It Became a Time-Stop Slit-Eye

61. Spring and summer.

Quack! Kwajik!

As I watched the arrows hit the center of the target in succession, I remembered the past before I came here.

Simply put, the days of hikikomori.

It was a time when I was trying to clear Mangem of GaeDong Mangem ‘Jongmalupko’ by putting in hundreds of tries.

I don’t quite understand why I fell in love with the game that wasn’t like Miyeonsi at all, but the gap moe elements that pop out from time to time might have grabbed me.

Yes, it’s not an apocalyptic element, it’s an extremely mundane, really Japanese youth story, a miyeonsi-like element.

[ Hey, freshmen! Why don’t you come into our wealth! ]

This is what we are experiencing right now.

Aka, secondary activity.

The club activities after school were useful for working on proficiency due to the nature of the game.

When I joined the cooking club, my cooking ability went up, and when I joined the sports club, my technique related to that sporting event went up.

After entering the mountain club, there was an event to discover the Imoogi’s nest while climbing Mt. Fuji.

There was nothing like that Easter egg other than that.

In fact, except for a few options, it would be correct to think of it as a section that raises non-mainstream stats and proficiency.

Then it was very important to choose the few options.

An opportunity to create some kind of momentum.

Unless compelled, Sento will always join the student council.

Eris, a blonde kid, doesn’t have much interest in club activities.

The only ones left are Kenichi and Hotaru, but among them, the fire priestess Hotaru Ichinose had some kind of motivation, and even had a perfect choice.

‘She’s a shrine maiden.’

Since long ago, shamans have been handling bows.

True intellectuals of this era—all otaku know this, and all the shrine maidens who use melee weapons such as swords, spears, and hammers are fake.

A shrine maiden who handles a sword is that.

That’s not a heroine, but a potential competitor threatening the main character’s weight.

‘As expected, a shrine maiden is more a bow than a sword.’

It was absolutely not a simple stereotype.

She had tried all kinds of swords, spears, and hammers just in case, but there was no weapon that was as good as a bow.

I knew the potential of Hotaru Ichinose, the fire priestess who wielded such a bow, but…….

Kwajik! Kwajik!

The arrow continues to hit the target.

“…… What the hell is it?”

I heard the muttering of the archery member next to me with a pale face.

Not only that, but the jaws of all the archery members in the hall came down.

I looked at Hotaru pulling the bowstring with a gaze as if facing a monster.

Well, I kind of understood it.

That’s what……

─Let go of protests.

Then, naturally, as if programmed into the computer, the arrow flew through the sky in the same trajectory as before, and Kwajik-! Hit the target again.

“…… A hit, another hit!”

At some point, the center of the target was filled with excellent arrows like a hedgehog.

It’s hard to believe that a beginner on the 1st day achieved it.

How normal is this situation where everyone looks at Hotaru like a monster?

Such a question popped into my head as if out of the blue, but I wonder if it’s any good.

“hehehe, am I good at it?”

“…… No, I mean that…… Are you doing it?”

Seeing that he is already at a loss, it won’t be long before Hotaru Ichinose becomes the god of the archery club.

‘No, it might have already been.’

If looking at a ghost is also a god, then everyone sees Hotaru as a monster or a ghost.

The moment I nodded my head and admired the talent of our distance dealer again,

Unlike the others, Kenichi muttered with a less surprised expression.

“So, when are we going somewhere else? My head hurts because I keep watching the archery shoot.”

Looking at Kenichi’s sincere frown, it seemed that he hated bows even more than I did.

Certainly, unlike Hotaru who shoots the bow himself, Kenichi was just watching.

It deserves to be complained about.

“Hmm, are you bored?”

“Extremely. I’ve shot a lot of Hotaru, so I’m sure you’ll be satisfied now. Let’s move on quickly. I’ve seen archery all my life here, so how about the kendo club? Or even soccer. Hmm, the basketball club might be cool too.”

Shushuk-Shushuk-Kenichi dribbling the ball with both hands is really unsightly.

Seeing that pathetic figure, he shook his head and conveyed a very sorry feeling.

“Is this the end?”

“…… What are you talking about I’ve only seen two…… You’re not asking me to join the archery club, are you?”

“Ah, no way.”

I said while waving my hand.

“We have to train separately after school! Huh, it’s a side activity. Are you looking for something like romance in front of the end of the world!”

“…… No, you brought it.”

Ah, was it?

Thinking about it, it seems like that.

But this world is cruel to those who acknowledge or apologize.

“Whatever! There is no such thing as freedom until you can wield sword skills freely!”

“…… What?”

“As much as the number of arrows Hotaru shot, we will also specialize. Be prepared!”

“…… God, it can be.”

As soon as I let go of my pretense, Kenichi, who had been looking at me with a wounded expression, soon regained his senses.

The guy tilted his head.

“…… No, it’s our usual schedule.”

Well, does it need to be special?

In the first place, it is not training if it starts only a few days before the incident.

That’s stupid cramming.

To Kenichi, who looked like he had been tricked by something, I gave him a lesson as a teacher while grinning.

“I told you, Kenichi. Originally, you take the test according to your usual skills, right?”

***

After passing the midterm exam period, the world has entered the full spring, May.

Originally, rather than moving on to episode 4, Seiichiro’s ambitions grow rapidly.

If it hadn’t been for me, Kenichi would have been in great pain, being hit and run over and over by the outstanding background of Kenju, without the support of Shihei.

But such a complicated problem was all finished by this wonderful teacher.

Isn’t it only natural to go through a bit of hard work for the next episode?

“Ohhh, that’s it! It’s okay!”

By the way, even the stupid Kenichi must have had a knack for rolling, so he quickly acquired sword skills.

“Hmm, I thought it would take a little longer, but I’m sorry.”

“…… No, why are you regretting it?”

“Oh, that can’t be! Are you really happy?!”

“…… What am I going to mix with you?”

Well, just as Hotaru is good with a bow and Sento is smart, Kenichi also has a natural sense of battle and talent related to swordsmanship.

So it’s time to move on to the next step.

I laughed out loud with anticipation, gripped my sword tightly, and aimed it at Kenichi in front of me.

Tension once again lingered on Kenichi’s face, who had been ecstatic at the blade of blue magical power rising from his demonic sword.

“It’s good to learn swordsmanship, but actually, it’s a basic skill. A kind of process to climb the next stairway.”

Of course, it is harsh to go directly to sword fighting after sword fighting.

In order to sprout a star, Kenichi himself lacked knowledge of swords and magic, and was still unfamiliar with combat.

It was a very distant thing to draw the universe in the image.

“So, from today, what Kenichi needs to learn is more about the senses than the sword.”

“…… Sense?”

“Yes, it is a sense. It’s also a skill closely related to my Authority!”

At those words, Kenichi faced me with an interested expression and atmosphere.

“I told you before, right? I will tell you the ultimate meaning of the sword. It is a technique similar in principle to what some sorcerers call territorial expansion and some swordsmen call it Manhae and finally release the sword.”

“…… What? Do you have such a wonderful technique to finally release the sword?!”

“No, some worldly swordsmen do.”

“… ….”

“Now, in my case, I was impressed with a certain cartoon called Manhae (滿解), which is said to fill the surrounding space with enlightenment, so I named it.”

“So what kind of manga is this?”

“hahahahaha, it’s a secret. But this time, I realized a lot again, so the name was changed.”

As I said that, I drew my sword in the air with a smile on my face.

───────.

As he sang quietly and cut through the space, the world turned gray.

In that case, Kenichi is no exception even if he pulls out his demonic sword.

I made a general comment while touching my chin.

“Hmm, it sure is easier than before.”

I felt like I was about 1.5 Times stronger than when I first met Kenichi.

Once I got a lot stronger. It was time for Kenichi to become even stronger.

A power bound to the soul.

Kenichi’s invalidation spreads into the realm.

If that’s the case, it wouldn’t be unreasonable for a useless protagonist to grow into a dagger to stab evil spirits.

With that in mind, I released my authority.

“Okay, such a name. Did you hear?”

“…… What?”

In the part of being deaf, Kenichi was already a great protagonist.

“No, I really didn’t hear it.”

And that’s how another day ended.

On a day like that, another day piled up, and the date on the calendar that had already passed to May passed little by little, and we were already halfway there.

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It’s definitely spring by classification, but it’s getting pretty hot here as if global warming exists in this game as well.

I don’t like weather that is subtly humid, and there was something I personally regretted.

“Short sleeve.”

It was a time when the school uniform itself was converted into summer clothes.

Students who get cold wore something like a windbreaker, and I did too, but my fashion sense as a model student didn’t allow that.

So it’s sleeveless.

There was no longer a sleeve to conceal the dagger.

You can hide it in your pocket, but it feels empty for some reason.

I shook my forearm, which had become a bit chilly, and faced Sawamura Sento in front of me.

Sento frowned slightly as if she was displeased with me for doing something else.

“Are you listening to me?”

“Yes, yes, are you listening? Isn’t the conversation going like this!”

“…… A while ago, one of the people who was in charge of the athletic meet was injured-“

Yes.

If there is a flower in the second half of school festival, there is an event called ‘sports day’ in the first semester.

In other words, sports festival.

Most high schools in Japan took place in May, and Karakura High School also did not escape the trend.

“You mean you want me to fill the position?”

“Yeah, it’s not such a heavy role, but I can’t leave it as it is…… So I’m thinking of recommending you, can you do a good job?”

One week until the day of the sports festival.

He is a member and class president of the team of warriors who will save the earth in the future, and has heard the request of Sento, a student council officer.

As a former hikikomori, I can’t help but run sports events.

It’s a really bad language.

It’s like pouring the highest level of curse spells that fall to hell from the front.

“Haa, I don’t like taking responsibility, but I can’t help it when you ask so earnestly!”

However, I, who have excellent magic resistance, answered with a thumbs up.

“Let’s work hard for a successful sports festival!”

At such a majestic appearance, Sento suddenly put on an uneasy expression.

“…… Why don’t you just do it?”

“No, you definitely will?!”

“…… You can do well without any problems, right?”

“Huh! There is no way that the perfect me would be held back by the level of an athletic meet. Surely there will be no problems-!”

It was such a summer-like spring.