"..." After leaving school, I went to check the release of my lottery numbers with someone on the street. I politely asked to borrow their phone and looked up how my number was doing.
And I saw something that made me terribly angry. I breathed calmly, returned the phone to the person, thanked them, and quickly went to an alley and climbed a building, then called the demon to talk.
"Hihihi Shizune, you don't look too happy," the cat says as I look at him. Having my feelings reduced doesn't mean I don't feel anger, in fact, I feel it when situations like this occur.
"You switched my lottery numbers," I say, throwing the lottery ticket I had been holding. The numbers are no longer the ones I played, they were altered somehow.
"Hiihihihahahahahahaha," the cat bursts out laughing, looking at the paper. It's obvious this hellish wretch was the one who did this, and the worst part is that I can't even try to bet again because it's a certainty that he would change them again.
"Why did you do that?" It was my chance to have the money to not have to worry, after all, I'm literally a homeless person, I don't have a house, family, or any money for anything.
"Why did I do this, you ask? It's simple, I won't let you cheat in life this way. If you want money, you have to get it through illegal acts, steal from someone, rob a bank, it doesn't matter, I just won't let you get rich through bets."
"Can I know why you want me to be so evil?"
"..." He just stays silent. I sigh, I won't get anything by arguing with this stupid cat.
"Hey...hey...HEY, HEY, HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" The cat says in surprise when I grab him by the tail and throw him from the building into the alley dumpster.
"YOU DAMNED WRETCH, I'LL GET MY REVENGE AS SOON AS I GET THE CHANCE," I hear him screaming as a thud occurs when he falls inside the dumpster.
"Money...how can I get money?" I sit on the edge of the building, looking at the sky while thinking about how to get money. All my plans used future knowledge to bet.
I can't just rob a bank, to begin with, I don't even know how I would do that. Unlike the magical girls who easily hide who they are, I can't do that, and even if I could, there are cameras.
If a camera records me, I'd have to kill myself and try again, so robbing a bank isn't worth it.
"That's it...I'll be poor..." There's no quick and easy way to make money. If a camera records me, it's over, I'll have to start over.
"Well...it's not all that bad..." I can live with my sister, I know how to convince her, but it just so happens that I can't do that right now, so my only option is to live on the streets until I at least have a bit of friendship with my sister, and then appeal to her naivety and kindness.
'Maybe...I should join those disgusting ones...' There is a "headquarters" of magical girls that my sister is going to join, they will likely be some of my probable enemies since some disgusting traitors emerge from there.
One of them even "sold" my sister to a monster, tricking her and letting the monster capture her. In fact, my sister was captured many times and couldn't escape. The monsters themselves would release her because they didn't consider her a threat and didn't fear her at all, besides finding it fun to break her. Several repeated monsters captured her.
"That reminds me...I need to torture some monsters..." My voice has an extremely cold tone when I murmur this. I won't be satisfied without making some of these beings go through hell.
'I feel so stupid...how did I never notice this...' I know that I was probably affected by the magical girl's power and didn't notice, but I feel so stupid for being deceived like this.
I jump off the building. For now, I need to go get money and a place to sleep, and I'm also a bit hungry.
"..." I walk the streets thinking about what to do. The answer to this depends on how many problems I want to avoid and how many I'm willing to take on.
'Will I need that demon again?...' He's trying to make me dependent on his powers, and that's bad, so I give up on that idea. I don't need a demon for everything.
"Hey there, kitty," a guy suddenly appears, putting his hand on my waist. I feel repulsed to be touched like this, but I decide to take advantage of the opportunity, there are no cameras around.
"Do you need something?" I question with a "kind" smile. I'm going to trick this fool and get some money from him. If the demon wants me to be evil, there's not much I can do.
"I just need you, beautiful," he gives a very old pickup line.
"How much money do you have on you?" I go straight to the point. I want to know how much money I can take from this fool.
"So you're one of those, huh? I have enough to buy your smile," he says with an arrogant smile, while I notice suspicious movements of three more men.
'Probably a group to hunt and rape women...'
"How about you come with me, honey? I'll take you to heaven," this is kind of nostalgic. I remember beating up fools like this who tried to do things with my sister. They end up not coming back if you beat them enough.
"Sure, I think I'll take 7, is that okay?"
"7? Hahaha, of course," he misunderstands what I'm talking about and starts guiding me, holding my waist, while a few more guys follow behind, thinking they're well hidden.
We start to pass through an alley, and he lets me go while I continue forward, but of course, it's a dead-end alley. I turn around, looking at the guy who has an arrogant smile and a disgusting look at my body.
With him are 3 more guys with the same disgusting look.
"Stay quiet, screaming for help won't do any good, we'll make sure no one comes," he says in a tone of superiority. I stand still as he approaches.
'I don't need the magical girl outfit, they're just normal people.' When they all get close, I quickly kick one of the men, breaking his legs and knocking him out with another kick to the head. The others, who didn't expect the attack, are in shock.
I do a spinning kick on another, hitting him hard against the wall and knocking him out, while I advance towards the other, grabbing his head and hitting it hard against another wall.
"Only you're left. Now I'll take the 7 I said," I tell the guy who wanted to abuse me. Unfortunately, crimes like these are more common than I'd like, I say this because I've defended my sister from groups like this.
Although according to my sister's diary, this has to do with monsters. The presence of monsters passively increases people's bad tendencies. Of course, this doesn't excuse them.
After all, it only "increases" the bad tendency, meaning they were already like that, they just became more daring.
"W-Wait, p-please, do you want money?" The very cowardly guy falls to the ground and tries to move away, trying to save himself. Apparently, he's not the type who takes direct action, leaving it to the other 3.
"I'm going to cut off 7 of your fingers," I make the knife appear in my hand that I had hidden behind my back. Actually, I'm going to kill him after taking 7 of his fingers.
"If you scream, I'll kill you. If you try to resist, I'll kill you. And if you try to run, I'll kill you. I'll let you out alive after taking 7 of your fingers, but I'll kill the other 3 you brought."
"Now give me your hand, and do it quickly while I'm being kind." I hate rapists, they're repulsive, but this is something I didn't care about before. If it had been in the past, I wouldn't have cared.
But after learning how many times my sister was raped, I've acquired a hatred and disgust for rapists and sexual abusers like this guy.
"Freeze!" I hear a voice behind me. I hide the knife and turn around quickly, glancing at the coward on the ground and the police officer.
'Tsk...my money got away...' I look up and see the cat smiling maliciously. I figured it would be him getting revenge for me throwing him in the dumpster.
"Officer, please help me, these men were trying to rape me," I say, making a terrified face. I know how to explain why 3 of them are on the ground.
The officer points a Taser at the frightened man behind me while looking at the other 3 on the ground.
"L-Lie! Officer, she threatened me with a knife!" The guy on the ground yells, trying to get out of it.
"Girl, raise your..." He was going to tell me to raise my hands, but I did so without resistance, showing that my hand had no knife and my dress was not suitable for hiding something like a knife.
"O-Officer, how can you believe this criminal? I-I'm so scared, arrest this man!" I say, crying while my body trembles in fear.
Crying is not difficult, I just need to imagine something that makes me sad, so I think about the despair I felt when I lost my sister and let the tears flow.
The officer comes to us and points the taser at the man, who looks shocked at me, after all, he saw the knife turning into particles.
I look at the man since the officer is now behind me and won't see anything. I look at him with a look of disgust and threat, while making the knife appear.
I make a throat-cutting gesture with the knife and show him a line and a scissors sign with my fingers, indicating that those who talk too much lose their tongue.
The look on his face is pure terror, as he saw the knife appearing and disappearing again. The officer talks to him, and he admits the crime.
"Girl, what happened to the 3 on the ground?" The officer asks me after handcuffing the criminal.
"...They fought each other...officer, could you give me some money? This man threatened and robbed me, I don't have a penny and need to get home, my little sister will be worried and crying without me," I say, trying to elicit pity from him.
I don't want to go to a police station, I need to go talk to the demon.
"...Okay, you've been through something terrible. I'll take these men to the police station, and I'll release you since my shift is over and it would be difficult to take you with me," he makes an excuse to let me go while taking the wallet of the man, taking out the money and handing it to me.
"But without a complaint, they'll only be in jail for a night at most," the officer says since I didn't file a police report.
"That's fine, thank you very much, officer. My little sister must be so worried, I need to go now and buy dinner for her," I give the perfect excuse.
"Be more careful, okay? Crime has decreased, but there are still many groups like these," I nod as I jog away, pretending to be in a hurry.
Not before giving one last warning look to that jerk, making him shiver in fear.
"Tsk...I couldn't kill him..." I was going to kill those 4 scumbags, they don't deserve mercy.
Seeing them makes me agitated, as it reminds me of my sister and what she went through.
'Is my obsession...growing?' I question with uncertainty. It seems to be increasing. I've never gone so far as to kill just because of this.
"Demon, I want to talk to you..." I've already understood that I need to coexist better with him, or he'll keep interfering with me at every turn, so I'll reach an agreement that benefits both of us.
But I also have to think about this whole killing people thing. It's strange that I even considered it. It's not natural if I think about it now. I feel like something is wrong. I think I'm being led to do things I wouldn't normally do.