Vol 1 Chapter 2.3 (1/2)

Greed Giant Part 3:

After sixth period ended so did the school day. I carried the sword from last night and walked with Yuki and Kujyo to the main entrance (the sheath made of rope, which held the sword, was all made for me by Yuki during breaks).

I couldn’t believe how calm I was. I couldn’t get it off my mind this morning. However, as it got closer to the duel time, I actually became more relaxed. I already gave up. I’ll just let whatever happens happen!!

As we were walking on the small path that led westward, we went down a series of concrete stairs covered with lush green gra.s.s and arrived at a sand covered playground. There wasn’t a single cloud in the sky. It looked like the duel wouldn’t be cancelled due to rain.

When we arrived, Kito was already there, sitting. It seemed like he wanted to be prepared to duel at a moment’s notice, so he did preparation exercises.

There was no one else around other than Kito. I couldn’t help myself from taking a breath of relief. In order to have the supervisors gather before the battle begins, notices would always be posted at the main entrance beforehand.

After the closed-in school campus game started, there would be a lot people watching every single battle due how rare they were. However, because the third years were always the overwhelming winners, the number of students who came and watched became less and less.

Moreover, this battle was completely unrelated to the closed-in school campus game. It was a battle between a B cla.s.s and a C cla.s.s. Only Kujyo and Yuki were here.. I’m really thankful for this because I was going to lose really badly.

“——Yo, Yagumo. You have to work hard today.”

I suddenly heard a voice behind me. I instinctively turned my head around. A beautiful girl dressed in white appeared before me. There were red lines on her skirt indicating that she was a third year.

Her waist length hair was tied up with bright red accessories, and the plumpness of her chest could match that of Yuki’s. However, what was more striking was that she left her white cape, which was worn on top of her uniform, drooping on her shoulders. It was clear that she showed less skin than other girls, but this kind of drooping fas.h.i.+on was actually slightly more erotic.

Her name was s.h.i.+ranui Himeka, a S cla.s.s Exceed. She served as the health committee chairman, who is one of the Game Masters of the closed-in school campus game.

“Have we met before? I think I met you when you sent one of your cla.s.smates to the health center during Golden Week. However, you left without saying anything to me.”

“…..Yes, thank you very for taking care of him that time.”

“Shucks, it’s just the health committee’s responsibility. If I use my . Treating wounds only takes two seconds.”

s.h.i.+ranui said confidently as her dark black hair swayed gracefully.

“As long as you have me supervising, you don’t need to show any mercy for your opponent. Enjoy the battle to your heart’s content.”

“……Ok.”

I reluctantly answered as I walked towards center of the campus. I wasn’t in the mood to chat with the Dominators at the time.

“——In that case, I’ll go all out.”

I told myself as I activated .

Ryuji and I split, side by side carrying the sword in its scabbard. After activating , doesn’t only make a copy of myself but also my clothes and accessories.

However, if this didn’t happen, there would be a naked person every time we split. That would be a big problem.

By the way, the items added by wouldn’t disappear even if I dropped it before I cancel the ability. For example, if I used , a $10,000 bill would become two bills. That way you could buy things worth $20,000. This ability was literally made for breaking the law.

“You seem to be ready.”

Kito said to me as he got up after finis.h.i.+ng his stretches. Ryuji and I simultaneously nodded our heads.

“Alright, then let’s get started.”

Kito shouted with a very imposing manner. A few seconds later, fireworks started, which meant the start of the battle.

The white smoke rose up extremely high, and the loud sounds of explosion resounded in the air.

Seconds later, Kito lowered his body and started to charge up. He probably wanted to make himself enormous like last night.

Ryuji and I took aim and sped towards him. As we ran towards the motionless Kito, we pulled out the sword. We were going to pierce him from the upper-right in one go.

The reason was simple for using quick attacks at the beginning of the battle. If someone wanted to beat Kito, their best chance would be before he became a giant.

——However, in reality, it wouldn’t be as successful as I imagined it would be. Kito already saw through my intentions. He enlarged his right arm in an instant and swept horizontally with tremendous force. Ryuji and I were hit and sent flying backwards.

Fortunately, the attack earlier didn’t do us much harm. It was probably because it was a sudden counter-attack, so there wasn’t much power put in.

We immediately adjusted our formation. Ryuji and I put a little more distance between us.

“——Kito. From what just happened, we can clearly see that you’re ability has a huge weakness.”

While paying attention to Kito’s movements, I said this, which made him shudder.

“It would be better to call it a limit rather than a weakness.”

“Limit? What do you mean?”

“Don’t play dumb.”

As he said that, I reminisced about what happened last night. When we encountered Kito in the vicinity of the school campus, he only made his right arm enormous. There was no sign of him chasing us during the time he was making his whole body gigantic.

“You probably can’t make your whole body gigantic in an instant. To achieve gigantism, it would take somewhere around ten seconds. During this time, you’ll be completely vulnerable.”

After hearing me point out his weakness, Kito made a wry smile.

“How surprising. You deduced that just from our encounter yesterday.”

“I am very observant.”

“Hmph, but my right arm can instantly become gigantic.”

“That’s true, but this is a lot easier to fight against compared to a complete giant.”

“So, you decided not to wait until I turn gigantic?”

“That’s right, but it would be better to say that I took this opportunity to engage.”

While I was pretending to chat with Kito, Ryuji launched a surprise attack from behind.

“——Eat this!!”

However, Kito’s enlarged his right foot and jumped away with an unbelievable amount of force from where he was.

“That’s a pity. I saw your other self moving with my peripheral vision.”

“I knew from the beginning that trick wouldn’t work. ——However, it could still be considered a small success since I know your feet can get bigger now as well.”

“While a.n.a.lyzing my ability, you’re planning on slowly forcing me into a corner.”

“Do you think that’s improper?”

“No, actually I think it’s a great strategy. ……Anyways, have you heard any information about from other people?”

“What do you mean?”

“Stop playing dumb. When I activate , there’s another effect. Do you know what it is?”

“……….”

I probably already guessed what Kito wanted to say. While and are completely different cla.s.ses, there are some similarities.

——It’s that 「you can add more of yourself」.

“To answer the question from earlier, it should be 「when you activate , anything you touch will also become huge」, right? Otherwise, your uniform would have been ripped into shreds when you turned gigantic last night.”

“You have very good observation skills. You can even deduce this when you use it.”

While talking, Kito put his hand down his jacket’s front pocket, seemingly trying to pull something out.

“Actually before the battle, I picked up all the medium sized rocks around the area.”

“——Could it be you!”

“Ah, that’s exactly right.”

Kito held a small rock while making his right hand gigantic. During the moment I s.p.a.ced out, he threw the rock in his hand, which was around thirty meters, towards Ryuji.

——That’s not right, it was no longer the size of a stone. It was a boulder.

“Eat a blow from my right fist as well!”

The moment he said that, Kito had already threw his giant fist at me.

The giant right fist came at me, and countless rocks flew towards Ryuji. I hesitated for a moment. I then finally canceled , which made me disappear.

After, my body suffered the impact of numerous rocks. The sharp stones pierced my skin all the way to the bones. My head started feeling a little dizzy.

“——You aren’t the only one who learnt from last night’s battle. As long as you cancel , you can avoid one of them from being attacked. So, if I want to attack you, I have target both of you at the same time for it to work.”

Kito proudly said to me, as I fell on the ground.

Although I avoided a fatal wound, both my elbows hurt so much that I couldn’t lift them up. Because I wanted to protect myself from the rocks, I got this wound instead. I questioned whether I should keep fighting.

“——AHHHHHH!!”

I shouted as I stubbornly got up. I finally stood up.

However, after I adjusted my posture, Kito had already turned into a giant.

“……Ok. I’m completely ready now. Let’s start this battle again!”

Kito’s roaring voice came from above. He had already lifted his gigantic right foot to flatten me.

Predicting where he was going to land, I desperately tried to jump away from there. An unbelievably enormous shoe flattened where I just stood at.