I created a foundation

No longer the familiar desks and chairs, no longer the clean floors and walls.

Everywhere you look, there is wriggling, slimy, dark red flesh and blood tissue.

These flesh and blood were like living vines, covering every inch of the classroom. The walls, floors, ceilings, and even the broken window frames were entangled and devoured by them.

Countless eyeballs of different sizes were embedded in the flesh and blood, rotating irregularly, flashing strange light, and all focusing in a certain direction.

Thick, foul-smelling liquid seeped out from the cracks in the flesh and gathered on the ground into disgusting swamps.

The air was filled not only with the smell of blood and burnt food, but also with an indescribable smell of corruption that seemed to come from the abyss.

Hayato Hayama felt his stomach churning and almost vomited.

His mind went blank, completely unable to comprehend the surreal scene before him.

Is this 09... hell?

"what--!"

A short and shrill scream came from beside him.

It’s Yumiko Miura.

She also woke up, covering her mouth with her hands, her pretty face was completely bloodless, and her eyes were filled with extreme fear and disbelief.

Yuigahama Yui followed closely behind. She didn't scream, but just let out suppressed, animal-like whimpers, her body shaking like a fallen leaf in the wind.

The three of them, like cubs who had strayed into a giant beast's lair, huddled in the only corner of the classroom that had not yet been completely eroded by flesh and blood, shivering.

Then, they saw it.

In the center of the classroom, that place where the flesh was wriggling most violently and where the eyeballs were most densely packed.

A figure was fighting with the terrifying flesh and blood monster.

Yukinoshita Yukino!

However, at this moment, Yukinoshita Yukino is completely different from the cold, aloof, and perfect girl who seems to be out of touch with the world in their impression.

Her long black hair moved without wind, fluttering like a burning flame.

On top of the head, a pair of furry, slightly trembling black animal ears replaced the original hair accessories, making it look both weird and with a hint of wild beauty.

Her original school uniform was long gone, replaced by a tight-fitting armor that seemed to be woven from shadows and lightning, outlining her explosive body curves that far exceeded those of her peers.

The most eye-catching thing is her eyes that flash with golden arcs and the dazzling lightning wrapped around her fingertips and claws.

"Zi la——!"

Yukino's figure was as fast as a ghost, and every movement left a trail of afterimages.

Her right hand turned into a sharp claw, covered with a thin layer of tangible armed color domineering, and grabbed a thick flesh tentacle that emerged from the ground.

Lightning flashes.

"boom!"

The tentacle, which was thicker than an adult's thigh, exploded violently like ignited gasoline the moment it came into contact with lightning, turning into charred debris all over the sky.

However, more flesh and blood tentacles came from all directions, like a school of sharks smelling blood, and pounced on Yukino one after another.

"Humph."

Xue Noi snorted coldly, and the lightning around her suddenly became several times more intense.

"Thunder beast!"

She let out a delicate cry, and her figure left behind a gradually dissipating electric afterimage. Her real body had turned into a violent thunder and crashed directly into the encirclement of flesh and blood tentacles.

“Rumble, rumble—!”

Lightning raged and blood and flesh flew everywhere.

The entire classroom, no, the entire flesh and blood cave, was shaking violently under her attack.

Those eyeballs embedded in the flesh and blood burst open one after another under the illumination of lightning, splattering smelly pus.

Hayama, Miura, and Yuigahama were completely stunned.

Their mouths opened unconsciously, and their brains were on the verge of shutting down due to receiving too much complex and subversive information.

This is... Yukinoshita-san?

No, this is not a power that humans can possess at all.

This is a battle between gods, or rather, demons.

They saw with their own eyes that the flesh and blood that was shattered by lightning just squirmed a few times and then reassembled and regenerated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The "real body" hidden deep in the flesh and blood cave seems to have the ability of immortality.

Hayato Hayama finally understood.

Everything that happened in the family restaurant before, those strange diners, those distorted scenes, and then what I saw in the teaching building later, those classmates who died in their sleep...

None of them are illusions.

It's not mass hysteria.

Rather, it was a horrific incident that actually happened and was beyond their cognitive limits.

In this world, there really are "abnormalities" that they cannot understand, and there are "ghosts" that feed on humans.

And Yukinoshita Yukino, the classmate who usually attends classes and club activities with them, is actually... a "god" who slays demons?

Or is it a warrior belonging to a mysterious organization who specializes in dealing with these "anomalies"?

Yumiko Miura bit her lips hard, trying to prevent herself from crying out of fear.

She always thought she was the queen of the school and the center of attention.

But in front of this real power that can destroy everything, her so-called "queen aura" is not even a tiny speck of dust.

Yuigahama Yui buried her head in her knees, her shoulders shaking violently, and suppressed sobs could be heard intermittently.

The "daily life" she longed for, full of laughter and joy, was torn to pieces at this moment.

The three of them, like three tiny and helpless ants, huddled on the edge of this hell where flesh, blood and lightning were intertwined.

There is nothing they can do.

There's no way to escape because the entire classroom is blocked by flesh and blood.

They couldn't call for help because they didn't know who to call for help, nor did they know who could save them in this battle that was like a battle between gods and demons.

The only thing they could do was to open their eyes wide and use all their strength to suppress the scream in their throats. They looked up with fear, powerlessness and despair at the fight that was happening before their eyes, which was enough to decide their life or death...

The lightning once again illuminated their pale faces.

The battle entered the most brutal meat grinder stage.

Yukino quickly grasped the secret of Nightmare's near-immortality. Every time she shattered their flesh and blood, the dissipated energy didn't vanish into thin air, but instead re-gathered, relying on the dreams of the students it had previously devoured and its current fusion with the entire classroom space, rapidly regenerating.

This is a cunning form of immortality built on the suffering of others.

She gave up the pursuit of instant, complete annihilation. That would consume too much physical strength, while the enemy before her seemed to possess nearly infinite regenerative energy.

Thus, Yukino's fighting style quietly changed.

Her eyes remained icy, but within that coldness, there was a hint of calculation and determination that bordered on cruelty. She no longer attempted to reduce Nightmare's massive body to charcoal, nor did she seek to tear it completely into unrecognizable pieces.

What replaced it was a more efficient, more precise, and more horrifying "execution".

Every time the nightmare's flesh and blood just began to wriggle and gather, trying to restore its shape, Yukino's figure would approach like a ghost.

The cat's claws, flashing with terrifying arcs of electricity, will accurately cut into the key nodes of his regeneration.

"Tsk-!"

The new flesh and blood tissue had not yet had time to consolidate before it was torn apart again by the sharp claws, gushing out dirty blood.

Immediately afterwards, there was a merciless bombardment of thunder and lightning.

"boom!"

Dazzling electric light flashed in the classroom, burning Nightmare's body, which had just been partially assembled, into a charred mess. The strong smell of burnt protein mixed with the smell of blood filled the air, making people sick.

Nightmare roared in pain.

"It's no use! You can't kill me! I'm immortal!"

He frantically mobilized the energy within his body, and the shattered flesh began to wriggle and multiply at a speed visible to the naked eye. The strange growths on the walls, floor, and ceiling seemed to come to life, channeling energy towards the center.

However, what greeted him was another round of ruthless attacks from Yukino.

Without any hesitation or delay.

Torn.

Electric coking.

regeneration.

Tear again.

Then electric coke.

Repeatedly.

Time passed slowly under such torture.

At first, Nightmare was still taking a playful and cruel pleasure. He enjoyed the sense of superiority brought by this "immortality" and mocked Yukino's futility.

"Give up, little girl! Your attacks are nothing but tickles to me!"

"I will let you experience the ultimate fear, and then turn you into my sweetest dream collection!"

Yukino ignored them. Like a machine executing precise instructions, each attack landed on Nightmare's most vulnerable and painful areas. She even began using her [Observation Haki] to sense the fluctuations of Nightmare's mental power, specifically attacking the nerve connection points that would cause him the greatest pain.

An hour passed.

A subtle tremor began to appear in the roar of the nightmare.

He discovered that while the opponent's attacks couldn't completely kill him, each regeneration was accompanied by unbearable pain. This pain wasn't simply physical torture, but more like a tearing sensation that directly affected the soul.

What frightened him even more was that the girl's eyes did not change at all from beginning to end.

It was a coldness that went beyond anger and hatred.