Publishedat 6th of October 2019 04:00:15 PMChapter 327
Translator: Reflet
Editor: ryunakama
“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!”
Advertis.e.m.e.ntTaiyou 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 . ”
“…Yeah, you’re right . ”
Taiyou nodded as they ran . His memory was partially incorrect . The wound from that time was primarily in his palm area from grabbing Shirokiyami’s katana and smashing it through the middle . Of course she would deny that, thought Taiyou .
“And I really liked…that, child . ”
“Man, I’m envious to hear you talk to lovingly about something . ”
“I like this child…more . ”
“Maybe I should smash that one too . ”
“No…if you ever do such a thing…”
“If I ever do such a thing?”
“I will kill you and then die too . ”
“Hmm, I’m quite curious about why you said that sentence without a single pause!”
Once in a blue moon, Shirokiyami would speak in a normal tone . She had some sort of fixed set of lines that she spoke that way with, but he wasn’t really sure when she would do those things .
“Hey, you did have a name for the current kid, right?”
“Mhm…’Heaven Reversal’ . Defying the laws of nature…you are the conqueror . ”
“I didn’t know it meant that . ”
He pondered this a bit while they were running .
“…Did the previous one have a name?”
“Previous?”
“The one I broke . ”
A nod . It was quiet, but she was clearly nodding .
“I see . What is that child doing right now?”
“She is, sleeping . ”
“Let me meet her sometime . I want to apologize . ”
“That’s, fine . ”
“But…”
“Don’t, worry . ”
She firmly shook her head .
“It happened in battle…so, she is, satisfied . ”
“Okay . ”
Taiyou nodded . That one statement revealed Shirokiyami’s views on life and death . He felt as if he somehow caught another glimpse of her true self . That made him happy . He was enjoying this .
“You are, grinning . ”
“I told you earlier . I’m happy . ”
“But you know…that I am, holding back, right?”
“Even with that in mind, yeah . ”
Taiyou laughed, filled with unbelievable happiness .
“Cause when I think of when we first met, the very idea of you slowing your pace just for me sounds like it would have been a faraway dream . I probably wouldn’t have even been able to keep up with you like how I am now . ”
“I…see . ”
“I’m even wondering how long I’d last if I went up against you right now . No sneak attacks, just front and center . ”
“Probably…instant, death . ”
“Well that’s pretty delightful in and of itself, cause it would mean that you went all out for me . ”
“You are very…positive . ”
“I just love everything about you and I can’t hold it back . ”
The mountains twisted round and round, but they just kept going straight up . They ran into some members again at another intersection, but they merely ran through them . Taiyou punched them, and Shirokiyami cut them down with her katana . It was pretty obvious in her case and even Taiyou’s case that they were hardly using any energy—-holding back in their attacks .
“Oh yeah, there’s something that I forgot to ask you . ”
“What, is it?”
“In order to make you mine, I know that I have to fight and defeat you, but…”
“M, hm . ”
“What about asking you out on a date?”