Vol 5 Chapter 3 (1/2)

Chapter 3 - Carnival Festival / Willful Dance Between the Mask and the Monster / ”Landfisher VS”

Part 1

”After careful exanize the face now Indeed, that's him Little miss helper, could you please lock up that door there?”

”Sigh—then I'll close it first”

The skullover some sort of misfortune, then proceeded to close and lock the classrooer, the resulting voice was hoarse and artificial-sounding The entleman's tuxedo The head was essentially just a skull This character's back story apparently consisted of a dark hero akened from hell

(I think it was called Bludgeoning Gentleirl mentioned that was stolen)

Haruaki had forgotten all about it due to all the things that happened afterwards—Why would this uy anyway?

Then there was the other person The o aside the question of whether she was a youkai or not, one thing was certain: she was definitely the oman

Dressed in a white parka with a cute design, she had her hood pulled do The parka was the long type whose length reached down to the botto similar Exposed beneath the parka's he and slender legs reached down to her sandal-clad feet Her legs were soaking wet, no matter how you looked, with the water droplets on skin surface especially ehs Naturally, not only were her legs wet, but even the parka worn on her upper body was also dripping ater

”OhTo run into you in this place where it's unlikely for interlopers to appear, that's truly fortunate This ood behavior, ufufufu”

The wo, rod-shaped object that rapped in a piece of cloth Resting it against the back of her neck, she kept her hand on it while she slowly pulled up her hood

The wohly She was not japanese and the distinctive red color of her long hair was very memorable Naturally, her hair was also wet like the rest of her body Peering through the hair that clung to her face was a pair of eyes that see to stay open after a sleepless night This stood in stark contrast to her inexorably energetic expression, h on drugs

With water dripping froers, she then pulled down the zipper of her parka

”I find this rather incomprehensible This should be the type of woht So, Yachi, I'd like a si just now Perhaps you happen to worshi+p large busts? How absolutely ridiculous!”

”I' nervous, okay!? After all, these people make no sense at all”

Indeed, no sense at all

Revealed beneath the unzipped parka was a highly revealing bikini swimsuit Well-toned abdo wet navel However, the curves that water droplets traced out as they flowed down her cleavage were aners

Staring at her voluptuous body, Kirika spoke in a stiff tone of voice:

”You ht? Are you referring to us? Who are you?”

”Now this is a so-called interrogation! Ufufufu, then I shall reveal h, but I also have this «Landfisher» nickname”

The name sounded familiar to Kirika and she desperately racked her brain to recall it

”Pakuaki seemed to have mentioned it earlier The name of the Family member who had escaped from one of the branch labs”

”Th-That's right, it definitely was a na like that”

”Coht, I should also correct a mistake you made”

The mysterious oman in a swimsuit—Oratorie—put down the rod fro to herself, she happily began to untie the cloth around the object

”Ufufufu, I' for the 'us' that you mentioned”

”What?”

”Like I Already Said You're completely uni for is”

Inside the unwrapped cloth was a wooden oar

An aged and slightly filthy-looking wooden oar

She effortlessly picked up the heavy-looking oar with one hand and rested it on her shoulder, then—

”Haruaki Yachi That's your naht? Ufufu, excuse me but I have a request for you—”

Oratorie seemed very happy and very very happy at that

After announcing her goal, she i into action

”—I hope you can die obediently!”

With wet squishy footsteps that coed forward

”Yachi, stay back!”

Kirika shoved Haruaki's chest, forcing hih Oratorie's motives were coh to prove that she was serious

”B-Be careful! That oar is most likely”

”I know!”

Froht sleeve, a black belt slithered out and extended—The deadly weapon that was croith the na absorbedintent in the past, this belt nowintent at hand

Haruaki turned his gaze and thought ”What about the other person?” The thief in the ainst the wall, ar at the floor repeatedly as though deep in thought, then—

”Since there's only one opponent, you should be able to handle her without much effort I'll just watch from the side for now”

”Oh—really? If that's the case, I don't really mind!”

The swi back Haruaki did not really understand their conversation, but it was fortunate that they were not attacking together However, even if it were one on one, was Kirika really going to be okay?

Facing off against Oratorie whose parka and red hair fluttered as she closed in, Kirika slid between the stationary desks as she extended the «Tragic Black River» Oratorie juled a leg of the teacher's desk to lift it and throw the table at her enemy However, Oratorie took one look at the desk that was flying at her fro the wooden oar nonchalantly, she effortlessly deflected the desk towards the edge of the classrooth

”That really must be a Wathe? Not bad However, you really should cherish it Every night, you must caress, stroke, embrace and kiss it You should alsothat can save your life—But right now, may I ask you to stop? Since this is a very very important transcender, if possible, I'd prefer not to break it”

”What kind of nonsense are you babbling about? If that's the case, you should si!”

Kirika extended the «Tragic Black River» directly towards the oar The belt, which had absorbed the blood of numerous victihtly dirty-looking oar, attele it—

But failed to entangle it

”What?”

Kirika could not understand why the belt, which had clearly wrapped around the oar, siered emptily in midair

”Ufufufu, I did as you told and stoppedto move”

Ju the oar, forcibly ripping a stationary desk out fro with a loud impact This was not limited to that one desk Every desk she encountered suffered the same fate

Kirika tried her best to dodge the shattered remains of the desks In an attempt to slon Oratorie's advance, she ran into a space between soe a large piece of debris, Kirika was struck in the leg, causing her to lose balance and fall down on the spot

”Class Rep!”

”Stay away!”

Yelling loudly in response, Kirika continued to control her belt Although she still could not understand what had happened earlier, this was her only weapon She extended the belt between the gaps of the flying debris, but Oratorie had already disappeared from there

Standing crouched horizontally on a wall on the side, she was sticking right to the wall

The scene was as though the world had been rotated ninety degrees A scene ignoring the law of gravity

Sure enough, this strange pheno used to support her body Its front end was buried into the wall Rather than digging a hole in the wall, the oar had slid into it smoothly

The corners of her ave the wall a kick froht towards Kirika While inthe oar

”Tsk—”

Kirika was just about to sit up Unable to evade Oratorie, she used the «Tragic Black River» to drag a desk's remains to act as a shi+eld However—

”—«Tragedy Method»!”

”Huh!?”

It passed straight through

With that, it becale the oar, the way Oratorie stuck to the wall, as well as her attack passing through the debris—All this proved that the oar possessed an ability related to ”phasing”

As a result, Kirika's right upper arm was mercilessly struck by the the massive oar At the same time, the heavy piece of wood's destructive poas converted into sound—aof flesh and the shattering of bone

”Cl-Class Rep!”

Kirika was too occupied to reply to Haruaki and could only lie collapsed on the floor,painfully

However, Oratorie refused to stop Naughtily, she stuck her tongue out and said:

”Yes, it's useless! It's already useless! Ufufu, let me express my sincere condolences for your misfortune Also, I see your black panties~ Eh, what's with that zipper there? What a super kinky design! Do japanese high school girls all wear underwear like that? I find it rather , so I'll spare your life”

Then she repeated her attack motions

Lifting the oar, she swung it down

Repeating that simple motion several times, dozens of times

She aiht arm here all the attacks were focused Rather than crushed, the flesh of Kirika's arm was essentially smashed apart Rather than shattered, the bone was essentially minced with the flesh Every time the wooden oar struck that spot, there was a definite splash of crimson liquid that Haruaki had no wish to see

Oratorie sily

The oar violently repeated ”Smack Smack Smack smack smack!”

”Guh! Gah! A-Ahh Nngg! Kyaah—!”

”Ufufu, ufufufu! Now this would be a so-called beating! A beating!”

”S-Stop it! Stop it right now——!”

”I won't stop, ufufufu, because I am a member of the Family We must offer shelter to our beloved transcenders, the Wathes I'irl's arm to take the belt back with me Just a wait a little while, Haruaki Yachi If there's no possibility of so, I will kill her slowly!”

No! Absolutely This cannot be allowed to happen No!

Haruaki racked his brain to find a solution If he rushed forward recklessly, he would lose for sure He was greatly frustrated by his powerlessness Or perhaps he could throw a desk's remains to divert Oratorie's attention to buy time for an escape—No, he should phone Konoha to call her here If Konoha were present, the Sword-Kill Counter could instantly handle this woman No, that was not for certain Very likely, even that h the oar But there was no time to hesitate over such issues In any case, Haruaki understood very clearly that his power alone could not help in any manner—

His chaotic thoughts were interrupted by the sound of ashattering violently

Juh this second floor as neither Konoha nor Fear

Un Izoey had arrived instead

”My wish: elimination of what my eyes cannot tolerate”

Perforht foot was thrust forward like lightning The sudden attack was so swift that even Oratorie could not ignore it She stopped beating Kirika and swung the oar up, barelyherself from her opponent

”Who are you?”

”No obligation to answer, hence, answer is nothing”

They glared at each other However, Haruaki had no time to care about them Frantically, he rushed over to Kirika's side Her state was quite dis another Wathe apart fro away, gradually recovering

”Gwooh! Huff Ah”

”Class Rep, Class Rep!”

Haruaki supported Kirika's upper body She looked at her right arm and said:

”I I'm fine How absolutely ridiculous, did she really intend to hack off my arm like that!? But thanks to that, I wasn't killed immediately Hmm mmm?”

”Don't speak anyh the current situation totally blowsus—”

Kirika started hugging her arht arm's injuries Haruaki frowned and said:

”Could this be the result of that collar? Right, we've been separated all this time!”

”I was thinking a moment of separation would be fine da sio?”

”U-U you, uh—?”

Her body held in his arms, Kirika's face twitched Perhaps due to the pain in her arm, her eyes were still filled with tears Kirika forcefully narrowed her eyes but her body treaze towards the side, she murmured softly:

”If possible, uhter No, if you don't want to, then it's fine to just keep things like this The current wave should subside eventually, perhaps—Kyah!”

If that would help, I'll do it no matter how er ability

With self-conte in his heart, Haruaki wrapped his arms around Kirika's shoulders and e exceptionally adorable screams but he pretended not to hear them So hot, Kirika's blood was so hot Haruaki did not care about getting his uniform dirty He already knew that the blood would flow back into the wound as it healed, but even if it did not, he probably would not care about bloodstains anyway

After a while, Kirika sighed slightly It felt as though she was feeling very relieved and very satisfied

Just as Haruaki gently supported her body, intending to check out her expression—

”Oh dear, I never would have expected even Oratorie Rabdulh to be here as well What kind of fated encounter is this?”

Haruaki hastily turned around upon hearing the voice Pakuaki was standing just behind hi without warning?

Kirika's face instantly changed with alarrim and severe expression, she said:

”Pakuaki! What is theof your words—”

This resulted in a chain reaction in the situation at hand Instantly, the skull ainst the wall apathetically, drew a knife froroup

”Oh, there's a strange hero character here too? No matter, Un Izoey, I'll leave that to you as well”

”Affirmative”

The dark-skinned girl leapt freely Moving about on her cuffed hands, her control of heron one's feet Her knife-wielding leg also handled the ene skirt, upside down and swaying gray hair, her dark-skinned legs reaching up and out freely—These were all unprecedented and bizarre ed to seal off thethe oar that Oratorie sith ed when Oratorieher position as though she were sliding, deflecting the knife fro speed

”W-What the heck is going on?”

The mascot thief and the oman had both arrived Haruaki expected to be attacked by the oman but had not foreseen that further enemies would enter the fray and battle—The situation was far too chaotic, impossible to understand

But without giving Haruaki enough tie continuously

”Oh jeez, what the heck is going on here!? Nothing isin et rid of et first—”

”—Don't be careless!”

Thecame too late Un Izoey was truly aThe instant Oratorie's attention was diverted from the opponent towards Haruaki in the back—Un Izoey slid towards her feet The knife on Un Izoey's foot skillfully evaded the sudden thrust of Oratorie's reflexive counterattack and slashed open her thigh

”Guah!”

”My warning to you: a warning not to not pay attention”

Despite al balance, Oratorie did not fall over Despite the large alare vigorously forward, raising her oar in a co wound was obviously no minor wound Naturally, everyone present could tell she was heavily injured

”Let h After sustaining such a severe wound, you should be incapable of fighting any longer Why don't you give up and flee? If you don't stop the bleeding, you'll probably die soon Hahaha, but fortunately, this is a school If you rush over to the infire and treat you?”

”Yaari Pakuaki”

”But it doesn't h I have no idea how you ed to escape in the first place, you are an escaped prisoner froht here, it would help highlight nity as the Lab Chief—”

Just at thisout The skull ed in an intense battle with Un Izoey Slashi+ng so swiftly that one's eyes would have difficulty following, the weirdo spoke with displeasure:

”Tsk—I said so earlier, if you are rendered iht? I' you with cover or treatment Thus ends our cooperative relationshi+p It endedOh?”

”My warning to you: avoid less chatter”

Devoid of talking for a few seconds, only the sound of blades clashi+ng reue Looking at the wound on her thigh impatiently, she stroked the water droplets in front of her chest as she spoke:

”You really chose a great moment to stabreally doesn't bode well and it's almost time for me to refill my water—damn it, there's no other choice!”

Staring at Haruaki's group as she retreated, she opened the locked door of the calligraphy classroom

”Haruaki Yachi You narrowly escaped death for now, but I have not given up”

”W-Why do you want to kill me? Give me a reason!”

”I s I must find out, therefore—Oh no, that was close, really close I have no obligation to tell you Anyway, I'll be right back I forbid you to run away Stay here and wait for me!”

Then Oratorie opened the door and left As much as Haruaki hoped she would not draw too much attention, it was useless to care now

”Anyway, how could I possibly not run away Class Rep, can you move?”

”Yeah, just barely My arh to move”

”Then let's leave from theAfter all, the erous weapon Using your «Tragic», you should be able to lower us to the ground, right?”

Kirika stood up and glared viciously at Pakuaki as leaning leisurely against thefrahtly, she said:

”Before we escape, I could strangle your neck and interrogate you for the bomb's location”

”My advice? You'd better not Because in that very instant, Un Izoey will co over here Do you think you can handle her alone?”

Kirika clicked her tongue lightly In the end, the belt did not entangle Pakuaki's neck but a thick water pipe in a corner of the classroom

”Yachi, hold ontodown”

”Yeah, okay”

This could not be helped After all, Kirika's injuries were not coroup Wondering which part of her body to hang onto, Haruaki hesitated for a few seconds before finally gripping Kirika's left arm Just as the two stepped over thefraaze back towards the classroom interior

”—Why help me?”

”Hahaha, now that really is a stupid question Does a brother even need a reason to help his cute little sister?”

This conversation ended with Kirika's clicking of her tongue again After cracking the whip in a threatening e noise, she slowly extended it to lower them outside the

Although she was feigning calmness, Haruaki wondered how ht before she had fully recovered In order to slightly ease her burden, Haruaki let go and juround Soon after, Kirika also landed

This was behind the school building, free froazes Haruaki then rushed frantically to Kirika's side

”Cl-Class Rep”

”If you're worried about the state of my body, I'm fine It should heal up coree Putting that aside for nohat should we do about that Oratorie wooal see you Do you knohy someone would want to hunt you down and kill you?”

”Oh Some kind of reason? Could it be related to Abyss? But because toothe sports festival, I was completely helpless I'm really not too clear”

Haruaki conversed with Kirika as he decided to leave this place first After all, the eneot the iet seemed more likely to be Pakuaki

As before, Haruaki walked in front while Kirika pushed him from behind

”Let's put aside the reason why I' hunted, what should we do now? Since it's the Fas they'll do? It would be tragic if she suddenly attacked in places with other students Even if that woman is wounded, it's still impossible to feel relief”

”Yeah, but we still have a ht now Putting it ly, it's still okay to push back Oratorie's ent problem has a time limit”

”But it'd be bad if so in circles! damn it, what on earth should we do?”

A whole host of troubling problems but there was no time to waste in contemplation like this While they walked in this h it was uncertain whether Oratorie would attack in a crowd, once the tihting Oratorie noould just be a waste of tio, if she were allowed to escape again, there would be no end to their troubles But if they left her to roam free, who kenhat could happen—What a dilemma

”Ugh Let me call Konoha first There's so much I need to tell her”

Haruaki took out his cellphone, but just as he was about to dial the nuers stopped

What he recalled was that Fear did not have a cellphone, so theuntil she reported to the superintendent's office Another issue—as currently surfacing in his mind

Then Haruaki iers and called Konoha After a few dozen rings, the call finally picked up Haruaki quickly explained everything that had happened to this point Then he sighed deeply after that

”So How should I say this? I need a favor from you”

Part 2

Severely injured by the dark-skinned girl who had appeared inexplicably, Oratorie escaped from the classroo people's gazes It would be best to get her wound treated before she was discovered and a coe

Moving along the back of the school building, she peered into everyshe ca this for a while, she finally found the location she wanted on the ground floor of the school building facing the school yard

It was the infirh she did not come here to follow that man's orders, it was the only place where she could stop the bleeding As far as she was concerned, she was totally not going to abandon her goal and leave the school

There was no one in the room—even the school physician was nowhere to be found This delicate ti Either hether ”threatening so on circu herself,” both were considerable chores

In any case, Oratorie opened thethat was not locked and entered

”How troubling What should I do? Disinfect, inject a he as it allowsit be better? Where are the bandages? Ah~ jeez, this is such a chore”

Just as she waswhile she ransacked the medication shelves

”Excusevery well, can he come in to rest—”

Two students had entered One was a short boy as holding a schoolbag while the other was a girl as helping hiing from their closeness, it was only natural to conclude that they were probably a steady couple

(Ah, the springtime of youth Well, what should I do? Should I kill them?)

As soon as they started screao for a preeripped the wooden oar and turned to face the two students Just as she took a step forward—

”G-Good heavens! You're heavily injured! Please don't move!”

”Huh?”

”Sorry, Ren-kun, why don't you sit on the bed and rest first I must tend to this person's wound first”

”O-Okay”

The boy obeyed and sat on the bed while the girl knelt down before Oratorie to exah Very soon, she frowned and said:

”What a severe wound! Why are you still standing? Hurry up and sit down! I'll treat you ireat! Ahhh~ Seriously, sotoday!”

The girl began to search the shelves desperately While it would be perfectly easy to take this opportunity to swing the «Tragedy Method» against the back of her head, Oratorie was slightly at a loss as to how to react to the girl's behavior Also—

”Umm I think you'd better listen to Hina-chan and sit down Here, take this chair and have a seat”

The boy brought a pipe chair and placed it next to Oratorie Looking like he was trehtly, he bowed politely and returned to sit on the bed

(H to treat my wound Perhaps there's no need to kill them at this moment?)

spacing out as she pondered such matters, Oratorie was finally won over by the desire to avoid anything troublesome

”Then thank you I hope you could work a bit faster, because I've bled quite a lot earlier already”

”Wow, you speak japanese really well No wait, now is not the tiot it! Uh Here's the antiseptic, uh Bandage, where are the bandages? Oh my—Where has Houjyou-sensei run off to at a time like this Hurry and come back!”

Now sitting on the chair, Oratorie exairl that was called Hina-chan had thick glasses with strong lenses, hair that was sloppily tied behind her head and a skirt that was not very short, coive a rather unfashi+onable impression However, her personality did not seem especially introverted and her natural assets were actually not bad, what a sha these unimportant comments to herself, Oratorie wondered ”If she switched to wearing contacts, she'd probably be the type who goes fro to a swan”

As for that boy called Ren-kun, he stood in stark contrast to the girl His adorable appearance and tie in others to protect him The type of handsome boy as like a small pet

”Got it, this is it! Well then, let's wipe this and disinfect it”