[Darkness in Front of You]
Everybody sure like knife.
While thinking about that, I parried a knife that was suddenly thrown from an empty space.
Blood spilled from my cut cheek, and Yoiyami-san’s jacket that I wore was torn to pieces.
The mock battle of Hitsugiya and I will be held using the rule of not using ability…It was supposed to be, but that that rule was broken 5 seconds after the start of the battle.
That rule was decided by Yoiyami-san, but with the mutual understanding of Hitsugiya and I, we decided to overwrite the rule.
Yoiyami-san himself perhaps knew that it would come to this, but I think he suggested it regardless because he was hinting that we shouldn’t overdo it.
Or did it mean ’fight to your heart content’?
In any case, the fact that the supposed mock battle turning into normal fight to the death is inevitable.
I glanced at the time on my watch. It’s almost an hour since this mock combat started.
“Haa… Haa…”
The battle is taking place in the desolate old town area outside the walls, away from the city center.
This is an area that was abandoned due to a large-scale conflict between the mafia. It is now separated by a gate and is no longer under the jurisdiction of the SDF. And it seems that demon beasts sometimes appear.
In other words, this is a place where I can fire Soundshoot without reservation.
However, there was no feedback to the total of 5 Soundshoot that I’ve released so far.
I take a guess on his ability. Ability specialized in assassination…The mobility to move out of the range of Soundshoot in an instant. And his figure that appears and disappears.
However, he didn’t approach me in more than a certain amount of range means that he is wary of Soundshoot. And the fact that he didn’t get too close to me means that he had seen through the range where he can’t avoid it.
And the most troublesome this is that the sound he made sounded intermittent. Sometimes I can’t hear his sound during the battle.
Judging from these, I guess that Hitsugiya’s ability is probably of the strengthening system like Roll’s ‘Stray Cat’ which enhance physical ability and another unknown ability. And that means that he is a dual-ability user, huh.
It was my blunder to show the firepower of the Soundshoot at the beginning.
But for some reason, Hitsugya seems to already know my ability.
Yoiyami-san called me Shion, so I wonder if that was reason. If he knew just from that, it means my name has gotten quite well-known.
Well, it’s inevitable because I, who caused such a disaster when my ability manifested, entered Anonymous just like that.
I managed to steady my breathing and looked at my surrounding at once.
I feel a gaze. The problem is that he has never showed a gap even once.
The situation is also work against me as we started the battle by facing each other.
In the first place, my ability is not suitable for such a head-on one-on-one battle.
Therefore, it is natural that I don’t have a chance to win the current situation where I’ve been pushed back from the start and have not been able to counter-attack even once.
The field sure is not bad though.
When I thought so, his sound appeared at a point about 100m behind me.
A straight road surrounded by lined up abandoned buildings. If I extended its range, Soundshoot can probably reach it, but I can’t expect anything from its power. It’s probably useless.
Looking back, there stood Hitsugiya.
“I’m tired. Let’s stop. Even for me, keeping this up is tiring and it’s troublesome. Our abilities aren’t compatible with each other.”
He said so from 100m away without raising his voice. He knows that I can hear him.
While completely putting his guard down, Hitsugiya walked this way, I turned my body towards him.
I don’t let my guard down. This is because he probably aiming for a surprise attack.
I reached for the phone in my pocket to ask Yoiyam-san for judgment.
At that time, the sun peeked out from the clouds behind the abandoned buildings. The glare makes me close my eyes for a moment.
“…!”
At the next moment, Hitsugiya was behind me.
A knife was pushed to my neck. But I was not killed, so I immediately gave up firing the Soundshoot.
I raise both hands and surrender. I don’t know how he got here, but it seemed to be by a teleport ability.
If you can do something like that, then do it from the start! – so I thought, but perhaps there was a reason why he couldn’t do it until now.
“You, since when did you set foot in this side of the world?”
Hitsugiya said with a calm expression, but I can tell that his heart rate has risen a little, it seems that the move he did just now was a little tasking to him.
There is a condition to use it, huh. Dammit, I was careless.
Even though I knew he is a man who hides one or two trump cards.
“…It was a little over half a year ago that my ability manifested.”
“So, you entered Anonymous since then?”
“Sort of.”
I wondered if it’s okay to answer that, but I replied anyway.
Winter vacation is about to end and school will start, but I tried to be better at anything by all means.
“It feels like you came to the right world. It is understandable that Yoiyami-san was interested in you.”
Hitsugiya said while putting the knife back in his pocket.
I don’t really like this person. I don’t have a particular reason, but if I had to say it, then perhaps it is because he attacked me when we first met.
“What do you mean?”
“I’ve already passed my golden age, but it took me about thirty years to get to this area. Well, that’s about it.”
“I see. But if you get serious like just now, I can’t even be your match, right?”
I was being modest, but I don’t think that I can beat Hitsugiya.
“’If you get serious’ is the problem y’know.”
‘Oh boy’ he said and laughed while walking ahead of me. Is he going to return to the city?
Suddenly, my phone vibrates.
It was a call from Yoiyami-san.
“Yes.”
[Looks like it’s over. Give the phone to Hitsugiya.]
Being told so, I handed the phone to Hitsugiya.
“Yoiyami? We’re done.” Hitsugiya said. I can hear Yoiyami-san’s voice from the phone.
[You sure are still uncooperative. That won’t be enough for Shion’s training.]
Did Yoiyami-san watch the fight?
It seems that Yoiyami-san’s ‘Night Vision’ can be used even in this fine weather.
“You already expected it though.”
[It’s too early from the plan.]
“It’s your fault to pick me after all. But it was fun in its own way.”
[Really… Well fine, I’ll give you my thanks at least. Give the phone back to Shion.]
“Catch.”
I sullenly catch the phone thrown by Hitsugiya, but I put it on my ear.
There is no need put it on my ear, but it feels strange, so I still did it when calling.
[Are you tired?]
“No, not really.”
Hitsugiya gradually getting farther from my sight.
Maybe he noticed my gaze, he looked back and smiled. Then he turned around the corner and disappeared.
[I see. Then I’ll give it to Desuko]
“Eh?”
Desuko-san?
I couldn’t hide my confusion at the name that suddenly came out.
Immediately, I heard that innocent or energetic voice from the phone.
[Yahhoo~, Shion-kun. How are you?]
“Why are you there, Desuko-san…”
[Why? Because of work y’know.]
Desuko-san is working…?
“That sure is rare of you.”
[How rude of you! You’ve come to this city to work with me the other day, right!?]
“I understand that you’re on a job, but why are you at Yoiyami-san’s place? Don’t tell me, are you taking the mission to bring Yoiyami-san back?”
[No, no, I’m not. I took another job, but Shion-kun was here anyway, so I thought I should visit you. Or rather I think I should make you do it! Yeah~, I got more than one mission you see.]
“Ehh…”
I’m sure Desuko-san know that I’m in the middle of training now.
What an annoying person.
[In any case, get back to Yoiyami’s room quickly. See ya]
Leaving those words, she hung up the call.
[Darkness in Front of You]
Everybody sure like knife.
While thinking about that, I parried a knife that was suddenly thrown from an empty space.
Blood spilled from my cut cheek, and Yoiyami-san’s jacket that I wore was torn to pieces.
The mock battle of Hitsugiya and I will be held using the rule of not using ability…It was supposed to be, but that that rule was broken 5 seconds after the start of the battle.
That rule was decided by Yoiyami-san, but with the mutual understanding of Hitsugiya and I, we decided to overwrite the rule.
Yoiyami-san himself perhaps knew that it would come to this, but I think he suggested it regardless because he was hinting that we shouldn’t overdo it.
Or did it mean ’fight to your heart content’?
In any case, the fact that the supposed mock battle turning into normal fight to the death is inevitable.
I glanced at the time on my watch. It’s almost an hour since this mock combat started.
“Haa… Haa…”
The battle is taking place in the desolate old town area outside the walls, away from the city center.
This is an area that was abandoned due to a large-scale conflict between the mafia. It is now separated by a gate and is no longer under the jurisdiction of the SDF. And it seems that demon beasts sometimes appear.
In other words, this is a place where I can fire Soundshoot without reservation.
However, there was no feedback to the total of 5 Soundshoot that I’ve released so far.
I take a guess on his ability. Ability specialized in assassination…The mobility to move out of the range of Soundshoot in an instant. And his figure that appears and disappears.
However, he didn’t approach me in more than a certain amount of range means that he is wary of Soundshoot. And the fact that he didn’t get too close to me means that he had seen through the range where he can’t avoid it.
And the most troublesome this is that the sound he made sounded intermittent. Sometimes I can’t hear his sound during the battle.
Judging from these, I guess that Hitsugiya’s ability is probably of the strengthening system like Roll’s ‘Stray Cat’ which enhance physical ability and another unknown ability. And that means that he is a dual-ability user, huh.
It was my blunder to show the firepower of the Soundshoot at the beginning.
But for some reason, Hitsugya seems to already know my ability.
Yoiyami-san called me Shion, so I wonder if that was reason. If he knew just from that, it means my name has gotten quite well-known.
Well, it’s inevitable because I, who caused such a disaster when my ability manifested, entered Anonymous just like that.
I managed to steady my breathing and looked at my surrounding at once.
I feel a gaze. The problem is that he has never showed a gap even once.
The situation is also work against me as we started the battle by facing each other.
In the first place, my ability is not suitable for such a head-on one-on-one battle.
Therefore, it is natural that I don’t have a chance to win the current situation where I’ve been pushed back from the start and have not been able to counter-attack even once.
The field sure is not bad though.
When I thought so, his sound appeared at a point about 100m behind me.
A straight road surrounded by lined up abandoned buildings. If I extended its range, Soundshoot can probably reach it, but I can’t expect anything from its power. It’s probably useless.
Looking back, there stood Hitsugiya.
“I’m tired. Let’s stop. Even for me, keeping this up is tiring and it’s troublesome. Our abilities aren’t compatible with each other.”
He said so from 100m away without raising his voice. He knows that I can hear him.
While completely putting his guard down, Hitsugiya walked this way, I turned my body towards him.
I don’t let my guard down. This is because he probably aiming for a surprise attack.
I reached for the phone in my pocket to ask Yoiyam-san for judgment.
At that time, the sun peeked out from the clouds behind the abandoned buildings. The glare makes me close my eyes for a moment.
“…!”
At the next moment, Hitsugiya was behind me.
A knife was pushed to my neck. But I was not killed, so I immediately gave up firing the Soundshoot.
I raise both hands and surrender. I don’t know how he got here, but it seemed to be by a teleport ability.
If you can do something like that, then do it from the start! – so I thought, but perhaps there was a reason why he couldn’t do it until now.
“You, since when did you set foot in this side of the world?”
Hitsugiya said with a calm expression, but I can tell that his heart rate has risen a little, it seems that the move he did just now was a little tasking to him.
There is a condition to use it, huh. Dammit, I was careless.
Even though I knew he is a man who hides one or two trump cards.
“…It was a little over half a year ago that my ability manifested.”
“So, you entered Anonymous since then?”
“Sort of.”
I wondered if it’s okay to answer that, but I replied anyway.
Winter vacation is about to end and school will start, but I tried to be better at anything by all means.
“It feels like you came to the right world. It is understandable that Yoiyami-san was interested in you.”
Hitsugiya said while putting the knife back in his pocket.
I don’t really like this person. I don’t have a particular reason, but if I had to say it, then perhaps it is because he attacked me when we first met.
“What do you mean?”
“I’ve already passed my golden age, but it took me about thirty years to get to this area. Well, that’s about it.”
“I see. But if you get serious like just now, I can’t even be your match, right?”
I was being modest, but I don’t think that I can beat Hitsugiya.
“’If you get serious’ is the problem y’know.”
‘Oh boy’ he said and laughed while walking ahead of me. Is he going to return to the city?
Suddenly, my phone vibrates.
It was a call from Yoiyami-san.
“Yes.”
[Looks like it’s over. Give the phone to Hitsugiya.]
Being told so, I handed the phone to Hitsugiya.
“Yoiyami? We’re done.” Hitsugiya said. I can hear Yoiyami-san’s voice from the phone.
[You sure are still uncooperative. That won’t be enough for Shion’s training.]
Did Yoiyami-san watch the fight?
It seems that Yoiyami-san’s ‘Night Vision’ can be used even in this fine weather.
“You already expected it though.”
[It’s too early from the plan.]
“It’s your fault to pick me after all. But it was fun in its own way.”
[Really… Well fine, I’ll give you my thanks at least. Give the phone back to Shion.]
“Catch.”
I sullenly catch the phone thrown by Hitsugiya, but I put it on my ear.
There is no need put it on my ear, but it feels strange, so I still did it when calling.
[Are you tired?]
“No, not really.”
Hitsugiya gradually getting farther from my sight.
Maybe he noticed my gaze, he looked back and smiled. Then he turned around the corner and disappeared.
[I see. Then I’ll give it to Desuko]
“Eh?”
Desuko-san?
I couldn’t hide my confusion at the name that suddenly came out.
Immediately, I heard that innocent or energetic voice from the phone.
[Yahhoo~, Shion-kun. How are you?]
“Why are you there, Desuko-san…”
[Why? Because of work y’know.]
Desuko-san is working…?
“That sure is rare of you.”
[How rude of you! You’ve come to this city to work with me the other day, right!?]
“I understand that you’re on a job, but why are you at Yoiyami-san’s place? Don’t tell me, are you taking the mission to bring Yoiyami-san back?”
[No, no, I’m not. I took another job, but Shion-kun was here anyway, so I thought I should visit you. Or rather I think I should make you do it! Yeah~, I got more than one mission you see.]
“Ehh…”
I’m sure Desuko-san know that I’m in the middle of training now.
What an annoying person.
[In any case, get back to Yoiyami’s room quickly. See ya]
Leaving those words, she hung up the call.
