42 [1-42] My favorite food is hamburgers. (1/2)

Udanosuke (real name: Joshua Curtis) has seen it.

An army of xenomorphs poured out of Duke Gerald's castle.

--Oh my god ......!　What the hell is going on?

Udanosuke is Night Python's bouncer.

Or maybe I should say he was a bouncer, past tense.

Just two days ago, I came home from work to find Night Python's headquarters a shell of its former self. All the leaders, executives, and ordinary members were gone.

I had no idea what had happened. Those scattered around the city were safe, but they were still confused about what had happened.

There was definitely some kind of emergency. Udanosuke was hiding in the city to see what was going on.

But the situation turned out to be diagonally different from what Udanosuke expected. He was wearing a sand-gasa (samurai are not allowed to cover their faces with any other equipment) and was walking around the city, when he saw some undead coming out.

The undead were wearing armor with the duke's coat of arms. At the same time, almost all the troops from the territory were gathering in the city. I don't know how this happened, but I know that the knights have been turned into undead.

Soon, screams began to come from everywhere.

Udanosuke, who had been hiding in an alley watching the undead attack, soon stopped counting the number of undead. He knew there were not enough of them for Udanosuke to defeat, but enough to destroy the city. It was enough.

--d*mn it. This is just like the Bon Dance Master said!

We have to run. But there was a very bad reason for me to run away by myself.

--Before I run away, I've got to get at least a month's supply of ”samurai spirit” or I'll go crazy!

The pipe for suction can be replaced with a kissel, but I don't know where to buy kusa itself in another city!　It's too expensive!

For now, I have three days' supply and my favorite pipe in the room of the inn where Udanosuke was hiding. The only thing left to do is to go to a familiar dealer.

Deciding to do so, Udanosuke acted quickly. He ran like the wind through the city on his skilled samurai feet. He had to hurry because he had to take extra trouble in the midst of all this fuss. According to my master, there must have been a Far Eastern proverb that said something like, ”Hurry up and be good.

The streets were filled with people who had seen the undead and fled, and people who hadn't noticed anything strange yet, all in a panic. Udanosuke walked through them in chop style, following the proper etiquette of a samurai.

Then, screams rose up everywhere he went.

--The undead are coming here too!

As he looked through the fleeing people, he saw that the undead were few in number. It's easy for Udonosuke to kill or escape. The average citizen would panic if even one zombie appeared in the city.

Udanosuke decides to just go through them.

As he approached, the undead conveniently gathered on the side of the road, surrounding a few citizens against the wall.

”Hey, adventurer!　Help me!

A boy shouts to Udanosuke from within the semi-circle of undead encirclement. He was carrying a weapon and was thought to be an adventurer.

--I can't deal with them!　Let's get out of here while they're being eaten!

Udanosuke completely ignores the boy's voice and tries to pass by the encirclement.

But...

”Hyeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Udanosuke felt as if he were being tickled in the armpit, and he let out a stupid scream while writhing.

Withdrawal symptoms!

Hearing his voice, the undead all turned to look at Udanosuke.

”...... d*mn you!　It's not that easy, that it's not!

It's not easy, that it isn't!” Udanosuke clicks his tongue and pulls out his favorite sword, the ”Douchou atryoku” (I don't know what it means in Far Eastern, but I think it's a cool name).

Then, he filled his tanden with chi and took a warrior's breath.

”Ki-edges!

The ”douchou atryoku” glowed white.

This is also a samurai technique. The katana is imbued with chi to enhance its sharpness. It's not the same as sacred magic, but in this state, it can be used to deal effective blows to the undead and even slay spirits.

...... It was a rather common enchantment with no attributes.

The undead attacked Udanosuke without any preamble. There are skeletons, zombies, ghouls, you name it.

The undead were all skeletons, zombies, and ghouls. And they're wearing good gear.

But... But they're nothing to Udanosuke, a katana wielder who can cut through mithril!

”Whoo-hoo-hoo!　Susi!

With a burst of energy, Udanosuke slashed at it.

He cut the spearhead skeleton in half. Cut the zombie's torso in half, armor and all. He cleaves the two skeletons that come at him at the same time, and intercepts the better equipped ghoul.

”Release Arts!

Udanosuke held his katana in a horizontal stance and lunged at the ghoul.

His body is filled with bio-magic, which acts on the weapon.

I'm not sure if this is a good idea or not. It's called the ...... Arts.

”Hurrah!

I'll rip the ghoul's abdomen open, armor and all!

Kili!

Rip it in a straight line!

”SMAAAAAAAAAASH!

”SMAAAAAAAAAASH!” You run through it, slashing it in half!

”...... Cut and run!

With a bang!　As soon as he sheathed his katana, Udanosuke's slash exploded behind him.

This is the ”Harakiri Smash,” an art that Udanosuke has developed.

After three consecutive slashes, the sword is used as a trigger to strike again.

It's a great way to make sure you don't end up in a situation where you can't move.

”...... No, no, no, no, you're not a samurai if you don't chop off heads. You can't be a samurai without a head.

Udanosuke walked over to the ghoul and grabbed its helmet and pulled it upwards. And then.

”Kubidiken!

With a shout, he dropped the head and announced to the world that victory was assured.

Seeing that all the undead had stopped moving, the people who had been frozen by the wall came to Udanosuke with a sense of relief.

The people who were saved by Udanosuke were a girl of about 10 years old and her parents. There was also an old woman who seemed to have nothing to do with the family, and a boy who seemed to be a different person.

Oh, thank you so much!

I was about to be eaten, but you got my attention and saved my life!

I was about to be eaten, but you caught my attention and saved my life!” After being thanked, Udanosuke realized his mistake.

--I'm sorry. I've accidentally acted like a samurai, as is my usual habit at work!