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Moreover, to die so easily, this place is definitely not a safe place.

As they spoke, the group waited for a while longer, and when they found that Hasegawa Shiro hadn't moved, Officer Shiro slowly stepped forward, carrying the Reverse Light Sword.

"I never imagined that the first time I would use this sword would be to save myself."

The blade lightly sliced ​​through the air, a flash of light, and Hasegawa Shirou gradually opened his eyes.

Who are you?

Looking at the people surrounding him, Hasegawa Shirou couldn't help but feel wary and nervous.

Seeing this, Officer Shirou frowned slightly and asked in a deep voice:

"Before you ask your question, answer my question first: Who are you?"

"Me? I am Shiro Hasegawa, I am 24 years old, and I am a biology research expert."

Don't you recognize us?

"I don't recognize you. Who are you?"

Police officer Shirou stared at him for a while, then quickly remembered that the Reverse Light Sword was not a divine sword that could bring the dead back to life, but rather a sword that could fix a certain "item" back to 48 hours ago.

Therefore, the current Shirou Hasegawa is not the one who just died, but the other one from 48 hours ago.

In a narrow sense, that Shirou Hasegawa is actually dead and can never come back.

"Come on, let's shake hands."

Why shake hands?

Hasegawa Shirou instinctively took a step back, staring at him with extreme vigilance.

"Anyway, let's shake hands first, and then everything will be clear."

Police officer Shirou half-forcefully grabbed his right hand. In that instant, their memories were shared, and Shirou Hasegawa, who had been struggling violently, fell silent.

After a long while, he sighed softly.

"So that's how it is. I'm not some kind of demi-human after all."

"Are you the same Hasegawa from earlier?" Officer Shirou asked tentatively.

"I'm sorry, that's not it. Although I saw the memories of the past two days and the last two days on your end, and had a kind of empathetic illusion, I still have a strange sense of dislocation in my heart."

Hasegawa Shirou paused for a moment, then said with a complicated expression:

"So, the previous me can never come back. The current me can probably be called number 2 Hasegawa."

"Of course, in a broad sense, I am Hasegawa, and there is no other me. You can treat me as him, there is not much difference anyway."

Police officer Shirou remained silent, a question inexplicably nagging to him: Was it worth it?

However, since the person being questioned had disappeared, these words could only remain in his mind.

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Chapter 222, Section 223: No wonder my older brother is still single.

"It's a real shame that I'm not a demi-human in such a world," Hasegawa Shirou said with a smile. "However, it's fortunate that I didn't try it rashly before, otherwise you wouldn't have met me."

In that instant, Kitahara Shirou unconsciously thought:

We are actually very lucky. In those many worlds, we might have died and perished before we even entered this place.

"So, do you still want to continue being a demi-human?"

“Of course!” Hasegawa Shirou answered without hesitation. “Ever since I saw that person who came back to life, becoming a demi-human has been my biggest dream in life.”

Having worked hard for seven years, how could we possibly give up so easily?

As for the death just now, it only reduced one possibility.

"What are you planning to do? Hasn't there been no progress all along?" Officer Shirou pondered. "Continuing like this, what's the difference between this and before?"

"No, things are completely different now than before."

Hasegawa Shirou shook his head slightly and said with a smile:

“In the past, I couldn’t find any research material at all. The only demi-human in the institute was someone the institute went to great lengths to acquire and was treated like a treasure.”

"Even when I use hypnotic magic, I still get very little time for research."

"But now, with my power, once I confirm that someone is a demi-human, I can easily capture them."

"Furthermore, research equipment can also be upgraded with the help of the technology from Tsukimi."

At this point, he stared intently at Tsukimi Shirou and smiled:

"Then, I'll leave it to you, Tsukimi."

"Purchasing research equipment? No problem."

"No, that's not it. I want to ask you to purchase some books on biology from around the universe, the more the better."

"I see, no problem."

Tsukimi Shirou immediately understood and nodded slightly.

Indeed, it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. Instead of buying equipment and then having to disassemble and study it, it is better to just buy a book.

Then, they modified and manufactured their own research equipment.

“Um, I want to buy books too,” another newcomer, Makino Shirou, couldn’t help but interject. “But I want to buy comic books.”

"Do I need to buy comic books? I make all my own," Slime Shirou said with a smile.

"But I don't have a great sage, so I can't completely reproduce my past memories. I can only ask someone to buy them for me."

"In that case, do you need any help? You just need to provide the materials for papermaking, and I will ask the Great Sage to handle the rest."

"Yes! Thank you, this way I can open a comic book store too."

"You're planning to open a comic book store in Academy City?"

"Yes, there's no rule against students opening shops."

"You're not short of money."

“It’s not about the money. What I used to love most was going to comic book stores on holidays to read free comics. But that created a problem: if I just looked and didn’t buy anything, the owners would have a lot of complaints about me.”

As a student, Makino Shirou had money from his family and a stipend for being an esper, but comics were expensive. One or two, or even ten or so, wouldn't be much, but with his reading volume, his savings simply couldn't buy too many.

Over time, they naturally developed the habit of going to comic book stores to collect free comics.

"So, I want to open a comic book store, then gradually expand it, and finally merge with all the comic book stores in Academy City."

Slime Shirou chuckled, then said:

"Well... whatever makes you happy."

……

After leaving the white mist space and returning home, Shirou Hasegawa immediately took out the personnel list he had recently obtained from the research institute.

The list contains 17 names, all of whom are suspected to be demi-humans.

Because it was difficult to determine whether these people were actually demi-humans, the research institute had only closely monitored them in the past without taking any further action.

Because of the lack of research material, Shiro Hasegawa had been thinking for the past two days that perhaps he could take the opportunity to arrest the people on the list.

If there's even one demi-human among them, the experimental subjects immediately double. If there are two, the profits are even greater.

But the only way to verify whether someone is a demi-human is to kill them once.

Therefore, Shiro Hasegawa has been hesitating for the past few days.

Killing someone is nothing, but indiscriminately killing innocent people is a very hateful thing.

However, now there's no need to hesitate anymore.

With a thought, Shirou Hasegawa instantly produced a double-edged sword in his hand.

This is the Reverse Light Sword borrowed from Police Officer Shirou; it can return a person or object to 48 hours in the past.

This way, those on the test list won't indiscriminately kill innocent people.

"Let's start with Nagai first. The name sounds very Ajin-like."

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Who?

Hasegawa Shirou quickly put away the Reverse Light Sword and the list of suspected demi-humans, and strode towards the door.

I live alone, and due to the nature of my work, my daily routine is irregular, and I have a very poor relationship with my neighbors.

On nights like this, generally speaking, no one would come knocking on the door.

Thinking about this, Shirou Hasegawa unconsciously scanned the area outside the door with his Observation Haki.

"what……?"

There appeared to be two children outside the door, one older than sixteen and the other probably a high school student.

Who is this? Could it be the new neighbor who moved in?

Upon opening the door, a rather familiar face came into view.

Shiro Hasegawa was stunned for a moment, but quickly realized that the two people seemed to be his long-lost younger brother and sister.

"A little eagle? A little dove?"

"Big brother!"

Kodaka Hasegawa bowed deeply, then said very seriously:

"Did Dad tell you? We might need to stay here for a while from now on."

"what……?"

I never said that.

"Let's come in first and talk about it later."

Looking down, Shirou unconsciously noticed the suitcases the two were pulling, and thought to himself: