Vol 4 Chapter 86 (1/2)
Chapter 86: Confirmers of the Footholds
It must continue
Whether you like it or not
Point Allocation (Constant Change)
Mori fought
…I need to do my best!
The re for her down below Novgorod
Mori felt they had Sakuorod to this extent, so he had to extend their control by the time she came back alive
So he side the Gods of war he inhabited after splitting himself apart
He was gradually figuring out how to fight on this battlefield Thehimself open to an attack, so he kept his movements compact
“Yes, I need toht!?”
“Ha ha ha Mori, that’s really persuasive co your tentacles around normally either”
Toshi+e had tes out, but he had returned to the top of the hill
As for their enemy…
“Date is putting up a surprisingly good fight,” commented Toshi+e
“I-I destroyed 4 of thee battle”
They were firing fro sure they did not hit the assault unit reinforce from the north They could not defeat Mori, but they could destroy the large skeletons, which was a probleion quite as hen he pursued them
Toshi+e told him not to worry about it and that destruction did not h away to dodge the bullets from the Date Gods of war
“H-how about that, Master Toshi+e!? I can dodge! I’ them!”
“That’s so”
“Wriggling!”
…Lady Matsu really likes it…!
Mori was delighted, so he had all of his Gods of riggle around The Date Gods of war and the Sviet Rus spell unit could not hit him with their physical bullets and spell bullets
And even just dodging like this was valuable Not only did it use up the ene as he was here, the Date Gods of war could not move forward And without their support, the Sviet Rus warriors could not move forward either
And whenever they saw an opening, Toshi+e’s large skeletons and large apes would move forward to wear down and push back the enemy’s front line
“Wh-as this kind of tactic called!? A de-lewd-ing tactic!?”
“That would be a delaying tactic”
“…Oh U-uuy! Please don’t misunderstand! I-I just mispronounced it a little is all!”
“Don’t worry about it!”
Lady Matsu is so kind…! thought Mori as he fought
He had to be careful If the ene
It was already happening A largescale impact hit to the left and bleay several skeletons
That was close, he thought while stepping to the right That would’ve been dangerous if it had hit me
And then
“Mori! Not that way!”
“…Eh?”
Had that i?
He quickly turned around and saw soht sky by the impact
…Vermilion!?
It was a feminine God of war And…
“That’s Musashi+’s…!”
Mori realized what the enemy had done They had set up a predictable pattern of shellfire in order to disguise the landing of the God of war as a shell hit and catch hiuard
In a true surprise attack, he could not actively uess the ene to do that
But he had Toshi+e on his side and Toshi+e’s words had saved him
…I’m not alone!
With that in mind, Mori faced the enemy while turned to the side
He sent out the left ar corkscre that wrapped around the enemy’s arm and threw them
He had used this to slaround, so…
“You’re mine…!”
Toshi+e saw so unbelievable as he stood at the top of the hill
As soon as Mori touched the Musashi+ God of war named Jizuri Suzaku, he disappeared
…Huh?
It happened too suddenly for Toshi+e to grasp what had happened In fact…
“…?”
Jizuri Suzaku itself and the Musashi+ 6th Special Duty Officer standing on its shoulder frantically looked left and right
It was unclear what had happened, but Mori had vanished Well, his other Gods of ere still there, but not the main one
“Where did the thickest Mori go?”
As soon as Toshi+e asked that, Mori crashed down froht
“Ahhhhhn!”
Dirt flew into the air as he collided with the ground, but Mori iht back up
“Ah”
But his body twisted around and he collapsed again A thick arm trembled 3 cm to Toshi+e’s left
“D-da Th-there’s so with me!”
“U for me, so are you done?”
“Oh, s-sorry, Master Toshi+e! I need to pull ether!”
“Actually, maybe you would have fared better if you let yourself come apart a little more”
Meanwhile, the 6th Special Duty Officer noticed theht She was about 100 meters away and the God of war tried to hide her behind its face
Mori also noticed the enemy’s movement Despite the distance, he stood up and…
“H-here I go!”
He sent his other Gods of war toward Jizuri Suzaku There were 6 of they sort of hile attacking with their log-like arms However…
…Eh?
Toshi+e saw six figures fly up into the sky
They were Mori’s alternate Gods of war He could tell Jizuri Suzaku had just barely touched them, but that was all
…Why did that send the!?
Then they crashed down just 15 cm behind him
Naomasa did not really understand
…What is going on here?
She had tried to counterattack with a throw She had to say “tried” because those weird Gods of war had flown into the sky before she actually got that far
Only one possibility came to mind:
…Are they actually on our side and are letting me win?
But the pried toward her
“Ereeeeeeeeeeeeeeect!”
What is with this? she thought while trying to perform a throw, but as soon as Jizuri Suzaku’s hand touched it…
“——————!!”
The eneht sky
Nao head-first in the distance And…
Asa kind of invincible there”
S Girl: “Yeah, I’m honestly not sure what this is”
“Stickyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!”
It was sent flying before she could even throw it
Silver Wolf: “Eh? Wh-what is that? I keep hearing these loud crashes down below, but is that Naomasa?”
Suy Oh, excuse ”
“Harrrrrrrrrrd!!”
They flehen she merely touched them
Hori-ko: “Nao this?”
No, wait, thought Naoure out as happening between her and her opponent
Set it”
“Thruuuuuuuuust!!”
He fleay and Naomasa confirmed her speculation
S Girl: “I use uy th in the exact direction I’ all of the power I would have used to throw him”
So she only had to slightly touch hi the throw
“Dammiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!”
And the enemy God of war fleildly into the sky
S Girl: “Yeah, that’s definitely it Mitotsudaira, he’s even worse than you were back in England Or rather, he’s really poorly ainst me in close-quarters combat”
Silver Wolf: “I-I’ed a lot since then!”
“Sure, sure,” said Naoe
The sa, but…
…Throwing hie…
Naoinally tried to do
With an extre a sharp curve and sla into the air
“…!?”
For the first time in his life, Mori felt an impact reach his entire body
The rapid spin caused the blood to gather on the surface of his body And after spinning upside-down, he thought his entire body was being crushed because…
…She slaround!?
Not even his body’s elasticity allowed hiround
Instead of feeling an urge to vomit, the i forced out
His breathing and even his pulse were shaken, but…
“…Eh?”
He realized he was hanging upside down in the air
His opponent had grabbed his wrist and swung him upwards to lift him up
And then he found hiround
Omaeda: “Mori! Mori! To be honest with you, I ran 100 meters away, but are you okay!?”
Mory: “Ah… I-I round…is so warm…”
Oo to sleep, Mori! Stay with us! And, umm, about your opponent here Musashi+’s 6th Special Duty Officer is naht? Well, do you knoho Ii Naomasa is?”
Mory: “N-no, sorry I haven’t been with you very long…”
O to the Testament descriptions, there was this battle called the Battle of Koakute, you see? And, Mori, one of Ii Naomasa’s troops snipes you between the eyebrows and you die”
Mory: “Ehh!? What!? No one told me that! And I don’t have eyebrows! Wh-what am I supposed to do about that!?”
Oot a perfect 5 in art, so can you draw some on?”
Lily Flower: “Just so you know, I got that 5 thanks toWant me to carve some in?”
Mory: “No, I-I don’t like the sound of that! I like my adorable shape and coloration! B-besides, I’ve heard rumors about Musashi+’s 6th Special Duty Officer!”
Toshi+e asked him what kind of rumors those were, so he answered
Mory: “Shaja! From what I heard, Musashi+’s 6th Special Duty Officer puffs on a pipe, has a rude way of speaking, always has oil stains on her clothes, has a giant false ar I’ll be killed by that collection of negative traits!?”
As soon as he said that, Mori was lifted up and slaround
Mori was sla else had been knocked out of hi
He saw the girl standing on the female God of war’s shoulder
She wore a Far Eastern summer uniform, she held a pipe in her n frame
“What? I’ around This isn’t my idea of fun”
She spoke rudely and her clothes had oil stains and scorch marks in places Her false arm held onto the side of the vermilion God of war’s head and looked like it could punch someone to death
Mori had previously called her a collection of negative traits, but…
…Ah
He gasped
Below the night sky and in the flickering light of the battlefield’s torches and fires, he saw her black hair, her angled eyes, her fit build, and her false arm
…But that isn’t all
He also saw the breasts contained inside the chest band and the lines of her legs and butt showing through her tights
…This isn’t at all like what I know
She was not like the girls he knew And he did not irls he had lived and trained with He had been forced to experience girls all too much in the past
“————”
He briefly recalled that part of his past he wished he could forget
During that fors that had violated hi away Calling it “gentle” sounded nice, but he still shuddered when he thought about how it had clung to hi
They had all started by dressing up, acting cute, and treating him and themselves with care, but…
…I was like a pet to them
They had all looked down on him And they had tried to use him however they could
Soly kind and soft had not allowed him to escape It had been a constant companion in that dark and damp place
He was here now thanks to his atteet about and leave that And…
“…”
This is different, he thought She viewed hiht, but she did not look down on hi straight at him
…She reminds me of that time
She reminded him of when Hashi+ba had rescued him and faced him below the sky
Because Hashi+ba had looked straight at him on an even level, he had not knohat to do and looked away That hy he had looked to the sky
He was now eround and could not move his head, so he could not look away
This girl reminded him of Hashi+ba and the others from PA Oda, but…
…She’s different
Hashi+ba was pretty, but this girl was different She had th than softness, she dressed herself in what she needed rather than what looked nice, and she spoke her mind rather than what people wanted to hear Her body and her giant false right arm seemed imbalanced
He felt certain that she was not in that place
She had lived while entirely ignorant of that place
…Is this the kind of person I was hoping for?
And as soon as he thought that…
“…!?”
Mori felt his pulse begin to race
Naomasa saw the God of war suddenly bend backwards while eround
S Girl: “Hey, everyone, there’s a weird one here”
Marube-ya: “Does that mean PA Oda isn’t all that different from us?”
Azuma: “Does that mean the world’s in trouble no matter which side wins?”
We: “Azuma-kun! Azuma-kun! I feel like you have allowed them to corrupt you a bit lately!”
But as Naolared at the sprawled-out God of war…
“Ah, no, i-it can’t be…! It can’t be that…!”
Mal-Ga: “What is this?”
Gold Mar: “You probably shouldn’t watch this, Ga-chan I think it’s just a crazy person”
Novice: “Eh? He’s not crazy! Don’t you get it!? He’s awakening to the hidden power of his blood! I suppose the rest of you will never understand the confusion that brings…!”
Scarred: “To me, it looks more like he’s filled with joy”
Girls: “Meaning he’s just plain weird…!”
Asa you to take care of this”
S Girl: “I’d really rather not…”
Mori was confused
…N-no! This i-isn’t right!
His pulse would not calm down
He was focused on the girl standing on the shoulder of the vermilion God of war in front of him
Looking up froht line down to her navel Because she was turned slightly to the side to speak to the God of war, her waist isted and her butt stuck a bit out toward him And as the wind blew at her skirt, he occasionally saw…
…N-no! L-looking is too indecent! …Glance Ahh, I’m so dirty!
But her bound hair blew in the wind and caish hair fell down on the bare skin of her back which was left exposed to provide space for the false arm’s connection
…Wah
His pulse raced even faster
This was not right She was supposed to shoot him between the eyebrows And that was not supposed to happen until later So as the center of his circulatory syste inside him like it had been shot? Could it be…
…That’s ridiculous
Didn’t I want to fall in love with, marry, and live out the rest of entle, and kind person?
At the very least, he had not expected to get along with so over their own appearance, and fought people In others words, soht kill him But…
…I…
I rong, he thought His life plan and the ideal woht have been feentle, and kind, but…
…That’s just like the people who once controlled me!
He had not known any other kind of woined a proper life plan, he had only been able to hope for someone just like those who had controlled him
If this person ht kill him, that was fine with hi death So…
“…!”
He had found a different kind of person he had never even hoped for
This was a kind of woman he had never known before And…
…She’s so pretty…
Her muscles and movements were different frothened her
So, thought Mori ”'If she would open her heart to me…
…A-and guide me…
“N-no I-I can’t…!”
Sain”
Mal-Ga: “You should finish hi hit”
Me: “Maybe he’s fallen in love with Naomasa”
Girls: “No, no Not a chance”
S Girl: “And Toori Make any more stupid jokes and I’ll beat you up next”
Wise Sister: “Oh? I think hethere, Naomasa Too much humility will only reduce your value, you know?”
While i up toward Naoht to himself: I can’t keep this up
At this rate I’o crazy
But it has to be now, he thought If I let her escape, I ain So, he continued I need to say so But…
…Wh-what am I supposed to say!?
He was not confident enough in his feelings to say, “I love you” And she probably would not want to hear that right now The battlefield was also a poor place for saying, “Please hear what I have to say”
This was i in the balance
He needed words that would calm this enemy’s heart
He needed soain her trust
He was a tentacle being He was a fully pure-blooded tentacle So he knew generally what to do In order to calot up and estion
“Excuseyou!”
He was slaround
…It didn’t work!?
Why? wondered Mori Should I have gone for a greater impact with my head? No…
…She really isn’t that sort of person…!
“What a pain Would this be easier?”
Eh? he wondered just before he flew through the air
…Ah!
He was not slath to throw hiorod and into the empty air
His God of war had no flight device, so he could not avoid falling
And that would lead to one thing: he would be separated from her
He would be taken from and separated from her That was obvious, but in that case…
…Wait
He panicked He could tell he was panicked as he was flung through the air And so he thought, I want to confirm this
He had only just met her Musashi+’s 6th Special Duty Officer probably only saw him as an enemy, but what did he think? He wanted to demonstrate that
“U-um!”