Chapter 232: Kill that Tomie
Chapter 232: Nakano Itsuki is stuffed with dog food! Kill that Tomie!
The only way to truly kill Tomie and prevent her rebirth is to burn every part of her with fire. The premise is to find all her body tissues, leaving her no place to grow. She must be completely burned to ashes, without even a single intact cell remaining. If not completely burned, Tomie can still regenerate and heal from burns.
At least for now, the characteristics displayed by this woman were consistent with Tomie. As for the method to kill her, Ren had many options. The simplest was undoubtedly the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.
Opening his Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, he didn’t need to search for Tomie’s flesh and blood. He only needed to see the lines of death of the Tomie phenomenon. His Zanpakuto severed the lines of death in the shattered world with a single strike.
"Ah!!!" Dozens of simultaneous, shrill screams echoed from within the ice. All of Tomie’s surrounding body parts gradually dissipated. At the same time, with a slight vector change, the ice vaporized, and the man’s deceased body was rapidly burned to ashes by suddenly ignited flames.
The surrounding surveillance cameras and satellites in the sky were unable to detect the situation here. They and Ren’s group were not in the same space at all. Tomie completely disappeared. Ren even received a notification from the Chat Group.
[Ding! Detected that you eliminated one of the future doomsday factors, Kawakami Tomie!]
[Obtained 30,000 doomsday points!]
It really was Kawakami Tomie. It’s just that these doomsday points were too meager. Oh well, better than nothing.
After resolving Kawakami Tomie, the three’s gazes focused on the red-haired girl leaning against the wall, burying her head, trying to hide her presence. She can’t see me... she can’t see me... I don’t know anything! The girl lowered her head, covering her eyes with both hands, acting as if ’if I can’t see others, others can’t see me.’
"You..." Ren opened his mouth, about to question the other party. The girl covered her ears, squatted down, and anxiously shouted, "I didn’t see anything! Please let me go!" She had actually heard everything. That woman was a monster named Kawakami Tomie. It was really terrifying, and someone even died. The girl was already panicking inside.
Ren was speechless, but he understood. When encountering such things, the first thought is probably about some secret operation or mysterious organization, right? Even Hayasaka Ai initially thought he was going to silence her.
"Don’t be agitated, we didn’t say we were going to do anything to you. We just wanted to ask if you were hurt or anything," Yukino said softly to comfort her.
"Eh?" The girl timidly raised her head. Even though Yukino said that, she was still scared. "You... you really won’t deal with me like they do on TV, right?"
"Of course! We’re not some evil organization." Eriri swung her twin tails. "Are you alright?"
"I... I seem to be fine. I was just... just scared by that monster." The girl, hearing both of them say this, felt a little relieved and touched her body, feeling that she wasn’t injured.
"If you’re fine, go home. Don’t walk alone at night," Ren kindly reminded her. Anomalies have been appearing more and more frequently recently. Right now, it’s ghouls, parasites, and Tomie, which aren’t too outrageous. What if some actively attacking and dangerous SCPs appear later? It would be a question of whether rescue would even be possible then.
"Ugh..." The girl suddenly let out a whimper.
"What’s wrong?" Yukino asked. The girl raised her head. Two golden star hairpins adorned her red bangs, and her face was also very cute. However, that cute face now showed a wronged expression like a puppy. "My... my legs are shaking so much I can’t stand up..." Yes. The girl’s legs turned to jelly from fright. Any normal person would be too scared to move after seeing such a terrifying scene for the first time.
Yukino was silent for a moment, then looked at Ren. "Ren, could I trouble you to take her back? I’m not comfortable with her going alone."
Yukino’s demeanor had become decisive, and she was no longer idealistic. Ren had educated her quite a bit during his time with her, and these were the fundamental reasons for her change. However, the beautiful quality of kindness had not changed. This made Ren quite relieved. Not only did he not dislike Yukino’s kindness, but he also greatly admired it. An icy exterior. A soft, gentle heart. A kind personality. Sincere affection. These formed his Yukino, a delicious Yukino.
"Since it’s Yukino’s request, I’ll do it personally." Ren smiled, extending his hand to the girl. "Do you need me to help you up?"
The girl timidly sized up Ren, hesitated for a few seconds, then shyly extended her hand. "Wow!" The girl, who had just grasped Ren’s palm, cried out because she was pulled up directly without using any strength at all. This person is so strong!
Releasing her hand, he asked the girl, "What’s your name, and where do you live?"
The girl nervously intertwined her hands, mumbling, "My name is Nakano Itsuki, and I live in Apartment 701, Sea Blue Flower Apartments...."
"Oh?" Ren and the two others exchanged glances. Sea Blue Flower Apartments—wasn’t that the apartment they had just moved into? So she was their neighbor on the 7th floor.
Ren narrowed his eyes, scrutinizing Nakano Itsuki. Nakano Itsuki, isn’t this name from Quintessential Quintuplets?
"Nakano Itsuki..." Yukino said in surprise. "You’re the student who recently transferred to Class 2-5 at Comprehensive High School, aren’t you?"
"Eh! How did you know?" Itsuki was surprised. She had only recently transferred and hadn’t made many friends yet.
"I am Yukino Yukinoshita from Class 1. As for knowing you, it’s simply because I know everyone’s name in the entire school." Yukino said it very casually, as if it were a simple matter for her.
"Gasp!" But this drew shocked stares from Eriri and Itsuki.
"Yukino, you’re not mistaken, are you? Comprehensive High School, including both high school and junior high, has thousands of people. You’ve memorized all of them?" Eriri didn’t believe it; how could that be?
"Is it difficult?" Yukino said lightly. It wasn’t difficult for her. Not only did she remember their names, but for many, she could also call out their names just by seeing their faces.
"..." Not difficult? Eriri and Itsuki were both bewildered. Ren, however, felt that such a serious Yukino was super cute, and he wanted to eat her. If he wanted to eat, he would use his mouth; he was a man of action.
Smack! "You... what are you doing suddenly!" Yukino covered her reddened face with one hand, flustered. Ren had actually kissed her in front of Nakano Itsuki. Not only that, he also hugged her. "The Yukino just now was simply too cute; I couldn’t resist."
"Cu... cute or whatever..." Yukino murmured softly, but she couldn’t bring herself to say anything tsundere like Eriri. She could only shyly turn her head away.
"Idiot Ren!" Eriri shuffled a small step towards Ren and lightly kicked his calf with a hum. Anyone who didn’t know might have thought she was angry about something. Ren, who knew her inside and out and understood her deeply, could tell at a glance that this was a prelude to tsundere behavior. With a smack, he immediately kissed her on the cheek and praised, "Eriri is also very cute."
Eriri’s small face flushed, a smile played at the corners of her lips, yet she deliberately turned her head and huffed, "I won’t be happy about you praising me as cute or whatever."