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

Qianyu ignored the greedy plush toy.

Since Guangpai refused to show himself no matter what, Qianyu didn't intend to waste any more time here.

The most important thing now is to take the net in.

Qianyu raised her right hand, and the mark of the Rat Talisman appeared in her eyes. Dark red magic spread out from her fingertips.

"Stop dawdling, let's get a table together."

With a flick of his wrist, he forcibly welded the ruins where Hachiman Hikigaya was located to Yui and the Rainbow Space.

In the center of the ruins.

Hachiman Hikigaya had just painstakingly picked up the few cards scattered on the ground and stuffed them into his school uniform pocket when he looked up and found that Yuu Otosaka, who had been kneeling on the ground looking lost and disoriented just a second ago, along with the surrounding dilapidated buildings, had vanished into thin air after a slight distortion.

Before he could even react, the scenery around him suddenly changed.

The blinding sunlight was gone, replaced by a dark, eerie, enclosed space filled with strange, rainbow-like light spots.

"boom--!"

A loud bang suddenly slammed into my ears.

Hachiman instinctively took half a step back and looked in the direction of the sound.

A hundred meters away, a strange, armored monster, its body entirely black and wielding a dark gold trident, was locked in combat with a pale yellow beast with a head resembling an corncob.

The rubble on the ground was sent flying everywhere by the aftershocks of their clash.

Hachiman blinked his signature dead fish eyes.

"What's going on now?" He swallowed hard, his head buzzing.

Having just gone through a life-or-death battle, how did I end up being thrown into another movie set where monsters are fighting each other?

Moreover, the two monsters that were fighting hand-to-hand were just as imposing as the EX Tyrant from before.

Does this mean that this battle royale has no end, and that after you defeat one opponent you will be automatically teleported to the next, stronger one?

Just as Hachiman's brain was still struggling to process the crazy information in front of him, a roar that suddenly pierced through the monster reached his ears clearly.

"Hikigaya-san?!"

Upon hearing his own surname, Hachiman Hikigaya instinctively turned his head in the direction of the voice.

At the edge of the battlefield, a girl with her hair in a bun and wearing a slightly disheveled school uniform skirt was looking at him with a bewildered expression.

The moment Yui saw Hachiman, a look of disbelief flashed across her eyes.

But when her gaze fell on the burly Gomora next to Hachiman, she instantly understood.

Although we don't know why Hachiman suddenly appeared, that monster has already explained everything.

Hachiman is also a card holder!

There's no time to waste asking pointless questions like "Why are you here?" or "What have you been through?"

The black-armored monster's attacks grew increasingly fierce, and Red King was clearly on the verge of being overwhelmed.

"Hachiman, you're a card holder too, right!"

Yui, as if grasping at a straw, hurriedly ran forward a couple of steps, pointed at the black armored monster over there, and shouted, "Quick! Help me!"

"Help...help me?" Hachiman's gaze darted back and forth between Yui and the armored monster, his forehead covered in question marks. "What's going on? Yui, what are you doing here?"

"There's no time to explain!" Yui stamped her feet anxiously, her eyes red and swollen, her voice trembling. "Stop Yukino! She's going to her death alone! Stop her!"

"what?"

Hachiman thought he must have a hearing problem, or that the battle had damaged his brain.

He stared blankly at Yui, who looked like she was about to cry, in the distance.

Yukino?

Beneath the snow...?!

Yukinoshita, who always sat by the window in the Service Club, holding a paperback, and who would often deliver a venomous attack in a tone so cold it could freeze you, was also caught up in this deadly supernatural vortex.

And he was controlling that dark, armored monster!

What does this have to do with anything?!

Hachiman Hikigaya's brain has gone into a severe state of malfunction.

He had only recently accepted the premise that "the world is turning into a monster fighting arena," and even resolved to take on some responsibility within this absurd set of rules.

But now, he discovers that two girls he usually hangs out with in the same club are summoning monsters and fighting each other.

What is this? An upgraded version of the Service Club's after-school activities?

"Wait...wait a minute, Yui."

Hachiman Hikigaya felt his throat go dry. Looking at the chaotic battlefield, he managed to squeeze out a dry sentence, "Why is Yukinoshita here too?"

"What exactly is going on?"

Chapter 280 Confronting Qianyu

Before Hachiman Hikigaya could fully grasp the complex situation, Yukino Yukinoshita on the other side had already seen through the situation in an instant.

Her expression was grave, and her mind raced.

If it were just a matter of dealing with Yui Yuigahama alone, Yukino would have an absolute chance of winning.

But now the situation is different, because another competitor has emerged.

Although that person was Hachiman, the fact that he survived to the final stage of the match shows that his combat strength should not be underestimated.

Once Yuihama successfully persuades Hikigaya to join forces against the enemy, then she will have absolutely no chance.

Yukino lowered her head slightly and glanced at the Mefilas Alien card in her palm.

Through the cards, she knew very well that almost all the remaining cards in Shenshui City had been gathered in this space.

Once they get the cards in their hands, they'll have the right to confront the dark mastermind behind it all and end it all.

Then, a plan quickly took shape in Yukino's mind.

Meanwhile, after listening to Yui Yuigahama's stammering and hurried explanation, Hikigaya finally understood why the two girls had started fighting.

It turns out that Yukinoshita was trying to stop the so-called mastermind behind the scenes all by herself?

Hikigaya secretly found it absurd.

This radical and impulsive behavior, completely disregarding the consequences, is completely inconsistent with Yukinoshita's usual personality.

What exactly drove her to this point?

His instinct was to distance himself from the situation and not get involved in the conflict between the two girls.

But then he thought, if he really let Yukino go to her death alone, this matter would definitely end up causing trouble for him.

Hachiman decided to stabilize the situation first and probe the other party's intentions before making any further plans.

Before Hikigaya could even figure out how to phrase it, Yukino, who had been standing there, took the initiative to put away her dark demon armor and walked towards them.

Seeing this, Hachiman tentatively tried to persuade him.

"Under the snow... I heard from Yuihama that you wanted to challenge the Dark Ruler alone?"

"Going it alone is too risky. Since the three of us are now holders of monster cards, instead of wasting our time here, we should join forces and target the real enemy."

He had prepared himself for Yukino's cold logic to shut him down, and he had even mentally prepared his response.

But to everyone's surprise, Yukino, who had always been as tough as ice, didn't refute at all this time.

"it is good."

This simple sentence effectively silenced Hachiman's subsequent rebuttal.

"You're right." Yukino nodded gently, her voice still cool, but lacking the sharp, aggressive edge it had been just moments before.

"I hadn't thought things through properly before, and my ideas were too naive. It's really too much for me to do it all by myself."

This lightning-fast change of expression left Yui Yuigahama completely dumbfounded.

She mentally ranted and complained:

You're kidding me, right?! Just now, when you were coldly controlling that dark monster, pinning my little Lei to the ground and beating him until he vomited blood, you definitely weren't acting this reasonable!

But Yui was ultimately a kind-hearted person. Seeing Yukino's tired appearance, which seemed to have truly "figured things out," her resentment and wariness quickly dissipated.

"That's great, Yukino, it's so good that you understand..." Yui breathed a sigh of relief.

As the atmosphere eased, Yukino raised her hand and gently waved it in the air, voluntarily releasing the Rainbow Space from its lockdown.

With a flash of light and shadow, accompanied by a brief feeling of weightlessness, the three were teleported back to the real world.

Hachiman steadied himself, secretly observing the changes in his surroundings, his eyes flickering slightly.

He noticed that when he finished fighting that madman, he was in the ruins a few blocks away, but now he had been teleported directly to the school.

It seems that after each battle space collapses, the linked real-world anchor point is different.

As soon as they landed, Yukino spoke up: "Since we've decided to join forces, I think we need to take stock of our respective combat strengths."

She walked to the familiar long table of club members and gestured for the two of them to come over: "Take out all the monster cards and Clow Cards you have and let's take a look. We need to know exactly how many chips we have."

This suggestion sounds reasonable.

Without thinking twice, Yui immediately started rummaging through her pockets.

Although Hachiman, who had just experienced a life-or-death battle, felt that something was not quite right, he still relaxed his guard for a moment in the familiar activity room and in front of the club members he usually interacted with.

He sighed and reached into his dusty school uniform pocket to pull out cards.

However, just as they took out their cards, Yukino did not pull out hers.

Instead, she stood across the table and unusually raised her right hand.

A faint, dark golden light flickered in her palm.

Immediately afterwards, a solid longsword with an ancient design and strange patterns carved on its hilt appeared out of thin air in Yukino's hand.

Yui was startled, then curiously leaned forward to take a look: "Yukino, what is this?"