Volume 2 S1chapter 3 (1/2)

Jinrui Saikyou no Netsuai - Chapter 3

Jinrui

Saikyou no Jun'ai – Nisioisin

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Urbanization

advanced throughout japan, and visualization—or rather,

surveillance—advanced alongside it; so, you ht think it would be

harder to find deserted places to battle without people noticing, but

oddly enough, even cities have their crevices As skyscrapers

proliferate, so do shadows…? Maybe not shadows, but rather

darkness… In any case, no

e, places for people like me and Kouta to

live continue to exist For which I’rateful And so do the

conditions for lively youngsters like this Matsuri shi+iwa boy to

be born The scope of that

territorywider—all in balance, I

suppose Well, in spite of my careful analysis of modern times, the

place where shi+iwa took me wasn’t a dark, narrow alley or a subway

tunnel; it was the sunlit roof of some official institution orIt was a sloped roof, not a flat one The

place he chose as our battlefield was

deserted, and it was

out of the public view, but it was pretty big I kinda like that

“I’m

a bit surprised You’re not like I heard… uh, you’re not like I

expected”

Said

shi+ around after we’d arrived The fierce stare of

those sanpaku eyes

hadn’t changed

“Humanity’s

strongest contractor, Jun Aikawa; I thought you ht kick me as soon

as I turned uide you

here without taking any action at all”

Sorry

I couldn’t live up to your expectations—I mean, is that what people

think of enerational telephone,

where I end up sounding incomprehensibly violent to the new

generation? Maybe this is an after-effect from when I was cut off

froh out loud and say,

“Incomprehensibly violent Doesn’t that describe you perfectly, my

dear friend?” But there’s no way I could just let that assessment

stand, so I continued: I’m kinda disappointed myself When you said

you wanted to change locations, I thought you ht take me to a

dead-end alley where a swarot all

excited

“……”

Is

he h I was

surprised he took ), I just said it as

a light provocation; this guy’s got a hot temper Is that because

he’s young? Well, his hairstyle does

look pretty angry, after all I was so distracted by his puffed-up

hair that I hadn’t really noticed until now, but he’s wearing some

pretty flashy clothes, too He made fun of my redness, but he’s

silver all over It was all arranged with good fashi+on sense, but it

looked like a difficult outfit to pull off

“…What?”

Oh,

nothing So, shall we begin? Whoever falls down first loses I have

another job to get to, so let’s settle this quickly You have a

handicap? Like fighting with one hand, or fighting with just my

tongue

“I

don’t need one Don’t worry about your next job… You’ll have to

cancel it anyway”

Nicely

said

“I

ed you?”

Do

I have to ask? That stuff’s a pain in the ass, so I thought I’d skip

it… And it doesn’t matter

“I

see So that’s the famous Jun Aikawa from the rumors… No matter who

challenges you, you never refuse How very gallant”

It’s

not that cool a reason I just don’t feel like scrutinizing

everything about a reckless idiot like you—hey, now Bring it on

Or do you want me to come at you?

“To

show respect for your legend, I yield the first move to you”

Oh,

okay You’ll dampen my spirits if you treat me like an old lady,

though I’ll losesprout

Here comes the countdown—three, two, one, Zerozaki!

“Oof…!”

I

unleashed a no-

to make his head part ith his torso, but he defended with both

hands—setting aside the high kick,my hands in my

pockets was a bit too insulting? Even so, a ordinary opponent would

have gotten his head plucked off along with both arms, but let alone

that, this guy

“Hah

You’re no big deal after all!”

It

didn’t entirely see onto my foot,

shi+ me with such unstable posture

didn’t pose much of a threat, but as if to return the favor, it was a

high kick I was taller, but he was flexible enough to aim for my

temple with his toes Since his stance was somewhat impractical, I

could either avoid it, or catch it the same way he did, but I wanted

to try taking it directly I should be able to estimate his power

level froiwa’s kick

connected cleanly with my head I was surprised Well, I mean, it’d

be exceptionally stupid for ot

kicked, but still, I was amazed What I mean is, his kick was much

more powerful than I expected It spun me around, with the beautiful

leg he was holding as the axis I made a whole rotation, and was able

to land cleanly

“Purposefully

taking a hit; you can only look down on someone so much, humanity’s

strongest If you fell down from that kick, it’d be my win, you

know?”

Sorry,

sorry, I underestimated you That’d be fine by me, of course—in

that case, you’d be huest from tomorrow on But if you

want to decide based on that kick, you’d be looking down on me

toodirectly

doard

“…!

Oo…uh…”

I

put enough force into it to rip shi+iwa’s arm out of its socket,

but as I o of my foot

Unlike erous to take a hit

“I’m

happy to see you’re going all out now, huest!”

He

really did look happy Does he have battle mania? If so, then we

ought to congratulate each other; or maybe, pity each other…

however, theSo, I said to

hio all out—but I am

deadly serious

“Aaah…

I see, I see”

It

was iwa smiled even

wider—this really bringswith

guys like hi off with a lot of aliens lately, so

I want to cherish these tiht humans

“So

I can challenge you with the intent to kill too, then?”

Sure,

but are you okay with that? It’s not like you’ve been ordered to kill

iwa’s turn to look

surprised What’s surprising about that? Maybe the fact that Jun

Aikawa’s signatureisn’t as well-known as I

thought, these days Someone asked

you to pick a fight withat

your face when you kicked me

“Hmph…

Is that so After all that stuff you said, are you really interested

in est?”

I

said it didn’t matter,

didn’t I? It’s not like you’ll be able to reach it anyway That was

just so at your face—and besides, myisn’t telepathy; I don’t know any details beyond that

“…Well,

it’s true that sooal—'cause I’m

gonna kill you right now!”

shi+iwa

wound up a punch This time, the blow used all the power he coulduse of

his entire body It wasn’t clear whether he was ai to kill, but

he was definitely going all out—the opposite of me I see; if I

took that hit, it ht be over for me… but I lacked the finesse to