Crossover Anime: How a Shameless Person Lives

"Wow, this is your base?"

Mercury followed Takatsuki Izumi and the others to the basement of a private hospital.

This huge underground space has been completely converted into a laboratory.

The pale fluorescent lights spread out along the arched dome, metal experimental tables were arranged, and translucent biological tissues were immersed in the culture chambers against the wall. The kagune, which resembled a ghoul, had a cold, hard metallic sheen.

"It's kind of like a doomsday base."

Looking at this place, which looked exactly like a villain's laboratory, Mercury sighed.

The heroes of this world are truly not to be underestimated.

"There's something even more exciting in store," Yoshimura Eto said.

Just as she was planning to take Mercury to see what their Bronze Tree had brought back from the Hesh family laboratory.

An exciting sound suddenly rang out.

"My lord, I did it! I did it!"

Akihiro Kano, wearing a white lab coat and covered in blood, ran over.

"The one-eyed experiment was a success!"

He ran quickly to Aite Yoshimura and excitedly told her his story.

They transplanted ghouls' kagune into humans, turning them into one-eyed beings.

It can actually change a person's physique directly, making them like a ghoul!

Even stronger than a regular ghoul!

Just as Akihiro Kanou was excitedly recounting the experimental results, he noticed the boy next to him.

With his neat short hair, simple outfit, and handsome face, what attracted him most was the boy's temperament.

It's hard to explain.

Just standing there, you can feel how strong he is.

If this turned into a ghoul...

"This is?"

While listening to the report, Yoshimura Eto suddenly heard Kano Akihiro's question and explained it to him in the same way.

"This is Mercury, our partner at Aoboros."

"Ah? You must be Lord Mercury!? I've heard so much about you!"

The moment he heard the name Mercury, Akihiro Kanou's eyes lit up, and he excitedly grasped his hand.

He had heard from Tadara that this man was a major figure who provided the main funding for Aogiri Tree.

Even his laboratory relies on others.

Moreover, when Tatara mentioned this important figure, he subconsciously shuddered.

This suggests that this important figure left a shadow on him.

Their strength should be quite formidable.

"My lord, may I have a chat with Lord Mercury for a while?" Kanou Akihiro said enthusiastically.

"Well," Yoshimura Eto didn't answer.

She had intended to take Mercury to see those inhuman monsters.

But since the person who made the great contribution had spoken up, she still had to give them face.

"What do you think?" she asked.

Ultimately, it all depends on Mercury's attitude.

"Sure, I'm pretty bored right now," Mercury readily agreed.

Since I don't have anything else to do right now, I might as well chat with this guy.

The thing Yoshimura Aite showed him was probably something like a one-eyed creature.

It's not too late to watch it after we've finished talking.

Akihiro Kano looked at Eto Yoshimura.

The meaning couldn't be clearer.

"I'll wait for you up ahead," Yoshimura Eto said with a smile, waving her hand.

She was quite tolerant of those who had made contributions.

……

"So what would you like to talk to me about? You have ten minutes."

Mercury leaned against the wall, calmly watching Kanou Akihiro.

Who would have thought that the man who single-handedly started the ghoul era was just an ordinary person?

Moreover, after seeing the "dragon," he actually committed suicide.

What exactly are they thinking?

"His eyes look a little strange," Kanou Akihiro thought, looking at the important figure before him.

He hadn't noticed anything amiss when there were other people around, but now that they were alone, he realized the contradictions in the "important person" in front of him.

There seems to be a faint sense of detachment from the surroundings; the way she looks at herself isn't the same way she looks at others.

From a psychological perspective, this is very strange.

In an instant, he abandoned his talk about securing funding and found another angle to approach the issue.

"Lord Mercury, are you human?"

"Pureblood, huh?" Mercury glanced at his phone indifferently.

Upon hearing this answer, Akihiro Kano's breathing became heavier, and he brought up another matter.

"Your name is quite interesting."

"Oh?"

Seeing that he had become interested, Kanao Akihiro pushed up his glasses and said, "Your name seems to be the same as Mercury's name. The name Mercury was originally chosen to correspond to the Roman god Mercury."

It is also the patron saint of commercial travel, thieves, and trade.

"Go on, I'd love to hear it," Mercury said with great interest.

Are there really that many legends surrounding his name?

Come to think of it, wasn't this name given by the former dean?

I haven't asked.

"Then I'll continue," Kanou Akihiro said with a smile. "Legend has it that Mercury is the spokesperson of God, responsible for conveying God's will and commands."

Known for his wisdom and cunning, he protected commerce while also sheltering thieves; he was both upright and just, yet shrewd and deceitful, making him one of the most complex gods in Roman mythology.

"Wow~" Mercury clapped his hands and asked expectantly, "Is there anything else?"

He had to admit, the story was indeed quite captivating.

But I can't seem to relate to it.

Kanou Akihiro glanced at the ring on Mercury's finger.

The gemstone on this ring looks a lot like a snake's eye.

Legend has it that Mercury's staff has two entwined snakes on it, symbolizing mediation and trade.

But he didn't say it aloud; instead, he brought up something else.

"Speaking of which, Lord Mercury, don't you think this god from mythology is quite similar to your personality? Both are contradictory."

Mercury's fingertips traced the snake-eye-like gemstone on the ring. Instead of directly denying it, he countered, "Contradictory? Doctor, tell me, where am I contradicting myself?"

Mercury replaced you with a doctor, and out of respect for the doctor's amusement, he gave him some respect.

Kanou Akihiro pushed up his blood-stained glasses and, based on his own intelligence and some guesses, tentatively dissected Mercury's aloof facade.

"You are clearly the biggest beneficiary of the Bronze Tree, yet you show no greed for our experimental results. The way you look at me is both like observing an experimental sample and carries a kind of detached compassion."

Like the god Mercury, who both protects justice and tolerates cunning, leaving everyone forever guessing his true intentions.

He paused, lowering his voice even further: "More importantly, you are human, but I see no desire for power in you, yet you choose to fund an organization like the Bronze Tree, which is full of obsession. Isn't that contradictory?"

……

Upon hearing that the doctor in front of him had analyzed the matter to such an extent, Mercury gasped awkwardly.

He couldn't help but start clapping.

How is this any different from doing reading comprehension?

Do I have to have a purpose for doing something?

Furthermore, what exactly did Yoshimura Eto say, and what did he mean by funding Aogiri Tree?

Isn't this a win-win situation?

"Tell me, is it possible that I have absolutely no desire for ghouls or power?"

"Why?" Akihiro Kanou asked in surprise.

He had just observed that Mercury truly disdained power.

"Well, since you told me a story, I'll let you see what I'm made of."

Mercury snapped his fingers. "Don't blink!"

As he spoke, he slammed his hand against the metal wall next to him.

In an instant, the metal wall was eroded into fine salt, and within a 50-meter radius of Mercury's palm, everything was assimilated!

The rate of erosion is more than a hundred times faster than when I first gained the ability!

The air freezes.

Akihiro Kanou's pupils suddenly contracted, as if he had been nailed to the spot by some invisible force.

He stared at the thick metal wall, made of high-strength alloy, strong enough to withstand small explosions.

The moment it touched Mercury's palm, it crumbled silently like a sandcastle being hit by the tide, turning into countless fine white particles.

It was not the burning of flames, nor the cutting of a blade, nor any known physical destruction.

That's a rewriting of the rules, a complete negation of the forms of existence of matter!

Kanou Akihiro opened his mouth, but no sound came out of his throat.

His glasses slipped off his nose and fell into the salt pile.

"This, this is..." After a long while, Kano Akihiro's voice finally rang out, dry like sandpaper.

"This is the answer, Doctor." Mercury walked over and helped Kanou Minahiro pick up his glasses and put them back on his face.

"If I wanted to, I could destroy the entire Hokkaido in 30 minutes, no, 20 minutes, no less. Even without the intervention of major powers, I could destroy a small country with a few million people in 20 minutes."

Even at any cost...

No, you can't think like that.

Mercury quickly suppressed the dangerous thought.

Who knows what incredible things might be hidden in some nook or cranny of the city?

He's not some kind of devil, why would he destroy a city for no reason?

"We're leaving, Doctor. Yoshimura Eto is still waiting for us."

"Okay, okay," Kanou Akihiro said nervously.

He followed Mercury cautiously.

This time he's finally behaved himself completely.

"Oh, right." Suddenly remembering something, Mercury turned around.

"What are your orders?" Kanao Akihiro asked respectfully.

Do you have any alcohol?

"what?"