It Became a Time-Stop Slit-Eye

14. Sword and sword.

“Each!”

Suddenly, a sneeze came out.

The itchy tip of the nose was an irresistible force.

“Hmm, did someone curse at me?”

Then we must find the culprit.

If anyone is interested in me enough to curse at me this late at night, the landlord and sento, who were with me just a moment ago, are likely to be strong.

It’s very reprehensible that the two of you gossip so hard.

Well, to say it was just a while ago, it was quite late because I was doing things separately.

─Kieek!

“It’s just too bad that no one knows even though I work so hard. Is this the fate of a dark hero?”

Muttering with a melancholy heart, I lightly cut the attacking monster in two.

Suddenly! It was like dried fish, so it didn’t taste good.

As soon as the monster died, I confirmed that the blood on the blade and the severed corpse had turned to ashes and flew away, so I inserted the sword.

For some reason, I feel like I did a lot of work today in many ways.

“Is this the tenth?”

Certainly, the frequency of monsters appearing has increased significantly in recent years.

From last night when Kenichi woke up, it’s going to increase even more.

Someday, they will come out simultaneously to the extent that I can’t handle them all by myself.

The seal of the previous era is released and the monsters in the city become more rampant.

If the number of monsters continues to increase and increase, the day will come when the magicians of Tokyo will not be able to kill them all, even if they are mobilized.

Every day a little monster survives.

At the end of the monsters who survived and got together, maybe a colony will be formed.

That enormous crowd is Episode 2 of ‘The End of Love’, Night Trip to One Hundred Ghosts (百鬼夜行).

Night monsters will come on a different scale from the first day, which was just a tutorial.

Remembering that crazy monster wave, I laughed and muttered.

“Now, let’s get ready.”

Hundred Ghost Nights.

It was already thrilling to imagine thousands of monsters running amok in the school and chasing down the protagonists.

Of course I was the one blocking it.

***

After that, I took Sento home with a much lighter expression, as if the class had ended successfully.

I wondered if he didn’t go to class and just wentssip about me, but when I ask him about it, he seems very petty.

As a person with a bold personality, I decided to tolerate their relationship without saying anything.

Last night, I thought about whether or not to ask DoCoMo, the person in charge of fertilization.

Anyway, I stayed up all night and greeted the high school morning as usual.

As a model student acknowledged by the entire school, I arrived at the classroom earlier than the start time, and Sento, who went to school with me, did the same.

She told me yesterday with an expressionless face and voice.

“We’re not even dating, how long are you going to wait in front of the house?”

“Ah, whoever hears it will misunderstand! We just met by chance, didn’t we?”

“This is so damn shameless.”

“hahahaha, thank you for the compliment.”

Sento Sawamura, who was seated next to me, let out a big sigh, and I finally looked forward.

It’s quite early, but in the front seat was Hotaru Ichinose, a good model student just like us.

She was working on her math workbook with her brow furrowed as if she was in a bad mood today.

Perhaps the reason she’s not in a good mood is probably because of her childhood friend and next-door mate, Kenichi Kitagawa, the main character of ‘End of Love’.

She let it go well yesterday, but it didn’t seem to work.

‘The original plan was to focus on Hotaru…… ‘

The combination of Kenichi, who nullifies all abilities and has a strong basic body spec, and Hotaru Ichinose, the ‘Fire Maiden’ who has the ability to seal and purify monsters, is powerful.

As I haven’t cleared the last episode, I can’t say for sure that it’s the correct answer, but it still feels like a classic combination.

However, the ancient weapon, Sawamura Sento, was in the middle of being fostered, and Hotaru, who was originally the center of the plan, was left without knowing anything.

‘I don’t know if Kenichi has awakened yet.’

Before their misunderstanding grows and their relationship goes wrong, I need to reconcile them well.

Later, her firepower would be weaker than that of Sento, who perfectly mastered her magic, but she was also an important talent.

That was a story that could also be applied to Eris, a planetary mage with whom she was not very close at the moment.

To dare to send a creature to spy on me is very disgraceful.

“You’ll have to use a trick sooner or later.”

“… ….”

As I muttered with a sly smile, Sento Sawamura, sitting next to me, glared at me with her eyes narrowed.

Are you trying to imitate me?

It would be good to see her attitude of trying to resemble me more and more as a reflection of her open mind.

Yes, this is a very good thing.

While nodding his head in satisfaction, Udang-tang! The classroom door opened with a loud bang.

When I turned my gaze with a very puzzled heart, there was Kenichi Kitagawa who was breathing very heavily like yesterday.

Arriving at the classroom, he immediately looked at me with his eyes wide open.

“Gee, I guess I figured it out after all.”

Looks like the necklace turned into a sword last night.

I wasn’t particularly surprised that he knew of my abilities, as it was expected.

Of course, the fact that I showed my true self in front of Kenichi was a minor change.

Yeah, in a way, it’s just that the fostering for the progress of the early episodes has changed from Hotaru and Kenichi to Kenichi and Sento.

I honestly had the desire to proceed stably as there would only be one chance.

But since he’s been involved in the story in earnest, he needs to be nurtured very well.

I couldn’t clear the game, but looking at it like this, I’m the one who researched while hitting the bad ending hundreds of times.

“Hey, Kenichi. Why are you here early?”

Before Kenichi, who had stiffened in front of the classroom, approached me, I jumped up from my seat and approached him with a wry expression on my face.

Kenichi, who has always been kind to me, faced me with a very nervous expression for some reason today.

“…… Shiki, you-“

“By the way, Kenichi, that was already the other day, isn’t the beat too late?”

“…… ! You really?!”

At those words, Kitagawa Kenichi, the main character of ‘End of Love’, was startled and stared at me while holding the necklace, as if he was thinking of pulling out his magic sword right away.

However, he couldn’t bring himself to pull out his sword as he glanced sideways at Hotaru and other classmates who frowned behind me with shaky pupils.

It would be burdensome for me to reveal my true identity, and I must have thought that everyone in the classroom might get hurt if they fought with me.

‘Well, in reality, there is such a gap that no one gets hurt.’

It felt good to see Kenichi, the daring yet kind protagonist, once again.

Just what kind of person did this ignorant protagonist perceive me as?

Looking at Kenichi, who couldn’t fight in a fit of anger or talk in a friendly way like usual, I felt frustrated on the other hand.

“I can’t help it. In many ways, I, the senior in many ways, has no choice but to feed it.”

Right now, with Kenichi in front of me, I turned my back on everyone in the classroom.

No one will see what he pulls out of his sleeve.

Seureung─I took out the dagger from my chest and slowed down time.

Not only the movement of classmates in the classroom, but even the speed of recognition slowed down like slugs.

In a world where everyone is slow, only the protagonist, Kenichi, witnessed what I was doing with his eyes wide open.

“…… You!”

Is it because the tension is maximized?

Have you come to the conclusion that you shouldn’t look further than now?

Intense light emanated from the cross necklace Kenichi was holding onto.

─Incompetent demonic sword, change change

A necklace turns into a sword.

What do other people see?

“No, you can’t do that.”

Fortunately, mine was faster.

I summoned a longsword from the air and pulled it out with a smirk on my face.

Then,

─Everyone’s time stopped.

Sento Sawamura, who was watching with a frown on what was going on, Hotaru, who was wide-eyed, and all the other students in the classroom stopped.

“… ….”

In a world where everything stopped, only me and Kenichi, the owners of the sword, were alive and moving.

The guy must have been nervous as he grabbed the magic sword in his hand while his whole body trembled.

…… No, did you instinctively feel the gap?

In that case, you might have to admire the fighting spirit.

This episode’s Kenichi at least won’t run away while fighting.

Satisfied, I shook my head and praised him with a bright smile.

“First of all, I like the posture.”

Okay then, it’s time to take the next step.

In an instant, I closed the distance and grabbed Kenichi by the collar.

I opened my eyes and threw the floundering guy out the hallway window with all my might.

“hahahaha, let’s change the fighting location.”

I caught up with Kenichi, who had risen in the air, and threw me down on the playground.

Kwaaang—!

This is the beginning of the main character development plan.