The Witch Trial Begins with the OO Buckethead Zombie

Hoshino Utsunomiya is a time traveler.

To describe past lives in the simplest and clearest terms, it would probably be something like this...

'My dad finally admitted that he had been testing me all these years.'

It is regrettable that the moment his father admitted to it, the moment his father showed him his vast wealth, all happened.

Hoshino Utsunomiya has traveled through time.

To make matters worse, it also got tied to a system.

[Love and Witch System]

The system claims its goal is to conquer witches, and that because conquering witches is a very risky thing, it will take responsibility and send itself back to its original world even if it dies at the hands of a witch.

Uh-huh.

Witch, oh witch, conquer the witch, get the reward, and live a serious life in another world!

This kind of development isn't actually unacceptable.

—If it weren't for the fact that Hoshino Utsunomiya had absolutely no confidence in winning over girls.

Do you think this is some remote, hidden corner?

The more skilled you are at understanding Ga La Ge Mu, the more you'll understand, right? Reality is different from Ga La Ge Mu. There won't be any girls whose affection level can be increased simply by interacting and talking more, nor will there be any girls whose affection level can be increased simply by giving more gifts, nor will there be any girls who will show you special CGs on special holidays.

As a master craftsman, Hoshino Utsunomiya was well aware of this.

So almost as soon as the system showed itself, it offered the second option: 'Die at the hands of the witch and you can go back.'

The scales in my heart tipped over in an instant.

I'm not good at increasing favorability, but I can certainly decrease it?

You said witches are dangerous, so if I just bully her a little and annoy her a bit, won't she just kill me with a flick of her wrist?

It's good to go home, shouldn't we go home? This vast fortune really should be inherited!

Having set a firm goal and made a decision.

Hoshino Utsunomiya then began his operation.

First, there's his identity. He's wearing the body, and he's confirmed that all the parts on his body are his own; they haven't been replaced or taken over anyone else's body.

The system solved this problem for him.

Although he looked inexplicably younger, returning to the youthful appearance of his thirteen-year-old self, his lifeless face, which could have easily been described as that of an uncle, was completely different.

But in the end, he is still himself.

'Utsunomiya Hoshino'

The name is not entirely fictional; it is an identity that actually exists within this world.

The name comes from his online name in a previous life.

Because of this name, Hoshino Utsunomiya became even more determined to die at the hands of the witch and return home.

No, a world where everyone calls you by your online name the first thing they see you in is like being unpacked in real life, isn't it?

We can't hold on, we absolutely can't hold on.

Then comes the goal.

Witch, witch, although he was supposed to die at the hands of a witch, but... he transmigrated to this world.

It's a damn modern city.

Witches are not something that is out in the open, but rather an anomaly lurking beneath the veil of modern society.

They are not human.

To die at the hands of a witch, the most important question is actually, 'How do I find the witch?'

Fortunately, Hoshino Utsunomiya doesn't need to worry about this.

Although the system states that there is no function to locate witches, one can only encounter them by chance through destiny.

But the truth is...

The moment Hoshino Utsunomiya arrived in his classroom wearing a junior high school uniform as a transfer student arranged by the system.

"This is the new student who transferred to our class today. Come on, Utsunomiya, please introduce yourself to everyone."

School, class, teacher, classmates.

Standing on the platform, looking down at the desks below, Hoshino Utsunomiya froze as the teacher beside him urged him on.

His gaze was drawn to it.

The teacher, whose face was already blurred, became even more blurred, and the classmates, whose faces were already unclear and whom they didn't know at all, became even more irrelevant.

The only thing that was clearly focused in my eyes.

She is a young girl.

White pantyhose, barely visible beneath the desk, were part of the school uniform, but with a distinctly deeper color than the others. The uniform was gently placed on the desk, along with hands wrapped in small gloves.

Tick, tick.

Water droplets dripped from the girl's hair.

The girl with long, silver-white hair was soaking wet, with a bucket of water on her head.

It was unusual, but everyone took it for granted.

This situation should not happen in the classroom, and it should not be tolerated in front of the teacher.

But it happened anyway.

'bullying'

Without a doubt, this is bullying.

The bullying that the entire class was directed at this one girl was the only one they were bullying.

Hoshino Utsunomiya's breathing stopped.

Although he had heard about Japan's bullying customs before, he really didn't expect it to be so blatant.

His fists clenched instinctively, and an uncontrollable rage ignited within him.

But that anger was quickly extinguished by a voice in the next instant.

[Host! Host! We've found the witch! We've found the witch! I knew it was destiny! Congratulations, host, the girl before you is the witch we're meant to conquer!]

[Witch detected: Tsukishiro Yuki]

witch.

Witch?

A witch...?

This little girl, looking like she's been bullied, hardly resembles a witch!

No, no, no, no.

Calm down, calm down.

Utsunomiya Hoshino, calm down.

Since the system says she's a witch, then she must be a witch.

Thinking about it carefully, there must be something wrong with bullying that even teachers would tolerate. If she is a witch, then this abnormality can be understood.

—Yeah, right!

How could a witch with magic be reduced to being bullied?!

Hoshino Utsunomiya was completely baffled.

He could choose to ignore the fact that the system claimed it was destiny but immediately assigned him to the same class as a witch, but the fact that the witch was being bullied was a reality that he couldn't ignore no matter what.

He acknowledged that Japan has its own national circumstances, and it is not difficult to understand why some people would be bullied.

But this girl is a witch?

“I am Hoshino Utsunomiya.”

With no attention on the students around him, Hoshino Utsunomiya introduced himself and then followed the teacher's directions to take his seat.

The words I heard were quite indistinct.

Both the teacher's voice on the stage and the words spoken to him by his classmates as a 'transfer student' were incredibly blurry.

However, this ambiguity suddenly became clear in an instant as time passed.

Let's start with this sentence.

"Hey, um... oh, Utsunomiya, that's his name."

"Hey Utsunomiya, you've been staring at that woman the whole time."

Straight, rigid, and impossible to look away from.

"You won't fit in like that, do you understand?"

Did you see that?

The water stains, the iron bucket that hung on her head and was never taken off, and the girl who endured it all with a blank expression.

Abnormal, unusual.

Yet, no one raised any objections.

Paying too much attention to her or caring too much about her can make you an 'outcast'.

So, so.

This is for your own good.

This is to help you integrate into the group.

"Did you see her?"

He raised his hand, intending to point in the direction of Tsukishiro Yuki, but his finger hesitated to fall. In the end, he simply spread his hand out casually to indicate the direction.