The story we started

Hiratsuka Shizuka suddenly turned to look at Hikigaya Hachiman, put his hand gently on his shoulder, his eyes deep and his smile as kind as when his father found him playing with his sister Komachi.

"Hikigaya, do you have something to say to me?"

Obviously, the hand on his shoulder had fingers as slender as young catkins, skin as white as cream, and pointed fingers as delicate and dexterous as onion roots, but Hikigaya Hachiman felt that it was not a beautiful hand on his shoulder, but a bear paw with bulging muscles, scars, and sharp claws that was gently stroking his shoulder bone through the thin layer of flesh.

After thinking for 0.3 seconds, he made his choice between bravely speaking the truth and being a man who can bend and stretch.

"Teacher, you are sitting on my chair."

"oh? iamnyouborrowit?"

"…my pleasure, sir."

Facts have proved that men cannot defeat women, let alone a woman who is more manly than a man. This makes Hikigaya more determined to realize his dream of becoming a househusband.

Just when Yukinoshita Yukino was about to say something else, Zaimokuza let out a strange cry and interrupted what she was about to say.

“Ohhhhhhhh!!! What, what is this!?”

Watching the changes on the screen in front of him, Zaimokuza's eyes sparkled with a light they had never had before, just like when he was a child and entered his father's study and opened the first story he read in his life, full of childlike innocence and excitement.

……

【Nagano Prefecture, Kurodake】

[There is a cave in this winding mountain range. At the entrance of the cave stands a stone gate building. The gate is brightly lit and filled with various modern equipment. A group of people are moving things around in the cave, doing their work.]

[In the deepest part of the cave, a huge stone coffin stood. Four long and thick ropes extended from the machine on top. The iron claws at the end of the ropes bit the four corners of the stone coffin lid and slowly lifted the lid of the stone coffin.]

【"stop!"】

[Among the many people in front of the sarcophagus, a leader standing in the front raised his arm to signal to stop, and the coffin lid immediately stopped. Many people holding equipment came forward and used the equipment to support the coffin lid suspended in the air.]

[All the remaining people put on the night vision devices hanging around their necks and slowly walked forward to observe the scene in the sarcophagus. What they saw made them hold their breath slightly.]

[In the opened coffin, a male mummy dressed in white linen clothes lay quietly inside. ]

[His flesh and blood had completely dried up over a long period of time, but even so, the dry and wrinkled skin of this corpse still had a moist and shiny feel.]

[This is incredible. According to the exploration and research of this archaeological team, this mysterious relic must have existed for at least a thousand years. But after such a long time, the body is still preserved so completely, just like when it was just buried.]

【When they saw the mummy, everyone seemed to feel a torrent of history unfolding before their eyes. The corpse came quietly to them from the distant ancient times, using the stone pavilion as a boat. Just like the tomb robbers who entered the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt, facing the exquisite golden mask that seemed to seal time, they would admire it for a long time in silence and dare not reach out to take it off, as if they were afraid of disturbing the sleeping beauty and afraid that it would wake up and dissipate into ashes.】

[“I didn’t expect to find something like this in Japan.”]

[The professor in the lead tried his best to suppress the amazement and excitement in his heart as he gently brushed the various strange totem symbols carved on the sarcophagus with his gloved hands.]

[This is an unprecedented discovery. After the incident of Fujimura Gate, the Japanese archaeological community has been hit hard and almost unable to recover. The discovery of this relic may once again inject fresh blood into the decadent Japanese archaeological community.]

[“This is different from all the ruins we have found before! Teacher.”]

[A woman clenched her hands excitedly, while a young man next to her looked at the male corpse in the coffin hesitantly, feeling a little uneasy for some reason.]

[“Teacher, this thing shouldn’t have a message saying… that if you open it, you will die or be cursed, right?”]

[“The coffin has already been opened. Even if there is a curse, it would have already been affected. You just watched too many The Mummy movies. This is Japan. Anubis has no right to control this place.”]

[The professor didn't take the young man's words to heart at all. He said a few words to him in a nonchalant manner, which caused the people around him to laugh. The young man immediately blushed and lowered his head and stopped talking.]

[“Take a picture of the pattern on the sarcophagus and send the data back to the laboratory so that they can decipher the meaning of these totems as soon as possible.”]

[But the people who stood up and left did not notice that the mummy's skinny fingers moved slightly a few times as they stood up and left, and then slowly began to move.]

"The archaeological team discovered a mysterious relic, then accidentally broke the seal and released the sealed monster, resulting in the death of all members. Even Hollywood doesn't use this old-fashioned plot anymore."

Looking at the images displayed on the screen, Hikigaya Hachiman couldn't help but complain. Having watched many movies for so many years, he could imagine what would happen next with his knees.

Having said this, he turned to look at Zaimokuza Yoshiteru beside him, wanting to see what he thought.

"What do you think, Zaimokuza?"

"Oh! These patterns are so cool! They're much cooler than the exclusive patterns I designed for the protagonist. Nice! You can copy this, ugh! Take it as a reference and embroider it on the back of my windbreaker!"

"..."

He turned his head expressionlessly. As expected, asking this fat guy with a middle school syndrome would not get any good answer. The two of them were not thinking on the same channel at all.

Hikigaya looked around and saw that everyone was concentrating on watching the video, so he continued to watch it with his head down.

But what appeared next made him stunned, and his eyeballs almost popped out of his sockets.

“Who is this person!?”

【Tokyo International Airport】

[“Two years ago, I was separated from my tour group and walked alone in the desert for many days. I finished all my water on the first day. The desert was cold at night and hot in the morning. Everything I saw was sand. I lost my compass, so I had no idea where to go.”]

[On the road next to the airport, next to a motorcycle, a white-haired young man in a brown windbreaker was squatting, in front of him stood a little girl who kept rubbing her eyes and crying. Because she was facing away, all that could be seen was the young man's messy white hair.]

[“I almost died there. Later, I passed out due to lack of water. When I woke up, I found that I was rescued by local people. They said that when they found me, I was lying behind a sand dune. The distance from the supply station was only about two kilometers, but because the sand dune was too high, they couldn’t see it.”]

[“So, although it’s scary to be separated from your family, don’t panic or cry, because your parents must be looking for you very close to you, so as long as you don’t run around, they will definitely find you!”]

【"Wow!"】

[But the young man's words were of no use at all. The little girl with tanned hair continued to cry loudly, even louder.]

[The young man scratched his head, pulled out a joker card from his windbreaker pocket, and waved it in front of the little girl. The little girl was attracted for a moment, and stared at the joker card with red eyes.]

[“Watch out! It’s time to witness a miracle!”]

[Speaking the words he learned from a magician, the young man placed the playing cards in his hand on the back of his clenched fist, raised his other hand on top, shook it a few times, and then slapped it. ]

【"Hey!"】

[A magical thing happened. When the young man raised his hand, the card on the back of his hand disappeared.]

【"well!"】

[The little girl opened her eyes wide in surprise, looking at the empty back of the young man's hand in disbelief.]

[“Come on, put your hand in the right pocket of your clothes.”]

[The little girl, her curiosity fully aroused, followed the young man's instructions and reached into her coat pocket. Under the gaze of the young man with wide eyes, she took out the joker card.]

【“Soooo!”】

[“Isn’t that great?”]

[Facing the surprised little girl, the young man smiled and reached out to rub her small head. ]

[“This card is for you. Smile like the clown on it~smile!smile! Smile happily!”]

【"Um!"】

[The little girl nodded happily, and then she heard an urgent shout from behind her. She turned her head in surprise and saw a couple running towards her under the guidance of a police officer.]

【“Chihaya!”】

[“Dad! Mom!”]

[The little girl threw herself into the arms of her father who came running over and laughed happily. ]

[After the girl's parents thanked him repeatedly, the young man smiled and waved his hand. He watched the little girl, who was taken away by her parents, turn around and wave goodbye to him with a smile, holding the joker card he gave her.]

[He turned around and showed his appearance for the first time. He had short white hair, a tall stature, a cheerful and handsome face, and a natural cuteness.]

[The young man patted his brown windbreaker, which looked a little old, picked up the helmet hanging on the rearview mirror of the motorcycle, put it on, got on the seat, started the motorcycle, and drove onto the road after a smooth drift.]

When the young man on the screen was holding the handlebars, the camera gave a close-up of his wrist. There was a line of small words embroidered on the wrist of his brown windbreaker, which could not be seen without careful observation.

The line of embroidery reads:

Zaimokuza no Yoshiki.

"It seems that this man named Zaimokuza Yoshiki is the protagonist of this video, but he actually embroidered his name on the sleeve of his windbreaker? This is too girly!"

Togashi Yuta looked at the words embroidered on the sleeves. Every stroke of the words exuded a soft, feminine aura. He couldn't help but complain.

……

Chiba Prefecture, Sobu High School, Service Club.

Shizuka Hiratsuka quickly reached out and grabbed the stunned Yoshiteru Zaimokuza's right hand and lifted his wrist. The other three members of the service club immediately leaned over and looked at his right hand.

Yukinoshita Yukino pushed aside Hikigaya's head that was blocking her view, and stared at the cuff of Zaimokuza's windbreaker, which also had a few small characters embroidered on it:

Zaimokuza no Yoshiki.

"you……"

Looking down at the young man's handsome face clearly visible on the screen of the mobile phone in his hand without taking off his helmet, and then looking up at the fat white-haired otaku with a face full of fat in front of him, Hikigaya Hachiman had a dull look in his eyes and asked with a twitching mouth.

"Him, no! You, he... who are you!?"

4. Awakening Darkness -in-

Sobu High School, Service Club. mzjgyny.com

Zaimokuza Yoshiki blinked his small eyes that were almost buried by his fat, and stared straight ahead.

A white and tender hand held a mobile phone and placed it next to his left cheek. The screen of the phone showed a handsome white-haired man wearing a helmet, driving and whistling with a happy smile on his face.

“Is this you?”

Yukinoshita Yukino asked expressionlessly.

"it's me."

Zaimokuza Yoshiki glanced at the mobile phone screen on his left and nodded, his face full of determination and affirmation.

"is it?"

Yukinoshita Yukino said with a blank expression.

"It's me, but I seem to be a little thinner than I am now."

Zaimokuza Yoshiki turned his head and took another look, his eyes still firm and unwavering.

"That's not you."

Yukinoshita Yukino retorted with a still expressionless face.

"You said he is not me?"

Zaimokuza Yoshiki's face was sullen, like a lion backed into a cliff.

"No."

Yukinoshita Yukino's face was as calm as a floating cloud.

"I said he's not me either, this isn't me at all!"

Zaimokuza pushed the phone that was facing his face away with an indignant look on his face, and shouted with his fists clenched.

"I'm much more handsome than him! Although I'm a little fat now, I used to be very cute!"

"Do you have a photo?"

Hikigaya Hachiman crossed his arms and said expressionlessly.

"Yes! In the phone!"

"Where's the cell phone?"

Zaimokuza's face suddenly froze, as if his back door was about to open but he couldn't find the toilet.

"Uh... the video is playing and I can't turn it off."

“Are there any actual photos?”

Hiratsuka Shizuka asked with interest.

"No! Who would carry around old photos of themselves? Wouldn't that make you a narcissist?"

Zaimokuza waved his hands excitedly.

"Does Zaimokuza-san have any photos of his past life?"

Yuigahama Yui sat on the back of a chair with her palms pressed on the back of the chair, and half of her head popped out from behind the chair and asked curiously.

"Yes, on the phone..."

This time, Zaimokuza even began to lose confidence in his voice.