It Became a Time-Stop Slit-Eye

15. Kenichi! Kenichi! Are you okay?!

‘…… How did it happen?’

Kenichi Kitagawa continued to think while lying on the floor in disbelief.

When he woke up last night, his grandfather’s belongings, an old necklace, had been replaced with a sword.

He had experienced it once before, but he thought it was a dream because his memories were so absurd.

I had a fight with my childhood friend Hotaru because I couldn’t keep my promise, and I was scolded by Baki, my math teacher and homeroom teacher.

…… He said that he really encountered a monster that day, Ichimaru Shiki.

Kenichi realized the truth belatedly, and it was late at night, but he pondered for a long time on whether to talk to Shiki’s contact number he had received the other day.

What the hell was your identity, and what did you mean by that day?

He had a lot to say, but he tried to be patient.

Because we weren’t going to talk about common sense enough to calm down through text messages.

Let’s go to school in the morning and have a face-to-face conversation.

Until dawn, Kenichi gathered his thoughts on what to say to his best friend, Shiki.

Perhaps because of nervousness or impatience, he left the house earlier than usual and went to school.

I don’t know what the ending will be, but I thought we could at least have a conversation.

“…… Cool!”

In less than 10 seconds of meeting them, they were stuck on the ground.

It’s not the level of falling on the hallway or classroom floor while playing with boys.

Falling from the height of the 3rd floor of a building to the playground…… It was also thrown with great force.

The amount of shock that could have killed you.

However, Kenichi Kitagawa, who survived, took a deep breath and stumbled up from his seat with a body covered in dirt, but better than expected.

Fortunately, there were no serious injuries such as a head injury or broken limbs.

Of course, that doesn’t mean there was nothing wrong.

His whole body was tingling, and his lungs were startled, and he obsessively craved oxygen.

My heart was beating like crazy.

He wanted to ignore the reality right in front of him, saying it must be a dream, but the desire to survive spoke.

“Oh, are you moving right away?”

If you don’t move right now……

“This is beyond my expectations.”

I really might die from him.

The moment I barely got up and straightened my sword, a sharp tip approached.

A real sword that cuts and stabs people.

It comes.

Kenichi barely read the trajectory with wide eyes and raised the sword above his head.

Catch up Geek—! Unpleasant metal sounds, trembling hands, the feeling of pressure as the sword pushed down my throat, and a sharp gaze met right in front of my eyes.

My heart beats restlessly.

I had never felt it before, so I didn’t know it, but the fear of death instinctively rose from the murderous energy emitted by the monster in front of me.

‘…… I really die!’

Kenichi was desperate to survive.

I don’t know anything about swordsmanship.

If I had the slightest amount of time, I would have imitated the sword I saw someday.

Kwajik! Kwajik! He hurriedly brought his sword to the flying slashes.

The arm that held the sword gave shock to his entire body.

Even in the midst of anxiety that the sword might break, I managed to block the slash that was about to sever my body.

In order not to die, I burned my life.

“hahahaha! Good, very good! It’s been a long time since I only stuck with a sword, but it feels good! We can practice with each other, and don’t we just burn with the will to live?!”

“…… Practice like this, I never wanted!”

“This is how life really is! Who wants adversity and failure?”

Catch up Geek—!

Ichimaru Shiki, who faced swords right in front of his eyes, said with a flustered face as usual.

“Aren’t you curious about the adversity that your beloved grandfather passed on to you?”

“…… What is that-“

“Congratulations, Kenichi. You have been chosen as the hero of the world and as a warrior. I was born with the fate of having to defend my spirit vein at all costs, and I inherited the lineage of being chased by monsters all my life.”

“… ….”

“If you don’t want to die soon, you have to practice hard, right?”

Perhaps the truth.

It was what Shiki, who looked like an insidious black man, was saying, but I had a hunch that it must be true.

It was a story that was too far away for him.

“What?”

Then, Shiki Ichimaru raised his sword high into the sky with a smile on his face.

“Are you going to die?”

At those words, Kenichi immediately regained consciousness and gave his strength again, but it was already too late.

The guillotine began to fall from the sky.

I hit it with all my might.

Quaaa!

Kenichi desperately held on to his sword to block it.

However, unlike before, the huge impact drove him to the ground with his foot in the same position.

Dust rose and swayed vigorously, covering the playground like a whitish mist.

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The earth fog has subsided.

Then, the only thing left in the playground was a narrow-eyed swordsman and a single seedling.

Kenichi passed out, pinned to the ground as he held the sword above his head.

“Oh, what a mess. I guess I’m glad I didn’t have to plant a tombstone.”

Concerned with his friend’s pitiful appearance, he turned his gaze to check the dug-out playground, then shook his head slowly.

“I guess I’ll have to take care of it soon.”

Cleaning up these traces could have been done with a simple spell.

What’s more problematic is how to deal with this fainting Kenichi……

“It’s too much trouble to explain, so let’s just kidnap them.”

After making that decision, the clean-up was instantaneous.

After removing all traces of the battle, I moved to the classroom with Kenichi, who had a clean appearance, draped over my shoulder.

Kenichi stood at an angle in front of the door.

As the scene continues in the eyes of others, I matched it precisely with my previous appearance.

I put my sword into the air.

Then time returned to normal.

Kikik……

The fainting Kenichi began to collapse.

***

‘What happened.’

When Kenichi Kitagawa arrives, Shiki Ichimaru immediately gets up and approaches.

I know that we are usually close friends, but the atmosphere was different today.

At least Kenichi, who thought he was a normal person, seemed prepared for battle.

Sawamura Sento watched them with a curious expression.

How long has it been since the two eyes collided?

Kikik─

Suddenly, Kenichi lost his balance.

Sento opened his eyes wide.

I knew that Shiki Ichimaru was a special person, so the scene touched me even more.

‘…… I can’t believe I’ll kill people just by looking at them… No, can you knock it out?!’

Sawamura Sento’s Illusion has been added.

Meanwhile, Shiki, who was holding on to the falling Kenichi, shouted with a serious expression.

“Kenichi! Kenichi! Are you okay?!”

As he asked that, he shook his body intermittently, but Kenichi just swayed helplessly like a dead corpse.

At that point, his childhood friend Hotaru, who had been watching blankly, ran to his side.

“…… What is it, Ichimaru-kun? Kenichi, why are you like this?”

“I don’t know. Suddenly, there was one big stumble, and here it is!”

Ichimaru Shiki, who was looking down at Kenichi with a serious expression, suddenly touched his forehead and exclaimed in surprise as if for some reason.

“My God, my forehead is like a ball of fire.”

“…… What? Gee, it’s real!”

Hotaru immediately checked the heat on her forehead, and she put on a dumbfounded expression as if she had never touched such a hot forehead for the first time.

“Oops, ambulance! This is enough to go to the hospital!”

Certainly, if the fever is too high, even a simple cold can be dangerous.

So taking Kenichi, who was limp like a corpse, to the hospital was a reasonable decision.

To Sento Sawamura, who had even mastered simple magic yesterday, the scene looked completely different.

‘…… Wasn’t that just a heating order?’

When Ichimaru Shiki touched her forehead, magic power suddenly settled in that hand.

A spell with a very simple effect, possibly heating the object it touches.

Sento didn’t know what it meant, but he vaguely realized that the current situation was Shiki’s own play.

Just then, Shiki turned his head and our eyes met.

Ichimaru Shiki, still with a narrowed face, shouted while acting in a desperate voice.

“Captain! It’s class time soon, so can I quickly pick up Kenichi and come?”

Sento thought it was disgusting to stare at him, but he nodded his head while wearing a mask with a worried expression on his face as well.

“Yes, please.”

Soon after Shiki’s report, Shihei family personnel disguised as ambulances arrived.

The main character, Kenichi, was loaded onto the vehicle.

The kidnapping is complete.

***

“…… Huh!”

Kenichi inhaled his breath and jumped up.

As his last memory was of being hit by a sword and buried in the ground, he hurriedly looked for a sword to fight against, but the sword had already returned to his necklace.

“…… Ah.”

Maybe this is a dream?

Kenichi felt a sense of relief for a moment, and had a little bit of anticipation for a moment, but he soon realized that he was in an unfamiliar space.

It was neither a school health room nor a hospital emergency room.

It’s like a remnant of the past, a tatami room where you can feel the antiquity of an old house.

“No way… ….”

There is no guilt or resentment in the tatami room, but Kenichi feels a bit uneasy looking at the unfamiliar ceiling.

He staggered up from the bed and cautiously approached the door and put his ear to it.

… ….

Okay, I can’t feel the presence.

There is no one.

I opened the door with such confidence.

“Oh, good morning!”

“… ….”

I ran into a man with a sloppy face right away.

It is a nightmare.

Kenichi closed his eyes tightly.