Chapter 327: Date Course (1/2)

“You’re looking more like a monster every day.”

“And you…don’t?”

“Touché.”

Taiyou made a wry smile. If Shirokiyami, who was moving around at lightning speed while continuing to dodge bullets was like a monster, then Taiyou, who was bathing in a volley of bullets without a single scratch would also be considered a monster.

This was in actuality what the members in the farmer garb thought of them. Having exhausted all of their ammo, they continued to hold their submachine guns in bewilderment, saying something to one another. Although it was in a language that he hadn’t heard before with lots of trilled r’s, he could at least tell that they were afraid.

“Pretty darn scared over there. I wonder what they’re saying.”

“Want a…translation?”

“You can understand them?”

“Yawn…yawn.”

She said on purpose, giving a light nod.

“Your mom…has, an outie.”

“Yeah, I’m pretty sure that’s NOT what they’re saying!”

“Then…your dad…has, telescopic eyes.”

“Sure, if they were going up against someone who looked like that, they might just make those terrified expressions!”

“Just, kidding.”

“Eh?”

“It was all…a, lie.”

“I know that, thank you!”

Taiyou quipped, while Shirokiyami acted indifferent.

During that time, their opponent had exchanged their magazines for new ones, attempting to shoot at them once again. While Taiyou was quipping, he casually began to walk toward them, punching each of their lights out one by one.

“Amazing.”

“That’s like lecturing Gautama on the sutras.”

“…Malapropism?”

“It means to have Siddartha Gautama compliment you on a lecture.”

“That’s a, new one.”

“So do we just keep advancing up the mountain like this?”

“Mhm.”

“What do we do? Defeat all of them?”

“No…Just the boss, dead or alive.”

“Never thought I’d get in the kind of situation where I’d hear that game term used correctly.”

Taiyou and Shirokiyami once again ran off in sync. As per earlier, they dashed up to the summit on the bare mountain road, but unlike earlier, Taiyou was now fully in on this.

“What’s wrong?”

“Hm?”

“Your face…it’s, grinning.”

“Being able to run alongside you like this is so fun that I can’t help it.”

“The last…spurt?”

“I mean yeah, it is a hill and all…”

He replied, lightly smiling.

“But no, I mean when I think of when I first met you, I’m super happy to be able to keep up at this speed with you. I still remember that day.”

“Mhm, you totally, wet your pants.”

“Hey, don’t fabricate it!”

“But…you were, drenched.”

“Pretty sure that was blood! Blood that came from the wounds from your katana!”

“No, it wasn’t.”

“Eh?”

Shirokiyami was firmly shaking her head for once. Taiyou had a vacant expression on his face. She often played around with him, but it wasn’t characteristic of her to just outright deny the truth…or so he thought.

“That was when you grabbed that child…and got cut.”