174 Allow Me to Send Him Off (1/2)

”Takao Yamamoto…” Natsuya muttered the green monster’s name under her breath.

'Oh, that’s right—it was Takao Yamamoto.' Seiji recalled the name as well.

Takao was the blonde bully who had ambushed and killed Mika long ago. He had disappeared from the hospital after Seiji crushed his ability to ever have children again. Okubo must have taken Takao, and Seiji assumed that he caused Takao's abnormal state.

”What exactly happened to him?” Seiji asked.

”He was reared as a Zombie Demon—” Natsuya started.

”Rrr… Roar!!” A strange shriek interrupted the president’s words.

The green, monster-like Zombie Demon lunged at Seiji and Natsuya, its arms spread wide open. A rotting, disgusting stench emanated from its body.

Seiji, who was in front of Natsuya, was just about to defend against its attack, but he saw Natsuya drawing a seal in midair with both hands.

”Be sealed, unclean object!”

Numerous magical chains materialized and entangled the Zombie Demon's body, preventing it from moving.

Immediately after, several dozen white talismans appeared and attached themselves to its body.

”Cleanse!!” Natsuya changed her hand-seal.

*Boom!*

There was a brilliant white explosion!

A terrifying roar could be heard from within the blinding light.

The next moment, a black mist erupted from the Zombie Demon's body, scattering the white light.

Seiji could faintly perceive that the Zombie Demon had broken free from the magical chains.

Its eyes were glowing greenly, and its body seemed… no, it was definitely larger than before.

And it was still expanding in size!

Hey, hey, was this supposed to be the Zombie Hulk!?

Seiji’s cheek twitched as he watched the Zombie Demon expand rapidly.

”He’s been cultivated into quite a powerful Zombie Demon,” Natsuya stated calmly. ”It seems that Okubo has spent a lot of effort on him.”

”Is he still alive?” Seiji inquired curiously. ”As a human, I mean.”

”He’s already dead, both in body and soul…”

”Then there’s no need for me to worry about anything at all.”

Seiji reached out his hand and drew out a longsword that appeared in a blue flash and entered a ready-for-combat pose.

”Allow me to send him off.”

”Haruta-kun…”

”I don’t have any sympathy for this guy,” Seiji said in a heavy voice. ”I... only feel slightly responsible.”

Natsuya blinked her eyes upon hearing this.”I wanted to say that there’s no need for you to deal with him, since I can take care of it on my own.”

”Eh?”

The Zombie Demon that seemed like an undead version of the Hulk took another step forward while roaring, but even more magical chains appeared in midair, wrapping around him and stopping him from advancing!

Together with the president’s calm words, a seemingly endless amount of chains appeared, tying the enormous Zombie Demon in many layers.

At first, the Zombie Demon was able to break loose from the chains, but before long, it was unable to even struggle and could only roar helplessly.

Finally, it was swathed in chains.

It almost looked like a big yarn ball.

Seiji was speechless as he stood there in his self-styled cool combat pose.

He suddenly felt rather embarrassed.

Seiji stopped posing, ashamed of himself.

He was just a bystander to begin with, so why was he posing like that!? Plus, he said something so pretentious! Honestly...

”Haruta-kun, do you really want to fight it?”

”Er, um…” Seiji scratched his face awkwardly, unable to come up with a reply.

”You want to send him off because you feel slightly responsible… Is that how you truly feel?” Natsuya had a serious expression as she looked at him.

Seeing her expression, Seiji also put on a serious face. ”Yes… it might be a little bit arrogant, but that’s how I truly feel.”

After a brief silence, Natsuya spoke.

”Then go ahead,” she said calmly.

She looked towards the pile of chains and made yet another seal with her hands.

A huge number of white talismans furiously attached themselves to the chains to the point where nothing but white was visible.