Kira Yoshikage Craves a Peaceful Life

"I'm cute."

"Huh?"

Sakurajima Mai almost didn't believe her ears, staring intently at the girl before her.

A proper appearance, translucent white skin, black hair cascading past her shoulders, and a face so cute it was almost illegal.

Though her chest was as flat as the Kanto Plain, she had long, well-proportioned limbs, a perfectly slender waist, and a flawless figure. Her black hair floated slightly, her skin was crystal clear and delicate, her large eyes were bright, and her lips were thin and cherry-colored.

Undoubtedly, she was a rare beauty.

While Sakurajima Mai admitted this, she wondered what the girl was trying to say.

And besides, wasn't it a little inappropriate to earnestly declare, "I'm cute"?

Yukino Yukinoshita's tone remained calm.

"I've been cute since I was little, which is why I was bullied."

"In elementary school, my indoor shoes were hidden about sixty times. Someone even put thumbtacks in them. Fifty of those times were by girls, forcing me to take my indoor shoes and recorder home every day."

"Besides that, there were incidents like finding dead bugs in my desk or having 'slut' written on my desk. I suppose they learned that from their ill-bred parents."

"However, I think it's unavoidable. Humans are weak, ugly, and prone to ostracizing others out of jealousy. It's incredible that the more outstanding someone is, the harder it is for them to survive, but that's reality."

"Ah, sorry, I went off on a tangent."

"In short, everything changed after Kira-kun enrolled."

"Although he was the one being bullied and ostracized, the reality was that those who bullied him were the ones who ended up being bullied."

"At first, Kira-kun chose to endure, but constant yielding only made the bullying worse. In the end, perhaps because Kira-kun could no longer stand it, all the bullying was met with merciless retaliation. Those who attempted to use force were subdued; some had their hands broken, others their legs."

"Is that what you mean by 'subdued'?" Sakurajima Mai's expression was slightly peculiar.

Does that mean Kira-kun's Psionic Power had already awakened since elementary school?

Still, to merely 'subdue' them instead of blowing them up... I have to commend Kira-kun's mercy.

"Thanks to Kira-kun, I, who was also being bullied, was also saved."

"But Kira-kun was expelled from school because of it. After all, beating dozens of students to the point of fractures at once was indeed a bit much. Although the school tried to suppress the incident, they had no choice but to expel Kira-kun under pressure from the students' parents."

Sakurajima Mai instinctively pressed on.

"And then?"

"I don't know."

Yukino Yukinoshita shook her head gently.

"Shortly after, all the bullies were transferred to other schools by their parents."

"And I, due to being bullied, was transferred to a school abroad by my parents, losing contact with Kira-kun."

She paused, then whispered, "This happened after the school became famous. I didn't understand it at the time. But thinking back now, perhaps Kira-kun chose to endure at first precisely to wait for the school to gain fame. Only when the school truly understood the benefits of accepting orphan students would they not abandon all orphans because of one person's actions."

Under media coverage, Starlight Academy received a large number of donations from kind-hearted individuals. The school's operations and business model had also long differed from that of a normal school.

To this day, almost all the students at this school are orphans from all over Japan who have nowhere to go. It could even be said that this school is the only one in Japan that offers orphans a free, normal opportunity to attend school.

Sakurajima Mai was silent for a long time, then softly said, "Kira-kun saved you all."

Yukino Yukinoshita calmly replied, "He didn't just save us; he saved the world."

Sakurajima Mai blinked, not quite understanding the meaning of her words. Just as she was about to ask, Yukino Yukinoshita abruptly braked the car and pulled over.

"We're here."

At the girl's serene voice, Sakurajima Mai looked at the upscale apartment building by the roadside.

This was the address Kira Yoshikage had sent them.

Sakurajima Mai then remembered the most important question.

"Speaking of which, why are we here?"

"To prevent Kira-kun from committing crimes."

Yukino Yukinoshita's eyes held a complex emotion. She had a second half to her sentence that remained unspoken: Or to help him clean up the crime scene.

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Chapter 63: Killer Queen Has Already Touched This Doorknob!

Ding dong!

The number displayed in the elevator stopped at 30.

The moment the elevator doors opened, a dim corridor appeared in Kira Yoshikage's line of sight. The light from inside the elevator spilled outwards, but it only illuminated the area within two meters of the doorway.

But this was a high-end apartment with a price exceeding 10,000 Yen per square meter. How could they not even afford to turn on the corridor lights?

Even an unprepared ordinary person could vaguely sense the anomaly present in this corridor.

Zzzzt!

The bright lights inside the elevator flickered incessantly, accompanied by a piercing electrical crackle, deepening the fear in people's hearts. It felt as if the elevator could malfunction and plummet at any moment, urging people to quickly leave the potentially falling elevator and head into the dim corridor.

For the vast majority of people, this was merely stepping from one trap into another.

Bang!

Kira Yoshikage placed the schoolbag in his hand by the elevator door, then stepped out of the flickering elevator and slowly melted into the darkness.

Amidst rustling sounds, something seemed to be rapidly approaching. This noise made Kira Yoshikage instinctively glance up at the ceiling. Using the flickering lights inside the elevator, he clearly saw what was on the ceiling.

A bloated body was haphazardly impaled with dozens of arms. Most of these arms clutched a hairless head with closed eyes, while the few arms not holding heads were helping it move rapidly across the ceiling like a spider.

In the blink of an eye, it had traveled from the end of the corridor to directly above Kira Yoshikage.

"Hey,"

It dangled an arm from the ceiling, holding the head it clutched towards Kira Yoshikage, its voice sinister:

"You, you can see me, right?"

As soon as the words fell, the hairless head in its hand suddenly snapped its eyes open. Its previously calm features contorted into expressions of sheer terror, and it let out a loud scream.

This scream acted like a switch. The heads in its hands began to open their eyes one after another, their features becoming more and more grotesque and terrifying. The piercing screams echoed through the corridor.

"You can see me, right?"

"You can see me!"

"You can see!"

Kira Yoshikage stared at the monster dangling from the ceiling, his tone as calm as ever:

"Killer Queen."

The Pink Panther stood beside Kira Yoshikage, its equally pink vertical pupils quietly observing the monstrous entity.

The monster screamed and reached out an empty arm towards Kira Yoshikage's head. As long as it made contact, it could turn this human Kira Yoshikage's head into another one of its trophies!

Boom!

In a silent explosion, Kira Yoshikage's footsteps echoed loudly in the empty corridor.

He walked through the black mist left by the Evil Spirit's explosion and approached a door, carefully deciphering the letters on it:

Nakano.

Ding dong!

After standing at the door for two seconds, Kira Yoshikage rang the doorbell.

The darkness in the corridor remained deep, showing no improvement despite the Evil Spirit's demise. However, the lights in the elevator shaft had stopped crackling and were now struggling to push outwards, creating a patch of light.

Amidst the interplay of light and shadow, Kira Yoshikage waited quietly. He took out his phone from his pocket and opened the chat window with Nakano Miku.

The chat history ended with Nakano Miku's morning greeting. She hadn't replied to Kira Yoshikage's inquiries, suggesting the girl had already met with misfortune and was unable to send any more messages.

The fact that no one had opened the door for so long further confirmed this.

However, theoretically, as long as they adhered to the 'cannot see' rule, they shouldn't have been killed by an Evil Spirit so quickly.

Unless, it was a Special Grade.

Kira Yoshikage pondered for a moment. The Pink Panther stepped forward and grasped the doorknob.

BOOM!

Silently, a soundless explosion occurred within the apartment.

Whatever Evil Spirit was guarding the door was now reduced to ashes.

Click!

With a crisp sound, the door was slowly pulled open.

Just like the dim corridor, the inside of the apartment was also pitch black.

However, the city's glow still shone into the room through the large floor-to-ceiling window that occupied an entire wall, allowing Kira Yoshikage to make out the general layout of the living room with the faint residual light--

Bad news, no one.

Good news, no bodies.

"Excuse me."

Kira Yoshikage called out to the empty living room, entering the house under the escort of Slender Ghosts.

It was like accidentally stumbling into a Slender Man lair while playing 'Minecraft'. A large number of tall, lanky black figures, over two meters in height, gathered from all directions of the house, turning their featureless faces towards Kira Yoshikage.

"You... can see me, right?"

Facing the Slender Ghosts' sinister inquiry, Pink Panther responded by kindly patting one of them.

Boom!

The Slender Ghost clearly couldn't handle Pink Panther's enthusiasm, dissipating into a cloud of black mist.

But this also angered the other Slender Ghosts, confirming the fact that Kira Yoshikage could 'see' them. Like wolves smelling blood, they swarmed forward.

The sheer number of these Slender Ghosts was even troublesome for Kira Yoshikage—

Although Killer Queen's bombs were unrivaled in power, capable of killing even a Deity in a single blow.

Killer Queen could only create one bomb at a time, and only after the previous bomb exploded could a second one be created. This meant that explosions couldn't simultaneously deal with attacks from multiple enemies coming from different directions.

Killer Queen could only blow up one enemy, then the second.

However, the number of these Slender Ghosts was simply too great, they were too close, and the space was too confined!

Even if Kira Yoshikage was confident that Killer Queen could detonate most of them in a very short time, he would inevitably be harmed by the remaining stragglers.

Therefore...

Pink Panther stood calmly in front of Kira Yoshikage, throwing punches at a speed that was impossible for the naked eye to follow.