Do You Think You Can Run After Reincarnating, Nii-san?

- The first time.

Watched by 72 spiritual statues, me and him confront each other unexpectedly quietly.

We have no intention of using each other's time.

I know I should rather waste less time.

Therefore, the first hand was the shortest.

Running and stuffing the time is futile, I will never forgive you.

The spiritual techniques to choose are [the dawn light] and [the dawn light].

Swallow the palm-flame into a wormhole that opened into the void faster than it touched the air.

There are 13 exits as opposed to one inlet.

A flame that swelled thirteen times, suddenly erupted around Girl X, who looked like Ruby.

"- Hehe."

faintly captures a pale grin.

He's not a sweet enough opponent to defeat him to this extent, although his dwarf can disappear into pale flames.

[Single Border].

He hid himself in a thin membrane of different spaces and overpowered the flames.

This is what happened. Ruby is a kind of invincible state.

But he always shows up at the moment of attack.

Come on, where are you coming from?

When I looked around, the shock slapped my brain.

Crack on one side if you say so.

Spider nest pattern like stained glass.

The ceiling explodes and collapses -!

You were planting explosives in advance!

How dare you in such an old underground space...!

"This stuff......!

Hands against the pouring rubble, grinding away with pale flames.

The debris, large and small, became dust in the face.

Although.

At that moment, I feel a tingle of fear running down my neck.

"- Haha."

An open flank by lifting your hand.

A sharp silver flash pierces that gap, which is only a few seconds away from a comma.

It was as effortless as inserting a key into a keyhole, and a knife was eating into my stomach.

"... Huh!

Before the pain, I feel the paralysis sweep through my whole body.

Poison.

Painted on a knife.

If I lowered my gaze, the girl X's eyes were laughing.

I laugh pale again, too.

Properly - because I remember.

Causal continuation.

When you come back to the savepoint and do the exact same thing and come to the artifact palace basement, Girl X appears and repeats the same dialogue.

"Well, let's get started - we'll do it again and again anyway."

- Second time.

Girl X swallowed my flames, and the ceiling exploded and the falling debris was still burned with flames.

At that time.

I twist and grab the arm that popped out of the void behind me.

――――――

"... hehe"

Me and Girl X's gaze staggered.

I get a pale flame at the starting point with the hand I grabbed.

Less than a second later, the body with the cat's ears and tail became fiery and black silhouette.

And then it crumbles away.

...... Huh!!

Haribote made in [Double Realm]!

Earlier it was definitely real - I just redone it once and it's replaced by a fake!

A knife flew in from the void to the left.

I lean back, back-stepping it.

One, two - three steps.

Just at that moment, there was a chirping noise from my feet.

Landmines.

Shortly after I feel the explosion and the shock, my whole body is blown away by a tremendous flame.

I wasn't even given time to tongue over remorse.

Causal continuation.

"Well, let's get started - we'll do it again and again anyway."

- Third time.

Shortly after burning Haribote's ruby, he flesh-pressed himself to its firing position, avoiding the knife that flew in.

More than I let you throw a knife at me, now only at this moment, [the singular kingdom] is allowing matter to come and go...!

I stuck my hand in the invisible 'boundaries membrane' and grabbed the neck of the girl X behind it.

"... fu, fu, fu"

The throat I grabbed in the palm of my hand shivered faintly.

"How many times did you start over... it's no use"

Girl X giggled spirally across the invisible membrane, clogging her voice because of her strong grasp by me.

"You will never win."

Zaku.

and.

There was a mild impact.

"Huh... Gu...!?

Hot so the middle of my back can burn.

Then the paralysis of remembrance spreads twitchy.

What, a setup...?

The knife I just threw is back......!?

I say back to her faceless as I eat and bind my teeth and almost let go of consciousness.

"... it, yes...! You, too, would be the same......!?

"Well - what do you think?

Causal continuation.

Fourth time.

"You try again and again. That way you can beat me one day. I know that's what you're going to do, but what if there's no way to win?

Fifth time.

"0 percent is 0 percent no matter how many times you try again. It's not a big number of times now, so I'm just energetic, and if the memory of defeat piles up, only that number will engrave a wound in my heart"

Sixth time.

"It's the same as the game, isn't it - there might be a way to clear it. No, I'm sure there is. But it may not reach you - the moment you start thinking about it, Continuum becomes the blade that annoys you."

Seventh time.

"By the time I was able to return time, the life and death of the flesh were no longer contentious. Which heart breaks first, me or you? Winning or losing can only be achieved in that respect."

Eighth time.

Ninth time.

Tenth time.

"... oh? Heh heh. Could I have told you something a few times ago?

Eleventh time.

Twelfth time.

Thirteenth time.

"Apparently, you've finally noticed. For a reason you can't win. To the must-have I prepared."

Fourteenth time.

Fifteenth time.

Sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth...

"I - I only took over the memory of the last time."

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"... that's it,"

When I didn't even know how many times it was already.

Before the fight started, Girl X said.

"It's timed up - well sticky. Let me compliment you, Mr. Thief Cat."

"... eh...?

"My battle and yours will continue over three hours, seven minutes and 21 seconds counting from the moment. And finally, the guards of the Rowe Kingdom will notice. It's inconvenient for me - this is a retreat."

"……………………"

"Hehe. Aren't you happy? It would be like winning, though a draw."

Oh no... what makes you feel that way?

On several occasions, she spoke of her chances of winning.

As if it were my heart.

She only takes over the memory of the last time.

Unlike me, who stacks all my memories, I only have one memory.

... so it never breaks my heart.

Like me, you don't need spiritual strength to stand up after losing again and again.

It's better to lose if you break your heart.

Win if you break the other person's heart more.

That's the kind of battle - her heart recovers completely from her broken side...

"... Nice"

Trying to lift her lips, Girl X laughed as she did.

"Apparently, you noticed my must win. Moderate disclosure of information is a promoter of despair. It would also be worth giving up one brave man. Right?"

"... no matter how unfavourable... I will no longer stop"

Repeated battles, pain and death.

I can see my heart screaming so much.

Still, I gazed upon her with strength.

I will stop walking on my own… never again.

Girl X frowned in disgust.

"... then feel free. No matter how hard you try, I don't remember."

Just leave a mockery that tickles......

Girl X disappeared from the spot, as she hid behind the space......

Dozens of times.

Hundreds of times.

The path I've always wanted to take finally opens.

Seeing the deepest kannon opening in the great hall, I took a deep breath.

Breathe and walk out.

Through the kannon opening, through the underground passage, we reached between the altars where the brave Lowe sleeps.

Looking down at a wildly flavored man sleeping on a stone altar, I remember things in the world of dreams.

... he said, don't wake yourself up in real life.

Because the seal of evil gods works with us sleeping.

So I set up a killing nullification junction in the Spiritual Art of the Orobus, untouched by him.

If you use this in your own battle, you risk losing your spiritual power (element out), passing out, and losing the timing of your time-leap... but there is no safer way to protect him from sleeping than before.

"... first, one"

I shrugged and grabbed her as if to peel her own chest.

... how much, were you fighting?

How many months?

Or how many decades...?

It was barely bearable because it was me in the elf.

If this was a person with a life expectancy less than a hundred years, he could have been lightly freaked out......

- Oh.

So glad this role is me.

If Jack was supposed to do this......

I thank him wholeheartedly for the memory of a battle of interminable length that he had not had to go crazy......

"... All right..."

Moderate disclosure of information is a promoter of despair.

That's what she said.

But she's making a big mistake.

It could be a disadvantage indeed.

Certainly could be hopeless.

It's better to be crushed by a pile of memories in the battle of loss, and only a minimum of memories - that's certainly a must win for this time-tracking battle.

But... as much as it is a must win, it is also a must lose.

Even if you can make it into something you didn't have a past, you can't make it into something you never had.

I knew the old master's teachings, and she did not.

That's the difference.

That's my chance.