Leave the mall and head to the rendezvous point.

It's a few minutes walk away.

There's no sign of a monster, and we'll be there soon.

"Here..."

I reached the desired apartment without any problems.

Oh, with that said, you weren't asked about the detailed meeting place.

Is that the entrance? Or is it some empty room?

In the meantime, email Mr. Itinose...... oh, he was already here.

Click unread and confirm the contents.

I'm at the entrance.

Short text, and that's how it appeared.

"Uh... entrance?

Move your gaze, but there's nobody there.

However... there is something 'uncomfortable'.

"... kuh?

Momo is also tilting his neck and staring near the entrance.

Yeah, something's wrong.

Somehow, here's the thing...... trick art or some weird discomfort like when you're looking at a deceptive painting.

Oh, I got another text.

'Excuse me, I'm going to disarm' Skills' now, so please wait a moment '

Tilting his neck, he felt 'gaze'.

That's the same gaze I used to feel when I was fighting the Goblins.

I feel it from the entrance to the apartment.

Gaze well.

Then...

"What?"

The loose scenery is' distorted '.

The distortion quickly subsided and there was a girl sitting with a gun in her hand.

"Oh..."

Confusing me, she gets up and bows her head.

"... you've never seen me in person like this. Nice to meet you, my name is Natsu Ichinose. Best regards,"

That said, the girl lowered her head with a pepper.

"Oh, thank you. Nice to meet you. It's Kudokazuto."

I also bow my head and introduce myself.

We already know each other, but it's a formal greeting for once.

"This is party member Momo and Aka."

"Wow!"

"... (sighs)"

Momo greets her well, too.

Aka is about to tremble somewhat because she remains' pseudo 'in her clothes.

By the way, Mr. Itinose already knows about Aka.

Looks like he was seeing Momo while I was passing out.

"Uh, that's 'skill' now...... what is it?

"Yes. My job was in a 'pull cage' and that's when I had the skill to say 'perception inhibition' on the skills I got. It's a skill of making your existence less perceived by others. Well, there are a lot of constraints."

Slasura and Mr. Ichinose answer without precipitation.

Achievement, recognition inhibition? That's a handy skill.

Skill that looks like a 'pull cage'.

Nevertheless......

……

"... what's going on?

As she stares at Mr. Itinose, she leans her neck and asks.

Yeah, it's already me.

Let's ask straight.

"Um, I ask you something unexpected... why aren't you trying to face each other earlier?

From earlier on, she's been lying on the side.

Because you have a good face, it's still a painting, but it wouldn't be the attitude when talking to people.

"... I thought about it a lot."

Ha and sigh, Ichinose.

That was a bit of a tired tone.

"It's embarrassing, but I'm a people-friendly drawer. It's also so muscular that I almost throw up just talking to the first person I meet."

"Ha..."

Yeah, well, I kind of figured it out in the e-mail exchange.

"I wonder if I can throw a party with someone else like that... that's also heterosexual"

"Oh, yes"

"That's what I thought. If we go over the email, we can have a decent conversation, and if we don't even look each other in the face, we can have a normal conversation... that reading was centered."

I didn't want you to misread that.

Looking sideways, I feel so subtle when they talk about it.

"Kuh?

Momo is leaning on his neck like he said he wasn't sure.

Yeah, Momo doesn't have to know. Stay clean.

"So from now on, please, thank you"

Looking to the side, Mr. Ichinose, bowing his head.

I'm watching you now that Ichinocene is one of us. Do you want to be one of them?:

No, I didn't see it.

The day after tomorrow.

……

Stay, well, okay.

I've already made up my mind.

I choose Jesus.

Application accepted. Icinosenutsu has joined your party:

I guess she also got the voice of heaven.

The side of it was somewhere relieved.

When I looked at the item for the party members, Mr. Ichinose's name was inscribed.

Which......

Icinocenut LV20

"... Huh?

I'll look at the screen again.

Icinocenut LV20

... Oh, no, high level!?

This human is four levels higher than I am.

How many monsters have you been hunting!

"Um, Mr. Itinose, I ask you something unexpected, but how the hell do you get all this level up? - Hmm?

At first glance, Mr. Ichinose was puffy and trembling.

When I look at what's wrong, the complexion gradually turns bright blue.

"Hey, Mr. Icinose! What's wrong!?"

Running over unexpectedly, holding her shoulder.

And when I look at that face...

"... su, sorry, I thought you were okay... apparently the limit"

"Huh?"

'Crisis Sensing' sounds the alarm, but it was too late.

The next moment,

"Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah."

Reverse.

Her gelo hit me as hard as I could.

It smells sour, and the air flows so awkward.

"No... no..."

"Ah, yes..."

Thus, my first contact with Mr. Itinose became a shocking object in the midst of being hit with a gelo on the encounter.

... I want to cry.

Meanwhile, around that time...

The herd of oaks was currently leaving the home center and moving towards the shopping mall.

The reason is the whole orc that was moving away from the herd and acting alone and arbitrarily.

"Lufenga Return to Tteconai"

Individuals who were given a name over heaven, had red copper skin, and were powerful in drawing a line among the herds.

Because of its overwhelming strength and unique values, it had emerged as a floating being in the flock, but there was still no one left to doubt its strength.

That he's not coming home.

That was an obvious anomaly for them.

"Tansuzo"

There was no one to differ.

I wouldn't be dead.

But there is a good chance that something unforeseen has happened.

It has been raining a lot, especially in the last few days.

Rufen is a strong individual, but his weakness has become more pronounced than normal oak for that matter.

He may be in a state of water and immobility for some reason.

We have to find him soon.

"... nu?

Two, the whole orc makes his nose snap.

The other individuals then looked around as well.

- It's surrounded, he said.

"Exit Tequoi"

When the oak screamed, an integral monster appeared on the roof.

A wolf with black hair - Shadow Wolf.

Other individuals also show up one after the other.

Everyone was climbing high and looking down at the orcs.

That inspires the pride of the orcs.

"Xiao Xian Xii"

Is it permissible for dogs to look down on themselves?

Even without Rufen, we're better than Shadow Wolf.

The orcs immediately set up their weapons.

"Kill Se"

With the ringing, the orcs storm.

The intrusion is dog and animal.

We're not our own enemies... we should have.

But right after.

Huge 'darkness' appeared at the feet of the orcs.

"What da!?"

upsetting orcs.

Soon 'Darkness' spreads and swallows the oaks.

Stupid, the orcs think.

Shadow Wolf's "Shadow" doesn't have the ability to do this.

This is more of another...

"Huh...!?"

Unexpectedly, he felt an unpleasant sign and the orcs turned to him.

When the hell were you there?

In front of them, in the middle of the road, was a black wolf.

Smaller than the rest of Shadow Wolf.

But the winding air is obviously different.

- Top individuals.

That's pretty strong too.

The orcs breathe.

"Wow, wow!"

'Darkness' spreads further, along with the sounds of the Black Wolf.

I desperately try to resist, but I can't get out of it.

One after the other, the orcs are swallowed up by the 'darkness'.

Orcs aren't the only ones. The buildings around them, all of them swallowed up by the 'darkness'.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO - …"

Seeing the sight, Oak finally figured out why the Shadow Wolves were high.

They weren't doing it to look down on themselves.

I was just evacuating so that I wouldn't be swallowed up by this' darkness'.

But I just realized there's nothing more I can do about it.

On the verge of being swallowed, the oak made eye contact with the black wolf that caused this phenomenon.

The eyes were as if they were worms.

So far, or Orc knows his fate.

(... Rufen, Ji Manai...)

Finally, in my heart, I apologize to my compatriots who would be somewhere.

And the herd of oaks, which had more than ten bodies, was wiped out.

"You've earned experience."

An inorganic voice that echoes in my head.

Listening to it, the Black Wolf erases the 'Darkness'.

He wasn't interested in orcs or anything.

We just eliminated it because it was going to get in the way of our destination.

"... nearby"

Let his nose snap, and the black wolf stares in a certain direction.

A faint smell.

That's the smell of his turn I've been looking for ever since this world went crazy.

"... to be teiro"

And then again, Shadow Wolf's flock moves out.

The new threat was imminent right there.