situation was still too much of a shock to this conservative girl.

Especially in this confined situation, one's mind starts to wander.

Only Hoshino Ai, who was standing on her chest, had no extra sense of shame and simply hugged Mercury's neck tightly.

"elder brother?"

"Hold on tight."

Mercury grinned, sensing the location of the salt, his gaze piercing through the metal overhead, precisely locking onto the direction of the train.

"Wait! What are you doing?!"

Yukino Yukinoshita finally realized what he was going to do, and her voice changed.

Mercury didn't reply. He suddenly pushed off the ground and shot into the air, crashing straight into the metal ceiling above the laboratory.

Bang!

Fine salt fell like snowflakes, smashing a large hole through the metal dome.