Vol 1 Chapter 10 (1/2)

Chapter 10: Commandos in Town

Our everyday passes by

Time passes by

Destiny passes by

What is it that does not pass

Point Allocation (Human Relationshi+ps)

Sakai’s mind connected the dots within an instant

Just froirl from just now had arrived

With no hesitation in his movements, he turned and confirmed it

…Her style is that of a Strike Forcer (Close-combat martial artist)!? This is pretty serious, but she is…

There was a vague irl

Honda Tadakatsu’s daughter The girl whom Masazumi had said was her acquaintance

What was her name? I don’t remember, but…

…Her movements are as sharp as ever! But she always used to carry a spear…!

I don’t understand what’s happening; having suddenly twisted around toainst his skin were the vibrations of the air that the girl had caused by twisting her body

The vibration was large, the initial speed slow

Then it’s an attack, Sakai judged If she was stretching her arms for the sake of protection, then the vibration would be small and the initial speed fast However, because the wind raised during an attack is caused by the wielder carrying his own volu, at first it’s slow but the e

Now, it’s the latter

Hoill she approach hts, but by his instinct

I re behind Tadakatsu, I was looking at it

It was not that I beca at it The experience of the battles I had cut h as a fors sits deeper than in o Industries brand The wooden handle, having been covered with a black matte finish, was of a color that contrasts with the brand na with a durable structure

The hilt was straight, and because of its length it looked as if it was made to cohtness

…If so

Even though the long hilt is aile proble the opponent and retracting as if shaving a piece off However that denotes the reality in which the wielder has to cut by pulling the blade that has touched its victim towards their own chest

As such, the blade of a katana cannot cut at any distance but a distance where it is able to be retracted By putting so, it is possible to slice deeply; but the distance that can be cut is the distance it can be retracted

And if it’s a katana that has a long hilt, when it’s pulled towards one’s front, the hilt will touch one’s body

The distance that it can be retracted is short

In that case, ill the wielder do tothe blade far!

Dropping their entire body, they will extend their blade far to the front and pull with their entire body

If that is done, they will be able to gain the twist of their body as a distance to retract the blade

Now, the wind I feel behindher entire body in with all her strength

The target is the right side of ood, Sakai’s instinct acknowledged his opponent

If she aimed for my upper body, the thick muscle and bone of my shoulder and chest would interrupt her If it’s below the sto my wrist but she can split the thin flesh of the side-abdomen that stretches with the pressure of the stomach

Furthermore, if it’s a horizontal slash, then she can pull the blade horizontally

If she does so, then she will auto movement of her body and the retracted pommel won’t touch her chest or sto

It’s a terrifying sword technique, which shows in how it’s regulated It’s not soround This is a sword technique from true battle

What should I do to avoid it?

Faster than he thought, Sakai moved

Sakai moved in a way that could not be called an evasion

In response to the whirling blow behind hihtly took one step back

The slice that ca back approached nonetheless

If it’s a weapon that slices, by leaping in from this direction I’m able to make the distance to retract zero Even if the opponent stepped backwards, it would becoinal one she was able to pull

The question is, am I able to step back faster than the slice from the horizontal slash?

Therefore, I twisted my body Not just directly to the rear, but towards my left as well

I went

And furthermore…

“And then—”

Sakai half-drew the tantō he was concealing at the back of his waist

The draw ht backhand, awith ht waist with the tantō’s blade, and I can protect ht chest with ht part ofthis, I respond to the opponent’s slice, take a good position, and defend

Having played his best card, Sakai suddenly twisted his body, having leaped towards his posterior-left, to the right

The opponent ung the blade should be there

She was there

Black hair was visible

Now, I touch her body; and from the next instant onwards, the initiative is in my hands

Generally this would be the time to insert a blow, make her obedient, and show her our difference in form; but now I am the student president of an Acadeirl But to speculate, I think that groping breasts would still be allowed

And the opponent’s blade tried to hit my blade

However…

“…h!?”

Sakai saw that the girl behind hiht

…This is—

The place the girl was standing was directly in front ofme her back She seemed to have dropped her hip

I don’t knohat’s happening

I don’t know, but it’s a fact that there was an instantaneousht and front of me

…So that her own blade wouldn’t clash with mine, huh!?

Blades are made of metal Even if it’s polymerized to increase its durability, even if it’s te hard it will bend or even break If one is a master, one can sever s; but that wasn’t an easy thing to do even for Sakai while he was in service

As such, the girl avoided the clashi+ng of blades

Evading, bursting forward, she controlled her body and twisted for the sake of her slice by dropping her hip

The katana, readied to the left as if shouldered,up and leaped upwards…

It approached

Swinging a blade upwards froht with that ht ar the tantō, was suppressed by her back

…She’s good

Reading my movements, she always aims for a fatal blow That she’s not afraid of close contact with her opponent is the result of her training

Sakai tried to evade before the blade leaped up to ht foot was stepped upon by her deeply retracted left heel

I drew back my toes But it was too slow On the contrary,irl showed the initialthe blade

This is bad But when I looked at the two forues in front oftheir fists and watching the battle for…!

If I couldbut the “Go—!” apparent in their faces

While thinking I’ll knock them down afterward, Sakai moved

Now, he could not draw his tantō Therefore, Sakai made an instantaneous decision An instinctive movement That was…

“Slap”

Sakai released his tantō, stuck that hand between the girl’s back and blade, and touched her left butt cheek

He held her left butt cheek with his hand that had coirl’s mouth, a scream with a tint of surprise was released

“Yes, so, have you just about gathered everything? The ingredients for the food for the celebration to Asaarments, nodded at her words

The location was a co the benefit of being a shi+p ai the people alking back and forth, there were those who had come up from Mikawa and the students of KPA Italia and Tres España who had come from the southern continental port

While one of the four ere standing in thearound with the large wrench used for shi+p-interior maintenance with her prosthetic arm, she looked at the other three: Adele, Suzu and Asa to be a lot of people, but didn’t we buy too o?”

What Naos that everyone was holding Let alone those in the ar at their elbows and some were even suspended on the hard points of their waists

“I-if Ga-Ga-chan and Go-chan…came, it would have been nice, but…”

Suzu, coing sensors at the side of her waist as she adjusted her hold on the burden she was clutching and spoke That done, Asa so around between the shi+ps right now, but earlier we should have asked them in advance when Toori was bloay by Mito”

At Asahed with a “Haaah”

“Well, thanks for your work too, Asaarments, work at the Asama Shrine is pretty busy now, isn’t it?”

“Yes At the end of spring, there’s a lot of contract-related work and I’m really busy with counter operations… As for spells, everyone seems to want overpowered ones; so the ae”

“Doesn’t everyone think that they can get overpowered ones if they go to your shrine?”

Nao it over her shoulder from her side, she spoke

“Didn’t you join the archery club’s huet practice at the culture festival last year, and co the club e? And then you took all the prizes and gave theht that the presents were the products of huht? The lives of peoplelike shooting a group of people not even including acceleration-types is easier than shooting sitting ducks, so I couldn’t help it, could I? Besides, screa to run outside would have really have caused a disturbance to the people outside the range, so I just blew them away”

“…Please, try to understand the word ‘disturbance’”

“Have the wrench on her shoulder a glance

“Anyway, joining us like this, you’ll be coht shi+ft off from the chief, Taizou-jii-san, but—”

Naoo shi+ps Asakusa and shi+nagawa had lowered the sails frohts above 100up the derricks that used the left and right arh the pulley on the tip of the arms, the suspended derricks utilized the labor-use Gods of war, aerial races, and workers to pull the ropes andto have the ti to have to head off now”

As she was speaking she pulled a rope, and the God of war suspended above the derrick descended towards her Adele, who saw that, formed her eyes into bow-shapes…

“Occasionally, let’s use it as a gondola or play with it like a swing Wouldn’t that be nice?”

“Just by the way, that’s work research too Anyway…the sky has become really noisy, hasn’t it”

In the sky between Asakusa and shi+nagawa, between every shi+p, there were nuures that had started to soar the sky hiteafter the trajectories that seeh speed, each of them traversed between the shi+ps; but…

“The supervision of Tres España’s Gods of war has ended, so the delivery workers have started to race and have mock battles Naruze said that there are a lot of people from all over ere aces in their countries but couldn’t coions that have fled here; because of that, the exchange of techniques and knowledge is world-class here”

“Ah, Naruze and Naito were also flying around just now, you know? At a speed where they would have been invisible if not for ‘Konoha’ …According to them, their two-man unit is top class”

“Well, those two are also doing their work and things like that at the ht Really, there’s nobody around ood”

“…Masa, please look in a ain”

At Asas and packages on her raised knee and adjusted her grasp…

“But well, there’s also Mikawa’s fireworks, though as expected everyone’s going to see the chancellor, huh… I’ to join battle with a h”

“I-I’”

Suzu also spoke, and nodded Asa at everyone with her two-colored eyes, lowered the corners of her eyebrows and laughed

“What is this, everyone’s interested in Toori-kun, aren’t they?”

“That’s true The entire world is noisy with Oda and the Logis about whether an idiot’s confession will pass through or not is really like, well, not the Song of Passage, but…” [2]

Nao the wrench behind her neck, looked up at the mid-afternoon sky and spoke

“ ‘Despite otten aze, looked at Asama and opened herwith Kier than any of us, haven’t you?”

After Asaht for a little while, she nodded Looking at everyone…

“Well, even if you say ‘longer’, it’s because of the relationshi+p between our parents; and ue”

“But, only you have been together with him since before elementary school Everyone else came after elementary school So everyone, well, knohat kind of person Toori is, but—”

“Ma-Masazumi-san is di-diffe-rent And al-also, A-Azuma-san”

Asama nodded in response to Suzu’s words

“That’s because Masazumi transferred here last year… Even today, she didn’t come to the Academy and just set off towards Mikaith the school president… She’s different from us, since she seems to treat the Academy as just a waypoint of her life”

And also…

“Azuma-kun entered after middle school, so I don’t think that he completely understands Toori-kun”

“But,” Asa at Naomasa…

“Why do you ask?”

At the question, Naomasa smiled wryly

“—We, who are here, know about Horizon just as Toori does”

At those words, Asa with everybody What should I say, and how should I say it? they all thought

Even Naohtly; but after a while, she said…

“Shall we continue walking?”

Naomasa pointed at the road with her chin That too hile she was lightly playing around with her wrench like it was a pendulu people by, the road she alking was…

“Um, th-the end of this path is…”

She knows The reason Suzu is shaking her head is…

“Ahh, the snack shop that Toori always co is here, huh But don’t worry, at this ti her afternoon grave visit You should know”

At Nao a step as if following Nao…

“I’m a little surprised That Masa would be interested in her”

“—You and I both know about her visiting the graves When I take a break in the outer hull’s e or afternoon work, I can hear it ’…”

“You know about it, right?” said Masa, who had already gone to the front of everyone and started walking…

“The Song of Passage The song that we sang e played together with Horizon Outlining formations on the road with rocks, everyone would pass under each other’s arms…whoever was left in thewas the loser”

“Horizon had this strange part of her that would be concerned about all of us, and occasionally she would purposely lose because of it She thought that nobody found out, but everyone knew…”

After a while, Asa at her…

At this point, Asama understood the intent of Naomasa’s words just now The reason she had been asked about the length of her co me to talk about old memories of Horizon, aren’t they

Horizon

What reirl The lines of her body were slender, but if she thinks back upon it now, there were ti heart, a heart too gentle However, that too…

“Due to her birth she was a really troubled person… Toori-kun, by her side, was gradually becoh, her birth would eventually cause extreot to know about that…”