Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

The other side… … dared to copy me?

In that instant, Rikka Sakurakawa had already decided to fight with everything she had.

If her memories were copied, the other side would know that she had learned of Yotsude's true identity and had plans to turn Yotsude into a psychic, devour Hatatou, and seize the ability to rewind time.

If that were to happen… … it would all be over.

Just then, Rikka Sakurakawa suddenly saw the distorted, wriggling shadow suddenly burst open like a blob of ink, as if it couldn't withstand something, while letting out a shrill scream.

“Hmm? Unable to copy?”

Seeing this, Masago Karikiri frowned slightly, and said with interest.

“Interesting… … very interesting… … This is the first time this has happened. Is this what they call a psychic… …?”

Rikka Sakurakawa slowly opened her mouth and said.

“Since that's the case, you should provide me with another transformation target, right? I need a real human, not you inferior shadow copies.”

“Of course.”

Masago Karikiri smiled, and pointed to the little girl sitting to the side.

“This child's name is Saori Kosayakawa. Tomorrow afternoon, I will have her invite a few familiar young people to go swimming in the sea, and then pretend to be drowning, guiding others to rescue her.”

“Of course, I won't let the shadows copy them and then tell you the information. After all, I can't let the shadows sacrifice themselves for nothing. Mother wouldn't be happy either. I can only provide you with the information of those people. If you can't transform them, then we will copy them, then kill the person who went into the sea, and replace that person's identity.”

Rikka Sakurakawa nodded expressionlessly.

“Young people, huh… … No need for you to copy them, I can guide the transformation myself.”

“That's good.”

Masago Karikiri nodded, then smiled and said.

“It's just… … Saori Kosayakawa needs to replace the original first… … And we can't let such a young child become an orphan, so tomorrow morning, the shadow will kill the Kosayakawa family and become the new Kosayakawa.”

… …

The next morning, at the Kosayakawa family's door.

“Ding-dong.”

Hearing the sound of the doorbell, a young woman wearing an apron opened the door. Seeing the person standing outside, she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, then covered her mouth in surprise and joy.

“You… … are you Hizuru?”

Facing her childhood friend, Hizuru Minamikata couldn't help but reveal a hint of a smile, and nodded.

“Asako, it's me.”

“It really is you?”

Asako Kosayakawa took two steps forward and gave Hizuru Minamikata a big hug, filled with surprise and a hint of reproach.

“When did you come back? You didn't tell me in advance. I could have picked you up.”

“It's okay. Although I've been away for so long, at least I still know the way.”

Asako Kosayakawa nodded, and said with a smile.

“Come in and let's talk.”

The moment Hizuru Minamikata stepped into the house, she suddenly smelled a faint, strange odor.

Her eyes flickered slightly, but she didn't reveal any expression on her face. She only looked at Shiori Kosayakawa in the living room, and said faintly.

“Asako, is this your daughter?”

“Yes, her name is Shiori. Come, Shiori, quickly greet your Aunt Hizuru.”

Shiori Kosayakawa looked timid, but she still walked up to Hizuru Minamikata and greeted her obediently.

“Hello, Aunt Hizuru.”

“Mm, hello.”

Hizuru Minamikata nodded in response, and looked towards the staircase leading to the second floor, asking casually.

“Where's your husband? Isn't he home?”

“Oh, he's upstairs taking care of some things.”

After saying these words, the atmosphere suddenly became silent.

The smile on Asako Kosayakawa's face gradually disappeared, replaced by a cold expression, and her voice also carried a bit of chill.

“Really… … Hizuru, why did you have to come at this time? I really didn't want to kill you.”

Hizuru Minamikata's pupils shrank slightly, and her body quickly retreated backwards. A black shadow passed in front of her, almost cutting her in half.

“As I thought… …”

Hizuru Minamikata tied up her high ponytail, and looked at the Kosayakawa mother and daughter in front of her, biting her silver teeth and said.

“The real Kosayakawa family has already been killed by you… … You… … are shadows… …”

Chapter 333 The Person Who Bears Everything, Rikka Sakurakawa's First Meeting with "Mask"

Saori Kosayakawa, or rather, the shadow disguised as Saori Kosayakawa, stared at Hizuru Minamikata with that little girl's face, and murmured softly to herself.

“Mother said that this kind of situation didn't happen last time. Is it because we ran into her two days early… … Or was the trajectory of our actions predicted… …?”

Hearing these words, Hizuru Minamikata's eyes couldn't help but flicker.

As expected… …

Since Hatatou can retain the memories of rewinding time, then after the timeline is reset, as long as any event that does not match the previous timeline occurs, it will make the other party suspect whether there is also a special person on their side who can retain memories, which is why such a change has occurred.

“Damn it… …”

Hizuru Minamikata gritted her silver teeth. Ryunosuke, who was controlling the consciousness of the body, quickly took out a nail gun from her bosom and shot it at the shadows of the Kosayakawa mother and daughter on the floor.

When the nails pierced Asako Kosayakawa's shadow, she suddenly let out a distorted scream of pain. Although only the shadow was hit, several bloody holes appeared on her body.

“Hizuru Minamikata… …”

Saori Kosayakawa's reaction was even faster. Before being shot by the nail gun, her body had already dived into the shadow on the ground and escaped to the side.

“As Mother said, you are indeed the person who needs to be eliminated first.”

Just then, footsteps came from the stairs.

A young man wearing a blood-stained white shirt walked down from upstairs expressionlessly.

“Have we been discovered… …”

He walked straight to Asako Kosayakawa's side, seemingly wanting to remove the nails that had pinned down the main body of the other party's shadow.

“One person against three shadows… …”

Hizuru Minamikata, or rather, Ryunosuke Minamikata, who was now dominating this body, bit her lip, thinking that facing three shadows alone, especially in such a narrow space, was almost a certain death situation.

Retreating was the wiser choice.

But at this time, she remembered a passage that her sister, Hizuru Minamikata, had conveyed to her through a phone recording last night.

"I've already backed up the files on my phone. Before going to any location, Mr. Netsu will know my whereabouts."

"No matter what happens, don't run. Fight with all your might. Even death has value."

After hearing Yaehoshi's plan last night, Minakata Hizuru had already made up her mind.

Even death doesn't matter.

After all, in five days, time will rewind. The state of my death will be erased, as if nothing had happened, and even the memory of death won't remain.

But as long as Yaehoshi, this special person who can retain memories, is here, even if I die, the time and place of my death will be equivalent to telling him when and where an incident will occur on Hitotsutou Island.

And after recording all these possible events as intelligence, in the final timeline that will become reality, the ultimate perfect ending will be achieved.

Originally, Minakata Hizuru thought so. The hand wearing the black glove had already gripped the nail gun in her hand, and a firm look appeared in her eyes beneath her glasses.

But the next second, a loud noise suddenly came from above the residence.

"Bang!"

In this sudden loud noise and cloud of dust, even the three shadow monsters disguised as the Kohayakawa family subconsciously took two steps back.

"Hero… no, it seems like… I'm more like the villain right now."

"You… how did you get here?"

Just like before, Minakata Ryunosuke's precognitive ability failed to work this time. Like the three shadows, he was startled.

Ryunosuke couldn't tell whether it was because Yaehoshi's actions were too fast, exceeding the trajectory of his precognition, or… was it that his ability simply couldn't work on him?

Perhaps it was the latter.

After all, he's a special person who can continue to retain memories even during time rewinds. It wouldn't be strange for him to be immune to my ability to predict two seconds into the future.

"Of course, I came to save you."

Yaehoshi shook his head, smiling casually.

"If you die here, then for the next three days, there will be one less person collecting information for me. Within the limited number of save slots, I still hope to have a thorough understanding of everything that happens on Hitotsutou Island every minute and every second of these five days, in every location."

Before Minakata Hizuru could react to Yaehoshi's words, the shadow played by Kohayakawa Saori's expression instantly changed. She slowly said to the shadows behind her, who were clearly her parents but now seemed like subordinates:

"You two, go and tell Mother about this."

"Trying to run?"

As soon as Kohayakawa Saori finished speaking, Yaehoshi's figure flashed. The Onimaru Kunitsuna in his right hand carried an afterimage as it was thrust upside down into Kohayakawa Asako's shadow, while his left foot directly and fiercely stomped on the head of Kohayakawa's father's shadow.

"Bang."

Accompanied by a dull sound, the head of the shadow Kohayakawa's father exploded like a watermelon falling to the ground, while a penetrating wound appeared in the center of Kohayakawa Asako's forehead.

Before the two of them could even let out a scream, their bodies turned into ink-like shadows and dissipated into the air.

"And you…"

Seeing Yaehoshi's eyes, devoid of any pity, turn towards her, Kohayakawa Saori slumped to the ground, a terrified expression filled with trembling and tears on her face.

"No… don't kill me, big brother, please don't kill me… I… I'm willing to do anything…"

Seeing this scene, Minakata Hizuru, who had already regained her original personality, couldn't help but change her expression.

She thought that even if Yaehoshi understood the nature of the shadows, he looked so young and didn't seem like a violent person. Even if he knew that the body contained a complete monster, he probably wouldn't be able to bring himself to kill a little girl who was pleading bitterly.

Just as Minakata Hizuru was planning to take action herself and get rid of Kohayakawa Saori before Yaehoshi felt soft-hearted, she heard Yaehoshi chuckle and say:

"You? You're not worthy to call me big brother, huh?"

Yaehoshi directly grabbed Kohayakawa Saori's neck with one hand, lifting her petite body into the air. Watching Kohayakawa Saori struggling in pain, trying to break free, he didn't hesitate at all, and even showed a hint of a smile.

"I'll give you a special way to die."

A dark blade flashed past, and Minakata Hizuru saw a fine crack blooming from the middle of the small shadow on the ground.

When she looked up, she saw two ghostly hands of contrasting colors, pale and dark, appearing behind Yaehoshi. The dark ghostly hand grabbed Kohayakawa Saori's head, while the pale ghostly hand grabbed her legs.

"One, two, go."

As Yaehoshi's voice fell, Kohayakawa Saori let out a scream that far exceeded human imagination, a scream that sent chills down one's spine just listening to it. Her body was forcibly torn in half, turning into a black shadow and disappearing.

"What… what is that thing…"

Looking at the two huge ghostly hands floating in the air, even Minakata Hizuru, who was knowledgeable and thought that she would never be afraid of anything again, was so frightened that she took two steps back, almost sitting on the ground.

"Hmm? Oh, you mean this."

Yaehoshi waved his hand, and the black and white ghostly hands suddenly disappeared.

He looked at Minakata Hizuru standing there, thoughtfully.

"As expected… you have talent in spiritual abilities. Let me ask you a question, have you ever seen evil spirits and ghosts outside of Hitotsutou Island?"

"Evil spirits and ghosts…"

Minakata Hizuru frowned slightly upon hearing this, noncommittal.

"If I had to say… I occasionally see some blurry shadows when walking at night, but whenever I look closely, they disappear again. I always thought it was a hallucination caused by too much mental stress, which is why I came back to Hitotsutou Island, intending to put an end to that incident from twelve… no, thirteen years ago…"

Yaehoshi shook his head and slowly said.