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#14Chapter 14 The Resonance of Maggots
Chapter 14: Resonance of the Maggots
Perona couldn't be bothered to listen to these two pathetic men argue about who was more shameless.
The way she looked at them was like watching two flies that had accidentally fallen into a cream cake—an eyesore that ruined her mood for enjoying her meal.
"Holo holo holo—"
With a gentle twirl of the red umbrella in her hand, the four semi-transparent ghosts floating beside her let out whimpering, strange noises and drifted lazily toward the two men in the corner.
"Hey! You pink-haired twin-tails! Let's talk this out! Stop getting handsy!"
Gintoki shouted, putting on a brave front while shrinking back behind Kazuma, trying to tug the other man's bath towel to cover himself.
Kazuma slapped his hand away: "Get lost! Where are your own clothes!"
Just as the two were falling into another scuffle, a Negative Hollow drifted lazily in front of Gintoki.
Gintoki didn't even have time to let out a decent scream before the ghost drifted effortlessly through his body.
No pain, no impact.
However, the expression on Sakata Gintoki's face froze.
Those dead-fish eyes, usually half-lidded, were now wide open in a daze, having lost all focus.
He maintained his posture of shoving Kazuma, frozen in place like a statue from which the soul had been extracted.
A second later, with a "thump," Sakata Gintoki dropped to his knees, prostrating himself completely, his forehead slamming heavily onto the dusty floor.
"I'm a failure—I'm just a piece of trash—"
He muttered to himself in a despairing tone laced with tears, his voice as quiet as a mosquito's hum, but in the deathly silent church, it reached Kazuma's ears clearly.
"I'm just a black-hearted boss who only knows how to talk big—I can't even pay Shinpachi and Kagura's wages—I trick them into eating mayonnaise over rice every day—Sadaharu only gets to eat low-quality dog food—"
"I've also been behind on rent to that old hag Otose for months—I'm the biggest parasite in Kabuki District—"
Kazuma's eyes nearly popped out of his head.
What, what is going on here? Why did this guy suddenly start self-criticizing? And he's spilling all his own secrets!
However, this was only the beginning.
Gintoki lay on the floor, weakly pounding the ground with his fists, the sense of sorrow in his voice escalating layer by layer, as if he were pouring out a lifetime of regret.
"Kagura is still a child, yet I let her go hungry meal after meal because of me—For the sake of the Yorozuya, Shinpachi even has to smile while eating the dark matter his sister cooks—What kind of Yorozuya boss am I—I'm just scum—"
"The most critical part is—I actually—I actually slept with that old hag Otose—That annoying old lady—She's already over sixty—I'm truly a beast—"
At this point, Gintoki's voice completely broke down. He buried his face in the floor, his shoulders shaking violently as he let out whimpering sounds.
"My lifelong reputation—my name as Shiroyasha—it's all ruined—I might as well just die—Just let me turn into a puddle of strawberry milk and rot here—"
Boom—!
Inside Kazuma's brain, it was as if a bomb named "Worldview" had been detonated.
A chill shot straight from his tailbone to his crown.
This effect is way too immediate, right?!
He finally understood! So that was it! So this was the truth behind this guy transmigrating while naked! Drunken debauchery, and the partner was that terrifying-sounding old hag! No wonder he wouldn't say a word about it before, even if it killed him!
This ghost's ability was actually to force people to uncontrollably confess their most shameful, darkest, and most reluctant-to-mention black history!
This is even worse than killing him!
Kazuma instantly felt his hair stand on end; this was simply the most vicious attack in the World! He just wanted to pull away and find an opportunity to counterattack, but he realized another Negative Hollow had drifted in front of him at some point.
"Oh no—"
Before the word had even left his mouth, and before Kazuma could react, the second ghost had already drifted in front of him and passed through his chest without hesitation.
Kazuma's movements also stopped.
An indescribable, extreme sense of pessimism instantly drowned Kazuma's reason. He felt the whole World lose its color; all his previous plans for the future and all his desire to survive turned into bubbles in this instant.
He slowly, slowly loosened his grip on the bath towel, letting the fabric slide to the ground, and then, like a mollusk with its spine extracted, he slumped next to Gintoki, forming a pair of brothers-in-misery with him.
"Ah—I, Sato Kazuma, am a thorough piece of scum, a pervert, a shut-in—"
Perona hugged her Kumacy doll, looking at this newly added "humble maggot" on the floor, and laughed triumphantly: "Holo holo holo—another one."
"I was trying to buy a limited edition game—and I was scared to death outside by a tractor—" Kazuma's face was buried in the dust of the floor, his voice coming out muffled, every word filled with humiliation.
"That tractor was moving slower than a Grandpa taking a walk—It didn't even hit me—It was me—I was the one who was so scared I peed my pants, and then I died of shock—"
"To die and go to another World like this—I'm afraid I'm the only person in the World who has managed to do it—"
"Pfft—"
Gintoki, who had already fallen into self-seclusion, heard this and actually managed to squeeze out an uncontrollable laugh from his extreme depression, though it was quickly drowned out by even deeper despair.
"Because of this, I was mocked by that mentally disabled goddess Aqua for a whole month! She even drew pictures of how I died and publicized it everywhere! My whole life is a joke!"
The more Kazuma spoke, the more agitated he became. He raised his head, his face already streaming with tears and snot.
"I, Sato Kazuma! Lived for seventeen years! I haven't even held a girl's hand more than a few times! I—I'm still a virgin! A pathetic virgin who was scared to death by a tractor! What face do I have to live in this World!"
"The key is, when I arrived in this World, countless people watched my 'Excalibur' live, boo-hoo-hoo—Just let me die painlessly!"
He cried and shouted while banging his head against the floor with a "thud, thud, thud," as if he wanted to knock himself unconscious and escape this social death that was even more terrifying than actual death.
In the church, the confessions and sobbing of the two men echoed back and forth. The two men, who had been arguing just a second ago, were now kneeling side by side on the floor, competing over who was more negative and who wanted to turn into an inanimate object more.
One was devastated over his absurd night with an old hag. The other was filled with regret over his virgin life that ended by being scared to death by a tractor.
Perona stood in front of them like an artist admiring her masterpiece, a satisfied, little-devil-like smile on her face.
She tapped the ground lightly with the tip of her umbrella, looking down from a high position at the two men on the ground who had completely lost their fighting spirit.
"Holo holo holo—Good grief, they're even more pathetic than I imagined. But this way, it'll be much more convenient."
Perona looked at her masterpiece and let out a satisfied laugh. Sure enough, no matter which World it is, watching others fall into despair is the most interesting thing.
On the blood-red panel in front of her, it clearly displayed that defeating the opponents would grant a large amount of Reputation Points.
She would just accept these two big fish.
[Congratulations to Raid Faction player—Perona for successfully causing Neutral Faction player—Sakata Gintoki and Guardian Faction player—Sato Kazuma to lose their combat ability, greatly crushing their fighting spirit, and gaining 100,000 Reputation Points.]