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He turned around and knelt down in front of Yuki.

"Young man Yuki, I'm begging you. For the sake of the children, please spare our lives, even if it's for the sake of us adults!"

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent and turned to look at the expressionless Yuuki.

"What do you want me to do?"

Yuki looked at him expressionlessly, her tone completely calm, but everyone felt a chilling sense of unease.

"Young man Yuki, you... you're still hiding food, aren't you?"

The bearded man cautiously probed, his tone careful, but everyone could tell it was an interrogation.

Everyone's expression changed immediately, even Sawamura Sayuri's, since Eriri was still hungry too...

"Ah……"

Yuuki glanced around, taking in everyone's expressions, and couldn't help but chuckle: "You all seem to have misunderstood something..."

"what?"

The bearded man paused for a moment, seemingly not having heard him clearly.

“What I said before wasn’t all directed at those human cubs…” Yuuki Risa raised her head slightly, and although she was much shorter than these adults, she had the illusion of looking down on them.

"I provide all the food you eat. I can give it to whomever I want, and if I don't want to, you won't get a single drop of water!"

His tone was icy and devoid of any emotion, sending a chill down the spines of those who heard it.

Does Yuuki have any food?

He certainly has food, but he can't touch it. He needs to rely on this food to maintain his fighting strength. The stronger he becomes, the more energy he needs to absorb. Right now, he doesn't have a way to obtain energy other than food.

"And... how did you know I still had food?"

Yuki Osamu narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the bearded man: "I don't recall seeing you during this period of time, have I?"

Moreover, he ate his food discreetly, out of fear of such a situation.

"Of course someone told me!" The bearded man gave a wry smile, then shouted towards the human cubs separated by the wall, "Alright, you can come out now."

Several small figures emerged one after another from behind the wall.

"I...I definitely saw him secretly eating something."

Aki Tomoya said somewhat embarrassedly, then, fearing that Yuuki would blame him, he quickly pointed to the people around him and said, "They saw it too!"

Yuuki bit his lower lip, remaining silent and unwilling to speak. Although he knew that human cubs could experience significant emotional fluctuations, he never expected this...

Kato Megumi and Kasumigaoka Utaha, two little girls who were close to him, were also in there.

That's right. I've only known them for a few hours. How can that compare to the friendship I've shared with my classmates for several years?

Moreover, the way the two little girls are hanging their heads dejectedly, avoiding his gaze, suggests there might be something going on...

Forget it, whatever. Betrayal is betrayal, there's nothing more to say. Anyway, we're not from this world, just a bunch of natives...

Yuuki's gaze grew increasingly cold.

"O-Ouch..."

Eriri, who was watching from the sidelines, was trembling with anger. She had watched the entire battle of Yuuki Ryougi.

His small figure, who would grit his teeth and persevere even with a broken hand, left an indelible impression on Eriri.

You know, if he wanted to hide, he could have avoided getting hurt!

Yet this little guy, who was willing to lose an arm to protect strangers, ended up being blamed by the very people he rescued. It's just...

"Little brother isn't a bad person..."

A weak voice came from behind the wall, and a blonde little girl leaned against the wall, slowly and weakly taking small steps out from behind it.

"Eri-ri!"

Sawamura Sayuri exclaimed in surprise and rushed to her side to hug her.

Eriri's cheeks were flushed, her once radiant golden hair was now dull and lifeless, and her breathing was so heavy that everyone could hear it.

These are clearly symptoms of a fever!

"You...you guys shouldn't bully him..."

"He's not a bad person..."

"Good people shouldn't be bullied..."

"Waaaa, Mommy, I feel so bad..."

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Eriri Dai: "..."

Well, although she was happy to see her younger self stand up, her weak appearance was just too pathetic!

Eriri's words plunged the room into a deathly silence, and the expressions on the faces of the others subtly changed.

Yes, in the end, it was Yuuki who saved them, it was Yuuki who provided the food, and it was Yuuki who fought on the front lines. How could they blame him?

Sawamura Sayuri sighed, gently stroking her daughter's slightly feverish forehead: "How embarrassing, to be taught a lesson by your own daughter. You're right, Eriri, good people really shouldn't be bullied..."

The children all lowered their heads, not daring to look up, and Kasumigaoka Utaha and Kato Megumi were trembling slightly.

The adults also looked ashamed.

Except for one person.

Yuki Ryou looked at the bearded man with a cold smile: "So, do you have anything else to say?"

The bearded man sighed, "Young man Yuki, I'll say it again: I know you must have your reasons, but even if you don't care about us adults, please save these children. They're still so young, and if they continue to starve, they'll have serious problems!"

There was complete silence, and the adults who had already shown signs of shame felt even more ashamed.

Sawamura Sayuri opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but the burning heat of her daughter's body in her arms prevented her from saying anything in the end.

Yuki Ryou gave the bearded man a deep look, then turned to Sawamura Sayuri and asked, "What's her name?"

"Eri, Eriri, her name is Eriri..."

Sawamura Sayuri's eyes darted away, not daring to look Yuuki Ri in the eye.

"I mean the full name."

“Sawamura Spencer Eriri”.

"Okay, I'll remember." Yuki Ryou took a deep look at the little girl who was breathing heavily and had fallen into a deep sleep.

"Remember this, it wasn't me who saved you, it was Eriri Sawamura who saved you."

He waved his hand in the air, and bags of food immediately fell from the sky.

The adults exclaimed in surprise, and even the children who had been feeling down couldn't help but run excitedly toward the pile of food.

Everyone cheered, including Sayuri Sawamura, since Eriri was currently running a fever and needed food to replenish her strength so she could fight off the illness.

"No, don't...bully him..."

Only Eriri, who had fallen into a coma, was still muttering incomprehensible words.

The king once said that hunger is a great enemy.

Faced with absolute hunger, not to mention children, even adults might be tempted to do things that would incur the wrath of both heaven and man.

He understood very well that human nature cannot withstand the test.

Yuuki Riki doesn't blame Kato Megumi and Kasumigaoka Utaha for their betrayal. A child who hasn't yet formed a complete worldview doesn't know the weight of those two words. The only person he blames from beginning to end is the mastermind behind all of this.

Across the noisy crowd, Yuki Risa coldly stared at the bearded man opposite him, who was also smiling back at him.

Suddenly, the bearded man extended his index finger and made a sharp slash across his neck—a throat-cutting gesture. As soon as he completed this gesture, he vanished without a trace, disappearing from the spot in a flash.

He knew that the biggest test was coming; without food to replenish his energy, he would not be able to continue fighting.

What time is it now?

He grabbed an adult who was running past him.

"Ah... 9 PM..."

The person he grabbed was startled, then glanced at his watch and answered timidly.

Nine o'clock sharp... that means there are still three hours left...

He let go and the man fled as if he were escaping. Yuki didn't stop him, even though he knew danger was imminent... There was no need for that; he just needed to fulfill his original aspiration.

What is his original intention?

From beginning to end, he didn't care about the lives of these adults; the only thing that made him decide to save people was these human cubs...

Boom boom boom!

A tremendous roar erupted outside, accompanied by screams from adults and cries from children…

Without further hesitation, Yuki disappeared from the spot in a flash.

The next second, he appeared in front of a huge snake-like monster, casually pulled away the child who was terrified and slumped to the ground in front of the monster, and then kicked the snake-like monster in the jaw.

Hiss hiss hiss!!

The snake-like monster immediately let out a sound similar to a scream, as its entire lower jaw was completely smashed apart by the kick!

The serpentine monster vanished like a bubble, leaving behind only the blue-haired boy with a ferocious expression.

"Come on, come on, let me show you what it means to unleash your full power!"

P.S.: There will be another chapter around 4:30 PM.

A bizarre and fantastical city: Chapter Twenty-Three - Desperate Struggle

"Die!"

The long sword in his hand fell from the sky like a shooting star, and the huge centipede monster was cleaved in two on the spot, howling as it vanished into nothingness.

呲......

Visible wisps of white vapor billowed from Yuki Risa's mouth and nose.

His face was incredibly ferocious, veins bulged on his forehead, and his body seemed to have been pulled up a height by an external force, with the pupils in his eyes shrinking to the size of pinholes.

boom!

The rubble beneath his feet exploded, and his figure vanished from the spot, reappearing above a dragonfly-like monster.

With a speed imperceptible to the naked eye, he unleashed nine consecutive slashes with his long sword. Nine dazzling blade lights appeared almost simultaneously, instantly splitting the dragonfly monster into nine pieces.

Nine-headed dragon flashes!

The move, originating from his business friend, was being demonstrated in another world for the first time. It was faster, more powerful, and had a stronger cutting force than the original user!

In particular, it contained the energy emitted by Yuuki Risa, and the blade light flew five or six meters away.

There was no time to land. Yuuki Risa stepped on the dragonfly corpses that hadn't yet disappeared in mid-air, adjusted her direction, and slammed forward like a cannonball, plunging down towards another monster below.

That's right, there wasn't just one monster in this attack, but more than ten!

However, the monster that attacked this time was much smaller than the one that attacked at the beginning, about half the size. This was one of the reasons why he was able to kill it quickly. Otherwise, even if he went all out, he wouldn't have been able to easily deal with the monster that was more than ten meters tall at the beginning.

As for why the mastermind didn't summon the giant monster from the beginning, Yuuki speculated that one reason was that the mastermind didn't have the power to summon multiple giant monsters, and the other was...

"Help, help..."

The little girl, wearing round-framed glasses and with braided pigtails, huddled on the ground, trembling as she looked fearfully at the giant ant with its mouth agape. Her eyes were filled with despair, and even her cries for help were barely audible.

Kaka...

The giant ant's guillotine-like mandibles opened and closed incessantly, producing a clanging sound like metal clashing, as it drew ever closer and closer in the girl's eyes...

boom!

The shells falling from the sky smashed the ant monster to pieces. The little girl with braided pigtails stared blankly at the figure in the smoke, a sense of relief at surviving a disaster suddenly welling up inside her.

"Thanks……"

"Let's find somewhere to hide!"

Yuki only managed to leave one sentence before disappearing from the spot once again.

Only the little girl with braided pigtails, looking lost and bewildered, stood there with her mouth agape.