The all-powerful middle schooler

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Chapter 57: If you don’t kill, hatred will never end.

The Zanpakuto is wrapped with five-colored ribbons and delicate flowers. The blade's jaw resembles blooming petals, and a gem sphere of five elemental colors is inlaid at the back of the hilt, making it exquisitely decorated. From the outside, it truly looks like a beautiful magic wand.

"Mori Natsu, name your Zanpakuto."

Hanesegawa Izumi instructed.

"Let's just call it 'Element'."

Since Dansheng Valley Mori Natsu thought that since she had already gone astray, she might as well just continue down this path.

After the Zanpakuto acquired its true name, it emitted a dazzling array of colors.

At that moment, the knife and the person resonated with each other.

The soul of Dansheng Valley trembled.

Originally, a Shinigami needs a long period of practice and companionship to fully utilize the power of her Zanpakuto, but as the one who named it, she directly established a sufficient connection with the Zanpakuto through this process.

Then, she stepped into another world and began to converse with the knife.

Unlike the other world, her Zanpakuto is not anthropomorphic, but an elemental aggregate of multiple attributes, just as its name suggests.

Through a mysterious connection, she quickly gained new power from her Zanpakuto—its Shikai.

We left the volcano and arrived in the wilderness.

Nishikawa Mori Natsu wanted to test its power.

"Seeker of the Way, I am coming!"

"Even if you exert all your strength, I will only use strength equal to yours, and I will only defend."

After agreeing on the plan, the two began their battle.

"Shine, Elements!"

She uttered the liberation words that made her feel somewhat ashamed.

These are lines that usually appear in children's magical girl anime, perhaps reflecting some kind of inner world.

Her Shikai ability is also quite unique, allowing her to forcibly control the surrounding elemental forces, greatly increasing the power of her various Kido techniques, which further solidifies her reputation as a 'magician'.

As for the details of her battle with the sage, let's leave it at that.

This was undoubtedly the most frustrating moment of her day.

……

For a while, besides playing games and reading comics and novels, there really wasn't much else to do.

This weekend, Izumi Hasegawa finally felt busy.

After helping Mori Natsu forge his Zanpakuto, his focus shifted to his personal guard.

Compared to other naturally born Awakened Ones, Kato Megumi, who was just getting started, undoubtedly missed a lot of time.

To make up for lost time, he planned to use some extreme measures.

For example, take Kato Megumi to practice in real combat.

"Hasegawa-kun, is there such a rush? I'm not quite proficient in mastering this ability yet."

Kato Megumi followed closely beside him, her voice tinged with worry.

"Kato, you have good aptitude. In theory, you have mastered it without any problems. If you want to advance, you need to go through actual combat training. Only in this way can you unleash your potential... Moreover, as someone who grew up in a comfortable society, you also lack something called 'courage'."

Hasegawa Izumi stared straight ahead, without turning her head.

Courage?

Kato Megumi considered it for a moment.

Indeed, as an ordinary high school girl, she had seen far too few things.

If things continue like this, I'm afraid they'll find it difficult to fulfill their responsibilities.

So she quieted down and waited for Hasegawa to make arrangements for her.

"Let's go, let's go there."

Just as Izumi Hasegawa was about to cross the street, she suddenly stopped and looked toward the alleyway not far away.

"Ok?"

Kato Megumi was confused.

at the same time.

In a nearby alley, a group of shady-looking young men were surrounding a short girl.

"You filthy bitch, if you don't pay back the money you owe us, we'll rape you right here!"

The blond-haired leader pulled her hair and yelled in her ear.

"Big brother, she's a bit ugly, let's forget about it."

One of the younger brothers said.

"What do you know? It's all the same with the lights off."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"Big brother is right, he's right!"

Faced with the extreme humiliation inflicted by the strong and muscular men, the girl lay face down on the ground, not uttering a word, and could only silently endure it.

"Say something, you bitch!"

The blond-haired gang leader grabbed her hair and pulled her head up, revealing the girl's pockmarked face.

"I...I will pay it back, just give me time."

The girl spoke in a weak voice.

"Give you time? What good are you! You wouldn't even be wanted if you went out and sold yourself, otherwise I would have made you stand on the street in the park long ago!"

"My grades are pretty good. As long as I get into university, I can find a good job and earn money to pay you back."

"Don't be ridiculous. You think you can afford to go to college? Your dad's run away. You'll be stuck doing odd jobs for the rest of your life."

The blond-haired leader scoffed, still looking down on her.

The girl fell into a long silence.

This is indeed reality.

She was born into an ordinary family and her life was originally quite good, but since her mother died in a car accident and her father became addicted to gambling, her life has lost its color.

Because her father became increasingly addicted to gambling, accumulating huge debts and even borrowing from loan sharks, he eventually ran away. Naturally, the gangsters changed their debt collection target to her. But she was just a high school student struggling to make ends meet, relying on part-time jobs to survive. How could she possibly afford it?

But she couldn't fight back because she was too weak; her fists had no power.

'Ah, I really can't go on living like this anymore...'

The girl gradually developed suicidal thoughts.

"How about this, I have another job here, if you agree..."

Seeing that the time was ripe, the yellow-haired leader changed his tone and began to speak seductively.

"Really...really? You're not lying to me, are you?"

The girl looked up, a glimmer of hope in her eyes.

"Why would I lie to you? You're so ugly, I'd lose money if I sold you."

"Then what should we do..."

"Come with me, and you'll find out then."

As she spoke, the girl's wrist was grabbed, but she didn't resist very strongly because she was somewhat tempted by what the other person was saying.

"Let go of that girl."

Suddenly a female voice came through, its calm tone carrying a hint of decisiveness.

The leader of the group of thugs with yellow hair turned around, and a man and a woman appeared in front of them.

"Who are you people! How dare you interfere in the affairs of our Yamaguchi-gumi!"

"Get out of my way! Don't get in my way!"

"You guys want to die!"

They all shouted in rebuke.

"Kato, do you understand now? The clamor of the weak is so powerless. Just treat them as a joke."

"Izumi Hasegawa said calmly."

"clear."

Kato Megumi nodded, then stepped forward, her eyes sweeping coldly over them.

"Put her down, and then... get out!"

She emphasized the last word as much as she could.

Clearly, these low-level thugs weren't easily intimidated.

When they encounter a vicious, muscular man, they have to assess the difference in their fighting strength.

Now that we've encountered two ordinary high school students, how can we be afraid?

"No... Ah!"

"Get out of my way!"

The blond-haired leader shoved the girl who was trying to persuade him aside, sending her crashing heavily against the wall.

"Looks like if we don't give you a good beating, you'll really think we're nobody!"

He clenched his fists, striking a pose as if he were a free-fighting fighter.

Then, with a powerful thrust, he unleashed a fierce straight punch.

Judging from his movements, he has definitely practiced and is quite skilled.

But the next second, he foamed at the mouth and flew back.

"Big brother!"

The younger brothers exclaimed in disbelief.

For a brief moment, they had no idea what had happened.

It's actually very simple. It's just that Kato Megumi also threw a punch, but this punch triggered spiritual power, which is equivalent to releasing a ki blast.

Long-ranged fighters use their long arms against short-ranged fighters!

High technology defeats cold weapons!

This is the gap that exists between awakened individuals and ordinary people.

Even Kato Megumi herself was slightly surprised, though she didn't show it on her face, like a cold-blooded killer.

"run!"

Seeing that things were going badly, the henchmen led their leader away and fled.

"Kato, do you think... if we leave, will they come back and take their anger out on that little girl again? Or even do something worse?"

Beside them, Izumi Hasegawa's voice drifted faintly.

Kato Megumi was startled.

If that happens, wouldn't it be my fault?

No, that's not right... but...

"The brave are angry and draw their swords against the stronger; the cowardly are angry and draw their swords against the weaker... This kind of thing is very likely to happen."

His words were like a thorn piercing Kato Megumi's heart.

"Then, Hasegawa-kun, what should we do?"