Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

Yui Yuigahama, upon hearing the question, couldn't help but look flustered, avoiding the topic and speaking vaguely.

“Um… well… maybe it's here…?”

“You…”

Rio Futaba narrowed her eyes slightly, staring intently at Yui Yuigahama's eyes, and said in a low voice.

“You wouldn’t have forgotten something this important, would you?”

“Well… I didn’t want to either…”

Yui Yuigahama looked pitiful and helpless, replying without much confidence.

“My memory isn’t very good to begin with, and I couldn’t possibly remember something like that under such stressful circumstances. Besides, it’s been so long…”

“Sigh, I don’t know what to do with you.”

Seeing that the Super-Dimensional Society members didn't seem very nervous despite the impending battle, and were still able to chat easily, Yagami Light couldn't help but nudge Yozora's shoulder and lower his voice.

“Aren’t you guys always like this before every mission?”

Yozora frowned slightly and asked back.

“Haven’t you been on missions with us before? Forgot? Mikazuki Munechika, you were the one who stole it.”

“Hey, didn’t you say that was returning it to its rightful owner?”

“Me returning it to its rightful owner is one thing, you participating is called stealing. That’s the protagonist’s way of whitewashing… oh, no, I was already white to begin with, got it?”

“Alright, alright, you say so.”

Yagami Light nodded helplessly, then looked at the Super-Dimensional Society members in front of him with a complicated expression.

“I just can’t figure it out… You guys have so many members now, and everyone… to put it nicely, has a distinct personality, but to put it bluntly, they’re all problem students. Yet, there haven’t been any conflicts between you, and… because of your existence, they should have irreconcilable contradictions, but they can still get along harmoniously. It really baffles me…”

“Baffled? That’s the point.”

Yozora smiled slightly, looking profound.

“You think the title of God of Harems is for nothing? Being able to maintain so many bonds, that’s something only I can do. Don’t you understand what it means to have the support of those who have attained the Tao, and the isolation of those who have lost it?”

“Which Tao are you talking about…?”

“Eh? BYD, you’ve learned to drive now, huh?”

Hearing Yozora's words, Yagami Light belatedly realized what he meant. Usually polite and well-mannered, he couldn't help but blurt out a curse.

“Damn… you’ve infected me…”

“Don’t say that. I never make such vulgar jokes.”

Yozora waved his hand, glanced at the members present, and slowly said.

“Everyone ready? I’m going to open the passage.”

“OK.”

Watching Yozora’s Soul True Body manifest two ghostly hands, gradually tearing open a twisted and bizarre space passage in the air, Yagami Light's brown eyes revealed a firm look.

“This time… I will definitely get rid of you… ‘Kira’.”

…

With a twist in space, the group on the rooftop had arrived on the other side, in the world ruled by “Kira”.

But when the group clearly saw the scene before them, even Yukino Yukinoshita, who had been here last time and thought she was mentally prepared, and Yui Yuigahama, and even Miko Yotsuya, who always kept a straight face, were shocked and their pupils dilated.

“What… is this…?”

In Yozora and the others' world, it should be around eight o'clock in the morning, while in this corresponding world, it was eight o'clock in the evening. This was information that the Super-Dimensional Society members already knew before coming.

What made everyone feel unbelievable was not the night sky in front of them, but the red moon hanging in that night sky.

The entire Kyoto City was shrouded in a dark red light. There were no traces of any pedestrians on the streets, and it looked like a bizarre and eerie dead city.

And in the night sky, the bright and moving stars that should have been there seemed to form some kind of formation, revolving around the red moon in bizarre curves.

“What… what happened since we left last time…?”

Hearing Yui Yuigahama’s muttering, Rio Futaba, who was the first to calm down, took a deep breath and said with a complicated expression.

“It seems… Yozora's decision was correct. Regardless of why this strange phenomenon appeared, what we can be sure of is that this is Yagami Light of this world, the weapon he specially prepared to deal with ‘Mask’…”

“Is this… the Reverse World?”

“I don’t know.”

Miko Yotsuya walked to the railing of the rooftop, narrowed her eyes slightly, her eyes first flashed with golden light, and then switched to a dark green color. After carefully looking for nearly half a minute, she turned around and shook her head.

“There are no traces of humans, but at the same time, there are no traces of evil spirits either. In this city… it’s as if nothing exists. Although there is the iconic red moon, it’s impossible to judge whether this is the kind of Reverse World we understand.”

Yagami Light raised his head, staring at the red moon in the sky, his fists clenched involuntarily, and he gritted his teeth and muttered to himself.

“What… what did that guy do…?”

Faced with such a bizarre scene, even Rio Futaba, who formulated the action plan, didn't know what to do for a while.

When she formulated the plan, she had anticipated various situations, such as encountering powerful evil spirits created by the enemy using the nature of the Reverse World, or wanted posters of themselves plastered all over the world, or even being attacked as soon as they landed.

But Rio Futaba never expected that what she and the others would face after coming to this world would be a dead city with no traces of evil spirits or humans, as if it were just a void of silence.

“We won’t get any results just by discussing it here, right?”

Even in the face of such a bizarre scene, and as one of the only two ordinary people present, and the weakest in terms of combat power, L still remained calm.

“Light, Yozora, come with me to the building for a while, and see if we can get any useful clues.”

“What about outside the building…?”

“The situation is still unclear. It’s hard to say what we’ll encounter if we rashly go to the streets with such an open view. As a precaution, let’s search this building first. The rest of you, stand by.”

Yozora nodded slightly, and together with Yagami Light, accompanied L towards the stairs leading to the interior of the building, while not forgetting to instruct Miko Yotsuya.

“Miko, continue to monitor the situation on the street.”

“Okay.”

…

After entering the building, L led the way to a place that seemed to be inside a company's office.

He crouched down and looked at the trash can, then turned to look at Yagami, rubbing his black, choppy hair as he asked.

"If I remember correctly, the scenery of the Reverse World is determined by the 'cognition' of people in the real world, right?"

"Yes, that's right."

"Then that's strange…"

L glanced at the contents of the trash can, thoughtfully.

"The discarded bento boxes, judging from the freshness of the leftover rice grains, are at most twelve hours old. Did the 'cognition' before this city became like this fixate, or is it that…"

At this point, L suddenly stood up and pressed the power button on the computer on the desk. Naturally, a prompt to enter a password appeared on the screen.

However, L didn't want to use the computer, but only to confirm one thing.

"As expected…"

L pointed to the date displayed on the computer screen and said faintly.

"June 29th, the same date as our world. I investigated it last time I came. Although the years are very different, the date and month of this world are consistent with our world, only with a twelve-hour time difference. Since the date displayed on the computer is today, it means that the 'cognition' that constitutes this place also belongs to today."

"Then there's no difference from the Reverse World on our side…"

Yagami Light approached the computer to confirm, his brow furrowed.

"But… where have all the evil spirits in the Reverse World gone…"

Evil spirits must exist in the Reverse World; this is a rule summarized by the Superhuman Society.

Even in the Kyoto Reverse World, which has a sparse density of evil spirits, it is impossible not to see a single evil spirit without Yagami releasing his spiritual power aura. After all, the evil spirits of the Reverse World are born from the negative emotions of humans. As long as there are still humans in the corresponding real world, they will inevitably release negative emotions, becoming the source of the birth of evil spirits.

Could it be that… Yagami Light and the others in this world have accomplished something that even the Superhuman Society hasn't, severing the birth of evil spirits at its root?

Then what about that red moon outside and the deserted city?

"Wait a minute…"

Just then, Yagami Light noticed the clock hanging on the wall.

"Yagami, look there… This isn't right, is it?"

Yagami followed Yagami Light's gaze and looked over, only to see that the second hand, minute hand, and hour hand inside the clock seemed to be completely frozen, not moving at all.

"Yeah, this is definitely not right."

Seeing that L didn't seem to understand his and Yagami's conversation, Yagami Light took the initiative to explain.

"In the Reverse World, this kind of indicator representing time will not be completely still, because in the real world, there is no such time period when everyone enters a state of sleep and stops 'cognition'. It's just because there are more people sleeping at night and fewer people awake, the power of 'cognition' is not enough, so like a game lag caused by network delay, the second hand will jump from time to time, but it will always move."

"Which means…"

L stared at the still clock on the wall, thoughtfully.

"Combining the previous discoveries, could it be that in the real world corresponding to this city, everyone is in a state of stopped 'cognition'?"

… …

While Yagami Light, Yagami, and L were conducting their investigation, on the other end, in what had become a ruin, the most bustling area of Shibuya, Tokyo.

The surroundings were all ruins, but in the very center stood a building like a TV station, its outer walls covered with dark purple vines.

"Light, today… is already the fourteenth day…"

Hearing Takada Kiyomi's words, Yagami Light, sitting on the sofa and looking out the French window, didn't even turn his head, only said in a flat tone.

"So what?"

Takada Kiyomi seemed a little hesitant, but finally couldn't help but say.

"Um… should we stop for two days first? If we extract every day… we'll soon reach the fifteen-day limit, and there will be deaths…"

"Let them die then."

Yagami Light completely ignored Takada Kiyomi's words, only casually waved his hand, his brown eyes revealing a twisted, blood-red color.

"Believers who can't even provide this little value should have been discarded anyway."

"But…"

"Kiyomi."

Yagami Light stood up and straightened his suit, his eyes revealing intense disgust and impatience, but when he turned to look at Takada Kiyomi, he had already switched to that charming smile.

He slowly walked over, gently placed his hands on Takada Kiyomi's shoulders, and whispered with a smile.

"I am the god of the new world, and you are the goddess of the new world. To me, only the two of us are the most important. The rest… are just sacrifices prepared on our path to becoming gods."

Hearing this, Takada Kiyomi was obviously very moved, but in the next second, she hesitated again.

"Then… Mikami and that Misa Amane…"

"Those two are just tools."

Yagami Light maintained his smile, making a shushing gesture.

"But, don't tell those two this. Misa Amane and Teru Mikami still have value to us right now."

Takada Kiyomi nodded very seriously, solemnly promising.

"Um, Light, I understand."

"It's good that you understand. Go then."

"Um."

After Takada Kiyomi left, a look of disdain appeared in Yagami Light's eyes. He picked up the glass of red wine on the table and slowly poured the bright red liquid onto the expensive carpet, muttering to himself.

"Teru Mikami, Misa Amane, Takada Kiyomi, the three of you are just foolish, boring people. You actually believe my words… You all think that only you are the most important to me…"

Yagami Light raised his head, looking at the red moon in the sky, his blood-red eyes seeming to have some kind of connection with the light emitted by the red moon.

"Only I can become a god."

Chapter 518: Rio Futaba's Efforts, Only the Empty Underground Space