"One, two, three..." Hinata Hajime counted the pieces of hope in his hand, "Is there one piece missing?"

"Well, there's still a missing piece." Kamizuru Izuru nodded.

Hinata Hajime was lying on the table looking at them, "But, Izuku, you don't seem to be in a hurry."

"Because there is no need, not all fragments are in a state of despair."

"well?"

"There are six fragments of despair. One of them is in our world. It is now in a state of despair. It has very powerful abilities because it has messed up the entire world. It is also the cause of your amnesia. Four of the remaining fragments are in other worlds. This is the last world and the safest world because the fragments have not yet penetrated deeply."

"The scene is relatively small, and even the last piece after the split is not in a desperate state."

Hinata Hajime was a little surprised. "You mean, the last piece is not the Fragment of Despair, but the Fragment of Hope. Then where is it now?"

"The Silver King."

"Huh?"

"70 years ago, the Silver King was a scientist in charge of the research and development of the stone tablet. However, before the research was completed, his sister died in the war. Unable to accept the reality, he stopped the research and wandered in the sky on a yacht. The Despair Fragment also bound him to the Despair Host at that time. However, he is not a person who will hurt others when he falls into despair."

Hinata Sou nodded as if he was listening to a story, "What happened next?"

"What happened next was that the Fragment of Despair bound the wrong person, but couldn't unbind him before the Silver King died. So, the Silver King purified the Fragment of Despair while healing himself."

Hinata Hajime clapped, "Amazing."

"Does that mean that our mission in this world is complete?"

"Once the last fragment of hope is freed from the Silver King, that will be enough."

Hinata Sou exhaled, and said with a smile: "But, the fragments are almost all collected, but I still haven't fully recovered my memory. At most, I can only remember my life in high school, and I only remember participating in human experiments and seeing Nanami die."

"I even forgot who my companion was."

"You'll remember it when you leave this world."

"Huh? Why?"

"Because that's its setting." Kamukura Izuru said calmly.

I don't understand.

Even if the fragment of despair has consciousness, why does this consciousness make me lose my memory? Hinata Hajime is very sure that this is not a game, but a real war, a battle between hope and despair, with the whole world as a stake.

It's either the hope of winning or the carnival of despair. This is a fight to the death with no chance of a draw.

But it doesn't matter. Instead of worrying about the future, Hinata Hajime wants to live well in the present.

Just then, Hinata Hajime heard someone ringing the doorbell. He sat up from the chair and opened the door. The next moment, Juushu Tadara stuck his head out holding Anna.

"Ten bundles?" Hinata Hajime blinked.

"Would you like to join us in the hot springs, Hinata?" Jutsu Tadara said delicately while holding Anna in his arms. "It's a group trip with Houmaira, so one more person is fine, so I came to ask you."

Hinata Hajime blinked, then he looked at Anna who was being held by Jufu, "What about Anna? She's a girl, right?"

"It's okay." Anna spoke first, "Aunt will be here."

"Yes, Teacher Zhiming is on vacation, and she hasn't seen Anna for a long time, so she can spend a few days with Anna."

“There seems to be no reason not to agree, right?”

"That's right, this time we are going to take Kusanagi's car. I didn't expect he actually has a car. I've never seen one before." Jutsu Duoduo shouted happily, "Then let's go now. He's waiting for us downstairs!"

Hinata Hajime was surprised, "Huh? You guys are ready to go? No, I don't need to pack my luggage?"

"What luggage do you need? Let's go!"

Totara Jutsu and Anna each pulled Hinata Hajime out with one hand, and then urged him to lock the door. Then they ran downstairs. Downstairs, Izumo Kusanagi was smoking with the car window open. When he saw Hinata Hajime and the others coming down, he nodded casually.

He was stuffed into the back seat of the car, with Anna also stuffed into his arms. Hinata Sou was holding Anna. He looked around in surprise and found that there were only four of them in the car.

"Where's everyone?"

"We left a long time ago. It was Totsugu who insisted on picking you up, so I brought him here." Kusanagi Izumo started to complain, "Really? He's been out for 20 minutes and he said it was too lonely to leave you alone in Tokyo, so he forced me to drive back. Driving is painful, okay?"

Hinata Hajime couldn't help but laugh, "Sorry."

"Hinata, the one who should apologize is not you, but Duoduoliang who didn't think about it in advance and started to have problems halfway through!"

Jutsuka Tadara said that he absolutely denied it and revealed the fact that Kusanagi Izumo also wanted to come back to pick up Hinata Hajime.

So amid the noise, the car started.

[Actually, I am a little curious.] Hinata Hajime talked to Kamukura Izuru in his mind, [How is the relationship between me and my companions different from now?]

Kamijou Izuru thought back to the mess that Hinata Sou had cleaned up, so he kept silent.

【Outflow? 】

[Do you really want to know? ]

【That's natural.】

【cat.】

【cat?】

[You are the poop shoveler, they are the cats. ]

Hinata Hajime: ???

Hinata Souji succeeded in creating a wrong perception of his companions whom he had not yet remembered.

Anyway, an hour later, they successfully arrived at the hot spring, but surprisingly, not only was Houmaira on vacation here, they also unexpectedly ran into Scepter 4. After asking, they found out that Scepter 4 had worked overtime for a week to deal with the outsider incident. Now that the dust has settled, Reiji Munakata waved his hand and gave everyone a holiday.

So they made a plan to go to the hot spring and even brought Reiji Munakata with them.

So, this was a beautiful encounter.

"Today is Scepter 4's holiday, so I don't want to have a conflict with you." Reiji Munakata was wearing a yukata, and his glasses were covered with a layer of mist, which made him look a little funny. "So I hope Houmaira won't provoke my subordinates."

"Boring." Suohono ended the topic with just one sentence as usual.

Anna and Seri Awashima were in the women's hot spring next door. Although it looked a bit cold, Seri Awashima was still very gentle to the children.

On the other side, Hatta Misaki has been following Fushimi Saruhiko, staring at him as if she wants to say something but can't. Fushimi Saruhiko looks disgusted, but Hinata Hajime and Jutsuka Tadara can still see that he is indeed very satisfied with Hatta Misaki's gaze.

Then Fushimi Saruhiko began to taunt Hatta Misaki, who instantly got furious and the two started swearing at each other.

In an instant, the entire hot spring began to surge.

Hinata Hajime and Jutsu Tadoroki saw the opportunity to avoid being implicated.

"You are still a child indeed."

"Yeah yeah."

"Are we going to have a water fight soon?"

"It depends on whether they fight during an argument and whether the fight affects others."

“I think so.”

"That's a problem." Hinata Sou touched his long hair helplessly. "After taking a hot spring bath, I have to rinse it with water. It's easy to wash such long hair, but it's too difficult to blow it up. I really hate to blow my hair dry."

"Huh?" Juzuka Tadara was shocked, "Hinata, you worry like a girl."

Hinata Sou slapped him on the back, "I just have long hair!"

Before Hinata Hajime could finish his words, warm water instantly poured over his head.

Hinata Hajime wiped the water off his face and when he turned around, he found that the battle between Hatta Misaki and Fushimi Saruhiko had already begun. Not far away, Suho Takashi and Munakata Reiji were watching their childish fight leisurely without being splashed with water at all.

The Scepter 4 and Homura members who went to 'persuade' them were already affected and wanted to run away.

"It seems like you really need to have your hair blown out." Jutsu Tadoroki smiled at him.

Hinata Hajime wiped the water from his hair and started to watch.

"Shou, your clan is really vibrant." Reiji Munakata next to him said this. He took off his glasses and looked much better than before.

Suohon was drinking strawberry milk. After a moment, he replied, "You too."

“It’s just a little too energetic.”

"The same to you."

“…”

Hinata Hajime fell into deep thought, feeling as if he heard something, but also as if he heard nothing.

At this moment, Kamizuru opened his mouth

He said: [Almost.]

[What is almost the same? ]

[Chaos.] Kamuzuru Izuku calmly watched the crazy demons dancing wildly in the hot spring, [Your companions, if they were bathing in the hot spring together, would probably be like this.]

Hinata Hajime: ...

It was so true that he didn't even know what to say.

After coming out of the hot spring, Hinata Sou breathed a sigh of relief. He put on his yukata and said, "I'm going to take a shower first. My hair is really hard to dry. I'll wait for you in the room."

"Understood." Jutsuka Tadara waved at him, "I'm going to pull Hatta with Izumo. Really, maybe I'll be more vicious than you."

Hinata Hajime smiled and walked out with wet hair. There were some people in the corridor who were returning from the hot spring. Everyone had a smile on their face. There were mirrors inlaid in the corridor, and Hinata Hajime glanced into the mirror casually.

Hinata Sou in the mirror had wet hair and his green eyes were full of gentleness. He looked like a gentle artist, not a villain who would destroy the world.

Standing in front of the mirror, Hinata Hajime seemed to see the figure of Kamukura Izuru in the mirror.

But Kamizuru has never been so vicious, right?

When the world was destroyed, he was still neatly dressed and had never been in a state of panic.

[When we return to our world, I will pull you into the water to see what happens. ]

Kamisada Ide:?

【Why? 】

[I want to see another side of you.] Hinata Hajime turned around casually, his voice cheerful, but his answer was somewhat irrelevant.

Everyone should have a proud side and a vicious side.

Hinata Hajime hopes that his pride and arrogance are both at the level of Kamijou.