This Japanese Monogatari Isn't Lame
Chapter 422 - 287. Smile at the Corner of the Mouth (8000 Word Target Achieved!)

Chapter 422: Chapter 287. Smile at the Corner of the Mouth (8000 Word Target Achieved!)

"What kind of reaction do ordinary people have when they see terrifying monsters? Shenzhu Shihui isn’t quite sure.

After all, she’s no ordinary person.

But even if she isn’t ordinary, Shenzhu Shihui knows very well that no ordinary person would charge toward a monster with just a slightly sharp steel pipe and straddle its face.

That’s hardly sensible.

But Beichuan Si was different.

Shenzhu Shihui watched as Beichuan Si raised his steel pipe and smashed it into the monster, causing blood and flesh to fly. She swallowed dryly and took a couple of steps back.

The entire battle was unexpectedly smooth.

Beichuan Si wielded the steel pipe as if performing an art, skewering several massive holes into the squirming mass of flesh, followed by smashing his bag with the angel painting book against what seemed like the monster’s head.

After repeating this for about three or four minutes, the monster limply fell down.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

But Beichuan Si continued to pound mercilessly at it with an expressionless face.

’Beichuan...’ Shenzhu Shihui called out in a hushed voice.

’Hmm?’ Beichuan Si turned his cold gaze toward Shenzhu Shihui.

The fresh blood, along with bits of flesh, dripped from his face, his icy gaze piercing as if it could kill.

Even though Shenzhu Shihui was in a ghostly, intangible state, she still trembled in fear, unable to speak.

’Let’s go.’

Beichuan Si didn’t care about the fearful expression on Shenzhu Shihui’s face. He wiped the blood and flesh from his face, realizing his own body and even Nishijou Kurenai’s clothes were stained red, and was too languid to repeat such futile actions, walking towards the rooftop.

The door to the rooftop was firmly locked.

Beichuan Si took a crowbar from behind and with some effort, pried open the iron door of the rooftop.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

The wind howled across the rooftop.

Unlike the hellish, flesh-strewn scene below, the rooftop floor was unusually clean, with nothing visible.

Except for the girl lying silently in the distance.

She wore Sacred Heart Girls’ High School uniform, but she was not Shan Yuanmu Yuzi.

And her hair...

Unlike normal people, her hair was white.

White hair, white eyebrows...

White?

Could it be...?

A thought flashed through Beichuan Si’s mind as he decisively walked toward her.

The girl was still breathing, as if she were unconscious.

Beichuan Si adopted a simple method for this.

He emotionlessly extended his hand and slapped her face making a snapping sound, ’Wake up, wake up.’

From Shenzhu Shihui’s perspective, Beichuan Si’s actions seemed more like he was slapping the girl.

Noticing Shenzhu Shihui’s gaze, Beichuan Si turned his face to glance at her and said, ’I am waking her up.’

’Heh heh heh...’ Shenzhu Shihui dryly chuckled, not daring to join the conversation.

The Demon King-like demeanor of Beichuan Si just moments ago still left this newly exposed ghost-girl feeling terrified.

Even though she was a spirit, she was taken aback by Beichuan Si, a living person.

What was this situation?

As she thought wildly, Nishijou Kurenai gave her a reassuring gesture not to worry.

She had been with Beichuan Si for so long, what kind of girls hadn’t she seen?

There were even those who reacted more exaggeratedly than Shenzhu Shihui.

As she interacted with Shenzhu Shihui, the quietly lying girl finally woke up, ’What’s happening to me...?’

She looked around in confusion, then saw Beichuan Si with flesh fresh on his face in front of her.

Then—

The girl’s complexion remained unchanged, and she fainted again.

’Hmm????’ Beichuan Si made a strange sound and looked behind him.

There was no one behind him, and no monster was visible.

So there was only one answer.

’Shenzhu, stay further away, you scared her,’ Beichuan Si calmly moved Shenzhu Shihui away.

His unwavering manner left Shenzhu Shihui completely baffled.

’?????’ Shenzhu Shihui.

This... this is my fault?

She was so angry she almost exploded on the spot.

But, in the end, she obediently drifted far away under Beichuan Si’s indicating gaze.

This time, Beichuan Si began waking the girl again.

The girl with white hair woke up, still facing that same blood-stained and flesh-covered face—

Thump!

She felt her little heart tighten in an instant.

But this time, she bravely resisted the pressure and shifted her gaze away.

Seeing that the girl had awoken, Beichuan Si also stood up and asked, ’Can you stand?’

’...’ The girl didn’t reply but just nodded.

’What’s your name?’ Beichuan Si asked.

’...’ The girl still didn’t reply but instead took out a black marker from her skirt pocket and wrote a name on the ground.

’Ryo.’

Ryo?

Beichuan Si’s expression didn’t change, but his mind recalled a message he had found in Shan Yuanmu Yuzi’s mother’s diary.

Could it be... that Ryo?

The girl didn’t speak; perhaps...

Beichuan Si was silent for a long while before asking again, ’Why are you here? What do you intend to do here?’

’...’ The girl named Ryo hesitated for a moment before writing a string of characters on the ground:

’The gate has been opened; the pentagram of sins will invert everything, beneath the tree guarding the underworld, Ulysses will sail towards Hell.’

’The gate has been opened? Does it mean the rooftop door? The tree of the underworld... does it refer to the over forty-year-old tree at Sacred Heart Girls’ High School?’

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