Chapter 273 – 17.10 Muramasa-Inazuma Conversation
A laboratory in the forbidden area of the academy.
Most experiments on rune holders are conducted here.
Monster research, rune ability research, new weapon development, etc.
However, even though it was inside the academy, it was also a place where students were not allowed to enter because there was nothing good about touching the eyes of the students.
A group of soldiers arrive at the forbidden laboratory.
“No, who is this? Aren’t you the division commander Muramasa? I met all the nobles.”
“Long time no see. Inazuma.”
Inazuma and his men who came to the lab ran into Muramasa and the others who had arrived earlier.
When I came to hear that the new equipment had been completed, I never thought I would meet Muramasa.
Although they were partners at first, the two, who were enemies, started growling without paying attention to the eyes of their subordinates. Mainly Inazuma.
“Seriously, how many monsters have you been holding, so it’s so hard to see their faces? Huh? It doesn’t even come to the general meeting. Good to sell too. Are you sure you’re not doing anything weird again?”
“Heh. You’re sharp I was already plotting a plan to kill you.”
Haha! That would be fun Where do you do well? It’s because I’ve been bored lately.”
A researcher brought a small box to Inazuma, who was shouting.
“Joy. Is this?”
“Yes.”
When you open the box, what is inside is a small bracelet.
It was an improved version of the prototype bracelet that increased accuracy by adjusting the previous magic output.
“Where.”
Click.
Inazuma took out the bracelet without question and put it on his right wrist.
He then turned his wrists around as if to check his condition.
“Hmm? What? Is it right?”
“Yes, is something strange?”
“Hmm?”
There was no particular feeling.
When he put on the previous prototype, he felt a sense of forcibly suppressing his magical powers.
Now, the flow of magical power was the same as usual.
“Is it because it’s a finished product?”
Inazuma, who tilted his head, reached out his hand towards Muramasa, who was next to him.
“For a moment.”
Muramasa realized and tried to stop.
-Pig Jijik——!
Lightning has already struck. Towards Muramasa.
“Wow?!”
“Wow!”
“General!”
“General Inazuma! Stop!”
Fortunately, the attack did not last very long.
Inazuma immediately stopped attacking.
“Ohh?”
Inazuma smiled and congratulated the researcher.
“Good. It’s definitely easy to control.”
“Go, thank you…”
Inazuma didn’t even pay attention to Muramasa, who was suddenly struck by a thunderbolt.
“General Muramasa! Are you all right!”
“Keuk…”
Muramasa, who was twitching with black smoke billowing from his body, lowered his head and murmured.
“Good… This feeling, it’s been a while…”
“Now, General?”
The adjutant, who had been worried about Muramasa’s bizarre reaction, couldn’t help but panic.
“General Inazuma! What is this!”
Another adjutant protested against Inazuma, who suddenly attacked his superior.
However, there was no way Inazuma could hear those words even with the back of his ears.
“Joy. There was the only one in here who didn’t seem to die, so I shot him. Or what, are you saying you want to get hit instead?”
“That, such tyranny!”
“Stop it! General Inazuma! More than this cannot be passed off as a joke!”
“Noisy. Hey, Sakura. Cure.”
“Ah, yes!”
“There is no need for treatment.”
Muramasa raised her head shyly.
His veined eyes were shining with madness.
“It’s Inazuma. Do some more pain in me more pain… !”
“Such a madman.”
“General! Quit it!”
“Please stop!”
Inazuma, who was really about to shoot again, was stopped by all of his lieutenants.
If we continued here, Muramasa himself would not know, but his subordinates would not stand still. Their eyes were still shining, ready to draw their swords at any moment.
“Let’s bite each other.”
“Ah, I see.”
An agreement was reached between the adjutants, leaving the commander alone.
With commanders who couldn’t have a reasonable conversation with each other, they were used to it now.
“Then, General Muramasa. We’ll be on our way.”
“Uh? The story isn’t over yet.”
Inazuma shook off the adjutants who were reluctantly trying to take him out.
“Muramasa. We enter the Rune Tower from today.”
“Haha… A tower? What kind of wind is blowing all of a sudden?”
The main task of the Japanese military during normal times is to manage the Rune Tower.
It is to clear the way up to the next layer by constantly cleaning the monsters in the rune tower and, if possible, by defeating the boss monster of the new layer.
I don’t know exactly what it means to catch a monster that respawns infinitely.
However, it was a common opinion among scholars related to Rune Tower that doing so would prevent future disasters or reduce damage even if disasters do occur.
Originally, two divisions, Muramasa and Inazuma, were in charge of exterminating such monsters.
However, as Inazuma got tired of fighting the monsters and fell back, the Muramasa division has recently taken over the task. Unlike Inazuma, Muramasa had a personality that never got tired of fighting, so there were no major problems.
“Inazuma, did you suddenly miss the battlefield?”
“Am I not you?”
There was a reason for Inazuma’s sudden decision to enter the tower.
Recently, a new paper was published in the United States. It is a thesis that a veteran rune holder who has hunted monsters for decades has suddenly experienced a phenomenon in which old wounds heal while suddenly becoming decades younger.
It was called ‘Banrohwandong’ in the thesis and ‘Rejuvenation Cycle’ in English.
When a certain level is reached, the rune holder’s body evolves into the most suitable form for battle, the form of its heyday.
In other words, if you raise your level, your body will become younger and your injuries can heal.
If Inazuma had heard about it without any basis, he would have dismissed it as a false advertisement to encourage monster hunting.
But even near her was an example that matched the story exactly.
It was none other than Musamasa.
“Muramasa. Did you know that good thing by yourself?”
“It’s a half-way round. Ah, is this what you mean?”
Muramasa shakes her left arm, which still feels awkward.
His left arm was taken by Catastrophe. But recently it has grown back like this. With decades of youth.
“I didn’t know anything about it.”
Muramasa likes to fight. To be precise, he likes weak allies to fight and defeat strong enemies. Banrohwandong was also an additional phenomenon that occurred immediately after fighting and defeating a boss-level monster.
The soldiers under Muramasa never ceased to suffer.
Of course, Muramasa, who cares for his weak subordinates, does not blindly drive his men to dog death. Combat always takes place under the thorough design of a competent staff.
Plunge into a battlefield where you won’t die on the edge of death, and fight only enough to not die on the edge of death. Then, when he gets sprained and is about to die, he saves him. Muramasa is directing his men to fight such a life-and-death fight as well.
The soldiers of Muramasa’s division who went through such a process not only raised their military records, but also worshiped the commander Muramasa who saved them from the brink of death like a god.
“But, is that really necessary?”
Muramasa tilted his head.
He himself said that his left arm had grown, so he didn’t feel particularly good about it. Rather, he was used to not having it, so the presence of his suddenly appearing left arm made him feel uncomfortable.
Inazuma’s eye patch was also old. If I were to get better, it would only make me uncomfortable.
Muramasa, who had thought that far, suddenly nodded his head in agreement.
“Ah. Well, age is important to women.”
“What?!”
Her self, who could be said to be Inazuma’s distant senior, had changed to look much younger than her on the outside. Besides, isn’t her lover KW, who is also a lot younger? Even Muramasa, who did not understand the woman’s heart, could understand that she would have no choice but to care about her age.
“I just want to restore my injured eye!”
“Ah. Is it like that? Let it be like that.”
“You bastard!”
Muramasa unknowingly offends Inazuma.
Inazuma couldn’t stand it any longer.
“General! It’s not possible!”
However, it was not Muramasa who was struck by lightning this time.
“Aaaaagh-!!”
It was the pathetic major behind Muramasa.
“Hey. You’re doing too much. Someone else’s cute subordinate.”
Muramasa protested as if she were dumbfounded.
Sakura jumped out in surprise.
“Chi, treat!”
“It’s okay. She didn’t like the way he looked at Sakura. The treatment fee is billed to me.”
“Hmm. If that’s the case, I can’t help it.”
The other adjutants also had expressions that, surprisingly, were ‘worth it’.
The subordinates were angry when their superior was attacked, but it seems that he did not have much emotion this time.
“Let’s go. Starting today, I will clean the Rune Tower.”
Inazuma fluttered her cloak and left her lab.
The lieutenants also saluted Muramasa and followed Inazuma.
“General. Are you okay?”
“What?”
After Inazuma leaves, the staff talk to Muramasa.
“If the Inazuma Division goes into managing the Rune Tower, wouldn’t the strike we’re trying to do become meaningless…”
A large part of the strike they are planning is rune tower management.
However, once the Inazuma Division starts to manage the tower in earnest, the Muramasa Division’s strike will become meaningless.
“I am not the kind of person who will wait for a strike anyway. If you want to do it, you can do it until you get tired of it.”
“However…”
“It’s better. The actual impact of the strike itself is also bad for our reputation.”
“… All right.”
The staff member, who was about to say more, realized that Muramasa was determined and withdrew.
“It’s enough for us to have our voices heard. Rest of it… Those kids will do it.”
Recently, there have been some kids who have been harassing the media.
If they raise their voices, the kids will take care of it and pass it on to the government. They had the strength and will to do so.
“Keuk… KW. Not even the emperor’s granddaughter, but the prime minister’s daughter. He’s also insane.”
The lieutenants watched in horror as the superior laughed gloomily.
