Whose youth romance story begins with a witch's trial?!

"We've found Meruru!"

"Ugh...!!"

Arisa's voice was like a pair of arms, pulling Chang Rong out of the dark swamp where he was almost suffocating.

"I, I'm here...!"

Chang Rong vaguely marked the ice block in front of her, preparing to come back later. Then, following the direction of the sound, she met up with the two.

At this moment, Arisa and Sherry stood in front of a block of ice. Through the huge, heavy block of ice, they could see a pure white nun's habit encasing a delicate and holy girl.

"This guy... tsk, I still can't understand why he's the mastermind..."

"I don't understand either, but understanding and empathizing with the dark secrets has never been a detective's job—the Goddess of Dawn's Forgiveness, heave-ho!"

"Wait, wait a minute, Sherry—Goo-wah!!!"

Bang!!! Boom—!!!

Before Chang Rong could even finish his pretentious and mysterious remarks, Tachibana Sherry's high-damage left fist had already been unleashed in the next second.

In an instant, a huge shockwave, accompanied by flying ice fragments, splattered Chang Rong's face, almost blowing him away.

"Waaaaah... Was this how I was released from the ice...? I'm so lucky I didn't turn into thousands of pieces of flesh like Muzan... Oh wait, I'm already dead ^q^..."

Chang Rong, who experienced this powerful and forceful ice-breaking operation up close, was almost knocked out of his wits by Tachibana Sherry with a single punch.

"Well, thankfully, Sherry, you didn't mess up the freezer system this time—"

Beep beep beep! ! Beep beep beep! !

The last time Sherry Tachibana's right punch dealt high damage, it was said that it caused a bug in the underground freezer system. The door that was supposed to be locked was opened instead, and the elevator was locked and stuck on the ground after sending the three people up.

Just as Chang Rong was feeling relieved that nothing unexpected had gone wrong this time, the emergency lights suddenly came on.

"Hey, what, what's going on...?" Arisa Fujito looked around nervously.

"No, don't panic, it's probably just a technical adjustment—"

Click!

"Huh!?" "Huh!"

Suddenly, the sound of a clip snapping came from not far away, startling Chang Rong and Arisa, who simultaneously emitted a strange sound effect of being hit.

Clang!

"Ugh!?" "Ugh!!"

After the latch broke, a chain reaction immediately occurred—a heavy metal canister used to imprison the 'witch's remains' collapsed and hit the ground with a loud thud, startling Arisa and Chang Rong so much that they huddled together.

boom!

"Uh-huh!?" "Uh-huh!"

The lid of the metal can was suddenly knocked open, and it flew quite a distance before barely coming to a stop by crashing into another sealed metal can.

"No, wasn't the biggest enemy of this investigation supposed to be the cold? What... what's going on here?!"

Arisa and Chang Rong huddled together, Arisa, her hair standing on end, loudly complaining and questioning Chang Rong.

"It means that the cold may not be the biggest enemy soon...?" Chang Rong stammered, swallowing hard.

As a Sigma man who enjoys watching horror movies with his buttocks sweating, the fact that he didn't reach up to check his pants to see if he was sweating already proves his courage and magnanimity!

"Gah ah gu ooh ooh ooh ooh—"

"Eeeeeeeeeee! Abandoned Erlin Sijiu San, Siyueyi!!??" "Eeeeeeeeeeeoo ...

As the extremely twisted and bizarre 'remains' slowly emerged from the jar, Arisa and Chang Rong simultaneously let out cowardly battle cries.

The only difference is that Chang Rong's wailing in the second half was caused by Arisa burning him.

Volume 1: Chapter 114. Am I going to die too?

What is the biggest problem to be aware of when exploring underground cold storage facilities?

Hypothermia is a terrifying condition that can quickly deplete a person's energy, cause confusion and hallucinations, and lead to a series of wrong judgments.

The warden, perhaps. Although the warden has practically entered a semi-retired state since his superior kicked the bucket, the underground cryogenics facility involves the core secrets of the prison island, and might alarm the warden.

It couldn't be Tachibana Sherry, could it? Sherry felt too cold during the exploration, so she kept rubbing against Chang Rong to warm herself up. As a result, she ended up playing a game on the spot and was completely drained of her consciousness by Chang Rong.

What does it mean to be "hunted down by an old-timer with a bad temper in the underground freezer"?

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

"Gaa ...

"Waaaaaah!!!"

The witch's remains slowly crawled out of the sealed jar, emitting a series of hellish roars.

The limbs and even the head of the remains were completely twisted and deformed. The tattered cloth hanging on the body could only be barely seen as a black school uniform, and the style seemed to be somewhat similar to the black-haired JK uniform seen in the ice cube before.

"Sakuraba, classmate...?"

"Huh?"

The name that Chang Rong unconsciously murmured not only startled Arisa Zifang beside him, but even Chang Rong himself couldn't understand what this extremely natural name that flowed from his mouth meant.

"Seriously, are you two some law-abiding villains from a children's magical girl anime?! You should definitely attack and interrupt them while they're transforming!!"

Unlike the two who were stunned by the textbook-level horror movie camerawork in front of them, Tachibana Sherry complained loudly, and then directly swung her fist at the witch's remains that had not yet completely crawled out of the metal can.

however--

"Demon-Slaying Overlord Fist - Huh?"

thump!

Sherry Tachibana, who pounced forward, suddenly veered off course in mid-air as if she had been 'twisted'. Her fist, which was supposed to hit the wreckage's face, hit nothing but air. After killing one Tracer and one Shadow with one punch, she fell to the ground.

"What just happened...? It felt like something suddenly 'tugged' at me...?"

"That's its magic—[Entangle]! It entangled and twisted your clothes, Sherry, changing the trajectory of your attack!"

Chang Rong shouted at Tachibana Sherry, answering her questions about what had just happened.

"【Entanglement】? What is that? It sounds like an incredibly overpowered spell! It seems like it can twist a bridge in one go. That's not fair! I'm so angry!"

The magic on the other side sounded much cooler than her own "can crush apples," and might even have higher stats, which made Shirley Tachibana pout in protest.

"No... Although the witch's remains have gained immortality and their physical functions have been enhanced, their magic is only a tiny remnant. They probably can't be controlled precisely or exert much force—maybe throwing something at them as a lure will do!"

"Why are you so skilled at this...?!" Arisa Fujito asked Chang Rong with a look of utter disbelief.

"I'm not really sure either... Ugh, my head hurts so much...!"

The brain experiences a branding pain whenever it gazes at the remains of the witch who appears to be named 'Sakuraba Nana'.

"We'll talk about that later~ Anyway, you're trying to seduce me, right? Look here, look here—wait, what?"

Shirley Tachibana fiddled with the burning crate sticks, trying to attract the attention of the witch's remains, but...

"Hiss! Awooo! Gahoo! Oh! Oh!!"

"Why is it coming straight at me?!"

The Witch's Remains completely ignored Tachibana Sherry's provocations and, after a brief pause, pounced straight at Chang Rong.

"Seriously... why does every piece of debris have to be aimed at you, Watson? Have you done something heinous and unforgivable, Watson?"

As Shirley Tachibana chased after him, she loudly complained and questioned Chang Rong about why he was so hostile.

"How could that be—maybe, I guess...!"

Chang Rong retorted loudly, then added guiltily.

"What the hell?! Why is it that before I lost my memory, I was in charge of building a harem and indulging in debauchery, while after I lost my memory, I had to shoulder all the mess of emotional debts?! Are you even human, Chang Rong before you lost your memory?!!"

It's truly pathetic that humans can't even empathize with themselves from the previous round of judgment.

"Hohohohogaa ...

"Damn it, don't ignore me, you ugly thing!!"

boom!!!

Just as the witch's remains lunged at Chang Rong, an explosion mixed with heat and flames suddenly struck near the remains' head, abruptly interrupting its movements.

"Arisa!"

Chang Rong glanced at Arisa, who was striking a pose resembling Orochi Nagi, and secretly resolved never again to secretly mock Arisa for being like a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur).

If all you can do is cosplay poses, then you're definitely very Jiahao and humorous.

But what if I said I could actually whip out flames?

"As expected of the Arbiter who controls fire, Arisa is amazing!"

"Judge, the adjudicator..."

boom!

Even more intense flames slammed into the witch's remains, pinning it in place and rendering it unable to move.

"A terrifying entropy-increasing being that can incinerate galaxies!"

"Burn, burn to ashes..."

boom!!

"Red Lotus Angel, purifying the world's impurities!"

"Crimson Angel...!"

boom!!!

The witch's remains, having just been released from the cryogenic metal canister, already had severely limited mobility. Now, under Arisa's suppression, they were even more unable to move, unable to even lift their heads.

"Since I'm so powerful, Chang Rong, could you punish me for the rest of your life...!" Arisa pressed her advantage, blushing as she quickly asked Chang Rong if he could be her Zhou Yu, the one she was like when she was Ikkyu, and relentlessly spur her on.

"Ah, about this..." Chang Rong was startled by the mysterious masochistic woman.

"Waaah..."