Chapter 1184 – 1184. 15 Days
We cautiously came out of the mansion.
“Hey….”
Noriko Nevata, a plain bobbed-haired woman with her glasses, covered her mouth with both her hands. It was because there were corpses strewn all over the front of the mansion.
We ignored the corpse and headed for the shrine, vigilant in all directions. I didn’t see a single villager until the stairs leading to the shrine.
I looked up at the stairs at the bottom.
It was dark.
It was dark and I couldn’t see the top of the stairs. I don’t know if it’s an optical illusion, but it feels like the stairs are infinite.
“Climbing these stairs is not normal. It should take at least 5 minutes. If you shoot from up there… Just imagining it is terrifying.”
Everyone in the circle trembled at Masahiro Mori’s words. But there was no way. Climbing the shrine by a path other than the stairs? Climbing a mountain in any other way than a paved road is difficult. What could have been done in five minutes could have taken an hour or more.
We climbed the stairs slowly. If you climb too fast, you will tire quickly. Fortunately, there was no attack while going up the stairs.
‘Shibata. That monster must be at the shrine too, right?’
To be honest, I wasn’t very confident.
Right now I am unable to use full recovery.
Blood group? I took care of it, but if I ate too much, I could die from side effects. I had no intention of getting along with Shibata at all. If I die, the quest ends in failure. The quest must succeed.
The end of the stairs was visible. I, who led the way up, stopped walking. Fortunately, there was no enemy ambush on the stairs.
“Let’s plan a little bit.”
“Operations?”
“It’s nothing grand. If you go upstairs, there will definitely be enemies. They might have guns, so I don’t like a head-on confrontation. So….”
I looked at both sides of the stairs. There was sloping ground and trees. It was a bit steep, but if you climb up… You can go up to the shrine without using the stairs. The destination is already close.
“I get it. You mean to move to the side road.”
“Yes. Divide the staff. Me, Mori-senpai, Fudo-senpai, Nevata-senpai, and Wada go up the stairs.”
“… Nakagami and Hagawa go around the stairs? The staffing seems a bit strange, doesn’t it?”
“No. This is correct. They must be most wary of me and Mori-senpai, and if there are too few of them, it will feel strange. If there are no ambushes on the stairs… I want Nakagami-senpai and Hagawa to move separately and capture her miko without joining us.”
“Wait a minute, Castle! Aren’t Nakagami-senpai and Hagawa too dangerous?!”
Wada Kyoshiro was hot. Seeing that she glances at Hagawa Ryoko, she seems worried about her. Even though Ryoko Hagawa listens to me without any objection.
“Not bad.”
Risa Nakagami said. Raising her hatchet, she looked up at Ryoko Haga and curled up her lips.
“It’s like a mission a ninja receives. Right? Ryoko?”
“… Senior Nakagami. I am not a ninja. And please don’t call me by name.”
“That much is fine between us. You may call me by my name too.”
“…….”
Kyoshiro Wada opened her eyes wide and looked back and forth at Risa Nakagami and Ryoko Hagawa. I wonder when they became so close. I couldn’t say that because the three of us were naked.
“Anyway, aren’t you dissatisfied with this operation too?”
Risa Nakagami asked Ryoko Hagawa. Hagawa Ryoko nodded her head while fiddling with the dagger she hid in her bosom.
“Even if it’s reasonable… It’s unsettling to get everyone together and break through head-on.”
“Now that it has been decided, we will follow Eugene’s words.”
They walked into the mountains beside the stairs.
They will do well At least I have no hesitation in killing people. In the case of Risa Kagami, her skills are a bit unreliable, but since she has Ryoko Hagawa from a ninja family, she should be fine.
“… Castle. She seems to have become very close with Ryoko.”
Wada Kyoshiro told me.
“Am I close with Hagawa? What are you misunderstanding?”
“It is not an illusion. Ryoko is… She kept an eye on the castle. No one else knows, but I can.”
Do you have a good feeling?
Or, as a childhood friend, do you know about Ryoko Hagawa’s habits and her habits?
Either way, there is no time to be talking to Wada Kyoshiro right now.
“Let’s talk later. Now is not the time to talk about that.”
“… Okay.”
We arrived at the entrance of the shrine.
Did you say Tori? A large red door greeted us. We walked through the torii and walked over the stone pavement to the shrine.
The gentleman was silent. There was no one around. Only the sound of bugs echoed from all directions. Overall, it was a depressing atmosphere.
I narrowed my eyes while looking at the shrine building. Because there are several buildings.
“Where do you think the shrine maiden is?”
I asked Masahiro Mori. He had been to a shrine during a festival.
“… I don’t know either. Since the shrine is so large, there are many places for the shrine maiden to hide. I think it might be in the main house.”
“Isn’t that the main building?”
“When I looked around yesterday, the main building was a building for ceremonies. It is not a place for people to stay.”
“… Well, if you walk around slowly, you’ll know where it is.”
“It bothers me that I don’t see many people. They might be ambushing you.”
“…….”
I guess roughly.
This town is already doomed. The shaman who rules the village and uses it as a drug factory will have a lot of things to clean up.
‘And they even sent someone to kill me. On the contrary, they died at my hands.’
The shrine maiden must be very busy by now.
We rummaged through the shrine. There was nothing special.
It was time to leave the main building without any income.
Quaang!
The door to the outbuilding opened with a harsh sound. A large man appeared through a small door.
The upper body was bloated compared to the lower body, and the black clothes covered even the face.
He was Shibata.
“What, what is it? That monster!”
Wada Kyoshiro is shocked. Unknowingly nervous, he aimed a baseball bat at Shibata.
“… I guess that’s the monster the castle was talking about. When I heard it, I was dubious… Seeing it in person, my legs are shaking even more.”
Holding the spear, Masahiro Mori glared at Shibata.
“You have to deal with a monster like that?”
“Uh, what?!”
Jun Fudo and Noriko Nevata trembled in panic and fear.
Shibata, the object of fear, does not pay attention to them and only looks at me. His face was covered by a cloth, so I couldn’t see his direct gaze, but he knew intuitively that he was watching me.
“You! Why are you alive!”
Shibata’s voice trembled. I grinned. He hides it with an angry voice, but he was afraid of me. I look at Shibata’s right arm. The right arm of the one I cut off is attached. If you look closely, you can see that his arms are sewn together with thick wire.
There was no way his arm would stick with just that. The right arm is drooping. It’s certain you can’t move.
“Where is the shrine maiden?”
“… The maid said to kill you. You kill.”
Shibata started running.
It was slower than the first time she saw it. Still, it wasn’t negligible speed.
“Disperse! We must scatter and kill him!”
Holding a Japanese sword in both hands, I said while running backwards. Shibata was blatantly targeting me.
I had predicted the battle with Shibata, and I had already told my circle members.
I drew Shibata’s attention, and Masahiro Mori and Kyoshiro Wada attacked Shibata from behind.
“It’s annoying!”
Thump, thump thump!
Shibata went on a rampage, swinging her left arm.
It was tossed with a statue decorated in a shrine. Ironically, the first victim hit by the statue was Noriko Nevata, who was holding her breath the furthest away.
“Quaaaaa
Pug.
She was unable to dodge her flying statue and her head was smashed to death.
“This child… !”
Jun Fudo, who was next to Noriko Nevata, threw five of her knives at Shibata. Two missed, but three hit. Two were stuck in his back, and one was stuck in his head.
The stuck knife pushed itself out and fell to the floor. Thanks to this, the cloth covering Shibata’s head falls off. The public face of Shibata was disgusting. Her red eyes are about to pop out at any moment, her chin is curved in the shape of an S, and the center of her forehead rises like a horn.
Her face was as unhuman as her physique.
“You you… !!”
Shibata turned her body around and yelled at Jun Fudo. What is absurd is that the knife is obviously stuck in her head, but it is moving as if it is nothing.
‘Are you a real monster? … No, it can’t be. Dude, your eyes are gone You’re on drugs. I won’t shed any bloody tears… They must have eaten blood cells.’
Shibata started running towards Jun Fudo. Hudojun was startled and tried to run away, but tripped on a rock and fell.
“I’ll blow that head off!!”
After Shibata fell, he wrapped his left hand around Dojun’s head. Puck! With a sound, blood and brain water flowed from his left hand.
I sneak up on Shibata while he kills Jun Fudo and slash his right thigh. I couldn’t hear it completely. His thigh muscles were as tough as his upper body.
‘Still, I succeeded in making him limp.’
Shibata looked back.
“My legs!!”
“Where is the shrine maiden?”
“Die!!”
I hurriedly backed away and dodged his attack. Shibata started targeting me again. Is it because it took away her mobility? She’s not as threatening as before.
“Senior Mori! Come! Just keep your distance! As long as you keep your distance, you can easily hunt them!”
“Hunting… ! Even that monstrous person is a human being!”
“I like the words of the last name. Is it human to hold a human head in your hand and explode it?!”
Masahiro Mori and Kyoshiro Wada actively participated in the battle. He was enraged at the death of two Circle members.
“Aaaaa!!”
Shibata screamed and emitted light. We continued the battle while maintaining a certain distance from the man who had lost his mobility.
Thud!
And finally, Shibata collapsed.
I jumped at the fallen man and thrust the knife into his eye socket. The guy shuddered and died. The boring fight is over.
Dump.
Masahiro Mori sat down. During the battle, his left arm was horribly broken after being hit by Shibata’s attack. I walked closer to him and checked his arm.
“Senior Mori…. To be honest, this arm is hopeless.”
“…… He is grateful to be alive. If he wasn’t weak… He would have lost his life, not his arm.”
“Can you stand up?”
“My legs are fine, so I can walk. But, I want to rest a little.”
“Are you going to rest forever?”
“What… ? Gagging?!”
He stabbed Masahiro Mori in the chest with a knife. The sensation that penetrated her heart is felt in her hand.
“I didn’t like the way he was teasing me for being a senior. Die.”
He was the one I brought to deal with Shibata. As long as Shibata is dead, there is no need for Masahiro Mori. And I will kill Wada Kyoshiro here for the same reason. If Kyoshiro Wada dies, Ryoko Hagawa will be mine.
“Castle!!!”
Kyoshiro Wada shouts and runs at me, brandishing a dented baseball bat.
I dodged the baseball bat and swung the knife. The sword cut through Wada Kyoshiro’s torso. But shallow There was no feeling of cutting the intestines.
Fuck!
The dodged baseball bat hit me in the side. The trajectory changed along the way.
“… Do you hit it?”
He raised his knife to finish. Wada Kyoshiro threw a bat at me and ran away. As she tried to follow, her beaten side throbbed and interfered. I stroked her side and clicked my tongue. When I lifted my clothes and checked my side, I saw a black bruise.
Wada Kyoshiro ran away into the mountains in an instant. It was too late to chase.
