Chapter 29 Peeping Through the Wall (9) The battle of 307 entered the White...
The battle in 307 has reached a fever pitch.
Although Chuuya Nakahara's gravity confined them to a certain range, the ghost stories' resistance became even more intense. They constantly attacked and tested the weak points of the gravity field, trying to eliminate Chuuya Nakahara, this troublesome existence.
"Tsk, they really are like cockroaches that can't be killed!" Chuuya Nakahara clicked his tongue, a dark red light of his supernatural power shining on his body. He manipulated gravity again and again to suppress these filthy things in place, while also precisely controlling the tentacles that were trying to bypass him to attack Kunikida Doppo and Takeichi. However, this high-intensity precision control was undoubtedly consuming his energy.
Kunikida Doppo felt much less pressure, so he focused more on cleaning the surrounding tentacles, but each swing of the short stick became increasingly difficult.
In this situation, a strange tacit understanding formed between Kunikida Doppo and Nakahara Chuuya: one focused on suppression, the other on elimination.
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki was able to catch his breath slightly, but he still had to do his best to maintain the illusion of fine snow, protecting Takeichi and Yuta Kobayashi from the direct effects of that mental pollution and malice.
He stared at the surreal scene before him, seeing Port Mafia executives fighting alongside the Armed Detective Agency, feeling as if he were in a bizarre dream.
Now is not the time to dream!
Junichiro Tanizaki snapped out of his daze and looked at Takeichi beside him.
Meanwhile, Takeichi, at the eye of the storm, is undergoing a perilous struggle. He enters the mental world of Kobayashi Yuta, a place that is now in complete disarray.
Fear, desire, shame, and all sorts of negative emotions coalesced into a giant eye, watching and corrupting Zhu Yi.
"Peeping is human nature...desire is human nature...give it up."
"Embrace it, and you will see everything."
"Stay here, I know what you want to see..."
A muffled, distorted murmur rang in Zhu Yi's ears. Zhu Yi closed his eyes, trying to ignore the sound, and kept chanting incantations. Finally, the talisman in his hand emitted an increasingly bright white light, illuminating the small area he had set up.
On his system panel, he saw the data representing Kobayashi Yuta's mental stability fluctuating wildly, sometimes rising and sometimes falling, and sometimes slightly recovering because of his efforts.
If this continues, the ghost stories might possess the other person's body and spread their influence, and who knows, they might even become evil gods.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yi broke out in a cold sweat.
"Yuta Kobayashi!" Takeichi's voice resounded throughout this spiritual space: "Look at what you've nurtured. You crave to spy on others, but in the end, you become a prisoner watched by countless eyes. Is this what you wanted?"
Zhu Yi felt his mind was about to be corrupted, and the indistinct whispers tempted him to open his eyes.
"Acknowledge it! Fear it! And then, reject it!" Zhu Yi's voice carried a strange penetrating power: "It was born because of you, and only you can truly decide its survival! Choose to be its slave, or choose to face your own pitiful, but human, will!"
In the battle outside, Chuuya Nakahara seemed to sense something as well, and increased the pressure of gravity on the crack, buying Takeichi the most crucial moment.
"Shut up!" Chuuya Nakahara also heard the indistinct whispers. He roared, and the gravity suddenly intensified and contracted, forcefully pressing the eyeballs and negative energy that were trying to retaliate back to the edge of the crack.
In that instant, Takeichi seized the opportunity, channeling all his power into the talisman in his hand, and then slapped it toward the core of Kobayashi Yuta's spiritual world.
It was a bewildered humanoid figure surrounded by countless eyes, constantly shrinking back.
"Wake up! You bastard who loves to spy on others!"
"If you want to change, you should apologize to me properly!"
In the real world, Yuta Kobayashi, who was in a coma, opened his eyes. His pupils were initially dilated, but were then filled with immense fear and pain, and he let out a scream that was not human.
At the same time, the crack trembled violently along with the wall. All the negative energy and eyeballs that had surged out were pulled back into the crack by an invisible force, emitting a shrill and unwilling scream, as if they had lost their most important anchor.
"I'm exhausted, now's the time!" Zhu Yi shouted, his face pale from the loss of too much power, clearly indicating a huge drain on his energy: "The connection between it and its host has weakened!"
Chuuya Nakahara gritted his teeth, no longer holding back his strength: "I know without you telling me."
"In the tainted sorrow..."
The dark red gravity surged to its extreme in an instant, no longer suppressing, but utterly crushing. Centered on the crack, the surrounding space seemed to be distorted. Those tentacles and eyeballs that had not yet retracted were instantly crushed and disintegrated into nothingness under this extreme gravity.
The crack itself, under the terrible force of gravity, made a cracking sound as it was torn apart, and the surrounding walls also cracked and collapsed in large areas.
Zhu Yi was dumbfounded.
"Control the area!" Kunikida Doppo was terrified that the entire building would be demolished.
Chuuya Nakahara maintained his remaining rationality, desperately controlling the output of his power and concentrating the destruction near the crack as much as possible. However, the dark red markings on his body gradually spread upwards, and it seemed that his opponent was about to lose his mind.
Seeing the system's constant alarms, Takeichi pulled away Kunikida Doppo, who was closest to him, and then frantically shouted at the system: "Exchange! Exchange for superpowers!"
[Exchange Successful: Superpower - No Longer Human]
When everything calmed down, smoke and dust filled the air, and gravel fell in a flurry.
The eerie crack had disappeared, replaced by an irregular hole forcibly torn open by gravity, with only the smell of gunpowder and dust remaining around.
Yuta Kobayashi lost consciousness again, but his breathing became more stable.
Meanwhile, Dazai Osamu cleverly used the trash cans and clotheslines to create a small disturbance, temporarily hindering the incited residents. He then slipped into a narrower side road and quickly escaped his pursuers.
Then his phone kept vibrating in his pocket. He took it out and saw a message from Ango Sakaguchi on the screen, saying that Chuuya Nakahara's ability fluctuations were about to break through the critical point and asking him to reply immediately.
Dazai Osamu raised an eyebrow, straightened his trench coat, and slowly walked towards the apartment building.
When he arrived at the apartment building, he saw Sakaguchi Ango standing at the door with a complicated expression. Dazai Osamu curiously squeezed through to take a look and found that characters indicating the activation of supernatural abilities were floating around Takeichi. Then, the dark markings on Nakahara Chuuya's body began to disappear. When he finally lost his strength and was about to fall to the ground, Takeichi quickly supported him.
Zhu looked up and found that everyone was looking at him.
Sakaguchi Ango:......
Kunikida Doppo:......
Tanizaki Junichiro:......
Osamu Dazai: Wow~
"Two people are disqualified from being human?" Sakaguchi Ango looked at Takeichi and then at Dazai Osamu.
Exhausted, Takeichi sat on the ground and put Nakahara Chuuya aside. 001 ran over and rubbed his hand against his.
Faced with Sakaguchi Ango's question, Takeichi's lips twitched. He thought for a moment and tried to come up with an explanation to evade the question: "Would you believe me if I said I didn't know why I awakened my superpower?"
Ango Sakaguchi looked at him expressionlessly.
Chuuya Nakahara quickly regained consciousness. He rubbed his temples and noticed that everyone around them was watching them.
Then, as if suddenly remembering something, he frowned and looked at Takeichi: "Why is your ability exactly the same as that bastard Dazai's?"
Takeichi: ...
How do you explain this? Does it mean that in the heat of the moment, you didn't think much and just let the system redeem it without thinking?
Takeichi felt completely overwhelmed. Facing the scrutiny of Nakahara Chuuya, the probing gaze of Sakaguchi Ango, the shock and confusion of Kunikida Doppo, the bewilderment of Tanizaki Jun'ichirō, and Dazai Osamu's "Wow~" who never misses a good show, he felt like he had been pushed into the spotlight and was about to crack.
"I..." Zhu opened her mouth, her brain racing, trying to come up with a barely plausible reason. "Uh, the situation was urgent. I just wanted him to stop, otherwise the whole building might be destroyed. Then, I don't know how, my body just moved on its own, like, like I naturally knew what to do?"
He tried to evade the issue by using vague concepts such as the awakening of unknown supernatural abilities in emergency situations.
After all, the world of superpowers is full of wonders, and it's not entirely unreasonable for special cases to occasionally involve similar or temporary abilities, right? Haha.
Although he himself felt that the explanation was weak and unconvincing.
Ango Sakaguchi pushed up his glasses, the lenses reflecting a cold light: "You naturally awakened an ability exactly like Dazai Osamu's, and it's an extremely rare conceptual nullification ability?"
“Mr. Takeichi, the probability of this coincidence is far too low.” His tone was full of doubt, clearly indicating that he did not accept this explanation.
The Special Abilities Division has extremely in-depth records and research on supernatural abilities, so this explanation simply cannot be accepted.
Kunikida Doppo snapped out of his shock. He glanced at the mess in Room 307 and the unconscious Kobayashi Yuta, forcibly bringing his attention back on track: "This matter is indeed very strange, but the most important thing right now is not to investigate the source of Takeichi's ability, but to deal with the scene and the follow-up matters."
“Mr. Kobayashi needs to undergo immediate examination and treatment, the structure of this building also needs to be assessed, and there is also the issue of media control.”
Ango Sakaguchi took a deep breath, suppressing the many doubts in his heart.
Kunikida Doppo is right; now is not the time to delve into it.
He glanced at the unconscious Yuta Kobayashi and the damaged wall, then ordered his subordinates behind him: "Medical team, immediately conduct a preliminary examination and transfer Yuta Kobayashi. Logistics team, assess the building damage, cordon off the scene, and ensure that no unauthorized personnel are allowed to enter."
After giving his instructions, he looked at Takeichi again, his tone serious: "Takeichi-kun, regarding your superpower, I need you to formally submit a detailed report to the Superpower Special Affairs Section. This is not a request, it's a regulation."
Takeichi inwardly groaned, but could only agree aloud, "I understand, Ango... ah, no, Mr. Sakaguchi." Takeichi changed his words.
He knew he had temporarily gotten through this hurdle, but bigger trouble was yet to come.
The aftereffects of using the props began to appear; he felt a strong sense of weakness and dizziness.
wrong.
Why is everything getting darker and darker?
Zhu Yi raised her hand and quickly said, "I... I think I also need medical care..."
Before he could finish speaking, everything went black, and Zhu Yi fainted.
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