Manowa

Chapter 309 – Let's Go to Confirm

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The day after arriving at Resurrect City, Kazane and the others were doing their regular early morning training in a place a little away from the city.

「Ahaha, my win!」

「Dammit!」

While taking a heavy breath, Kazane was the one who made the exclamation of victory.
Jinrai was the one who was exhausted and cursed.
In other words, Kazane was the one who won the mock battle.

Kazane had used Rokuten-kun Ashura King mode for the mock battle.
In addition, she had challenged Jinrai using『Devil King's Intimidation』in a line of sight mode that applied pressure to even『physical phenomena』and the attack style she christened『Angel Wing Eight Slashes』, which combined Six-sword Style+Kicks+Angelization.
She attacked at full power as Jinrai requested, and Jinrai was ultimately defeated due to being downed from exhausting his stamina.

Though in the first place, it was far more unusual that Jinrai, who only had two arms, was able to last five minutes against the heavy continuous attacks from eight arms.

「Do you know what Master Jinrai did?」

「No, not at all.
I could only see falling sparks.」

It seemed that Naoki and Lyle, who were also mainly close-range combatants, couldn't understand at all.
The two people were supposed to be in a cold war situation due to yesterday's matter, but they had completely forgotten about that and were conversing.

「I see, I wouldn't be able to win? I'd be stabbed before I could attack.」

「Every blade he repelled struck against another sword.
Once or twice would be one thing, but he continued without any mistakes.
I saw something outrageous.」

Jin Bahar, who was summoned to train Lyle, and Yumika were barely able to understand the details of the battle.
However, even so, the only thing they understood was that Jinrai was barely able to maintain the equilibrium by reading Kazane's movements and making the swords he repelled collide with other swords.

It seemed Jinrai's god-like discerning eye, which would be called『Future Prediction』if it were a Skill, had become even sharper due to the information he gained from fighting against Ashura King Mode once.
However, even with that, he only lasted 5 minutes.
If things continued as they were, that time might extend, but Jinrai couldn't see any prospects of victory; he had fallen into a situation where the question was whether or not he would be able to endure.

「Nuu.
If I could just use that, maybe…」

「No, let's not.
I'm not planning to risk my life to that extent.」

Jinrai was talking about the original spear technique christened『Unicorn』by Heroic Spirit Sieg.

Jinrai had raised that technique's degree of perfection by relying on the sensation from his battle with Sieg, so if he fired that now, there was a high possibility that it would break through Ashura King mode and hit Kazane.
There was also a high risk that it would instantly kill her.
Just like Kazane Neo Bazooka, it was something that obviously wasn't good to use during training.

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In any case, the victory belonged to Kazane.
This 5 minute battle at full power consumed about 200 Magic Power.
If Yumika wasn't included, Rokuten-kun's Ashura King mode maintained superiority for now.

「Well, the cost performance can't be said to be that bad? It depends on the battle.」

Kazane muttered.
She had gotten out, so Rokuten-kun had already returned to its two-armed black figured Dairokuten Maou mode.
Originally, Kazane's fighting style didn't rely very much on Magic Power, so even if Ashura King mode reached its limit, she could continue to fight.
It should be a reliable ally when they fought against superior monsters.

Jinrai was groaning to the side.

「If I had two more arms, no, just one more, I can see the possibility of victory, but…」

「I can make something like a side arm that can follow simple commands and can be trained to move certain ways, but the prosthetic arm uses the senses of the arm you originally had.
Making an additional artificial arm that can keep up with Jinrai-san's skill is honestly impossible.」

「Unuu」

Even though it was obtained through a Skill, Kazane's Six-sword Style had a reasonable amount of speed and power, though the competency itself couldn't be called high.
Nevertheless, Jinrai lost due to the simple difference in number of arms.
Jinrai's recognition that things would be different if he could compensate for that was correct, and in fact, when Yumika participated with Jinrai, victory became difficult for Ashura King mode.

「Well, I'm able to fight evenly.
Someday, somehow, I'll show you.」

Kukuku…
Jinrai happily laughed, and Kazane made a「Yikes」expression.
It seemed Kazane would be forced to go along with Jinrai's special training for the meantime.

********

「That's right.
Kazane, do you have any errands after this?」

After early morning training, Yumika called out to Kazane, who was having skinship with Tatsuo.
Tiara was also with her.

「What's up?」

Tatsuo cried Kuwaa on Kazane's head.

「Nn, yesterday, it seems someone from the tournament entertainment business talked to me.」

「It seems?」

Her best friend suddenly said something disturbing.

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「Look, yesterday, there were times when I was a little absent-minded.」

Since she couldn't remember the details of what they talked about, normally speaking, that wouldn't be considered just a little absent-minded.
It seemed Yumika's psyche was terribly unstable yesterday after the exchange with Jinrai was further compounded by the Bloody Berserker problem.
Tiara was with Yumika yesterday, and she opened her mouth to add a few words.

「By the time I noticed, her conversation with the entertainment business gentleman was already over, and Yumika said『If the likes of me can be useful』when they parted.」

It seemed Yumika was called out to when they left her to herself to calm her down.

「You really don't remember what you talked about?」

「The only thing I can remember from yesterday are the figures of crying children.」

Kazane said with a frown, and Yumika replied sadly.

「I also only remembered that happened yesterday when she said it just now.」

Yumika and Tiara had troubled expressions.
Naturally, Kazane also had a troubled expression.
Tatsuo thought his mother would be able to settle everything, so he wasn't particularly troubled.
His trust was heavy.

「And so, what do you want me to do?」

「Well, I'm wondering what we talked about…
I want you to come with me to ask, I suppose?」

Apparently, she was anxious.
It seemed Bloody Berserker-san's heart was currently delicate and easily broken, like glasswork.

「Nn, OK.
When shall we go?」

「Right now!」

She probably wanted to quickly resolve her anxiety.
Yumika forcefully answered Kazane's question.

Then Kazane created a shower room with Golem Maker, rinsed away her sweat with water from Water Orbs, clad Tatsuo with the black dragon camouflage equipment created with『Arms Creation: Black Flame』, and prepared to depart for the city.

By the way, Tatsuo disguised as black dragon child was certainly rare, but a dragon would probably only accompany people like that if it was contracted with a Dragon Knight contract, and the value of materials from a dragon child wasn't that high.
There probably aren't any idiots who would pick a fight with the White Party with that aim…
Brick replied when she asked yesterday.

◎ Resurrect City, near the Central Arena

「Nyanyanyaa」

Yuuko-nee was in a good mood as she leisurely walked through the city while being ridden by Tatsuo and Kazane.

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Yuuko-nee was summoned to recover Kazane's Magic Power, but Tatsuo had immediately jumped on her back.
Moreover, Tatsuo begged『Mother tooー』, so Kazane reluctantly decided to ride as well.
It was Yuuko-nee's tactical victory.

Yumika and Tiara were walking alongside them.
Yumika usually showed a negative reaction to being conspicuous, but right now, she was just grateful that the gazes were focused on Kazane.

「You still don't remember what you talked about?」

Kazane asked Yumika once again as they walked to the central arena, which had the tournament-related offices.
The conversation she had with the person related to tournament entertainment was still a mystery.
To avoid an unreasonable request, she wanted to know the details as soon as possible.

「I remember it was a conversation about me being useful, but…」

However, Yumika couldn't unearth that memory.
She was a piece of junk yesterday.

And while Yumika worried to the side, Tatsuo called out to Kazane.

『Motherー』

「What, Tatsuo?」

『Why are there pictures of a person's face around this road?』

In front of Tatsuo's line of sight, a flapping poster depicting a burly man with a shaved head was pasted up.

「Nn, it says he's a proud fighter who's been undefeated in all the tournaments since the Grand Tournament.
It says his name is Baroque Genius.」

『Is he strong?』

「I wonder?」

Naturally, Kazane didn't know.
However, since he wasn't mentioned during her conversation with Brick and the others yesterday, she thought he probably didn't possess transcendental strength.

『Mother's face should be pasted up rather than a bald person like that.』

「No, I think it's just shaved? Probably.
Moreover, no.
Never again.」

She was a favorite of the Grand Tournament, so posters of Kazane were also pasted up back then.
Then, a person's memory of the past was jolted by their conversation.
It was Yumika.

「Baroque? Huh, that…」

「Yumika, did you remember something?」

Yumika groaned「Uhh」after Kazane's words, but that awareness was stolen by a sudden voice.

「The stories about the activities of the White Party are nothing more than grandiose idle gossip they spread themselves!」

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That loud voice spoke words they recognized, so the two people and one creature other than Yumika also turned their gazes that direction.

Name: Yuihama Kazane

Occupation: Summoning Fighter

Title: Ogre Killer, Dragon Slayer, High Beast Summoner, Rea King

Equipment: Staff 『White Blaze』, Two Handed Sword『Black Fang』, Draghorn Tonfa x2, Dragonscale Breastplate, Drake Gauntlets, Silver Sheep Clothes, Sylphyn Skirt, Plasma Pants, Dragon Eating Ogre King's Greaves, Indestructible Cloak, Mysterious Pouch, Crimson Saint Coffin, Heroic Spirit Summoning Ring, Circlet of Wisdom, Aim Bracelet, Magic Accumulator, White Magic Accumulator, Rainbow Necklace, Rainbow Dragon Ring, Angel Bracelet

Level : 36

Health: 145

Magic Power: 304+420

Strength: 67+20

Agility: 71+14

Endurance: 38

Wisdom : 72

Dexterity : 47

Spell : 『Fly』『Torch』『Fire』『Heal』『Firestorm』『Healer Ray』『High Heal』『Golden Dusk「Dragon Exclusive」』『Mirror Shield』

Skill : 『Kick Devil』『Warrior's Memory: Lv2』『Night Vision』『Crushing Blow』『Dog's Sense of Smell: Lv2』『Golem Maker: Lv3』『Aegis Shield』『Fire Principle: Third Chapter』『Healing Principle: Fourth Chapter』『Air Jump: Lv2』『Killing Leg: Lv3』『Fear Voice』『Invisible』『Tiger Eye』『Wall Walking』『Intuition』『Cheat Death』『Nimble』『Charge』『Material Shield: Lv2』『Information Link: Lv2』『Optical Camouflage』『High Dash』『Bloodsucking Blade』『Dragonization: Lv2「Dragon」』『Regenerate』『Soul Breaking Blade』『Stealthy Hand Placement』『Thunder Chariot: Lv2』『Sturdier Teeth: Lv2「Dragon」』『Crystallization: Lv2「Dragon」』『Devil King's Intimidation』『Stone Minotaur: Lv2』『Mega Beam: Lv2』『Space Expansion』『Pseudo-Silver Creation』『Poison Claw』『Fireball「Dragon」』『Cuticle「Dragon」』『Arms Creation: Black Flame』『Ingredient Connoisseur』『Dragon Pheromone「Dragon」』『Boost』『Monkey's Strong Arm』『Two-sword Style』『Boobies Plus』『Living Armor』『Alarm』『Six-sword Style』『Mental Attack Complete Protection』

Yumika:「Huh? He's talking about us, right?」

Kazane:「It doesn't seem to be a good story.
Shall we go back before it becomes troublesome?」

Yumika:「Eeh, come with me!ー」

Kazane:「Mm, I keenly feel a premonition of being dragged into something, though.」