Wazuki wasn't clear on what had happened, but she vaguely felt that the Diego before her eyes seemed different somehow.
She narrowed her eyes and examined him carefully.
Hiss, why has little brother Brando's gaze become so clear?
How did that saying go?
Right right right, he looks dumber!
Perhaps because he had lost his obsession with Heaven, there weren't as many calculations in Diego's eyes, and his whole person had relaxed quite a bit.
"Well~ Let's get straight to the point, Wazuki." After a brief moment of mental fuzziness, Diego returned to his usual playful and confident smile. Sitting on the ground with one hand supporting his chin, he said, "What do you want in order to return the body to Takanashi?"
Wazuki bent down, aligning her line of sight with Diego's, and stared at him with one eye big and one small. "Huh? Why should I return——"
"Your goal is just to take revenge on me, isn't it?" Diego waved his hand, impatiently interrupting Wazuki's words, and played with the King God Sword a bit. "The King God Sword is in my hands. Other than the 『Evil King's True Eye』, Takanashi is completely an ordinary person in every other aspect—even inferior to a child. With just that, no matter what, you can't beat me."
"Hmm, so what?"
The corners of Wazuki's mouth drooped into a mean arc. It was obvious she didn't want to make things easy for Diego, and her tone was extremely perfunctory.
Diego snapped his fingers and voiced his suggestion: "Then it's easy. How about this—I won't fight back and let you complete your revenge. After you're done with revenge, you honestly return the body. Afterwards, whether you go back to staying inside the King God Sword or come into my body to be neighbors with Mahoraga, I have no objections."
"Moreover, since you get to take revenge first, you don't have to worry about me tricking you at all. It's a great deal, right?"
As for what if Wazuki didn't return the body after taking revenge?
Diego wasn't worried about that at all. He had plenty of methods and means to make Wazuki suffer terribly. If she didn't want to return it, then she could prepare to accept all those inhumane ideas in Diego's mind together!
What's more, Takanashi Rikka's face paired with Wazuki's unique trashy expression already made Diego really want to bully her.
"That… that expression doesn't look like a scheme. This guy…"
"Let me complete my revenge…? Did you really mean that when you said it?"
Wazuki's gaze suddenly froze. Cold sweat slid down her skin, and her heart was filled with sudden, unexpected shock and panic.
Seeing that Wazuki still wanted to say something, Diego closed his eyes and lay straight back, covering his ears with both hands, clearly not wanting to listen to her nagging.
It was directly a case of "act first, explain later"—the main point being that once I make a suggestion, you have to carry it out.
"...Rascal!!" Wazuki's mouth twitched. She came in front of Diego and looked down at him from above. "Aren't you afraid I'll go back on my word at the last minute?"
Diego put on a serious face. "You won't."
"Wh…at?"
Wazuki's mouth opened wide, revealing a bit of fang.
"Come on, hit me with all your strength."
"...!!"
Why is this treacherous guy pretending to look so trusting!!!
Kusha!!!
Wazuki was briefly stunned for a moment. Her eyes filled with rage as she suddenly stomped her foot hard on Diego's face, kicking his head into the mud. The impact force made Diego's hands uncontrollably lift upward.
"You'd better let me enjoy my revenge to the fullest!!!"
Wazuki's gaze was vicious. She kept lifting her foot and stomping down. The flat mud ground quickly formed a large pit.
The sound of a head impacting the ground echoed for a full half hour. Only when Wazuki got tired did Diego still not show any resistance.
It even made her suspect for a moment that Diego had already been beaten to death.
But soon, that doubt was dispelled.
"...That's it? You're done already? Honestly, I thought you would cut me with the sword…"
Diego's weak voice came from under her foot.
"...Hey." After a moment of silence, Wazuki reluctantly opened her mouth. "Did you have some hidden reason for not taking me with you back then?"
"Hehe… There was no hidden reason." Diego chuckled twice and spoke his true thoughts. "I just purely found you annoying as hell. Very bothersome."
"Is that so…?"
Wazuki lowered her arms, lifted one eyelid, and let out a sigh. A faint trace of a smile could be felt.
Kusha!!!
Wazuki stomped again, showing a disgusted face, and roared: "Go die!!!"
"Buga——!!!"
Diego let out a miserable scream.
"You brain-diseased guy, hahahahaha!" Seeing Diego in such a miserable state, Wazuki also lost the mood to keep tangling with him. She plopped her butt down, sitting on Diego's chest, crossed her legs, and stretched lazily. "I'm exhausted…"
"Hmph, can't even beat you to death…" Wazuki grumbled a couple of times in a low voice. She wiped the bloodstains from the corner of her mouth with her finger and smeared it toward Diego's lips. "Hey, I don't want to play anymore. Give me the King God Sword and let me go back."
Diego threw the King God Sword back and asked once more: "Don't want to be neighbors with Mahoraga?"
"Hmph, I'd rather play with the elf little sister than look at you even once more." Wazuki gripped the sword, her tone flat.
Then, the light emitted by the King God Sword dimmed quite a bit, and her head drooped down. The black cloak and black stockings disappeared, reverting to Takanashi Rikka's clothing.
This meant Wazuki had already returned inside the King God Sword.
"Ah… What was that all about." Diego sighed, catching the about-to-fall Takanashi Rikka. There was no trace left of his previous disheveled appearance.
That Wazuki, I directly pulled off a bitter meat scheme right in front of her. She wouldn't blow up, right!
So, my Dio's intelligence is definitely higher than Wazuki's!
Diego picked up the groceries, slightly narrowed his eyes, hesitated for a moment and said: "She probably didn't get hurt, right? Never mind, let's go to the hospital for a checkup."
...
Ding dong...
Dekomori Sanae: Dio-sama! I heard the otherworldly Corpse King possessed master's body to find you for revenge! Are you okay death?!
Diego: I'm fine. It's already been resolved.
Dekomori Sanae: That's good. Big sis Elga asked me to ask what you're doing right now?
Diego: I'm filming.
...
At the same time, the neet's place.
"Dio-sama said he's filming." Dekomori Sanae relayed Diego's words to Sui exactly as they were. Then she realized something was wrong. Her face instantly turned red as she let out a piercing scream. "Ehhh————!! Filming?!!!"
"Oh…" Sui nodded. Then she asked again, "What does filming mean?"
"Uh, this…"
Dekomori Sanae was momentarily at a loss for words. She had no choice but to wave her hand, signaling Sui to come closer and listen.
After a mysterious little explanation, Sui's face gradually became much rosier—but not from embarrassment, from anger.
"Dio——!!!"
...
Back to the text message exchange on the phone.
Dekomori Sanae: ?
Dekomori Sanae: How could you do this?
Dekomori Sanae: Don't do this kind of work, okay?
Dekomori Sanae: My family is very rich, I can support you. And the Shinomiya family is also very rich—Kaguya-senpai can support you too! Worst case, we can think of a way and crowdfund to support you.
Diego: ? I'm at the hospital, preparing to take an X-ray of Takanashi to check if she has any internal injuries.
Dekomori Sanae: Ohh.
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Dekomori Sanae realized she had relayed the wrong information. She turned her head and saw Sui, who was sharpening a knife and emitting a dark aura all over her body. She silently swallowed and chose to turn off her phone.
You can't hit me just because you hit Dio!
After sending this message, Diego's eyes went black. Not wanting to deal with Dekomori Sanae, he directly turned off his phone.
He turned his head and heard Takanashi Rikka's wailing again.
"It hurts, Dio…" Takanashi Rikka covered her ankle, staring at Diego pitifully. "Can you carry me back later?"
Diego crossed his arms and snorted coldly. "You touched something unclear without permission. I'm not going to pity you."
"How can you be like this…"
"Selling cuteness won't work either!" After Diego finished speaking, he turned his head to look at the doctor and asked, "How is it, doctor? Is she okay?"
The doctor put down the X-ray film in his hands, raised his head with a somewhat strange expression, and slowly said: "There's no major problem. It's just that she overexerted herself and got a foot cramp, that's all."
"Then why do you have that damn expression?" Diego stared with dead fish eyes, increasingly feeling that the doctor was thinking something rude. "You look like you want to say something but are holding back. What do you want to say?"
"D-Do I…?" Feeling a powerful oppressive aura, the doctor forced a smile, his voice getting smaller and smaller. "N-No, nothing…"
Diego curled the corner of his mouth. He walked in front of Takanashi Rikka and squatted down, saying without turning his head: "Get on."
"Eh?" Takanashi Rikka was stunned for a moment.
Diego said again: "Do you want to walk back yourself or have me carry you back?"
Only then did she react. She leaned her body forward, hugged Diego's neck, and narrowed her eyes while giggling a few times.
"Hehe, I knew Dio was the best!"
"Hmph…"
Before leaving, Diego lifted the fish in his hands and asked once more unwillingly: "Really can't take an X-ray of it? I just want to see if there are any small fish bones."
"No! You're challenging my medical ethics!"
As expected, the moment the fish X-ray was mentioned, the doctor's aura became tough.
"Tch, fine."
After a simple complaint, Diego left.
But he had only walked a few dozen meters when he seemed to hear that doctor's muttering.
"Young people these days really play too hard…"
!!
Diego's face darkened.
I'm the one who got beaten, you bastard!