Crossover anime, starting with Hachiman Hikigaya replacing Subaru Natsuki!

Horikita Suzune, who had been scolded and let out a strange cry, looked utterly defeated. Her legs went weak, and she collapsed into the chair.

She temporarily lacked the courage to confront either Hachiman Hikigaya or Kiyotaka Ayanokoji, unless one of them made a fatal mistake.

Only then will she have a chance to come back and mock you again.

…Smarter people, such as Anastasia, had thought of these things long ago, so there was no worry that Hachiman Hikigaya would be hunted down or imprisoned by the whole world because of the leak of information about the Return of Death.

Their only worry was that the Gluttony Archbishop, that scoundrel who had his eye on Hachiman Hikigaya, might one day take advantage of a moment to kidnap him.

However, all the top experts are currently gathered in Minato City and are all paying attention to Hachiman Hikigaya, so there is no such hidden danger until we leave Minato City.

Priscilla entered the broadcasting room and announced to the entire Watergate City that two of the four Archbishops of Sin who had invaded were dead.

"Although people were puzzled as to why it wasn't Hachiman Hikigaya who made the announcement, Priscilla's arrogant tone, which looked down on everyone, was exactly the same as Hachiman Hikigaya's. The sense of security brought by that arrogance turned into trust, and everyone quickly believed the fact."

"Tens of thousands of people erupted in cheers."

At the same time, at the headquarters of the Witch Cult's disaster, Anastasia stared blankly at Hachiman Hikigaya, who had been brought back by Julius, suffering from amnesia.

"Why is this happening?"

Anastasia, who had been beaming with joy at the news, grabbed Hachiman Hikigaya's hand without a word and led him to the room where Regulus's wives were being gathered.

"Just as I was about to report the good news, I sensed Hachiman Hikigaya's wary struggle, and Julius, who rushed up, explained the situation."

Anastasia frowned slightly, shaking her head to shake off her emotions and get down to business: "Given this situation... then please, Your Excellency, allow me to listen in. After all, this is a task we both oversaw, and I don't want to take credit for it."

"Hachiman Hikigaya opened his eyes in surprise. "Are you calling me?"

"Yes, you're the chosen prime minister, aren't you? Don't try to back out."

Completely bewildered, Hachiman Hikigaya did not refuse. He followed the purple-haired girl into a room filled with dozens of women in wedding dresses.

"The doctor has examined your bodies and given the answer... a very bad one."

"Anastasia said, 'One of you has two hearts, almost certainly Regulus's. He somehow managed to implant his own heart into the hearts of you wives, thus achieving his invincibility.'"

"During the initial examination, they discovered a woman with two hearts who had committed suicide out of hatred for Regulus, but Regulus still retained his power."

"During the second round of examinations, we discovered that Regulus's heart had been transferred to another living person. This means that as long as you all survive, Regulus will remain invincible—so..."

Anastasia, with her pitifully beautiful face, made her most heartless demand of these dozens of women:

"Why don't you give your lives?"

8. Anastasia, whom I dislike

""wait--""

"Before Hachiman Hikigaya could even utter a word of astonishment, he was stopped by the dozens of women in the room."

"Upon hearing Anastasia's request, they showed neither anger nor fear, but rather a sense of relief. They wept bitterly, but the tears were tears of joy."

"Finally...so that's it...so that's it...I'll do it, I'll do it, we'll do it, as long as we can get revenge on that man, death would be a relief for us!"

"In unison, Regulus's wives chose to die in order to send their husbands to the underworld."

"Before that," one of the wives said with a smile, "please, Miss Anastasia and Mr. Hachiman, be our witnesses, witness our unilateral divorce from that giant baby, the dissolution of our marriage."

"I agree."

Anastasia smiled and nodded. She turned to look at the dumbfounded Hachiman Hikigaya and secretly poked the prime minister with her small, delicate hand.

"The brief exchange was not enough for Hachiman Hikigaya to understand the whole situation, but as a human observer, he could naturally see that these women's desire to die was spontaneous and so strong."

"Even though he knew nothing about it, he had no way of offering advice. He could only silently close his eyes, speechless."

"I see."

Thus, the illusion of Regulus Chornias's power and invincibility, which had been conferred by the Archbishop of Sin, was completely shattered.

Although the exact mechanism is unknown, all indications suggest that when Regulus's heart has no host and returns to his own body, he will absolutely be unable to maintain that invincible power that was enough to fight Reinhard.

It's a simple matter of reasoning backwards: if he could maintain his position without doing so, he wouldn't do it.

"From this moment on, Regulus is the most vulnerable Archbishop of Sin."

Many people feel joy at this progress... but looking at the devastated Minato City and seeing all the real memories of Hachiman Hikigaya vanish, it's hard for joy to outweigh resentment and lamentation.

"Shh-"

The sound of a sprint breaking the sound barrier echoed throughout the entire city of Watergate.

Moving at supersonic speeds several times the speed of sound, Reinhard didn't hesitate and immediately jumped, leaping through the air towards the marked location of Regulus.

He was fast enough, but as he approached Regulus, Reinhardt could only see from afar that most of Regulus's wives had already died because they had angered him.

The remaining small group, after seeing Anastasia's explanation in the future, chose to commit suicide while crying and laughing.

"Regrus!!"

Hearing the furious shouts coming from afar, Regulus looked up and saw a small black dot in the distant sky.

In an instant, his legs went weak, and cold sweat poured down his back... Having lost all his wives, he could not possibly fight Reinhard for days like he would in the future; he could only last a few minutes at most, and in the end, he would only face death.

"Bastard, despicable, damned! Unfaithful wife, wife who killed her husband, why, why, why, why, why—my ​​rights, my rights, my rights, ahhhhhh!"

Without his wife, Regulus can only maintain his invincibility for five seconds. This is because his invincibility is based on stopping his own time, but if his heart stops beating for more than five seconds, he will die.

He can only stop time for five seconds, then undo his invincibility, and stop time again immediately half a second later.

"Boom!"

Reinhard, propelled by inertia and fueled by friction, burned all over, crashing down like a meteorite onto Regulus.

"While Julius went to prepare his suicide knife, Anastasia led Hachiman Hikigaya to a window and looked south. Pointing to the billowing smoke and dust, she convinced Hachiman Hikigaya with just one sentence: 'That's the destruction caused by Regulus.'"

"What came into view was a stalemate battlefield that was getting closer and closer to the camp. Every time Regulus made a move, it caused a large number of buildings to collapse and the ground to cave in, creating a huge scene."

"When Julius returned to the room with a large number of swords, Hachiman Hikigaya had also returned. He was no longer Regulus's wife, and the dozens of free women sincerely thanked him."

Anastasia tried to pull Hachiman Hikigaya away, but she couldn't move him. Helpless, she had to stand on tiptoe and raise her hand to cover the Prime Minister's eyes so that he, who had lost his memory, wouldn't see such a bloody and tragic scene.

"Hachiman Hikigaya stepped to the side, avoiding the cover of this woman he hated, and with indescribable feelings, he witnessed the moment those women lost their lives."

"...a cruel and vicious world."

"The moment he defined this other world, a shrill, extremely painful, frantic, and unbelievable wail suddenly came from afar."

"Regulus was whipped, Regulus was beaten, Regulus was dismembered, Regulus was crushed, Regulus was taken from his life."

"In bewilderment, in confusion, in the lonely reality of being divorced without a wife, the most ferocious and violent, once hailed as the most powerful and terrifying Archbishop of Sin."

"Regles Corneas was crushed into mincemeat by Reinhard, the world's strongest swordsman, and was completely annihilated."

"Greed... huh? Such greed is truly low-class, despicable, and utterly cheap, defiling the name of greed and filling me with loathing."

In the grave, Echidna took a sip of Dona Tea and casually offered her sharp commentary.

More than the worthless disappearance of Regulus, something else concerned her: "Has the misfortune... shifted?"

"Aaaaaaah, my, my, my, my rights, my, aaaaaaah—"

The present Regulus and the future Regulus, two bishops of greed, were simultaneously annihilated by Reinhard, the strongest being in the same world.

Having done all that, Reinhard was still seething with anger when he suddenly felt a prying gaze upon him.

Badenkatos, watching from afar, stared with trembling eyes. He immediately activated a spatial jump, trying to escape, muttering desperately and fearfully, "Damn it, damn it, damn it! I just wanted to talk to that idiot Regulus about what to do!"

His reaction to escape was fast enough, but Reinhard, with all his firepower, was even faster!

Badenkaitus's fate was sealed the moment he impulsively decided to collaborate with Regulus.

The perfectly timed encounter was no accident; it all began when Echidna's bad luck stopped. From that moment on, the misfortune brought about by Priscilla's good fortune began to surround this Gluttonous Archbishop...

Like a shadow following you.

339. Yukinoshita's Reign: A New Beginning

"Stepping out of the convenience store, I found myself in another world."

This perception has been overturned.

"Alone in Anastasia's room, which he claimed was his, Hachiman Hikigaya searched carefully and found a lot of evidence, a lot of evidence that could prove that Julius's explanation was true."

"He looked in the mirror and saw that he had grown taller and was stronger than he remembered. According to Julius, he had suddenly appeared in the capital a little over a year ago. By calculation, he was now nineteen years old, and his physical growth was consistent with reality."

"The arrangement of everything in the room was based on his subconscious preferences, giving him a warm feeling. This room truly is where he lives, Hachiman Hikigaya is certain of that."

"In a drawer, he found a letter, a last letter that left him speechless and incredulous, even more so than the possibility that 'I actually came to this world a long time ago and met a large number of beautiful girls and close friends. Now I just have amnesia, and my memories have been eaten by the enemy.'"

"The letter said that if Hachiman Hikigaya were to die, he hoped Emilia and Rem wouldn't be too sad, because he has a way to be resurrected and wouldn't actually die. For some reason, he couldn't explain in detail, but he asked Emilia and Rem to believe him."

"...This is definitely my handwriting."

"I looked at it over and over, but I couldn't find any trace of forgery."

"How exactly is it possible to come back to life? Is such a thing really possible? No—even if I could do it with amnesia, I might not still have that ability after losing my memory. It all depends on that premise. Besides, the letter could be fake; handwriting can be forged."

"Whether what Julius and his people are telling the truth is debatable. Although we haven't found any flaws so far, there's no point in going to such lengths to deceive an ordinary person like me..."

"Lost in thought."

"Hachiman Hikigaya frowned, his head aching. The smarter a person is, the more prone they are to overthinking. To be honest, he was about to explode from thinking so much."

"What he found most unacceptable was the intimacy and trust between the lines of his suicide note, the love that was unreserved and overwhelming."

"I've fallen for two new girls at the same time... Is that really possible? What about Yukinoshita?"

Thinking of the only girl he liked at that moment, Hachiman Hikigaya took a deep breath. "Please, give me some courage to face this world full of mysteries... Yukinoshita."

"With the illusion beneath the snow firmly in his heart, he got up, pushed open the door, left the room that had already been searched, and walked outside."

"……what?"

Inside the Sword Saint's mansion, Felt was dumbfounded. She never expected, she really never expected, that Badenkathos's actions would actually bring Yukino Yukinoshita, who had long been dead, back to life.

This outrageous development left countless people stunned and bewildered.

Emilia, Anastasia, Crusch, Remram, and even Priscilla all turned ashen-faced.

It's one thing to be defeated by the other rivals, but to be taken advantage of by Yukinoshita, who was eliminated from the start... What kind of situation is this?

It's an utter disgrace, the most ridiculous joke.