Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

The next day, morning, on the train heading to Tokyo.

“Ugh… finally, practice is starting again,”

Looking at Toyohama and Hanawa stretching, looking very expectant, Yozora sitting across from them smiled.

“Compared to life at school, you seem to prefer your career as an idol. If that’s the case, why not drop out of school and debut, and become a full-time idol directly?”

“A full-time idol… Hmm… Although that could be a good path…”

When Toyohama and Hanawa were alone with Yozora, she still seemed a little nervous. Looking at his smiling face, she tried her best to suppress the throbbing in her heart and showed a smile.

“However, I don’t want to end up like those stories where people drop out of high school, or give up the opportunity to go to college to become idols, only to have their idol careers go nowhere and end up quitting, knowing nothing but being an idol, ending up in a miserable state. Maybe it’s because I’m greedy. I want to try both paths, going to college and being an idol. The other members of our group have similar ideas, so we formed a group and debuted as high school idols.”

“I see.”

Yozora nodded noncommittally, then smiled and said.

“Your thinking is more mature than people your age. That’s similar to Mai-senpai.”

Hearing Yozora say that she was similar to her sister, Toyohama and Hanawa first showed an unconscious happy smile. After all, her biggest aspiration and admiration was for her sister, Sakurajima Mai. But immediately after, a trace of sadness appeared in her eyes.

No one likes being a substitute, and Toyohama and Hanawa is the same.

“Then… where am I different from my sister?”

“There are too many.”

Yozora replied directly without hesitation.

“Although Mai-senpai seems gentle, she’s actually a twisted person with a bit of darkness inside. This is probably because her debut as a child star wasn’t her own choice, but a decision forced upon her by her mother, who had a strange desire to compete with her ex-husband’s current wife.”

“But you’re different. Although your mother also felt jealous because of Sakurajima Mai’s successful acting career, ultimately, your debut as a member of an idol group and your entry into the entertainment industry are because you want to be closer to your sister Sakurajima Mai.”

“The 'closeness' here doesn’t refer to being together, but spiritual closeness. You want to experience the life of the entertainment industry yourself, and through this behavior, understand the feelings of your favorite and most admired sister, Sakurajima Mai. Of course, even if your personalities are different, judging from the fact that you both suffered from Adolescence Syndrome one after another, you and Mai-senpai are somewhat mentally ill. This is undeniable. Hmm… a pair of mentally ill beautiful girl sisters, that’s pretty good, kind of interesting.”

When she heard the last sentence, Toyohama and Hanawa couldn’t help but look speechless. However, her stronger feelings were surprise and shock.

“You… you actually… I see…”

Toyohama and Hanawa pursed her lips and once again realized why her sister would fall for this guy, and…

Why she liked Yozora.

This guy clearly possesses super high emotional intelligence that allows him to see through everyone's thoughts, but his attitude towards most people is so abstract and terrible. Most... no, almost all the time, his emotional intelligence is only used as a weapon to break other people's defenses.

But precisely because of this…

When she felt that Yozora clearly saw through her thoughts but didn’t expose them, and instead used various methods that seemed abstract but didn’t put so much pressure on her to help her untie her knot, this kind of “gentleness” was irresistible to anyone.

Toyohama and Hanawa lowered her head, and her hands on her lap couldn't help but clench. Her shoulders trembled slightly, and after a while, she whispered.

“I’m unwilling… I’m so unwilling… Why… why when my sister suffered from Adolescence Syndrome… did even I forget her… forget the most important her? At that time… I should have been by her side, but… but I didn’t do anything, I even forgot her existence…”

“There’s no need to blame yourself.”

Yozora comforted softly.

“The reason I can remember Mai-senpai’s existence is only because I didn’t know her at first. If I had known her as early as you did, I wouldn’t remember her at that time either. It’s not your problem.”

“Liar… you’re lying, aren’t you?”

Toyohama and Hanawa took out a tissue from her bag and wiped her tears. After she looked up, although she still looked like a pear blossom with rain, with tear stains on the corners of her eyes, the corners of her lips couldn't help but raise a gentle smile.

“Please, my sister is such a famous actress, and she’s even at the same school as you. Even if you met her for the first time at that time, you should have heard of her long ago. Besides, if you had known her earlier, she definitely wouldn’t have had a psychological crisis of self-identity. You’re deliberately lying to comfort me, aren’t you? As expected… Yozora-kun, you’re a very gentle person.”

Yozora still maintained his usual frivolous appearance, shrugged, and smiled.

“Hey, now that you’ve said it, my comfort is useless, isn’t it? Seriously, you have to take my feelings into consideration too.”

“Pfft.”

Hearing Yozora’s words and seeing his speechless look, Toyohama and Hanawa smiled through her tears.

“I didn’t expect you to have such a cute side.”

“Eh…”

Yozora showed a disgusted expression.

“I can barely handle you saying I’m gentle, how did the word 'cute' come up? Don’t be disgusting.”

“Cute isn’t a derogatory term.”

“If it’s used to describe me, then it is a derogatory term.”

After saying this, Yozora carefully looked at Toyohama and Hanawa sitting across from him, and suddenly smiled and said.

“However, you are indeed very cute.”

This sudden straight-ball compliment completely caught Toyohama and Hanawa off guard. Without any time to disguise her emotions, her pretty face instantly turned red, and she stammered.

“You… you… you scumbag, did you say the same thing to my sister too?”

“Yes.”

To Toyohama and Hanawa’s surprise, Yozora nodded without hesitation and directly admitted it.

“Mai is cute, and you are also cute. Is there any conflict between the two? It’s not a multiple-choice question.”

“Eh…”

Hearing this, Toyohama and Hanawa couldn’t help but mutter softly.

“To be able to say such things openly, you really are a scumbag…”

“Eh, far from it.”

Yozora waved his hand and said seriously.

"The so-called scumbag refers to the despicable type who initiate and then abandon, breaking up after having their fun, and betraying a girl's true feelings. I haven't done anything like that. In fact, I've never strung along any girl who had feelings for me. It's either a clear rejection or a clear acceptance. And I always tell the truth. I don't secretly cheat with multiple people, but openly declare my harem. From any perspective, I am the strongest pure love warrior, and have nothing to do with scumbags. Please, Toyohama-san, don't make false accusations."

Toyohama Kazuha opened her lips, but couldn't refute him. After all, every word that Yozora said was true.

She originally thought it was incredible and unbelievable that her wonderful sister would fall for someone like this, and even accept the unreasonable demands of a harem, but now…

Toyohama Kazuha herself also wanted to join, not just Yozora, but also Yuigahama Yui, Yotsuya Miko, Futaba Rio, this group of people all possessed a kind of… bond that she couldn't describe.

Perhaps… just like that Yukinoshita Yukino said.

Is this the so-called 'genuine'?

"Toyohama Kazuha."

Just as Toyohama Kazuha was pondering, she heard Yozora say softly.

"I like you."

"Ah? Ha? What…"

Toyohama Kazuha was slightly stunned at first, then her pretty face flushed red, and she said, flustered.

"Y-Y-You… What are you saying all of a sudden…"

"Didn't I already say? I'm not the kind of scumbag who deliberately strings girls along, nor am I the kind of awkward male lead who clearly likes someone but hides it."

Yozora looked directly at Toyohama Kazuha's face and said with a smile.

"I like you, and what I like is you as a person, it has nothing to do with your idol career, and similarly, it has nothing to do with you being Sakurajima Mai's younger sister. I simply like Toyohama Kazuha, that's all."

Chapter 586: Kira's Anger

"Eh? Eh! ? How could you just…"

Toyohama Kazuha had thought that this time she was out alone with Yozora, there might be progress in their relationship, but she never expected that they hadn't even arrived in Tokyo yet, and he was already making a direct confession.

"You… You're too sudden… Sneaky…"

Toyohama Kazuha lowered her head, too shy to look directly at Yozora's face, and said in a voice as soft as a mosquito's hum.

"Originally… Originally, I was planning to say it first… You snatched it away… So sneaky…"

"What does it matter?"

Yozora waved his hand and said with a smile.

"I'm your brother-in-law, how could I let my sister-in-law confess first?"

Toyohama Kazuha couldn't help but retort.

"…Normally speaking, a brother-in-law and sister-in-law relationship shouldn't have any talk of who confesses to whom…"

"We're not normal people."

Yozora maintained his smile, his tone casual and relaxed.

"Honestly, among all the things I've experienced, there are countless things that are a hundred or a thousand times more absurd than having a harem. High school students saving the world, summoning meteorites at will, evil spirits and gods, these things are all real. I don't think that we are considered 'normal' in any way. Since that's the case, then we might as well do as we please. Anyway, other people's opinions don't matter at all."

"That's true."

Toyohama Kazuha nodded, thinking that she had indeed experienced many bizarre things with the members of the Supernatural Club, such as that time when they swapped bodies, when sister and sister suddenly switched souls, which was already outrageous enough. Even more outrageous was that after Toyohama Kazuha controlled her sister's body, she realized that Sakurajima Mai, her sister who in her impression was mature and spoke gently and had been an idol actress, was actually a superhuman who could punch through a cement wall.

Now that it's like this, what are we still hesitating about?

"That…"

Toyohama Kazuha mustered her courage, raised her hand, and looked at Yozora with a slightly red face.

"Since… Since you've made it so clear… Can I… Can I sit next to you?"

Yozora didn't respond directly, but asked back with a smile.

"But, you haven't given me an answer yet, have you?"

"You… Are you doing this on purpose?"

Toyohama Kazuha replied, both angry and shy. Ignoring everything else, she directly mustered her courage, stood up, and sat in the seat next to Yozora. Then she whispered.

"You… You've never been rejected after confessing, have you… You clearly saw through my thoughts, but still had to ask an extra question… You're just teasing me, right?"

"Yeah."

"You! You actually admitted it directly?"

Yozora reached out and pinched Toyohama Kazuha's cheeks, looking at her blushing face, and said with a smile.

"Because you look so cute when you blush, I couldn't help but want to tease you."

Toyohama Kazuha's face was red, and she didn't know what to say. After a few seconds, she silently held Yozora's hand and said in a voice as soft as a mosquito's hum.

"I… I like you too…"

…

That afternoon, outside the building where Toyohama Kazuha and the members of her idol group used the dance studio for practice.

"Long time no see."

Hearing Kira's voice, Yozora looked up and saw him walking over with L. The two of them were still dressed as usual. Kira was still high-spirited, with a charming smile on his face, and L was as always… Saying sloppy might be a bit too much, since he was still dressed very cleanly. A more suitable word would be lazy.

"You two still go out together at times like this?"

Hearing Yozora's teasing with a smile, both the intelligent Kira and L could understand what he meant. Kira shrugged and smiled casually.

"If you're referring to the fact that Ryuzaki's identity is sensitive, it doesn't really matter. The only people who know his identity and also know what he looks like are a dozen high-ranking officials in the police department and my father, Soichiro Yagami. As for my identity… I guess quite a few people have guessed it."

"Oh, I see."

Yozora nodded and said faintly.

"Because those who vaguely guessed your 'identity' also know that they can't do anything about 'Kira'. And according to the version of the story that most people now believe, 'Kira' and 'Mask,' as well as all those with special powers, have already sacrificed themselves to save the world from Ialdabaoth. Judging from the fact that you haven't reappeared in front of the world as 'Kira' during this period… You've finally realized that killing alone can't solve the problem."

"You guessed it directly. As expected of you."

Kira smiled, then slowly said.

"That's right, no matter how strong my power is, I'm still just one person, and… I also have my own life, the life of 'Light Yagami', to live. Rather than spending all my life on this, it's better to become a sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of those in power, making them fulfill the obligations they should have been fulfilling all along."

Hearing Kira's words, Yozora said bluntly.

"Can you not call yourself in the third person? It's kind of disgusting. Do you really think you're Batman?"

Kira: "…Didn't you also use the third person 'Mask'…"

"Is that the same?"

Yozora retorted with a matter-of-fact tone.