697 Did you have fun playing? (1/2)

Even an idiot would know that it wouldn't be a good idea to fight against a scary darkness that might devour them at any moment.

But as for ”playing a game?”

Who knew what type of game that would be? That might be even more dangerous!

The smiling silver-haired boy and the pitch-black dark shadow behind him made for a sharp contrast. Yet, the boy's smile still seemed so happy and open, making things seem even stranger.

Seiji discovered that he had been wrong.

Itsuki Kamitani hadn't been acting at all. He was truly such an ”innocent” type!

His ”innocence” was pure yet also allowed him to smile while killing people. He was just like a child, with an innocent and cute side. Yet, the same child would also cruelly destroy ant nests, take apart insect limbs, and kill small animals!

This type of person… while it seemed like he was giving Seiji a choice, there was no choice at all.

”Earlier, you asked me why I chose green tea, and I didn't tell you the answer yet.” Seiji remained calm. ”Do you still want to know the answer?”

”Of course. Why?”

”Take a closer look at the label on that juice can of yours.”

Kamitani reflexively looked at the juice can still in his hand.

*Whoosh…* Seiji instantly cast the [Body-strengthening technique] on himself and jumped backwards, running away at top speed!

Kamitani was still inspecting the juice can, as if he didn't notice anything at all. Yet, the dark shadow behind him started moving and suddenly reached out with a gigantic claw!

This claw moved quite quickly and was about to catch up to Seiji.

[Evolved Fire Bullet]!

Seiji instantly borrowed power from his bonded spirit and shot out a tremendous golden spiritual fireball, which exploded against the black claw in a brilliant light.

The black claw was shattered by the explosion. However, it soon reconstructed itself and chased after Seiji again!

Seiji shot another fireball which shattered the black claw for a second time. Yet, it was able to reconstruct itself yet again.

*Boom boom boom boom…* There was a series of explosions as Seiji delayed the black claw while continuing to retreat. He backpedaled at an extremely high speed across the street, astonishing the bystanders that saw him.

Ordinary people were unable to see the black shadow claw or the spiritual Mana Bullets. They could only hear the sounds. So, all that the bystanders saw was a jacket-wearing boy running backwards for no apparent reason at an astonishingly high speed together with some mysterious explosion sounds.

Since Seiji was on a street, a car just happened to drive towards him. The driver noticed that someone suddenly appeared before him, causing him to panic and step on the brakes!

What'd just happened? The middle-aged driver was rather confused.

Meanwhile, the people on the street saw to their astonishment that the jacketed boy covered his face with one hand while speedily stepping on top of the car roof and going through the street! There were also mysterious explosion sounds as he jumped with far greater jump power than any normal man should have. He then jumped up onto a wall and ran along it before finally jumping onto a rooftop!

”Amazing… what was that?”

”Was that parkour? Did he use some special equipment that makes exploding sounds?”

”I didn't see any such special equipment on his body…”

”He was definitely no ordinary person! He must be someone with superpowers!!”

”So cool… a pity that I didn't get a picture.”

Although it caused a small commotion, it wouldn't be a problem as not many people saw it.

Unless there was video evidence, this degree of mystical incident wouldn't even make a ripple on the internet now.

Seiji moved at high speed on the rooftops and continuously delayed the black claw with his [Evolved Fire Bullets].

The black claw shrunk somewhat. However, it also increased in number! There were now eight claws that were even faster than before.

At this rate, Seiji would definitely be caught up to.

He'd already expected that he wouldn't be able to simply run away… After all, Seiji felt that if he himself wanted to deal with a specific person, he would of course first think of some method to stop that person from running away. Having such a long-distance running fight was already half a failure.

Had Kamitani not prepared at all? Or…

Seiji thought things over while continuously flying across rooftops. He gradually reached a flourishing part of town.

At this moment, the eight black claws suddenly split apart and transformed into countless black needles that shot at him from all directions!

Protective curse, [Demon Suppression Bell]!