Chapter 173

Hachiman Hikigaya was such a cautious and prudent man.

"It shouldn't be that unlucky, encountering an evil spirit in just a few days."

According to Mr. Bleach, those evolved Hollows are extremely rare. After all, if there were many Hollows, the entire Human World would be in chaos. They are evil spirits that would actively harm ordinary people for their own amusement, while ordinary evil spirits simply follow their habits and only attack those who can see them.

I just encountered an evolved evil spirit a few days ago, so I shouldn't encounter another one anytime soon.

Hachiman Hikigaya's mind was filled with such wishful thinking.

But sometimes, the more you try to avoid an accident, the more likely it is to happen!

"No way."

When Hachiman Hikigaya was two blocks away from the school, he saw a huge black shadow standing in the middle of the road.

This enormous black shadow was even larger than the one I encountered at school, and its form was more like a giant sphere than the previous human-like evil spirit. Moreover, this giant sphere stood directly in the middle of the road, like a goalkeeper, blocking the entire road.

"How could I be so unlucky? I've only just begun to grasp the power of magical girls, and you're already making me face someone like this?"

Looking at the enormous evil spirit Hachiman Hikigaya couldn't help but internally rant and rave.

"And the first one we encountered was a special kind of Hollow. How unlucky can we be?"

Having learned from Yukino Yukinoshita's own experience and the explanation from the Bleach, Hachiman Hikigaya now knows that ordinary evil spirits appear quite pure. They go around looking for people, approaching each one and asking if they can see them. If the person being asked can't see them, the evil spirit will leave and move on to the next person. But if the person being asked can see them, they will attack the target. Besides that, these evil spirits usually only attack souls that have died but haven't had time to go to the Soul Society. This is the situation with ordinary evil spirits.

If you encounter an evil spirit that doesn't seek out people, you can be pretty sure it's not an ordinary evil spirit, but a special kind of evil spirit that has evolved and will actively attack ordinary people.

"What should I do? Should I go around it? After all, I'm all alone. Even with the power of a magical girl, I can't defeat her by myself, right?"

As if consulting with his own heart, Hachiman Hikigaya himself.

Although he possessed the power of a magical girl, he felt that he couldn't fight such a guy alone, especially since this evil spirit looked so big and was obviously not easy to deal with, so he chose to avoid it!

However, just as Hachiman Hikigaya decided to take a detour to avoid the evil spirit, a female student next to him rode her bicycle toward the direction of the evil spirit.

Just Hachiman Hikigaya was about to turn around, he saw the girl walk past and quickly reached out to stop her. Unfortunately, before he could even speak, the girl had already ridden her bicycle to a spot not far from the evil spirit.

Hachiman Hikigaya watched the girl nervously, wondering if she would be attacked when she passed by the evil spirits.

Under Hachiman Hikigaya's watchful eye, the Goddess rode her bicycle past the evil spirit.

"Call--"

The fact that he wasn't attacked relieved Hachiman Hikigaya.

But just as he was feeling relieved, the evil spirit's enormous body suddenly moved. A tentacle suddenly emerged from its massive body and grabbed the bicycle wheel. The bicycle's rear wheel was suddenly grabbed, instantly losing its ability to move forward. The girl sitting on the bicycle was flipped over and rolled off the bicycle, falling to the ground.

Fortunately, the girl was riding her bike at a relatively slow speed, so the impact was not too great. Otherwise, if her head had hit the ground first, she might have suffered serious injuries, or even been killed by the impact.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch!"

The girl who had fallen to the ground got up, rubbed her head, then touched her bottom, and looked at her bicycle with a puzzled expression.

"What happened? This is flat ground. Did the car break down?"

The girl got up in confusion and limped towards her bicycle.

"Oh no! The chain broke! I've only had this bike for less than a month!"

The girl looked at her bicycle with a miserable expression as the chain broke, but in Hachiman Hikigaya's eyes, behind the girl, a huge evil spirit was opening its mouth wide. The gaping mouth on that huge body could swallow the girl's entire upper body whole, but the girl was completely unaware of it.

"Ugh, damn it, I can't care about that now!"

Unable to bear watching any longer Hachiman Hikigaya shouted helplessly, then rushed forward, picked up the girl who was checking her bicycle, and ran away.

"Huh?! What?! Who are you?! What do you want?! Help!"

The girl, who was suddenly picked up, thought she had been kidnapped and immediately started screaming for help.

But Hachiman Hikigaya didn't have time to deal with her. After rescuing the Goddess from the evil spirit's gaping maw, Hachiman Hikigaya pulled out his transformation device.

"Watch my transformation!"

Back when he was in school, he was hit by a car while saving Yui Yuigahama's dog. This time, he chose to transform into a magical girl in order to save this innocent girl!

A blinding light flashed across the street, and after the flash, Hachiman Hikigaya appeared, dressed in an orange magical girl outfit.

The girl who was being picked up by him was stunned when she saw the man holding her suddenly transform into a beautiful girl.

295. Are there two abnormal individuals?

What's going on? What is this? Why is this boy dressed as a woman? And is this outfit a cheerleader outfit? No, it looks more like cosplay, but why is he here? Why is he on the street?

And most importantly, why is he hugging me? Is he a pervert? Is a cross-dressing pervert trying to assault a high school girl like me? In the early morning? Right there on the street!?

Just as the girl was screaming for help in a panic, Hachiman Hikigaya put her down on the ground.

"Run!"

"Ah?"

The girl, who had originally intended to run away, froze for a moment, not quite understanding what was happening.

"What are you waiting for? Run!"

Hachiman Hikigaya watched as the girl stood there dumbfounded and urged her again, but the Goddess seemed to have gotten excited and was unwilling to leave. The girl put her hands on her hips and began to complain to Hachiman Hikigaya.

"Wait, why do I have to run? You suddenly picked me up and ran a few steps, then put me down and made me run again. What do you mean by that?"

Hachiman Hikigaya was dumbfounded by what the girl said. No, things have come to this point, and you still care about this? Shouldn't you just run away?

"Hehehe, I didn't expect such a pleasant surprise today!"

Hachiman could tell the girl to leave, the enormous evil spirit slowly turned around, emitting a muffled sound.

The girl couldn't see it, but Hachiman Hikigaya could see it very clearly: this enormous evil spirit was actually a giant octopus.

The reason it looked like a ball before was because this giant evil spirit had all its tentacles clasped together, making it look like a single entity. Combined with its huge head, it looked like an octopus. Just now, it extended one tentacle to intercept the bicycle, and now it has extended all its tentacles.

The giant octopus had at least a dozen tentacles, not just eight. Not only that, but this octopus was also floating in the sky. What does that mean? It means that it can fly.

"Hey, this is a high-level mission that involves flying right off the bat? Isn't that a bit too difficult? This doesn't seem like something I can handle."

Even though Hachiman Hikigaya had never experienced actual combat, he understood how difficult it would be to deal with flying units. After all, if the opponent couldn't win, they could simply fly into the sky. In Hachiman Hikigaya's view, these aerial units were the most disgusting enemies.

Especially since his ability is rock, which is a ground unit, even if he creates rocks to smash people, they can't hit them too high. Such enemies are a perfect counter to him!

"Hey, what do you mean? Who are you talking to?"

Hachiman Hikigaya was anxious, but the girl beside him still hadn't left. She was very puzzled by Hachiman's actions. What did he mean? What was he thinking?

"I don't have time to explain to you. In short, it's very dangerous right now, and I recommend that you leave as soon as possible."

"If you don't explain to me, how am I supposed to know what you mean? And why should I leave? My car is broken."

Hachiman Hikigaya felt only despair. Was this girl out of her mind? Why wouldn't she leave even after all this?

Oh, sorry, it's my fault. You can't see this evil spirit at all, so you won't understand what I'm saying.

Since you're not leaving, then I'll have to go.

Hachiman Hikigaya gritted his teeth, then raised his hand to launch an attack. He pointed his wand at the floating octopus spirit, and orange light gathered above the octopus, turning into a huge stone that then fell down towards the octopus.

The huge rock fell towards the octopus's head, but instead of harming it, the heavy rock bounced off the octopus's head.

"This works?"

Hachiman Hikigaya couldn't help but cry out. He had tested the weight of that stone before. He couldn't lift the stone he created; it must weigh at least a hundred pounds.

That was a rock weighing over 100 pounds, and it was bounced away! What was your head doing?

The attacked octopus opened its huge mouth and waved its tentacles at Hachiman Hikigaya.

"Very good. You can actually use the power of your soul to attack. You're not Bleach, yet you can do what only Bleach can do. You're very good."

"I originally just wanted to eat an ordinary person, but I never expected to encounter such a huge surprise as you. Today is my lucky day!"

"It's your lucky day, but for me it's a bad day."

While complaining, Hachiman started running in the opposite direction from the girl. Since the girl was unwilling to leave, he could only lure the evil spirit away himself and protect the girl by acting as bait.

This can be Hachiman's consistent way of doing things: sacrificing himself to help others.

However, to Hachiman Hikigaya's surprise, when he started running away, the girl also started running away.

"Hey, where are you going?! You haven't explained yourself clearly yet."

Why are you following me?!

Hachiman Hikigaya was dumbfounded once again.

"What do you mean I followed you? You hugged me out of nowhere, then told me to leave, and now you're trying to run away. You pervert, you must have deliberately come to harass me and then run away. I've seen through your tricks. I'm going to catch you and hand you over to the police!"

The girl chased after Hachiman Hikigaya, running and speaking righteously. Hachiman Hikigaya felt incredibly unlucky to have encountered such a situation.

"Isn't it enough that I apologize to you? Can you please stop following me?"

"You've already apologized, which means you did it on purpose. Now that I've found out, that's why you apologized. I'm even less likely to let you off the hook!"

"Oh my god, why is this happening?"

Hachiman Hikigaya just hopes someone can help him.

As if he heard his call, he ran around a corner and encountered Yui Yuigahama.

"Yuihama! Come help me!"

The first thing Hachiman Hikigaya shouted at Yuihama. Yui Yuigahama, who was walking to school normally, heard his voice, turned around and was stunned for a moment before seeing the giant octopus floating behind Hachiman Hikigaya.

"Could it be an evil spirit!?"

"That's right, quick! Help me quickly!"

Yui Yuigahama didn't notice that there was another girl behind Hachiman Hikigaya. After hearing Hachiman's request, she immediately took out her transformation device and began to transform.

After a flash of light, a new magical girl appeared.

The girl following behind Hachiman Hikigaya was stunned.

296. Actually, there is a third one.

What's going on? Is it possible that magical girl outfits are all the rage lately?

Speaking of which, they were wearing school uniforms just now, right? The same uniforms as me from Sobu High School, right? I'm not mistaken, am I? When that boy was hugging me earlier, there was a sudden burst of light, and then he turned into a girl. I didn't even realize it at the time, and I thought I was seeing things. This time, I'm sure I'm not mistaken!

The girl was indeed wearing a school uniform, and then she transformed into her current form after a flash of light.

So, this boy was wearing a school uniform before, and then he turned out like this?

But why is that? Is it some kind of magic trick? Why would someone perform a transformation magic trick on the street on their way to school so early in the morning instead of going to school?

If a girl suddenly performs this kind of magic trick, does that make her an exhibitionist? As for the boy, he's a pervert, definitely a pervert!

"Um, why don't you two continue? I'm going to school now."

The girl who originally wanted to follow Hachiman Hikigaya no longer wanted to follow the two of them. After all, it was one thing that he was just a pervert who didn't dare to do anything to her at first, but now that there was another person, the feeling was different. If there were two of them, and she only had one, then she should just forget about it.

"Well then, goodbye Chu, bye-bye~~"

After saying goodbye to herself, the girl turned to leave!

"Wait, stop right there!"

Hachiman Hikigaya quickly called out to her, because the direction she wanted to leave was the direction where the octopus was.

"Don't want!"

Upon hearing Hachiman Hikigaya's shouts, the girl not only didn't stop, but ran even faster. In her mind, this meant that Hachiman Hikigaya had become bolder after finding his companions and dared to cause her trouble, so she wanted to run away quickly.

Hearing Hachiman Hikigaya's call, she not only didn't stop, but ran even faster.

"You bastard, you'd better behave!"

Hachiman Hikigaya shouted and raised his hand, creating a rock wall that blocked the girl's path.

"Well?!"

The girl couldn't see the wall, so she bumped into it and fell to the ground, rubbing her nose in pain.

"What is this? Why does it feel like I bumped into a wall? Is this magic?"

While rubbing her nose, the girl reached forward and touched an invisible wall.

"Seriously? Is this even possible?"

"If you don't want to die, obediently run in that direction!"

Hachiman Hikigaya understood that this girl was the type who wouldn't listen to reason, so he had to pretend to be a bad guy to intimidate her. He pointed in the opposite direction and threatened the girl.