"Duel Games General Division Main Battle! Game 1 of 3, Singh VS Setuna! Duel begins!"

The moment the voice of the referee sounded, me and Setuna ran almost simultaneously toward each other.

Setuna's means of attack, a swordsman position, depends on a one-handed sword in his right hand.

Her sword is not a big weapon, so she'll be able to recieve enough with a small shield.

"'Protection!' 'Blessing'!

"'Powered'!

Also, don't forget to apply auxiliary magic to yourself.

That's the same over there.

I pack my distance from Setuna while I put my little shield forward.

"Ha!"

Setuna has kept the momentum she ran and waved her sword down on me.

Though somewhat powerful, the attack is honest, so it can be prevented without difficulty with a shield.

And shortly after I prevented it, I tried to poke Setuna with a 'cross' in my right hand.

"Huh!"

Setuna then pulled lightly to avoid the attack, whether she expected that counter to come.

Can you still hit me with this degree of attack?

Just simple player skills. Setuna is hugely high.

I knew this, so I'm not even that surprised.

"It still seems hard to break your defense. I really understood just the blow."

Setuna, who went out in time, said so in a gentle breath.

"Thank you."

I am a little happy that Setsuna has fooled me.

Being praised as a shield is not a bad compliment.

"But...... my offense outweighs that. Ready!"

Setuna breathed heavily and ran to me again.

So I'll wait so I can be attacked at any time.

"Sai! Ha! Yah!"

Setsuna waved her sword at me.

I'll take it this time with a small shield from the front.

Heavy.

That was a mistake.

Apparently, that was just a small hand check.

I feel as powerful as I once was when I was shielded from Mina's attacks.

Is this due to Setuna's status or is this another gift of player skills?

"What's up? Aren't you supposed to set up a counter like you did earlier?

…………

Setuna has provoked it.

I'm going to knock 'Cross' in if I have a gap, too, but whatever, Setsuna's way of doing herself is very good.

If we make a bad attack, we could rather be on the counter.

I was amazed at Setuna's alien powers - [imitation].

"Kuh!"

A series of furious attacks shocks my shield.

One, two, three shots.

One attack at a time was all intense, and I could hardly get around to the opportunity to tap into the 'cross'.

Earthlings with so many player skills [players] don't.

Setsuna has more than Phil, more than Qatar, and maybe even Kengo.

xenogenic (ability), [imitation].

That seems to be an alien ability to mimic the movements of others.

In short, Setuna is good at imitating.

I shouldn't take it lightly that I can imitate it as much as I can.

By the way, I, Phil, and the players in the tournament can see all the moves she makes.

In other words, throughout this tournament, through this battle, her movements have become more sophisticated and stronger.

Her two names are "Archaeology".

Are you saying that two names have been given because they have the power to be different from me but cheesy enough to be strong enough just to look at them?

The longer this battle lasts, the more disadvantageous it will be to me.

I guess she's learning how to protect me in real time right now.

You better think so and move.

"... then!

I activated the [Time Run].

What is required is a short-term showdown.

We have to settle this game quickly anyway so that it doesn't become a lookout for her.

I just want to see enough of how strong she is, but let's make that another opportunity.

If we played here, the remaining two fights would get physically tight.

So I move to decide the battle before she gets any stronger.

"Damn!?... I see this is your true alien (ability), Mr. Singh"

…………

Setuna has responded to that when I unleashed a high-speed thrust in 'Cross'.

She played all my attacks with a one-handed sword.

Besides, it even broke through the fact that there was an alien involved in the current attack.

"The school seems to be registered with [instant recognition], but is your psychic... possibly a time interference system...? That's amazing. Wouldn't that definitely have specified the S-rank first?

S-rank?

Well, it does fit in S-rank.

It is tentatively treated as a difficult ant for manipulation.

"... you don't seem to have very good feelings for your incompetence. I think I'm a great force."

"Leave me alone."

There was a time when I got this imbecile and got on track.

But in the end, I understood that it wasn't this kind of power that I wanted, and I ended up weighing myself in on using the anomaly itself.

Now that I know that there's a guy like me, I need to stop feeling more resistant to using this alien than I used to.

Nevertheless, I still don't like being asked by others about incompetence.

"You don't care about my powers."

That's what I said to Setsuna, pointing the end of 'Cross' at her.

This is not the place to talk about the incompetence.

"... but I'm glad you'll keep your mouth shut about this"

"Hmmm... there must be some nasty circumstances about being two pairs while having so much alienation. I'll keep this in my chest."

And the leakage of alien intelligence, which I was slightly concerned about, seems unlikely.

I don't want to trust Setsuna because I can't force her to keep a secret except by word.

Well, even if my two classmates no longer know my true psychic powers, maybe they'll be fine.

Even if they pull it from around, I believe the Sakyas will treat me the same way.

"Oh, I'll keep this in my chest because it's a secret that's been made between me and you"

…………

... Did I need to go out of my way to re-say that now?

Did I need to put my index finger on my mouth and wink?

I also thought earlier when they spoke in front of the tournament table that this guy has quite a tea spot.

Besides, it's bad nature because it seems like you're doing it for it.

"Come on! That's about it for the chatter and we'll resume the fight!

Setsuna has launched an attack with a faster move than earlier.

This time, he pulls another one-handed sword out of his sheath with his hips and is in a duplicity.

Is it a gift to her?

Seeing that, I respond at the maximum speed I can right now and flush her sword with a small shield.

"Come on!"

You didn't seem serious at all until just now.

Setsuna is even more awkward, with more trouble caused by duplicity and even slightly faster movement than earlier.

I cover the low AGI's with unequal powers, but Setsuna seems to be stepping heavily at AGI.

This makes me and Setuna pretty much mutually fast... no, I'm a little worse at it.

I guess Setsuna is an attacker near AGI.

Because it also has power, is it a STR-AGI type?

This is a tough situation.

I want to finish the game quickly, but I'm on the defensive side.

Then... it's still WW3, but do I have to use the arr?

"? You seem to have a lot of spare time"

As I turned my head, Setsuna, who once stopped the attack, was tilting her neck.

Nothing, I can't afford it that much, but thank God I have a habit of loosening my mouth naturally when I'm fighting.

Can't you help but mistake me?

But no matter how much fun the fight is, you can't burn it out here.

"Sorry, Setuna. Not that I can afford it, but it's time for me to let you win."

So I declared that to Setuna.

She distorts her mouth with two jerks as soon as she hears it.

Apparently, I liked what you just said.

"Heh... but here I won't lose or anything like that. I will beat you and compete against Mr. Agate in the next game."

Looks like Setsuna hated losing quite a bit too.

But I'm the one who wins.

I stare at Setuna to increase my concentration.

Keep this for me.

I hope it's enough!

"…………… -" Range stagnation (area stagnation):! "

I unleashed my powers toward Setuna.

Then her movements begin to blunt as soon as possible.

When I was studying at Earth Gulls, I organized what I could do with my psychic abilities [time runoff].

The power I can activate in [Time Run] is to accelerate and stagnate my body and thoughts and to stop time around me when I find myself in a critical situation.

Also, as a result of my previous sneak training, I have been able to gain some freedom and arbitrarily stop the limited amount of space time that goes into my sight.

And the power I just activated is stagnation, named "range stagnation", which acts on the space that is in my sight.

Once upon a time when I was in a crisis situation, I was able to use a "time stop" that caused the phenomenon of time around me as if it had stopped, and I practiced it so that I could use it spontaneously, but it didn't become a level of use in action.

The "range stagnation" (area stagnation) created from such a background can be described as a degraded version of "time stop".

"Time stop" was difficult to use because of the difficulty in range, range of effects, activation time, etc., even though it was very tiresome to use.

However, in the case of "range stagnation (area stagnation)", such disadvantages can be greatly alleviated.

In other words, it increased user-friendliness instead of decreasing power.

If this anomaly is activated, the amount of time in the space in front of me will be delayed compared to the surrounding area.

Now, if you look at Setsuna, who has received "Range Stagnation", you will be under the illusion that I am even faster.

The truth is, I'm not getting faster, Setsuna's getting slower.

In addition, it is difficult to catch the ability sensor even when used in conjunction with physical acceleration (physical acceleration), mental acceleration (mental acceleration), etc., which accelerates body time.

To give you an example, it is longer to reduce the duration of the allogeneic energy by half with "Physical Acceleration (Physical Acceleration)" and "Range Stagnation (Area Stagnation)" than with "Physical Acceleration (Physical Acceleration)".

Probably counts as a separate alien.

That's why this can be my trump card in the tournament now.

I was actually trying to keep it until the Kengo fight, but I can't help it.

"Let's go! Setuna!"

"Range stagnation (area stagnation)" Let me decide more quickly than I used.

I waved a 'cross' toward Setuna.

"... cum!?

Setuna, who taunted an irregular move that time would stagnate, couldn't avoid my attack and raised her distressed voice.

In addition, the special effects of "Cross" make her move even slower.

So I don't stop my hand from attacking there, and I make a furious rush.

"Ugh..."

Setuna's expression began to cloud as she hit with two, three, and four shots.

You can no longer escape my attack if this happens.

I guess she figured that out, too.

Though it was a little late to understand.

I slap 'Cross' relentlessly at Setuna for making bad moves.

"Ugh! Whoa! There!

It turned out to be a light curtain pull, but next time you get a chance to fight, she will definitely be a strong enemy.

While I thought so, I made sure her HP gauge was halved.

"That's it! Setuna Athlete HP Halved! So the winner! Singh!

The referee came between us and told us the outcome of this match.

This confirmed the result of my victory in Game 1 of the Duel Games III.

"Ha..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Then Setuna turned to me and smiled lightly as she sank her rough breath.

"I thought Agate was the only one in his generation who could beat me, but I didn't think he'd lose the first year."

"Right."

So Agate is stronger than Setuna.

Then there's the fact that you won here.

"I'll knock that agate down, too, so don't worry about it because you lost to me."

"Pfft, you don't even get angry the other way when they say that much. Well, it's Aguito who wins."

The game is over, and we speak so lightly.

And he shook hands to honor each other's good fight.

At this time, I had no intention of losing to Agate, my opponent, who would be fighting in the next game.

But that had nothing to do with my thoughts, and someone was starting to move behind me to ruin the tournament.