Not a detective

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Then... it started to wriggle!

That liquid seemed to have gained its own life, sensing the wound pierced by Ibuki Ren's syringe and discovering a place where it could reside.

They coalesced together, forming a needle-like shape, and frantically burrowed into Ibuki Ren's body, even tearing the fabric of his clothes on his arm!

In the blink of an eye, it had already rushed into the body...

There is no need for a syringe at all.

"Godly Poison...? That must be the name of the first-generation product. Hmm, but it seems like continuing to call it that isn't bad. It can become both a 'demon' and a 'god'."

Ibuki Ren's body trembled incessantly, especially her arm, which was soaked in purple liquid, and twitched and waved wildly as if it were out of control.

His face beamed with excitement; this was probably the first time he had used himself as a guinea pig.

"Asakawa Riku, Asakawa Riku, you probably never expected that it was the fact that you weren't poisoned that piqued my interest. It was just a poison I made on a whim, but I never thought it would become the final inspiration. The essence of life is a balance scale. If a substance can bring it to the bottom, it can also bring it to the sky."

"The [Divine Poison] I created can both maximally erode life and maximize its stimulation; all you need to do is reverse it!"

"Witness this, this is the true divine poison, my greatest invention... It is not a superpower, but it is far more powerful than any superpower!"

At the same time, Ren Ibuki's body is undergoing drastic changes every second.

First, there's his physique. His muscles completely stretched his clothes, turning him into a robust figure like a bronze pillar. He was also constantly growing taller, breaking through two meters and heading towards three meters.

His head almost touched the ceiling, and his whole body had become enormous, terrifying and aggressive, turning purple all over.

Asakawa Riku wanted to rush in and interrupt him, but the sudden burst of high-temperature smoke forced him to protect his eyes and retreat.

The true divine poison is a terrifying drug that completely transforms a person; it is equivalent to a reversal of toxicity and is a complete amplification agent.

The effeminate scholarly demeanor of Ibuki Ren was gone, replaced by a colossal giant monster standing in the center of the room.

"Well, look! This is the result of my hard work...!"

His voice also became powerful and deep, each word he uttered sounding like a war drum ringing in one's ears, making one's heart tremble with fear.

"This is... the true god!"

Then the monster threw a punch, and Asakawa Riku blocked it, but he was instantly sent flying.

With a loud crash, his body was trapped in a hole in the wall, and he was enveloped in mist.

Chizuko stared in astonishment as she slowly turned her head, unable to believe what she had just witnessed…

I never imagined that Asakawa would one day be "knocked out of the air".

In terms of strength, they were suppressed.

"That's why science is such a scary thing."

Fortunately, Asakawa Riku's reassuring voice did not fade away. He pulled himself out of the dent in the wall and jumped to the ground.

He looked a little disheveled, his clothes were messy, his hair was in disarray, and his expression was unusually serious, but he wasn't bleeding.

"The results of my hard work over the past ten years can be surpassed by a single bottle of medicine. Your brain is your superpower, but unfortunately you haven't made good use of it."

"It's really hard."

Ibuki Ren shook his fist, which was now almost as big as a human's, as if he had just transformed and was not yet able to control the strength of that body.

But in any case, he definitely had the upper hand:

"Asakawa Riku, I'm giving you one last chance. Do you want to cooperate with me? I despise those who rely on innate power, but someone like you who climbs up step by step through your own efforts is very much to my liking. If we join forces, absolutely no one can stop us, and we will become the gods of this world!"

"I don't want to be a god."

Asakawa Riku stroked his chin, as if adjusting the position of a certain tooth: "I just want to be an ordinary student."

"A student?" Ibuki Ren stared at him as if she had heard a very funny joke. "With such great power, you only want to be a student?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

Asakawa Riku looked at him calmly: "Everyone has their own dreams, right?"

"That's a real pity..." Ibuki Ren's face was now barely recognizable as human, resembling the hideous face of a demon: "Hey, aren't you curious? Even a weak scholar like me could crush your power with the [Divine Poison]. If it were you, what level would you reach after experiencing such a miracle!"

"Well... Miss Detective should know."

Asakawa Riku had only uttered half a sentence when his figure had already disappeared from the spot.

Dongyun Sueyue was stunned for a moment, not yet realizing what he meant.

The next second, he appeared behind Ibuki Ren and kicked her head so hard that he shattered Ibuki Ren's eye that was chasing after him!

"I never like using consumable potions when I play RPG games!"

Winter of the Demons: Chapter Thirty-Nine - The Real Deal

Ren Ibuki roared and staggered backward, his huge body losing its balance and about to fall.

But at that moment, he somehow reached out and grabbed Asakawa Riku in mid-air!

"...!"

The terrifying grip and confinement instantly captured Asakawa Riku's body, making it impossible for him to break free.

The monster grabbed Asakawa Riku, and although it sat down on the ground, it kept slamming and bumping him around the room as if it had caught an insect.

The walls, floors, and ceilings were all hit hard, and in an instant, the underground structure cracked and multiple holes were created.

Asakawa Riku suddenly felt unprecedented pain. His senses were overwhelmed by the speed and impact, and all he could see were blurry lights and shadows.

Instinctively, I wanted to tear the other person's hand off to escape, but that guy's skin was as hard as iron.

For Riku Asakawa, "iron-clad" was already a metaphor; even he couldn't penetrate the skin of the monster Ibuki Ren, which was so hard that it was despair-inducing.

He could only be tossed around, constantly enduring the damage...!

The terrifying impact forced Chizuko and Shinonome Sugetsuki to constantly dodge the falling rocks and cement blocks, causing the buildings to groan under the strain.

In an instant, the once orderly underground facilities were transformed into a hellish scene of utter chaos.

What I was seeing was like something out of a myth.

The monster that Ibuki Ren transformed into had grown to over three meters tall, with its back covered in hideous, twisted muscles, resembling a demon's face.

The entire person was dyed purple, resembling the Hulk, with sharp, helmet-like structures growing from the bones on the top of his head, perhaps to protect his skull.

But in Chizuko's eyes, it looked like the face of a "demon".

"Shuten-dōji..."

She couldn't help but mutter, overwhelmed with fear.

Yes, although she was created by technology and medicine, Ibuki Ren has now become a concept of that dimension, and her terrifying strength completely suppresses Asakawa.

It's just like that legendary great demon.

"Hey! Stop spacing out! Is there any way to save him?!"

At the same time, Shinonome Suetsuki ran over, grabbed her shoulder, and shook her hard.

"No..." Chizuko bit her lip, forcing herself to stay awake, but the more awake she became, the more calmly desperate her words became: "The strongest monster I can currently contract is Kiku. You know, I just cut off four of his fingers, but they will come back in an instant. He is regenerating his body, every moment!"

Yes, just like when Asakawa Riku kicked the monster's eye, it was completely undamaged.

The same applies to fingers. The moment a finger is severed, a new finger will sprout from the wound in the next second, and the whole process takes less than a second.

The original [Divine Poison] possessed terrifying lethal and corrosive effects; after the reversal, it naturally acquired the terrifying [Healing and Revival] functions.

This monster not only possesses devastating destructive power, but it can even heal itself, making it virtually invincible!

"Then we should run away."

At this moment, Shinonome Suetsuki, who usually behaved strangely, displayed the composure expected of someone her age for the first time. She said to Chizuko:

"Use your strongest power to hold off that monster for as long as possible. I'm going to rescue Asakawa Riku."

"Wait... don't be ridiculous!" Chizuko grabbed her immediately and said seriously, "Don't think you can take risks just because you have the ability to foresee the future! Even if you can see the future, can you dodge all the attacks with your speed? You'll die if you get hit even once, this is no joke!"

"I--"

Moyue seemed to want to say something more, but was interrupted by a roar.

"...Step back!"

It was Riku Asakawa!

He had escaped from the monster's grasp without anyone noticing.

Although I was in a terrible state, my stomach was churning, and my head was spinning and I was in a daze, how long had it been since I had been injured like this?

"Cough cough!" He coughed up a little blood.

"Asakawa-san!"

Chizuko couldn't help but shout.

"Everyone, stand back."

Asakawa Riku said coldly, tearing off his clothes and throwing them away, wiping the blood on his chest and arms, spreading it evenly little by little.

Hearing his serious tone, Chizuko and Suetsuki exchanged a glance, realizing that there was no way to stop him.

Suddenly, without warning, Chizuko's legs buckled, and she cried out "Eh!" as she fell to her right. Fortunately, Suetsuki reacted in time and caught her.

"I think I overexerted myself... I'm sorry, I need to rest for a bit."

She spoke with difficulty, her voice clearly weak.

In those few minutes, she probably forced Aju to repeatedly recite the numbers one to nine, countless times.

"Moyue, please take good care of her. The further away you all go, the better. It would be best to find Yukie and go out together, because this place might collapse."

Asakawa Riku's body also seemed to be changing, but not in a dramatic way like the effects of the drug; instead, a slow, rising heat was being released.

"Never."

Suezuki's expression was unusually calm. She actually supported the weak Chizuko and sat down at a safe distance.

"Such a handsome man, of course I have to be in the VIP seats to see him right away, otherwise I'll miss it."

"What a willful woman."

As Asakawa Riku moved his neck, wrists, and ankles, his demeanor underwent a complete transformation...

My height increased without me even realizing it, and my bones cracked and popped as if some kind of limiter had been removed, eventually stopping at around two meters.

The clothes were torn open, revealing exaggerated muscles with sharp, clean lines and contours, as if cleaved by a knife or axe.

His torso bears scars and cuts that are usually invisible. These are not entirely from injuries, but rather marks left by his self-training and self-discipline, all of which are proof of his growth.

The muscular physique is not bulky like that of a bodybuilder; instead, it is a perfect mechanical structure, with everything designed for the purpose of "weapons" and "combat."

It is a stunning Greek sculpture, every inch of it is just right.

He didn't become as gigantic as Ibuki Ren, but at this moment, he finally found his true weapon.

The form of "getting serious".

"Could it be that you've been hiding your true strength all this time?"

Ibuki Ren sneered, watching the change in Asakawa Riku's demeanor, and looked down at him provocatively: "What an arrogant fellow, huh? What can you possibly change by acting like this?"

"No... I'm not hiding my strength, I'm just worried that muscles like that might not be very attractive to girls."

Asakawa Riku looked up at his opponent without any hesitation, a sunny smile on his face:

"But now some people say that she thinks it's cool."

Winter of the Demons: Chapter Forty - Techniques

Asakawa Riku's battle strategy is very simple.

The recent contact has confirmed that his "strength" and "physique" are inferior to Ibuki Ren's, and he was even completely suppressed by her.

This was no ordinary blow to him; in fact, it's no exaggeration to say that he had never encountered anything like it before.

But Asakawa Riku felt that this did not mean there was no chance at all.

He still has one last trump card, a trump card that can turn the tide—