A crossover anime! The life of a hero!

"Is something on your mind today?" Hoshino Gokawa asked instinctively as he approached the other person.

"I... can't come tomorrow." After hesitating for a while, Natsume Takashi finally told Hoshino Gokawa the truth.

That means he's going to be sent to another foster family tomorrow, and he doesn't know how far it is from here.

"That's it..."

"Hmm..." Seeing that he was not speaking, Natsume Takashi didn't know how to start the conversation. No! To be more precise, he didn't know how to repay the other party's kindness.

Thanks to Hoshino Gogawa's efforts during this time, he is no longer afraid of those monsters. He can kill any monster below the level of a great monster with one arrow, and even if a monster reaches the level of a great monster, he can be seriously injured by Natsume Takashi's arrow if he is not strong enough.

In other words, if he wanted to join the demon-slaying circle now, he could conservatively be ranked within the top 30, and if he weren't so conservative, he might even be ranked in the top 20.

Isn't that outrageous...?

In just a few days, Natsume Takashi was completely transformed. Of course, this was also due to his good foundation, coupled with Hoshino Gokawa's incredible training methods.

After all, for Hoshino Gokawa, whether it's demonic power, spiritual power, or anything else, it all boils down to the word "energy." And since it's energy, we have to go back to the most fundamental thing: what is it made of?

Once you understand this, you can do whatever tricks you want without needing to write or draw on paper or infuse spiritual energy to achieve the desired effect.

Hoshino Gokawa even considered something like magic suppression these past few days, so he's been trying to teach him how to convert spiritual energy into other forms of energy, but that plan will probably have to be abandoned now.

"In that case... I'll have to bring forward the final training session. Remember how it feels later, Takashi."

"Hmm..." Looking at his serious expression, Natsume Takashi nodded solemnly.

The next moment-----------------------------------

The surrounding area seemed to fall silent at that moment, just like that day two years ago.

"What's this?!"

Takashi Natsume's only thought right now is, "Is the sky falling down?"

After a long time...

"How are you feeling, Takashi?"

Hoshino Gokawa's familiar voice reached his ears once again.

"I...don't know...I can't even describe it in words."

To be honest, Takashi Natsume never wants to experience that feeling again in his life.

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand. Now, let's begin the final lesson. Hit me with your fist, whether it's light or heavy, it doesn't matter. Even touching me with your hand is acceptable." With that, Hoshino Gokawa stood five meters away from Natsume Takashi.

"??!!"

Although he didn't understand what the course was, Takashi Natsume still followed the instructions.

only……

"Why? My body is trembling!"

Despite the mere five steps separating them, Takashi Natsume was unable to take that step, and his body even began to tremble and show signs of wanting to retreat.

"What you just felt was actually a bit of my aura, and the purpose of my last lesson is to make you overcome my aura and attack me, in other words, to overcome your instinct to live and charge towards death."

Standing in front of Natsume Takashi, Hoshino Gokawa explained the purpose of this last lesson to him.

"You're kidding, right?" The other person's explanation did not ease Natsume Takashi's mood; instead, it made him feel even heavier.

"Takashi, this universe is vast, unimaginably vast. If one day aliens invade this planet and I happen to be away, what will you do? Will you surrender and live a life of ignominy, or will you fight to the death and risk your almost nonexistent chance of victory?"

"alien?!"

Natsume Takashi was quite shocked to hear this, as he never expected to hear this word from the other person.

“That’s right, they are aliens!” Hoshino Gokawa nodded affirmatively.

"So...you mean aliens might invade Earth in the future."

"Yes……"

Silence ----------- Deathly silence -------------------------

tread……

After an unknown amount of time, Natsume Takashi finally moved just as the sun was about to set.

It's not forward, nor backward, but... jumping!

Having learned the principle of "one effort, then decline, then exhaustion" over the past few days, Natsume Takashi now exerted all his strength to rush through the seemingly insurmountable five meters, and his jump meant there was no turning back once the arrow was released.

a long time……

"Congratulations, Takashi. You have completed the final lesson: When the weak are angry, they draw their swords against the weaker; when the strong are angry, they draw their swords against the stronger."

"So, Takashi, from this moment on, you can proudly call yourself a strongman." Looking at his sleeve, which was being held tightly, Hoshino Satoru smiled, a very happy smile.

Because he knew that this meant that Takashi Natsume would not compromise with any injustice, nor would he recklessly harm innocent people after gaining power.

"Thank you..." Natsume Takashi, who was helped up by Hoshino Gogawa, smiled as well.

After returning home------------------------------

"Takashi, why are you so late today?!" The male head of the foster family where Natsume Takashi is currently living spoke up, sounding quite displeased, as he looked at him as he returned.

"I said goodbye to my friends..."

"Is...is that so...then...it is indeed...we should say goodbye." Looking at Natsume Takashi's calm face, the male host felt an even more exaggerated aura from him than from his own boss.

"Hmm..." Takashi Natsume nodded slightly.

Meanwhile, inside a large mansion...

"That aura from two years ago has reappeared." Although the two "people" playing chess were well disguised, a closer look would reveal that their bodies were trembling incessantly.

"Yes... I don't know if it's good or bad." The old man, whose head looked a bit too long from the back, nodded in agreement.

"Thud..." Then, he accidentally dropped the chess piece on the ground.

"Alright... let's call it a day." Looking at the chess piece that had fallen to the ground, the old man finally chose to give up.

"Agree."

Chapter Thirteen: Yuuko Ichihara

With three days left before school started, Hoshino Gokawa suddenly remembered that he might be running out of black pens, so he decided to go to a nearby convenience store to buy some.

"Are you going out, Gokawa?" Hoshino Sakurako, who was cleaning the living room, asked instinctively after seeing her son dressed.

“Yes, Mom… I might be running low on ink and brushes, so I’m planning to go to the convenience store to buy some.” Hoshino Gokawa nodded slightly to his mother.

"In that case, Gokawa! When you come back, could you please bring me two bags of salt and a bottle of soy sauce? We're running low on seasonings at home." With that, Hoshino Sakurako took out two 1,000 yen bills and handed them to him.

"Okay, Mom!" Hoshino Gokawa took the money to show he understood, then put on his shoes and went out to the convenience store to buy something.

Tread...tread...

Hoshino Gokawa walked out of his three-story house and strolled around the streets for a while before realizing that there didn't seem to be many people out and about today.

Of course, he knew the reason. It was simple: it snowed heavily today, and not many people were willing to come out and feel the biting cold.

As for why I didn't teleport directly to the vicinity of the convenience store, it's because I wasn't in a hurry, so I walked slowly.

Another reason is that Hoshino Gokawa doesn't want to develop a dependence on teleportation. If he uses his abilities for convenience in everything, he might become a useless person, lying in bed all day and solving his needs through teleportation.

Therefore, except when the distance is too far or at certain necessary moments, Hoshino Gokawa basically will not use his ability. Moreover, if he skips the middle part of the road, wouldn't he miss out on a lot of scenery?

Moreover, Hoshino Satoru is going to be a traveler in the future, so if he doesn't even see the scenery along the way, then what's the point of going?

Back to the main topic----------------------------

ding dong...

The first thing Hoshino Gogawa saw when he entered the convenience store was a beautiful young girl with blue hair, who, judging from her height, should be a high school student.

"welcome!"

A standard greeting comes from the other party.

"..."

Hoshino Gokawa responded by nodding slightly, and then, under her gaze, picked up a shopping basket and headed towards the condiment section.

Soy sauce...salt...

Hoshino Gokawa, having packed everything his mother needed into his shopping basket, didn't plan to linger. He went straight to the stationery section, grabbed a few pens, and went to the counter to pay.

……

Thank you for your patronage. Welcome to visit us again.

ding dong...

Hoshino Satoru, who had just left the convenience store and was heading back the way he came, couldn't help but stop when he passed a house.

“The space here has been replaced.” Hoshino Gokawa made this judgment instantly when he saw the cherry blossom tree in full bloom inside the wall.

Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't trespass on private property, but for some reason, the building looked familiar to him, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

As for why I didn't immediately think of it, it's because the art styles of anime and reality are quite different.

"Hmm... let's go take a look." After thinking for a while, Hoshino Gokawa finally decided to step into the building that had come from another "place".

"Click..."

Before Hoshino Gokawa could even knock on the door, it was suddenly opened.

"welcome!"

Next, Hoshino Gokawa's field of vision appeared two very peculiar girls whose movements were almost identical.

What's even more noticeable is the girl on the right with blue hair and twin tails, because her hair is so long that it even touches the ground. As for the pink-haired girl on the left, her bob hairstyle is quite cute.

However, that's not the main point. The main point is that their characteristics reminded Hoshino Gokawa which anime these two girls came from.

XXXHOLiC!, also known as xxxHOLiC!, is an anime series set in the same universe as Cardcaptor Sakura.

Hoshino Gokawa was a little unsure whether the shop owner was still Ichihara Yuuko. If not, it meant that the main storyline of xxxHOLiC had completely ended, while if so, it meant that the main storyline had not yet begun.

Regardless of the outcome, Hoshino Gokawa's most important task right now is to go in and check on the situation. After all, he has been invited, and it would be very impolite of him not to go.

Tread...tread...

Led by two girls of similar height, Hoshino Gokawa finally stopped in front of a shoji screen door with butterfly patterns.

Wow... Wow...

Then the shoji doors were pulled open, and finally, the true face was revealed!

A beautiful woman with a lovely face and considerable charm.

"Yuko Ichihara." The other person's name instantly popped into Hoshino Gogawa's mind.

“What a rare guest…” Yuko Ichihara raised an eyebrow unconsciously after taking a puff of smoke from her lips as she removed the pipe from her lips.

Because she sensed just how terrifying the power was hidden beneath that person's face.

If one is not careful, this planet might not see the sun again the next day.

While Ichihara Yuuko was thinking about something, Hoshino Gokawa was also communicating with Kalirus in his mind.

"Calyrus, what do you think of the woman in front of you?"

“I…can…feel…that…her…time…has…stopped…”

Although its essence is space, any normal person knows that spacetime is inseparable. Although its essence is space, Kalirus can still manipulate time in a rough way.

"I know about Kalirus, but what I really want to ask is whether you think you can beat her?" Although she knew that Ichihara Yuko's nickname was the Dimensional Witch, who had the ability to travel through dimensions and time.

However, Hoshino Gogawa did not see any specific combat performance in the anime, so he was very curious about whether the Hero Clan was stronger or this dimensional witch was stronger.

Callirus's response to this was...

"We can... give it a try..."

"I'll give it a try, since I don't have any conflicts with her."

Meanwhile, seeing that neither their owner nor their guest, Little Blue and Little Pink, were speaking, they were a little confused about what they were doing. Were they playing a game where whoever spoke first would lose?

a long time--------------------------------

"Aren't you curious about what kind of shop this is, sir?" It was Yuuko Ichihara who finally broke the silence.