285 I Choose Her! (1/2)
As Seiji expected, the man didn't reply.
'Well, I'll just have to find an opportunity to remove this fellow's mask and sunglasses to find out what he looks like.'
Actually, Seiji had wanted to do that already, but his opponent was quite strong, and he couldn't find any opportunities.
He decided to use one of his abilities.
When the black-jacketed man rushed him once again, Seiji lifted his hand and opened it in midair.
[Telekinesis technique—Ice Prison]!
Seiji locked on to his target and cast a spell which stopped the black-jacketed man in his tracks.
'This is my chance!'
Seiji rushed forwards and slapped the man's face with his left hand, ripping off the mask and sunglasses as well as knocking off the cap in the process. At the same time, he used his right hand to deliver a full-force blow to the man's stomach!
*Boom!!*
The black-jacketed man was sent crashing into the wall.
”You're… Shouhei Hirai!”
Seiji recognized this person; he was Peach-sensei's college classmate, and they had run into him during the school festival!
The green-haired man named Shouhei Hirai lifted his head with a blank expression. His eyes seemed hollow.
His appearance was akin to a robot's or a puppet's… it was as if he was being controlled by someone else.
Seiji furrowed his brows when he realized this.
The gray-black mist around Shouhei suddenly expanded threefold. A few ethereal human-shadows popped out and started to dance strangely, flickering in and out of his sight as they did so.
Seiji was overcome by a sudden sense of danger.
At that moment, Shouhei dashed towards Seiji at an incredibly high speed. His right fist, wreathed in dense gray-black mist shot towards him like a cannonball!
[Bullet Time], activate!
Seiji rolled on the floor and dodged this attack.
*Boom!!*
Shouhei's fist caused the apartment wall to collapse and left behind a huge hole!
Even top-quality soundproofing couldn't muffle the noise from the impact; Seiji heard yelps of astonishment from the next-door neighbors.
Shouhei retracted his fist and suddenly ran onto the veranda before jumping off the balcony.
'He's running away!?'
Seiji watched him leave and frowned. In the background, the neighbors continued to curse angrily.
After speedily thinking through the situation, he immediately turned around and ran out the front door to the elevator.
By the time that the neighbor went over to Peach-sensei's apartment to see what was going on, Seiji was already going down the elevator.
While in the elevator, Seiji took out his cell phone. He felt it was lucky that it hadn't broken during the fight.
He couldn't contact them and didn't know where they would go…
'Wait—would they go to the police station?'
Seiji felt that this was the most likely possibility.
As he walked out of the apartment, Seiji called Natsuya Yoruhana.
She picked up.
”Good morning, President.”
”Good morning, Haruta-kun.”
”I apologize that I have to bother you with yet another incident, it's like this…” Seiji quickly gave her a concise run-down of what had happened.
”That person… has most likely been possessed by an undead spirit,” Natsuya concluded after listening to his story. ”Although I can't say so with one hundred percent certainty without seeing him for myself, according to your description, that seems the most likely scenario.”
”Possessed by an undead spirit… why would such a thing happen? Was he cursed by someone? Or did he cast some sort of curse on himself?”
”Both are possible, but it's also conceivable for him to have met with some incident and was simply unlucky to have this fate befall him. However, this last possibility is quite unlikely.”
”Oh…”
”Haruta-kun, are you injured?” Natsuya asked in a concerned voice.
”I took a few blows, but I'm fine.”