Ti to Get What You Want
"Hoo"
I took a couple of deep breaths.
I'd dragged him into the secret room so confidently, but I still couldn't help but be a little nervous. Strictly speaking, it was hard to call this guy weaker than .
An executive of the Black Shadow assassin organization.
In fact, they were also extras, who didn't distinguish themselves too much from the rest of the herd. Although they were able to pose a certain level of challenge to Leo and the rest, that was their limit. To consu Leo's stamina was the only role they had been assigned.
But even so, it was hard to say that their power was low. Although they weren't strong enough to cause any trouble for Leo once he released his unique ability, if you asked if I was stronger, my answer would probably be closer to no'.
"You did sothing to ."
The executive seed to have noticed that the environnt around him had changed, but he didn't seem to understand the exact operation of the secret room.
"No big deal. You don't have to be so nervous."
"Its funny. That ring must be you bastard, are you sure you want to try and force into wearing it?"
He pointed his sword at as he spat out those words.
"I dont know what your plan is, but you've really, definitely cocked things up."
"Im not really planning on anything huge."
My words were sincere.
To be honest, brainwashing these guys really didn't do any good. I had no use for them, nor was I going to take them with on my journey.
Nevertheless, there were two reasons why I had no choice but to make such a plan.
First, to preserve the original ending.
We succeeded in inserting Yan into the plotline at the right timing. In all probability, the one-on-one confrontation between Leo and Yan wouldn't differ much from the original.
The problem was that there were other variables. The executives who remained untouched by Leo and Kiriko. Who knew if these guys would quietly step back after Yan's defeat? It seed hopeless to wish for that.
So, they needed to be tidied up.
Second, a more essential reason.
There was nothing wrong with just grabbing so lilight.
After the battle between Leo and Yan gets finished, the following scene would naturally show the audience around them.
At that mont, I'd grin and say
"Thanks for taking your ti I managed to tidy it all up."
What if I could announce my presence with a aningful line like this? With the Black Shadow executives kneeling at my back.
Wouldn't it be possible to capture the readers' attention, amplifying their curiosity about ? Of course, since I'd be taking away so of the spotlight that should have been focused on the protagonist, I'd draw the author's ire a little bit.
And not to ntion one more reason. I wanted to check my current abilities.
There was a total of six backgrounds currently applied onto .
Among them, there were two that provided hidden characteristics' which directly affected the body.
1. [Unknown Itinerant]
2. [A Man Who Once Visited the Bezyt Gorge]
The characteristic acquired from the first background was doesn't get tired very easily for so reason'. In other words, stamina.
The traits obtained from the second background were the body is a little more agile' and becos more powerful in monts of crisis'. That is, agility and self-control.
What happens if my currently elevated rank' upgraded these hidden characteristics on top of the original a little strong' characteristic?
No matter exactly how strong that made , I thought it should be enough to deal with these extras.
Therefore,
"It's not that big of a deal for you to obey isn't it?"
I provoked the executive with so confidence.
Then,
Swish .
I almost died.
This is more than I expected.'
I stared blankly at my clothes that had been slashed and torn.
If that guy's point of attack had moved just a little, it wouldn't have been just a piece of cloth lying on the floor.
"You seem to be misunderstanding sothing. Dont you think it should be the other way around? You, being obedient like a dog. And I don't think I'll even need that ring for it."
The guy let out a sly smile. I guess he thought I was nonplussed.
But of course,
"Uh, not at all. You are the one who'll obey. And your friends too."
It didn't an that I was scared, or that I had a premonition of defeat.
His attack had indeed been faster than expected. But I did still see it. That's why I didn't avoid it.
I felt like I had to clash with him a few more tis.
I grabbed a stick of wood lying on the ground nearby, and rushed at him like a thunderbolt.
To gauge the depths of his ability, and mine.
Swish .
But I didn't reach him.
My movents were faster than I'd expected. Almost as fast as when that guy had just rushed at .
The reason I still didn't reach him was simple. Because he was even faster.
His expression was still relaxed.
"You were hiding so skill after all. Aren't you pretty fast?"
"Are you going to keep talking after every hit?"
"I was going to give you so ti to breathe, but if you dont like it, then theres nothing I can do."
Then his attack began.
The trajectory was monotonous. Just stabs and slashes here and there with the sword he was holding.
But,
Swish .
It's tough to handle.'
It was as powerful as it was simple.
This guy didn't even have a special ability, let alone a unique ability.
The problem was that, for these assassin' or ninja' types, there were great hidden characteristics basically built-in.
Especially, agility.
I also had it, so I thought it would be a good match, but I was wrong. Instead of catching up with his speed, I had to focus on avoiding his rapid onslaught. Even that was hard enough, and small wounds were constantly accumulating on my body.
Shit I should've bought sothing more expensive.'
Again, looked like it'd been a mistake to try and work things out sohow with the characteristics bundled with cheap backgrounds. Of course, I was regretting it now, but it was already too late.
"Are you alright? Do you think you can see the end now?"
Maybe he also noticed my difficulties, so he smiled and relaxed.
I think it'll be fine if I can catch him just once.'
There was one way.
Ignoring small attacks and blindly closing the distance. There would be quite a few wounds, but I'd at least be able to try and get one chance to fix things.
But,
"Ah, I cant do this anymore. I give up."
I didn't do that. I just gave up cleanly.
As I stopped moving and stood still, he looked at with puzzled eyes.
"Whats your plan?"
"It's no big deal."
Why didn't I even try it? What was the problem with giving it a try?
First, the limited scope of the closed room.
What if the guy didn't respond and moved all the way back? The mont our distance exceeded the range of the ability, the secret room would be imdiately dismantled. Since it was just part of the surroundings, not an actual separated space, there were no restrictions on getting out. Should I call this the limit of special abilities?
The reason I didn't move around and tried to take all of his attacks head-on actually stemd from this.
And second, because I just didn't have to try it.
"I'll just stop here, since its hard."
" What? So can I just kill you like this? Or do you an that you will obey ?"
"Not that. Wait. Didn't I send a signal just now?"
"Signal?"
"A signal that I'm going to stop. Wait just a second."
"?"
That was then.
Thud .
With a dull sound, the guy suddenly collapsed.
I glanced at the owner of the bat that had stunned my opponent.
"Why make him faint? Now you'll have to wake him up again."
"But its too much work to subdue this guy without putting him to sleep"
"Really? Alright. Great job."
I didn't co into the secret room alone with this executive in the first place.
In fact, I was hiding one more guy.
"Is that a goblin bat? Do you have any dreams stored in it?"
At my words, Chinuavi looked at with amazent.
"Senior, you really know everything."
I see.
Chinuavi's answer surprised a bit, to be honest.
It wasn't even a hard hit, but seeing the guy pass out so easily, I asked just in case it was true.
A goblin bat with dreams stored in it.
This was truly one of the cheat items of the goblins, capable of transferring the dream stored in the bat' to the target being hit. In other words, you can make them sleep for as long as you want. To a maximum duration of eternity'.
"Can you wake him up right away?"
"He was only going to sleep for about a minute anyway. Delivering dreams beyond that is burdenso for ."
"Alright."
I quickly approached the man and put one of the seven rings on him.
It was set to obey when a new host ca along, so when the guy woke up he should carry out my orders.
"Thank you."
"It was nothing. Just don't forget our deal."
"Yes, yes."
I was looking at Chinuavi with fresh eyes.
Really, goblins were cheat existences.
At this point, I could understand a bit why the author had put off the appearance of these guys to so much later.
Because with guys with this kind of ability around, I didn't think the story would progress properly.
You need to at least pour out a truckful of guys with great unique abilities to keep them in check.
And this ant that the author would definitely despise my current behaviour.
I felt like I had to be prepared to so extent.
"By the way, senior, arent you being a bit too cowardly?"
"What about it? I don't have to be so righteous right now. Because they're not looking at anyway."
"Yes? What do you an"
"Alright. Hmm? This guy is slowly waking up. Hide again. If I need you, I'll send another signal. It'll probably be fine, though."
"Yes."
Then, the executive ca to his senses.
"E-, eh?"
"Have you co back to your senses?"
"Uh sure"
"Okay, lets start with bowing your head and pretending to be a dog."
It wasn't that I'd gotten my nose tweaked by this guy's remarks earlier. It was just to confirm his obedience. Really, that's the truth.
Soon after,
"Woof!"
The guy barked.
Yeah. That's alright then.
I imdiately dismantled the secret room and gave him a special order.
"Just grab a friend of yours and bring him here. An idiot who wouldn't be suspicious."
"Yes."
After a while,
"What, why are we here now? Right now, Master Yan is in perfect form"
He brought in another executive with a slender impression.
" You?"
Instead of answering, I imdiately activated the secret room.
Then,
"Catch him."
"Yes."
I ordered my new subordinate 1 to grab him.
"What? What are you doing now?"
"Hold on tight."
Then, before the newcor ca to his senses, I approached him quickly.
"I never got to use my strength when I was fighting with this guy earlier. He was too fast. So I'll just test it out with you right now."
"What, what?"
Then, with both palms, I smacked his chin.
Thwack .
Ah. It only took one shot.
"Did he just faint?"
"Really."
My agility was below expectations, but my strength seed to be several tis relative to expectations. Maybe because it was a characteristic inherent in Villain 3', and it seed to have been more directly influenced by my rank'.
After putting the ring on him, I slapped his cheeks to wake him up.
"Hey, who are you?"
"Okay, now pretend to be a dog."
"Yes?"
"Imitate a dog."
"Uh yes. Woof!"
"Alright."
I hurriedly unlocked the secret room again.
Now only two activations were left. Five executives still remained.
I could roughly fit the puzzle.
The problem was ti.
Looking at the situation, the battle between Leo and Yan was almost approaching the climax. In order to naturally hog the spotlight, I had to finish all my work on ti.
I hurriedly gave orders to subordinate 1 and subordinate 2.
"Bring them all here one by one. Whichever of you is tardier, better prepare himself."
[Dance with Ghost Killer].
Yan's unique ability was to materialize transparent ghosts, that looked just like him, floating in the air. Although they were called ghosts, the concept was similar to clones, and they were set to have egos of their own as well.
Simply put, creating fakes who were not much different from the main body, except for the fact that physical attacks have no effect'.
Currently, two such ghosts had been created on the battlefield. This was the largest number Yan could produce at this point, aning the showdown was slowly approaching its final stage.
And just in ti,
"This is the last one. I don't have any more power left."
", too."
"Really? I've still got so left in the tank though?"
" too. Our physical body is really fragile, isn't it?"
"Damn it, you be quiet."
Two (or four) forms clashed for the last ti.
Bang .
A cloud of dust spread out like an explosion.
Before long, the silhouette of a man appeared in the haze as the dust was settling all around.
The winner, as always, was Leo.
Yan was lying on the ground, and the two ghosts had already disappeared.
"You you're amazing. I cant win."
"You werent bad either."
"If I go with you, can I beco stronger?"
"What why not find that out yourself?"
After confirming that Yan had passed out, Leo imdiately slumped to the ground. He really looked exhausted.
An action that was a signal to announce the end of the chapter.
I took a step forward without wasting ti.
"Huh?"
"Great job."
Leo was wary as soon as he saw .
"You"
"No need to be so vigilant. Because I've tidied all your enemies up already."
Leo's eyes widened as he saw the Black Shadow executives kneeling behind .
"What it can't be?"
Suddenly, the vigilance in the boy's eyes was replaced by surprise.
"Thanks to you keeping their attention, I was able to easily tidy them up."
"What the hell are you?"
Kiriko and Siana, who'd rushed to Leo's side, also asked in bewildernt.
"Who are you?"
"Are you our enemy? Or do you have another purpose?"
I enjoyed their questioning gazes to the fullest. Because this was the mont when my presence would soar.
In a while,
"We were enemies before, but today, we are allies."
I turned around slowly. The Black Shadow executives had already fallen back.
Repeatedly sowing doubts would just anger the readers. But it wasn't ti yet.
With a smile as aningful as possible, I retreated.
Leaving only the last word.
"You'll soon find out."
A while after I left the battlefield, a ssage arrived in the hologram window.
Tiling .
I opened the ssage with a pounding heart.
[Chapter 10 Black Shadow Assassins (1) has ended]
[The character evaluation of the Enigmatic Squatjaw has been updated]
[The support of many readers followed]
[Awareness has increased by 3,500]
[Attracts the author's attention]
[The author's favourability has decreased by 40]
[Received fan art from a reader]
[The author's favourability has increased by 1]
[Reappearance probability has increased to 50%]
Oh, fan art? That's great, right?'
[State]
Na: Enigmatic SquatjawCharacteristics: Pretty strong, Bluffing, Chatterbox, Secretive.Awareness: 11,759Author's favourability: 42Reappearance probability: 50%
Tiling .
[The final evaluation of the character has been calculated by the author]
[The Enigmatic Squatjaw is the subject of a preliminary appearance in the next chapter]
[Character points paid 10,500p for the rise in awareness]
[Character points deducted 3,900p for the fall in author's favourability]
[Character points paid 1,000p for eliciting enthusiastic support (fan art) from a certain reader]
[Character points paid 500p for the rise in reappearance probability]
Now it was all over.
It was finally ti. To get what I want.
[Currently held points: 32,373P].
Editor's Notes:
None for this chapter.
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