My youth story cannot be a knight war

"...What exactly is your purpose?"

Ye Shan did not make any more useless attempts. With his back to Hikigaya Hachiman, he clenched the card box in his hand and his voice became low.

"Your sister told me that you developed the card box I have in my hand... I initially thought you hoped someone would use it to fight the monsters that prey on humans in the mirror world."

The force of squeezing the card box gradually increased, and Ye Shan's eyes gradually became obscure and gloomy.

"But now you're telling me that your purpose in creating this card box...seems like you want the people who possess it to kill each other?"

"How to use the card box is the owner's right. I won't interfere."

Without directly answering Ye Shan's question, Hikigaya Hachiman turned around. At this moment, his eyes and Ye Shan's eyes were each looking in different directions of the road, with no intersection at all.

"But you need to remember one thing. The destiny of all those who hold the Knight Card Box is to fight. Fighting is the only way to survive."

"A knight who doesn't fight will only be eliminated... just like your predecessor."

"——!!!"

This sentence made Ye Shan's eyes suddenly open as wide as possible, and his eyes were filled with strong disbelief.

“You, are you saying—!?”

He heard another hidden meaning in Hikigaya Hachiman's words, and suddenly clenched his left hand into a fist, with blue meridians undulating on the back of his hand.

"That day, were you always...?"

Ye Shan turned around again and saw the same quiet and pale street.

"I've already said everything I need to say in this meeting, and the rest is up to you to think about."

Hikigaya Hachiman's voice sounded for the third time. He stared straight at Hayama's back, and the darkness in the depths of his eyes surged silently.

"I really want to see how long you can stick to your current ideas."

"——Hayama-san, you dream of being a 'nice guy'."

Ye Shan looked back, but there was no one behind him and no sound was heard.

Hikigaya Hachiman left, leaving behind a series of words that Yeshan's brain could not digest, and then disappeared without a trace. Just as he appeared, he left as silently as before.

"..."

Ye Shan lowered his head and looked at the asphalt road ahead where only a few fallen leaves remained. His drooping bangs blocked his eyes.

"What...what do you want to do?"

……

"Hmm~"

The golden Fuglin coins danced on his fingertips and were then thrown up. Gao Mu, wearing sunglasses, sat at his simple stall, humming softly while playing the coin-operated game and having a lot of fun.

He suddenly threw the coin high up again. The coin reflected the light from the lamppost and spun and tumbled in the air, then fell down according to the law of gravity.

pat.

Four gold coins fell one after another on the table covered with white cloth, each falling in a different direction. Gao Mu pushed his sunglasses that reflected the scattered gold coins, and a silent smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.

"Hmm~ It seems you've already met your destiny. So, go ahead and enjoy your daily life from now on."

"As a friend, I can only help you so far. I hope this encounter can help dispel the haze that has been shrouding your heart, Ye Shanjun."

"Ha~ Then what's next..."

Picking up four gold coins and putting them in his pocket, Gao Mu stood up, stretched, and stretched his hands upwards.

His tone was lazy and tired, and his pupils, vaguely visible behind his dark sunglasses, were gradually losing their original warmth.

"I should get back to my other job... Sigh~ Being a city hero at my own expense is so hard. The government should give me a medal with a red ribbon."

12. The Incoming Blade (5K)

Whether as a child or as an adult, I always hear people say to others tirelessly:

Please make sacrifices for justice.

But from a certain moment on, I began to question this sentence.

That is what people call justice, but what is it?

……

I heard that voice again.

"Please...anyone can do it..."

"Stop him...who will...stop him..."

There was no doubt whose crying words echoed in his drowsy mind, his straight eyebrows were fluttering, and an inexplicable sense of familiarity surged from his heart, but he couldn't remember where he had heard this voice before.

"Please... remember quickly..."

Who are you?

"You are……"

"Well……!?"

A warm feeling came from his forehead, and his tightly closed eyes opened at this moment. Hayato Hayama looked at the mature face in front of him with a horrified and dull look.

"What? Are you surprised to see me when you woke up, Hayama-san?"

A black-haired woman in cool summer casual clothes was holding a burning cigarette in her mouth. Her waist-length hair was casually tied into a side ponytail and draped over her shoulders. She looked at Ye Shan who had woken up, raised her long eyelashes that were hidden behind the nicotine mist, exhaled a puff of cigarette and said.

I have to admit that the woman in front of me is truly an absolute beauty, with a mature and sexy face, especially her figure is comparable to a magazine model. Her S-shaped figure is perfectly set off by her tight summer outfit. From Ye Shan's perspective, the grandeur of the two towering peaks almost blocks half of the ceiling in his eyes.

Ye Shan is a normal man, and also an adolescent boy at the peak of his righteousness. When he woke up and saw such a stunning woman squatting in front of him, he should have felt happy and confused... Unfortunately, when he saw the other person's face, these thoughts were suppressed by his reason without hesitation before they even emerged from his mind, and his slightly confused eyes instantly became clear and calm.

It is indeed undeniable that the face before me is a beauty, but whether she is a heart-melting beauty would probably require a serious debate to decide.

Shizuka Hiratsuka, a famous top-notch tigress in the Sobu Plateau, a corrupt female teacher, a drunken killer who makes countless men shudder in the social circle of Chiba Prefecture, and a famous young lady who is eager to get married in the upper class of Chiba.

The reason why there is a prefix of "originally" is because her deeds are now well-known beyond the small Chiba Prefecture. As the saying goes, a mother is honored by her son, and a teacher is honored by his students. As the instructor of such a well-known group as the Service Club, Shizuka Hiratsuka is also famous all over the world and has become a role model for Japanese female teachers to admire.

...But this cannot change the fact that this beautiful woman is actually a top-notch tigress. When her deeds spread far and wide, bad things always happen before good things. Compared with the label of "beauty", Shizuka Hiratsuka's most well-known label now is "extreme evil woman".

At a social gathering arranged by her family two months ago, a drunk Shizuka Hiratsuka sent a Saudi prince who was attending the gathering to the hospital. After an assessment of the injuries, it was found that the prince's two ribs were crushed by the drunken bear hug from her, leaving an indelible psychological trauma on Japanese women, and even causing him to suffer from gynophobia.

This incident made Shizuka Hiratsuka famous again, and also allowed the world to see her true face once again: a female Rakshasa who could only be admired from afar and not approached. Those who had admirers in their hearts would surely enjoy the pleasure of being Kayako's victim.

Being amazed by such a woman basically means that he has entered the countdown to going to the ICU, so when he saw her for the first time, Ye Shan's survival instinct suppressed his physiological mechanism and he decisively woke himself up.

"No, Hiratsuka-sensei, I'm a very nice person. Thank you for condescending to look after me."

While expressing his thanks fluently, Ye Shan, holding the towel on his forehead, bounced up his upper body and spoke solemnly.

"Hmm~ Very good! Compared to those troubled brats in the service department who have no concept of seniority, you are indeed more polite. Having you around makes me worry less."

Shizuka Hiratsuka, who was being flattered, expressed that she was very touched. She reached out and patted Hayama's shoulder vigorously, and at the same time, she felt like crying in her heart.

Is this a true top student? This kid is so good. It's been a long time since I felt respected by students as a teacher.

"..."

Looking at Shizuka Hiratsuka with tears in her eyes, Ye Shan had a strange look in his eyes, and hesitantly looked as if he didn't know whether he should raise his question at this moment.

For example: What's wrong with me? What happened?

The next moment, someone answered Ye Shan's question.

"Hayato!?"

A pink-haired bun-like head appeared from behind Hiratsuka Shizuka's shoulder. Yuigahama Yui looked at the awakened Hayama Hayato and smiled happily.

"Great! You finally woke up. I thought you...that's great!"

"Yui...how long have I been unconscious?"

Looking at his friend's face which was smiling but seemed about to cry, Ye Shan's brain quickly recalled what happened before. He skipped the beginning and asked about the current situation.

"Is this... the health room?"

He glanced around and saw the familiar chairs and curtains. This was the health room that every Sobu High School student had visited.

"You've been in a coma for a long time. Your condition is much more complicated than you know."

Shizuka Hiratsuka took a puff of her cigarette silently and answered Hayama in a calm tone about Yuigahama.

"Hiratsuka-sensei, why are you..."

"Why am I here? Do you think I can sit peacefully in an air-conditioned room and continue to sleep after such a big thing happened?"

White circles appeared under her eyes, and the teacher's expression was extremely melancholy and dull.

"I was planning to travel to Hokkaido with my friends today, but I saw this thing just as I was about to leave the house with my suitcase."

Shizuka Hiratsuka raised her thumb to the curtain floating beside her, and her eyes became inexplicably dim.

"After calling Yukinoshita and checking in, I immediately drove here... Turns out, the situation is even worse than I imagined."

The white teeth suddenly bit the filter of the cigarette hard. Shizuka Hiratsuka covered her forehead with one hand, her expression so painful and obscure that it was difficult to describe.

"I originally thought that my education level had been recognized by the public. After all, I was able to teach people like Zaimokuza... But now I realize that I seem to be too happy too early."

“—Damn it! What the hell is going on!?”

Her peaceful expression collapsed in a second, and she suddenly threw the unburned cigarette in her mouth to the ground. After standing up, Shizuka Hiratsuka stepped on the cigarette butt with great anger, cursing as she stepped.

"Those things are over, aren't they?! You've been dead in the future for so long! Then just rest in your grave! Don't come out and cause trouble for the living!"

"Why are all the students I teach like this? Every one of them is like this! One of them is so obsessed with being a hero that he refuses to say anything, and in the end, he just leaves without even saying a word! And another one, another one... I've had enough! I've had enough of these bastards!"

"Hiratsuka-sensei! Please calm down!"

At the end of her speech, Shizuka Hiratsuka covered her face with her hands, and the angry curses she uttered while half bent over became weaker and weaker, turning into a low moan similar to sobbing. Yuigahama hugged her shoulders, and although the expression on her face was also a little gloomy, she still forced herself to comfort her.

"..."

Looking quietly at Shizuka Hiratsuka who had finished her angrily cursing and sat back in her chair, Hayama's eyes met Yuigahama's. The latter bit her lip and lowered her head without saying anything.

However, through the atmosphere and various conversations between the two, Ye Shan has roughly understood the current situation.

Before I fell into a coma, I seemed to see...

Wow.

Reaching out to pull the curtain next to Ka, the bright and somewhat dazzling sunlight outside the window shone into Ye Shan's eyes, stimulating his pupils to contract, and he stretched out his hand in front of him to block it.

In the exposed view, there were two people sitting quietly by the window of the health room.

Hikigaya Hachiman sat on a chair facing the window, silently looking at the blue sky outside, while Yukinoshita Yukino stood with her back against the wall next to her, one arm around her chest and the other covering half of her face, the other half of her eyes staring at Hikigaya with a very complicated look.

This scene has an inexplicable sense of déjà vu, like a common scene in police and gangster movies, where the police, who are friends, look at their former friend who has gone astray and become a gangster in the interrogation room, and even their expressions and movements are so similar.

"Although I always said that the police station would be your final destination... I never thought that one day this joke would become reality."

The palms covering her face dropped down in front of her body, and Yukinoshita said calmly:

"Hikigaya-kun, some jokes are fine, but don't actually commit a crime... You really never disappoint others when it comes to disappointing others, whether it's your current self or your future self."

"……Feel sorry."

Hikigaya, who would normally argue directly with Yukinoshita at this time, did not refute her this time. He just stared at the white clouds floating outside the window with a seemingly empty gaze, and the tone of his voice was as erratic as the clouds.

"Don't tell me you're sorry, it's not your fault."

The tone suddenly changed, and Yukinoshita's voice went from calm to extremely solemn. Deep in the navy blue eyes, it seemed as if a piece of ice was gradually cracking.

"But even though we all know that this isn't your 'current' problem, others won't think the same way we do."

"I believe you've thought of everything I can think of. Tell me what solutions you have. I hate to admit it, but your approach to solving problems is better than mine."

In response to Yukinoshita's words, Hikigaya gave a vague reply.

"But it's ultimately 'my' fault...isn't it?"

"...So, what exactly are you planning?"

After a brief silence, Yukinoshita spoke calmly.

"Keep reading."