No matter how much endurance Shinzaki had, he had taken Asahina Kasumi’s full power.
He wouldn’t be waking up anytime soon. That was the conclusion she reached.
“…Right. I need to find Amamori-kun.”
Why had Class B been totally eliminated…? She couldn’t figure it out no matter how much she thought about it.
But if Class C had won, maybe there was no need to think about it further.
With that thought, she turned her mind to something she had been avoiding.
Asahina let out a deep breath and turned her gaze away from Shinzaki, starting to walk.
Shinzaki had said he killed him, but thinking calmly, there was no evidence of that. Surely, Amamori was still alive.
As she started walking,
–there was a rustling sound behind her as something stood up.
“–!?”
Instinctively, she distanced herself and turned around.
There stood Shinzaki Yasuhito, his alarm blaring as he rose.
“How… why…!?”
How could he get up? She thought for a moment, but that thought was quickly blown away.
Because the Shinzaki Yasuhito who stood up now radiated an overwhelming pressure far beyond before.
“The alarm’s ringing! Shinzaki-kun, you lost! Standing up now is pointless—”
“………………”
Shinzaki, who had been looking down, raised his gaze to meet Asahina’s.
Seeing his eyes, the dark light burning within them,
Asahina was struck by a chill she had never felt before.
“…!? N-no, you’re…!”
Shinzaki stood there, limp.
It was as if he were a corpse.
Like a zombie puppeteering a body that had already stopped moving.
It was easier to believe that.
Asahina gulped involuntarily.
Her knees shook. It wasn’t the trembling of excitement.
–It was fear.
“–You’re not Shinzaki-kun, are you?”
That one sentence sealed it.
The [thing] that had been Shinzaki Yasuhito twisted.
As if it had been wearing Shinzaki’s skin, its form contorted unnaturally一and in the next moment, a completely different man stood there.
At the sight of him, Asahina Kasumi trembled.
[Before Doujima-senpai came in, I woke up to Shinzaki’s shouting… and at that moment, there was definitely someone in a black robe.]
She suddenly remembered Amamori’s words.
The man was wearing a crow-black, rain-soaked robe.
An overwhelming pressure radiated from his entire being.
The terror was unrelenting.
“Congratulations, Asahina Kasumi. This is your first victory.”
It was a voice she had never heard before.
Asahina Kasumi was on even higher alert than when she had been fighting Shinzaki.
With every fiber of her being, every ounce of her soul, she poured everything into it.
–And yet, it didn’t reach.
A crackling 【Black Lightning】 surged past.
It was an ability of the kind of power as Asahina Kasumi’s.
But it was a force far superior, a higher-tier power.
“And this marks your second defeat.”
A voice came from behind.
Asahina turned around, her eyes wide to their limits.
Once again, black lightning sparked before her eyes.
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Shiki Iroha, who had been forcibly teleported to the entrance of the ruins, looked back in surprise.
“Huh? Wait… don’t tell me… Yuuto got taken down?”
“Y-You… Shiki! Finally showed up, huh?”
Suddenly, a familiar voice reached her ears.
Looking in the direction of the voice, she saw Kurashiki Hotaru, who had been waiting for her, closing in.
“Explain yourself! Why did that bastard Shinzaki lose before I did!?”
“Huh? Oh, that? He just lost to Yuuto, that’s all.”
Shiki said it as if it were nothing.
Surrounded by the entire Class B.
His abilities sealed.
And yet, Amamori Yuuto had still emerged victorious.
He had utterly crushed Shinzaki Yasuhito.
So thoroughly that there was no room for excuses.
“Th-That’s…”
“And here’s the thing. Yuuto and I swapped our [targets]. There wasn’t anything in the rules about that, right? So, we swapped. If I got taken down, Yuuto would teleport, and if Yuuto got taken down, I’d teleport. And since I teleported with Yuuto’s target, once I’m gone, no one can destroy Yuuto’s target. Pretty clever, huh? It’s not against the rules.”
“…It’s not against the rules, but…”
True, it wasn’t against the rules.
But while Asahina and Shinzaki had resolved to fight head-on, that man had calmly exploited the loopholes in the rules, mocking them. Kurashiki had no words for him other than [bastard].
“And by the way, he was using his transformation ability to disguise himself as Shinzaki… but even if his appearance changed, Yuuto was still Yuuto. He was so cool!”
“So, in the end, we got beaten up by that bastard after all…”
Not long after, the classmates from Class C arrived.
Most of them were unconscious, but a few still had enough strength to speak.
According to them, Shinzaki Yasuhito had single-handedly wiped out the entire Class C.
So, when they heard that Shinzaki had been taken out before them, they were stunned.
And then, seeing Class B, [except for Shiki], retire shortly after, Kurashiki realized that Amamori Yuuto was on the move. ……She understood, but she never expected…
“…He’s insane. Beating his classmates to the brink of death as part of his act?”
Even now, almost all of Class C was in critical condition, unconscious.
It was proof that they had been mercilessly struck with full-powered blows.
She had always thought the guy was a bit off, but… this was way beyond her imagination.
“Well, I don’t understand what Yuuto is thinking. But I’ll just trust him. Or rather, I don’t care what happens to anyone else. Just being by Yuuto’s side makes me happy.”
“…You’re just as crazy as he is, you lunatic.”
With that, Kurashiki turned her gaze toward the entrance.
From deep within, black lightning extended all the way to the entrance.
At the sight, Kurashiki’s face twisted further.
Because that was none other than–Amamori Yuuto’s 【other ability】.
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At this final juncture, I look back on everything that’s happened.
After taking down Shinzaki, I silenced the entire Class B, borrowed Shiki’s target, and disguised myself as Shinzaki.
Then, I went around punching my classmates from Class C.
As for the extermination of the monsters, I handled that in the midst of fighting Shinzaki.
I sent about a thousand fog creatures at them, so it probably took less than five minutes to wipe them out.
As Sakaki had said beforehand, there weren’t any particularly strong monsters, so that helped.
–Well, as I was reviewing and summarizing the information up to now, I felt an intense gaze and stopped thinking. Looking in that direction… I met eyes with Asahina Kasumi, glaring at me.
Her right arm’s uniform sleeve had been torn off, and steam was rising from her arm.
“Hoh, you dodged that one.”
I was planning to pierce through her chest along with the target just in case, but…
Well, I didn’t expect her to dodge the vital spot.
And for someone who’s taken my ability head-on, she’s surprisingly unharmed.
Maybe going up against a wielder of the Thunder God’s Blessing with the same 【Lightning】 was reckless.
Well, if she has resistance, I’ll just keep hitting her until she goes down.
“You… are Yatagarasu, aren’t you?”
“Of course.”
I answered briefly, and she let out a deep breath.
“…Where is the real Shinzaki-kun?”
“What, he fought Amamori Yuuto right at the start. I just finished him off in a sneak attack.”
“…And Amamori-kun?”
“You ask a lot of questions. I have no obligation to answer.”
After all, it’s me.
I answered her in my mind, and she glared at me.
From her small frame, I felt an overwhelming pressure and anger.
It was a hostility that Asahina Kasumi would never direct at Amamori Yuuto.
…I see. So this is the full power of Class C’s strongest, Asahina Kasumi.
Wow, I got to observe a lot while disguised as Shinzaki, but she’s strong. Really strong. I can see why Dojima follows her. If she went all out, even if you could see the future, you’d have no chance of winning.
–However, Asahina Kasumi has misunderstood what it means to [go all out].
It’s fine to be reckless. It’s fine to push yourself to the limit.
But using your ability to do so is absolutely forbidden.
She may have said she was [prepared to hurt herself], but eventually, it won’t just be self-harm.
“Your earlier power boost… Asahina, do you still have your emotions?”
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