Chapter 65 (1/2)

65 Gun and Dagger

――Evening

I stood atop the bell tower located on the outskirts of Fauno City

Dusk was gradually falling over town Following the setting of the sun, one’s eyes would fall in the direction of the Crow’s Nest

“…Melby, can you take that out?”

“You always say ‘that’, don’t you

Then again, , I suppose…”

Melby grue

I had asseun components found in the historic re rooun

If I remember correctly, its name is――Walther P38

The Gereneration phantom thief from a certain anime

“It utilises the explosive power of gunpowder to send lead flying at a high speed… hmm

It’s quite the horrific instrument”

Melby said, her body shuddering at the thought

“If you’re talking about a tool for killing people, then aren’t swords the same?”

“Yes, but… to make such a complex contraption, itpeople

When I iine how enuity together in order to construct this, it makes me sick”

“If it’s about killing people efficiently, there aren’t that many people who can match Mr Heydrich

The country that Mr Heydrich was affiliated with thought certain people to be deht to exterminate them”

“I heard you talk about this before, but it’s a startling tale”

“That isn’t just a tale about other people, Melby

It seems Mr Heydrich was the perpetrator behind the internal strife in Sonoraat”

While talking with Melby, I inspected the gun I was holding

There was no method I wouldn’t use

It hadcombat proven

So room had had the [Condition Stasis] skill cast on them by Mr Heydrich

I had previously tried pulling the trigger in the underground space[Psychokinesis] in case there was an accidental gun discharge, and discovered that the gun was functioning without a problem

I had prepared this Walther as a final truainst Gazaine, but I didn’t want to use it if possible

The biggest reason for this was because I didn’t want to show this weapon called a gun in front of the crowd of emissaries, but there were other reasons too

――To put it simply, I didn’t want to use it

It see weak” that the consureat reluctance to even take hold of this gun itself

However

If it was about killing people, I was the same

Even after co s from my conscience

dn’t kill, I didn’t feel any regret about that

I didn’t, but――consider the slasher named Kizaki Tooru

I couldn’t understand his perverted eine

Just as a life where you obtained everything you wanted?

All in all, I feel like it would be a monotonous life with no excitement

My previous life was, quite frankly, dull

It’s not like I had a great salary, nor did I have a pretty girlfriend

My hobby was playing fighting gaame centre

However, I couldn’t win enough to truly be called a pro player like those on championshi+ps in overseas tournaments and had sponsors

Of course, I could find points to improve on even if I couldn’t win so it was still enjoyable, but it’s not like I was strong enough to be throwing ht around

That said, I didn’t have any major complaints about such a life

I had reached 30 years of age with neither a lover, nor did I have many acquaintances outside of work

And because of the depression, my salary didn’t rise by much, nor was there much hope for a promotion

Even for the fighting gao to garew even older, when I turned 35 or 40

These sorts of things―― I had worries, as everyone would have one or two of the no matter how much time passed

――Half-dead

There were also tiht I would rather it be either alive or dead

As I wondered how long thiswould continue for, I felt an unavoidable oppression acco

Fighting garey days, with their distinct wins and losses after

I could clearly sense the “intent” behind my opponent’s every move clearly, and I was able to send a clear “response” back to them

Countless struggles to the death unfolded on this ruthless battlefield where the extreme result known as victory or defeat was thrust upon us

‘――Ah, I’ the life’

I wonder if Kizaki Tooru, who possessed just about everything, was fa?

This is because despite living in a proper environment where he was satisfied both physically and mentally, Kizaki beca into contact with the Evil God

As for ht the virtual “battles” known as fighting games

That’s the way people are, more or less

There were no downsides

As it is, I think I was able to satisfy

However,that randoe situation like that to occur in some respect?

There are parts of me that think that way

I felt stifled in japan, where ardless of the path I took, and so I possessed a strange yearning for a fight where my life was at stake, didn’t I?

Such thoughts have been endlessly flooding arasu>

Such being the case, how big was the difference between, on one side, he who had been exhausted of the never-ending “grey” and eventually became a street slasher, and on the other side, the police that had been constantly lying in wait in order to arrest that slasher?

I can’t say for certain whether this was the same mentality I had had back when I discovered an “enemy” I needed to defeat at Ranzrack Fortress

Gazaine said that I was similar to him

I personally agreed, and was happy that Gazaine told me that――happy that someone understood me

So when I was recognised by Gazaine and he invited h that it see

However, Gazaine was a murder

Unsatisfied with just killing by hianisation that kidnapped and brainwashed innocent children, raising them as assassins

He was an extraordinary villain who had once carelessly re enmity