A supporting character in a romance anime? I became a god using a rat talisman.

About twenty meters ahead of the jeep, Asagiri Aya was running forward desperately.

"Help, help!"

Asagi Aya ran and looked back repeatedly, she didn't even have the strength to cry anymore, she could only run and shout.

"Stop, stop the car, Akane-chan! People will die like this!"

"No! This is a crucial part of the special training! You need to overcome your fear of direct confrontation! Besides, you're Zetton now, you won't die!"

Akane Shinjo stepped on the gas, and the jeep roared and sped five meters closer.

"Use your body to sense danger! Push your limits on the edge of life and death! Charge!"

Asagiri Aya, who was being chased like a rabbit, ran until her legs were about to break.

Finally, after stepping into a charred, shallow pit, Asagi could no longer hold on and collapsed to the ground with a thud, panting heavily and waving her hands repeatedly.

"No... I can't take it anymore... My lungs are going to explode..."

"Crunch—squeak!"

Akane Shinjo reluctantly stepped on the brakes.

The wheels left two deep tracks on the wasteland, stopping just six meters away from Asagi.

She walked up to Asagiri Aya, who was lying on the ground, and sighed with disappointment.

"You're already complaining about being tired after running such a short distance?"

Akane Shinjo kicked at the dirt on the ground. "Monsters are much stronger than this. How can you survive on a battlefield where things change so quickly?"

Asagiri Aya struggled to turn over, lying on her back on the ground, protesting breathlessly.

"Shinjo-kun... your training method of running people over with a Jeep... there's definitely something wrong with it! Who trains like this?! This is murder! Who in their right mind would run someone over with a Jeep?!"

"Who said it's abnormal?"

Akane Shinjo stood with her hands on her hips and retorted confidently.

"This is a special training method personally passed down by Ultraman Seven. Back then, he used this jeep training method to train Leo into a fighting king! And what you need now is this kind of high-intensity pressure!"

Asagiri Aya muttered to herself, on the verge of tears.

"But I'm just an ordinary high school girl... not Leo!"

"Don't worry, I'll apply the brakes at the last minute."

"That distance just now wasn't the last moment! It was almost a death sentence!"

"You're Zetton's girl now!"

Akane Shinjo knelt down, cupped Aya Asagiri's face in her hands, and forced her to look into her eyes.

"Zetton Girl! The human form of the space dinosaur Zetton! Your potential is limitless! It just needs to be developed!"

Asagiri Aya's eyes were a little red.

Seeing her best friend was so moving that she almost cried, and Akane's attitude softened.

"Alright, alright, get up and sit down, take a rest."

Half-believing, Aya Asagiri got up from the ground and sat on the hood of the jeep.

Akane Shinjo leaned against the car door, took a bottle of water out of her pocket, and handed it to him.

After taking a sip of water, Asagiri Aya felt somewhat discouraged as she recalled her performance earlier.

"Akane... I feel so useless. Even with the power of Zetton, I'm still so incompetent. I feel like anyone in my position could do a better job than me."

Seeing her so discouraged, Akane Shinjo worried that it would affect the crash training later, so she changed the subject.

"Okay, okay, Cai, don't be depressed anymore. Come on, I'll show you something good that I guarantee will make you happy."

Asagiri Aya wiped the water from the corner of her mouth and looked at her curiously.

"Huh? What's that?"

Akane Shinjo took a book out of her bag and handed it to Aya Asagiri.

The cover features a chibi-style illustration of Zetton, drawn with markers, with a few large, crooked characters written beside it.

Zetton Wars

Asagiri Aya was stunned: "This is..."

"A light novel!" Akane Shinjo proudly held the book up to Aya Asagiri. "I wrote it especially for you!"

"You...you can write novels?"

"Of course!" Shinjo Akane raised her chin.

"I'm a founding member of the Monster Research Club. Research alone isn't enough! We must create! We must produce! We must let the world see the charm of monsters!"

Upon hearing that Shinjo Akane could actually write books, Asagiri Aya asked her with some curiosity.

"What did you write?"

Seeing that someone was interested in her work, Akane Shinjo immediately began to introduce it with great enthusiasm.

"This is a story set in a future world where supernatural crimes are rampant. Ordinary people can gain superpowers by obtaining a mysterious card, and the entire social order is on the verge of collapse."

Asagiri Aya's eyelid twitched.

"In this chaotic era, an ordinary high school girl named Asagiri Aya steps forward and transforms into the invincible Zetton Girl! She single-handedly punishes evil and saves the world."

Akane Shinjo became more and more excited as she spoke, gesturing with both hands.

"I've already written three chapters! The first is about you awakening your abilities, the second is about you taking on five superhuman criminals single-handedly, and the third is about the government coming to your door asking for your help!"

"How about it? Want to see?"

Asagiri Aya's face was already bright red.

Just hearing this ridiculously over-the-top chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) setting makes my toes practically dig into a three-bedroom apartment.

Transforming into Zetton to punish evil and uphold justice? And in a city full of superpowers?

This is so embarrassing!

"No, no, no, no, no!" Asagiri Aya shook her head resolutely, like a rattle-drum.

"This premise... is too juvenile... I don't want to watch it..."

"What's wrong with being a 'chuunibyou' (a person with delusions of grandeur)? Being a 'chuunibyou' is romantic!"

Akane Shinjo pushed the book further towards Aya Asagiri, "At least read the first chapter."

"I don't want to see it! I don't want to see it! I don't want to see it!" Asagiri Aya buried her face in her hands, her ears turning bright red. "Please, Akane, put that away..."

Akane Shinjo pouted and stuffed the book back into her bag.

"Honestly, you have absolutely no creative passion."

"Alright then, let's continue with the second round. This time, the goal is 800 meters."

"Eh! Wait, wait, Akane-chan! I suddenly want to watch this!!!"

Chapter 235 Reijubas

After enduring a hellish jeep training session, Shinjo Akane and Asagiri Aya dragged their leaden legs and staggered back to the Monster Research Club.

Asagi Aya pushed open the door to find a chair, she discovered that Yagami Light had been waiting for her in the club for quite some time.

Seeing the two of them looking disheveled and as if they had just escaped from a refugee camp, Light Yagami closed the magazine, a concerned smile curving his lips.

"The special training must have been tough, right?"

"But judging from your performance, you must have gained a lot."

Asagiri waved her hand, dragged herself to a chair, and slumped down, barely having the strength to speak.

"Don't even mention it... it was like running for your life."

Akane Shinjo, on the other hand, seemed quite energetic. She casually tossed the notebook filled with chuunibyou (delusional) writing onto the table, adjusted her glasses, and looked at Light Yagami:

"Weren't you supposed to be investigating leads? How come you have time to stake out the club? Did you find any useful clues?"

Faced with their questions, Light Yagami didn't try to be mysterious and dropped a bombshell.

"I looked up some things, and I made a significant discovery."

This seemingly random statement instantly grabbed their attention.

Light Yagami walked to the corkboard and casually pinned a simple map of Kamisui City onto it.

"I have successfully located the mastermind behind the distribution of the cards, who is also an underling of the Dark Ruler."

Upon hearing this, Asagiri Aya, who had been slumped in her chair, suddenly sat up straight, her drowsiness and fatigue vanishing instantly.

"real?!"

"According to my intelligence network, this subordinate has recently been frequently seen in several secluded back alleys in the Omori Ward."

"What kind of person is that subordinate?" Asagiri Aya swallowed hard and asked nervously.

Light Yagami took a notebook out of his pocket, opened it to a page, and handed it to the two of them.

"Their exact appearance is still unclear; they are hiding it very well."

Light Yagami pointed to several street names in the notebook.

"But what is certain is that the monster card the opponent holds is the cosmic sea monster Recitus, which is an extremely dangerous monster."

"But if we can successfully capture this key survivor, we have a very good chance of following the clues and completely uncovering the dark ruler hiding in the shadows."

"Recitus!"

Akane Shinjo's monster-obsessed DNA kicked in, and she blurted out, "That's a powerful sea monster that possesses both fire and ice abilities; it can switch attributes just by changing the color of its eyes..."

"Alright, Akane, let's put the science aside for now." Aya Asagiri quickly interrupted her friend, turning to Light Yagami, "What do we do next?"

Light Yagami methodically pointed to several red circles drawn on the map and explained in detail the target's activity patterns.

Subsequently, the three finalized a plan for a thorough, multi-pronged search.

"This area isn't large, but the terrain is complex," Light Yagami instructed. "Splitting up to search is the most efficient way. Once you find any trace of the target, don't act rashly. Contact each other immediately by phone, and we'll regroup before taking action."