The Witch Trial Begins with the OO Buckethead Zombie

"Hoshino..." Emma Sakuraba leaned closer, her head bowed, like a puppy with droopy ears, and called his name softly: "I have a lot to say to you alone. Shall we go for a walk first?"

The girl reached out and tugged at Hoshino Utsunomiya's sleeve.

Speaking separately...

Is it that I can't say this here...?

I don't understand, but...

"I need to use the restroom first."

Hoshino Utsunomiya chose to make an excuse to pee first.

He's in a huge rush right now, so much so that he's practically on his way to becoming King Gigi.

"—Huh?"

The sleeve that was gently tugged was quickly torn off, and Hoshino Utsunomiya turned around and nimbly avoided Emma Sakuraba's attempt to grab him again. He bypassed Meruru Ice and quickly slipped out of the reception room.

Emma Sakura was left standing there, stunned, her hands empty.

If it's a very, very urgent situation... then there's nothing that can be done...

Turning around and leaving the reception room, Hoshino Utsunomiya had no idea where the restroom was. He simply walked quickly down the corridor, muttering to himself:

"Hakitong, are you there? If you're alive, give me a shout."

He had actually wanted to complain for a long time. Logically speaking, the ability of a system to read minds should be a standard feature, but unfortunately, his system seemed to be a bit stupid and couldn't read minds.

While the fact that his thoughts are not shared with the system does provide a sense of security, if his mind had been read from the very beginning, his purpose would have been exposed long ago.

Although he felt that the system should have known long ago that he was just looking to be killed.

However, the inability to communicate telepathically in situations where it's not appropriate to interact with the system does cause him some trouble.

【Host, I am here】

"You heard what the owl said just now, right? The witch it mentioned and your witch, are they the same witch?"

Hoshino Utsunomiya was in a hurry to come out alone to confirm this matter.

【Yes, Master, whether it's the Great Witch or a witch-turned-preparatory witch, they're all worthy of being conquered!】

[However, a witch who has not yet transformed into a witch is not considered a witch. Please take note, host!]

In short, get ready to launch your offensive against the witches! Talk to them more to increase your affection, give them lots of gifts, and then confess your feelings on special occasions to complete your conquest!

[We must learn from our past failures and succeed this time!]

Being able to win over someone and gain their approval means that being killed will have the same effect!

However, the preparation witch requires an additional witch transformation step compared to the great witch.

...Speaking of which, the owl just now said that detailed information could be found in the 'Witch's Compendium,' which is on the phone in my pocket.

After rummaging through his pockets, Hoshino Utsunomiya did indeed pull out a cell phone.

Open the installed Witch Compendium.

A simple map, prison rules, a daily schedule, and penalties for violations.

Quickly skipping over some irrelevant content, Hoshino Utsunomiya's gaze lingered on the keyword "witch transformation."

'When prisoners are subjected to intense mental stress, their witch genes are enhanced, and their witch-like transformation deepens.'

Those who fully become witches gain a strong and resilient body, making them unlikely to die easily.

'Those who fully become witches will experience an explosive increase in their [magic].'

'But it will eventually lose its human form and become a complete [wreck].'

His gaze slowed as he scanned the text, and Hoshino Utsunomiya's eyes gradually became sluggish as he read each word carefully.

Then, the hand holding the phone couldn't help but clench slightly tighter.

"Click..."

Slight cracks appeared on the screen.

How could this be?

No wonder the owl said that witches are evil incarnations that bring disaster, and no wonder that just the possibility of becoming a witch would lead to being imprisoned.

'They will lose their human form and become nothing more than 'wrecks' or something...'

Hoshino Utsunomiya suddenly seemed to understand why Yuki Tsukishiro committed suicide.

He may have misunderstood Yuki Tsukishiro.

She may not have chosen suicide so that she could suddenly hang herself in front of her and see her own pained expression.

Rather, it was because she sensed that she might turn into a shapeless corpse, and chose to commit suicide in order to maintain her last semblance of humanity.

If you think about it from this perspective, the logic becomes clear immediately.

Yuki Tsukishiro is a witch.

Perhaps she had already begun to transform into a witch from the moment she began to suffer continuous bullying.

That's why the system judged her to be a witch who could be won over, and that's why she displayed such a clear inhuman quality.

The reason why she always seemed to do everything smoothly and obediently accepted my management was probably because she was trying her best to suppress the murderous intent rising in her heart as her witch-like nature deepened.

No wonder witches, despite being of another race, look no different from normal humans.

From the very beginning, witches were transformed from humans.

So, was everything I did the last memory she could cherish in her life, or the final straw that pushed her to become increasingly witch-like?

Chapter 72 All the bad things were done by Nikaido Hiro.

"The bad things were all done by Nikaido Hiro."

I don't know whose joking words, whether intentional or unintentional, reached my ears.

When did my reputation begin to deteriorate?

Nikaido Hiro couldn't help but start thinking about this question.

She searched through her memories; she revisited her life.

The source that could be traced back to seemed to be a memory related to only one person.

'Utsunomiya Hoshino'

...It started from the day he transferred to this school.

On that day, she was still a well-known good student at school, a Yamato Nadeshiko trusted by her parents and teachers, and every righteous thing she did was praised by the adults.

I did another good deed today, and I also wrote down yesterday's good deed in my notebook.

One by one, they make the world clear and beautiful.

But it all started from that day.

As always, he cared about Yuki, who needed protection, and as always, he quickly noticed the problem. Without hesitation, he labeled Utsunomiya Hoshino, who exuded an evil aura from their first meeting, as an enemy.

He said he wanted to help Xiaoxue take a bath, so I had to do everything I could to stop him.

What do you mean by saying that Xiaoxue did it voluntarily?

For the first time, perhaps the first time in his memory, Nikaido Hiro realized that he might have made a mistake.

Xiaoxue was willing to be dragged by him to help her take a bath.

This was the first 'bad thing' that Nikaido Hiro did.

After half a day of observation, the doubt that I might be wrong turned into a definite conclusion.

He was right. He was right to violently stop the evil person from picking up his lost diary of helping others and to start mocking him, thus saving Hoshino Utsunomiya from his own confusion and helplessness.

Almost without a doubt, Nikaido Hiro placed a strong trust in Utsunomiya Hoshino.

Not long after, she turned around and unilaterally handed over Tsukishiro Yuki, whom she believed she should protect, to the other party for a short-term study abroad program.

This was the second 'bad thing' that Nikaido Hiro did.

As for the third 'bad thing,' it will happen on the day she returns from her studies abroad.

What he couldn't save was his hanged friend, and what he struck down with the stick was the villain he believed had betrayed his expectations.

She made a mistake.

The biggest mistake he made was missing a golden opportunity and wasting time in his pursuit of justice, failing to initiate a death regression before the day ended, and repeatedly reincarnating to save his hanged friend.

If she hadn't swung that stick, if she hadn't exhausted herself from that blow, she would never have been stopped by Emma, ​​she would never have been held up by Emma until the police arrived, and she wouldn't have been mistaken for someone else and mentally unstable, thus being unable to return to the day after death.

Deep down, she prioritized upholding justice over saving her friends.

The judgments made subconsciously are often the ones that best reflect one's true feelings.

This is the third 'bad thing' that Nikaido Hiro has done.

Whether it's the police, parents, teachers, or psychologists, these adults who usually trust us implicitly all made the same judgment at this moment.

'Nikaido Hiro suffered a mental breakdown after witnessing her friend's suicide by hanging.'

Therefore, she made a mistake by mistake.

It does not matter.

Whether he was taken to the police station, released, or even convicted of mental insanity, it didn't matter to Nikaido Hiro.

There is only one thing that is important, and only one thing that she has to care about.

"He should be the one suffering the most, he should be the one in the most pain. Although we can all understand how much of a blow this is to you, why did you choose to hurt him?"

Everyone, everyone is instilling this idea in her.

Whether it was her parents who took the initiative to assume responsibility and pay for her hospitalization, the psychologist who provided psychological support, the school teachers who came to visit, or even the police officers who were concerned about her situation, it was all thanks to them.

Every single person.

Everyone was watching her expression, which showed she understood that suicide could not undo everything. They sighed softly and muttered this sentence to themselves in confusion.

Was he the one suffering the most? Was Utsunomiya Hoshino the one who was in the most pain?

Because he had no relatives, because his family wasn't well-off, because he seemed to be working part-time to support himself, and because everyone seemed to refer to Tsukishiro Yuki, who committed suicide, as his girlfriend—