The Hero Who Returned Remains the Strongest in the Modern World Chapter 88

Side: Morishita Daiki

The same day's evening.

Maria returned home at 10 p.m feeling tired.

She passed through the living room and then took cup noodles and headed to her room.

I clenched my fist.

I'll give a good talk to Maria.

Father is on an overseas business trip due to the investment trust of the credit union and Mother is troubled too.

In that case, there's nobody other than me to give her a good talking about the 1 million yen theft.

I headed towards Maria's room…And on the way there I changed paths to my room.

As I thought, I also need to prepare myself.

After all, I'll be scolding my sister about going down the wrong path. Due to that my heart is also beating fast.

Before long loud music was being heard from Maria's room.

I sighed from being fed up.

Basically, if you think about it she has no standards at home and then when she comes there's this. The neighbours are also troubled greatly.

As I knew, as the only male currently in the house there's nobody other than me to give a good talking to her.

I renewed my resolution and headed to Maria's room.

And then, I knocked on the door.

"Oi, Maria?"

No reply. She probably can't hear the knock from the loud music.

"Oi, Maria!!"

I knocked even stronger this time.

But, as I thought, there was still no reply.

"Oi! I'm entering!"

I open the door and —-

— There was a magical girl.

A blue magical girl wearing excessively frilly clothes.

My mouth was opening and closing…

"Ah…."

"Ah…."

Maria's mouth was opening and closing, too.

"O…oi, Maria?"

"W-What is it, Onii-chan?"

"You know…"

"What?"

And then I recalled many things that have happened till now.

The 1 million disappearing and Maria not coming home… Well, various things.

Is that so, that was it… I came to one conclusion and asked Maria.

"Did you need money… for your cosplay?"

While blushing she answered back to me.

"That is irrelevant to Onii-chan, though?"

Maria's cheeks were dyed red.

It seems she got embarrassed from getting red-handed at cosplay.

"Ooh, for today that's it, but we'll talk honestly another day."

I said only that much and closed the door while being confused.

I was so surprised that I couldn't even scold her.

So, I think.

There's only strange people around me!

・Kindergarten

Side: Morishita Maria

The day after my brother has seen my transforming appearance.

Though, he mistook my appearance as cosplay in the end.

Well, he was inattentive since the past so I can somehow understand that.

At any rate, I'm glad that he misunderstood.

Now, leaving that aside, I was going to the mountains that are just several stations away from Shonan.

On the way there, I bought daily necessities and food from the store and supermarket… Well, it's dad's money.

Soon Mother will notice too, I don't know how long this situation will continue, nevertheless I still have a method left.

When I saw the closed school deep in the mountains I waved while carrying a huge backsack.

"Onee-chan!"

"Onee-chaan!"

As always everyone came to greet me.

And then I entered the school's building.

"Onee-chan! I like games!"

"I want a cake!"

Everyone… as usual is asking me.

"Un. I'll buy anything."

While treating everyone to short-cake I answered with tears in my eye.

"Dad's swiped cash card has only 150, 000 yen remaining. The bankbook, cash card of the other bank have been hidden. Besides, there's no more demons around this area."

I sighed while looking at everyone eating the cake.

"The limit is getting close. Maki-ane… What should I do?"

I sighed while looking towards the ceiling of the place called Kindergarten in the past by Maki-ane in self-derision.

Side: Lela Sakaguchi

"Abeno Kaguya?"

"What is it?"

"Trespassing in the general hospital under management of Tenpishi heavy industries late at night… The destination is the daughter of the founder. Do you understand what this means? This is beyond quarrelling as children!"

"It's direct intervention between powers on the surface. There's a chance of being put away as intervention in the public if we're found."

The school's loafers are echoing in the hospital at midnight.

"So, do you get it?"

"Yeah, I get it. And, I'm using the skill Concealment to not be found."

"So, what do you want to show me concerning Tsukimiya Shizuku?"

"The situation is heavier than expected. Already, requesting aid from Morishitkun is entering my radar."

"And I said, what do you want to show me?"

"If I say it in terms of chess and shogi then Morishitkun can turn the whole board over with just pure strength… Truly he's a joker card that needs to be used at the last moment."

"Well, that's probably the right way of putting it. That's why we didn't ask for his collaboration for this case so that he can recover MP. Honestly, if he comes out to the public, there might be a total war between Japan's Amaterasu and the Vatican."

"Yeah, that's how dangerous he's in the world. And then, there's you the lower executive of the Vatican who have double-crossed them and following Morishitkun. It's for sure that they'll regard him as dangerous."

"Double crossed… More or less, I'm doing my duties to them from being in care, though?"

"I was a little bit ill-mannered there. But you know, Lela Sakaguchi?"

"What?"

"You are my highest ace card in deck of cards. That's how much I value you."

"Well… Thanks for that."

And then Abeno Kaguya stopped in front of a room.

"No matter how you put it, it's against duty to not explain the situation directly to the person that you're going to use as a high ace."

I was at a loss for words.

"This is…?"

"Check the name."

I saw the nameplate and Tsukimiya Shizuku was written on it, then I fell to my knees not being able to endure it.

"Cleaning up later will be really troublesome."

I breathe on top of the bed while having my stomach juice kept in check from looking at the thing that once was a young girl.

"Why did… this black gal turned into a granny just over-night…?"

"To be more precise it's two days. The loss of nerves in her right eye and shoulder was in one day."

"What is this…"

"Do you understand about magical girls a little bit now?"

"I don't understand it. There's no way I can understand it."

"There's no training, it's a technique where you become a superperson overnight with just a contract. That's the magical girl system."

"System…?"

"Naturally, that has compensation."

"… Compensation?"

That's right, Abeno Kaguya muttered.

"It shaves your life force and you literally become a superperson. At first it starts taking away your physical ability along with your five senses, and then this form is the final compensation. Do you get it now why they have to hunt the monsters and exterminate them at an excessive speed?"

"I don't get it at all."

"There's a reason why they have to hunt. They have a fighting style like a rakshasa that doesn't mind dying. There's a clear reason for that."

"What do you mean?"

"They must not stop fighting. Even if they slightly lose their five senses they cannot stop."

"Why is it like that…"

"There's already a blunt compulsory reason for that. The lying old woman there can answer that."

And then—

Abeno Kaguya began explaining about the magical girl system to me.

After listening to everything, I looked to the changed Tsukimiya Shizuku and at that time—-

For the first time, I truly understand the meaning of why Magical Girls must live on the path of shura.

Chapter end