"It's just Phosphorus who's causing trouble this time."
Tang Hao stood on the dark street and watched as the big man in front of him was expiated by the flames. He slowly sheathed his saber, and with a 'ding', the dark and silent street regained its light and freedom. It was as if nothing had happened, and the pedestrians hurriedly walked past Tang Hao.
Three days had passed since the Hunter's Crusade. Nothing much happened during this period. Misaka Mikoto resumed her idol business the second day after she woke up. Although it was just a fake idol, perhaps it was because she realized that this profession and this power could help a lot of people. She was no longer as resistant and hesitant as she was in the beginning, and the confusion in her eyes could no longer be seen.
It was a transformation of her state of mind.
Tang Hao believed that after this incident, Mikoto would be able to find her true identity. No matter how cruel and dark the world was, she would overcome the obstacles in her heart and work hard to adapt … After all, no one was destined to be suitable for something or not.
Youzhu was still the same as before, quietly working as a health teacher. She was not much older than Mikoto, but her calmness was not something Mikoto could compare with. She did not need Tang Hao to worry about her.
As for Shana and Yuji Sakai, the two of them didn't change much. One was arrogant, and the other was slow. Their relationship was moving forward in ignorance. Even if there was a dramatic conflict, it was just a corner of their daily lives.
Kazumi Yoshida had to be mentioned. In the original storyline, because Yuji Sakai helped her, she fell in love with him. In the end, she became the third party between Yuji Sakai and Shana. Plus, Yuji Sakai was always on the fence, which was the main reason why he was hated by everyone.
However, when Tang Hao was bored at night, he briefly read Youzhu's novel and realized that the relationship between the three people in the novel was completely different from the one in the anime.
In the novel, although Kazumi Yoshida also liked Sakai Yuji, it was more of a one-sided love. Sakai Yuji hesitated between his daily life and non-daily life because of his identity as the Torch, but he was basically on the same side as Shana. As for Kazumi Yoshida, it was just a friendship between classmates. There was no melodramatic love triangle like in the anime.
So, why did they become like that in the anime?
Of course, it was because the screenwriter liked it.
With a love triangle and free school, there would be drama and conflict. With conflict, there would be popularity, and with popularity, there would be everything.
Even if Yuji Sakai's emotions were mechanically drawn, as long as it could create a heated discussion, the screenwriter didn't care if Yuji Sakai would be affected by the criticism. Just like in the 2006 version of FSN, in order to create a perfect female protagonist like Artoria, they focused all sorts of annoying, useless, annoying, and iconic characters on Shiro Omiya. As a result, there were 100,000 Moon Chefs, 1,000,000 Imperial Chefs, and tens of millions of Omiya Omiya haters.
Because of this, Shiro Emiya was given a nickname — Native Dog.
However, in the HF cable, this Oediya Shiro, who was known as a mutt and hated by countless people as trash, instantly transformed into a hero. In order to protect Ilya, in order to save Sakura, he walked towards hell without any hesitation, punching Basaka, kicking Golden Shimmer, he was simply the most ferocious of all ferocious men.
Two different Shiro Omiya in two different lines, it was as if they were two completely different people.
Back in the anime, Tang Hao also dissed Yuji Sakai, but in the novel, Yuji Sakai had many redeeming qualities. He was far from being as indecisive and sloppy as he was in the anime. But this time, perhaps because of their interference, the plot changed. Yuji Sakai didn't help Kazumi Yoshida, and the melodramatic love triangle in the anime didn't exist.
After thinking about it carefully, this was to be expected. After all, with Tang Ritian, the perfect teacher who was handsome to the end of the world, Yuji Sakai didn't have to show off his manly charm. Other than Shana, who was a plain and poor elementary school student, which girl in the school didn't admire him?
Yuji Sakai? He was just a passerby!
Without Kazumi Yoshida's influence, Yuji Sakai's personality became closer to the character in the novel.
As for Tang Hao himself, he was the closest to Alastor during this period of time. After all, they were both ferocious men and gods, and they had many common topics to talk about. Alastor drank a lot of poisonous chicken soup from him, and he also learned some of the usage of the Freedom Technique from Alastor. Both sides were mutually beneficial. Now, Tang Hao could also use his own power to cast the Seal.
There were no more apostles in Misaki City, but there were still some Phosphorus around. In order to not disappear, these Phosphorus would come out from time to time to cause trouble. Tang Hao used them as practice, and at the same time, they became partners of justice.
In the past three days, he killed a lot of Phosphorus and saved a lot of people. Although he didn't receive a single word of gratitude from the people he saved, and almost no one knew about what happened to him, he still felt very satisfied.
It wasn't that the greater the power, the greater the responsibility. It was just that he felt a sense of accomplishment.
Some people would feel a sense of accomplishment when they did bad things, and some people would feel a sense of accomplishment when they did good things. No matter good or bad, as long as they could do what others couldn't, they would feel a sense of superiority … This was also the reason why countless Seals would appear in every card drawing game.
In short, Tang Hao was quite satisfied with his current life.
He raised his head and looked at the clear sky, smiled slightly, and then silently turned around.
When the matter was done, he would brush his clothes and leave, hiding his achievements and fame.
…
"It's over?"
Not long after Tang Hao left, he ran into Shana on the road. Although she was late, she still arrived.
"Yeah, it happened to be close to me, so I killed it. It's just a Phosphorus that lost its master, it's not a big deal," Tang Hao said with a smile.
"Even if it's just Phosphorus, we still have to treat it seriously." Shana said sternly, "Especially these Phosphorus that don't have a master. They can't use their own strength to absorb the power of existence, but in order to survive, they will endlessly devour the existence of humans. It's like a bottomless pit that can't be filled no matter what. If we don't stop it soon, they will even kill all the humans in front of them … because of their instinct to survive."
Tang An nodded. Indeed, although these Phosphorus had low combat power and could be easily taken care of by any Mist Warrior, they were still an unparalleled existence to ordinary people after being sealed. They would constantly devour the power of existence of humans, but they couldn't absorb the power of existence. It was like drawing water with a bamboo basket, and in the end, it would only cause meaningless casualties.
Of course, Phosphorus couldn't survive alone. After losing its master, the time it could stay in the world was quite limited, so when it came to harm, it was far less than the Red World Apostles.
But Shana seemed to take it very seriously. He didn't know if it was a good illusion, but Tang Hao felt that Shana was a bit strict these few days, and the change in her mood was very obvious … Logically speaking, a Mist Warrior at Shana's age shouldn't have menopause, right?
"You have something on your mind?"
"Uh …"
Shana was stunned, and she suddenly looked like she wanted to say something but stopped.
It seemed like she did have something on her mind.
As a caring older brother, Tang Hao walked up to her and patted her shoulder with a smile. "If you have something on your mind, why don't you tell me? No matter what, I'm still your teacher, Hirai-san."
"Urusai, don't touch me!" Shana glared at him and shook her shoulders. Although she looked very fierce, she still obediently followed Tang Hao and then sat down on a bench by the river.
Shana looked at the long river across from her, and her eyes were slightly lost in thought. After a moment of silence, she suddenly said, "I'm leaving this city."
"Oh?"
Tang Hao didn't expect that she would suddenly say this. After all, everyone had been getting along well these few days, and her relationship with Sakai Yuji was progressing well. Why was she suddenly leaving?
"Why?" Tang Hao asked. His karma points with Shana had increased to 49 in the past three days, and the path of revolution was only halfway completed. Of course, Tang Hao couldn't let her leave so easily.
Although according to Youzhu's analysis, he could indirectly generate karma points, since the person was right in front of him, there was no need to take a detour.
"I'm a Mist Warrior, and I need to maintain the balance between the modern world and the red world. This is my mission." Shana didn't look back and said as if she was talking to herself, "That's why I kept traveling around, killing the apostles who broke the balance, and training myself at the same time. Then, I came to this Misaki City, and now … the apostles in this city have been eliminated. With you guys here, the remaining phosphorus seeds won't cause any big trouble. I … can also leave."
"Is that really what you think?"
"Of course."
"You're lying."
Whoosh!
Squeak, squeak, squeak —
A cool breeze blew in the early summer sky. When Tang Hao said this, the cicadas on the tree also let out a sharp cry. Shana's body trembled slightly, and then she heard, "If that's really what you think, you could have left long ago after the hunters were defeated, but you still stayed until now. There must be a reason for that."
"I …"
"Since you don't want to tell me, then let me guess." Tang Hao stood up and walked in front of Shana, blocking her line of sight. "These past few days, whether it's training or fighting, you've been very active. Every time Feng Jue appeared, you would immediately take action. Even Sakai Yuji was led around by you. You've obviously exceeded your usual pace. It's as if you're forcing yourself. If I'm not wrong, it's because of the battle that night that you didn't want to give up."
Shana didn't say anything.
But Tang Hao could see it.
Most of the time, the color of Shana's body was red, which represented her enthusiasm and ambition. But at this moment, this fiery red emotional color was mixed with some black impurities, and it changed from time to time, sometimes green, sometimes yellow, and sometimes blue, looking like a rainbow, which undoubtedly showed Shana's irritated mood.
"Faliagni didn't defeat you, but some of his words did affect you. It would be good if you could defeat him with your own hands, but you didn't. You lack the opportunity to show yourself … or rather, you lack the opportunity to prove yourself, so you're eager to become stronger, right?"
"…"
"But on the other hand, you, who have been wandering around the world, suddenly saw a different torch in this city, and lived a different life, which made you very curious. Maybe there's something else, but you can't understand what it is … In short, you want to understand more, but at the same time, you want to return to the original state of being red. These two contradictory feelings are tangled, and you don't know what to do, and you can't find the reason, so you want to leave."
"Urusei …"
Shana bit her lips, but Tang Hao didn't stop. "You think that as long as you return to your past life, you can get back to that state of full strength. You think that as long as you continue to fight against the apostles, you can become stronger, but you can't. Once that kind of contradictory feeling takes root in your heart, it's not so easy to get rid of it, unless you can truly understand it. "
"Urusei!" Perhaps because the secret in her heart was exposed without any concealment, Shana suddenly stood up and roared, "Don't think that you know everything, I … I … I …"
"See, you don't even know how to express yourself."
Tang Hao shrugged his shoulders. No matter how nervous Shana was, she was only a fourteen-year-old girl after all. Ordinary people at this age might still be acting like a spoiled child in the arms of their parents, but Shana was already a knowledgeable and powerful Mist Warrior.
But such an achievement came with a price.
During those years in the Heavenly Palace, she learned all kinds of knowledge and combat skills, but she didn't have any contact with emotional and psychological things, because the person who taught her was a Fire Mist Warrior, and for the vast majority of Fire Mist Warriors, restraint, calmness, and rationality were the fundamentals of survival. As for emotional things, they were not needed.
So, when she encountered psychological problems, Shana was completely at a loss of what to do.
Although she had Alastor by her side, Alastor was such a fierce man, how could he grasp the delicate feelings of a girl.
Although Tang Ritian was also a fierce man, he was still a friend of women!
To put it bluntly, Shana was a tsundere. In terms of the degree of trouble, she was far from Yu Ji. He could even handle Yu Ji, let alone a mere tsundere.
So, when Shana was so stifled that she couldn't speak, and her anger was about to explode, Tang Hao immediately said, "Actually, it's very simple to solve your problem, I can help you."
Shana's rising anger suddenly stopped, and her killer move was stopped with one sentence. She blinked and subconsciously asked, "What way?"
"Just become stronger." Tang Hao smiled and said, "Your current problem is nothing more than feeling weak and losing confidence in yourself. So, as long as you become strong enough, other small problems can be solved."
"But …" Shana frowned. Of course, she had thought about this and tried many times. She even secretly went to Misaka Mikoto's concert to observe, but she still had no clue how to become stronger. "… What exactly should I do?"
"Come with me."
Tang Hao smiled, turned around and walked forward.
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