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Part 4
The robber’s boss sat in the bag of money and smiled.
“Ku, kukuku… Hahaha…!”
“What!? All your men have been defeated, what are you doing…!”
“D-don’t tell me you’re planning something…!”
Kaori and Noah instinctively took a step back from the strange aura emanating from the man.
“Fufu, hahahaha! Don’t think you can beat me with that…!”
The man stood up laughing.
Then a large amount of 10,000 yen bills flew out of the bag.
“What? Money is floating…!”
“I-I’ve never seen anything like this before…!”
“What kind of ability is that!?”
In front of the surprised Kaori and the others, the bills floated around the man.
The man spread his arms wide and shouted in a hoarse voice.
“You bastards!”
“What!? What are you trying to do…?”
The man barked like a madman.
“Money! Money is everything in this world! Money! Money! You want money, don’t you? You can’t get enough of it, can you? Look! What you’ve been looking for is right here!”
“What? W-what on earth…?”
Kaori and the others are confused.
A hoarse voice can be heard behind them.
“M-money…”
“What!?”
They turn as if they’ve been hit.
Sawada stares blankly at the floating bills.
The others also stare intently at the money.
“Money… Money…”
“Money… There’s so much money…”
“Give it to me… Give me the money…”
“What!? Something’s wrong-maru!”
“Sawada-sensei, everyone!? What’s going on!?”
Kaori shouts, but the people, their eyes clouded with desire, reach for the bills floating in the air.
“Money, money…”
“If only I had money…”
As the hollow chorus swelled, Noah grimaced.
“That guy… Could he be inciting everyone…!”
“I’ve never seen a Debipachi with such power-maru…!”
“Hahahahaha! That’s right, desire is a powerful force that everyone possesses! Want more, demand more! There’s no need to hide it – beg for it, crave it with all your ugliness!”
As the man laughed, ten-thousand-yen bills swirled like butterflies toward the crowd.
“Uooooooh, moneyyyyyy──!”
“Yay, yay…!”
Everyone frantically grabbed the 10,000 yen bills.
Sawada’s fingertips touched the bills, and a black aura slowly seeped out of her body.
“What…!”
“W-what on earth is that…!”
To the surprise of Kaori and the others, the crowd’s demands grew louder.
“Give it to me, give me the money!”
“It’s not enough! Give me more, more!”
A sinister aura immediately rose from the people who had taken the money.
It gushed out endlessly and gathered around the robber.
“Hahahaha, that’s right! The more you beg, the stronger I become!”
The swirling aura began to be absorbed by the Debipachi parasite on the man’s back.
“That guy… Could he be… Forcing her desires to amplify and absorb them-maru!”
“What!? I-Is that even possible!?”
“I-I don’t understand… I’ve never heard of a Debipachi like that-maru… But that’s the only explanation-maru…”
When Kaori and the others were arguing.
“Not yet, give me money, more money… Wait, huh…?! What am I doing…?”
Suddenly, the hostages who had been deprived of their desire came to their senses.
“What…?”
“Hmm… It felt like I was dreaming…”
Sawada also looked around, dazed.
“E-Everyone’s back to normal…!”
“But it’s dangerous! That guy sucked up all the black aura…!”
Debipachi absorbed all the aura that had swelled up like a black cloud, and suddenly, the robber groaned.
“Guh…! I’ve never seen such a powerful force! My body is about to break…! With this power… Guh… Hahahaha!”
He clutched his chest and struggled, then collapsed face down.
“Ah!? The robber has fallen!”
“What’s going on…?”
And then.
Debipachi slipped off the man’s back and stood up.
“What…!”
“Gigi, gi…”
Debipachi separated from the man and grew, changing shape.
Eventually, it evolved into a black monster that resembled a human.
“Gugigi, gugigi…”
It had a hideous appearance, resembling a cross between an octopus and a human.
It was nearly two meters tall, with a black, slimy surface.
Where its face should be, there were only fiery red eyes and a mouth that looked like a roughly cut slit.
Although it walked on two legs like a human, its arms branched out like tentacles.
Facing the pitch-black monster, Kaori took a step back.
“What… it evolved into a human form…!”
“This thing has drawn the desires of those around it and absorbed their powerful negative aura to evolve-maru…!”
“I’ve never seen a Debipachi like this before!”
The slits on his face opened and a hoarse voice emerged.
“Gigi, gi… You bastards, how dare you interfere…!”
“What!? Debipachi spoke-maru!”
“Does that mean it has gained intelligence through evolution!?”
Debipachi didn’t answer, shifting its gaze to the weapon on the ground.
“Everyone, run!”
Kaori yelled, but it was too late.
Debipachi picked up the gun and began firing indiscriminately without hesitation.
“Don’t get in my way!”
Ratatatatatata!
“Kyaaaaaaaah!”
Shots and screams echo through the air.
Kaori quickly picks up a pamphlet that fell to the ground.
“Pamphlet Shield!”
Clang, clang, clang!
She uses the mortgage pamphlet, transformed into a magical tool, to create a wall and narrowly deflect the bullets.
“Hurry, get to safety!”
“G-got it!”
Sawada helped the people nearby to hide.
Kaori protected and evacuated the people around her, then slid behind a desk herself.
The pamphlet barrier was shattered by intense gunfire, and Noah and Sumimaru also dove in, crouching down.
“This guy is out of control! This is way too dangerous…!”
“Unlike a robber, he doesn’t hesitate at all-maru!”
“And he’s completely different from the Debipachi-san I’ve seen before! What in the world is that?”
“He’s absorbed too much negative aura-maru! That thing is pure evil itself-maru!”
“Gyahahaha! All right, weep, tremble, and kneel! No one can defeat me now that I’ve absorbed your wishes!”
Rattatatatata!
“Noooooo!”
“I’m scared!”
“Help me…”
With each shot, the screams increased, and fear and chaos swirled.
With each shot, Debipachi’s body swelled.
Sumimaru screamed.
“Ahhh, he’s absorbing everyone’s fear and getting even stronger-maru! We’re in trouble! Kaori, Noah, let’s fight-maru!”
“Yes! Noah-san, the magic tools!”
The only thing that could stop Debipachi was the magic tools.
However, Noah remained crouched and shook his head violently.
“This is impossible! I have never heard of such a demonic Debipachi! There’s no way we can defeat such a creature! We’ll all be killed! I want to go home! Waaaaaah!”
“Noah-san…”
“Gyahahahahahahaha! That’s right, the power is overflowing! But it’s still a desire. Human desire is the most delicious… Once I’ve squeezed every last drop of fear out of you, I’m going to use this money to suck every last bit of desire out of everyone in this town!”
Debipachi extended his tentacles and began firing every weapon he had.
Screams filled the air, and countless bullets left marks on the walls.
In the midst of the chaos, Kaori grabbed Noah’s shoulders.
“Pull yourself together, Noah-san! If we don’t fight, who will?”
“Ka-Kaori-san…”
She looked straight into Noah’s tear-stained eyes.
“I’m scared, too. But we’re the only ones who can fight now… We have no choice!”
In Kaori’s mind, she saw Yuuya, the figure who had saved her once.
Back then, when Kaori was surrounded by strangers and felt helpless, Yuuya had risked his own life to save her.
This memory gave Kaori strength.
“We’ve come this far together! Noah-san, you can do this! Let’s take him down together!”
Gunshots rang out in the lobby, and a shower of money flew through the air.
At the center of it all, Debipachi let out a triumphant laugh.
“That’s right, money! With this money, I can satisfy the infinite desires of all human beings! Everything is mine! Gyahahahahahaha!”
Debipachi continuously reloaded his weapon with countless tentacles, destroying everything in sight.
“W-we’re finished! We’re all going to be turned into a beehive-maru!”
“U-ugh…”
With tears in her eyes, Kaori desperately begged Noah.
“Noah-san! You’re going to do great things and become rich one day, right? Become rich, eat delicious food to your heart’s content, sleep in a soft bed… and hire those mean Magical Girl seniors as maids and work them to the bone, keep your annoying boss in an aquarium with piranhas and watch them while drinking wine – you told me about your dreams! Don’t give up until you make them come true!”
“…!”
──In an instant.
A small flame lit up in Noah’s eyes.
“That’s right… I can’t die here after giving up my dreams… For the sake of fulfilling my precious dreams, I absolutely cannot forgive Debipachi!”
“Noah-san!”
“I can’t stand the idea of being used for money by a monster who doesn’t even understand the true value of money… If I’m going to be used by a villain, I’ll make it all mine!”
“Y-You’re going to do that?”
“The counterattack begins~~~!”
Noah roared, completely regaining his fighting spirit, and Kaori looked around desperately.
“But there’s nothing we can use as a weapon!”
“No, Kaori-san. There are plenty of weapons… here!”
Noah grabbed a 10,000 yen bill that had fallen to the ground.
“I-it can’t be…!”
“That’s right, money is power! Haaaaaaahhh~~~!”
Kyuuiiiiiiiiii!!
The pile of bills glowed in seven colors.
Noah handed the shiny pile of bills to Kaori.
“Kaori-san, let’s fight with this! With money, we can do anything… I’ll show you the true power of money!”
“I-I understand!”
Holding the glowing pile of bills, Kaori nodded to Noah.
Sumimaru listened intently for gunshots.
“Both of you, wait for my signal to jump out! One, two, three!”
In the short moment between the shots,
Sumimaru gave the signal, and the two jumped out from behind the desk.
Kaori sprinted to the window, and Noah jumped over the counter and disappeared.
“You fool, you thought you could escape! You’re next!”
Debipachi shot at Kaori.
But before the bullet could be fired, Kaori threw a 10,000 yen bill like a shuriken.
“Haahhhhh~~~ Cash Shuriken!”
Swosh, swosh, swosh!
The glowing 10,000 yen bills rushed towards Debipachi like shurikens.
“Guhhhhhhhhhh!”
The sharp bills sliced off Debipachi’s tentacles one by one.
“That’s amazing-maru! You’re so cool-maru!”
“G-good kids, don’t try this at home──!”
Anyway,
The severed tentacles instantly regenerated, and Debipachi’s fiery red eyes fixed on Kaori.
“Y-you…! You little brat, don’t get too cocky!”
“I-it regenerated…!”
“No-maru, it can’t be defeated by that attack alone…”
“Gugiiiiiiiiii!”
Debipachi crouched down, ready to charge at Kaori, a deafening roar echoed through the air.
“Oruaaaaaaa, you dare to underestimate a magical girl!”
“What-?”
Noah jumped out of Debipachi’s blind spot.
She brandished the bundle of magic cards in her hand.
“Take this, ‘Magical Money Slap’!”
Smack!
“Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!?”
Debipachi was blown away by a flash of glowing bills.
“Have you seen the power of a magical girl? Now give up!”
“Guh, n-not yet…”
As Debipachi tried to get up, Noah straddled him.
“You’re a stubborn one! I’ll show you!”
Then she hit him repeatedly with the pile of bills.
“Money is power! Money is power───! Hahaha, how about that? This is the power of money! Capital has won! Money solves everything───!”
Smack, smack, smack!
“Gugyaaaaaaa!?”
“No-Noah-saaaannn!?
“Wow, Debipachi’s cheeks are puffed up…”
It was a fierce attack that made Kaori and Sumimaru recoil, making it hard to believe that Noah had been trembling with fear just a moment ago.
Amidst the storm of bills flying at him, Debipachi couldn’t move a muscle and groaned.
“W-why is a little girl like you so strong? No one should be able to stand against me, who has evolved by absorbing desire…”
However, Noah didn’t care and continued to deliver powerful slaps.
“Hahahahahahahahah! Did you see the power? All the money in the world is mine! Aaaaaahahahahahahah!”
“Gyahhhhhhhhhh!”
“Something is definitely wrong with Noah-maru!”
“Oh no, what happened to you, Noah-san…!”
“Guu, gugigi… As long as human desire exists, I am invincible… I am the invincible Noaaaaaaaaaaah!”
Debipachi continued to reach out with his tentacles, trying to collect the source of his desire, the piles of bills.
“Even after all that, that guy still won’t go down-maru…!”
“…”
Watching the scene, Kaori stood up quietly.
“Ka-Kaori!? What’s wrong-maru!? It’s dangerous-maru!?”
Ignoring Sumimaru’s warning, she approached Debipachi.
Then she gently grabbed Debipachi’s tentacle.
“Ah…?”
“Debipachi-san…”
Kaori held the tentacle and gently admonished Debipachi.
“Please stop. You seem to be suffering greatly from your obsession with money.”
“What…!”
“It is true that money can buy many things. As you say, desire is in everyone’s heart… and sometimes it can be a driving force that motivates people. But there are things in this world that are more important than that─there is a power stronger than desire.”
“A power stronger than desire? Such a thing…!”
Kaori smiled softly at Debipachi, who was shouting loudly.
“It’s love.”
“Shwaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
Bathed in angelic compassion, the black mist left Debipachi.
Immediately, his form shrank and transformed into a rainbow-colored octopus.
“Gyaa! Gyahyahyahyah!”
“W-what? He’s been purified. Why…?”
“N-no way, you purified it without using any magic tools-maru…!? That’s amazing, Kaori!”
“Eh!? Y-yes! Um… I’m not sure what happened, but did we solve it? I did it, Noah-san!”
“Shwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
When she turned around, for some reason, black mist rose from Noah’s back.
“No-Noah-san!? Why are you being purified too!?”
As soon as the mist cleared, Noah’s eyes regained their light.
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