strictlysupreme Chapter 983 The Last Routine 162
Chapter 983 The Last Routine 162
Chapter 983 The Last Routine 162
Kobayashi and the others, who had failed to restore Dongdonggu to its original state, returned to the village to their soft, dejected companions, and began to ponder what to do next.
Huihui said with great concern, "Is it really okay to let Ruanru go back alone...?"
In the current Crimson Demon Village, there are probably no normal people left besides Megumin's younger sister, Mimi. Mimi is alright; she can even have fun with demons, or rather, others are getting in her way. But it's not the same for Softie. With all her close friends becoming 'normal,' she has practically no one to talk to, which is utterly torturous for her.
Kobayashi shrugged dismissively and said, "She herself told us not to follow her, so there shouldn't be any problem, right?"
Aside from genuinely not wanting to get too involved in the Crimson Demon Clan's affairs, there's also the fact that the more attention you show her in this situation, the more irritable and impatient she becomes. Giving her some space to breathe might be a good thing, and perhaps then she'll give up on the idea of making the Crimson Demon Clan normal. Kobayashi and the others won't have to go to so much trouble to help anymore, and the Crimson Demon Clan will become a better place... or something like that?
Unfortunately, Darkness didn't think so. She said, "If you're worried, it would be better to go back and check the situation. In the Crimson Demon Village now, she might be the only normal person left."
"No, it's alright." Huihui had a different opinion. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Instead of this, let's find a way to restore Dongdonggu to its original state. Maybe Ruanhuhu has the same plan, which is why she went back to restrain the other Crimson Demons. Besides, several days have passed since then. Let's ask the guild if they've received any similar information—"
"Ha... Ah... Ha... Ah! Found it, Megumin! Oh no!"
Just then, Youyou rushed over, looking anxiously at Huihui and the others. She then breathlessly said these words, her face still showing great concern.
"Youyou?" Huihui was slightly taken aback when she saw her, and quickly said, "Didn't you say you were going to stay in the village for the time being? Did you reach an agreement with the clan chief?"
"Never mind that, come with me right now!" Youyou had no intention of explaining. Her face was full of anxiety. She grabbed Huihui's hand and said loudly, "This is a big deal for the village!"
"It's rare to see Yuuyu so flustered," Aqua said, looking at Yuuyu with some surprise. "What's wrong, Yuuyu? What happened?"
"I don't know, but let's go and see anyway."
Kobayashi could only try to keep up with them.
Upon arriving at the Crimson Demon Village, they saw Youyou's father, the Crimson Demon Chieftain, greeting the other Crimson Demons. A bonfire was burning in front of him, and the other Crimson Demons were throwing things into it, making the fire quite blaze. Upon closer inspection, they discovered it was just a jumble of random items.
The Crimson Demon Chieftain also said, "Collect as much as you can and burn it! Blindfolds, bandages, half-finger gloves! Find them all and destroy them!"
"There's a traitor hiding some shady magical artifacts in the village. A huge reward will be given to whoever finds him!" another Crimson Demon shouted.
Everyone sprang into action.
"W-What's going on here..." Megumin looked at the Crimson Demon Clan members destroying their cool-looking equipment, her face full of disbelief, and murmured softly, "The village is a complete mess...!"
"Shh, keep your voice down!" Youyou quickly stopped Huihui from shouting, then pulled her to a nearby bush and whispered, "Hide quickly, who knows what will happen if we're discovered!"
The group followed her, hiding in the bushes. Thankfully, the bushes were quite dense; otherwise, they would have been easily spotted. At that moment, Kobayashi suddenly noticed something amiss. He looked at the little red demon girl beside him and asked, "Hey, Megumin, when did you put on an eyepatch?"
"Precisely because the village has become like this, people like me have to muster up our energy and be as dignified and chuunibyou as a Crimson Demon!" Huihui explained in a low voice.
"Isn't this just adding fuel to the fire?!" Kobayashi exclaimed, slightly agitated. He reached out and yanked at her blindfold, muttering angrily, "Shouldn't you take it off now, especially in a situation like this?"
"What did you say! Don't take it off, don't take it off!" Huihui resisted and dodged Xiaolin's hand while angrily lashing out at him.
Then, I saw something soft and fluffy coming towards me.
She looked terrible, listless and seemingly lifeless, her face was terrifyingly dark, and she was hunched over as if she had suffered some enormous blow.
"Waaah... Youyou, just like we agreed, you brought everyone."
"So soft and flabby?! How did you get so haggard? What happened?!"
Huihui was incredibly excited. She carefully brought the soft-looking girl in and asked Aqua to treat her. Although her complexion had improved somewhat, her expression was still terrible.
She shook her head softly and said in a low voice, "I don't know what happened, but when I came back... the purge had already begun."
She said this in a breakdown.
"eliminate!?"
Kobayashi exclaimed in slight surprise. You see, the Crimson Demons are a group of archmages with ridiculously high combat power. If they were to carry out any purges, a newbie village like Axel could be wiped out in a single day.
"Father... no, the clan leader established the True Crimson Demon Clan without authorization..."
Youyou also looked quite unhappy.
Then--
"An awakened Crimson Demon Clan... A true Crimson Demon Clan, needs no blindfold!"
"No need!!" xN
"But there are still traitors in this village who refuse to awaken! So, there's only one thing to do... blindfolded hunting!!"
"Oh oh oh————" xN
The Crimson Demon Clan, in a sense, had become fanatical in another way. Their shouts resembled those of a nineteenth-century witch hunt, and this behavior began to sweep through the Crimson Demon Village like a whirlwind.
"Hey, hey!" a Crimson Demon shouted in surprise to his companions, "You're kidding, right? You're not... telling me to step on this blindfold...?"
"Hesitant traitors! Traitors must be eliminated!!"
"Uhhhhh!"
This Crimson Demon was inexplicably taken away.
Meanwhile, another Crimson Demon loudly protested, "Wait a minute! I wasn't wearing a blindfold! And look, the bandage on this arm... I was seriously injured a few days ago..."
"That wasn't because of injury, I only put it on out of interest." A Crimson Demon removed the bandages, revealing his uninjured, flawless, fair skin. His eyes were slightly red as he said, "So you took off your blindfold to hide your Crimson Demon senses... You've been exposed! Purge!!"
"Waaaaahh ...
This Crimson Demon was also forcibly taken away.
Although we don't know where they were sent, they must at least be under guard.
"—They've eliminated the items everyone cherishes." The soft-spoken girl, on the verge of collapse, clutched her head in disbelief and groaned in pain, complaining, "The village's become so serious... that's weird!"
"How...how heartless! Disgusting!"
Huihui loudly condemned the Red Demon Clan's wanton behavior, which was completely different from their previous actions and was utterly shameful. They were not worthy of being called Red Demon Clan at all!
but--
"Hmph! The true Crimson Demon Clan has no need for such things!"
A voice came from the side.
"How clever!?" Upon seeing the person who arrived, Youyou was so nervous that she almost cried. She hurriedly shouted, "What do we do? We've been discovered...!"
That's to be expected. They weren't even trying to keep their voices down while hiding in the bushes, so it's understandable that they were discovered. But thinking about it, given how much the Crimson Demon Clan has changed, it's not surprising that they couldn't keep their voices down.
"The Red Demon Clan's ideas are too superficial."
He had such an arrogant air about him, as if he had abandoned his former identity as a member of the Crimson Demon Clan, and spoke to the remnants of the old era with complete indifference.
"Are you sure about this? Where's your blindfold?" Huihui asked, looking at her friend who wasn't wearing a blindfold. "Didn't you give it to me? I always carry it with me like this."
She pulled an eye mask from her pocket, seemingly trying to wake Yougou in the same way she had done to Dongdonggu before. However, she failed, and the result was the same as before.
"Huihui..." You looked at the blindfold, then closed your eyes slightly and said, "I'm sorry for giving you something so useless. I feel incredibly ashamed of my past self."
Then, with lightning speed, he snatched the blindfold from Huihui's hand, threw it hard on the ground, and stomped on it several times.
"This kind of thing—"
"what?!"
Huihui looked at her in disbelief.
However, You Gou showed no remorse or desire to apologize. Instead, she spoke with self-deprecation, saying, "An eye mask that seals power? It didn't have that effect, yet you told such a lie. I'm sorry, Huihui, I made you very unhappy."
"Well……!"
"I'll give you something more proper, so throw this away, Megumin. If you keep that kind of thing, you'll get caught by the True Crimson Demon Clan."
Yougou seemed to be trying to persuade her good friend, but she was completely unaware of how much her words were hurting Huihui.
Huihui picked up the dirty eye mask and solemnly put it into her bosom. Facing a look that was sure to make her feel disappointed, she answered just as seriously, "I...don't...want!"
"Huihui, you're really something..."
Youyou watched the two locked in a fierce confrontation, wanting to offer some advice but unsure how. Moreover, if a conflict were to break out here, she might be arrested by the other Crimson Demons.
Unexpectedly, You Gou smiled slightly.
"...After that burning look in your eyes, I had no choice." She turned around and said, "Out of friendship, I won't announce it this time. But, you three, you'd better get serious."
The way they were told to grow up quickly, and the tone of their voices as if they were graduating from chuunibyou (middle school syndrome), was truly heartbreaking.
As she said, Yougou did not report the matter, but for Huihui, whether or not it was reported was no longer important in this situation. Moreover, it wasn't just them; many members of the Crimson Demon Clan were also affected.
"Sigh." The Crimson Demon teacher sighed softly, looking helpless, "There are still many students with mental problems. If we don't further reform this academy...!"
Just as he was feeling troubled, Dongdonggu pushed open the door and walked in. She said in a slightly happy tone, "Teacher, it's time for political economy class! You're in charge of the class, right?"
"Is it already this late?" The Crimson Demon teacher checked the time, realizing she had been daydreaming for quite a while, and then asked, "Speaking of which, those cool-style teaching methods... have they been banned?"
"Yes! All of them have been changed to 'Etiquette Lectures for Meeting Nobles'... although a few more teachers have resigned."
"Don't worry."
The Crimson Demon teacher casually waved her hand and said, "We'll be recruiting more. The principal has been expelled, and this is my school! It's all thanks to decent graduates like you who can help. I think I had a little argument with a friend... I hope it won't affect the plans?"
“Of course!” Dongdonggu said with a smile, then reminded the Red Demon teacher, “Now it’s time to start the lesson.”
"Well then, once again, let the history of my academy, the Red Prison... the Crimson Demon Village Magic Academy, begin to be written here!" The Crimson Demon teacher... no, the true Crimson Demon principal said this with great passion, and then left the principal's office with Dongdonggu.
After the principal's office door closed, Kobayashi slipped out from the corner.
"Oh, wow, what an amazing, respectable school..."
Kobayashi nodded.
"Where?!" Huihui protested loudly, her voice trembling with excitement. "The cool poses class was canceled? Why didn't you two stop this from happening?!"
She pressed Ruanruhu and Youyou for answers.
"I don't know what to do either!" the soft-spoken girl complained loudly. "The teachers and students have suddenly become very strange. I tried to stop them, but it was too late, and I encountered a lot of opposition!"
“Miss Softie tried her best, Megumin,” Yuuyu said, pleading for her while shaking her head. “However, almost all the Crimson Demons on our side have been captured…”
Hearing their explanations, Huihui looked devastated, sighed, and said, "The school where I spent my youth has become like this, so unrecognizable...!"
“However, I’m quite interested in lectures for the nobility,” Darkness asked, somewhat puzzled. “Does it mean you want to enter high society?”
"Well... given their high intelligence, it's not impossible for a Crimson Demon to get serious, right?"
Kobayashi said this.
"The atmosphere feels more elegant now," Aqua nodded in agreement. "Oh, over there they're watering the pretty flowers!"
"Aaaaaah!! I can't take it anymore! I can't stand watching this anymore! What should I do?!"
Huihui broke down and screamed.
(End of this chapter)