AN: This is the later part of two parts.
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*kii kii* Such small sound resounded. That was the sound of wheel. At the same time, multiple footsteps also echoed.
The sound came from the building behind where the car of Chief Magdanese was parked. Everyone focused at the steel door of that building.
And then,
「Fumu, Mr. Carl. About the wheelchair of Syla-dono, don't you think it needs maintenance? It's making this kind of sound each time it moved. It's causing various anxieties hearing it.」
「A, aa, no, I planned to bring it to give it maintenance just today you know? I, isn't that right, honey?」
「Yes, tha, that's right. But, just when we were about to go out, the people of security bureau came so……」
「I see. That's impolite of me. I have acted impertinently there.」
The people that came out from the opened door while making normal talk were a middle-aged man and woman who were making twitching expression. There was also a woman who was definitely passed seventy sitting in a wheelchair that was pushed by the man. It went without saying that these were Emily's family. And then, a man wearing sunglasses and black outfit was walking in the lead of them.
「Father! Mother! Grandma!」
「-, Emily!?」
「Emily-」
Hearing the shout of Emily that was filled with joy, the father Carl and the mother Sophie called back the name of their beloved daughter without being unable to hide their happiness. It seemed that the grandma Syla was sound asleep. Perhaps Kousuke had done something to her. Surely he had judged that this hectic situation would be harmful for her who was afflicted with Alzheimer.
The two parents had been told about their daughter's current situation to a certain degree. And so, they were about to rush toward Emily driven by their worry and the joy of reunion.
But, because of the pressure of the armed men that was standing between them and their daughter, and the ominous sound *kaclick* that came at the same time with the gun muzzles moving toward them immediately, they stumbled and came to a stop. And then, blood was leaving their expression when they saw the scene of the men that really resembled mafia, the personnel of security bureau who looked cornered at near the wall, and then, the collapsed person who their daughter was holding in her arms.
They now painfully understood the situation. The terrifying situation their daughter was confronting, it was different from the explanation of the security bureau that was a mix of truth and falsehood. They grasped just how dangerous the situation their only beloved daughter had been placed in.
It was in the middle of that, a dumbfounded voice resounded.
「Thi, this is a joke right? He, should have been sniped……」
It was Kimberly. At the same time, what he spoke represented what was in the mind of everyone there.
But, the right-hand of demon king exaggeratedly shrugged his shoulders saying「Good grief」to the crowd that was a hindrance to the family reunion, pletely unconcerned with that kind of question of bewilderment. And then, he suddenly formed a handseal with both his hands. Yes, he formed a handseal! As though, just like a NINJA! Just like a NINJA!
It was unknown just where was the expression that was worried for Kousuke just now had gone, the female investigator that might be beyond hope already yelled「Handseals e-―――!!」while she desperately tried to copy it. It seemed that she was trying to memorize the handseals. But, the girl lacked a certain bloodline eye, on top of that Kousuke's handseals that were super plicated and super fast due to its lack of meaning weren't something that could be copied just from a glance.
'Your level is insufficient!'The handseals didn't really have any meaning, but with a glance those words were whispered toward Vanessa-san who was grinding her teeth.
「To disturb the family reunion like this, what a really boorish bunches. ――"Kuuton - Banji Saikuu(I exist, in the desired spot)"」(TN: Air Escape - Air Reside in the Whole Earth)
Something like black mist instantly whirled around Kousuke, but right at the next instant, Kousuke disappeared, and not just him, but the whole Grant family too. In their place, the corpse of Kousuke that was inside Emily's arms until just now appeared! And then, right after that, the corpse vanished with *pon-* sound as though it had acplished its role!
「Thi, thi thi thi thi, this iiis!? Mikawari no Jutsu!? Isn't this Mikawari no Jutsu, Kousuke-san!」(TN: Mikawari no Jutsu = Kawarimi no Jutsu/Substitute Technique)
「It's a little bit different. Naturally I can also use Mikawari no Jutsu, but Banji Saikuu is something that is not limited to just myself. It designate things within a certain range around me and replace them all with my clone body along with the space. Fufu, this is a more advanced technique.」
In response to the yell of Vanessa who was in a state of 'Excitement Climax!', Kousuke answered while brushing up his hair with 'fuh'. Kimberly and the bureau staffs e back to their senses from hearing the exchange of the two, and when they turned their gaze at that direction, there were the figures of Kousuke and Grant family that had teleported at Emily's side unnoticed.
「Wha wha wha, what happened thank god Emily! You are safe!」
「Emily, you are not hurt just what happened!?」
「Ca ca, calm down mother, father! You two are safe I am also confused here!」
Grant family was in a state of 'Bewilderment Climax!'. The parents and daughter hugged each other while showing quite the skill where they were rejoicing with their reunion while acting bewildered at the same time. The grandma opened her eyes a tiny bit saying「My? Is it morning already?」, but she soon went 'munya munya' and went to sleep again. What a grandma.
「Impossible, what kind of trick is that. Is that thing just now a puppet!?」
Kimberly raised an angry voice in half-panic, trying to find an explanation that his understanding could accept.
Toward such Kimberly, and then also toward the armed men and Chief Magdanese's group, Kousuke suddenly lifted up his right hand to the sky and opened his mouth.
「Puppet? Ku-ku-ku-. Certainly, you can call it that. Isn't that right――right me?」
Kousuke waved his lifted up right hand elegantly as though he was an orchestra conductor while making a finger snap *pachin-* and pointed at the right building. There,
「Or, you can also say that it is a dream, or an illusion, or even darkness. ――Front me」
At the window in the right building's second floor, a man in exactly the same appearance appeared as though he was oozing out from the darkness. The Kousuke that was called as "right me" then stepped out to the empty air without any hesitation, and walked down on the air while spreading ripples that looked like black miasma.
「At the same time, it's a reality, a counterfeit, and also a real thing. Right, ――left me.」
Kimberly and others turned unbelieving gaze at the right building, but right after that the same voice resounded from behind them this time. When they turned around in panic, as expected, there was also the figure of man in sunglasses and black outfit showing his appearance, oozing out from the darkness of the building over there, as though he was born from the darkness itself.
「Although, there is no need for you all to understand. After all, understanding the true abyss with human body, is something that cannot be done.」
The same voice entered their ears once more. When Kimberly and others turned to the left as though they were being toyed around, there, on the roof of a car that was parked horizontally to block the path, was the same man standing elegantly with his arms crossed and one of his feet drawn back slightly. Leaving aside a female investigator who was greatly being noisy「Real clone! Real clone!」in high spirit, everyone was lost for words feeling dumbfounded and astonished.
「Ko, Kousuke is, Kousuke is, four people……」
Emily's whisper echoed faintly at the place where silence had descended. Right after that, the four Kousuke smoothly unsheathed their jet black short sword and made cross shape with their arms.「Camera-, where is the camera-」Leaving aside the female investigator looking around with a desperate look who was surely beyond hope already, the right-hand man of the demon king chuckled at the words of the girl who he had promised to protect while he called out to her.
「Emily.」
「Ye, yhesh」
Emily's voice spontaneously squeaked because she didn't think that she would be addressed here. Seeing the girl like that, the nearest Kousuke chuckled while asking her.
「I'm not an ally of justice. If those who doesn't balk from harming others for the sake of their own will are called evil, then without a doubt, I am extraordinarily evil.」
「E, err……」
Emily-san was bewildered. She didn't understand the meaning of those words, and she also totally didn't understand Kousuke's speech and behavior! But, Kousuke didn't pay that any attention. Because, the one who was here wasn't Kousuke anymore.
「But, I plan to at least bear in mind the moral code that I should stick to. Therefore, I will protect you. I will protect my promise to protect you. That's why, will you believe in me, and let me protect you?」
「……Ye, yes. I believe you, Kousuke.」
It didn't seem like that she wasn't a little bit creeped out, even so the cheeks of Emily reddened when she was told "I'll protect you". She joined her hands in front of her chest, and returned back her trust as though in prayer. Toward her who was like that, Kousuke went「fuh」for who knew how many times today, and then lastly he spoke.
「Emily. And then, everyone here in this place. Listen-」
Each of the four Kousuke displayed diverse chuuni pose's variation from their original arm-cross pose that even left behind afterimage, while he raised a voice that echoed in the dark night!
And then, Kimberly and his group went 'twitch!' from witnessing that somehow amazing movement while they came back to their senses and aimed their gun toward the four Kousuke. Toward them, Kousuke declared! With a voice that was loud, proud, and echoed from the bottom of the abyss.
「I, am the shadow! The right-hand man of the godslaying demon king that was born from the bottom of the abyss! I came from the deep abyss, from the darkness that is deeper than even darkness! Now, engrave into your soul, this taboo name!」
The jet black short sword was swept, and the empty-handed left hand spread open its five fingers while covering the right eye. The left eye that sharply glared over everything, emitted penetrating light!
Kimberly gave his order「Fire! I don't really get it but, anyway, fire!」. The armed group broke out of the bizarre atmosphere that restrained them, and they pulled their trigger simultaneously. In the space that was blanketed with thunderous roar and muzzle flash, "his" introduction rang out clearly.
「――Rapid Fang Shadow Claw, Kousuke E Abyssgate. I have arrived!」
The bullets that were fired without thinking of leaving behind any reserve, all of them cut through empty air in vain. *shu-* Together with such sound, Kousuke――no, Lord Abyssgate's figure vanished!
Right after that,
「Crawl on the ground. Embrace the infinite hell fire! ――"Katon - Kouen no Ryuu(The flame of abyss extinguish all creation)!"」(TN: Fire Escape - Prominence Dragon)
Lord Abyssgate appeared behind the armed group and stabbed his short sword on the ground while saying such thing. Instantly, vividly crimson blaze *gou-* was spreading in radial shape like great snake crawling on the ground.
「Uwah-, what!?」
「Hot!? Shit-, the fire, the fire is coiling around me-」
The flame was crawling below the armed group coiled on the men and twined around them burning them mercilessly.
――Short sword "Heaven Destroying Sword of Brilliant Lightning Flame"
It was one of the treasures bestowed to him from the demon king. Originally it would create flame snake that randomly ran around to make the area fall into chaos, it was an item that was enchanted with a sublimated flame element magic circle to assist in escape. Just as the name showed, it was also possible to do the lightning version of the attack, not just flame element. It was possible to instantly activate two elements magic for escaping or assisting in battle.
By the way, he thought up the naming himself. Together with a rabbit-eared woman of another world.
Some of the men were about to rush out reflexively, perhaps to help their rades to put out the fire. But a black shadow slowly appeared right beside them and they turned their gun there with great reflex. However,
「The surge of darkness, corrode everything――"Rasetsu no Mashu(It is beyond your mean to touch the abyss)"」(TN: Rakshasa's Evil Hand)
「Ugoh!?」
*ton* Lord Abyssgate's palm lightly touched the man's chest, at that moment the man was blown away like a joke, as though he had been hit by a truck.
――Fingerless glove "Rakshasa Black Hand of Second Advent and Rejection"
This artifact was inserted with "Magic Shockwave" that converted magic power into shockwave――"Rasetsu no Mashu(It is beyond your mean to touch the abyss)
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