The story we started

[“Kyoka, remember, if you come to the store alone with Zaimokuza and no one else, go home immediately. Also, if you see a boy who looks as handsome as him on the street or in school, you must stay away from him. Those guys are very dangerous to a girl like you! Do you understand!?”]

【"oh……"】

[Kawasaki Kyoka, who is in the sixth grade and about to enter junior high school, looked at her sister who looked serious and nodded with a confused expression. ]

[“I… I just like… playing with children. I’m not… a warlock.”]

【Zaimokuza painfully proved his innocence to the two sisters, but Kawasaki Saki glanced at him contemptuously after hearing this, and continued to speak to the sister in his arms.】

[“Jinghua, there is one more thing you must remember. Don’t trust men’s words easily in the future. Don’t believe a single word of them asking you to hold an umbrella for them. Especially those men who look handsome and harmless like Zaimokuza. Not a single word they say is true. They are all lies!”]

[“Okay, I understand, sister!”]

[Kawasaki Kyoka nodded seriously, and Kawasaki Saki touched her head with a look of satisfaction, and told her to go home quickly.]

【“…”】

【Zaimokuza watched silently as the white-haired girl in his perspective opened the door of the restaurant and walked out. The figure with a single ponytail jumped lively and gradually moved away from his vision. Two lines of tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, making him look like Zhao Min, who was defiled by Chang Wei and no one believed her innocence.】

[A pair of beautiful legs in black silk stockings wearing high heels walked into his fallen field of vision. Kawasaki Saki looked at Zaimokuza, who was silently shedding tears, with disdain, and kicked the armrest of the fallen chair with the tip of her sharp high heels. ]

[“Hurry up! Don’t think you can rest today because the store is being repaired. Nail the bookshelves in the store quickly. If you don’t nail them up today, you won’t have dinner, and your salary will also be deducted!”]

[“I don’t think… I’ve ever had a salary… right?”]

[“Then you won’t have dinner tomorrow! If you don’t want to go hungry, get up and work quickly.”]

[The heartless capitalist lady put one foot on the handrail, staring at the distressed General Ashikaga Yoshiteru with cold and ruthless eyes, and her voice was like a cold long knife stabbing into his heart. ]

【“…Ms. Saki.”】

【Listening to the speech of the capitalist lady Grandet, the disheartened Zaimokuza glanced at her condescending gaze, and suddenly felt a surge of fear in his heart, and he spoke softly. 】

【"ah?"】

【Because Zaimokuza's voice was too soft, Kawasaki Saki impatiently put her ear close to him, wanting to hear what he had to say.】

[“Your dressing taste is really good. It makes people feel like the blue sky reflecting the sea.”]

【Listening to the praise, Kawasaki Saki looked a little confused, wondering what Zaimokuza was up to. 】

[“Also…please change some of your habitual movements when you wear a skirt in the future, such as raising your legs high, otherwise people will always see something strange.”]

[Kawasaki Saki's eyes froze for a moment, and then the redness of her slender neck from the collar climbed all the way up, like a whole lamb that had been roasted red, with faint white steam coming out of her head. The beeping sound of the kettle cooking on the table next to her happened to sound, and she finally understood Zaimokuza's "praise".]

[A pair of slender hands covered the black hip-wrapped long skirt, and a long and curvy beautiful leg was raised high, stepping on Zaimokuza's face! ]

[“You pervert!!!”]

[While shouting in shame and indignation, Zaimokuza's vision fell into darkness as he felt the severe pain on his face.]

[Today, the oppressed General Ashikaga Yoshiteru, the fourth unconfirmed life form, Kuuga, Zaimokuza Yoshiteru, won a long-awaited victory in the battle with his bloodless and tearless capitalist boss, Zetsu.]

【Today's victory is won by Zaimokuza Yoshiki.】

Shuchiin Academy, Student Council Room.

"I don't know why, but this scene between Mr. Zaimokuza and Ms. Kawasaki feels like déjà vu..."

"President, you are right. This scene between Ms. Kawasaki and Mr. Zaimokuza is indeed very familiar..."

"..."

Shirogane Miyuki and Shinomiya Kaguya looked at each other with the same feeling, while Hayasaka Ai, who was sitting on a tree outside the student union room, was observing the situation inside with a telescope and rolled her eyes at their lip movements, thinking, isn't this the daily routine that you guys have to perform every day?

[An abandoned building in a park in Tokyo.]

【"Why!?"】

[A fist as big as a sandbag smashed a solid wooden table into pieces. The leader of the Zu group, Zu-Zain-Da, looked at Baruba with red eyes. Baruba remained calm in the face of Zain who was obviously furious, and took out a parchment with many totems printed on it.]

[“This is reality. So far, only one of you has passed the game. The rest have either been defeated by Kuuga or by Rindo’s warriors. There is no need to continue.”]

[On the parchment in her hand, many totems on the left side have been scratched with bright red lightning-like hooks, and there are thirteen of them, which is exactly the number of Gurongi that the police have counted, accounting for nearly half of the totems on the parchment.]

[“Your ending is already obvious, so according to the rules of the game, I will cancel your “zu” game qualification as the judge and transfer it to “me”, pushing Kikiru into the next stage.”]

[“Now, who is in favor and who is against?”]

[Although Baruba said this sentence "Who objects?" very calmly, an overwhelming cold aura has surrounded the group of "Zu" group's Gurong standing opposite. Under the oppression of this aura, although many Gurongs showed reluctance, they dared not say anything. Only Zain, the leader, was still panting and glaring at Baruba, but the record of failure on the parchment made him unable to say anything to refute, so he could only remain silent. Only his still shaking fists made people feel the anger of the other party. ]

[“Then let me be the first one.”]

[A man wearing a yellow racing suit and with his face painted with various colors of paint came up from behind her. He first looked at the "zu" opposite with contempt, then directly pushed them aside and walked through the middle. All the Gurongi who were pushed aside looked annoyed, but seeing the expressionless Baruba in front of them, they forced themselves to hold back.]

[The man took a writing board with stone edges on the table behind him and drew lines on it with a black oil-based marker. The lines were strange and had a certain rhythm, like piano music or some mysterious language. After drawing, the man raised the writing board to Baruba.]

[“One hundred people, use the new second rule.”]

[After hearing what the man said, Baruba's eyes flickered. Without saying a word, he took out a black jade bracelet and threw it over. The man took it with one hand and walked towards Baruba with a smile. His figure twisted and deformed in the darkness. Four thin wings with patterns spread out behind him. The dark silver belt around his waist shone brightly. The evil ghost pattern was more hideous and terrifying than those Gurongi with red copper belts.]

[Baruba raised the hand with the ring on it, and the green corners on it, which were different from the previous golden ones, were flashing a more strange light.]

[“It is up to you to start a new stage for Kikiru, me-badjisu-ba.”]

"Me? It's different from the "zu" in the prefix of the names of the previous Gurongis... The "me" group, they should be the higher-level Gurongis in this "Kikiru"."

"A brand new enemy... and a new stage. As expected, this "Kikiru" is divided into different stages. Different stages belong to different Gurongi. Each stage is expected to be stronger. Will this new enemy be as strong as the previous No. 6? According to the information that the rose girl said after Zaimokuza was defeated, there should be a "go" group above this "me" group. "

"The number zero that appeared once during the video and then disappeared... is it the Gurongi of the "GO" Group?"

"I'm afraid it's more than that..."

Hikigaya Hachiman analyzed the information revealed in the video thoughtfully. When he thought of the visual effect when No. 0 just appeared at the beginning of the video and the atmosphere that made him feel depressed outside the video, his brows jumped. He intuitively felt that the Gurongi called No. 0 might be more terrifying than he thought.

Will Zaimokuza have to face this kind of monster in the future? Thinking of this, he glanced at Zaimokuza who was concentrating on watching the video, with an indelible worry in his eyes.

While Hikigaya Hachiman was looking at Zaimokuza, someone was also looking at him.

Hayato Hayama looked at Hikigaya's thin and thin profile, his brows tightly furrowed, with a kind of bewildered confusion in his eyes.

What’s going on? This sense of déjà vu…

【Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, bellissimoricordo restaurant. 】

【ding ding ding——】

[The lumberjack with dark circles under his eyes had a pair of dead fish eyes and five nails in his mouth. He was standing on a ladder and nailing a piece of wood with a mason's hammer.

[While nailing the bookshelf, he felt the cold gaze coming from the counter behind him from time to time. Mr. Zaimokuza had an expressionless face and there was no ripple in his heart. The villain in his heart was laughing wildly. I won! I won! I finally beat that bloodless and tearless Kawasaki Saki once! Wakakakaka! ]

[As for dinner today and tomorrow? At worst, I can go to Mr. Kosaka for dinner! I've already found a new customer, so I don't need you as my new customer anymore! Hehehehe!]

[Click——]

[The doorbell rang, and then the door was pushed open, and a foot wearing white canvas sneakers stepped in. ]

[“Saki-san, are you there…?”]

[A female voice came from behind. Zaimokuza, who seemed to be concentrating on his work but was laughing wildly inside, did not notice the person coming, but the other party's voice was getting smaller and smaller. ]

【“…Yihui?”】

【"Um?"】

【Zaimokuza blinked when he heard someone calling his first name after his last name for the first time in a long time, and turned to look at the door with five nails in his mouth, and saw the surprised look of the newcomer.】

[Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong——]

【Looking at the newcomer's somewhat strange yet familiar appearance, Zaimokuza's eyes gradually widened, and the five nails in his mouth fell from his open mouth, making a crisp sound when they fell to the floor.】

【"Who are you--"】

【Seeing the surprise on his old friend's face gradually creeping up on Zaimokuza's face, he jumped down from the nearly two-meter-high ladder, happily opened his arms and threw himself towards the newcomer, saying happily.】

[“Long time no see! Rumi-chan!”]

32. Killing in Thousand Miles Away

[The visitor is a girl with long black hair, a headset around her neck, a red scarf tied around her chest, and a black coat. Through the coat, you can see the white shirt and black skirt underneath. Her legs are wrapped in black tights, and she is wearing a pair of popular white canvas sneakers. She is a Japanese-style beauty who exudes youthful vitality from head to toe.]

[She opened her pair of distinct black and white eyes, and her delicate features could not hide her surprise as she looked at Zaimokuza, who was throwing himself at her with his arms open.]

A line of white text was typed in the lower left corner of the girl in the video, revealing her identity.

[Tsurumi Rumi, a third-year student at Shuchiin Academy.]

Shuchiin Academy, Student Council Room.

"Oh my? The one who showed up this time is actually someone from our Shuchiin Academy. I didn't expect that she's a pretty girl. This is really surprising."

Shinomiya Kaguya raised her eyebrows and looked at Tsurumi Rumi in the video with some surprise. She obviously didn't expect to see an alumnus of her school, and one from the future, in this mysterious video.

"Well, maybe you and I can also appear, provided that we are still in Tokyo at that time."

Baiyin Yuxing was also a little surprised, but not too surprised. After all, even a video that could show future scenes had appeared, so the appearance of a junior from his school in it was only a small surprise.

Fujiwara Chika's reaction was much more intuitive. When she saw Tsurumi Rumi on TV, her big eyes sparkled.

"Kawaii! This junior is so cute! Kaguya-san, let's go find Rumi-chan now! Since she's going to be a student of this school in the future, why not find her now! Let her join the student council. Rumi-chan is so cute! I really want to hold her in my arms and knead her~!"

The corners of Shinomiya Kaguya's mouth twitched at Fujiwara Chika's bizarre idea.

"Fujiwara-san, I have to tell you something. This video shows things in the future. According to the information I got, the protagonist in the video, Zaimokuza-san, is also a high school student now. He is even in the same grade as us. He looks almost 25 years old in the video. So according to the time conversion, Tsurumi Rumi in the video is at least 7 or 8 years older than she is in real life. She is still an elementary school student now. It is impossible for her to come here to study! And you haven't seen her before? Why did you call her name so quickly?"

"Elementary school students? Wouldn't they be cuter and more comfortable to hug? I'm going to ask grandpa if we can amend the constitution to allow elementary school students to freely choose to take the skipping exam to join junior high and high school! Or I can ask the principal if we can recruit the American students! Smile! Smile! What a real man!"

After hearing this, Fujiwara Chika's eyes sparkled even brighter. The eldest daughter of a family that had produced Japanese prime ministers for generations smiled and gave Shinomiya Kaguya a thumbs up. Her smile, revealing two rows of white teeth, sparkled under the light.

"..." Silver Yuxing.

“……”Shinomiya Kaguya.

“…” Hayasaka Ai lip-synced.

Looking at the smile and thumbs-up that couldn't be said to be very similar to Zaimokuza's in the video, but was only 90% similar, they were actually speechless for a moment at this shocking abuse of power.

An elementary school in Chiba Prefecture.

Rumi Tsurumi, who was still in elementary school, was so surprised when she saw the "sister" with the same name as her appearing in the video that the drawing board fell from her arms.

"Similar to me... and with the same name?"

[“Rumi-chan——Puwaa!”]

【Zaimokuza rushed over with a smile on his face. He originally thought that he would be greeted by the girl's tearful hug as they had not seen each other for a long time. However, when Tsurumi Rumi saw him rushing over, she took a step back without hesitation and closed the open door. Zaimokuza was unable to dodge and was slammed directly against the glass door. His handsome face was squeezed into a pancake on the glass.】

【"Why?"】

[I wanted to give Zaimokuza a hug but the glass door hit me in the face. I looked at the expressionless Tsurumi Rumi behind the glass. She was pressed against the glass and slowly slid down. She was flattened and left wavy lines on the ground until she lay flat on the floor.]

[Tsurumi Rumi opened the glass door and poked her head in. She looked at the wooden floor stickers and nodded, saying in agreement.]

[“Although his appearance has changed a lot, but the white hair, the lack of common sense of rushing towards her without even considering that she is a girl or the difference between men and women, and this familiar stupidity, it is definitely Yoshiki.”]

[“Hahaha! You summed it up really well, Liumei.”]

[The capitalist lady smiled and stepped over the trembling print that was trying to stand up, flattened Mr. Zaimokuza again, and happily hugged Tsurumi Rumi. The girl did not dodge this time. While being hugged, she buried her face in Kawasaki Saki's chest and rubbed it, squinting her eyes like a cat.]

[“Long time no see, Liumei, why haven’t you come recently? I miss you so much.”]

[“I’m currently working on a piece of work, and the editor is pushing me very hard. I have no choice but to hand it in today. I happened to be passing by here when I had something else to do, so I came to take a look.”]

[Two beauties, one big and one small, laughed and chatted as they stepped on the print again, flattening the print that had finally floated up. Two footprints of different sizes were left on Mr. Zaimokuza's body. One of the print's hands stretched forward, as if guiding the road ahead.]

[“You are indeed a talented cartoonist! You are still in high school and you can submit your comics to a publishing house. You are much better than that unemployed vagrant in his twenties who smiles and eats and drinks for free all day long.”]

[“Uh-oh!”]

[The capitalist lady's laughter was like a steel knife stabbing into Mr. Zaimokuza's chest. Zaimokuza, who had finally inflated himself with his fingers, was hit so hard that he squatted in the corner, drawing circles, and that corner was suddenly covered with spider webs and mushrooms.]

[“How much can you earn every month now, Liumei?”]

[“Not much, just a few million yen or so. It’s a far cry from what my seniors make. Their income is more than twice what I make.”]

[“So many!? That’s amazing. He’s much better than a certain rabbit that has zero income and needs to be raised by others! He has no car or house, his net worth is not even tens of millions, he has no girlfriend and no plans to get married, and he doesn’t do his job all day and I don’t know where he goes. He is simply wasting social resources. I am considering whether to fire him and replace him with a new one, but it’s not easy to find free labor, which is a bit of a headache~”]

[I'm sorry, General Ashikaga Yoshiteru is still an unemployed vagrant, a person with no house, no car, and no job. I'm a waste of society's food. I've been single since birth. I'm a useless young man who should be punished in the eyes of experts. I'm sorry, I'm sorry for being alive. Please let me die like this - huh? ]

[Zaimokuza, who was drawing a circle, suddenly realized what was happening and broke out in a cold sweat. He almost got fooled by the capitalist's words! ]

[That's not right! Isn't it because of you, a black-hearted capitalist, that my income is zero? ? If it weren't for the fact that you provide me with food and lodging, I would have run away long ago! What's even more cruel is that the food and lodging are not free, and I have to pay for them. Even loan sharks are not as cruel as you! Not only do you force me to sell my body to attract girls to the store, but you also take pleasure in exploiting me all day long. Even if Grandet were reborn, he would not be as proficient in capitalism as you are. You are simply the Japanese Jews of the new century Japan! ]

[“By the way, why is Yihui here? Wasn’t he always abroad? Why is he back?”]

[“God knows, I don’t know what he did in Nagano Prefecture before, and he burned all the money and documents he had with him. If I hadn’t been kind enough to help him, I think he would have become a gigolo to make a living. And he still quarrels with me all day long. Tsk! What an ungrateful guy!”]