The story we started

[Yukino Yukinoshita's face was solemn. She was more concerned about Zaimokuza's transformation and battle with the belt last night than the news of an unconfirmed life form appearing in Tokyo.]

【"Yes."】

[Zaimokuza, who had a clear shoe print on his left cheek, scratched his white hair that was scattered due to his sleeping posture and said it a little embarrassedly, but his expression immediately became excited the next second.]

[“Minister, you don’t know! The police arrived when I was halfway through the fight with that newly emerged unidentified life form. It was totally different from the movies where they arrived at the scene after the fight was over. As soon as they got out of the car, they pointed their guns at me and that unidentified life form and kept shooting. It was so itchy when the bullets hit my body! It was just like going to have sex—”]

【“Why didn’t you listen to my advice?”】

【"--Well……"】

【Zaimokuza had originally thought that he could get away with it as usual, but when he heard Yukinoshita Yukino's calm voice and saw her clenched fists, he realized that the woman opposite him was really angry. His smile froze and he became completely depressed. He was like a naughty child who had made his mother angry, and he didn't dare to speak.】

[“This, isn’t it just a coincidence~”]

[“I have already warned you before, don’t transform so easily again.”]

[Yukinoshita Yukino stared at Zaimokuza's wandering eyes, and her calm voice contained clearly audible anger.]

[“When we decipher the inscription and get enough information, no one knows whether the belt will hide any side effects. If you continue to use the belt to transform, no one can guarantee that your body will not undergo any irreversible changes. The worst possibility is that you will become the same as those Gurongi!”]

【“Gu, Ku Juji? What is that?”】

[Zaimokuza looked at Yukinoshita Yukino with the same intelligent eyes as Erha, blinked, and a question mark appeared above his head. ]

【call out! 】

[A slender, white fist passed by Zaimokuza's cheek with a sharp sound of breaking through the air. The whistling sound of the wind rippled a few strands of his hair and stung the skin on his face.]

[“Could you please stop interrupting me, Mr. Zai Mokuza Yoshiki?”]

[Yukinoshita Yukino's expression remained unchanged as she slowly withdrew her fist from Zaimokuza's face, whose expression was frozen.]

【"……Hi."】

[He watched with trepidation as the soft hand withered away from his face. The fair skin reflected a faint light that made countless women jealous under the sunlight shining in from the window, but Zaimokuza only felt that the light reflected by this petite and slender jade hand was like a cold and shining samurai sword, which was eager to chop off his dog head with one blow.]

[“Gurongi is the name I translated from the inscription for those unconfirmed life forms. It should also be the name of their race. Humans are called Lindo in the inscription.”]

【"Lin Duo?"】

[Zaimokuza was startled, and remembered that the Gurongi seemed to have always called him by this name before he transformed. Does that mean it means human? ]

[What does the name Sora represent? 】

[“But it doesn’t matter. I don’t care what those monsters are called.”]

[Yukinoshita Yukino's voice interrupted Zaimokuza's thoughts. She stared at Zaimokuza, trying her best to suppress the surging emotions on her expressionless face.]

[“…Do you know how many funerals I attended in Nagano this time?”]

【“…”】

【Speaking of this topic, Zaimokuza fell silent. He was well aware of this as he had accompanied Yukinoshita Yukino throughout the funeral process.】

“Seven times.”

[Yukinoshita Yukino added a ring finger to the finger that represented six, representing the number seven. ]

[“During the three days or so in Nagano, I attended nearly ten funerals, an average of three a day, and the bodies lying in the coffins at each funeral were all people I knew, either my teachers, classmates, or colleagues. They all spent several years with me, and they left my life a few days ago... in just one night.”]

[“And right now in this office where you and I are sitting, the only person whose name has not been crossed out on the office list is Yukinoshita Yukino!”]

【Snapped! 】

[Speaking of this, Yukinoshita Yukino could no longer hold back and stood up, slapping the table with her hand, causing the entire wooden desk to tremble, showing her superb Aikido attainments and causing Zaimokuza to tremble all over.]

[“So do you understand? This is why I don’t want you to transform and fight. Not only do you have no obligation to do so, but I also don’t want to receive another obituary during this period asking me to attend a funeral, with the name Zaimokuza Yoshiki written on the funeral farewell list, and a black and white photo of my friend on the coffin!”]

【Zaimokuza looked at the face of Yukinoshita Yukino who was so close to him. His beautiful dark blue eyes, which were usually calm, turned red. This was the first time in all the years he had known her that he had seen this girl have such a violent emotional fluctuation. She was always good at hiding her feelings in her heart, but this time she showed her concern for him without any disguise.】

[Come to think of it, friends and teachers who had been with each other day and night were slaughtered by monsters resurrected from super ancient ruins. Unless one is a cold-blooded animal who is extremely ruthless and selfish, no one can remain calm, let alone this person who always appears indifferent on the outside, but is extremely emotional on the inside. It can be said that this person perfectly embodies the phrase "cold on the outside, warm on the inside".]

[Even so, facing these eyes that seemed to be so lively that one could not help but agree to their request, Zaimokuza still gave his answer.]

[“But I’m right there.”]

【Zaimokuza smiled and gave a thumbs up, with no trace of regret in his sincere expression.】

[“If you have seen it, you should reach out to the best of your ability. Don’t let yourself regret it in your dreams later because you didn’t reach out.” This is the principle you taught me, Minister.”]

[“Don’t do evil even if it’s small, and don’t refrain from doing good even if it’s small—this is one of the tenets of the Service Club. Captain, you can’t instigate your members to violate the club rules you set. Those who violate the rules will have to choose between confessing to Mr. Hiratsuka or cleaning the toilet for a week!”]

Chiba Prefecture, Sobu High School, Service Club.

"... Yukinoshita, as a teacher I am very pleased that you can set such a glorious and upright club rule... But why is one of the punishments for violating the club rule to confess to me? Is confessing to me as cruel a torture as cleaning the toilet for a week!?"

The corners of Shizuka Hiratsuka's eyes with long eyelashes twitched as she turned to look at Yukinoshita Yukino who was sitting next to her, ignoring Hikiko, Yuigahama, and Zaimokuza who were trying to hold back their laughter. Her tried-for-a-smile could not cover up the meridians and distorted sounds that were bursting from her forehead.

"Teacher Hiratsuka, this is not a rule I made now, but a rule for the future. Please don't use the mistakes I will make in the future to criticize me now. This is a typical case of finding a pretext to accuse someone of something."

Yukinoshita Yukino's voice, as always, carries a sense of coldness and loneliness like a flowing spring, but even if her face is turned sideways and you can't see it, you can still see her thin shoulders shaking slightly.

"——You really are worthy of being the younger sister of that guy Yang No. The two sisters are really exactly the same in nature."

"…Thanks for the compliment."

At this moment, the two people whose defenses were broken by each other looked at each other in silence.

【“Zaimokuza-san.”】

[Faced with Zaimokuza's eyes that showed no trace of hypocrisy or evasion, Yukinoshita Yukino remained silent for a long time before she spoke again, and sat back in her chair like a deflated ball. ]

[“——I have to say that you are still as angry as you were in high school. You haven’t changed after all these years.”]

[“Hehe, I still remember when I was in the Service Club, Hachiman and I always made you angry, and every time you beat us up, I remember the worst time was the school trip. I almost thought that Hachiman and I were going to die. I’ve never seen you so angry before.”]

[“…Who told you to act on your own without consulting me and Yuigahama-san? You were originally asked to help someone confess, but why did you two end up confessing to someone else together? What I didn’t expect was that the other party actually agreed to your confession, Zaimokuza-san… Do you know what the client’s expression was when he saw the person he loved holding your arm and walking away?”]

【Thinking of the outrageous result of the commission many years ago, Yukino Yukinoshita couldn't help but want to complain. She originally accepted someone else's commission to help him confess to the girl he liked, but why did her own members snatch the target away in the end? Could it be that they had some literal misunderstanding when understanding the commission, and understood helping others confess as helping others confess? 】

[Obviously, neither of these two people's surnames has the character "王".]

[“Originally, after Hachiman failed, I just wanted to give it a try. I couldn’t let my best friend embarrass himself, right? But I really didn’t expect that he would agree! When he was dragged away, my whole brain gave up thinking. You have to believe me, Buchou!”]

[Thinking back to the ending of that school trip, he was forced to betray the organization and went from being unknown to being the thorn in the eyes of everyone in the class. Even though many years have passed, Zaimokuza still feels a lingering fear. ]

[“…Don’t worry. I believe that you didn’t have the intention of stealing my love when you asked me to do that. At that time, Zaimokuza-san couldn’t have any advantages that would make a normal girl like you. It was indeed an accident.”]

[“Right, right? And the final result was good! The girl explained everything to the client, and their relationship didn’t break down. I was just used as a shield by the client. I was wondering how could she fall in love with me out of nowhere? There must be something hidden!”]

【“…”】

[In response to Zaimokuza's words, Yukinoshita Yukino remained strangely silent this time. 】

[Not noticing the momentary expression of hesitation on Yukinoshita Yukino's face, Zaimokuza raised his thumb and showed his signature smile. ]

[“Be a man! Minister, believe me, I’m fine! I’m a man with 2000 skills, the swordsman general Ashikaga Yoshiteru! Smile! Smile! All you have to do is smile and watch me show my might and beat those Gu Juji to a pulp!”]

[“It’s Gurongi, you really are…”]

[Yukinoshita Yukino was stunned for a moment, and finally sighed helplessly. ]

[Strangely, the feeling of depression in my heart has subsided a lot at this time, and it is no longer like a dark cloud covering my head like before. ]

[Perhaps this is the unique charm of Zaimokuza Yoshiki. Whenever he is around, people can always relax unconsciously and smile.]

【Zaimokuza was relieved when he saw Yukinoshita Yukino's frown soften, he smiled and stood up, patting his clothes that had a high-heeled shoe mark on his chest.】

[“Well, Minister, I will be leaving now. I’ll leave it to you to translate the ancient inscriptions. If there is anything about Kuuga’s image, please let me know.”]

[“Kuga?”]

[When Yukino Yukino heard this name for the first time, she was stunned. What the hell is Kuuga? Where did Kuuga come from? ]

[“That’s how I call myself. Those Gu, Gu or something Juji seem to call me after my transformation… Kuuga? I think the name Kuuga is more catchy, so I’ll call you that.”]

[“Wait, why didn’t you tell me this before?”]

[Yukinoshita Yukino, who only now learned this information, was a little confused, and then a feeling of anger surged from her heart, because this white-haired rabbit actually told her such an important thing only now! ]

[“Uh… didn’t you forget? But Mr. Kousaka should have heard No. 3 calling him that at that time. Director, you should have Mr. Kousaka’s cell phone number, right? You can call him and ask.”]

[“Zaimokuza-san! Wait for me—”]

【"Good morning, Minister! Goodbye, Minister!"】

[Patter. 】

[Without waiting for Yukinoshita Yukino to persuade him to stay, Zaimokuza waved his hand and immediately closed the door. The closed door blocked the smiling face with a shoe print left behind.]

【"you……!"】

[Seeing Zaimokuza closing the door and leaving as if fleeing, Yukinoshita Yukino pointed at the closed door for a long time, feeling a surge of anger. ]

[But in the end, she sighed helplessly, put her hand on her forehead, leaned back on the back of the chair, and said nothing more.]

[“Sora… me? Another target to investigate.”]

[She was silent for a long time, then reached out and opened the drawer of her desk, took out a photo frame, and brushed her fingers across the dust-free surface of the frame.]

[“Service Club, what a nostalgic name… So many years have passed without me noticing?”]

[She brushed her fingers across the photo in the frame, and looking at the four people with different expressions in the photo, Yukinoshita Yukino's eyes softened in a rare way.]

[“Even though you haven’t changed at all, we all know it clearly in our hearts, Zaimokuza-san…”]

[“Among the four people who served in the club, you have changed the most.”]

[This photo is arranged from left to right in a female-female-male-male order. On the far left is Yukino Yukinoshita, who is wearing a black school uniform with pleats, black stockings with white trims, long black hair, red bows on both sides of her hair, and a white scarf. She looks helpless, and Yuigahama Yui, who is wearing the same school uniform, has short pink hair, and smiles with her eyes closed, with her arms around her neck.]

[On Yuigahama Yui's right is Hikigaya Hachiman, who is wearing a black winter school uniform for boys, hunched over, with a black scarf around his neck, and has a pair of conspicuous and dha-rich dead fish eyes. And there is a man who is hugging his shoulders and wearing a brown windbreaker——]

"puff--!"

Ishigami Yu spat out the milk in his mouth and subconsciously lowered his head in a hurry to prevent the white sticky liquid from splashing all over the computer screen in front of him, but the expensive modified keyboard was still damaged.

"Cough cough cough-"

He covered his mouth and coughed violently. Milk seeped out from the gaps between his fingers and dripped onto his bare thighs, but he no longer had time to wipe it off. The content shown in the video completely captured his attention.

Ishigami Yu stared in amazement at the person on the far left of the photo on the screen in front of him, the fat man with white hair who was wearing a brown windbreaker and fingerless gloves over the Sobu High School uniform, with a round belly that couldn't even be covered by the coat, and wearing a pair of black-framed glasses and smiling very happily.

"This……"

Looking at this white-haired fat otaku with a familiar face, the corners of his eyes twitched heavily, as frequently as a rabbit frantically clicking the abstention button at the meeting after joining the United Nations for the first time.

"Who is this!?"

Countless people in the world made the same exclamation at this moment.

17. Young people who understand the darkness of society

"I remember now, this fat guy's name seems to be - Zaimokuza Yoshiki!?"

Tobe Sho stared at the photo on the mobile phone video in a daze. If he only recognized Yukinoshita Yukino in the previous video and didn't know who Zaimokuza Yoshiki was, then this photo was like a work setting collection that directly displayed the relationship between the characters in front of everyone. 2023txt.com

He finally remembered that there seemed to be a fat man who liked to wear a windbreaker that was so hot that it killed people no matter spring, summer, autumn or winter. It was also said that he seemed to be a famous middle school student in Sobu High School. It was said that he always liked to write some weird manuscripts for others to read. People who read those manuscripts would always feel dizzy and dizzy afterwards. The most serious ones would even have symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea and had to be sent to the infirmary. Therefore, this became a mysterious campus legend in Sobu High School. It was said that after reading those books that recorded unspeakable contents, everyone would suffer misfortune and their souls would become prisoners of the devil from then on.

But it doesn't matter at all.

Tobe Sho looked stupidly at the four familiar people in the photo, especially Zaimokuza Yoshiki on the far left, and his expression gradually became distorted.

Great, I'm starting to understand all this -

Understand you, you big watermelon! This understanding is a hammer!

Not only him, but everyone around him looked at the fat man with a familiar smile in the photo, and it was obvious that they also recognized the true identity of this Zaimokuza. Their eyeballs almost burst out of their sockets, and they were artificially created to be cracked longan.

Looking at the photo, there is a big fat man with white hair, a broad upper body, a fat face, small eyes, and a face full of fat like a sour date when he smiles. Compared with the previous video, he is about 1.8 meters tall, with long arms and a pair of curvy legs that can run for a modeling competition. In terms of his figure, when the belt burned his clothes and merged into his body during his first transformation, his eight-pack abdominal muscles made countless women bleed from their noses. Even some men stared at him. He is a cheerful and handsome man with white hair. Tobe Sho just wants to poke his eyes out and rinse his eyeballs with saline.

You're telling me this is the same person? He has grown into this in just a few years without using any of Asia's three great evil arts. This is probably a direct remake of his life!

"Are you kidding me! Is that handsome guy with white hair the fat otaku who was always walking with Hikio and the others?!"

The disheveled Miura Yumiko stared with her eyes wide open, looking at the photo of the familiar Yukinoshita Yukino, her good friend Yuigahama Yui, the dead-eyed Hikigaya, and the fat Zaimokuza. This scene was a vivid interpretation of what it meant by two flowers stuck in cow dung.

"Oh my~ I didn't expect Mr. Smile's true identity is actually that Zaimokuza-san..."

Hina Ebina rested her small chin on Miura Yumiko's fair shoulder, and watched the Zaimokuza that they were familiar with in the video with her. Her pair of glasses reflected the gloss of the screen, making it impossible to see the eyes hidden behind the lenses, and her mouth was bent into a "W" shape like a cat.

"Indeed not—wait!? Himena, you already guessed it?"

Miura Yumiko subconsciously wanted to nod in agreement, but suddenly realized that there seemed to be something else behind Ebina Hina's words, and turned to look at her in surprise.

"Well, since I know Yukinoshita and call her the captain, that means she should be a member of the Service Club. Plus, there's a classmate named Zaimokuza, so it seems there's only one person like that among the people I know. But I really didn't expect that Zaimokuza would grow up to be so handsome in the future. I'm really surprised."