novelonline Chapter 976 The Last Routine 155
Chapter 976 The Last Routine 155
Chapter 976 The Last Routine 155
"Hey, Chieftain, you heard me."
Xiaolin couldn't help but complain.
I really hope that when they said those things, they could have considered the Red Demon Clan Chief who was still here. To be honest, compared to the Red Demon Clan who had become normal, the problem children in the team were the ones causing more trouble.
"Hehe, it's alright, it's the truth anyway." The Crimson Demon Clan Chief waved his hand with a smile, then lowered his head slightly apologetically and said, "But, I suddenly realized that it was really foolish to impose my ideals on others."
What's going on? This is such a fatherly statement of repentance!
The Crimson Demon Clan Chief's words were shocking.
But it's not over yet.
"Whether someone is handsome or not is a matter of personal values. It should be respected, but it shouldn't be forced. From now on, I and the Crimson Demon Clan must live more earnestly, and everyone in this village must become a new Crimson Demon Clan."
"What...! What what what what...!"
Huihui was so shocked that she couldn't speak.
Yoyo, her eyes brimming with tears, looked at her father, the Crimson Demon Clan Chief, and covered her mouth in disbelief, saying, "This...this...! This isn't how a father should say things! What am I supposed to do now that things have come to this?!"
Her life had already been ruined by her father, and now he was saying such things—it was unacceptable. It was as if her entire life had been negated, as if everything she did was wrong, incorrect. Her life goals and everything she had now were all wrong. Thinking of this, Youyou screamed and ran out of the room.
"Ah, Yoyo...!"
Huihui tried to call out to Youyou, but she was too fast and had already disappeared. Huihui looked angrily at the Crimson Demon Clan Chief, whose face was full of apology, and shouted, "Clan Chief, I really misjudged you! What's wrong with you? That cowardly attitude!!"
“Megumin…”
"You were more dazzling before. Well, that's to be expected. After all, to become the leader of the Crimson Demon Clan, one should be the most powerful member of the Crimson Demon Clan. But what is this now? The new Crimson Demon Clan... it's simply unbearable to listen to!"
"Eh, eh..."
The Crimson Demon Clan Chief was somewhat speechless. He looked at Huihui, who was lashing out at him, with slight surprise, and didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Did you really have to go to this extent?"
Xiaolin patted her head.
"Wrong things must be made clear!" Huihui crossed her arms and snorted. She glared at the Crimson Demon Clan Chief and said, "Never mind this kind of clan chief, go after Youyou!"
Then, she turned and ran out of the room to follow Youyou's footsteps.
"Hey, Huihui!"
Darkness did not stop her.
"This... this kind of clan leader... I can't stand it... As the clan leader, I'm trying my best to think things through...!" Youyou's father, the Crimson Demon Clan Leader, covered his face and wept bitterly.
Seeing this, Aqua said with some surprise, "He seems to have suffered a great blow."
"Oh, sorry, we're leaving too." Xiaolin didn't want to endure the strange atmosphere, so she said this to him somewhat awkwardly. But since the other party was Youyou's father and also the father of her companion, she still said reassuringly, "Um... please cheer up."
Then, taking Aqua and Darkness with him, he hurriedly caught up with the two who had gone far away.
The Crimson Devil's Village.
Huihui was searching everywhere for Youyou, calling out to both sides as she walked, "Youyou, where are you! If you're here, answer me!"
"No, it's not there either."
Darkness shook his head helplessly.
"It's the same here..." Kobayashi shook his head helplessly and said, "Ah, is it really that shocking that Father has changed?"
“Because Youyou deeply respects her father, who is the clan leader.” Huihui, unusually worried, explained softly, “If all of that changes…”
"They don't seem like Crimson Demons at all anymore."
Aqua also felt somewhat uneasy and worried.
"Hmm, is it amnesia?" Kobayashi stroked his chin, puzzled. "But speaking of which, I feel like the whole Scarlet Devil Village has become very strange—"
Just then, a man walked towards them.
"Heave-ho... Hmm?" He said with some surprise when he saw Huihui, "Isn't this Huihui? You're back. Welcome."
"Chekra!"
This person is the owner of a clothing store belonging to the Crimson Demon Clan. He looks like the other Crimson Demon Clan members, no longer as immature as he seemed when we first met.
"You've come at the perfect time!" Huihui was delighted and quickly asked, "Have you seen Youyou?"
"What's wrong? Did you two have another fight?" Chekra shrugged, looking a bit annoyed, and said, "Sorry, I'm renovating the clothing store and don't have time to deal with you."
"They're under renovation or something..." Kobayashi looked at the various goods displayed outside and asked in confusion, "Are all the things displayed outside goods?"
“Step, all of these need to be disposed of.” Chekra shrugged, complaining as if he had a headache and felt helpless: “Strange robes, eye patches that nobody wants to wear… Why did we even buy these things in the first place? It’s shameful.”
"Not ashamed at all!" Huihui shouted excitedly, adding, "You can't deal with them! You are the one who should! What's wrong with you?!"
"Wow ah ah!"
Chikara, feeling a little dizzy from being shaken by Huihui, said, "What's going on? Stop shaking me! As a proper clothing store owner, of course I need to organize the merchandise and select suitable items—"
"Absolutely not!" Huihui's eyes lit up with excitement as she said to Chekra, "I want all of these items!"
"No, no." Chekra stubbornly waved his hand, refusing Huihui's request to buy, and said, "Selling such tasteless things will ruin the reputation of the clothing store."
"No, no...no taste...!?"
Huihui opened her eyes wide in disbelief.
"Give it back to me quickly." Chekra gestured for the item to be returned to her, adding, "I still need to collect the school uniforms I gave to the school later."
"My school's Red Prison...! How could this be, such a strange thing...!?"
Huihui felt a little desperate, and then, for some reason, she ran quickly toward the school.
At this time-
The Crimson Demon teacher looked at the students and said, "Do you know what is most important to us, the Crimson Demons?"
"Highly efficient combat techniques!"
"A stable income!"
"A way of life that everyone can agree on!"
"—That's right!" As the students continued to answer in this way, the Crimson Demon teacher nodded in satisfaction and said, "In my opinion, only by gaining the recognition of the world and obtaining a stable income can one be a true Crimson Demon! Moreover, as a Grand Magister, one must serve the royal capital. For this kingdom, for the world... one must become an outstanding Grand Magister!"
"Yes, teacher!"
The students answered in unison.
Seeing this, Huihui lowered her head in disappointment and said, "This is so strange, this isn't the school I know! Where have all the good looks and good taste gone...!"
"It seems it's not just the chieftain, everyone in the village has changed." Darkness looked at all this, equally puzzled and surprised, and said, "But why is there such a big difference—"
"What happened? Wake up!"
Just then, someone shouted from not far away, while the person she had pushed looked at her strangely.
"Hey, what's wrong with you? This is perfectly normal."
"You two, calm down! You can't fight!"
"That voice is... Youyou!?"
Huihui found it a bit strange.
Kobayashi heard it too and said, "There are other people's voices... Is there some kind of argument?"
Sensing that something was amiss, Kobayashi and the others quickly ran towards the school gate where the girl's voice was coming from.
Then I saw the soft, fluffy stuff and the winter mushrooms.
"Alright, put that book away." Softie was a little annoyed, then said, "Didn't we agree today to think of a cool chanting pose?"
"No, I'm going to study hard from now on." Dongdonggu held up the book in her hand and said, "This is an introduction to economics...!"
"What are you pretending to be, intellectual!" the soft-spoken man shouted angrily. "Did you hit your head? Then hit it again, harder!"
As she spoke, she snatched the introductory economics book and pretended to tap Dongdonggu on the head.
"Violence and violence are prohibited!"
Youyou quickly separated the two.
Dongdonggu, however, remained calm and composed, saying, "Yes. There's nothing more empty than fighting. Aren't we humans capable of conversation?"
"He's saying weird things again...!"
She took a step back, feeling weak and scared.
This tone, which suggested that we are all human beings with thoughts and feelings, and should not fight like animals, but should sit down and talk calmly, made her feel extremely disgusted.
"Youyou, say something to help her wake up!"
"Well... but understanding economics isn't a bad thing..."
Youyou is a normal child.
The soft and cuddly one has chosen the wrong person.
"As expected of Youyou!" Dongdonggu happily took her hands and said to the soft little thing, "See, this is what friends are all about!"
"friend……!?"
"Tell me, which side are you from?" Seeing Youyou's excitement, she said in a soft but angry voice, "Didn't Youyou also say that the people in the village are strange?"
"Not surprising at all," Dongdonggu said with a smile. "It's just that everyone has realized that being serious is the best. Okay, I don't have time to joke with you guys anymore, I have to go back to school to study."
"Wait a minute, going back to that kind of place will only make things weirder! Really..."
Ruan Huhu tried to dissuade Dongdong Gu, but the other girl ignored her and walked towards the school, quickly disappearing from sight.
"What just happened...?" Huihui asked, looking at the scene with some confusion and surprise, "Soft Cool, what's going on?"
"It's soft! How many times do I have to tell you before you remember, Megumin!"
Her soft, angry hands were on her hips.
"Okay, okay." Huihui waved her hand dismissively, then asked in confusion, "Speaking of which, Dongdonggu is actually studying... What happened?"
"Hmph, who knows what kind of guy that is..."
Ruanru seemed a little unhappy, as if she didn't want to talk about it.
"Although they were saying all serious things."
Xiaolin couldn't help but complain.
“Yes,” Youyou said, equally worried. “Dongdonggu, like her father, seems to have become more serious…”
"Even that idiot Dongdonggu is taking this so seriously... This is a terrible situation."
Huihui said some really offensive things.
"You're acting like it's none of your business." With her soft arms crossed, giving him a look that said, "You're in big trouble too, Huihui, your family's situation is serious too, isn't it?"
"Eh……?"
“It’s your father.” He spread his soft hands and said, “He has finally gained the world’s recognition… His work is going very well, and he even said he can get rid of poverty.”
"Father, Mother...!!"
Huihui hurriedly ran home.
Then--
"Are you alright, Megumin?" Darkness comforted the injured Megumin.
"My father... he actually did such a thing..."
Huihui looked utterly devastated and utterly hopeless.
Aqua brought out tea from the room and said, "Alright, alright, have a cup of tea and calm down."
"Was the change in your parents that much of an impact?"
Xiaolin twitched the corner of her mouth.
Recalling what happened before.
That was something Kobayashi had said to Yu-Yu's father, Piao Saburo, when they last visited the Crimson Devil Village.
"The design has been changed, and the expensive magical items are selling like hotcakes. I think it's a good thing if we can get rid of poverty."
"But it's really strange that my father would work for the world!"
Huihui was unwilling to accept it.
She said with some helplessness and resentment, "To change his magical item design just to sell it? My father is a man who pursues his own aesthetics and never compromises... I never thought it would be overturned so easily."
Not only that.
"They even said serious things like respecting their daughter's wishes. I don't think they are parents who are forcing their daughter into marriage for financial gain."
Kobayashi couldn't help but complain as well.
Recalling everything that had just happened in the room, he felt a strange and unsettling feeling.
"Huihui, you don't look well. Are you alright?"
Aqua said this with some concern.
"Hey, hey...it's nothing."
Huihui said this, but still lowered her head.
“The people I know have all changed so much, especially my parents… The closer the relationship, the more this is true.” Darkness said with empathy, “It’s only natural to feel uncomfortable.”
"That's true, but it's still good for the family's finances, isn't it?" Kobayashi reminded them that things hadn't changed, and said quite happily, "Look, the whole family doesn't have to go hungry anymore... Speaking of which, where did Xiaomi go?"
"%... Ah!?" Huihui seemed to suddenly realize something, "Xiaomi!?"
(End of this chapter)