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Under repeated bombardment from the rocket launcher, the ant monster was forced to retreat and quickly moved away from the survivors' base.

Suddenly, he noticed something: the monster's carapace had developed cracks like glass.

His eyes lit up instantly.

By the way, technological weapons are only ineffective against monsters from other dimensions, but this monster in front of us...

It's a summoned creature!

P.S.: I noticed some readers misunderstood this as a flashback, so I'd like to clarify. This part of the story isn't a flashback. If you look closely, you'll have already noticed that there are many scenes where Eriri herself wasn't involved. If she wasn't involved, she wouldn't have any memories of it. Hmm... You can think of it like those dream sequences or alternate dimension short stories from before, mainly used to connect the main character with the background heroine... Also, I apologize for the recent update issues. The update schedule has been quite irregular, which has made everyone very unhappy.

Don't worry, I'll speed up the completion of this part of the story.

A City of Ghosts and Monsters: Chapter Twenty-One - The Conflict Erupts Completely

If the technology-based weapons are effective against summoned creatures, then Yuuki can rest assured.

He suddenly put away the rocket launcher in his hand, and then, under Eriri's watchful gaze from a distance, pulled a... tank from his pocket!

Eriri's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. How did this happen?

Pulling a knife out of your pocket is one thing, but pulling out a tank is a bit much, isn't it?

She watched as Yuuki slowly pulled a tank out of her pocket, the stark contrast almost making her vomit blood.

This tank has a very unique design; at least Eriri has never seen one like it before.

The front end has three blade-like steel pieces, the tracks are in two sections, the upper part of the main gun is equipped with two auxiliary cannons that look like machine guns, and finally, two small red flags are stuck on the tank.

"fire!"

boom!

Yuki gave a low growl, and the strange tank immediately fired a shell at the ant monster. The violent explosion made Eriri cover her ears.

With just one shot, the ant monster collapsed to the ground and vanished without a trace!

"Wow, what an amazing tank!"

Eriri watched with wide eyes. The monster had only developed cracks in its outer shell after being bombarded by rocket launchers for so long, but the tank blasted it apart as soon as it appeared.

And it's voice-activated!

Yuki nodded in satisfaction, and with a casual wave of his hand, the tank instantly transformed into a streak of light and entered the back of his hand.

Suddenly, an idea popped into his head.

Technological weapons are ineffective against monsters from other dimensions. This might not be useful against other monsters from other dimensions, since most of them will immediately rush at him with drooling and start fighting without any talk. Therefore, they will quickly realize that technological weapons are ineffective against them.

But the monsters in this alternate dimension are a bit different; to put it nicely, they're cautious, but to put it bluntly, they're afraid of dying.

Imagine a monster that is afraid of death. After seeing its summoned creature killed by a single shot, and unaware that technological weapons are ineffective against it, what would this monster do next?

Without a doubt, it will hide itself tightly and absolutely dare not show its face!

The more Yuuki thought about it, the more she felt this method was feasible, but it might still be lacking something; it needed some promotion...

He turned his gaze to Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was staring in disbelief in the distance…

……

"You wouldn't believe it, that tank blasted the monster to pieces with a single roar!"

Kasumigaoka Utaha stood on a small stone pier, gesticulating wildly and loudly proclaiming with great expression. The children below listened with great interest, and some even cheered loudly.

"In my opinion, this monster has no chance of going outside, otherwise the planes and cannons outside could easily destroy it!"

A child shared his opinion.

Kasumigaoka Utaha nodded in agreement: "Yes, this monster can only hide here and eke out a living."

Wow, you can even use idioms now...

After performing for about ten minutes, Kasumigaoka Utaha came to Yuuki Risa's side, wiping the sweat from her brow. As soon as she arrived, she complained, "Don't make me do this kind of thing anymore, it feels really uncomfortable!"

"Really? I think what you said is quite good, and your word choice and sentence structure are also very good."

Yuuki Osamu grinned and pulled a slice of watermelon from behind her back, handing it to her: "Maybe you'll have a chance to become a writer someday!"

Kasumigaoka Utaha's eyes lit up, and she immediately snatched the watermelon and started eating it. While eating, she mumbled, "My grandma used to read me nice stories a lot, and that's how I learned them."

Watermelons are a rare commodity in this area of ​​Japan; for families with limited means, it's questionable whether they can afford even one a year.

This can be seen from the group of human cubs who are watching this place with longing eyes.

"Mom, I want to eat watermelon too..."

Eriri watched longingly as Kasumigaoka Utaha devoured the juice with her mouth full, and tears involuntarily streamed down her cheeks.

That watermelon is so red, it looks delicious...

Eriri Dai: "..."

Please, I'm begging you! I know you're timid, but stop clinging to your mother! Go up to him! Be his friend! What's the point of just staring blankly at him like that?

Eriri is extremely angry at how pathetic she was as a child.

"But you'd better not become a writer, after all, writing novels is a dead end these days..."

Yuuki thought for a moment and then warned Kasumigaoka Utaha: "How about you try being a screenwriter in the future?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha finished the watermelon piece and said with a satisfied look, "I'm still too young. We can talk about the future later. Right now, I just want to learn magic from you."

Yuuki Osamu: "..."

So you haven't forgotten your lousy magic after all!

He stopped going to see Kasumigaoka Utaha and wouldn't budge no matter what she said. Kids are like that; novelty wears off quickly. Seeing that Yuuki was ignoring him, he soon started playing with Kato Megumi.

Time passes slowly like this.

Kasumigaoka Utaha's propaganda worked; nothing happened for the next five days, and the monsters didn't reappear. It seemed as if this place was simply a confined space.

However, problems still arose, and they were not minor issues.

A child is sick.

"How about it?"

Looking at the short, flaxen-haired girl with a flushed face and closed eyes, Yuki Risa asked Sawamura Sayuri, who was standing next to her, with some annoyance.

"Fever."

Sayuri Sawamura looked at the child with worried eyes: "And it's very serious, his forehead is already burning hot."

"Tsk, how come he suddenly developed a fever?" Yuuki paced back and forth. "Could it be that the mastermind is behind this again?"

"Damn it, if I get something good tomorrow, I'm definitely going to kill that thing!"

With a loud thud, he slammed his fist into the ground, creating a small crater that terrified the group of adults watching.

"Um, Yuki-kun, I think it might not be a problem with a mastermind behind the scenes..."

Sawamura Sayuri hesitated for a moment, then said cautiously, "Although the temperature here hasn't changed much, the children have been trapped for so long and are under immense pressure, and the food supply has also been..."

She didn't say anything more, but Yuuki understood.

That's right, the food is almost gone... or rather, it's all gone.

Before entering any other dimension, Yuuki always buys a lot of snacks and other things. Sometimes, when he encounters strange other dimensions, he can even sneak in some fruit. For example, he picked a watermelon in an other dimension where a harpy monster had formed...

Even if he stockpiled a lot of food, it couldn't withstand the onslaught of more than a hundred human cubs and a dozen adults.

Want some watermelon?

No problem. She ate watermelon all day the day before yesterday, and even made Xiaoyinglili throw up.

Want to eat an apple?

No problem, I only ate apples for half the day yesterday... As for why only half a day, it's because I ran out of food afterwards.

Fortunately, the adults strictly controlled the water supply, and there is still some left; otherwise, many of the children would probably have collapsed.

Given the long-term high pressure and constant fear, it's truly commendable that these children are only starting to get sick now.

"Gu..."

The little girl with flaxen hair made a strange sound, and the people around her looked at each other, wondering what it meant.

Yuki silently took out a bottle of water and put it to the girl's lips.

He didn't know what the girl was saying, but he could see that her lips were so dry they were starting to peel.

After taking a sip of water in her sleep, the girl opened her eyes groggily for a moment. Upon seeing Yuuki Risa, her expression visibly relaxed, and then she closed her eyes again and fell asleep.

"Yuki, another child over there has a fever..."

Coincidentally, before the girl had even finished dealing with her situation, the bearded middle-aged man rushed over anxiously and announced some bad news.

At the same time, several more adults on patrol rushed over with anxious expressions, and some children also had fevers.

Yukiri fell silent. They had been without food for over a day, and these children were nearing their limit. Even if their minds could withstand it, their bodies were about to go into defensive mode...

"What should we do?" Sayuri Sawamura panicked immediately. After all, she was just a stay-at-home mom, and she had never seen anything like this before.

"Calm down, calm down, calm down." The middle-aged man with the thick beard said "calm down" three times in a row, then stared intently at Yuki: "Yuki, when exactly are the reinforcements you mentioned coming? Can you give me a definite answer?"

"If... if you're lying to us, then you might as well just give us a straight answer!"

Yuuki was taken aback. He looked at the bearded man, then at the people around him, a mocking expression on his face: "You're doubting me?"

“It’s not that I doubt you…” the youngest of the three surviving teachers said timidly, “It’s just that you… really don’t seem like a child…”

"Nonsense, didn't I tell you from the beginning not to call me a kid?"

"But... what are you?"

The surroundings fell silent instantly. Yuuki Risa suddenly realized what was going on, and his face flushed with anger: "You actually suspect me of being the mastermind?"

He almost laughed out of anger. What kind of bizarre thinking is this?!

"No, no, how could you suspect Mr. Yuuki?!" Sawamura Sayuri finally realized what was happening and explained in a panic, "He's our savior! How could you suspect him?!"

"In the end, he only saved you, didn't he?"

A dejected-looking man said, "Who knows if you're in cahoots with him!"

"No, why...why would you think that?"

Sawamura Sayuri gaped, her face filled with disbelief: "The food we ate was all provided by Mr. Yuuki, and so was the water we drank. If it weren't for him, we would have been dead long ago!"

"Mrs. Sawamura... do you know what pig farming is?"

P.S.: Chapter Two, I'll try to finish this part of the story within two days.

A City of Ghosts and Monsters: Chapter Twenty-Two - Don't Bully Him

Raising pigs?

Sawamura Sayuri was completely baffled: "Of course I know about raising pigs, what does that have to do with this?"

The bearded man shook his head: "Of course it's related."

"Wouldn't it taste better if the pigs were fat and white?"

"Didn't you make any connections?"

What do you think?

Sawamura Sayuri understood his subtext, but she firmly shook her head: "No, your reasoning is illogical, and if all of this was orchestrated by Mr. Yuuki, then why did the food supply stop yesterday?"

Her deduction was not without merit; several adults clearly showed hesitation on their faces, obviously on the verge of being persuaded by her.

The bearded man shook his head, his face full of sorrow: "Mrs. Sawamura, it's not that I want to doubt him, but we have no other choice..."

“The children have started to fall ill one after another, and the reinforcements he promised have yet to appear. We have no options but to doubt him…”

Sawamura Sayuri's face showed a rare expression of anger: "Do you think doubting Mr. Yuuki will solve the problem? That's ridiculous!"

She was absolutely furious. How could she suspect an innocent person just because she had no other choice? What kind of utter irrationality is that!

And even if you have doubts, it won't solve the problem!

Simply unheard of!

The bearded man sighed, despair creeping onto his face, and then he made a move that stunned everyone.

puff!