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Aren't you a kid yourself...?

Oki Tomoya was a little annoyed, but for his own sake, he held back and cautiously asked, "Could you give me an apple?"

Yuki frowned. Although she had expected this to happen, she didn't expect it to happen so soon.

He gave Kato Megumi an apple, partly to repay her for the fruit she had given him, and partly to preemptively ignite the conflict that was bound to arise sooner or later. He was never a patient person, and igniting the conflict in advance would make him feel more at ease.

The problem isn't scarcity but inequality, and this issue will inevitably erupt sooner or later in this small group mostly composed of human infants.

"Of course, I... I'm not taking your apple for free. I'll trade you this..."

Seemingly sensing Yuki Osamu's displeasure, Aki Tomoya hurriedly pulled a... game console from his backpack?

Yuki's eyes lit up at first, but when she noticed that the game console had a black and white screen, similar to the Tetris game console she played as a child, she immediately lost interest.

However, Aki Tomoya's behavior impressed him; at least he wasn't the kind of unreasonable brat.

"Sorry, I can't promise you."

Normally, he wouldn't mind showing some love to Aki Tomoya, but not now. Otherwise, if there's a first one, there will definitely be a second.

Moreover, now is a good opportunity to make an example of them.

P.S.: Yes, it's midnight... but if I update at this time, it will still count as the 4th, and I will still update two chapters on the 5th.

A City of Ghosts and Monsters: Chapter Twenty - New Monsters

"Why? She could do it!"

Tomoya Aki gripped his game console so tightly his knuckles were white, and his voice attracted a large number of children.

Kato Megumi, who was innocently caught in the crossfire, turned pale and secretly hid behind Yuuki Risa, peeking out half her head and staring at Aki Tomoya with some dissatisfaction: "That's Yuuki-nii's stuff, he can give it to whoever he wants!"

Well done!

Yuki couldn't help but applaud Kato Megumi for her helpfulness; she had practically said exactly what he wanted to say.

Aki Tomoya was momentarily speechless. Yes, it was his; he could give it to whomever he wanted…

"But, but..."

Aki Tomoya hesitated for a long time without saying the next sentence, her little face turning red.

"Don't you think this is very unfair?"

Yuki suddenly said this.

'Here it comes...'

As Eriri watched from the sidelines, she began to feel nervous. This was the first time she had ever had a conflict in her memory, but she never expected that she, as a child, would be the starting point of this conflict.

Yuki Risa's words made Aki Tomoya nod unconsciously.

The other children who came over out of curiosity nodded in agreement, some even with indignant expressions on their faces.

"That's unfair, that's for sure." Yuuki Risa stood up expressionlessly, her gaze sweeping over the surrounding crowd like a torch: "Because all this food is mine, the cookies you just ate were mine too. I can give them to whomever I want. I think Megumi is cute, so I'll give her the good food. I think you're repulsive to look at, so I won't even give you a cookie. Do you understand?"

"If you want to eat well, go find your family after we get out. I'm not your family, nor am I your friend. I have no obligation to indulge you, understand?"

This intense verbal bombardment completely stunned the human children. In particular, Yuuki spoke very slowly and in very simple language to make sure they understood, so the children watching could understand.

But once they understood, the noise erupted.

"How could you do this?!"

"Exactly, anyone who says something like that must be a bad kid!"

"I hate you!"

…………

Human infants have a very strong characteristic: they are fearless. Once their emotions are aroused, they don't care about anything else and will vent their emotions first.

"Mommy, he's so annoying, I don't want to play with him anymore..."

Eriri also stared at the figure being criticized by the crowd with some dissatisfaction; she didn't like this kind of child.

Eriri couldn't help but cover her face. No, no one else was playing with you... Was I that childish when I was little?

Why can't I remember...?

Perhaps this is a common human trait: the older the memory, the more beautiful it is...

Sawamura Sayuri, unusually, ignored her daughter and instead looked at the blue-haired boy with a worried expression.

She was an adult, after all. Even if she was naive, she could tell that Yuuki had an ulterior motive for saying that. Considering her own impression of the child, she suddenly felt a pang of heartache...

This is playing the bad guy...

The kids were furious, but as furious as they were, they couldn't do anything to Yuuki. Yuuki was someone who could fight monsters, and no matter how ignorant they were, they couldn't possibly fight him. They could only glare at him sitting on the ground, and what's more, he even took out a delicious-smelling chicken leg from his pocket and started gnawing on it.

Everyone: "..."

How awful that guy is!

A group of children were absolutely furious.

"Brother Yuuki, I'm sorry..."

Seeing that Yuki was disliked by so many people, Kato Megumi apologized to him sadly: "If it weren't for me, you wouldn't be disliked by everyone."

Yuuki glanced at her somewhat guiltily, then quickly coughed twice: "It's alright, Megumi, this has nothing to do with you..."

Kato Megumi shook her head and stopped talking, just sitting quietly beside him, as if she was sulking.

"Those people are so awful, especially that guy from the beginning. Honestly, why did he have to stare at other people's things like that!"

Kasumigaoka Utaha also came out indignantly to defend her.

Yuki looked at her sideways without saying a word.

The little girl felt a little embarrassed by his gaze, and muttered, clutching the hem of her clothes, "What are you looking at..."

"It's nothing, I just thought you were pretty."

He rolled his eyes, not intending to mock the girl's hindsight, and just casually made a comment, which made the girl's face turn red.

Boom boom boom!

Just then, a huge roar suddenly came from outside.

"What, what's wrong?"

"Could it be an earthquake?!"

"Waaaaah, I'm so scared..."

…………

The deafening roar instantly threw the entire survivor base into chaos, and the human cubs, forgetting the earlier commotion, began to feel uneasy.

Yuki's expression changed, and he immediately got up to leave.

"Something terrible has happened! Outside, outside, monsters..."

A middle-aged man with a thick beard ran up to him, panting, and blurted out, "Not the one from last time!"

"Stay here and get everyone organized to hide, especially the children!"

After leaving a message, Yuuki quickly left the place, and Eriri, who had been watching, hurriedly followed.

Once outside the wall, what came into view was a huge monster, and what this monster looked like was... an ant!

This ant-like monster was as large as a mountain, with a body length estimated to be at least ten meters long. Its jet-black shell seemed to be covered with a thick layer of armor. Its head was huge and ferocious, with a pair of serrated upper jaws like giant guillotines, which made a tooth-grinding metallic scraping sound when they opened and closed. It was clear at a glance that its sharpness was enough to split mountains and shatter rocks.

"Damn it, it's that heavily armored monster again..."

Yuki couldn't help but curse, realizing that the mastermind behind this definitely knew his weakness in attack power.

Yui Yuigahama couldn't help but swallow hard. Could he really handle this kind of monster?

Boom boom boom!

The giant ant made a tremendous noise as it crawled. As soon as Yukiri showed his face, it eagerly rushed towards him, its mandibles opening and closing, a sight that inspired fear.

Invincible!

In less than a second, Yuuki and Eriri reached a conclusion.

He sidestepped and dodged to an open space, trying to lure the monster to an open area to fight.

But the monster did not do as he wished. Instead, it changed from the agile centipede monster to something that seemed unable to turn, and crashed forward violently.

Yuki's expression changed, and he rushed back almost through gritted teeth.

Behind him where he had just stood, there was a huge group of human cubs!

At this point in time, it's simply impossible to complete the evacuation!

Unfortunately, at that moment, a little girl with black hair peeked out from behind the wall.

"Damn, what's wrong with that bearded guy?!"

That's Kasumigaoka Utaha!

She was terrified as soon as she poked her head out. The giant ant monster was the little girl's natural enemy. No, or rather, any insect or worm, once magnified, is a nightmare for all humans!

She was so frightened that she fell to the ground, her whole body trembling.

Just as the monster was about to crash into her, Yuuki rushed over and delivered a flying kick.

Bang!

"It's not working?!"

His expression changed drastically. Although his strength wasn't particularly strong, it was definitely not weak either, as evidenced by the fact that he had been able to kick the centipede monster away several times. However, when he kicked the ant monster in front of him, it didn't seem to have any adverse reaction except for a slight pause in its movement!

We're being targeted!

With this thought flashing through his mind, Yuuki Risa almost without hesitation grabbed Kasumigaoka Utaha and rolled her to the side.

Now all he can do is pray that the human cubs behind the wall have been moved.

boom!

The towering wall crumbled almost instantly. Yuuki used his back to cushion the fall, preventing Kasumigaoka Utaha from taking the damage, but his eyes remained fixed on what lay behind the wall.

"There are no more children!"

Eriri shouted loudly, wishing her voice could reach Yuuki.

In her memory, all the children were moved away at that time, but she wasn't sure, because she was hiding in her mother's arms at that time...

Ok?

She suddenly sensed something was wrong.

If she was hiding in her mother's arms at that time, then what is going on with this scene in front of her?

There was no time to think it through; her gaze was immediately drawn to Yuki's actions.

Yuki Risa first used several backward jumps to create distance between herself and the monster before placing Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was already dizzy from being shaken, on the ground.

"Don't run around, okay?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha nodded subconsciously.

The next second, she saw the blue-haired boy in front of her flash a... gun?

Forgive her for not understanding military matters; she's just a child. But Eriri's lips started twitching on the other side.

"Bazooka..."

boom!

The shell, accompanied by flames, struck the monster hard, causing a huge explosion.

"You bastard, I'll blow you up today!"

Yuki cursed loudly as he ran towards the monster without stopping. He knew perfectly well that the rocket launcher could only slow down the monster by using the kinetic energy generated by the explosion. Most monsters in the other dimension were immune to technological weapons!

Unless it's a monster from the technology side.

He didn't choose to use this as support against the previous centipede monster because that monster was too agile. Even when he was fully focused, he could still be accidentally injured by its twisting body. This rocket launcher might not be able to affect it. But this ant monster is different. It looks like a big, clumsy monster!

Boom boom boom!

Yuki replenished his ammunition while bombing.