It Became a Time-Stop Slit-Eye

54. Geniuses and Stars.

Quack!

An unfamiliar foreign body sensation passed through the hand.

Ichimaru Shiki applied even more force to pierce the inside of the monster with the blade that pierced the surface.

Stirring the brain inside his head with all his might.

I desperately tried to kill the monster.

The time it stopped like that was 2 seconds.

The authority that gripped the vast area disappeared, and the momentary frozen world began to move again.

Hotaru’s pale trembling and Kenichi’s shocked, distorted face.

Mahito stood up from his seat as if he had realized something belatedly as he watched the terrified girl.

I forgot—I forgot—! The lights of the Christmas tree were trying to light up the dark living room.

Again, the monster howled.

───Guyueee

A normal life form would have been instantly killed, but the opponent was a youkai who was half-dead.

The guy didn’t die right away.

The monster with its head pierced writhing in agony, shaking its tentacles wildly.

Kwajik! The tentacle, which had lost its clear target point, grazed Hotaru’s head and hit the ground beside him.

“…… Whoa.”

Hotaru only then stumbled out of her cold sweat, and Kenichi ran to her and evacuated her.

Mahito got up from his seat and looked sideways at his son who was floating in the air while helping the children.

I saw Ichimaru Shiki clinging to something with an expression of disbelief.

───Gurururook!

Most of the monster’s tentacles were directed towards Shiki Ichimaru, who was clinging to his forehead.

The authority of time has ended, but Ichimaru Shiki checked the trajectory of each tentacle flying toward me.

I jumped through the gap that was revealed in an instant.

A few tentacles reacted belatedly and followed, but it twisted in the air to avoid it.

As soon as his feet touched the ground, Ichimarushiki brought his hand to the blade stained with dark green bodily fluid.

Fire—!

The flame of the soul burns.

Soon, a blue flame broke out in Ichimaru Shiki’s hands.

The blade he touched was purified in an instant, and the body fluids of the monster disappeared and became even sharper.

───Gueeaek!

Even at that moment, the monster screamed and shuddered.

The boy held the small knife firmly and saw a monster many times larger than himself.

Ichimaru Shiki didn’t hesitate when the monster rushed in wriggling its tentacles and tried to make a final push.

I took a step forward.

In the boy’s gaze, in his steps, in the blade, the magic of perm dwelled.

A child wielding a knife, that trivial gesture equaled one power at this moment.

Ichimaru Shiki cut through the air.

But it arrived.

In an instant, the footsteps that advanced like a flash match matched the beat of the swinging blade.

──Slash.

The more enchanted blades decapitated the monster.

Suddenly! Dug deep and cracked

The yo-kai was already pierced between the eyebrows, and when he received an additional final blow while the spirit of his body escaped, he couldn’t come to his senses and struggled.

───…… !

About half of his throat was cut and he couldn’t even scream anymore.

A large amount of dark green blood gushed out.

It was a great threat to the general public, however, with its long tentacles swinging back and forth.

──Slashing, 2 rounds.

So we split again.

The boy cut the monster’s wriggling lower body into pieces so that it could no longer move.

Ichimaru Shiki again aimed his sword at the youkai who lost his balance and collapsed.

─Slash (斬擊), Combination (連擊).

The blade embroidered moonlight in the air.

Every time a line was drawn along the trajectory, the monster’s flesh flew into the sky, and the monster’s bodily fluids turned to ashes in an instant after being hit by the perm.

The Yo-kai lost its legs and lost all of its extremities connected to its torso while falling down.

It is mercilessly cut and burned.

Just as it was about to collapse completely, the magical blade, stronger than the first, cut the monster’s throat once more.

Suddenly!

The head flew in the sky.

Pass sseuk…… At the same time as the blade that could not withstand the sortie of magical power crumbled, the body of the youkai also turned to black ash and disappeared.

Having slashed his entire body across his tentacles, Ichimarushiki only stopped his super-speed when he reached the broken living room doorway.

“…… Huh!”

He let out a rough breath.

Thump-thump-thumb—I calmed down my beating heart.

His blood seemed to boil, but more than that, his spirit was lifted.

Ichimaru Shiki smiled even though he felt exhausted as if he was about to faint.

“…… Whoa, ha ha ha ha.”

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I did it.

I saved my people.

I didn’t kill anyone and saved everyone…… !

Such a sense of relief and joy fills Shiki, who usually maintains a cynicism and composure, and excites him.

A smile leaked out spontaneously. His body trembled with his heavy breathing and his excited laughter.

“…… My son, is Shiki right for you?”

So I realized it belatedly.

Ichi Marushiki trembled at the sudden voice of his father.

Intoxicated with euphoria, I for a moment turned a blind eye to how others would see me.

…… Clearly, a movement that transcends humans.

Even though he couldn’t see the shape of the monster, his movement just now was abnormal.

In the mind of a precocious child, perhaps he saw himself as a monster.

I wonder if the people I protected are looking at me with disgusted expressions.

For that reason, I was terrified at the moment.

Still, he cautiously turned his head to see the family he had saved.

Because we had to face each other someday.

However, it was Mahito Ichimaru and Fusato who quickly rushed over to hug me and formed a picture in Shiki’s retinas.

The parents hugged their son tightly.

Shiki’s eyes widened at once.

“…… Are you okay? Weren’t you hurt?”

“…… Ugh, I’m really glad.”

Rather than being afraid by calling him a monster, he sincerely worried about himself.

Shiki quietly closed his eyes at his mother who whispered sobbing.

Yes, it was very fortunate.

Kenichi and Hotaru, who just looked over their shoulders, seemed to be fine.

He seemed to be taken aback by the rapidly developing situation, but he did not look at himself in terror.

…… Really, i’m glad

Just as I was so relieved and was trying to relax my body, I suddenly opened my eyes at the presence I felt outside.

“Wait, wait!”

“…… Shiki? Why.”

I wanted to stay like this for a thousand years, but I couldn’t.

Shield the hugs of the friendly people and rushed out of the house.

I covered my bare feet with blue magic flames and ran through the hallways at high speed, from the doorway of the living room to the wide open front door.

I came out of the house like that-

Kooung… coo… !

I saw a huge centipede climbing onto the roof and crushing the entire house.

I saw a red goblin with a mace approaching my nest along the road.

I saw a gigantic monster walking around the city and a rumbling, grinning flying ghost.

Beyond the field of vision, I could feel the corps of youkai filling the city with my senses stretching out more and more.

The number is in the thousands…… No, it was tens of thousands.

“…… What’s this.”

The so-called Hundred Ghost Night Trips (百鬼夜行).

Someone called it the end of the exorcist, and it was an event of youkai.

As much as white snow powder falling from the sky, evil spirits flew between the cities.

A monster struck and killed humans with special powers like himself.

I’ve never heard of a world like this.

It is truly the end of human life.

‘…… No, I will protect it.’

Suddenly—

Ichimaru Shiki, clenched into fists, glared at the goblin walking along the roadside.

As he stretched out his hand into the air, a shimmering magical blade appeared.

Ichimaru Shiki grabbed the blue dagger and kicked the ground at high speed.

──Ugh?

By the time the goblin came to his senses, the boy with the dagger was already in front of him.

Kwajik! The boy who stabbed the goblin with a dagger poured more magic power into it.

Roaring——!

By using the sword of magic as a medium, a perm (破魔) frenzy bloomed inside the red goblin’s head.

Jijijik-! The goblin quickly rolled its eyes and lost its balance in the fire that burned the soul itself.

Spurs off the goblin’s head. This time, Shiki climbed onto the roof and aimed his sword at the centipede monster.

“…… Cool!”

I vomited blood to see if the group had come, but Shiki Ichimaru still kept my heart pumping.

Burn more.

Sword, shine even more brilliantly.

───Geomgi Seonggang (劍氣成罡).

The genius of the century brought forward the stage he would achieve in the distant future to the present moment.

The magical energy in the hand turned into starlight, and the moment the sword of the star illuminated the centipede youkai.

Pass sseuk……

There were no more monsters there.

Ichimaru Shiki looked up at the empty roof in dismay and coughed up blood.

Now, have you put out the urgent fire?

The boy slowly turned his head.

…… All that was left was an army of youkai that filled the city.

Some of them must have sensed his energy and were already flying this way.

Those with wings flew through the sky in real time, and Yokai, whose legs were the main means of transportation, came running, trampling on everything in front of them.

I didn’t have the confidence to kill them all, but I think I might be able to make room to evacuate the rest of the house.

Thinking about it, the moment I stepped forward, I lost my balance and stumbled.

…… Uh?

The load on the body was more serious than I imagined.

‘…… I shouldn’t have stretched out already.’

As I was about to squeeze my strength, facing the asphalt road that was already in front of me,

“Oops.”

Someone grabbed his body.

Not only that, but the impact was easily relieved and flew in the sky.

It floated through the air even though it had no wings.

…… This is genius

Someone as special as yourself.

“…… You are-“

When Mini Ichimaru tried to ask about his identity with a dumbfounded expression, the blonde magician who caught him grinned and said,

“My name is William Betelgeuse.”

Over the shoulder of the wizard who introduced himself as William, a huge wave of flame swam across the sky.

Every time the brown-haired wizard floated in the air beckoned, the flames stirred and ate the youkai.

“That’s my wife, Jane Betelgeuse.”

William Betelgeuse, the star wizard of the time.

The wizard, who exudes golden energy from his entire body, added with a bright smile.

“We are here to save this city.”

The moment he uttered that, a group of golden stars fell from the night sky.