Episode 5: It seems the mouth is the source of all evil

　In a back alley of the castle town.

　Hanakiru Uta had purposely teleported to a deserted spot, but he crossed his arms and tilted his head, saying "Hmm."

"Well then... what should I do now?"

　Uta has arrived in the castle town... but to be honest, this is completely unplanned.

　Although he told his childhood friends with a serious look on his face that he would find a way to return to his original world, he had no idea what to do.

"The quickest way would be for me to become perfect, but..."

　If Uta were to abandon his human body and return to his true form as an evil god, it would be easy for him to travel through time and space and return to his original world.

　However, as the saying goes, spilled water cannot be put back into the pot, and once a person has become perfect, they can no longer return to human form.

　In the first place, it is a miracle that the evil god Uta is able to inhabit a human body. Uta himself does not know how this situation came about.

"Hmm... If I were to just turn back into an evil god, everyone would get angry..."

　His four childhood friends and his parents... they'll surely be angry and sad.

　If possible, this is something you want to avoid.

　In that case, the next thing that came to mind was to be able to use the complete power of an evil god while retaining a human body.

　This may not be impossible, but I don't know how to do it.

"For now, I guess I'll just gather some information. Let's just go out into town like this...huh?"

　Uta was walking slowly down the back streets, when he turned a corner and came across an unexpected scene.

　A girl around elementary school age was surrounded by several men.

"Come on, come over here!"

"S-Stop it!"

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「Don't resist! In the first place, it's your dad who got into debt that's the cause of this!」

　The three men grabbed the girl by the arms and tried to drag her away.

　It was a rather criminal sight... but when Uta saw it, he groaned, "Hmm."

"Is this... a guilty thing? Or is it legal in this world?"

　The men were talking about "my father's debts" or something.

　It seems that the girl's father has run up a huge debt and the girl is being abducted to repay it.

"...This is tricky."

　Maybe he should stop him, but... Uta hesitates for a moment.

　If this were the Japan of the original world, kidnapping and human trafficking would have been crimes, but in this world they may be legal.

"In that case... is it wrong to blame the men one-sidedly? In the first place, it's not like there's any reason to help them."

"…………Hey"

"But the pictures are still criminal. These people have really evil faces. Their breath stinks. And their faces are ugly."

"Hey, you there...hey!"

"Maybe I should do something about it after all... If Chika and the others find out that I abandoned her, they'll probably get mad at me... but I don't want to get involved. I bet they have a really strong body odor."

"You bastard, get your act together! Can you even hear me?"

"Wow!"

　The men yelled at him and Uta cried out in surprise.

　The men who had been harassing the girl were now glaring at Uta with angry looks on their faces.

"Oh, maybe I said it out loud?"

"You're being unconscious! I thought you were actually trying to provoke me!"

　The men yell.

　Uta has a bad habit of talking to himself a lot.

"Sorry, sorry, that was my fault. You shouldn't judge people by their appearances. I guess his breath stinks, but I was wrong to assume he was a bad person."

「You’re pretending to apologize, but you’re provoking me again! I’ll kill you!」

　One of the trio held the girl down while the remaining two walked towards Uta.

　He raises his fist and suddenly attacks.

"Uraaah!"

"Hk...!"

　Uta was simply beaten without any resistance.

　He fell face up on the ground and his mouth smelled of blood, similar to rust.

"Don't pick a fight with us and think you'll get away with it, you little brat!"

"Should I sell you off too? Or use you as fertilizer for the fields?"

　The men trample on the fallen Uta, spitting at him and yelling insults at him.

　He kicked Uta over and over again...and finally, he seemed to have had enough and snorted, "Hmph!"

"You brat... if you learn your lesson from this, don't underestimate me!"

" In this Neighborhood Don't wander around here. The next time you show your face I'll kill you!"

"That's scary. I'll be careful."

"What...!"

　Uta said lightly, standing up calmly.

　Even though he had been subjected to a great deal of violence by the men, there were no visible scars on his body.

　I lightly tapped my blazer on my body Sand Dust Drop it.

"That was my fault for saying something bad about you. You kicked me on purpose. I'm glad that it satisfied you."

"You bastard... who are you?"

"It would take too long to explain, so can you just answer? I'm getting hungry, so I guess we can go now, right?"

"Dammit... Die!"

　I wonder what bothered them...the men raised their fists and started punching me again.

　Uta still didn't resist, but the moment the man's fist touched his body, the men disappeared.

"teeth…O+O…?"

"picture…O=O…?"

　Another man and the girl standing a short distance away cried out in surprise.

　It was a natural reaction, seeing as two men had vanished in a puff of smoke at once.

"For every insult I said, I got punched and kicked. If they do it again, I'll fight back."

"Hey, hey! Where on earth are those guys…?"

"It's lonely being alone"

"Huh...?!"

　Uta's voice came from behind the last remaining man.

　Before he knew it, Uta had moved behind the man.

"You can follow them. Your friends are waiting for you."

"You..."

　The man was unable to finish his sentence and disappeared.

　He was transported by Uta's power.

"Uh, who are you..."

"Those people were just sent flying outside the town. They'll be back soon, so if you're going to run away, you'd better do it fast."

"a……"

"See you later."

　After giving a quick wave to the confused girl, Uta left the alley.