The World Is Overflowing with Monster, I’m Taking a Liking to This Life

The trigger was a word from Rokka.

"What are you lost, Mr. O'Hara?

"Huh?"

While walking side by side, Rokka asked me with the amount of voice I could only hear.

"Lost? Me, sir?

"Yeah, 'cause you haven't been able to focus on the fight at all since just now. And I don't know what's wrong with you."

"No, it's..."

I tried to say something back, but there were no words.

Sure, Rokka's right, I haven't been able to concentrate on the fight.

I know why.

It's a "bad sign" from the direction the Shimizu Chiefs are in.

I'm so worried about this, I can't focus on the fight in front of me.

"Could it be about those colleagues?

"Huh..."

"Uh, that's easy to understand. Soyu looks just like Natsu."

Couscous and Rokka laugh.

But the next moment I got a terribly serious look on my face.

"... if you're curious, you should go?

"What? No, but we're in the middle of an operation now, right? You can't just walk out on your own."

"Yeah.... but hey - you're gonna regret getting lost and not doing anything in the end later, huh? After it's all over, oh, I've always regretted it."

The words had a terrible sense of reality.

Probably her own hands-on experience.

When Mr. Ichinose was being bullied, he couldn't do anything about his.

"So, I'd rather do it and regret it than not do it. For your own sake, for your opponent's sake.

Rokka-chan shakes the violin in her hand.

Cut Soldier Ant looming in front of him.

"Ga...!?"

It's not finished.

I pulled the trigger to stab the stop.

- I've been waiting for you.

With that said, he said that.

I wasn't even very close...

……

Ant's head blew up.

An announcement announcing experience gained resonates in my head.

... Right. If I'm lost and regret it, should I just go and follow Keri?

"Aisaka-san"

"Hmm?

"Thank you"

"Nothing. - Well, that's a change of plans. Nissy!"

Rokka speaks to Nishino running behind you.

"What's up?

"Nishino-san, actually, I was wondering..."

And -.

I was currently beating Mr. Inoue up.

This is... what is the situation?

No, you'll see.

Mr. Inoue and his people are trying to trap and kill the Shimizu Chiefs.

That would be the place.

Waking up, Inoue-san stares at me in the shape of a ghost.

"Temee... is that Kudo? Is he alive?

"Oh, yeah, it's been a while, Inoue."

"Shit... get out of my way"

I spit blood all over the place.

Apparently, he's not even willing to fix it.

Or Inoue-san, what are you doing, in this emergency...

"Kudo... are you sure Kudo is you?

Chief Shimizu and his former colleagues look at this one with a surprised face.

Um, could everyone have thought I was dead or something, Kuchi?

No, well, that's fine.

"Uh, it's been a while since Chief Shimizu's been here, too"

"Long time no see you...... Behind you!

"What?"

Turning around, Mr. Inoue was approaching with a knife swinging.

"Die. Yeah, yeah, yeah! Kudo-o-o-o-o-o-o!"

Yeah, I was aware of that.

"Crisis Sensing" and "Hostility Sensing" have been reacting since just now.

But...,

(Inoue-san, you're seriously going to kill me...)

I don't have any busy memories, but I knew I could still be targeted for murder.

"Proficiency reached a certain level."

Mental distress tolerance has increased from LV4 to 5.

"Proficiency reached a certain level."

"The act has gone up from LV3 to 4."

I felt my heart get cold.

Fly to the side of an impending Inoue-san attack.

Activate 'Shadow Control' on the counter as it is.

Inoue and his former colleagues are then detained.

"Huh...! hey, what the hell!?"

"Black weird wraps around my body......!

"Ugh, I can't move...!?"

You can't break this' manipulation shadow 'level...

That gives me roughly the level.

I've often thought of doing something so stupid.

It becomes too lightly powerless, and on the contrary, it claps out.

No, it's forbidden to be alarmed.

Reinforcing the restraint as it was, the fresh water chief and two articles, which had been caught by them, were released.

The two fall into the spot.... Can't you move?

"Both of you, are you okay?

"K, Kudo... Could this be your skill?

"Yeah, that's right. Can you stand more than that?

Chief Shimizu shakes his neck to the side.

"Sorry. My body is still paralyzed and I can't move..."

"Paralyzed...?

Secondly, when I saw the pet bottle rolling at her feet, there were 'signs of disgust'.

Could it have poisoned this...?

Paralysis Poison...... Could it be a similar skill to Shibata's 'Drug Generation'?

(- - Storage)

To make sure, I'll store the poisoned pet bottle in the item box so the two of you won't notice.

The list indicated '250 ml x 1 bottle of paralytically poisoned water'.

It still seemed poisoned.

"Are you okay with the two articles?

"Senior... no, no, no..."

"Ooh... for now, look, now wipe your face. It's amazing."

Tears, runny nose, a beaten mole and blood had caused the two faces to be terrible.

I guess I was badly assaulted by them before I got here.

If only I'd come a little sooner...... no, I hope so.

"... sorry"

……

Two articles with necks on them.

It was the fresh water chief who opened his mouth instead.

"Thank you, Kudo. I can't thank you enough."

"If you'd like to thank me, please go to Nishino and Aisaka, not me.... they pushed my back."

……

"And..."

I stare at two colleagues who are falling down in bloodstain.

Ikeda and Kanai.

When I worked for the company, it was the people who took care of me there.

(... sorry)

I know there's nothing I can do about apologizing.

I also know that this apology is unsolicited self-satisfaction.

Still, I couldn't help but apologize.

"Whoa! Kudo! Get this off me now! Hey! Are you listening to me!

I heard a noise. It's a terribly deaf piece of gold.

If you look, Inoue was screaming something rolling like a potato bug by my 'shadow'.

"Inoue-san..."

"Temee... what are you looking down at me for! You've got to be kidding me. You're a high school graduate! Come on, untie this! Mostly, Temehe's been in the office since..."

His eyes were running blood, and from his mouth he was blowing bubbles.

I was an arrogant person when I was in the office, but I still wasn't supposed to be the one to do anything so stupid.

(With that said, that girl had these eyes too...)

The demon girl I met at that school.

She had the same eyes as them.

A peculiar eye held only by a man who has unleashed his shackles as he desires.

(I wonder if this could have happened to me too...)

If you haven't met Momo, if you haven't met Ichinose.

I may have lived as desire as they did, destroying myself.

I was frightened to think so.

"... fresh water chief"

"What could it be?

"What does the fresh water chief want to do with them?

"... right"

The fresh water chief thinks only a little.

"I... would like them to revamp me if I could."

"Were you about to be killed?

For a moment, what are you talking about? I thought this guy, but if you look closely, his thin body was trembling.

"Yeah, I know.... but it's also true that they've helped us fight so many monsters before. And..."

"And?"

"If we kill them as emotions on this occasion, isn't that what they are... I am... I am...!

……

I could see various emotions in the eyes of Chief Shimizu, who said so.

Goto, fear, and anger.

I don't think it's broken enough to say it by mouth.

Two of my people are dead, too. If we had made a mistake, we would have seen the same or worse.

Still, I guess she's desperately trying to swallow it, thinking about what's to come.

(I haven't really changed since I was in the office...)

I wonder why this man tries to inflict hardship from himself.

"Wow, I... the... ugh!

The two Articles seemed lost on their treatment, but for a moment their expression changed.

I knew what that meant right away.

"Ah, that senior Kazt... from here quickly -"

"It's okay, I know. You both seem to have lost a lot of paralysis."

"Ah, put it that way..."

It won't be a problem for me to move normally, though it's not too much yet.

"Both of you, run as soon as I give you my signal."

"" Huh?

I'm headed for Inoue-san.

(- - Storage)

Store in such a way that no one will notice.

... apparently it worked.

Then I'll leave the final decision to them.

"Well, Inoue. Were you listening? If you can reflect and swear you won't make the same mistake again, they'll forgive you."

"... ok. I will never do this again.... I'm so sorry"

Inoue utters words of apology.

"Then I'm going to untie you now. Please don't take any strange action, okay? Otherwise, it's gonna be a big deal."

That's what I said, I untied him.

At that moment...,

"Idiot!

Mr. Inoue set up a weapon and tried to attack us.

I saw no hesitation or reflection there.

When I saw those eyes that distorted me into a blacker madness, my heart was completely chilled.

(I knew this would happen...)

Because it was what I expected, I showered them with no hesitation whatsoever with the "sole" I removed from the item box while doing so in the backstep.

"Buha!?"

"Oops...... no way, this -!?"

They had a big mouth open. They reflexively swallow it.

They planted it - water full of paralysis venom.

Inoue-san tries to spit out water, but it's too late.

The moment - tons of ants broke through the ground and showed up.

"Become -!?"

"Run, both of you!

"" Huh...!

Nijo and Chief Shimizu immediately run out.

I'm heading towards them, too.

Only a large number of ants and Mr. Inoue, who are paralyzed and unable to move, will be left on the spot.

"Kissi."

"Guississississi"

"xyxyxy."

More than forty bodies even if they could just be seen. There seems to be a couple of superior species mixed as well.

"Or my body's paralyzed...... damn, hey insecticide! Get it out of here! Temehe has resistance skills!

"Hey, no! What do you mean, there's nothing in the backpack!

"Ha!? Are you kidding me, though I would have prepared so many!

"That's not even what they said! Hey, what are you gonna do! If it wasn't for me, we'd be the only ones with this number... Oh, that? Where's the weapon? The weapon we were using just now is gone!

"What do you mean?!? Hey! Help me! Hey, please! Somebody help me. Yeah!

"Yes, I don't like it! I want to die. Damn, don't come! Come closer. Ahhhhhhhh!

Their voice, desperately seeking help, reaches no one.

A world of weak and forceful eating where the weak are fed by the stronger, living as they desire.

That's the world they wanted.

That's why

"Kudoo oh! Please, I need your help. Yeah, yeah! Damn it! Get away from me! Damn it! Thanks, don't... ahhh"

We turned our backs on them and ran out.

Nijo and Chief Shimizu had a sad look on their face, but still didn't stop them from running.

No one tried to look back anymore.

And after a while - Inoue's reaction disappeared.

Well, I have to rendezvous with you Nishino soon.